My Little Pony: Primordial Attractions

-Dapper Jolt's Home, Ponyville-

The blue maned, milky white pegasus was lost in thought as he ate his dinner, a blank stare upon his face as he fed. It was not uncommon for this to happen. It actually happened with relative frequence. It was the subject plaguing his mind that was causing his visible lack of focus. A lack of focus that his mother, Aerial Prayer, had picked up on as she ate her own food.

Finishing her mouthful, the pegasus mare spoke. "Thinking about Wolf Heart?" she asked, as Dapper had told her about his crush on the winged unicorn weeks earlier.

"Surprisingly, no... It's somepony else," the stallion acknowledged, quick to shake off his daze and realize that he was being spoken to. "Well, that and the Mane Event this Friday," Dapper Jolt shrugged, combing through his memory of the situation in order to answer without causing confusion.

Aerial Prayer's expression morphed into that of joy at the words, putting two and two together. "Shut up! Are you serious?!" she grinned, holding up a hoof and pointing it at her dinosaur enthusiast son. Dapper Jolt rolled his eyes and returned the smile, participating in the hoof bump that was his mother's form of praise.

Dapper Jolt's sister, Aqua Brush, perked up at the new knowledge, her ears flicking to attention. "And you asked her to the dance?!" the younger pegasus blurted with a goofy smile, dropping her fork and also holding up a hoof.

The stallion looked over at his sister like she had three heads before noticing her hoof. "No, stahp it," he ordered, pulling away from Aqua with an asymmetrically cocked brow. "You're only doing that because Mom did," Dapper exclaimed as she shook her hoof slightly to put emphasis on the fact that it was there.

"That-"

Aerial said something so quickly it almost wasn't heard. "Lies," she interjected before Aqua could say anything more, trying her darnedest to maintain a serious expression through it all. Aerial managed to keep her composure for a whole two seconds, her two kids staring firmly at the pegasus, before she burst out laughing.

Dapper Jolt was quick to join in on the laughter as Aqua Brush's expression melted into feigned hurt.

After having calmed down slightly, the pegasi's mother spoke again. "Anyway, how much does it cost to get into the dance?" she asked upon finishing off the last of her food, putting her fork down and looking to her son with a slightly serious expression, given her last words.

The pegasi's expression lit up at the hope that his mother would allow him to go to the Mane Event. "Five bits," Dapper grinned.

"I'll give you the bits, so long as you know what you're going to wear and when you'll be home," Aerial Prayer told him.

The stallion ran through his memory for a moment before he gave a response. "It ends at ten... And I just planned on going casual, I guess. I mean, I can't exactly go dapper without a mustache and going in with a fake one will make it seem like some kind of joke," Dapper Jolt acknowledged with a shrug.

Aerial's response was not what her son was looking for. "Okay."

"That's it?"

"Is it a semi-formal or a regular dance? If it's a semi, than dress up," she replied as though it was an obvious answer.

Dapper pushed aside his initial confusion to make way for a smile. "Okie dokie," he said in a manner not far removed from Nintendo's Mario as he rose from his seat. "I'd need a ride to the dance by eight," the pegasus continued. "Thank you for letting me go," he grinned, eliciting a smile from his mother.

"You're welcome."

-Dancer Residence, Ponyvile-

Rexy looked down at her regalia with no small amount of doubt and almost entirely unimpressed. True to her word, Autumn saw to it that Rexy's first high school dance was going to be perfect. Which, to Rexy's irritation, included her apparel. The dress was lean, complimenting the unicorn's strong build, where the violet collar flared up slightly. The dress, like the collar was a shade of violet, though towards the fringe it morphed to a deep, inky black. The mare wore elbow length gloves that possessed the same type of color blending, giving for a very royal appearance.

Unfortunately, while Autumn thought she pulled it off amazingly, Rexy didn't particularly think so. "Seriously, is this necessary, Autumn? It's just a dance," she grunted.

"Just a dance?!" her sister shouted in retort, throwing a hoof to the sky above. "This is your first dance, Rexy... You need to look your best."

"This is stupid," Rexy grumbled. "Putting me in a dress is like trying to blend oil and water," the broken-horned mare retorted.

"Obsidian won't think so," Autumn smiled, nudging her sister's shoulder.

Rexy rolled her eyes with a defeated sigh, realizing how pointless it was to argue with Autumn.

-That Friday, Canterlot High School-

Dapper Jolt hovered down to the sidewalk and acquainted his hooves with the concrete, a nervous, shaky exhale slithering from his nostrils as he adjusted the gold rimmed monocle that once belonged to his deceased grandfather, a local firefighting legend. Looking himself over, the pegasus stallion smiled, adjusting his black bowtie slightly and brushing down his tuxedo. Dapper Jolt nodded confidently and pushed his top hat forward slightly, stretching his limbs before marching towards the school's entrance, which was now festively decorated for the Mane event.

Upon entering, the stallion, pulled his five bits out of a breast pocket and handed them to the desk mare who collected the entrance fees. The pegasus tipped his hat to the teacher politely before making his way towards the gymnasium, where he noticed a few eye-rolls as he passed a few ponies who hung outside the gym's entry point. While he was unbothered by this, Dapper Jolt did, indeed notice.

Dapper scanned his surroundings for a few moments before locating a small group of ponies with a smile. It would seem that the pegasus now had something to do whilst he waited for his date to show up.

As he approached, Dapper Jolt puffed his chest slightly and tilted his head up in an attempt to live up to his namesake. The first to notice was a formally dressed Falcon Wing, though he still wore the same black and grey baseball cap. Upon seeing his friend, the golden feathered pegasus slapped a hoof to his face with a groan.

Wolf Heart, noticing this, turned to face the cause of Falcon's cringe, seeing not the cringy, need a mustache wear that Dapper Jolt possessed, but a well dressed dinosaur and Godzilla enthusiast. "You made it," she smiled, causing the pegasus to look to his first real crush.

At seeing Wolf Heart's apparel, a night sky blue dress with her mane tied into a bun, save for two tendrils that curled slightly, Dapper dropped his prideful demeanor to make way for a wide eyed stare. The pegasus froze in place, his jaw lowering slightly as Wolf Heart giggled awkwardly.

Hearing this, the stallion snapped out of his stupor and gestured towards her. "And I thought that I looked good!" Dapper exclaimed.

"Aaw, thank you," Wolf Heart smiled with a slight flush to her cheeks as she dipped her head slightly. "You look good, too."

Returning to his classic self, Dapper Jolt curled an invisible handlebar mustache, squinting slightly to give himself a more wise look. "Mm, thank you, Wolf Heart. And if I do say so myself, I find that you look absolutely ravishing," the pegasus acknowledged in a deep voice that one might mistake him for a rich, well cared for gentlecolt.

Wolf Heart chuckled before the pegasus goofily bowed down... repeatedly.

Before long, Falcon Wing had put a halt to Dapper's attempts at impressing his crush and saved Wolf the awkwardness of knowing that he was doing it. "Okaaay, Dapper! That's enough of that. Why don't we all just relax for a short while. I mean, your date is coming, right?" he said, brow raised.

"Far as I know," Dapper Jolt shrugged, dropping the Royal Canterlot voice as he spoke.

Before anypony could say anything else, Jackpot Ace seemingly materialized from thin air, which, coincidentally, he had using a teleportation spell. After giving everypony within three feet of him a heart attack, the unicorn spoke. "Nah, she probably bailed out knowing that she had to dance with you if she came," he teased, where Wolf Heart bit down on his ear and pulled him back with a stern expression.

Upon releasing, the winged unicorn slapped the stallion's nose with a wing. "This is his first dance, so try not to put him down, alright? I understand that it was a joke, but regardless," Wolf asked.

"But, MA!!" Jackpot jested, throwing his hooves up with a wide eyed expression.

Wolf Heart merely tilted her head slightly with a confused look crossing her muzzle. "What?" she chuckled, more to clarify what she had heard than anything.

Jackpot wasn't given time to answer before his line of view trailed over the mare's shoulder, his eyes growing wide with disbelief.

Furrowing a brow, Wolf Heart looked over her shoulder at what the unicorn was staring at. The sight elicited a surprised expression from the mare as she almost clumsily tapped Dapper Jolt's shoulder to gain his attention, her view not moving from the approaching unicorn. "Dapper," she whispered, drawing his point of focus away from Falcon Wing and the topic of Team Fortress Two.

"Huh?" Dapper questioned, turning to look at what she'd been staring at. If seeing a formally dressed Wolf Heart had gotten a big reaction out of the pegasus, than seeing a formally dressed Autumn Dancer received a huge reaction. The effect was almost instant. Dapper's jaw, if possible, would've hit the floor and his eyes popped wide.

Rather than continue to envy the pegasi's date, Jackpot snapped out of his trance and shoved his friend forward. "Go on! She's your date," he ordered quietly.

"Keep conversation to a medium but interesting, get to know her, and don't say anything about Godzilla," Wolf Heart added.

Stumbling forward with the little advise provided from the duo of friends, Dapper Jolt came up to the mare with a nervous grin upon his face, having nearly bumped into her in the process. Fortunately, he managed to put himself to a stop, but not before he was inches from Autumn's face. "Hi," he hiccupped anxiously, unable to say anything remotely intelligent at the moment.

"Hello, Dapper," Autumn giggled, lifting a hoof to her snout at seeing his expression. "I can see why they call you Dapper Jolt," she continued upon seeing his monocle and top hat, her smile never waning.

"I-uh, frig, I can't talk to mares!" the pegasus spluttered, slapping his face with a hoof.

Autumn simply shrugged. "Meh, no biggie," the mare smiled warmly before grabbing his hoof and pulling Dapper onto the dance floor before he was able to react. As the duo danced to the Cha Cha Slide, Falcon Wing made his way over to Vinyl Scratch, the school's current DJ. A mischievous grin slipped across his muzzle as he came up beside her and made his request.

"I can probably do that after this song... And what is it? Karaoke Kick?" Vinyl asked after he gave his request, cocking a confused brow.

Falcon shook his head. "Kazotsky," he repeated.

"Alright," the unicorn mare shrugged as the pegasus made his way back to his location.

Meanwhile, as Dapper Jolt and Autumn stood facing each other, stomping their hooves and sliding left or sliding right, a laugh was shared as the stallion's friends made their way over to him and joined in on the dancing.

As the oddball (save for a popular Autumn) group of friends danced, an unfriendly sight came upon Dapper Jolt. Instantly, the stallion stopped dancing, his pupils the size of pinpricks as a furious earth stallion stomped towards him. Dapper couldn't get away before Base Runner, clad in a sky blue tuxedo, pushed by his friends and grabbed Dapper Jolt by the collar of his own suit, pulling him off of his hooves in an impressive show of strength.

"You... Are dead," he growled, face cherry red before everypony surrounding him had taken up defensive positions.

Autumn was the first to act in Dapper's defense, harshly jabbing a hoof at the slightly larger stallion with a menacing glare. On startled instinct, Base Runner dropped Dapper Jolt before the unicorn gave her 'SSP' a piece of her mind. "Go the FUCK away!" she shouted in his face, causing Base's ears to fall flat against his head.

The jock made a stab at appearing nonchalant, though he was cut off before he was able. "Bab-"

"I AM NOT YOUR BABY!!" Autumn roared, drawing all attention to her location. Vinyl Scratch even put a pause on the music to watch the scene unfold. Base Runner cowered slightly, his eyes wide with evident fear at the sight of the mare's sharp teeth exposing themselves. "You are NOT special, I am NOT yours, and you are just like every other fucking stallion I've dated! Sex is your ONLY interest!" With these words, Base Runner had lowered himself to about a dwarf pony's height, where Autumn threateningly loomed over him. "Now then, if I ever see your ugly ass mug near him again... I will tear out your lungs, stuff your stomach with them, and feed your eyes to crows," she whispered in a voice that defied her context.

Dapper Jolt, having watched after rising to his hooves, chuckled slightly, in spite of the situation. Never heard that one before... Jeez! She'd give Mom a run for her bits! While his expression was that of slight humor at the new threat and his foe's fear, the ponies around him wore a look of unconfined shock as Base Runner, having practically crapped his suit, quickly moved away from his now ex-special somepony.

"Wow," Dapper Jolt grinned with a slow clap, breaking the dead silence that had ensued seconds earlier. Before anypony could panic, the pegasus spoke again. "C'mon, everypony. We came here to dance! Besides, we can all come to the conclusion that he got what he deserved, right?!" With that, everything returned to normal.

Rexy, having showed up alongside her sister, stood with a shocked expression that Autumn, her popular, attractive sister, had acted out in a similar, albeit less violent, manner than she would have. Obsidian, she now noticed, looked like he'd just seen the ghost of King Sombra, for the skin under his fur was a ghostly pale. The broken horned mare snickered at his demeanor before she spoke up. "Care to join me for a dance?" she asked, the words of wisdom Autumn gifted her with fresh in her mind.

"Uh... Yeah, sure," he said before joining Rexy on the dance floor.

Just as everything had calmed to a more enjoyable pace, Vinyl Scratch tuned up the mic. "Now that that's settled, this song was a request from Falcon Wing... The Kazot-sky Kick? TF2 Theme?" Following this announcement, the DJ unicorn returned to her stand and tuned to the right song.

Upon hearing the title, Dapper Jolt slowly turned his head to face his friend, where he stared long and hard at a grinning Falcon Wing. But as the music came on, the pegasus couldn't help but drop down into a squat and began to kick his hind legs, forelimbs outstretched as he clapped his hooves together occasionally.

To his surprise, Autumn didn't up and leave, but stood by watching. Before long, she began to laugh at his goofball expression, her anger having waned at seeing his joyful attitude and carefree demeanor.

Out of the blue, another stallion, a black pegasus with red eyes joined Dapper Jolt. Shadow Blade, currently studying Russian, knew of the Kazotsky Kick and acted.

His date, Flute Melody, was not so impressed as she stood at her best friend's side. "There's always at least one, eh Wolfie?" she asked Wolf Heart with a sigh.

The blue mare merely giggled slightly as the song came to an end. "He's not my date."

Flute cocked a brow. "I thought he was all over you, though?" she queried. "At least that's what everypony is telling me anyway."

"As far as I know, he still is, but he's here with Autumn," Wolf clarified with a soft smile. She was happy for her friend. Just as he had been and still was happy for her that she's with somepony. Something Wolf Heart had noticed months ago was his caring for her. If she seemed upset, Dapper Jolt did what he could to cheer her up. If she was happy, so was he. And seeing the pegasus that she had met her freshman year of Canterlot High, two years ago, who stuck by her side, brought her own air of happiness.

Regardless, watching Autumn laugh as a result of Dapper Jolt's charm brought a smile to Wolf Heart's face.

Moving over to Autumn, the winged unicorn spoke. "Do you mind if I grab Dapper for a moment," she asked.

Seeing the good intent in the mare's eyes, Autumn nodded with a smile.

Upon grabbing the pegasus stallion and pulling him into the hallway, Wolf Heart wrapped her arms around his neck in the form of a strong hug. "I'm so happy for you!" she muttered as he returned the gesture.

"Not so hard, you squeeze my tears out," Dapper Jolt chuckled as his friend gently broke away, looking into his ocean blue eyes. "Crying like the little bitch baby that I am," he sniffed, moving his monocle so that he could wipe away a joyful tear. Looking over at her, Dapper smiled. "Took the chipper, reassuring kick in the tail that you provided to get me here, though."

Wolf Heart giggled at his words before taking his hoof and leading him back to Autumn, where a slow, soothing beat played over the speakers. Seeing the ponies in the gymnasium slow dancing drove him forward before a firm, yet gentle tug to the wing broke his focus. Swiveling his head, Dapper Jolt saw Wolf.

"Good luck," she assured him.

"Thank you." With that, Dapper Jolt quietly trotted over to Autumn's location and pulled her up from her current seat, taking her hoof with his own and following the instructions that Wolf Heart had given him on how to slow dance.

The mare watched in silence as her friend twirled Autumn by the hoof before feeling a tap on the shoulder.

"Will you dance with me?" Jackpot Ace asked with a wide grin.

Meanwhile, Dapper Jolt was successfully managing to slow dance with who was one of the most attractive mares in the school. His point of focus never moved away from her aquamarine eyes as they danced.

A small blush formed upon Autumn's face as she leaned forward slightly to kiss his nose. "Aside from drawing, what do you like to do?" she murmured through another twirl.

Dapper contemplated the question for a moment before he acknowledged. "Well, I like story writing and gaming," the blue maned pegasus replied. "But I'm trying to learn how to play piano."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I've learned a bit of Imagine Dragons, the FNaF theme, and the Godzilla theme," he said, combing through his memories for an exact recollection. "But what about you? You know lots about me, but I'm interested to get to know you a bit better," Dapper Jolt queried.

Autumn sighed and dipped her head slightly. "Well, for starters, I'm adopted." She paused and looked up to see that her dance partner's face remained that of a kind-hearted smile.

"I don't discriminate. A bit surprising, sure. But regardless... Go on."

The striped unicorn smiled at his acceptance before continuing. "I try not to be like all of those jocks or cheerleaders who need to be loved by everypony to be happy. Y'know, like Rainbow Dash?" Dapper nodded in understanding. "Anyway, some ponies love me, and those that can't have me are cruel. I get called all kinds of horrible slangs," Autumn murmured with a slightly depressed sigh.

The stallion furrowed a brow slightly as Autumn lowered her gaze. Before she could say anything more, Dapper took that extra step and gave the mare a slight hug. "I don't know exactly how you feel, but I can at least try to understand," he whispered.

"Thank you," the heavily built mare sighed contentedly, nuzzling his chin with her snout.

Dapper Jolt's cheeks flushed bright red, though nopony seemed to take notice as they were busy focusing on their own dance partners.

Nopony seemed to notice, but Falcon Wing has indeed noticed, a sizeable smirk forming on his lips as he uttered a quiet, evil laugh. "Bwahahahaha," he chuckled, rubbing his forehooves together before a pony tapped his shoulder. Whipping to face the newcomer, Falcon was surprised to see that Gaming Oak had managed to show up.

"What'd I miss?" he asked nervously, his view scanning over the ponies on the dancefloor.

Falcon merely pointed.

Noticing the fact that his friend held Autumn in his arms, cheeks cherry red, Oak allowed a wide grin to slip across his muzzle. The earth pony let a whistle escape his throat before slowly clapping his hooves with an impressed expression. "Weirdo extraordinaire dances with two time Homecoming Queen... That's a sight."

Falcon Wing turned his head to look at Gaming Oak with a surprised expression forming upon his face. "How did you know that?" he asked.

"I have my secrets, aside from the fact that she's probably this school's most popular mare," Oak said with an eye-roll. "With the exception of Rainbow Dash and Rarity," he went on to say.

Falcon chuckled slightly before noticing something else. "Where's your date?" he asked.

"Could say the same to you," the stallion quipped.

"Touche."

"Hey, where are they going?" Oak exclaimed before Falcon could say anything more, pointing at the sight of Autumn and Dapper Jolt leaving the gymnasium.

The pegasus cocked a brow and looked up, noticing that said ponies were indeed leaving the dance floor and making their way towards the exit. "I dunno," he shrugged. "Best leave them to whatever they plan on doing, though." With that declaration, Falcon made his way over to the food at the opposite end of the room to grab a bite.

Oak sighed before deciding to follow his friend.

In the time it had taken for the duo to reach said food, Autumn had already led Dapper Jolt across the school and to the music room, where she swung open the door to face a teacher. "Miss Octavia!" she exclaimed, pulling back slightly as the well dressed music teacher adjusted her glasses.

"Miss Dancer, Mister Jolt," she nodded. "What can I do for you two?" she asked, shifting her view back and forth between the duo of students.

Autumn smiled softly before acknowledging. "Could we use the piano, please?" the striped mare asked.

This elicited a smile from the earth pony as she stood aside for the two to enter the room. "You needn't ask. This room is for all to enjoy," Miss Octavia obliged, leading them in. "Piano, hm? Personally, I like the violin, but whatever suits your strengths."

"More realistically, his strengths... I was always a more vocal pony," Autumn smirked whilst nudging Dapper Jolt's shoulder.

Octavia turned to face the pegasus with a warm smile. "Mister Jolt. I was unaware that you played."

"I try to anyway," Dapper Jolt grimaced, not feeling like playing in front of the school's best musician like he suspected. His thoughts were well directed, for the teacher moved to her violin and took a seat, where she lifted the bow to the strings.

"Well then, let us see what you know," Octavia smiled.

The pegasus sighed before moving towards the piano positioned against the far wall. Taking a seat, the pegasus looked down at the keys before loosing a shrug. "Alright, here goes," he muttered as Autumn took a seat beside him. Rotating his wrists slightly and letting duel pop sounds carry out, the stallion hovered his hooves over the piano keys before gently playing out a familiar melody.

Octavia, well versed in music, instantly recognized the aggressive manner of the beat and began to play. The music played for a moment before a beat drop, eliciting a smile from Autumn as she began to sing.

"About time for anyone tellin' you off for all your deeds

No sign the roarin' thunder stopped in cold to read,"

"No time!" Dapper echoed.

"Get mine, and make no scuses, waist of precious breath."

"No time!"

"The sun shines on everyone, everyone, love yourself to death."

As the chorus rolled around, Dapper Jolt joined in on her singing, a smile on his face. "So ya gotta fire up, ya gotta let go! You'll never be loved 'till you make your own! Ya gotta face up, ya gotta get yours! Ya never know the top 'till ya get too low!"

"A son of a, stepfather! A son of a, I'm so sorry! A son of a, stepfather! A son of a, I'M SO SORRY!" And thus, the song was sung. As it was, Dapper Jolt let his voice fade to the point that is was only Autumn who sang, a look of admiration visible upon his face as he played the song, though his view was on his date more so than the piano keys.

-One Hour Later-

Autumn sat on the bench in front of the high school's entrance, sheepishly leaning against Dapper Jolt with a content smile upon her face. Looking up and over his shoulder at the sound of approaching hoofsteps, Dapper spotted a couple of his friends approaching, smiles upon their faces.

"Hi," the pegasus smiled as Falcon Wing trotted to meet him.

"Ey! You didn't fail!" Falcon laughed as he took a seat next to his friend.

With a grin, Dapper Jolt swiftly shot an arm out and covered his face with the other, careful not to jostle Autumn in the process.

Wolf Heart, having just now made it to the now trio with Oak in tow, let her mane down out of its tie.

"Wolf," Dapper said, catching her attention in the process. Looking down, she saw a gentle, warm look across her friend's face. "Thank you... I mean it. What this Godzilla loving weirdo would've done without your help, I can't imagine," he continued, expression soft and almost sympathetic.

"You're very welcome," she smiled with a slight blush on her cheeks as a mustache wearing unicorn and pegasus mare approached. Noticing this, Wolf Heart waved to her friends and trotted to meet her parents.

The next fifteen minutes went on relatively quietly, until only Dapper Jolt and Autumn remained out of his oddball group of friends. Shifting her gaze up slightly, Autumn gazed at her friend's face with a smile. This stallion, she could tell, was not going to be like the others that she had dated previously. He was different, charming, polite, even worrisome towards his friends.

As she thought of this, Autumn noticed that Rexy, leaning against Obsidian with a surreal smile upon her face, was sitting at the bench across from her. The unicorn giggled slightly at the sight before spotting a medium sized earth pony with a flaming orange and red mane approach. Her father, wearing a smile, came to a halt in front of the school before both mares rose from their seats in a comedic unison.

Dapper Jolt rose to his hooves and approached Flame with an outstretched hoof. "Mister Dancer," he smiled warmly. "My name is Dapper Jolt."

The stallion took his hoof, noticing the pegasi's firm grip with an impressed smile. "Strong for your size," he chuckled, shaking Dapper's hoof. "And please, no need for formalities. Name's Flame," the earth stallion said before noticing Obsidian nervously approaching.

"Sir," Obsidian said, lifting his hoof.

"Again, Flame works fine, Son."

"Okay. I'm Obsidian, the stallion that danced with Rexy tonight."

Flame looked to Rexy, who wore a joyful smile that he hadn't seen in a long time. "You did this?" he asked, feigning a serious, foreboding expression.

"Y-yeah," Obsidian stammered nervously.

The response he received was not a shout or angered "stay away from my daughter" like he'd been expecting. But rather, a chuckled and pat on the shoulder. "Then you have my thanks... It was never terribly easy to make Rexy happy and you seem to have done that just fine. You don't need to be nervous around me, so long as you can keep that up," he explained before waving his daughters over. "C'mon, girls... It's late and I expect that you're tired."

As his first real date left his line of sight, Dapper jolt spread his wings and made his way home, a smile on his face. Things had gone astonishingly better than the pegasus had hoped, and he wanted to sleep on that fact.

-Everfree Forest-

The moose cow fed quietly, head low as she grazed upon the succulent, low hanging fronds of a fern.

She hadn't been eating for long when the crack of tree limbs drew her attention away from her meal. Snorting slightly, the moose lazily scanned her surroundings, ears swiveling to and fro as she searched for the source of the noise. She found the source of the noise in the form of a large animal wielding recurved claws on each forelimb. The creature uttered a loud shriek before it charged forward, causing the cow to transition into a panic.

Lumbering away from the predator, the moose bellowed in panic as the creature closed in, underbrush shifting noisily as the two animals ran.

Before long, the scaly predator had caught up, swinging a clawed forelimb at the cow's flank in a spurt of blood.

The moose called out in pain and fear as she collapsed before the predator, a look of fear evident in her eyes. Her pursuer uttered an otherwordly scream before slashing violently at her belly and ripping out her intestines with one fel swoop. Triumphant, the creature ducked its bird-like skull and tore a chunk of ragged flesh from its victim's belly before swallowing it in a single gulp.