Prologue: Spreading Infection

The Manticore chased the rabbit through the large cave, the Manticore couldn't quite reach the rabbit, who had an advantage in speed. However it seemed the cave moved on forever, until they came across a cavern, where there was a single spring, there were three dead bodies lying there, which seemed to captivate the Manticore, a meal that wouldn't run. It began to feast while the rabbit attempted to drink from the nearby spring. The rabbit lost its balance and fell into the spring, bubble were floating to the surface, but the Manticore was still hungry. It sat waiting for the rabbit to surface, but instead a large clawed hand reached out, flesh was falling off and you could see the bloody bone underneath. The hand grasped at the Manticore who began backing up. The rabbit surfaced, it was falling apart, an eye fell from the socket into the spring, and it crawled, now that it has lost its hind legs. The rabbit let out a loud moan of anger, and attempted to claw the Manticore, but it fled, while the rabbit moved past, looking for something to satisfy its hunger.

The rabbit found something, it was a hedgehog, he was blue and strange, but the rabbit had the element of surprise. It leapt at the hedgehog and bit his right arm, while the hedgehog flung the rabbit away. The rabbit, knew what that bite would do, and the results would be destructive, it began to move on searching for something another to attack, only be get caught in a cage while a tan earth pony stood near the cage. "What the…?"