Twilight and Applejack had gathered the rest of their friends and had set off to the Everfree Forest. Five of them were willing, but one cream yellow Pegasus was a little hesitant. Rainbow Dash was forced to drag Fluttershy by her pink tail to the entrance of the Forest. The six ponies stood at the entrance, or at least, five of them stood, while Fluttershy cowered. She hated having to go in there. It was dark, scary, dirty, and above all, dangerous.

“I know you’re scared Fluttershy, but we have to go in there. Princess Celestia believes that a powerful entity may be lurking in the Forest, and we have to check it out,” Twilight said, trying to comfort Fluttershy.

“I know Twilight, but do we all really have to go in there? Why can’t you five go in, while I just stay home and tend to my animals?” Fluttershy asked, trying to sneak away. Rainbow Dash, however, wouldn’t have any of it.

“Don’t get any ideas Fluttershy. If we’re going in there, we’re going in together,” Rainbow said, pulling Fluttershy to her hooves. The frightened Pegasus stood there, shivering, which only caused Rainbow Dash to groan.

“Don’t you worry your pretty little mane, Fluttershy. We will all be in there together, and we will keep each other safe,” Rarity said, trying to comfort her friend. Fluttershy let out a sigh and nodded.

“Alright then, let’s go girls,” Twilight said. The six ponies entered the forest, five of them walking, and one of them hopping.

The six ponies stuck closely together, making sure they weren’t being followed or going to be attacked by any dangerous creatures. The Forest was always scary, but knowing that there could possibly be a new entity in the Forest rattled them all a bit more. Twilight especially kept a look out for anything suspicious or out of the ordinary. Fluttershy was busy hiding behind her mane and looking every which way to make sure they weren’t being followed, and Rainbow Dash remained in the air, keeping a look out in the skies. Applejack remained ready to buck any creature that would try to harm herself or her friends, Rarity was too busy keeping her hooves out of the muck and filth, and Pinkie Pie was still hopping along the way. The other five hoped that she was keeping a look out.

After walking for about twenty minutes, the girls heard a loud roar. Fluttershy immediately fell to the floor and curled herself up into a ball, cowering behind her mane. Rarity walked over and assured her friend that everything was alright, even though it really wasn’t. Rainbow Dash tried looking for the source of the roar, but the Forest was too thick to see anything on the ground from the air.

“I can’t see anything up here Twilight,” she called down. Twilight kept looking around. She gestured for them to continue forward, while keeping a close eye out for anything and everything. Walking a bit further, they heard a voice speak. The voice seemed to have a bit of an echo to it, and it sounded slightly demonic.

“Let’s finish this already,” the voice spoke. Twilight managed to pinpoint the source and started to run towards it. The five other ponies followed her, until they found the source of the noise. What the six ponies saw shocked them. A bipedal creature stood above a crawling manticore. This new being had the tail of the manticore in it’s… whatever it was holding the tail with. The being stomped on the manticore, stopping it from crawling. Bringing the tail up, the bipedal creature slammed the stinger of the tail onto the manticore’s head, taking half of the beast’s face off. The six ponies couldn’t believe their eyes.

To finish of its work, the creature slammed the tail into the manticore’s back. The being stood over the fallen, bloodied beast for a moment, then raised his arm. It looked as if the creature was holding something in its… whatever it was that was connected to the arm at the end. The creature stood up and turned around, stopping when he noticed the six ponies. This was not going to end well.

Scorpion stood there, looking at the six ponies for what felt like an eternity. He felt like he should kill these ponies, just to prove a point, although the only person he would be proving anything to would be himself. He decided against it though, and opted to speak to them, provided they could understand him.

“You would be wise to move out of my way,” Scorpion said to the ponies, but speaking only seemed to surprise them.

“It speaks Equestrian?” the purple coated pony spoke, seeming both surprised and scared. Scorpion let out an irritated groan.

“Must I repeat myself? Move, or would you prefer to fall to my blades?!” he shouted to them. He could sense that they felt genuine terror towards him, but they didn’t move at all. They seemed to be huddling together, scared of the demon that stood before them. Scorpion let out another groan and stepped towards them. But, as he did that, the cyan blue pony stepped in front of the other five.

“You’re not gonna hurt my friends!” it spoke, seeming as though it was ready to fight.

“Is this supposed to be a challenge?” Scorpion asked, letting out a soft chuckle. “If you wish to die, then so be it!” he said, taking a fighting stance. The pony didn’t seem to back down, and kicked up the ground beneath her.

Before Scorpion could send out his spear at the pony, it zoomed away. She had seemingly disappeared, but this was no teleportation spell.

“What is this?” Scorpion asked, but he was answered with a sudden strike to the back. He fell to one knee, and the pony stood in front of him again, with it’s wings at full span.

“It’s called speed, you freak,” it said, and it sped off again. Scorpion stood back up, groaning again. He was getting irritated by this pony. But, he was unable to block her, as she once again zoomed into him, delivering a blow to his hip. While this pony was fast, her strikes weren’t at all painful. They merely caught Scorpion off guard, which caused him to falter.

Before Scorpion could even react, the pony sped into his stomach, tackling him to the floor. She proceeded to try to punch his face in with her hooves, but Scorpion quickly pushed her off. But, before he could strike her, she flew off again.

“Gah! Stop running, coward!” Scorpion shouted, becoming even angrier with the pony.

“Fair enough,” it answered, landing in front of him. It turned around and kicked him in the chest with its hind legs. Scorpion fell to the floor and landed on his back with a thud. He shook his head and kicked up, only to be struck in the face by the pony. Scorpion stood up against a tree, shaking off the light punch to his face.

‘How is this possible?! I am losing to a pony!’ The realization hit Scorpion like one of Sub Zero’s freeze blasts. But, Scorpion was snapped back into reality when the pony flew right at him again.

“Not this time,” he said, side stepping the pony as she flew by. Scorpion was quick enough to punch her in the back, sending her sliding across the floor. She lay on the floor, almost crying in pain. Scorpion let out a soft chuckle.

“You ponies must be pretty fragile, because that wasn’t even one of my hardest hits,” Scorpion mocked, as the pony got back to its hooves and faced him. She still seemed to want to fight. However, now, she couldn’t fly off. Before she could do anything, Scorpion dashed up to her. All with his right fist, he delivered a straight punch, a backhand punch, and a flaming uppercut, a combo referred to as Torment.

The pony fell to the floor on her stomach. It seemed to be whimpering now, but Scorpion could tell that it wasn’t just whimpering in pain, but also fear. He let out another chuckle as he walked over to her.

“Allow me to put you out of your misery,” Scorpion said, drawing one of his blades. He flipped the blade and held it underhand, bringing it high above him and holding it with both hands. “Time to die, pony,” Scorpion said, tightening his grip on his blade. But, before he could bring his blade down, another one of the ponies screamed out.

“NO!” Scorpion turned to see the cream yellow Pegasus had stepped forward, and was now in tears. Scorpion couldn’t help but feel a bit of sympathy towards the pony, as much as he wanted to kill its friend. However, Scorpion decided against this. He flipped his blade again in his right hand and sheathed it on his back. He stepped away from the cyan blue Pegasus. The cream yellow Pegasus ran up to the fallen pony and started to check if she was alright.

“Rainbow Dash! Rainbow, are you alright?!” the yellow pony asked. The blue pony let out a cough and tried to speak.

“I… I’m alright… Fluttershy,” the one known as Rainbow Dash said.

‘So, the blue one is known as Rainbow Dash. Makes sense on account of the rainbow colored mane and tail. The yellow one is Fluttershy. These ponies have strange names indeed. It seems they each have images on their flanks as well. Curious,’ Scorpion thought to himself. The pony known as Fluttershy looked up to him, still crying.

“You’re a monster!” she said.

“I prefer the term demon. Now then, if you wish to live, then do not follow. If you do, you will not live to regret it,” Scorpion said, walking away from the two Pegasi. Three of the other ponies let him through, but the purple coated one stepped in front of him.

“And where do you think you’re going?” it asked.

“Nowhere that concerns you, pony.”

“Excuse me, but if you’re going anywhere in Equestria, then I’m pretty sure it concerns me,” it spoke back.

“Uh, Twilight, maybe ya jus might wanna let em go,” the orange pony spoke behind Scorpion.

“No Applejack! I’m not going to let this, creature, roam free in Equestria without knowing why it’s here,” the one known as Twilight responded.

“You should listen to your friend, Twilight,” Scorpion said. Just hearing her name being spoken in that voice sent chills down Twilight’s spine. “Remove yourself from my path, or my hands may be forced to snap your neck.”

‘Well, at least we know what those things are called now,’ Twilight thought to herself. “I won’t let you hurt anypony else, so you are not going anywhere until I know why you’re here!” Twilight shouted at Scorpion.

‘Did she just say “anypony”? This world seems to keep on giving me reasons to hate it,’ Scorpion thought to himself. He shook his head and spoke. “Very well then, if you wish to die, so be it.” Scorpion sent out his spear towards Twilight. But, she was quick enough to use her magic and teleport out of the weapon’s path. The spear lodged itself into a tree, but Scorpion pulled it out and put it back on his belt. He turned around and faced the other five ponies.

“Where is she?!” he demanded. He heard a noise from behind him. He turned around to see that Twilight had merely teleported right back to where she was. But, before Scorpion could even react, Twilight shot at him with a blast of magic. The blast had been concentrated towards his skull, and the blast met its mark, knocking him out. Scorpion fell to the ground on his stomach. Twilight walked up to the incapacitated demon.

“What in the name of all the cupcakes in Equestria is this thing?!” Pinkie Pie asked.

“I don’t know Pinkie, but something tells me it isn’t good.” Fluttershy was still checking over Rainbow Dash, but the other four ponies stood over the body of the fallen… demon, as it had called itself. Twilight knew just by looking at this creature that Equestria was now in terrible danger.

Author's Notes:

Straight punch, Backhand punch, Flaming uppercut = Torment

Yeah, I just feel like keeping you guys up to speed with the combos, because I'm going to start to heavily refer to combos by their names soon enough. I don't expect you all to memorize each combo, but at least these are here to help.

Aside from that, Scorpion got his ass handed to him by some ponies. Weird huh? Rainbow Dash just uses her speed, and Twilight managed to knock him out. Yes, I'm serious, and while this all might not make much sense, just roll with it for now.