If you kill enough of them, they stop fighting

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Out of all the mindless things they put you through, the stupid ponies finally let you do something fun. After about two weeks of sessions the psychologist thinks your making progress thanks to some mild pushing, and he is now in agreement with the the physical examiners that he would like to see how you act when fighting. It is an amazing feeling to have again, even though they had to put wood caps on your claws, and a muzzle on your head to keep you from biting. It doesn't stop you from mutating to break the restraints, but Luna was always in attendance to your matches. In fact, it has become a bit of a tourist attraction. Every weekend, Saturday and Sunday, you were pit against anyone who wanted to try and fight you. After, of course, they signed mounds of paperwork. Most of the time it was guards but every now and then you would get a martial arts master of some sort. Even the unicorns couldn't seem to defeat you for some reason. They had even approved a massive stadium to be built, much like the cloudiseum in whatever city it was that was floating. Today was yet another day for a fight, but for some reason your usual guard, Raven Heart, wasn't there. At first you thought that her contract for the job had run out, but then you remembered the guards in the other side of the ring last week calling her insane for guarding me for more than one contract. You stopped thinking about it when the guard beside you started to poke you with his hoof. Well, not poke you per say, more like punching you in the side with as much strength as he could muster. He must have thought he could make you angry and get a better performance.

"If you do not stop, I will paint the walls with your shredded entrails." You growl maliciously.

He stopped immediately, and led you to the stadium. You stepped through the doors and were deafened by the roar of the crowd. It was filled with the less liked population of Equestria. The gamblers, the martial arts fanatics, etc. It was a typical nation, just that these activities were more or less frowned upon. In fact, the only reason this was accepted in the first place was because Princess Luna enjoyed it. This one would be interesting, you could tell by the smell of armor. Multiple sets when you looked to find life. Six ponies. Three unicorns, two earth ponies, and one pegasus sitting in the bleachers. When you leaped on to the stage you froze. What you saw explained the reason Raven Heart wasn't at your cell earlier. She was sitting right there in the bleachers. A bell sounded and you were instantly coated in magic. As a response your skin was covered in shining plates. The magic around you dissipated, and before the earth ponies could land on top of you, a tail grew out and whipped them into the wall behind you, the wall was padded of course.

"You will not use magic." You compel them.

The words bounce around in the unicorns' heads. All it took was that second of hesitation for you to sprout mighty wings and leap off the ground. Your tail extends itself and wraps around the horned creatures. You lift them off the ground, grow spines in your tail, and pry their wooden armor off as they land on top of the dazed stallions that had made the mistake of fighting only a few moments before. Your tail shrunk away, the armor clattered to the ground and you started to walk away. You heard the air whistling before she hit you. Scales grew as you walked, and when she hit, her leg buckled.

"I don't want to hurt you." You say quietly as you turn around.

"And I want to test you." She replies so that no one else can hear.

"Very well."

Your hand lashed out, but she was fast enough to dodge, and you received a hoof to the face for your efforts. You see the red start to creep into the corners of your peripheral vision. Your wings and tail come back, but this time they are razor sharp. The tail swings out beside you as the air gets moved under you with incredible force. The downdraft sent Raven Heart into the ground, and your tail shaved off a small piece of her mane. The dark pegasus rushes upwards and slams into your gut. It takes the breath out of you, and all of the sudden stiff appendages grow out of your stomach and trap her against you. You flip in the air, release your grip, and toss her towards the wall. She recovers and sends another hoof into your face. How was she so fast? Your tail whipped out and caught the bottom of one of her hooves. She grabbed it in pain, and you stopped. Why did you just do that? The only person who had been remotely caring since you got here, and you cut her. In that moment you get blasted with a godly bolt of energy, and are crushed into the ground. Medical staff rush out, put about twelve massive needles into you, and check on Raven Heart. There is a rush of something foreign to you. What is it? Why is it making your eyes wet?

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."

Then you snap out of it. The feeling fades, your voice doesn't come out again, and you fade into blackness.

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The cut Raven Heart received was nothing more than the equivalent of a paper cut, but that didn't stop it form stinging like Tartarus. It was true that she wanted to test Winter, her new name for the creature since saying Winter Knight over and over was unnecessary, but now she feared that she had gotten him into more trouble than needed. She knew that Winter would now be required to be buried under a few hundred pounds of metal restraints, and calmed by twice as many sedatives. It wasn't quite fair that he had to be punished for this, but it was understandable since he showed much more power than expected. She knew something was off here though, Winter had stopped his rampage a split second before Luna's power hit him. And she thought she had heard something, maybe even seen tears before he blacked out. The most likely possibility was that he had rage issues. At least she knows that she is on his good side, or maybe something more. After that she sat and thought for a while.

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What was that sudden rush after she got cut? It wasn't something you had ever felt before. You didn't even feel hungry when earlier you were starving. In fact, as of the moment you felt quite full. Why did you tear up and say that? You would have to investigate this farther. Maybe learn how to read, so that you could read more about your kind and find out what is going wrong.

Author's Note

This chapter felt off for some reason, any input would be appreciated. All constructive criticism and compliments are accepted.