Pain rocked over his body. Peter found his nose and left arm bleeding. As he got himself up, he looked around the room he was imprisoned in. It looked like a dungeon, with a steel gate blocking his exit, a worn down bed, and a bucket that he already knew what its used for. As Peter tried to find a way out, he heard footsteps. The royal guards came for him. There were two now standing in his cell. One was a male unicorn with a white coat and blue mane, while the other was a female pegasus with a mint-green coat and a artic blue mane.

"Congratulations!" The unicorn cheered.

Peter was left bewildered.

"Get out of there." The pegasus said, shoving Peter out.

The two creatures looted from Peter.

"What is this?" The pegasus said, looking at a small device.

"That's my phone!" Peter said. "Give it back!"

Peter grabbed his phone. The unicorn was impressed at how quickly Peter can move.

"Say, can you run?" The unicorn said.

"Yeah, so?"

The unicorn left the pegasus into watching Peter. He then returned a few minutes later with a number tag. He placed it on Peter's jacket.

"What is this?" Peter said.

"You just have to survive." The pegasus said.

The pegasus escorted Peter away.

"Get in here." The pegasus said, shoving Peter into another cell.

The first thing Peter saw was other creatures with the same number tags. One male blue changeling with red eyes, Two female earth ponies; one with a brown coat and white long mane, and the other with a blue coat and a short, messy red mane, four hippogriffs, all light green and male, and two dragons; one male with blue scales and pink spines, and one female with white scales and purple spine. They all looked at Peter. Peter looked around his new cell. There were three gates, two of which were close together leading to an unknown area. They were smaller than the third gate, requiring you to crawl into the entrance to get through them.

"Oh my god..." Peter gasped.

The alarm blared. The two small gates locking the prisoners in opened. All of the creatures inside the cell walked out. Peter stood there, wondering where they were going.

"HEY!" A tomboy-like voice yelled.

Peter noticed a female cyan pony with a rainbow-colored mane speaking to him through the big gate.

"Get out! Get out!" She ordered.

Peter complied and walked out through the small gates. As he walked through the gates, he heard a large crowd of cheering royal guard members and normal civilians in Ponyville. They were all behind fences, preventing them from getting into where ever he and the other creatures were in. The area he was in was spacious, with a small pool of water on the ground.

"Where are we?" Peter asked to one of the creatures.

"We're in the arena." The earth pony with the blue coat and red mane said.

The arena looked like the underground area of Canterlot Castle. It was overly large, with multiple floors, all of them packed with creatures and royal guard members. The creature who seemed to be in charge was an earth pony with a pink coat and a wild pink mane.

"Attention mares and stallions!" She announced, with a suddenly game show attire.

"Who is she?" Peter asked.

"We are about to commence the game. You know the rules contestants!"

"What rules?" Peter shouted.

The earth pony had a small device on her hooves. She pressed down on the red button.

*BZZZZ*

Everyone grew silent. Peter could almost hear an earth pony laughing evilly. Ahead of the contestants was a shipping container, two creatures pulled on it, opening the doors. Snarling noises echoed. Out came the yeti-like creatures Peter saw earlier who were servants in the castle. They were now enraged and looking for victims.

"RUN!" Peter screamed.

The creatures who were with Peter didn't have to be told twice. They ran all around the arena. Peter stood there, watching the chaos. A enraged yeti-like creature was about to attack him but Peter dodged his attack.

"Keep running! Keep running!" The creatures in the audience shouted.

Peter did his best to avoid the enraged yeti creatures. Some prisoners weren't so lucky however. One of the hippogriffs was swiftly knocked to the ground and silently killed by the yeti creatures. Another hippogriff was tossed into another yeti creature and was taken out as well. Above the shipping container was a timer counting down to zero. There were 30 seconds left.

"Run! Run!"

Peter avoided another yeti creature attack and ran to help out some of the prisoners. He grabbed one of the yeti creatures from behind and tossed him into the fence. He ran to help out the two dragons by grabbing the yeti creature holding them down, the three then worked together to toss him to the fence.

*BZZZ*

The lights around the arena went out. A disco ball lowered itself into the shipping container. Then game show music played from the loudspeakers the pink pony used to announce the game. Out of the shipping container came a female dragon with orange scales and a orchid spines. She wore a long coat with flashing neon lights attached on it. She also had two flashlights that she waved around. As if that wasn't weird enough to Peter, there were lyrics sung to the game show music.

It is time to say goodbye
Let us meet again soon
It is time to say goodbye
Let us meet again soon

As the lyrics were sung, the dragon waved the flashlights around to get the enraged yeti creatures' attention. It worked. The yeti creatures were charging for her now. The dragon ran into the shipping container as the gate closed behind her, trapping the monsters inside. The small gates leading back to the prison cell reopened. All of the surviving prisoners ran back into them. As a confused Peter got up, he was met with a creepy smile from a female white unicorn with a long purple mane. She spoke in a fashionista accent.

"If you don't hurry... the doors will shut!" She stated.

Peter ran for the gates. He made it there in time just as they closed behind them.

"Good job, new kid." The blue earth pony said.

Peter was surprised. This pony didn't seem as afraid and scared as the other prisoners.

"What's up with you? You seem different than the other creatures. You obviously know this place."

"I played through this game once. There's also a second round."

"Second round?" Peter said with disbelief.

Before the pony could say anything more, the big gate opened. The same royal guard members who threw Peter into the cell walked in.

"Get up, we're about to start the next game." The pegasus ordered.

"No wait-"

A bag was swiftly thrown over Peter's head.

When the bag was removed, Peter found himself in what seemed to be a luxurious party. Every creature was dressed formally. The females all had long dresses while the males all had suits with ties. As Peter examined his surroundings, he noticed the same prisoners who survived the first game. The same pony who remarked his skills was one of them. She looked pretty normal as the other prisoners were shivering in fear. The pink pony who was in charge of the first game earlier was also in charge of the second one as well. She held the mic and spoke in another game show voice.

"Mares and Gentlecolts, welcome to the Hunting Grounds. Now we are short on participants... So, who will participate in this second round?" The pink pony said.

"I will participate." A sea-green pony with a light sea-blue mane said.

"Sandbar! How nice of you to join!" Someone from the audience said.

Sandbar got up on the stage Peter and the prisoners were on. One of the prisoners spit back into his face. He wiped it off gently.

"I'm gonna have so much fun..." He said in a scary voice.

"Anyone else?" The announcer said.

"We would like to join!"

A female light blue-colored changeling with cyan eyes and a female hippogriff with light magenta feathers with a light blue mane walked up.

"Ocellus and Silverstream! Awesome too!" Another creature said.

"Who else?" The announcer said.

"Yona wants to fight! Creatures need to pay for rebelling against their leader!" A female yak said, charging onstage.

"We just need one more!" The announcer said.

"Please don't let it be Gallus... Please don't let it be Gallus..." Peter thought.

"I'll go."

Peter looked up. A female unicorn with a light lavender coat with a purple mane with aquamarine highlights walked up.

"Starlight! How nice of you to finish it up for us." The announcer said.

"I wouldn't have it any other way, Pinkie." Starlight said.

"Now, let's get this game started!" Pinkie said. "May Twilight be blessed with you all!"

The prisoners were escorted into a different arena as Peter viewed his new surroundings. There were now bushes, walls, and pillars around the arena to serve as hiding and ambush spots. At the very center was a fountain filled to the brim with water. As the participants geared up to kill the prisoners, the prisoners were given time to hide in the arena. Peter dove into the bushes as his hope for hiding. Holding his breath, he watched the other prisoners scurry around like ants.

*BZZZ*

At first, the lights cut out, preventing the prisoners from seeing anything. The exits of the arena opened. This allowed the participants, armed with night vision goggles, to hunt their victims. The five participants all held their hooves together as if they were some cult.

"Blessed be our leader Twilight Sparkle. For letting us kill those who support the enemy. Blessed be Equestria. A nation reborn." They all spoke.

Peter hunched down and held his breath as the participants began. Up above, on the castle walls, Pinkie and the attendees viewed the game. Magic blasts and screaming echoed in the arena. Peter viewed the scene as he saw the male dragon running for his life only to be hit on the ground by Yona.

"Mercy! Mercy!" The male dragon begged.

"Yona does not like traitors!" Yona said before finishing her victim off.

Peter wanted to rush out to help, but going out was suicide. One of the hippogriffs was silently grabbed from behind by Sandbar and taken out by Ocellus. The earth pony who Peter recognized as the one who remained calm despite being under peril was running towards him. Peter braced for impact. The sound of a magic blast was heard. The earth pony was down on the ground, injured and unable to move. Starlight made her way over to her target. As she stood over her, Peter's heart raced. He had to do something. He was breathing rapidly, almost loud enough to get Starlight's attention. Screw it.

Peter jumped out of the bush, attacking Starlight.

He held Starlight by the neck, as Starlight wrestled away from Peter. Peter responded by choking her even more. This allowed the earth pony to crawl into the bushes. Starlight tried to aim her horn at Peter, but Peter diverted the magic blast to the sky. Starlight lost her breath as she went motionless. Peter hid her body in the bushes as he took Starlight's night vision goggles. But they were too small, and Peter could only use them like binoculars.

"You okay?" Peter whispered to the earth pony who made it to safety.

"Yeah..." The earth pony said. "You know how to fight."

"I've been a member of the basketball team at my school." Peter replied.

"That doesn't make you a capable fighter."

"At least it doesn't make me a slouch."

The two were forced to quiet down as Sandbar arrived at the scene of Peter and Starlight's fight. Peter knew what was going to happen. He quickly tackled Sandbar down before he could alert the others to his location. He then slammed Sandbar's head to a pillar. He then disarmed Sandbar of his night vision goggles and tossed him to a wall. He then stomped on Sandbar's face. He then hurried back to the earth pony.

"Here, put this on." Peter said, giving Sandbar's goggles to her.

"How many did you take out?" She said.

"I took out two of these bastards. There's three of them left."Peter replied. "Whatever's happening, we're going to get through this."

Back up on the castle walls, Pinkie and the viewers were surprised to see one of their prisoners fighting back.

Peter went around, searching for anything he could use to fight against the creatures. The only thing he could find was a rock.

"HA!"

Ocellus attacked Peter from behind when she had the chance. Peter grabbed Ocellus by one of her legs and dragged her body to the fountain. Ocellus had her face smashed against the brim. She was still alive, but severely injured.

"Take this!"

Out of the fountain came Silverstream. She used her seapony disguise to surprise Peter. Peter then retaliated by grabbing one of her talons and twisting it.

"AUGH!" Silverstream screamed.

Peter then kicked Silverstream in the stomach, stunning her before bashing her head with the rock, knocking her out.

"Yes, they took out four of us." Pinkie said to Gallus.

"YONA NOT LIKE THIS!"

Yona's voice suddenly disappeared.

"Make that all of us." Pinkie corrected.

"You heard the mare, move out!" Gallus ordered.

The lights around the arena suddenly turned back on. The earth pony who Peter helped earlier emerged from hiding.

"Is this it? Is the round over?"

"I don't think so." A royal guard said.

"Hey! Don't push me!" Peter said.

Peter was finally caught alongside with the earth pony. There was one other survivor left. It was the last of the four hippogriffs.

"Hey, take it easy man." He said.

"You creatures and my guards are gonna have a little talk." Gallus stated.

As Peter regained his consciousness, he found himself tied to a chair, along with the earth pony and the hippogriff in a small room of the castle.

"You don't tell 'em nothin. You got that?" The earth pony said.

Peter continued to survey the room. The only way out was the door in front. He heard footsteps. In came a male earth pony interrogator. He had a black coat, with a white short mane. Along with him was a female unicorn with a red coat and a short tan mane.

"Thank you so much for waiting." The interrogator said. "Now, you are going to tell me how you were able to survive our arena."

"Luck I guess."The hippogriff responded.

"You know I have magic powers?" The interrogator threatened.

"I don't care about your powers."

"Allow me to demonstrate." The interrogator said.

"I point my head on you..." The interrogator said, pointing his head onto the hippogriff. In the back, the unicorn was the one with the powers. "I aim... and..."

The hippogriff was hit with the magic blast from the unicorn. He was there, motionless.

"NO!" The earth pony yelled.

"How about it? Are we ready to talk now? Hmm?" The interrogator said to the earth pony.

The earth pony refused.

"Oh I'm getting tired of all this!"

The earth pony was hit with a blow from the interrogator. She was out cold. The interrogator pointed his head at Peter.

"Start talking, or I won't go so easy on you!"

BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!

The unicorn was hit by something. She fell onto the ground dead. The door the interrogator went through was kicked open. It was a yeti-like creature that Peter saw earlier. But his eyes were not pale grey, they were arctic blue. As the creature surveyed the room, he then turned to the surprised interrogator. He had a small gun in his hands, and he must've shot the unicorn with it.

"Wait, wait!" The interrogator pleaded.

"Suck it." He said, shooting the interrogator.

With the interrogator dead, the creature checked on a shocked Peter. He went over to Peter and untied him.

"Hey, I'm not gonna kill you." He said. "Let's get you out of here."

Author's Note

Cut to black moment here. Cut to black.