It was late at night, all except Luna was asleep.  She was fascinated with that falling star, she wanted to know what it was. Being Celestia's younger sister, she had to obey Celestia's rules around the castle. Celestia even made a rule for Luna to not go out after seven o'clock. But her interest in this fallen star makes her want to break this rule.

"What was that?... I've never, in all my years as serving as Princess of the Night, ever witness such a event as seen tonight" Luna said to herself, as she tossed and turned in her bed, the thought of that unnatural event just stayed in her head.

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Luna seeing she's not going to be able to sleep with that thought sticking to her mind. She gets out of her bed, puts on a black silk gown, and looks over her stone balcony. Luna's view from her balcony, overlooked Canterlot and Pony Ville. But also gave her a view of a cliff edge next to the Ever free forest, and something caught her eye.

"Is that a light, but no one is awake but me, its near the impact site of that star", Luna said. Trying to figure out what that mysterious light was, she quickly put on her brown hooded cape, and headed away from the safety of the castle grounds, toward the Ever free forest.

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Luna was alone, surrounded by darkness and nothing to stop her from being killed from any of the Ever free forest’s formidable creatures. She explores more of the forest, until she comes across a clearing in the centre of the forest. With it brightly lit up by moon light. She gingerly stepped out into the clearing, only for her hoof to be caught in a rope trap. Now with her four hooves bound together and hanging helplessly upside down from a tree branch. the trap made Luna's heart rate increase. She tries to untie her self from the tree using magic, but it was no use, the knot was too tight.

It's been two hours, Luna still stuck in the rope trap. She starts to shout for help. Luna's loud voice started to attract unwanted guests to what they call a free meal. Luna starts to notice timber wolves exiting the bushes and heading toward her. Luna is starting to get scared now. The Timberwolves got closer and closer, to the point where now they are starting to jump up to bite Luna. A loud roar of a manticore shook the clearing, and scared away the timber wolves. Now it was only Luna and a creature more intimidating than a pack of timber wolves. The manticore was face to face to Luna, Luna was paralyzed with fear. The Manticore swiped its huge paw at Luna, but the manticore misjudged its attack and cut the rope restraining Luna.

Luna quickly got on her hooves and started to sprint toward that unknown light she had seen from her balcony. The Manticore short on her tail, Luna ran out of the forest into what looked like a camp site.

"Help me!! please help me!!" Luna shouted. As she was running she looked behind her only to see the Manticore stampeding its way toward her.

Luna’s frantic shouting caught the attention of a alicorn, with bright red demonic eyes, black markings across his body, and sharp metallic wings.

This alicorn took off into the sky to where he heard the screaming for help.

Luna trips over a fallen branch, and twists her ankle. Then the Manticore jumps, Luna gets ready for the pain until... She looks up, only to see a bolt of lightning strike the Manticore to the floor with a smash.

She was shocked to see a alicorn rocket from the smoke toward the raging manticore, the two of them speeding at each other head-on. The alicorn smashes into the raging Manticore with a thud.

The manticore swipes its powerful paw at the alicorn, the alicorn is hit and flung through some trees, splitting the trees in half. The Manticore jumps at the alicorn, the alicorn gets back up, leaps, and slashes its razor sharp metallic wings across the Manticore’s face, killing it on the spot.

Luna was still laying on the ground in shock, still trying to figure out what just happened in front of her. “What did I just see? An alicorn, like me, taking on a fully-grown Manticore... alone”.

The unknown alicorn noticed Luna on the floor, he walks over to her and offered a hoof to Luna. Kindly taking the hoof Luna was helped to her hooves by the unknown alicorn.

“Thank you kind sir” Luna said. Luna notices a deep cut on the alicorns rear left leg.

“Sir it seems you have a nasty injury on your rear leg, would you like me to have a look at it for you?”

“Its just a flesh wound” the unknown alicorn replied. The unknown alicorn walks over to the cliff edge. “So, what's you’re name?” the unknown alicorn asked.

“That does not matter at the moment, I’m more concerned about that injury on your rear leg, you need me to look at it”. Luna said , walking gingerly over to the unknown alicorn.

“I-I feel light-headed for some reason”, he alicorn said. losing his footing, then falling to the ground knocked out due to lack of blood.

“S-sir!” Luna shouted, fear on her face. Yet, she stayed calm, and ran to the castle for medical assistance.

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