Indominus

Out in the woods. It’s so silent. Nopony dares to be around in the deep depths of the woods. Like, when a tree falls, and nopony’s around. Nopony could be sure if it can make a sound.

Not even a moment has passed when a pig is racing through the trees. A deadly velociraptor is chasing the pig at full speed. Moaning and screeching as she chases the pig. As soon as she gets in the big cage.

“HOLT!” A voice yells from above. The raptor soon holts itself as the pig moves to the little barrier it came from.

Three more raptors appear from behind the first raptor as all four of them see the familiar mare with her coat a light blue cyan, and her mane as a multi-colored rainbow. She also has a bandage on her wing which must be broken.

Rainbow Dash is the alpha of the raptors.

“Okay!” She said as the raptors look up at her as she’s standing above a bridge when she’s only fifteen to twenty feet above the raptors. She holds a hoof up. “Eyes on me!”

Only two raptors do so, while the other two look around, one of them growling at each other.

“Lightning! Lightning!” She said repeating herself. Lightning shrieked as she heard her name. “Watch it!” Dash said to her. As the other raptor with a very dark green color looks up at her and shrieks as well.

“Alpha, hey!” She said as the raptor known as ‘Alpha’ looks up at Dash. “Don’t give me that nonsense!” She said as all four raptors are now looking up at her.

“Good! Very good! And… We’re moving!” Dash soon heads the other direction on the four way bridge above the raptors as they hissed and growled at each other.

“Alright!” Dash said as she’s proud. “That’s good! That is too good!” She said as she reaches into the bucket and starts feeding the raptors their treats, one by one.

“Alright! Vextor, that’s what you get!” She said tossing the piece of meat to the raptor known as Vextor. She catches it with her mouth, and eats it.

“Violet! Alpha!” She feeds the other two meat to the two raptors while they catch it and eat it as well. One more raptor left to feed.

“Lightning!” Dash said to grab lightning’s attention. She looks up at Dash, waiting for her treat. “This one’s for you.” She said as she tossed it at her, and she catches it, and eats it.

“Good.” She said, as the raptors are now looking up at her.

“Eyes up!” Dash said as the raptors look at her dead in the eye. When Rainbow Dash took her hoof down.

“Go!”

The raptors shrieked and roared as they run to the other side of the cage. Pinkie Pie comes in.

“You finally did it, Dash!” She said excitedly as she congratulated her.

“Heh, thanks, Pinkie.” Dash said as she let out a little blush.

“Rainbow Dash!” Said a familiar voice. Spitfire soon comes in.

“I’m impressed. Not only are you a talented flier, but dang, looks like you got a good hoof to handling those raptors.” Spitfire said to Dash as she patted her shoulder.

“Thanks, Spitfire.” Dash said as Pinkie grabbed the bucket. “Uh, what do you need?” She asked Spitfire.

“A field test.” Spitfire responded as Dash chuckled and starts walking.

“Oh hey, I just received that they can respond to commands. We need to take this and get it on it’s hooves.”

“They’re wilde animals, Spitfire, you don’t want them in your sight, trust me.” Dash said as she and Spitfire walk together on the bridge.

“I’ve seen a battle. A real battle. Between pony and beast.” Spitfire said excitedly as she gets in front of Dash.

“You’re in my way.” Dash said shaking her head.

“Come on, Dash. It’ll be great. Like, nature’s given us the most offensive killing machines sixty five million years ago, and now we know they can take orders.” Spitfire said as they walk to the edge of the raptor cage.

“Well, yeah, they can take orders. It’s not rocket science, Spitfire.” Dash said. “I mean, it’s a trust they have for me, and a trust I have for them. It’s like me and Scootaloo. Almost… Different.” She said as she looks into the distance. Not to mention her broken wing when she had that accident with Scootaloo a few weeks ago.

“I see.” Spitfire claims. “And look. These creatures have millions of years of instincts in their cells.” She said looking at the raptors as the raptors looked up at them. “Instincts that we can program with magic. Now, these suckers can run to the enemy’s teeth, and nail them.” Spitfire said to Dash.

“Well technically, you come here and hardly learn a thing about these raptors. You’ve created them and now you think you own them.” Dash said to Spitfire.

“We do own them, Dash. Extinct animals have no rights.”

“They’re not extinct anymore, Spitfire.”

“Exactly.”

Their conversation still continues on as they start walking down the stairs from the paddock. Spitfire continues talking once more.

“An island that’s now filled with animals that we brought back to life with the help of unicorns. I also heard that Fluttershy’s been going well with the herbivore’s too.” Spitfire said.

“How long has Fluttershy been working with the herbivores?”

“Since the day she joined in, she doesn’t wanna work with the others like the T.rex or the raptors.” She said as Dash opens the gate. “Like, the raptors can replace thousands of hooves on the ground. Just think, Dash.” Dash then closes the gate on Spitfire when she rests her hooves on it. “War’s a part of nature.”

Dash walks off as she keeps listening.

“Look around, Dash. Everything in this forest or jungle is murdering one another. Mother nature’s way of testing her little creatures. I mean, war’s can be a struggle. A struggle that nopony will think it’ll be fun to solve. Once that happens…” She said as Dash walks to the gate. “We end up in a place like this. Charge seven bits a soda.”

“Do you hear yourself when you talk?” Dash asked her. “Cause if you do, I’m not sure anypony will know what you could be talking about.” She chuckled. “Sure, this place is cool and all. But, I probably wouldn’t suggest that to anypony.”

Spitfire chuckles back.

“Yeah, you got a point, Rainbow Dash.” She said as she got on her hooves once more. “You got a point.”

Dash nods as a pig is now running in the paddock.

“Pig loose! Pig loose!” One of the co-workers screamed as he takes the stick out to catch the pig. As soon as the pig gets in it, Vextor grabs it, and the stallion falls in the paddock. Signalling the raptors as they let out their call and shrieks.

Rainbow Dash eyes goes wide as she now sees the raptors slowly walk to him as he backs up. Now being surrounded by the raptors.

Dash soon opens the gate.

“Dash, no!” Pinkie screams through the gate. The PCU now now pointing guns at the raptors.

“No wait, hold your fire!” Dash screams while the PCU responds to the command. Dash stops in front of the raptors, gets on her hindlegs, and holds her hooves out to stop them.

“Hold your fire! Do not fire!” Dash said once more while Pinkie helps out with the co-worker.

“I swear, these animals are never gonna trust me again.” Dash said as the raptors are now hissing at her.

“Violet. Stand down.” Dash said calmly to the dark raptor. “Stand down.”

The raptor chomps her jaw at her.

“Hey, HEY! What did I just say?” Dash asked. “Alpha, I see you. Back up!” The raptors are now standing right in front of her as if they’re waiting to strike at the right moment as they let out their shrieks and moans.

“Good. Very good.” Dash said as everyone watches. “Okay. Close the gate.”

“Dash, are you crazy?!” Pinkie asked her.

“Hey, Pinkie? Just trust me.”

Pinkie looks at her friend. Then the gate. She gulps as she pressed the button. The gate is now closing. Dash stands there. Wait for it…

She makes a Dash as the gate is near it’s closing. The raptors go after her, and they bump into the bars of the gate instead of going after her. Dash sighed in relief from a close call to avoid being killed by her own raptors.

“You okay, Dashie?” Pinkie asked as she helped her friend up.

“Yeah, I’m fine.” Dash said as she accepted the help. She looks at the new colt. “You’re the new pony, right?”

He nods to her as he’s now completely nervous from what happened.

“Next time. Be careful, okay?” He nods once more. “Oh, and… Don’t turn your back on the cage.” She said as she walked away. The colt watched her as his attention was caught by Lightning placing her head on the bar and growling at him.

Dash soon walks out of the paddock as Spitfire follows.

“So, what now?” She asked Dash.

“I’m going to the park to see Twilight. She told me a few days ago that somepony’s here to visit and she said I might wanna see them.”

“Oh. Okay, well… Have fun.” Spitfire said as Dash walks down the path to the park. It isn’t too far away from the raptor paddock by train ride.

She’s soon at the park when she’s inside the pyramid building with Fluttershy. Waiting on the guest that Twilight said that’s coming to the park.

“So, who is this pony that’s coming?” Dash asked her.

“It’s a surprise.” Fluttershy responds.

After about thirty minutes of waiting…

“Rainbow Dash? Is that you?!” Said a familiar voice. Dash turns around and she’s greeted by… Scootaloo?

“No way.” Dash said as a smile forms on her face. Scootaloo runs up to her and they both hugged.

“Hey, squirt.” Dash said as she hugged her.

“I missed you so much, Rainbow Dash!” Scootaloo said as she hugged her tight.

“I know. I missed you too. Even after what happened, I still missed you. I haven’t seen you in months.” She said as they broke the hug.

“How’s your wing doing?”

“It’s getting better. Not fully healed yet. But, it’s getting there.” She said.

“I’m really sorry about that day, Dash. I just wanted to be a great flyer like you.” Scootaloo said as she looks down.

“Hey.” Dash said as she makes her create eye contact. “It’s not your fault. I was so focused on you trying to fly when I was carrying you. So focused, i wasn’t watching where I was going. That’s how I hit that tree. Don’t blame yourself like that, Scoots. Okay?” Dash said with a warm smile. Scootaloo nods her head to her.

“Speaking of that. Who’s with you?”

“I am!” Spike soon pops up beside her.

“Oh yeah.” Dash said as she chuckled. “Hey Spike. You’re gonna take care of Scootaloo while I have to work?” Dash asked the baby dragon.

“Yup. Picked her up right as he parents dropped her off at the docks in Manehatten. Twilight asked me to, and I was fine with it.”

“Okay. Well, i’ll see you tonight at six. Okay, Scoots?”

“You’re not coming with us, Dash?” Scootaloo asked in a disappointed face.

“Oh, I wish I could. But, tomorrow, I can take you to see the raptors.” This brought a smile to Scootaloo’s face. “That’ll be fun, right?”

“Sweet! Velociraptors!” Scootaloo said in excitement.

“Oh, Scootaloo!” Fluttershy said getting in. She hands Spike the envelope. “Twilight says that’s for food in case you get hungry.”

“Oh, thanks.” She said as Dash noticed something on Scootaloo’s hoof.

“I see you got your hoofband.” She said.

“Oh yeah. Spike gave me this at the hotel room so I won’t have to wait in line for all the rides.” Scootaloo said in excitement.

“That’s awesome!” Dash said as she hugged her. “Okay, have fun. Spike, you better take great care of her.”

“I will, Rainbow Dash.” Spike said to her. “If you see Rarity, can you tell her I said hi?”

Rainbow Dash giggles as he still can’t get over her. “Sure buddy. I’ll see you tonight!” Dash waved at them as they said their goodbye’s for the day.

Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash head back to their places for now.