Apples and Cinnamon

His leg burned but he didn't care all that was on his mind was the direction of the screams emanating from the Everfree forest. He was running so fast that he was nothing more then a blur to those that looked at him. He quickly gets to the waterlogged swamp but he doesn't take the detour. Bounding from mangrove to mangrove his leaps are so powerful that the roots that he launches himself off of shatter into tiny pieces from the sear force. Several rockidiles try to snap at him from underneath angry that they were disturbed from sleep by the exploding wood; but catch nothing but air.A loud roar echoes from the direction of the screams forcing him to go faster. As he zero's in on the screams for help he sees a very large rockidile trying to dig through the rock to get to it's prey. Cinno doesn't slow down or yells he simply rams himself right into the beast's rib cage. The force of the impact sends it sprawling across the enclosed area like a ragdoll. The air is filled with shredded petals and grass. An audible pop resonates from Cinno's right shoulder as it dislocates from the impact. The beast shakes it's head and roar's furiously at Cinno, and Cinno grunts as he pops his shoulder back into place.

The two now stand off in the center of the field each looking of the right opportunity to strike. The beast charges toward Cinno and tries to snap him in two, but Cinno back steps just as the jaws close he then punches the beast's snout with enough force to launch the rockidile's head straight up into the air; an arc of blood shoots over the length of it's body. The ground shakes as it's forelegs come crashing back down; blood now flowing freely from it's nostril. The beast roars as it turns viciously around to sweep it's tail. However Cinno anticipates this and does a summersault timed perfectly now with an opportunity to retaliate Cinno jumps onto its back. He starts to strike various points along the spine. The force of his blows shatters the rocky scales and tear through the exposed flesh underneath. Cinno's grip becomes nearly impossible as blood covers his hooves so he sinks his teeth into the bleeding flesh. A feeble attempt since he has no canine teeth to sink in; he quickly lets go unable to stand the taste of blood filling his mouth. Instead he decides to attach himself to one of larger scales on the upper back.

The rockidile begins to thrash about the field trying to knock off Cinno from it's bloodied back: from bucking to body slams but no matter what it tries Cinno remains clung to it's scaley back. Screams could be heard over the alpha's enraged roars as fountains of blood stream from it's wounds every time it stops. Eventually the beast runs to the water using it's powerful muscles to swim through the swamp; at breakneck speed tearing up the mangroves in the process as well as scaring off the rest of the smaller rockidiles. Still Cinno clings to it's back; desperate to get him off the alpha begins the infamous deathroll in the water churning it like violent rapids. Cinno unable to hold on to the bloody surface is finally launched off of it's back and into the air like a geyser. The alpha notices this and stops its roll to turn it into a vertical jump.

Cinno's eyes slowly open as he free falls towards the ground he sees a pair of massive jaws leaping at him. With nothing to stop him from falling into it's mouth he quickly turns his body making it spin like a windmill the jaws once again barely miss him. The sound of a thunderclap explodes in the air as both of Cinno's hind legs come crashing down between the rockidile's eyes landing on a rock covered brow shattering it. A large splash floods the area as both bodies come crashing down into the water. The alpha is now belly up in a pool of it's blood and chunks of brain matter; Cinno struggles to stand as bone is extruding from his right hindleg and both skin and muscle were torn from the other just hanging there like a butchered cow in a freezer.

He slowly makes his way to the fillies covered in both his blood and the now dead beast's blood a faint smile crosses his face as he looks over the fillies to see that they were unharmed. The mane six finally catch up to Cinno and the girls just as Cinno collapses from exhaustion and blacks out.