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My better life

by Sharky White

Chapter 46: Minor Wounds

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"Sharky! Are you ok?" Steel asked with concern. I stood up and shook off the debris from the wall I crashed through.

"I just got bitch-slapped through a house. What do you think?" I turned to the couple of ponies cowering under a table. "Sorry to barge in like this, just trying to kill and Ursa Minor out there." They nodded fearfully. The Ursa Minor roared outside.

"Sharky, you can't hit that thing!"

"Yeah, I noticed. Why not?"

"Legend says that Constellation monsters can only be struck by legendary weapons, or magic."

"So wait, the weapon has to be legendary, but the magic works anyway?"

"Yeah, thats about right."

"That seems... totally unfair. Well, maybe I can't hit him now, but after I absorb him I'll be fine!"

"After you what?" I dashed back outside. Luckily my injuries were minimal. He only really hit me through a very thin wall. My injuries were just a few splinters and severe bruising. The Ursa Minor was holding a pony up over his mouth.

"HEY! BITCH!" I yelled. The Ursa Minor turned to me. "Ha! He responded to bitch!" He dropped the pony and stomped over to me. The pony scampered off. "COME ON! HIT ME!" I challenged. He growled and swung at me again. This time I brought my axe down on his paw as it approached. It passed right through again, and his paw struck me. I braced for the impact, and ended up only sliding back about twenty feet instead of flying through a hose. "STILL OW!" I had a few more scrapes from that hit, but not much more. I reached out with the void to get his magic, but his magic was almost like Luna's. I couldn't take it without extreme pain. Besides, the magic felt... hostile.

"WHY ARE YOU STILL TRYING TO FIGHT IT?!" Steel called. He was flying overhead.

"Because ponies lives are at stake!"

"SO IS YOURS!"

"Worth it! You don't happen to have a legendary weapon or a unicorn on hoof do you?"

"ARE YOU INSANE?!"

"YES! Back to work! Maybe if we can't kill him, we can lead him away from the city!"

"THAT IS FREAKING IN-- Actually not a bad idea.... LETS DO IT!" Steel flew at the Ursa, passing just over it's head. It roared and swung at him. I grimaced as I got back to my feet. I ran at the Ursa as well.

"C'mon fatty! Follow the human!" I yelled at him.

"No! Follow the birdie!"

"C'mon! Down here buddy!" The Ursa growled and slowly trudged after us as we dodged his swings.


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"Yea, he did!" Fluttershy said happily.

"No fair! I can't even get him to stay in the bed!" RD wailed.

"Me either! The one time he woke up AFTER me was when I slept next to him after he fell asleep!" Twilight groaned.

"At least you two got that far! I can barely get him to talk to me unless it's for clothing!"

"Ha! I guess that means I'm winning!"

"Don't be so sure Fluttershy, I found out that he... has... well yeah... with me in his dreams! Remember?"

"Twilight! How do you know?! It's not like you can see his dreams!" RD challenged. Twilight blushed and looked down at her hooves.

"Well I mayyyy have read his mind while he was asleep..."

Twilight!! How rude!" Rarity balked. "Why would you do such an invasive thing!?"

"Well... I wasn't sure if he could ever like us, so I had to check..."

"Well, what did you find out?" RD asked.

"He likes us, but he doesn't think any of us will ever like him back!"

"WHAT?! HOW COULD HE NOT KNOW THAT?!" RD and Rarity yelled.

"I honestly don't know! It means that there's still hope though!"

"Well, assuming he come back that is..." Rarity said darkly.

"Rarity! Don't say stuff like that! Sharky's too bad-flank to get beat by any monster!"


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"OH GOD I'M GETTING THE CRAP BEAT OUT OF ME BY THIS MONSTER!" The Ursa had caught me and was stomping on me. "GOD THIS HURTS!" His stomps were really heavy, but luckily he was mostly stomping on my lower body, so my armor was taking most of the damage.

*STOMP*

"OH GOD PLEASE!"

*STOMP*

"WHY IS THIS STILL HAPPENING?!"

*STOMP*

"GOD THOSE WERE MY RIBS!" The Ursa reared back for one final smash, and I rolled painfully out of the way.

"ARE YOU OK!?"

"WHERE THE F*** WERE YOU WHILE I WAS BEING STOMPED?!"

"I was calling the Princess with your little magic mirror!"

"When did you even get that?! CRAP! PAW!" I jumped out of the way of another Ursa swing.

"It fell out of your pocket while dodging!"

"Fantastic! Look out!" The Ursa swung at Steel. He barrel-rolled to the side. "So, is Luna going to help!?"

"Not herself, but she's sending backup!"

"A unicorn?!"

"No! On your right!" I ducked and the Ursa's paw flew over my head. "She's sending a weapon! A legendary hammer!"

"When?!" A huge hammer flew out of the sky and landed in front of me. It had a rising sun imprinted on the sides of the warhammer.

"Sharky, meet the Hammer of the Dawn!" I lifted the massive hammer, and the sun flashed in the distance.

"Sweeeeet..."

"ON YOUR LEFT!"

"What?"

*SMACK*

"OW!"


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"So, I'll bet 50 bits he has already almost killed himself for some stranger pony." RD offered.

"Ha, no. I'll put 100 bits on him risking his life many consecutive times for a whole town!" Twilight countered.

"Oh I simply must get in on this action!" Rarity cheered.


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"Thank you Shadow!" I breathed as I drank the healing potion. I prepared myself for the rush of energy, but instead I almost fell asleep! "What the.... *yawn* Buck... Shadow... Imma kill you..." I stood up from the tree I had been thrown into. I felt my body regenerating, but each wound healed made me even more tired. I stumbled over to the Ursa.

"Sharky! You're healed!"

"No *yawn* s*** Sherlock." I brought the hammer down on the Ursa's foot. He howled in pain. "Yeah! It..... Wha huh? Worked!"

"ARE YOU FALLING ASLEEP?!"

"A little..." The Ursa turned to me, clearly enraged. He hit me again, this time with claws. Blood flowed freely from my chest, and the shock from the wound woke me right up. "OH GOD!" I freaked out and swung the hammer into the Ursa's leg. I must have hit hit pretty hard, because his leg buckled and he fell forward. Onto me. "CRAP!" My voice came out very muffled. The Ursa thankfully stood back up, and I gasped for air.

"You are getting you flank kicked!" Steel yelled helpfully.

"GEE THANKS! I DON'T SEE YOU DOING ANYTHING!"

"You have the hammer! What am I supposed to do?!"

"I DON'T KNOW! DISTRACT HIM OR SOMETHING!!!"

"Good idea!" Steel started flying around the Ursa's head. It growled in annoyance and tried to swat him. I stood back up and brought the hammer against the Ursa's front right ankle. I ran to the side as he fell to the ground. As he smashed into the ground, I was buffeted by the wind rushing out from under him. I ran to his head, and brought the hammer down on his muzzle. He immediately jumped up and howled in pain. I started to run backward, but he clawed me again. A second gash ripped open on my chest, forming a large X. A second claw caught my leg and flipped me on my side. Then the bear brought his paw smashing down on my chest. "OH GOD The... the pain..." I fought to stay concious through the intense pain. I managed to smack his paw with my hammer, causing him to rear back in pain. "STEEL! CATCH!" I threw the hammer up as far as I could. Steel caught it in his mouth and took off again. I let my head roll to the side. "D-damn..." Blood trickled out of the corner of my mouth.

"Take this!" Steel flew straight at the Ursa, hitting it square in the eye with his hammer. The Ursa reared back even further, and fell backwards. He crashed down just on the edge of the town, very nearly crushing a building. Steel gained altitude, then fell out of the sky like a bolt, smashing the hammer into the Ursa's stomach. He let out a gurgling whine and rolled back up. The the Ursa grabbed Steel as he flew by, and held him over his mouth. I managed to stand somehow.

"N-n-no..." I hobbled forward, and pulled the silver vial out of my pouch, and reared back for a final throw. I adjusted my aim through my quickly fuzzing vision, and threw the vial. My aim was true, and it went straight into the Ursa's mouth. He swalloed the vial in suprise, then grinned and drew Steel closer to his mouth. Then, he bit him. Eeyup, he locked his now tiny jaws around Steel's ankle.

"I'm dead I'm dead I'm dead..." Steel muttered repeatedly. Then he opened one eye, and saw the tiny Ursa major nibbling on his ankle. "... What the...?"

"Ha... Sweet." I muttered. Steel brought up the hammer, preparing to smash it down on the Ursa's head. "What are you doing?"

"Killing the monster."

"Don't."

"WHAT?! WHY?!"

"He's not a threat anymore. We don't need to kill him." I stumbled over to the tiny bear. He released Steel and smiled at me.

"WHAT?! THAT THING TRIED TO DESTROY A CITY! HE ALMOST KILLED YOU! WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HE GETS BIG AGAIN!?" I waved my void over him. The giant ocean of magic I had felt earlier had been greatly reduced.

"He won't get big again. His magic level has changed..."

"WHAT THE BUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!?" The Ursa walked over to me and rubbed against my leg like an over sized cat.

"I MEAN, this guy's harmless now. Mission accomplished." I lifted up the now adorable little bear and hugged him. "Look, you can even touch him now, see?"

"WHA... BUT... YOU... BUCK! FINE! CALL LUNA AND TAKE US HOME! Crazy..." I grinned and held my hand out for my phone. He held it out to me with his wing. I called Luna.

"Hello Sharky, hath thou already... DEAR CELESTIA ART THOU ALRIGHT?!"

"Hmm... Oh yeah, the chest gashes... yeah, I'm bleeding... badly. The Ursa is fixed though!" I pointed the phone to the tiny bear. "I think Imma make him a pet. Not for me of course, I've got Fang." I shifted the Ursa to my chest so that he would cover most of my wounds.

"T-th-thou... Never ceases to not make sense Sharky. Very well, I will teleport thee here for treatment..."

"Actually, I'd rather go home... I promised my friends I'd spend more time with them. Fluttershy could fix me up I'm sure."

"I... if thou insists..."

"I do. Beam me up Scotty."

"We... we art Luna..."

"Nevermind, please just send me back to Ponyville..." I disappeared in a flash of black light. I left Steel and the Hammer behind, but I'm sure Luna will transport him too. Huh, I think I left my axe though.


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"So, when do you think Sharky'll be back?" Twilight asked. I flashed into the room.

"Hi girls..."

"SHARKY!?" They squeaked in suprise.

"Back already?! What about the Ursa Minor?!" RD asked.

"Oh, he's right here... I shrank him..." I muttered, indicating the bear on my chest. I located Fluttershy through my hazy vision. "Hey Shy, you can fix bear wounds right?"

"Y-yes?" I lowered the Ursa Minor to reveal my chest wounds.

"Oh good..." Then I fell forward, out cold. The Ursa whined and wiggled out from under me.


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"Sharky? Shaaaarky?" I woke up in a haze. I was laying on a bed. I looked around dazed, and realized I was in Fluttershy's house. Fluttershy was standing next to the bed in a nurse's hat.

"Oh dammit, another one of these dreams..." I muttered to myself. Fluttershy got a confused look, but it slowly turned into a devious grin.

"Yes, it's one of those dreams."


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So... the reason I asked if anypony was good at art is because... People have been telling me I need some cover art... but I can't draw... Would anypony out there help a brony out?

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