Equestria's Vault

When I saw the bridge on the map I was thinking it would be several feet of the river or stream not above a fucking canyon. My mind is still going over the fact on how the bridge hasn't even fallen yet. Their are no support beams except on both ends but that's about it. Maintenance on this is gonna be one absolute bitch but most likely there are runes etched on the materials to protect them from the elements & animals or they've been enchanted by magic. Speaking of magic that type the leader demonstrated wasn't familiar to the ones I do & seen. The light begins to fade indicating that the dusk upon me & I look up at the sky to see the sun once again doing the day the bomb. I really hope their are gods or goddesses here but judging from how the sun & moon is doing that, something tells me that their aren't. I see another forest up ahead on the right side supporting the map I scanned from that western town earlier. The difference between this forest & the one I escaped into earlier was this is one more lush in vegetation & had a more colorful appearance as if it was alive itself.

Pushing that thought aside, I hope that there are animals this time absorbing the clothes I was wearing, my body is now covered in a white metallic sheen to it, as well as splitting my kagune into two, I run into the forest looking for nutrition.

Apart that their are creatures from Greek Mythology, the animals are awfully similar to the ones on Earth. You have Grey Squirrels, Chipmunks, Cardinals, Blue Jays, Chickadees, Robins, Mockingbirds, Great Horned Owls, European, American, Eastern Cottontails, Florida Whites. . .

you get the idea.

After catching & killing several rabbits I feel satisfied yet disturbed. When I first killed one from the fluffle, I never saw so much raw emotion coming from an animal. Before I could even take a bite I turned my head towards the direction of the fluffle where they should've run off, nope they're still there. I mean yes animals can express themselves but not like a human can. The looks of absolute horror plastered on their tiny faces when they saw me maim & devour one of their kind. I decided to test that if only the rabbits & yup the other forest critters expressed similar degrees of horror on them, hell even one of them had to drag another from me when one of them passed out from shock. PETA is going to have one hell of a stroke if they ever found out about this. FL-4K might like to capture the Hydra while Krieg or Salvador, possibly Brick, will try to see how it tastes like. Speaking of which, I wonder how they're going to find us. The only lead they have is the voicemail I made before I started verbally & physically hitting CL4P-TP. I turn around to face the manticore that thought it could get the jump on me. This looks different from the ones from I fought & killed before.

1.) It has more broader shoulders
2.) It's face is more elongated face like a cartoon
3.) Its wings are way too fucking small
4.) It has a surprised look on its face

Shaking off the surprise that it got caught so easily it pounces. I don't anything to retaliate. I'm brought to the floor & it stops mid swipe when it notices my grin. Now most people would have a cliche needle like or trianglular teeth like that of a shark or canines to intimidate others but I always go for the flat square teeth. So tell me which is worse being stabbed or crushed? It jumps off me & backs away In fear. This gets a chuckle but when I'm in this, it comes out distorted like I was gurgling.

"Here's a tip, don't approach anything or anyone that wants to be eaten because you don't know what they have."

With that I leap towards the manticore with the intent of killing it, can't have witnesses. Now for those of you thinking 'why did you kill it if it knew you were not worth it?' simple, paranoia. If Squirrel Girl can use her squirrels as spies it isn't too far fetched that one of these horses can communicate with these with either mind magic or telepathically. The map showed a town built next to this forest which I thought was normal but seeing how there are hydras, cockatrices (granted looked more friendly but still deadly), & manticores. But I'm not gonna question it seeing how they have magic to protect themselves. Speaking of questions, why is that I could understand the bug anthro horses but not the "normal" anthro ones. I gotta stop calling them horses because it may or will be the equivalent of calling a human female a whore. I was totally expecting a language barrier for me to over come but hopefully they may help me if I don't dress as Zer0.

Pov shift: Angel

Angel is running through the forest covered in blood of his former "friend". He didn't know what that thing was but all he knows is that he must escape the forest as fast his little feet can carry him.

*I knew shouldn't have listened to her! Go out & make some friends she said it'll be worth it she said. Fuck that! I value my life over friendship.

Angel can see her house from here, the lights are still on, good, he reaches the door right before he collapses catching his breath. He crawls toward the door with shred of will power.

*She must KNOW!*, he thought.

He begins to pound on the door but it's difficult due how he's tired & his paws are less than a size of an avocado seed. Luckily the door practically nears gets torn off its hinges after the second knock.

"Angel Bunny! I have be-OH MY GOODNESS WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?! She screeches when noticing the state of Angel is in. She scoops him up before slamming & sets him on the couch. Harry the bear is there but was about give Angel a glare until he saw the state he is in. Fluttershy rushes upstairs to grab the first aid kit specifically for Angel Bunny. After returning at the speed that would Pinke Pie proud she quickly patches Angel. But pauses that the blood on him isn't his but rather somecreature else's. She's used to seeing blood since she helps the animals, specifically the mammals giving birth.

"W-w-what happened?" She stammers. Angel, as much his tiny little body can muster & begins his tale.

It went down relatively the same he went due to Fluttershy forc- encouraging him to go out to make some friends which went surprisingly well. He meet a fluffle of bunnies they got along quite well. So they showed him there favorite spots in the Everfree where most predators don't prowl. But however when night rolled around they decided to let him stay for the at their place. That's when a halfway across their destination they stopped. Their hear something coming towards their direction from the left. When they were about to hide & a bipedal creature emerged from the bushes impaling one of the female bunnies with its hands. It was huge! possibly taller than luna herself. It had no ears, eyes, mouth, nose, was wearing a belt of some kind, & hair all over its body. Its skin? had a metallic or ivory sheen to it like it was made of silver. We all back away in fear, then to our horror, a thin gap began forming then it spread across it face revealing a mouth full of incisors which was off putting since they were expecting a set of needle like teeth.

That's not was the worst part, the worst part was when the bunny impaled was still alive, it was like this thing knew where to hit without actually killing them. It was going to take a bite out her but it suddenly stopped halfway. Despite not having any eyes, we could tell it was examining us. It threw her corpse at us then that's when Tartarus broke loose. It impaled two with before grabbing another its hand crushing them.

Once he's done, he looks up at Fluttershy's face to see there reaction, her face is full of confliction. It makes sense seeing that she is the element of kindness trying to figure out this creature's motives.

"Oh, I don't know what to do. I can't tell Twilight about this she'll either try to contain it herself for research or send message celestia about it. Luna is out the question she'll more than likely. . . kill it."

She shivers once that word comes out her mouth. She understands that the carnivores need meat but the way Angel described it made it sound like it had more sentience than the other animals. She decides to gamble & tell Twilight as well as Zecora in the morning seeing how it's almost midnight. She switches clothes because she doesn't want to have another panic attack, the last time she went to went to town covered in blood, it didn't go so well. After that she picked up Angel & took him towards their room so that she will comfort him.

Pov shift:

Did some more exploring of the forest found an "abandoned" castle. The reason I finger quoted that was because 100% of the time there's gonna be something or someone living there. Pulling out & putting on my helm I can now do a scan once I enter the castle. After changing my appearance to the time when I first 'made contact with the locals' & jumping (yes I jumped it, you think that rotting bridge is gonna support my weight?) the castle is giving me some Dark Souls & Bloodborne vibes but the exterior only had that effect, the inside was well relatively normal as far as "abandoned" castles go. Upon entering I sense something but really can't put my finger on it. It's trying to escape but something is preventing it from leaving this place. It can't be demon seeing how it doesn't feel like one. Perhaps a vengeful spirit? Probably. Dusty rooms, furniture, worn out banners/books, rotting pieces of wood, moss, vines, mold, grass, insects, arachnids, creaky noises, & cobwebs. Venturing deeper into the building I found a room littered with gold, silver, & jewels. I stood there debating whether or not it's a fucking trap. Obviously I need the money of this world but the fact their this much is sitting here means,

A.) This was stolen & if this true I don't use it because it'll raise questions on where I got it & that get me deeper in the shithole than I'm already in.
B.) Something lives here & is using the valuables as bait similar to that of an Angler fish.
C.) It could be made of the items from the victims just like how the Nazis took & melted the Jews valuables hence the term "blood money".
D.) It really is just a pile of valuables just sitting there & I'm over thinking this too much.

So biting the bullet I extended my claws out not before removing my helmet again & putting it away because I don't have the resources to fix it. So I create a pouch (roughly the size of a pencil pouch) walk towards the pile & got a handful. I waited for several seconds to see if anything happens. Nothing, good, now I begin stuffing my pouch with valuables. Once that's done I close the pouch & put it in the storage deck unit. I turn around & exit the room to explore the rest of the castle. The rest of the place was relatively the same, found a couple of kitchens, one of them had a hole on the floor which drops straight down into a river. Rats or mice are here, obviously, but ran away upon seeing me which isn't helping my paranoia what so ever. Found several libraries but didn't bother to even read them seeing how if I can't even understand the inhabitants what makes me think that that I'll have a chance reading their language.

Found a study room but what put me off was that along with the hallway & throne room they weren't as dirty or over come by the local flora. That means one thing someone tried to retake this place but we're driven out by the forest critters or given up for someone else to try, so temporarily living here is out the window. Speaking of windows their are a couple of them showing the sun & moon. Don't want to have any unnecessary "accidents" happening here. There is also a comic book lying on a small pillar but is covered in dust seeing how it was just left there. My comic geek activates inside of me.

"Heh. Looks like these guys have comic books wonder the cover art looks like."

The art cover shows a female anthro equine with a body that'll give Moxxi a run for her money & most supermodels seethe in jealousy, she's wearing a purple spandex suit with traces of yellow & green hair waving around her like snakes. My mind goes back of Yukako, Medusa, Kars & especially when I fought Scream on several occasions making me pause. Shaking my head from that memory I look at the rest of the art but couldn't help but be confused. Their was almost no writing on the cover where it should have been for example the title, price, & description.

"Is this supposed be some sort of fucking joke?" I say out loud.

Skimming through the pages to see if there is any writing & nope nothing just empty text bubbles, this confuses me greatly. However on the last page there is writing but it to small for me to read. Turning around I feel something being pushed by my foot & look down to see a magnifying glass.

"How convenient."

So picking it up & cleaning it from the dust I use it to read the writing. But I slightly frown when it's in the same language as before back when I looked at the map.

"Oh well it was worth a shot."

I close the comic & put magnifying glass down & was preparing to leave that's when it began to glow. Slightly panicking I tried to throw it but my left hand slowly began to be absorbed into the comic as if was about to be transported once again.

"Oh for fuck sakes! Not this bullshit again." Then left my leg & kagunes are being absorbed, quickly thinking I create an ice spear to help me get a grip by impaling it into the ground but apparently I put too much force in it causing it to crack. "Don't you da-" I was cut mid sentence when it snapped in half causing me to lose both my footing & grip allowing the comic to finally absorb me. With that I shout "GODDAMN IT!!!" I get pulled transported to another place under the span of 3 days.