A Prism and A Princess

I can’t believe the scene taking place below me. A gigantic Manticore is facing off against some sort of hairless ape. I watch as Angel hops away from the action with blood dripping from his back and this seems to snap me back to reality. I take off like an arrow towards the ground. At the last second I pull up with my hooves dragging across the soft grass.

Oh man! Look out!

The Manticore takes a swat at the ape who barely manages to dodge out of the way in time. It seems to have forgotten all about Angel and has designated this poor creature as its next target. And at the rate this fight is going it was going to have a much more satisfying meal for lunch.

Well not if I have anything to say about it!

“Watch out!” I scream as I near the battle.

Both the Manticore and the other strange creature turn to look at me as I speed toward them. I aim for the Manticore’s ugly mug and twist in the air to kick him right between the eyes with my hind legs.

“Oww!” I shout out.

It was like running into a brick wall at full speed. I bounce off the beast's face and go flying off in the other direction spinning out of control.

“Are you alrigh…woah!”

As I steady myself out and regain control I see that the Manticore is still up and kicking, well clawing actually. The other creature is doing a pretty good job of avoiding its sharp claws, but the Manticore is getting more accurate the more the creature dodges.

“Ahh!” screams the creature as the Manticore’s claws strip away the skin on its leg.

Blood was now beginning to pour out of the poor animal’s leg.

Oh no.

The Manticore rears up on its back legs getting ready to stomp the life out of its prey. With a roar it comes down only to be knocked on its side as I charge it yet again. And once again as my small body meets its rippling muscles I feel as if I’m only hurting myself.

“Get up. C’mon we have to get out of here!” I plead with the strange creature that looks to be in some sort of shock due to the massive amount blood it is losing.

The creature shakes its head and its eyes come back to reality.

“Yeah…yeah let’s gooo ahhh! Fuck!”

It falls to the ground face first as it tries to get up. I fly over and try to help it onto its good leg. All of the sudden something hits me on the side at sends me hurtling to the ground with a loud thud.

I turn over to discover that the Manticore has gotten to its feet once more and is creeping its way over to where I lay. I go to stand up, but find that my muscles aren’t cooperating with me. In fact, my whole body feels as if it’s going numb.

Shit! It got me with its damn tail!

Indeed there is a hole in my side leaking blood from where the poisonous tail had punctured me. The Manticore bares its grizzly fangs as it closes in on me.

Damn! Not like this! I haven’t even gotten to fly with the Wonderbolts yet!

Tears are now building in my eyes as the beast’s body blocks Celestia’s bright sun from view.

“no…” I plead giving into to despair. I close my eyes not wanting to see it devour my body…
…………This is it…
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……………. Game over….

*Thud*

“OVER HERE JACKASS!!!!”

What?

“I SAID OVER HERE YOU FUCKING CAT!!!!”

My eyes shoot open to find the silhouette of the Manticore is gone. Instead it’s charging at the strange creature who had somehow managed to stand back up. The creature was waving one of its bloodied bandages through the air.

Don’t be an idiot! You should’ve just let him eat me and saved yourself!

The Manticore is now just about on the fool of a creature. It roars and sends birds flying out of the trees.

“Look out!”

A ferocious man-eating monster of a Manticore is charging at me with only the intent to kill on its mind.

Perfect.

I fall to the side just as its razor-sharp claws are inches from my face and grimace as my leg makes contact with the ground.

My left leg had been torn shreds as I was trying to avoid the beast’s claws earlier. My swollen ankle had started to ache as I was dodging and I couldn’t get away fast enough. Luckily, some rainbow colored Pegasus had flown down to rescue me.

My mind had gone blank after the Manticore had gotten my leg.

I remember I had asked myself how I had gotten into this situation to begin with. Then I heard a voice in my head say “hey lets go to the 80!” Other voices had then started up in my mind; all of them were agreeing with the first. I was beginning to wonder who these voices belonged to when another voice caught my attention.

“Get up. C’mon we have to get out of here!” it had said.

My mind had come back to reality and I saw the rainbow Pegasus in front of me with pleading eyes.

“Yeah…yeah let’s gooo ahhh! Fuck!” I had screamed when I’d tried to get up.

My leg was on fire and the slightest movement sent shockwaves of pain through my body. I remember I’d heard a loud thud and looked over to see the Pegasus lying limp on the grass with the Manticore slowly stalking up to it.

I had seen this as a chance to get away and begin to crawl over to the forest to hide. I was at the edge of the woods when something had stopped me. Not anything physical, but something from deep inside my heart.

I can’t leave that Pegasus to die, I had thought. Not when it had tried so hard to help me.

Looking up at the tree in front of me, a crazy idea had formed in my mind. After dodging all those swipes from the beast I’d learned that while it was fast when moving straight, it cornered like a tractor trailer.

I gritted my teeth and used every ounce of strength I had left and managed to stand up. I ripped off another bandage from my arms and pressed it against my bloody leg, wincing as I put pressure on it. I held it there for a second or so until it was colored red.

For the next part of my crazy plan, I’d reach into my back pocket and pulled out my wallet. I had completely forgotten about it until I had fallen on my butt when I still had the bunny with me.

I doubt this money is good here anyway, I’d mused.

I wrapped the wallet with the bloody linen and took careful aim.

The makeshift projectile had hit the Manitcore right on top of its fat head and rolled down to its snout.

I screamed out hoping to give it more of a reason to charge me and it took the bait.

Now I lay on the ground watching the beast fly over top of me and into the large tree that was behind where I’d been standing.

*CRASH*

The Manticore collides face first with the hard bark of the tree. It collapses to the ground, no doubt seeing plenty of stars.

Take that you sorry excuse for an ancient myth!

The world around me is starting to go black.

And then my heart stops.

I hear a loud roar coming from the beast’s bodies as it slowly stands back up and turns to face me.

Oh come on! What does a guy have to do?!

My body is too weak to even attempt to move at this point.

Shit! Hey well can’t say I didn’t try, huh?

“What do you think you’re doing mister?!”

I’m dying. What does it look like?

“You should be ashamed of yourself!”

I am. Jeez, what a time to rub it in.

“Now you go back home and think about what you’ve done.”

Lady, I can’t even stay awake let alone think… Wait what?!

I hear wings flapping over me and see a pink and yellow blob as my eyes begin to close.

Either that’s just how heaven’s angels look like or I’m totally saved!

A smile appears on my face as I give into unconsciousness.