Tyrant Bird King

Spike spat out some of the water, shaking himself, trying to dry himself off, looking up at the cliff, where the creature had left. He could still hear it's lonely bellow as it walked away, Spike's eyes softening thinking about it. Suddenly, the coughing next to him caught his attention, seeing the dragoness, Blaze shivering and spitting out water.

"I hate water..." She snarled out, giving the soft, lapping liquid a death stare, walking over to the grass, trying to get mud off of her stomach.

Spike chuckled, lying in the water, watching the sky and clouds being colored in a hue of pinks and oranges. He stood up, hearing the gentle lapping of the water as it hit the shore.

He looked around, noticing a lack of animals, which made him frown. He couldn't help but feel as if this area was familiar, but he couldn't place a claw on it.

Blaze, fully cleaned, walked over to Spike, tapping his side, catching his attention. "We better get goin'. It'll be dark soon, and I'm pretty sure that tha monster isn't goin' to be the only one chasin' us."

Spike nodded, but his spines stood on end. He coudn't help but feel as if something was watching them. He looked around, hearing birds singing out happily, then shrugged it off to him being paranoid.

The sound of the bushes shaking went unnoticed by the two as they walked away, a large, serpentine tongue poking out to taste the air.
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A guard hacked away a vine, giving a quiet snarl as his horn and sword were glowing blue. His golden armor weighed him down a little, but, he slashed through a batch of leaves, trotting forward. Behind him were a collumn of Guards, along with the Elements of Harmony.

"Keep searching! We have to find Spike!" Twilight shouted, responses following her about agreeing. "Don't worry, I'll find you..."

Applejack adjusted her Stetson, giving a cautious look around, her green eyes scanning every nook and cranny, before looking at Twilight. "Twi, ya know that thing is out 'ere. Why don't we do 'is in the mornin'?"

Rarity quickly elbowed Applejack, causing a glare to be returned. "Well I, for one, completely agree with Twilight, dear. We have to find Spikey-wikey and show that big, dumb brute what for."

"Heck yeah!" Rainbow Dash yelled, hovering above the group.

Fluttershy was quiet, shivering in fear, while Pinkie hopped along beside her, giggling and smiling. Suddenly, Pinkie disappeared, making fluttershy stop, looking to where she was. In her place was a large foot print, toes spread out, small, tan feathers in the large print. Pinkie giggled, putting her hoof in it.

"Uhh...Twilight." Fluttershy softly spoke, catching the Alicorn's attention.

Said Alicorn trotted over, examining the foot print, giving soft hums and strange glances around. "No doubt about it, this belongs to the creature..."

Pinkie jumped out, giggling happily. "I think we're gonna have to bake a bigger cake," She gasped loudly, drawing glances from nearby guards, "Maybe we should throw a party! 'Welcome to Ponyville Tyrannosaurus Rex'!"

Twilight looked at Pinkie, giving a confused look, then spoke, "What did you just call the creature?"

"A Tyrannosaurus Rex. Seems fitting, though I think I'll call him Rex for now!" She giggled, bouncing around Twiight, who started to scribble in her notebook.

"That's actually a good name..." Twilight muttered out, nodding to herself, quietly drawing the foot print for future reference.

They continued on, ignoring Fluttershy's shivering, seeing a small puddle of blood on the way they were going. In the bloody mud was the footprint of a dragon, similar to that of Ember's.

Upon arriving to a clearing, they noticed quite a few things; one, there was a battle that was waged here. A dragon skeleton was completely smashed, large footprint were around it. Blood spots and soot covered the ground, and some of the foliage on a cliff looked like something had slammed through it, revealing a spacey cave.

Twilight looked around, before shaking her head, sitting down, tears running down her face. At her hooves was something that made her lose all hope; Blaze's cracked goggles. They were in the middle of a footprint of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, and had some blood around it. Next to it was a single, purple scales, that brought Twilight sobbing.

She grabbed it with a hoof, tears running down her cheeks, giving loud sniffles and sobs that wracked her body. Fluttershy sat on her haunches next to her, Applejack folowing, wrapping their hooves around her, comforting her.

A guard sighed, shaking his head, before looking down, giving a confused look at what he saw. This stallion's name was Gear, and had a helmet and mask, covering everything but his eyes, which were a dark blue. "Captain!"

Captain Fair, the leader of these guards, looked over to Gear, who waved him over with a hoof. "Okay boys, take a break. Five minutes." The surrounding guards gave a sigh of relief, sitting or laying down, some resting on the cliff wall. He walked over to Gear, a inquisitive look on his face. "What is it, Gear?"

"Sir, I believe those two are still alive." Gear said, pointing a hoof, showing dragon footprints, along with the creature's footprint.

Twilight heard this, looking towards the direction, then nodded. "W-we'll set up camp h-here," She hiccupped, her eyyes still red from the tears, "We'll c-continue the search f-first thing in th-the mornin-ng."

Price nodded, before barking out the order, "Everyone, set up camps and get ready! First thing in the morning is breakfast, then we find the two dragons!" He cast a glance at Twilight, who had smiled for the first time that evening.

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He had watched them run away from him yesterday night, and he had been more than displeased. He had rose once the great circle in the sky did, and started his early morning hunt. These tiny mammals and that strange one had stolen the hatchling from him, and right now, he was not in the best of moods.

Despite this, his aching stomach had reared it's head to catch him from his thoughts. He snorted, raising his feathered covered head, inhaling deeply.

He snorted, then started to walk forward, the trail leading him on. He heard the strange mammilian sounds filled the air, but, he ignored them, for the hunt.

His stomach growed at him, but, he continued on, smelling the scent of rotting corpses. He gave a low rumbling growl, smelling the air.

The scent hit him in the face, making him crouch, peering through the bushes. He heard the sounds of hissing and the cracking of a tree, seeing two large reptilians. One had half of its body through the tree, and the other gave a snarl as it tried to get into the tree as well.

He stood up, seeing them snap their jaws, hissing and growling. He stepped forward again, then, in a flash, bit onto the one in the tree trunk, grabbing it's midsection. It gave a starled yelp as it was slowly dragged by bone crushing jaws.

He gave a satisfied hiss as he lifted the body up more, biting it one last time, crushing it's organs and rib cage, killing it instantly. The other reptile gave a terrified hiss as it started to slither back into the bushes, trying to get as far away as possible.

He lifted the body up, hearing strange, mammal like neighing come from the log. He crunched down, cracking more bones in his jaws, giving the tree a cautious stare. Suddenly, appearing from the end of the log was a strange mamml, like the other hooved ones. It was covered in yellow fur, having pink, long fur as well. It has fliers wings on its back and the eyes of a child.

He gave a throaty growl, making it freeze, then slowly turn around, fear overiding her body. She saw his massive foot, slowly trailing up, slinking lower to the ground, then saw his blood covered jaws. He gave her a curious stare, while she gave him a fear filled one. He dropped the carcass at his feet, geeting his blood covered jaws close, smelling her scent. Once satisfied, he snorted, thinking she smelt of the strange, colorful plants.

He then picked the carcass up with his jaws, satisfied with his hunt, then started to start his trek to his home.

Right towards the mammals camp.