The Silent Lands (Old)

The skies were pitch black, there were no stars and the moon was hidden from view by te grey clouds, the trees swayed from the strong wind and the air was foggy and cold, the sky lights up from the lightning but then just as quickly it lights up it goes back to being black. The quiet town sits alone, the town looked abandon except for the small campfire in the middle, there was no power in this town. A lone pony walks around the town slowly, this pony had a name and it was Tiki, She was a foal, her coat glowed silver from the campfire, her deep blue eyes searched the town, her legs ached and her eyes heavy, she sat down near the fire and kept an eye looking around.

The outskirts of this town held many dangerous creatures but the main creatures she was worried about was what she liked to call Deltas, The Deltas were ponies that lost themselves to a unknown magic, their eyes a glowing green, there pupils looked as of dragons eyes, they were brainless and moved like puppets. Tiki held her weapon close just in case, it was knife, she had not planned on using it besides using it to open bean cans and picking doors, she had never used it to do damage to anyone. A screech made her jump to her hooves, taking the knife handle in her mouth gripping tightly, she knew that one was coming but from where, it hit her in the side throwing the wind out of her, it felt like a brick, the Delta howled and went for another hit trying to bludgeon its prey to death, Tiki rolled out of the way and delivered a strong buck to the Deltas stomach and it doubled over, Tiki stood quickly but maybe to quickly, she was still recovering from her hit from before, she winced feeling her lungs burn, she threw herself to the side as the Delta lunged at her, it was getting desperate, She knew that when Deltas set their eyes on something they will make sure they do it by any means necessary.

The Delta grabbed the closest thing to use as a weapon, Tikis knife, It made a savage slash at her, Tiki only got nicked by it but it still hurt alot, her fathers training kicked in, she brought her hoof quickly to the Deltas hoof with the knife gripped in it, a loud crunch echoed through her ears. Tiki grabbed the knifes handle in between her teeth and spun quickly jamming it in the Deltas neck quickly, blood spilled out while the Delta spluttered through growls, blood went down to the handle, she tasted the blood and ripped the knife from the Delta cutting through its jugular, more blood squirted out as it fell over deceased.

Tiki dropped the knife and vomited onto the ground, the taste of the blood stayed with her, the sick feeling wasn't just because of the blood but also knowing she just killed a pony, another being, she felt her father be proud but she didn't feel proud of herself. The smell of the corpse now was all she could smell, the body decayed quickly from the dark magic, she could already hear the sound of flies buzzing around the corpse, she gagged and picked up her knife wiping it against her coat, more screeches and howls echoed the town, Tiki frowned and ran for the closest building, entering slowly and closing the door slowly.

Tiki slowly peeked through a crack in the wall out at a couple of Deltas sniffing their comrades body, Tiki heard a different sound, she grimaced, “Gamma….”. Loud stomps could be heard, she watched as a beefy pony came from behind a building, its face has many scars, dark smoke flowed from its mouth, its hooves were nearly bigger than tree trunks, the Gamma grunted and looked around. This one appeared to be wounded, a couple of pieces of its flesh hangs from its chest, its right eye hangs from its dark eye socket, blood slowly ran down its already blood stained hooves, even in its weakened state a Gamma was nearly unstoppable. Tiki debated whether to wait it out but she knew that they would find her, so what would she do? what could she do? She was surrounded and out of ideas…..