Ashen Hoof was running through the Everfree. Where to, she didn't know. Anywhere away from the beast chasing her.

A roar sounded off in the distance, piercing her eardrums with the sheer velocity of it. Where had things gone wrong? What had started as a simple search for a mystical spear had soon devolved into magical beasts attempting to run her down.

Ashen craned her neck to see behind her, and wished she hadn't.

Trees were toppling in the wake of the twenty foot tall monster chasing her. his name was Grakk, and he had three eyes and eighteen horns, with a large hole in his chest where most of his vital organs should've been. He was terrifying, to say the least. Ashen dove off to the side as the demon let loose a beam of energy from each of his eyes, the power of the attack burning into the ground a good couple feet.

Ashen was no longer on a set path, but rather was running through thorny bushes, vines and flying, tiny insects to try and reach safety.

And safety was reached, as Princess Luna herself teleported in front of the beast and let loose a blast of magic of her own. It struck Grakk in the eyes, and he stumbled backwards, temporarily blinded. Not a second later, another beam of magic tore through his throat, followed by yet another which slammed into his forehead and knocked him to the ground, dead.

Luna turned to Ashen Hoof, a stern look on her face.

"Why wouldst-"

She stopped talking as Ashen Hoof turned and trotted away, not wanting to hear a rant from the awkward moon goddess.

Luna followed with a sigh, until both of them ended up in Ponyville.

Author's Note

Love me please