Fluttershy's Nature Show

by Kiernan

Episode Nineteen: The Other Manticore, Part Three

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The camera clicks on as the so-named manticore enters his lair, which has a hand-written placard next to the wooden door that serves as the entrance. There's also a blue wooden sign near the door. "Elevation: 90,000,000,150,000,100 ft or whatever," it reads in big white letters.

The manticore walks into his lair, tossing Fluttershy's unconscious body onto a convenient nearby bed. With a delicate touch he hadn't displayed before, he takes off her bra and stuffs it down his pants without removing her shirt, then slips off her panties, placing them gingerly on the shelf between two trophies, bringing the camera over to view them properly. The one he's placed them closer to lists him as the winner for the 2010 NYC Penis Competition, whereas the other congratulates him on winning the 2011 Fake Trophy Competition.

He pulls the camera away from the trophies and sets it down next to the grand piano, which he starts playing beautifully. He hisses a few times as he plays it, not necessarily singing, but neither is he off-key. His teeth glisten in the evening light, reflecting the sunset around the room like a disco ball.

After a few minutes, he stops, moves the camera to the nightstand, facing both the bed and the door, sits down next to Fluttershy, grabs a plastic spoon and chocolate pudding cup from the nightstand drawer, and opens it. He stares into the camera and eats spoonful after spoonful, his mouth sometimes refusing to release the spoon, but always giving it up in the end before the spoon can break.

As he's finishing, Fluttershy wakes up. "Where am I?" she asks. "What are you--"

She is shushed by the manticore placing a finger to her lips. A moment later, that same finger slips through to her tongue. She doesn't resist, but she looks absolutely mortified. She knows that fighting back at this point is useless. She doesn't know where she is, and is isolated with a creature far more powerful than she is.

Suddenly, the door snaps in half and Danny comes in on the back of a bearded hunk in a white unicorn outfit. It's not Ninja Brian this time, but someone else entirely. Dan is fully kitted out this time in a black leather jacket and jeans, with a spiked gauntlet. He even grew a goatee just for this. "Unhand her, manticore!" shouts Danny, charging forward with a sabre.

The manticore runs at him, claws swiping furiously. As they connect with Dan's sword, sparks fly around the room, setting the building ablaze. Dan manages to block the manticore's blows, but the beast is slashing too fast to allow him to strike.

Suddenly, one of the manticore's strikes manages to slip through Danny's defenses, knocking him over. The manticore stands over him, about to deliver the final blow, but stops mid-swing to let out a pained cry as Ninja Brian stabs the dead body of a man in a dragon suit through the manticore's back.

"God damn, Brian!" shouts Danny, standing up. "You killed them all!"

"All?" asks Fluttershy, curled up on the bed.

"There was also an army of awesome karate bears guarding the door," explains Dan, approaching her. "Are you hurt?"

Fluttershy shakes her head, then cocks it to the side. "Wait, weren't your legs broken?"

Dan laughs. "Ha ha HA, ha HA! I already cured all diseases last week."

Fluttershy just looked more confused. "Broken bones aren't a disease, but an injury."

"That's a good point, my darling. What is your name, by the way?" A loud snap is heard as a piano string breaks. "Oh, yeah, I forgot the house was on fire. Oops. Come, mount my Barrycorn. But not in, like, a sexual way, more like riding him cowgirl style. But not the sexual position, just climb on top of him and grab his horn. But not like jerking him off, more like wrap your legs around his waist and hold on for dear life. But not in a carnal way, more like use your lips to form a seal around his throbbing--"

A wall collapses behind him.

"Actually, let's continue this conversation outside."

Fluttershy grabs the camera and leaves the building as fast as she can, leaving her bra and panties behind in the blaze. Dan also runs outside, stopping next to the Barrycorn. Despite the fact that he'd been behind them, Ninja Brian is already outside, glaring at them as the building collapses behind them.

"Tits!" shouts Danny. "Fuck yeah!" As he turns and sees Fluttershy upset, he quickly changes his tone. "I mean... No..."

Fluttershy readjusts her skirt, the breeze threatening to blow it up and expose her. "Can one of you take me back to where the manticore attacked me?" she asks. "I think I need to go home now."

"Of course," says Danny. "Take my Barrycorn."

The Barrycorn takes one final sip from his coffee mug, sets it down on a table, and drops down to his hands and knees. Due to his size, Fluttershy is reluctant to sit on his back, slowly and gently placing more and more weight on him so as not to hurt him by accident. It takes a minute or two, but she eventually has her full weight on his back.

With her now riding the Barrycorn, Dan jumps on Ninja Brian's back. "To the bottom of the mountain!" He shouts, only for Ninja Brian to throw him off his shoulders. The Barrycorn takes to the sky on a rainbow road, keeping pace as Dan tumbles down the cliff, vocalizing every hit as he falls. Fluttershy records the whole thing with the camera, unable to actually do anything until he reaches the bottom of the mountain.

Of course, when he does reach the bottom of the mountain, he stops. Just as Fluttershy is directing the Barrycorn to turn around, Ninja Brian runs up and kicks him. Dan picks himself up off the ground and turns to face the guy who threw him off the cliff. "Eat a dick, Brian. Eat a whole bag of dicks."

Reasoning that she can find her way back on her own, she just holds onto the Barrycorn until he lands at the tunnel entrance. She slides off his back and he stands up, moving to another table and picking up another mug of coffee. She thanks him with a kiss on the cheek and sets off down the tunnel, hoping that it will lead her back to Equestria.

There is no visual input as the world goes dark again, the only indication of the tape still running being the sound of the gravel under Fluttershy's feet as she runs. After a few minutes, there is a light, and as it comes closer, she finds that it's Twilight with a flashlight.

"Fluttershy!" she calls out, running to embrace her. "Where in Equestria have you been for the last two weeks!? I was worried sick!"

"You're not going to believe this," answered Fluttershy. "I barely believe it myself. But I recorded everything I could. Just wait until yo--"

The screen goes dark again, not because Twilight's flashlight went out, but because the tape has reached the end of the reel, and was unable to record any further.

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