Glass

Glass

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Prologue: Part Two
Repeat
An MLP:FiM Fanfiction by Tytyvm

Nurse Red Heart was a mare to which few could compare. Her brilliance of mind was something quite rare, whilst her glossy white coat made it hard not to stare. A washed out pink mane was often tied without care. It wasn’t rare to see it spun in a bun here or there.

The pony in question ran her clinic like few others could bear. Her dedication demanded long hours that’d put most in a wheelchair. She held responsibility that normally ten ponies would share. And despite this she bounced like she hadn’t a care.

A truly inspiring thing of a mare. One who was now giving her coworkers a hell of a scare.

They’d found her in the morgue balled up and cowering in fear. The look on her face gave that message quite clear. But her muttering, “Dear Celestia,” was a bit of a jeer.

It didn’t help when somepony took note from the rear, “There’s a body missing down here...”

Into the clinic walked a stallion and a mare. The first looking a bit worse for the wear. But when approached by a nurse he promptly shot her a glare. Apparently his wife was the one in need of some care. A closer look showed signs of frostbite beneath her matted hair. It’d take a lot to make the repair.

A stallion barreled past the couple and their private affair. He shot out of the business and into town square. The sound of a building’s collapse soon put ice in the air.

That earth pony barreled down the cobblestone street; his hooves echoed with a quickening beat. Rested along his back a saddle-bag laid neat.

Ponies deserted the sun-lit avenue with staggering speed. A lion-like creature razed through the thoroughfare without heed. Terror filled faces surrounded the steed. His mane and tail whipped about like wind rustled reed.

In the manticore’s path limped a filly barely three. The child dipped low before collapsing to a knee.

A crippled filly, a sprinting stallion, and a raging manticore.

The beast launched into a malicious swipe for the child on the floor.

The colt’s heart slammed into his core. He kicked off his pack and bucked it so hard that it soared. The bag smacked into the filly like an adult wild boar. The child was thrown to the side and into a door.

The creature pounced at the stallion with a predatory cry. The beast successfully slashed grooves inside the male’s thigh.

The pony collapsed onto his damaged left side whilst the manticore puffed out its chest full o’ pride.

It prodded the body softly with a claw, eliciting a weak gasp from the stallion’s maw. Growling, the creature grabbed hold of the meat with its jaw.

A suicide rescue, a panicking town; sometimes heroes rise to be laid in the ground.

The manticore disappeared abruptly in a flash of blinding light. The stallion was left contorted from the monster’s sheer might.

A unicorn mare made her way to the stallion knight. No being would have wanted to witness that sight.

Her magic charged-up while she whispered a quiet goodbye. The pony let loose her spell with a shaky breathed sigh, and the body dispelled to the clinic nearby.

Nurse Red Heart was a mare to which few could compare.

An extra special thanks to Ferlathin and LimeAttack