Princess Cadance trotted down the streets of the Crystal Empire, occasionally stopping to chat with the crystal ponies, when the ponies suddenly began to take off towards the castle. She watched, confused, until she heard a shout of 'MONSTERS!', and took off to where ponies were fleeing. Three creatures were in the street, though one seemed to be terrified and about to pass out, until one of them snapped their claws in it's face. One was tall, and had a duller pink mane, and was standing protectively by the other two. A short one was crouched, their fluffy mass of brownish-purple mane almost hiding a possessive glare. A slightly taller, blonde one stood by the short one, clutching onto its foreleg. It would yelp whenever somepony would yell, and hold onto the short one even tighter.
"M-Machi! I-I'm sc-cared!" it stuttered out, while the short one, called Machi, wrapped a foreleg around it. It let out a low hiss, while a brownish tail on the taller one flicked. Machi glared at the princess, before the guards came, and began to surround the trio. It's eyes darted around, letting out a deep growl.
"Machi, get Marcoh outta here. She's in no way capable to fight in this sort of combat." the tailed on exclaimed, while the short one pouted, but picked the blonde one, Marcoh, up. Machi then turned away, dashing out and past the guards.
