The Fearless Warrior

"Do you think he's dangerous?" A female voice said in a worried tone.
"Don't worry, even if he is I'm here to protect you." A male voice answered.

"But… I heard that when he first came in he was almost dead. Nopony knew why he was still able to breathe!" Female again
"You worry too much my dear... I'm the best soldier around, and I doubt anypony can represent a threat for me" The male voice said confident.

"Ohh... you are so brave" The female voice said in a mellow tone. "mhhm and you look strong too" The female voice giggle.
"I can show you some of my strength in a more... interesting way..." He said in a seductive tone that made the female giggle. The next sounds I heard made clear that they had started to make out. The soft moans that escaped their lips in the unmistakable sound of kissing. I sighted. I did not want to hear or see where that would lead to.
"AHEM!" I cleared my throat and opened my light brown eyes toward them "I don't want to interrupt anything but, why you two don't go to another place to do that?"

Right next to my bed was a royal guard, wearing his golden armor and a female unicorn that I had never seen before around. Probably a new nurse. The male royal guard just stabbed me with his eyes, and the female, a light pink unicorn with a blue mane and tail, blushed heavily, starting to trot away from me and the guard.

"Thank you very much!" He snorted at me. "I was this close to take her and you HAD to blew it didn't you!" He said in an angry tone that made me laugh a little.

"Sorry pal, but I did not want to repeat the last time experience. I still have some nightmares of you and that other unicorn nurse. By Odin's name! Waking up to see you mating her was NOT a pretty sight right in the morning!" I said with a soft grin.

My wounds were not totally healed but I was able to walk on my own and eat without any problems. Well, almost without any problems. It took some time for them to understand that hay and flowers were not a good thing for me to eat. Almost a month had passed already. I had several scars all over my body from the already closed wounds. My body was torn apart by that manticore and only the Gods knew why I did not died. From one of the 'doctors' I heard that I had a cut so deep in my belly that my guts could have fallen any second. All my ribs were all broken. I had a pierced lunge and my limbs had cuts so deep that he said it was another miracle that no vital artery or tendon was cut. Or whatever that means. They look like to know a lot about the body structure, much more than any other healer in my village.

The royal guard beside me was there to watch me and his name was Steel Head. He was a white stallion with a light blue mane and tail. His cute mark was a helmet and he had the typical knight behavior when on duty. At first he was always with an angry face, but after days of me trying to talk to him he finally started to answer without cursing my name or threatening me. Actually he was a really nice guy... or pony. And despite he was a royal guard he admitted to me one day that he was never in the front lines or anything. Apparently this world had never faced a war and the guards were there only to deal with trouble makers. Any other serious threat was taken care by the royal sisters, or the 'Elements of Harmony'. Also I discovered that he was good when the topic was females. As we got close to each other, he started to relax more and more. To the point that he didn't care to use me, the big bad monster, to show off how brave he was. He was sharing the room with me, so he could watch me day and night, what means he had no other place to go when he wanted to be with a female. Usually he just went in that weird bathroom.

From where I was, the 'bathroom' was a deep pit that we usually covered with sawdust. But here, they had this weird ceramic pit that washed itself with water once you pressed a button. Also they had some magic metal objects that could produce cold or hot water to wash my body. The first time I saw that working was when I caught Steel Head under hot water, mating with a nurse. I can't explain with words how weird that sight was. The stallion slept next to me, in a small improvised bed made out of blankets and pillows and, despite all the bad points he had as mare hunter, he was a nice guy to talk and had turned to be a good friend of mine.

"Well, is not my fault that you don't like to see some good action" He said grinning back at me. I just rolled my eyes, sitting on the bed to see him better.

"Good action? You were pounding her so hard that I could swear that you wanted to throw her in the wall!" I arched an eyebrow.

"What can I say? She likes it rough hehe" He chuckled.

"And may I ask you WHO likes 'it' rough?" A well know voice asked. Celestia had just entered the room to hear the last phrase of her royal guard who broke a sweat. He tensed his body as he saw the white alicorn approaching and made a sign of respect. I could not contain my laugh at the situation. "Relax. You may leave for now, I need to speak with Eravel alone." She giggled softly watching the nervous white royal guard blushing. Steel Head bowed softly and leaved.

"Your majesty..." I bowed my head in respect. She just smiled at me.

"How are your wounds healing?" She asked approached a little more.

"Good, I can already walk on my own and the bandages need to be changed only once a day. Thank you for your concern." I said smiling back at her. She had show me only kindness since our first conversation at the dungeons and I was grateful for that.

"It's good to hear that. Soon I'll be sending you to the village near here and you will need your full strength to face what lies ahead of you." She said in a more serious tone. I knew what she meant with that. This village was where those six ponies that I almost killed lived and I needed to face them.

"Is that rainbow mane pegasus alright?" I asked with concern.

"Yes, it took her two weeks to recover completely from the incident, but now she's alright." The princess said and I breathed in relief.

"I'm a bit nervous to face them. My father was a warrior, and had taught me the ways of the battlefield and war. But he also taught me about the honor to fight a worthy opponent and I feel ashamed to have raise my sword towards her. I had nothing to gain from attacking her and still I did it. I hope she can forgive me." I said looking down at my hands.
"I think she will forgive you. Maybe not straight away, but one day." Celestia said smiling at me and I could not hold back my smile too. "Now rest. I'll ask for team of unicorn doctors to cast a healing spell on your wounds so they can finish closing. The day after tomorrow you will head to Ponyvile to start your new life." I just nodded in response and relaxed in my bed.