Blood, Guts and Redemption

I awoke to the sounds of a struggle come from the entrance of my cave. My vision was blurry and the darkness didn't help at all. The sounds only intensified as my body began to fully take hold of its surroundings.

I looked to the entrance of cave and saw the strangest thing. There were ponies. At first I thought there was only two of them, but there was three. Two of them were standing up and the third one was on the ground. It was so strange.

The pony of the ground squirmed and thrashed about, as if they were trying to escape. The other two held them down with their forelegs. I could feel my hunger grow and scream in my head as I watched the scene unfold.

I slowly got up and moved towards the ponies, I could soon here them speaking the two ponies standing up where both male and one on the ground was gagged, but their muffled whines and screams made me believe it was a mare.

"Just hold still and it will all be over soon." One of the stallions said.

The mare of course did not calm down but rather thrashed about more.

"The great one is hungry and we must appease his appetite."

Was this the cult who revived me? Did they want to give this mare as a sacrifice? I crept closer and closer. I noticed the other stallion had a large dear skull mask placed over his head as if he was trying to imitate my own face. He hadn't spoken alot but rather just stared at the mare.

At this point the mare had stopped trying to scream and had just begun crying. I decided to make my move. With a screeching roar I ran towards the ponies. Both the stallions looked towards me the one without a mask was grinning madly. His grin immediately faded when I came straight towards him. I knocked him to the ground with my antlers before biting in to his chest and stomach. He screamed and tried to scramble away. I thrashed him around in the dirt as my jaws tightened. I released for but a moment before biting down on his neck.

I slowly stood up with his neck in my jaws, he gasped and squirmed to no avail. With all the strength in my neck I thrashed his body down to the ground. There was a sickening snap as the stallions head was almost severed from his body. I released his neck and turned to the masked stallion, but he was not there. He must of ran of as soon as I grabbed his friend.

Bellow me I could hear sharp breathing, I looked down and saw the mare staring up at me in absolute horror. Her legs where hog-tied together by a rope and a rope gagged in her mouth. Something about this mare seemed so... familiar, but I couldn't quite figure it out. I picked her up and threw her over one of my shoulders. She struggled against me and I could hear her muffled protests. I held her in place with one arm and used my free arm to drag the deceased stallion back in to the cave.

Once I reached the back of the cave I put the mare down to one side and put the stallion down across from her. I kneeled in front of the stallion with my back facing the mare. My hunger was killing me so i began to eat. I couldn't lie and say I didn't enjoy it. The taste was bitter, but not to bitter, just the right amount.

I heard the mare begin to move behind me, I turned and saw that she was trying to shuffle her way to the caves exit. She didn't even notice me get up and walk towards her. I grabbed the ropes that binded her legs and draged her back to where I put her. She tried to scream but the ropes stopped her from doing so. I saw the tears in her eyes as she fixated her gaze on to me. I looked right back at her. She was definitely familiar to me, but how? She was a unicorn but I had seen plenty of those. Maybe it wad her blonde mane, her light purple coat or maybe even her golden eyes.

It took a while but then it struck me. This mare was the filly I met all those years ago. The one with the mother who's eyes didn't look straight. The only two creatures to show me kindness. I didn't know what to think, my mind was racing.

"It's... it's you." I stuttered out.

The mare immediately looked shocked that I spoke to her. Her wide eyes were fixed on my mouth. My hands slowly came up to the rope that had her gagged. With a small flick of my claw the rope wad cut and I removed it from her. Her lips trembled.

"Y-you know me?" She asked.

I let out a small chuckle at her question.

"Of course I know you. It was a long time ago but we have indeed met before."

"How?" Her voice was still full of fear but she was calming down.

"Well when you were younger I broke in to your house and you and your mother treated me like a guest." I looked away from the mare.

"I- I don't remember." She said.

"I don't blame you. You were very young."

I continued to talk with the mare for a while, I eventually trusted her enough to cut her legs free. I asked her about her mother and she told me that she was in the hospital for something rather serious. I didn't want to pry so I left it at that. Our conversation led to us discussing how she ended up here. Apparently those two stallions broke in to her house and kidnapped her two days ago. All she wanted was to go home.

I stopped talking for a moment and began to think. After a while I told her I would take her home. I could see the excitement in her eyes at the idea of returning to her home. Before we left I gave her the picnic basket I stole and all the left over food in it.

I left the cave and she followed closely behind me. I could tell she was still afraid of me and didn't fully trust me, but I couldn't blame her, she did just watch me kill and eat someone. We walked through the forest for a few minutes until we arrived at the edge of the forest. There it was, Ponyville. Couldn't say I liked the place but I didn't hate it.

I turned to the mare and spoke to her.

"You ok to go alone from here?" I asked.

"Yeah, I should be fine."

She walked out of the forest and towards the small town. I turned and began to go back in to the forest.

"Oh my names Dinkey Hooves by the way. What's your name?"

I turned my head to see her looking back at me expectantly. It was a good question and a question I hadn't answered in years.

"I don't remember my name."