Tia screamed, her body trembled as she backed away from the lumbering monster before her. The Ursa Minor reared its blue head, roaring with rage as it approached the helpless princess. The sky above was blocked by the thick layer of foliage which blocked the young alicorn’s escape. If only she had her horn!
The monster grew closer, roaring its displeasure at the little teen’s presence in its forest. Tia was being cornered in-between two large oaks which stood resolute as she slammed against them as she fled from the monster. Tia pushed herself as far back as she could, as the monster came down to all fours and came ever closer.
The Minor’s nose came within inches of Tia’s face, it’s loud rasping breaths burned Tia’s face as she stood there, but she didn’t dare move, or even scream in case of inciting the beasts wild rage! Whatever the bear-like creature smelt obviously displeased him, as it bared it’s teeth and snarled at her.
Tia closed her eyes, waiting for the dreaded cold of death to wash over her young body. But it never came. She heard, over the loud breaths of the creature before her, a new noise. It was something she’d never heard before. It sounded like a horn, like the ones used back at Canterlot, but it was deeper and more growling.
The beast heard the strange noise too, with a confused grunt, it turned and looked in the direction the sound was coming from. Against the trunks of the trees, highlighted by the sun behind it, was a shadow of something monstrous. It looked tall, slim, and terrifying. The unseen creature gave out another loud horrible call, which sent shivers up Tia’s spine as she stared in horror at the approaching shadow.
The Ursa Minor obviously found the creature too threatening as it turned and barged away through the trees in fear of whatever was approaching. As soon as the thundering steps of the creature faded into the distance the shadow stopped its advance. Tia watched as it reached up to its neck and pulled. To her amazement, what looked like the creature’s head, popped off. “HA! I can’t actually believe that worked!” Cried an overjoyed voice as the cause of the shadow came into view. It was a pony.
More specifically a stallion, he was tall, slim, with a light gray coat and a darker gray mane. His eyes were a brilliant shade of blue. They sparkled as the stallion continued to laugh, throwing a large hollow log to the ground. Tia looked at it, realising that it was the ‘head’ of the shadow her and the Ursa Minor had seen. She gazed up at the stallion, who’s laughing was beginning to subside as he approached the princess.
The stallion grew serious, bowing deeply, he addressed the ground at the teen alicorn’s feet. “Your majesty.” he greeted, “Are you alright?” Tia looked at her saviour for a moment, still stunned by what she had seen. Nervously she nodded her head, when she realised the young male wasn’t looking up at her, she gave a tentative.
“Y-yes, thank you.” The stallion rose.
“Good.” He smiled at her. She smiled back nervously. Judging by his size, she would say that this stallion was her own age. “Come on your majesty, everypony’s been looking for you since you vanished!” Tia gazed at the departing creature, he saved her, not even asking for any kind of reward, and then offered to take her back to the town? How...noble!