You woke up with a groan... God, everything hurts. What just happened? Did you drink too much alcohol last night? Can you recall last night? Was it even night? Hmmm... you can’t remember honestly

You moved and tried to sit up

"Oooh nonono, no, that is a really bad idea..."

You quickly found out that even moving an inch flared immense amounts of pain everywhere. Better stay where you are for now

...

You noticed that you were not in your room... or your house for the matter. Damn, passed out in the middle of a park or something

A park with really strange colorful trees

Some kind of new tree?

And the sky was ... red?

Right... just how many drugs did you do last night? Oh wait... you don't do drugs... Drink must have been spiked or something

Probably best to just let it pass... you tried closing your eyes again... but your growling stomach just wouldn't let you sleep

God, you are starving!

... wait...

... starving?

Food?

Pizza?

OH GOD, YOUR PIZZA!

You quickly got up despite your pain, and looked everywhere for your pizza, it doesn't matter whatever happened to you, where the hay is the pizza?!

You looked at your sides and you found it, laying a few meters away from you...

God bless... they are still intact...

You crawled your way to them, but before you could reach it, you heard a Growl behind you

You turned around and found that there were about 7 ... dogs made of tree?

...

You scrunched your face and tried to take a good look at them, thinking that perhaps it was your mind playing tricks on you, but alas, they were still made of wood... Yup, you're totally tripping balls

But that was not everything, you heard another Growl. This time, coming from your pizza's side

You turned around once again to see another dog sniffing your pizza

"Oooh, don't you bucking dare fiddo..."

The wooden construct tilted its head to the right when it smelled the god-sent triangle, and gave it a lick

"OI, IM TELLING YOU TO STOP RIGHT NOW! BAD DOG, BAD DOG!"

You tried to stand up, but your legs were still wobbly, you had to hit its snout or something, it was about to eat what was rightfully yours!

The dog tossed the pizza up in the air and opened its mouth to catch it, but just a millisecond before it made contact with its mouth, a fist came to the side of its head in slow motion and sent the canine flying a few meters back

You grabbed the pizza from the ground and looked back at the creature trying to stand up

"My pizza, beach."

You were about to take a bite, when a swift blur snatched it from your hands, making you bite the air

*CLAK! *

"Wha-!"

You looked to your right and another smaller dog had it in its mouth now

"OH, YOU PIECE OF FLIP, I'M GONNA KILL YOU!"

The dog tilted its head and made its escape getting further away from you. You tried to chase it, but suddenly, 3 wooden dogs tried to block your path. Emphasis in 'tried', because right now, you were an unstoppable force fueled by rage and hunger

You took speed, and with a decided mindset, you set out to break that barrier. Taking up speed, you high kneed the dog that was standing in the middle of the formation and broke through the makeshift defense line with a loud crack coming from the wooden creature's head

Again, another dog went flying. This time, it fell to the floor with its head full of cracks, dripping black ooze from them. Yet, it's glowing yellow eyes never stopped shining

It began reconstructing itself, but you were way too far ahead chasing the pizza thief already, your sole body focused on one thing.

Get your pizza back.

You stirred up from your slumber... the reddish sun annoying you to no end. It seems that no matter what kind of position you take, that annoying red fire ball just keeps hitting you in the eyes

You lit up your horn trying to move it, almost as if it was second nature by now.... but you couldn't...

That's right... you lost that power a long time ago...

With a sigh, you decided to give up and start your day. Nothing like starting the day with a depressing morning to make you remember what you once lost

Typical Monday to be honest...

You stood up and decided to start this annoying day.

You are Daybreaker, Empress of the Sun.

... or you were... once...

Nowadays, you are just as good as a normal pony, and that means completely useless

Your once ever-burning mane, symbol of your raw power, now was a normal fiery red colored mane... your once impeccable pristine white fur, was now a dull white. You remember your strength as if it was yesterday, how could one forget? After all, you were THE paragon of might and power, matched by none...

Gone was the strength to shatter mountains with your very own hooves, gone was your all-powerful magic that would level cities in one breath, gone were your days of soaring the skies with your powerful wings...

Now... you were just a simple pony with big body, big wings and a long horn

"Another Monday, another depressing morning in this hellish maze…"

With another sigh, you walked to the small pond near you, it was a natural formed pond inside the cave you call home. The cave somehow worked as a natural filter and would keep the water fresh all the time

You found this place by mere chance. A source of clean water and a nice place to escape the nasty elements that reigned in this realm… But how long have you been here? How long have you been trapped in-

“Stop.”

You ordered yourself in a small whisper

You knew exactly how this train of thought ended up. You were still Daybreaker, EMPRESS of the SUN. No matter the circumstances, you would NEVER lower your head in shame. No empress should ever act like that.

You took a quick dip to clean yourself up in the pond, it was quite chilly, but it worked wonders for waking you up. Thus, after having your morning routine, you decided to head out for the day…

Walking out of the cave, a few shouts caught your attention. They came from the East... and it was not alone, judging from the howling and the barking, a pack of Timberwolves were also present

You turned your body and decided to carefully thread towards its location, curiosity picking your interest… These kinds of stuff never happened too often. It was quite a delightful sight to see some idiot who didn’t know how to travel through this place and ended up as food for the wildlife… Timberwolves most of the times.

You remember that one time when a band of Blood Hawks attacked a minotaur. It was quite funny to see such a big creature getting surrounded and killed by other smaller creatures… You never heard a minotaur scream and shout like a little filly after they got his eyes. Blinded and without being able to defend himself… good times…

You didn’t notice it, but a small smile creeped on your face at the fond memory…

“OH YOU PIECE OF-“

*TWACK*

Your ears perked up at the sound. You were getting closer… I wonder how this show will turn out today; Will the contender beat the savage and mighty pack? Or will the Timberwolves have a good feast for the day?

From the sounds of it, its an interesting fight to see…

After walking for a few more meters, you reached a cliff that gave the perfect resting position to witness the battle. It made you reminisce on the good old days, when you walked on Equs and everyone bowed to you. When your little ponies would fight to death only for the amusement of their Empress. Ah… such simpler times…

You looked towards the battle and, as you guessed before, it was a pack of Timberwolves against…

“… What?”

You slowly whispered to yourself, dragging the A because you honestly didn’t even know what the other creature fending the wolves was. It was a tall bipedal creature; it had a short tuft of hair on top of its head, and it seems that it was quite well dressed… or… was well dressed. The pack made sure to show where they landed their attacks, because the clothes he was wearing were now in tatters…

Judging by its appearance, you were pretty sure it was some kind of deformed monkey… or was evolution at play? Hm…

You decided to pay close attention to the battle

The hairless monkey managed to punt another wolf in the mount before it chomped her… his? You are convinced you did not see any kind of mammary glands that would catalogue it as a female… so maybe it was a male?

His physique is quite similar to that of a minotaur now that you look at it. You tried to remember what a female minotaur looked like from a very long ago, but it seems that he is, in fact, a male, from your perspective… maybe after the Timberwolves finished him you could perhaps study the body… That would be interesting

He is inefficiently fighting the battle and swiveling his head looking for something, if he doesn’t put his mind into it, he WILL die… just what is this idiot doi- oh, he is chasing one; a smaller little wolf. Usually, those were smaller and faster for a sole purpose, the pack might be a bunch of savage animals, but they were not completely dumb; The smaller ones were used as scouts that would warn the rest of them of any potential prey or danger lurking around. Being smaller means faster, and faster means that they could escape or chase any target without being in serious danger

Poor thing, he will never be able to catch it… those things could run way too fast for- … he got it…

The monkey might not have been faster, but he was indeed clever. He grabbed a branch that was lying around and tossed it at the feet of the scout wolf, making it trip… interesting…

But no matter what he might do, he is still doomed to fail. Timberwolves had a core in their body… should it not be destroyed; they can reconstruct themselves again. That was what made them so annoying, and if one didn’t know of this, the pack would win the battle of attrition in the end

Now, if he is smart enough to-… what is he doing? Why is he putting his hand trough its mouth? Is he searching for the core? How amusing…

But if he doesn’t pay attention, the other wolves will get him from behind…. Ah… just in time… now turn around and fight the other one

…

Pay attention to your surroundings, you stinky monkey, you have a Timberwolf right behind you…

…

YOU FOOL, TURN AROUND OR- UUUGH… whatever… this is why you hated watching these fights… they had no idea of what was going around them, even that foolish minotaur against the Blood Ravens could have won if he just paid enough attention to the battle… so frustrating

With a heavy sigh, you laid down on the grass again, you just jumped up when watching these fights without realizing…

The sneaky wolf jumped at its prey from the back but couldn’t bite him, instead, the monkey managed to turn around just in time to stop it mid-air. It did leave some gashes with its paws though…

But again, it all would be for naught if he doesn’t destroy their cores…

With a guttural scream, the monkey body slammed the wolf on the ground, got on top of it and began screaming again

“WHY. *TWACK* CANT. *TWACK* I. *TWACK* MOTHER. *TWACK* BUCKING. *TWACK* CUUURSEEEE!!!”

You couldn’t believe it, the creature had good strength, enough to turn the Timberwolf into a pulp… huh, who would have thought, he also destroyed the core while at it….

He also got up and did the same with the scout Timberwolf now… all the while screaming the same thing

It seems that the rest of the pack decided to stay away from him… they deemed him dangerous….

My, what an interesting turn out of events! It is the first time in a long time that you see that the winner is not the wildlife.

Well, that was fun, almost as good as the old days. But all fun must come to an end, and you had a long day ahead of you. Maybe you would meet him aga-… What is he doing now? Is he looking for the cores? … what is that thing that… why is he eating it? Doesn’t he know that the interior of Timberwolves is as toxic as they come?! AND WHY IS HE CRYING RIGHT NOW!?

…

He just fell into the grass….

Was he dead? Did he succumb to his wounds?... you… you just couldn’t believe what happened in the last 30 seconds… Now you are intrigued!

You got up from your make-up throne and glided down to where the biped was. You could see him now; he was not completely dead… yet. He might have fainted from the battle… how pathetic…

But… now that you get a good look at him, he is indeed an unknown creature to you…

Oh well, whatever… it was all good and fun…

You turned around to walk away, but something kept nagging you at the back of your head… but what was it?

He was completely unknown to you, maybe-… that’s it! After wandering this endless hellhole for such a long time, you knew every creature that resided in it… meaning that, if he was new… just as he got it, maybe you can get out!

THAT’S IT! DAYBREAKER YOU AMAZINGLY BRILLIANT TYRANT!!

You turned around with a malicious and diabolic look at the creature resting on the ground, your eyes reigniting in a fire that you thought lost a long time ago and a full smile that showed your perfectly white shark-like teeth.

“Indeed, I WILL get out, no prison is forever, just as I said to Celly oh so long ago… and you, my little deformed minotaur, YOU will be my ticket out of here…”

It started with a low chuckle, then it got louder and louder, until you were fully laughing, but evilly. An evil laugh! Oooh how much you longed for a good evil laugh! Things were looking up it seems…

Author's Note

ayyy heres another one.

I was honestly wondering where I could go with this... It really started as a meme and was about to end it in this second chapter (with a completly different take on the story), but now i wanna get a lil bit serious. So... screw it, lets see where this takes us.

Again, sorry for any spelling/wording/sentence mistake. Have a great day.