The Scent: Darker Paths

chapter 2 Chapter 2: The Monster Within us All

“Good fucking lord...” I muttered to myself as I sat up in my bed, throwing my legs over the side and sitting down.

The sunlight bathed the room in a soft and even glow in such a way that it became my natural alarm clock for me. Rubbing the sleep out of my eyes, I gazed out the window and saw those two pegasus feeding the animals. Grunting, I laid down on my bed, bored out of my mind. To be honest, those ponies had my back up and it only took them moving a certain way to get me paranoid. It is ridiculous... these savages, they look like something out of a children’s cartoon show yet I was terrified of them.

Soft, melodious singing reached my ears as I heard “Fluttershy” sing to her birds or something. I smiled softly because shaking my head, huffing irritatedly at myself. I only trust her and “Florenza” to have any sort of physical contact with me... mostly because it didn’t bring up any memories from that night. Speaking of the night, sleep was a hard thing to come by for me. Everytime I close my eyes, I feel it, remember flashes of what happened to me and while I would love to get some sleeping pills, there’s no fucking way I’m trusting them not to drug me. Even though the exhaustion was beginning to get to me fuel my anxiety, but I just... I can’t let them get close to me or I'll—

A loud splash echoed in the area.

“Florenza!” I heard Fluttershy scream, her irritation clear in her voice.

“It wasn’t me, I swear! It was that bucking rabbit.” She exasperatedly explained.

Shaking my head, I sighed to myself as I tried to organize my thoughts again. There was that purple one... she visited me a lot, but she sometimes talked too much about rather trivial bullshit. If she wasn’t educating me about this land “Equestria”, she was asking me all sorts of goddamn question about where I came from. What really ticked me off was how quick she was to brush off the fact I’m not from here, insisting that I’m suffering from memory loss. God she’s such a dumbass for all her intelligence.

I slowly stretched out and yawned deeply, feelings my joins slowly pop into place. It wasn’t bad getting visited by her overall at least. The orange one hasn’t stopped by after my run-in with her at the hospital and I was glad. She terrifies me... not as bad as her, but a damn close second she is though.

I sluggishly made my way down stairs, yawning as I majestically scratched my arse. Walking into the Kitchen I was greeted by the sight of a soaked fluttershy and a giggling Florenza. A look of disgust quickly adorned my face as I snatched a apple from the table. I had grown extremely paranoid of ponies and would never turn my back on one if i could help it.

The two would probably dispose of me if I became too much of a threat or would leave me to die in a forest or something. I saw right through Fluttershy’s admirable facade: under the sweet and timid disguise was a heartless and manipulating bitch with a freaky animal obsession. She showed her true colors when she would try and guilt trip me. I refused to feel sorry for her; she was the enemy like Nightmare Moon, only they were nursing me back to health so that they would have a healthy slave.

The muffled arguments from downstairs, spiked my curiosity as I made my way to the top of the staircase. Two mares were arguing as I silently observed them.

“How can you say that!? he is just a child!” Fluttershy hissed, her hands clenched as Florenza nodded in agreement as she stared down the mare across from them.

“Please ladies I merely am interested in purchasing him and will of course pay you handsomely,” The other mare explained smoothly, brushing back a lock of her hair. The two mare’s were obviously agitated as they stood defensively in front of the staircase. I watched as florenza stormed up to the mare.

“You should be downright ashamed of yourself, hija de tu madre!” (son of a bitch) She snarled, eyes locked firmly on hers. “Do you think you can just waltz right up here and act like you can buy an independant living being, huh!? I don’t bucking think so!” Florenza shook with anger as she took a calming breath. “Get out.”

“Ma’am please, merely hear me out. This would be a transaction worth both our times. I would even share sixty percent of the profit with you, given how much of a success he’d be in my sh—”

Florenza grabbed her by the arm and pushed her out the door. “I said get the hell out! Don’t you ever bucking dare show your face around here if you know what’s good for you.” She spat venomously before slamming the door shut.

I smirked as the mare was flung outside landing on her ass. the beige pegasus snorting as Fluttershy looked disapprovingly. The two shared a look as Fluttershy sighed going to the kitchen as the younger pegasi huffed before storming upstairs. I raised eyebrow as she huffed marching past me.

“Psycho bitch” I chuckled

Florenza turned about face. “What was that?” She asked tonelessly. I felt myself freeze as the mare sauntered

“You heard me, bitch” Smirking I proceeded to lock myself in the bathroom. I started laughing as I heard her snort in frustration before I felt my heart drop into my stomach when the door lock popped open, the door slowly opening.

“How in the fuck did your fat ass manage that?” I asked bewildered, hiding behind the shower curtain in surprise.

She held up her index finger with a sinister grin, a key dangling off the end. “I’m gonna give you one last chance. What. Did. You. Say?”

“I my dear, may have at some point in the last minute slightly maybe referred to you as a psychotic female dog as well as called you fat” I replied impassively, stepping out of the shower calmly as I walked past her.

Florenza bit her lip and clenched her fists. Unhappy with the lack of response from the bitch I allow my hand to smack of the side of her ass resulting in a shark crack as she squealed.

“Lachlan, right?” She asked smooth and evenly, her cheeks burning red in embarrassment.

“yeah?” I replied, raising an eyebrow as the mare turned.

“I’m gonna give you to the count of five to get in your room before I make you regret this entire thing.” She said in sickeningly sweet tone of voice.

My eyes narrowed, feeling the hairs on the back of my neck bristle. I glared at her, daring her to act as we stood at an impasse.

Florenza closed the distance between them, looking down at his eyes, snorting indifferently. “I’m sure you heard our conversation earlier.” She said, trying to change the topic.

“yeah nice to know that I am at least valuable to you two. That was actually kind of sweet, am I too good a prize to just sell?” I replied coldly.

“Are you sure you didn’t lose some brain cells when we found you? We were protecting you from that bucking skank! She just thought that you were nothing more than property and I won’t bucking stand for that!” She seethed, feeling angry at just thinking about the arrogant.

“Yeah trust me, if that is the case then I lost a hell of alot more just that. lets list it off shall we: my virginity, feeling in most of my body due to the damage that bitch caused me and lets not forget I lost all respect I held for myself. I have nightmares every fucking night about that accursed castle. I wake up every night drenched in sweat, crying my eyes out on top of the goddamn anxiety attacks I have around everyone!” I snapped, squaring up directly face to face with her breasts with a scowl before looking up. It was slightly demeaning having to look up at my opponent as we glared at each other.

“That doesn't give you the right to slap my ass and call me a bitch! What the buck have I ever done to you?” She asked tersely, her blue eyes staring at me with restrained anger. She slapped me across the face, the shark crack silencing the room.

I immediately recoiled, terror filling my being as I flinched and took several steps back from her with a shudder.

She seemed to take notice of my cowering before sighing quietly. “I... I’m sorry. You were getting me riled up and that takes work, but for some reason you manage that easily...” Florenza quietly said, looking down at her hands.

I slowly retreated my body shaking, flashes of Nightmare Moon causing me to collapse as anxiety strikes. my heart explodes rapidly beating as sweat coats my white frame. I could do nothing but shakily breath, trying to calm myself.

Florenza eye’s widened as she stepped out of the room briefly, returning with a brown paper bag and shoving it into my hands. “Lachlan, I need you to breath! Now!” She shouted, shaking my shoulders to get me to focus.

her words filtered past my ears like white noise, I whimpered in fear trying to make the memories go away. My body recoiled at her touch as she held me close, her arms enveloping me as I looked at her in terror.

“L-let go of me... p-please don’t hurt me...” I whimpered out, begging her for mercy as though she were Nightmare Moon.

I felt her arms pull me even tighter against her. “Lachlan, snap out of it, please.” She whispered worriedly.

The feeling quickly disappeared replaced with anger and rage as I pushed her away from me. I grew in anger as i snarled at her.

“You are just like the rest of the scum here, your slave gets out of hand and you try to use brute force to put him back in line.

“B-but I didn’t mean to! Does the fact I’ve cared and protected you, mean nothing to you!?” She cried out in frustration.

“Yeah and what, you suppose that me finding out that men here are legally allowed to be raped as well as beaten is going to allow me to respect your kind. I also find out that, that fucking slut that raped me, Princess Luna has had a FUCKING PARADE THROWN FOR HER AND WELCOMED BACK LIKE A HERO” I spat rage filling my vision as my anger swelled quickly inside me.

“And what do I get for being the victim of a rapist and getting the shit kicked out of me, forced to crawl like a beaten dog? Absolutely nothing! Where is this fucking tart, Celestia, huh? I haven't received compensation for the shit getting kicked out of me, not even a fucking apology!” I screamed, my fist slamming into the wall, surprisingly crunching a hole through the concrete wall into the core of the tree.

Collapsing to my knees I allowed my stress and anger at the world to flood as tears dripped onto the floor. “Hell if you two hadn't paid for me, those fucks at that hospital wouldn't have even helped...” I whispered, voice grim as I realised that the ponies would have left me for dead.

“The world would have left me for dead,” I choked, a hand gently resting on my shoulder as I looked up.

“I wouldn't have and neither would Fluttershy,” she replied firmly her eyes showing her sincerity as I smiled.

“No, no you wouldn't,” I agreed blue meeting brown, as we merely stared at each other. A sharp knock made us jump as Fluttershy appeared at the door adorned in a flowered pattern apron. She looked at us hesitantly, her eyes skimming over the hole in the wall as her eyes narrowed at Florenza.

I felt so emotionally drained, I didn’t catch myself as I collapsed against the beige mare, her red mane obscuring my view as I fall into the depths of unconsciousness.

Florenza sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose. “This guy needs some serious therapy, Fluttershy. We can’t keep trying to fix all his problems.”

“But who would be willing to see him? Therapy is expensive and I don’t know if you have noticed but he is male and that scent he gives off...” Fluttershy trailed off quietly, concern evident on her face as she looked at her assistant.

“His scent? Really?” She shook her head. “I don’t get why you ponies in Equestria get so crazy over a scent. What’s so hard about taking care of your own needs or having some self-restraint?”

“Florenza, we have a far harder time controlling it because we are stuck in a loop where we are so dangerously low on males that there is never any need to learn self-restraint. Also remember that we are two different types of pony ours being herdpheos and yours being toraloph,” Fluttershy reasoned.

“Our kind experience monthly heats as well as dry heats whilst you would only go through one once a year. If we don't get a male we suffer from dry heats whilst your ponies would just have mild withdrawal from lack of males” Fluttershy informed the smaller mare as she tilted her head in slight confusion.

Florenza shrugged. “You do make a good point. I’m just glad that my yearly heat isn’t that much worse than your monthly heat cycle. I’d go crazy if I had it anywhere near as bad as you,” She confessed.

Fluttershy smiled as she herded the mare downstairs, stopping only to place the sleeping colt into her bed before quietly closing the door. Making her way downstairs, Fluttershy couldn't help but sigh as she collapsed on her couch.

“Celestia damn it, were out of beer,” Florenza whined as fluttershy groaned. The two mares had been living with one another for about ten years now. Fluttershy had taken the filly on as her helper after the increase in animals started to overwhelm the timid mare.

“Seriously though that stallion is seriously messed up,” the beige pegasus grunted,blowing a loose strand of her hair to the side as she laid on the opposite couch.

“You mean colt right? He is only nineteen years old after all,” the older pegasi responded. shocking Florenza as she adorned a look of horror.

“Nineteen? The way he acts, swears, and the way he generally carries himself; you’ve gota be pulling on my leg,” Florenza said in surprise, looking uneasy as Fluttershy solemnly nodded.

“From what the doctors informed us, he is still a foal by our standards. It scares me to think that anypony would want to rape a foal, but given his maturity and coldness... I fear it's going to make life here very difficult for him. Sadly, little has changed in the eighty years I’ve been alive. Stallions are still treated like property; mere toys and the abuse especially in canterlot is absolutely sickening,” Fluttershy growled uncharacteristically, causing Florenza to wince at the thought of the sheer hell the poor colt had been put through.

“How can Princess Celestia allow this to happen?” Florenza asked, the disappointment clear in her voice.

Fluttershy merely shrugging as she looked helplessly at the distressed mare.

“I won't let anypony hurt him,” The red haired pagasi stated, her eyes alight as Fluttershy smiled nodding in agreement.

“NOOOOO” I scream, falling out of bed in my panicked state. Sweat dripped from places I didn’t know I could sweat from if my soaked clothes were anything to go by. The only company I had was a crumbled blanket that I held close to me as I curled up openly wept. The darkness of the room did nothing to calm my nerves as I looked around, trying to find that demon as that same damn nightmare replayed through my mind; blood seeping from my cracked lips as I laid in a puddle of my own blood. I started to shiver intensely as the dream slowly faded from my subconsciousness. It had been all too real... disturbingly real to find myself back in the throne room with Nightmare Moon.

I was scared and alone, wanting nothing more than a cuddle as I sniffled quietly on the cold, hardwood floor.

“Lachlan” A gentle voice whispered. Looking up, I grimaced as Florenza made her way over to me, candle in hand as she kneeled down beside me. I tried to stifle a sob as she easily lifted me up, placing me gently back in bed as she to my horror, got in beside me. Before I was able to cry out in protest she pulled me into a hug, her head gently resting on top of mine as her body warmed me.

I tried my hardest to push her away but the added warmth and comfort helped calm me as I found myself cuddling into her. A gentle whistle extinguished the candle as my world was plunged into darkness.

Her gentle snoring made me smile, as I too drifted off, a smile on my lips as no terrors plagued my dreams.

Next Morning...

“GET THE FUCK OUT MY BED!” I shouted as a disgruntled mare stormed out of the room, stopping briefly to throw a pillow at my head as I swatted the projectile aside. I had awoken to find myself in a suggestive position with the beige mare. Her hands cupped around my lower back, while her legs were wrapped around mine. I hadn't been all innocent with my head nestled in between her breasts, my morning shame far too close to her lower half for comfort. I winced at the string of insults she threw my way as the door slammed close.

Later...

“Fluttershy do I honestly have to come with you?” I groaned as I was dragged through the marketplace. The yellow mare chuckled as I whined, my face forever stuck sneer as I glared at any mare that gave me so much as a second glance. The sea of eyes left me feeling vulnerable as I huddled closer to Fluttershy’s side.

The towering presence of the ponies was making me ill as I tried to find a more secluded spot. A music shop caught my attention as I hesitantly made my way in. To my surprise and relief, the shop owner paid me no mind as he merely nodded in greeting before going back to polishing a guitar. Instruments of all kinds lay neatly across the many walls and surfaces. A beautiful grand piano sat at the back, dust coating the thing as i moved forward.

Experimentally, I played a few notes the thing tuned to perfection as I sat down. my eyes glimmered as I snatched a harmonica from table opposite. Fluttershy and Florenza watched in confusion as I cracked my knuckles.

My left hand struck a D minor 7, my eyes glazing over as I from memory started to play Piano man. Scaling down the keys I waited until the right moment before playing the harmonica.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaUyJyPekJE

Its nine o'clock on a saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
Theres an old man sitting next to me
Makin love to his tonic and gin

Ponies had stopped to watch as I poured my heart and soul into the one thing that I loved the most music. I was by no means a sad story case, where I had devoted myself to music to escape the hell of a world I was born into. But I had always loved to play piano and as a result had learned to play other instruments, albeit amateurishly.

Now john at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
But there's someplace that he'd rather be
He says, bill, I believe this is killing me.
As the smile ran away from his face
Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place

A mare in the corner had to my surprise joined in, playing the accordion perfectly to the music as a mandolin playing mare was quick to add her bit.

Sing us a song you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin alright

My voice broke as I finished the piece, a lone tear trickling down my cheek as the crowd went wild. I slowly pushed myself away from the beautiful piano, my hand gently rubbing the smooth keys as if shaking hands with an old friend.

Florenza and fluttershy looked at me incredulously, there eyes wide. My sad smile was replaced with a sneer as I pushed past the flirtatious crowd. Florenza held out a hand as if to stop me as I stormed past wanting to place myself as far away from the town as possible.

When I had been younger I had wanted to be a pianist to play across the globe, maybe one day be known. But my mother had shot down that idea telling me that i would stay here and support her lazy whore ass until she died, ‘Selfish cunt’. I had quickly forgotten that dream as I realised that the bitch had meant every word.

When she had finally died I had been delighted to know that my grandfather was more than happy to support me albeit it required me to move to america, florida. The old man was a smoker which is where I had truly got my addiction from. A hand came to rest on my shoulder, snapping me out of my thoughts as I took a long drag.

I felt a hand gently grasp my shoulder, stopping me in my tracks. “Lachlan.” I heard Florenza whisper.

Grunting, I shrugged off the bothersome mares hand, as she smiled sadly at me.

“That... that was amazing. Where did you learn to play like that?” She asked softly, pulling me over to a nearby bench as she sat next to me.

“Self taught, just sort of came naturally for me” I replied, keeping as far a distance from the mare as politely possible.

Florenza seemed to frown at me slightly. “Lachlan... I thought we were past
the whole barrier stuff? Don’t you trust Flutters and I at all?” She looked down with a hurt look. I could only give her an incredulous look as I tried to see if she was serious or not.

“Florenza do you have any idea how mental illnesses work?” The question seemed to catch the mare of guard.

She shook her head no. “mental illnesses aren’t really... well known.” Florenza said shyly, looking embarrassed at her lack of knowledge on the topic. I sighed as I decided to clue her in.

“Mental illnesses can literally reduce a man to a quivering mess... destroy memories and even drive people to suicide. Rape alone can destroy someone! Paranoia, anxiety, stockholm syndrome, clinical depression among other things are dangerous. I am paranoid of everyone meaning that I subconsciously can't trust. I have anxiety attacks, my heart rate goes through the roof as I sweat uncontrollably and I feel sick to my stomach and the only way to get rid of it is to retreat to a comfort zone or to escape whatever brought on the attack.” I explained, watching as she nodded attentively.

I sighed before resuming. “Clinical depression is where you... give up on life. Everything is bleak and is one of the leading causes of suicide. Fuck they have nothing on the last one stockholm syndrome. This one means that you actually start to love your rapist; sympathize with them even if they kick the shit out of you... you just come to rely on them like a drug” I finish, rubbing the bridge of my nose as I leaned back and breathed out slowly, looking up at the sky with a blank expression.

I heard a sniffle and I turned my head in time to see her eyes water up. “I-I’m so sorry!” She cried, wrapping her arms tightly around me. “I’m so, so sorry for being mean to you, Lachlan!” Florenza sobbed out, hiccuping as she squeezed me even tighter.

I cringed as the nauseating feeling of anxiety bubbled away in my stomach. Physical contact still left me feeling sick as I gently pushed her away unable to accept the affection.

She looked into my eyes with the most saddest look. “W-what did I do wrong?”

“Nothing, that’s the problem,” I whispered, leaving the confused mare as I cursed the beast who had destroyed what I was and cursed her for my loathing of her kind. The cool breeze of autumn was not unpleasant as I rubbed the back of my head. It had been a long ass week, Yet despite the radiant kindness that they showed a I could only describe my time here as hell.

A beautiful hilltop soon became my temporary refuge, allowing me to vent my frustration at the complicity of my life. The sun seemed to dart across the sky as I sat silently. The inner war of conflict was hard at work. The rational side of my brain told me to at the very least accept the two pegasi that had helped me. But on the other hand, my overwhelming hatred as well as disgust for the ponies only spurred me to throw out the quivering whispers of forgiveness. Laying down, I crossed my arms behind my head as I made myself comfortable and closed my eyes.

“Lachlan!” Florenza called out as she walked about Ponyville.

The sun had set hours ago and the young mare had yet to find any sign of him. She had grown worried when the human boy had not shown up for dinner at Fluttershy’s. Taking responsibility upon herself, she grabbed a lantern and went out to look for him.

She looked through most of Ponyville-proper and was beginning to grow worried when nopony seemed to have the slightest clue about where he might have run off to. Florenza stopped walking as she contemplated who else could help her. Applejack lived over a mile and half away from the town so there was no way she would have even known of him and the fact Lachlan wanted nothing to do with her certainly made things complicated. Rarity for all her poise and grace, had made her distaste and intolerance of the young man clear so she knew for a fact he also avoided her. Pinkie was... well Pinkie Pie and was most likely asleep for all the energy she had to spend. Twilight’s house was sound proof and she always gets caught up in her reading so there’s no chance she would have paid any attention.

Florenza snorted in frustration as she looked towards the rolling hills in the distance. Maybe, just maybe, Lachlan had taken refuge out in the fields. She began to walk towards the possible direction he may have wondered off to when a hand suddenly grabbed her by her throat, something slapping the lantern out of her hand before she heard it crash elsewhere. Before she could retaliate, the hand around her throat slammed her back first against the ground, causing her to gasp as she begun to choke. “W-what!?” She grunted out, trying to pull the hand around her neck off her with all her might for naught.

A pair of menacing hazel eyes filled her vision, causing her to freeze to the spot. “Y-you...” She murmured.

Bitter laughter filled the air as the creature leaned in close. “Would have thought you to have more manners since we haven’t met, pony.” She spat as she grinned at Florenza as though they were old friends.

“Buck... you, G-gilda!” Florenza shouted, eyes narrowed at her as she tried to pull herself free.

Gilda backhanded her with her free hand, licking her lips with satisfaction when she heard her nose break as her blood pooled slowly onto the ground. “I can say the same thing, cunt! Do you know how aggravating it is to have one stupid obstacle to keep you from getting back that pony you love? Huh?”

Florenza bit her lip, looking at her scornfully. The look of rage on the mad griffon prompted the smaller and far more fragile mare to keep her mouth shut. The crushing grip of the predatory avian allowed red splotches to splatter across her vision as her oxygen reserves found themselves at a minimum.

“Hmm you aren't actually that bad looking,” The husky growl made the comparatively small mare shiver as she felt the taloned hand of the griffon slowly slide down her chest, taking a deliberate slowness as the mare dreaded what was about to happen.

“P-please,” the beige mare whimpered, her hands fumbling about as she tried to push the Griffon off of her.

Gilda laughed uproariously. “I love it when a girl begs! It’s so damn cute!” She teased, her sharp nails cutting Fiorenza's blouse and brassiere to shreds.

Florenza squeaked in embarrassment as her torso was exposed for the Griffon’s amusement. Gilda slowly caressed her chest, her free hand squeezing one of her perky breasts firmly, her nail playfully rubbing her nipple. She giggled as the mare’s nipples hardened with arousal, feasting on the pathetic whimpering of the poor pegasus.

“S-stop! STO—” She tried to plead before Gilda’s hand tightened its hold on her neck significantly, causing her vision to swim.

“Shut. The. Buck. Up.” Gilda whispered venomously. “If you keep screaming, I will fucking kill you with no hesitation. Do you understand me, you stupid, fucking cunt?” She warned.

Florenza nodded, shivering as her eyes widened to pin pricks. Memories of her past haunted her as her aggressor seemed to mold form into the form of a soldier, his menacing grin terrorizing her as her pants and underwear were ripped off her as well. Her heart began to race as she tried to separate her hallucination from her current situation, but it was as if Gilda and the apparition before her were one in the same. She openly sobbed as she tried to get away— kicking, flailing, clawing at her attacker despite any blows she received. Her struggling seemed to amuse the Griffon who took joy in putting her down as she parted Fiorenza's thighs effortlessly, pushing two of her fingers into her marehood.

“LACHLAN!!!!” She cried out, sobbing loudly for the young man or anypony for that matter who could save her.

“LACHLAN!!!!” The voice jolted me awake as i sat up. My eyes narrowed as I scanned the night sky. The muffled cries faint made me gasp.

“FLORENZA!” I cried, taking off as all rational thinking was discarded. my surroundings blurred as I honed in on the distressed mare, my eyes watering from the wind as I made my way into town. All around me, house lights showed the cowering faces of the ponies that refused to help.

The mare came into view as I witnessed her attacker... some sort of weird, ugly bird thing. Roaring I tore as Fluttershy appeared at the end of the road with her friends.

I screamed as I lashed out, my fist connecting squarely with her beak as loud crack reberbetated sharply in the air. The beast cried out in pain as I tackled her to the ground, pinning her as began to punch her ferociously despite her weak attempts at clawing me open. Red was the only color I saw as I ripped into her, anger pouring off me in waves. How dare she make a victim out of another living being for no goddamn reason!?

One of her claws swiped me clean across my face, leaving a horizontal slash that bled deeply. All I did was grunt as I wrapped my hands around her fucking windpipe, squeezing tightly as she pathetically whimpered and squeaked. “Don’t you fuckin’ try and plead for mercy, you bitch! No one and I mean no one touches Florenza like that and fucking lives!” I yelled.

“L-lachlan!” I heard Florenza stutter quietly from behind me.

The weird bird thing made another swipe at me, nearly cutting my throat open. I snarled as I put even more pressure, ignoring the disgruntled gurgling sounds she made.

A pair of arms wrapped around me, pulling me off her. “Lachlan, stop! STOP!” She cried out, sobbing as she pressed her face against my back.

In my rage i lashed out my fist slamming into the annoyance randomly as she was thrown off. Fluttershy screamed in horror as I went back to trying to kill the bitch. Blood coated my fists as the thing lay there unconscious blood leaking from all sides as I was torn off the would be rapist again.

This time the combined weight off four ponies proved to be too much as I snarled. I tried to reach the thing that had dared to hurt Florenza, but the weight on top of me proved to be too much as I collapsed to the ground from the strain.

“A little help, sis?” A deep voice asked.

“Gladly,” I heard a woman say with what sounded like smugness.

I felt a hard blow to the side of my head and grunted. Craning my head up I noticed the orange pony from... when I first arrived here. She shook her head disdainfully as my face met the dirt.

Florenza curled her legs up to her chest, weeping uncontrollably as she shook with every guttural sob. She kept her eyes closed, afraid to even look at herself as she openly wept. “H-help me!” She croaked out.

Fluttershy was at her side in an instant her motherly instinct in full gear as she held the distressed mare to her chest. She rubbed her back in soothing circles as she hummed a soft melody in an attempt to calm her down.

Across from them the five ponies that had held the rampaging human down were shakily getting to there feet. Big macintosh, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie pie and Twilight Sparkle had all tried to hold the human down unsuccessfully; only managing it by knocking him out.

“That thang ain't right, Taking five ponies to keep him down,” Big Mac grunted as he massaged his chest where the thing had hit him.

“Bucks like a stubborn mule too,” He commented offhandedly while Applejack glowered at the thing. Twilight was in the process of having a mental breakdown as she pulled at her hair. “It didn't react to my magic! That is impossible; not even dragons have complete resistance to magic!” She murmured as Rarity looked at the human with disgust.

“What a filthy brute... resorting to violence if only to save a fair maiden,” Rarity whispered to herself, looking away as she blushed lightly.

Florenza crawled over to her savior, pulling his body into her arms as she ran a hand through his short, unkempt brown mane. Leaning down, she whispered into his ear. “T-thank you...”