Scourge Of The Caribou
Chapter 4: Encounters
Previous Chapter Next ChapterLyra and Bon Bon ran as fast as they can from their pursuers in the Everfree Forest, the sound of the pursuers hooved-feet thundered in the forest, meaning that they were closing in on them. Both of them escaped from their master while he was asleep, and attempted to sneak out of town. However, as they were half-way to the entrance, one of the guards spotted them, and called the others. They had no choice, but to run inside the Everfree Forest.
Thousands of years ago, after the Unification of the Three Tribes, the Everfree was once a populating city, with a castle that housed the Royal Pony Sisters. When the Nightmare Rebellion began, thousands of soldiers from Nightmare's army assaulted the city. When Celestia banished her sister to the Moon, the place was already suffering from a magical fallout of the rebellion. So Celestia relocated the survivors to a fortress known as Canterlot, which would become the modern day capital of Equestria. The once great city was now nothing more than ruins, claimed by vegetation and dangerous wildlife.
"Come on, Lyra. Run faster!" Bon Bon yelled over her shoulder to her friend as they ran.
"I...am...trying." She exclaimed through breaths. She was already tired from all the running they did all day, but they knew that if they give up now, it would mean a fate worse than death.
The sound of hooved-feet were closing in on them. That was all the motivation that the two mares needed to run faster than usual. Just when they pasted some weird trees, Lyra caught her foot on a root that stuck out of the ground and tripped over.
"Lyra!" Bon Bon stopped to see her friend lying on the ground.
"Just go! I'll be fine!" Lyra yelled at her. Bon Bon was hesitant to go, but she heard the pounding of hooves coming closer. Taking one last look at her friend, she turned around to run some more....
....If it wasn't for the caribou that was in front of her.
"HA! I FOUND YOU, YOU SNEAKING LITTLE BITCH!!" The caribou exclaimed, grabbing her mane. She screamed as she pulled up from the ground by her mane. The caribou had a savage grin on his face as she was brought up to face level with him. "You think you can just escape us?! Wrong, you whore. Now I'm going to make you-"
Bon Bon kick him in the exposed part of the armor. He scream and dropped her into the ground, covering his groin. She manage to get past the caribou, but something snagged her legs and she went down the ground.
"HEY BOSS, I GOT HER!" Someone shouted behind her. Bon Bon tried to crawl away to the bush, but something picked her up and slammed her into the nearest tree.
"What the hell do you think your doing?!?!? Don't hurt my property like that!" The voice of her 'Master' said. Groaning as she turning her head, she saw her master, a caribou with a dark robe with a red outline, emerge from the bushes with a couple of his guards. Another two were manhandling Lyra, pinning her to the ground with her hands tied behind her back.
"Sorry, boss. But this bitch of a whore kicked me in my special place." The caribou from before said to Magister Aurelius, the one that gave them a hard life since the Fall.
"That is no excuse to throw my slaves like that. You can do whatever you want with her after I punish them." The Magister walked over to Bon Bon, a cocky grin plastered on his face. Picking up by her mane, he slammed and pin her to a tree. "So," He began to say. "You think that you can escape without me knowing. You mares should know better than to disobey your masters." He grabbed her left breast with his left hand and began to grope it. While he was doing that, he licked her neck very slowly. She shivered as she felt him molesting her. Once he finished his 'tasting', he looked at her once again. "Of course, I will forgive you, if you would suck my dick and beg for forgiveness. I won't even put you in Flutter Bitch's cottage, where you'll be fucked by animals for the rest of your miserable life."
Despite being pinned to the tree by her mane and violated, Bon Bon glared at her master. She didn't care what happened to her now, she would never do such a thing like that. "Go fuck yourself." She spit in his face.
Squeeze Juice was mad at her for saying that, as she saw it in his face. He slapped her with his right hand and fell on the ground. Bon Bon struggled to get up, but she felt her body being pinned down by the very same unicorn. He turned her over, seeing a savage grin on his face.
"You mares think you have all the power here. Well, those days are over. Your Princesses are being raped by our new king, the Elements are now our slaves and you can't do a damn thing about it. You need to get use to it." He moved one of his hands to the robe and whipped out his dick. "I'm going to fuck you, right here, while your friend watches. Hell, I'll even let my guards join in on the fun."
Bon Bon couldn't do anything but watch as her master began to position himself toward her, his harden dick aimed for her hole.
Before he could even rape her and let his guards rape her friend, an explosion went off behind him.
"WHAT THE FUCK?!?!" He shouted, turning his head to see what had happened. Bon Bon tilted her head to the side to see what was happening.
A crater was formed where one of the guards have been. The guards blood were splattered all over the place, including on some of the guards and Lyra. The guards were shocked at what happened, mainly because they never saw it coming. Her master stood up and zipped up his pants, glaring at the forest behind him. "Who's there?!!?!" He shouted. "Show yourself!??!"
As soon as he said that, she saw something emerge from the crater. She and the others couldn't see, due to all the smoke in the air. The guards all readied their weapons, some unsheathing swords or batons.
The smoked cleared a little, she could clearly see someone.
It was some sort of creature she had never seen before. It stood on two legs, like that of a pony. But that's where the difference end. It had a fur-less face, with a short nose. It had a brown mane, but no tail. It glared at them with its light blue eyes, showing that he is not under the mind control effects of the Crystal Cock.
"Let them go." One of his hands formed a fire ball, showing of a menacingly look on his face. "Now."
'Alright Marcus. You can do this' I though to myself as I stood still, looking at the animals in front of me. 'Just ignore the fact that they are all armed with sharp pointy objects that can pierce your flesh and make you wither in agony as you slowly die.'
........God, I'm not a good motivator.
It's been a while since the encounter with that beast that almost made me its lunch. I moved to where the screaming took place, hoping that I wasn't too late. If anyone was out there in this godforsaken forest, I need to find them. Maybe they could tell me where I am.
The forest I was in is something that was similar to that one forest in Dark Souls II. Twisted trees lined for miles on end, some even had creepy faces on them. The grass itself was a light gray, which made it really weird. Occasionally, I would see some weird glowing, yellow eyes watching me, waiting for me to make a mistake so that they can eat me.
I was still trying to wrap my head around this whole situation I was in. I was in unknown territory, with nothing but the clothes on my back. My friends, family, even my brother, think I'm dead or worse. For the first time, I was alone.
I shook my head of those thoughts. No, I can't be alone on this. There's someone that needs my help.
Maybe I might know what's going on.
I thought I almost lost the sound and was now lost, but I heard some voices coming from the next direction. After some time, I managed to find the owners of the voices.
What I saw would make Charles Darwin come back from his grave, burn himself, and let his ashes be carried off in the wind.
I saw some humanoid creatures from the tree I hid behind, hoping that they wouldn't see me. They had everything that a human had, with arms and legs and feet and the like, but that's where the similarities end. Instead of normal skin, the two of them, who I assumed are females, have different color skin. The first one mint colored skin with a wild, mint colored hair, with a white streak come from the right side of her hair. Her tail had a same color like her hair. She had a brand of sort on her behind, a golden lyre. The other one had a buttercream skin, with one half of her hair and tail pink and another half a dark blue. Her.......well, you know....had a picture of three candy wrappers. I could see that they are in immediate danger. One was being manhandled by four creatures that resemble a caribou back in my world, while the other was pinned against a tree by another one of those humanoid creatures. Both of them were naked, and shown signs that they were abused. The one that had dark robes on him pinned one of the females to a tree. I can assume that he is the one that is leading the group.
I couldn't hear much of what they say, but I saw something that made me mad a hell. The orange one, how is a male, put his hand on her breast and began to fondle it, before he licked her neck in the most creepy way possible.
I couldn't hear what they were saying, but I could tell that it wasn't good. I saw the female spit in his face, and the male responded by slapping her, making her fall over. What he said next made my blood boil.
"I'm going to fuck you, right here, while your friend watches. Hell, I'll even let my guards join in on the fun."
I have to save them. It was clear that they were running from him and his goons, hoping to get away from him. Now they were going to be raped to death.
'Not if I can't do anything about it.' I thought. I can't just stand by while they are being raped by that creep. With that in mind, I watched as my hand was engulfed in fire, not even burning my hand. The power that I held was strange, which was saying something. I think of an element that I want to summon, and my hand is engulfed by that same element. I don't know if it is as simple as it sounds, but I'll worry about it for later. I went into on of my pockets with my free hand and produced the wicked dagger, unsheathing the holder. Aiming my flaming arm at the ground were one of the guards are at, I unleashed it.
Which brings us to now.
I looked as menacingly as possible as I looked at them, the fire in my hand helped with the effects. It seemed to work, as the guards looked afraid and backed away from the girls, or whatever the hell they are.
The one guy, the leader, glared at me like I have interrupted something. The guy had an air of a rich person that thinks that they can get away with everything with money in their hands. "And how are you to make such a demand, freak?"
"The last thing you'll ever see if you don't do as I say." Not the most witty comeback I can come up with, but at least they got scared by it.
The leader of the group didn't seem scared. "I don't have time for this." The creature said, with annoyance in his face. "I need to treat my slaves a lesson in respect." He pointed at me. "Whoever gets me that creatures head will fuck the blue bitch for free!"
'Well, so much for diplomacy.' I thought as the guards charged at me. I guess that means that talking tough wasn't going to work.
I readied my dagger as the first guard descended upon me, an axe heaved over his head. I moved out of the way just as the axe swung down where I was. Out of instinct, I turned around and stabbed him in the back. I expected him, due to his large size, to stagger for a little bit. However, what surprised me was that after the blade made contact, he just fell over and died. The other guards, and me, were surprised at what happened, seeing him laying there on the ground, not moving. I didn't have time to figure out what happened when another one came charging at me with a spear in hand. I pick up the dagger from his back and waited for my chance to strike. The guard soon reached me and thrust his spear forward. I dodged the attack by stepping to the side. Using my dagger, I grazed his arm, making him drop the spear, and once again, fall to the ground, dead.
I heard a battle cry from behind me, but I wasn't fast enough to turn around and dodge it. I was slammed into a tree, making me drop the dagger. I dazed for a second before a figure shadowed over me. Another guard, one that was carrying a greatsword over his shoulder, stood where I was laying, a smirk on his face knowing that he had got me. Heaving his greatsword in the air, he swung it down on me. Thankfully, I came to my senses just in time and threw myself out of the way, just as the sword came down. The guard was mad that I didn't die and attempted to get his big sword off of the ground. While he is doing that, I searched for my dagger, looking everywhere for it. I saw it out of the corner of my eyes, lying just a few feet away from me. I attempted to run at my dagger on the ground. Before I could reach it, another guard blocked my way, a sword in his hand.
Ice. With that simple thought, my hand is encased in ice. The guard swung his sword at me, but I moved to the left, missing me by an inch. With this face exposed, I punched him with my ice-encased hand. Once it hit his face, he staggered back, covering his face with his hands. Went around him and grabbed the dagger in my hand. Not wanting him to finish me off, I stabbed him in the back of the neck. I saw the blood coming out of his neck as he fell, dead. I pulled the dagger out of his neck and shifted my attention to the last guard.
He got his sword out of the ground, anger in his eyes as he saw his dead comrades. With an angry war cry, he changed right at me with his greatsword in the air. I decided, rather stupidly, I emitted a war cry of my own and charged right at him. I didn't know what was going over my head at the time. Maybe it was the rush of battle for the first time that allowed me to make such a stupid decision.
And I'm glad that I did it.
We charged each other, with the guards weapon heaved over his head and me with my dagger, the blade itself gleamed in the light with the blood of the other guards.
Once we were close, we struck.
Time seemed to slowed down as I avoided the sword as it swung down right at me, side stepping away from the strike. I managed to find a weak spot in the armor, located in the elbow. With a thrust of my arm, I grazed the elbow with the edge of the dagger.
Time returned to normal as I stopped. I appeared fine, not a scratch on me. I looked behind me and was the guard on the ground , dead before he hit the ground. I was surprised that a bunch of guards have already been defeated by a teenager with a dagger. It wasn't even that long of a fight either. I expected something akin to a big battle of sorts, with swords clashing and magic throwing. But this.....
My own senses told me to get down, and I did. A big ball of fire whizzed past me and hit one of the trees, which turned to ash when the fire ball hit it. I turned around and saw the orange guy with an angry expression on his face, his horns(?) glowing an eerie yellow. "I don't care who you are or what you are, but you will PAY FOR THIS!!!!!" Another fire ball was conjured on top of his head, and threw it at me. Thinking fast, I rolled out of the way and threw the dagger right at him.
He yelped as he dodged the dagger that was flying right at him, which imbedded on a tree behind him. I rushed him as he is caught off guard, which surprised me a bit. I should be at least tired from todays events. I trekked through the forest for who knows how long, almost got killed by a grown cat thing, and have to do battle against the creatures that were planning on raping some young girls.
Then again, I threw fire and ice from my hands, so maybe its not normal.
I closed the distance between me and my assailant. Before he had any time to react to what was happening, I grabbed by the stomach and threw him to the ground. While he was dazed and confused, I grabbed the dagger from the tree and held it against his throat. The guy looked scared as he saw the weapon at his throat.
"P-p-p-please d-d-don't kill m-m-me." He said through his shuddering breath. He was quivering all over his body, like he was ready to piss himself.
This has left me with two options. Either I let him live, but risk getting some sort of hunting party together to go after me and the girls, or kill him and escape to somewhere safe with the girls. I already knew what I was going to do. I've already killed some guys today, and I don't want to kill another one. However, if I do release him, he'll just send some hunters after me. I can't risk something like that.
Besides, from what I heard, he deserved something like this.
"Rot in hell, you son of a bitch." I stabbed him right in the heart. The caribou gasped for air before he laid limp on the ground, his lifeless eyes widened in horror. I pulled the dagger out of his chest, the blood dropping down the blade. I closed my eyes and breathed a sigh of relief.
I stood up once again and went over to the one of the women with the lightly colored skin. She seemed scared of me, as she tried to get away from me, even when he leg is tied up.
"Hey hey hey, its ok. I'm not going to hurt you" I said to her in a calming voice. Or, as calming as possible considering what they have been through. She seemed a little relived that I didn't attempt to rape her like the others, but she was still suspicious of me.
"Here," I said as I knelled beside her. "Here, let me help you with that." I used my dagger to cut the ropes on her legs. I wasn't even looking at her naked body, so don't get any ideas. They've already been through enough as it is.
Once I cut the rope that held the females legs together, she tried to scramble to her feet, only for her to let out a yelp and began falling to the ground. I caught her just in time. "You alright?" I said to her.
"N-no." She finally spoke. Her voice was a little hoarse, probably from all the running she did. "I-I think one of m-my legs is broken."
"Here, let me look at it." I offered to say, laying her down while her back was supported by the tree next to us. She was a little hesitant at first, but she relaxed a bit as I checked her legs.
However, before I could do that, she rested a hand on my shoulder. "No, I'm fine. Can you go help Lyra?"
I nodded in acknowledgment and went over to the other female that was pinned on the ground with her hands tied behind her back. Like before, I cut the rope, and she is free. She sprung on her feet and rushed over to her friend, how hugged her once she got close. I felt a little proud that I freed them from whatever fate those assholes had in store for them.
I looked back at the dead guards littered on the ground, including the leader. I should be traumatized by this whole experience. I mean, yeah, they were a bunch of rapists and, from what I heard, slavers. But I wouldn't just kill them outright. I have standards. But for some reason, I didn't feel bad killing them. In fact, I feel............great. I epically love how the blood of my enemies flow free like a river, tasting ever so sweet.............
.........Ok, now that came out of nowhere.
I shook my head from the violent thoughts and went my way to the girls, determined to help them.
I don't know where I am, but I might as well help them.
After all, what can possibly go wrong?
....
.......
.....I jinxed it, didn't I?
Next Chapter: A Blood Bath Estimated time remaining: 10 Hours, 22 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
I know, I know, I suck at first-person stories, but it's been in my head for a while, and I couldn't get it out of me until I wrote it. You can't hate me for that.
Sorry for the delay. I was in Hawaii over the week and didn't have enough time to work on it. Add to the fact that I have an online class for the summer, it makes it more complicated. But I'm not going to give up.
For the fighting scene, Mehrune's Razor kills anything with one hit, even if it's a scratch.