Clare, Los Pegasus forest:

We scurried along the trails but figured we were going nowhere fast. “Alright, let’s find somewhere to hide out” I said to Lune as we galloped along. “I’ll agree with that one” she said so we agreed to hide out until the rain stopped.

As we ran off the trail and through the woods I pointed to a cave entrance. “Good a place as any” I shouted over the sound of pouring rain. We both raced into the cave, dripping water in caverns echoed throughout the cave. “Alright… a cave… I love caves” I muttered sarcastically as we walked deeper into the cave but stayed close enough to the entrance that our path were still dimly lit by whatever light did pass through the thunder clouds above.

I dropped my hiking bag on the cold rock floor of the cave then tussled my hair to shake all the water out. Luna shook her body like a dog but her body didn’t get much drier due to the leather clothes that she still had on. “Alright I’m gonna go get some firewood and uhm… I don’t know what you want to do so uhm… I’ll be back” I told her then walked back into the pouring rain to try and find something that I could use for firewood, but most of the wood would be soaked by now.

I scavenged some wood and twigs then rushed back to the cave, Luna had probably gone exploring the deeper parts of the cave because she wasn’t here, nor was her clothes so she probably had gone off as soon as I left to get the firewood.

I put together a small fire pit close to the entrance of the cave so that the smoke wouldn’t gag us when the fire was going. I fidgeted with the twigs for a few minutes and got the fire to start. “Jeeze, why the hell did it have to rain” I said to myself as I started to stoke the fire.

Luna still wasn’t back yet but I figured she had probably found something that she thought was fascinating. I started putting larger pieces of wood on the fire and the fire crackled.

Suddenly I heard a scream echo throughout the caverns. It had to be Luna, I grabbed a large stick then rummaged through the bag for a piece of cloth or something that would keep a torch burning. I couldn’t find anything good enough to use as a burning cloth so I tore off my wet t-shirt and wrapped it around the end of the stick then placed it over the fire.

The t-shirt caught fire and began to slowly burn. I ran down the caverns with the makeshift torch lighting my way. I heard another scream then a roar of some sort of creature. ‘Right I forgot. Spooky cave equals monsters’ I thought to myself as I unholstered my Desert Eagle.

I entered a large open part of the cave where Luna took cover from a medium sized enraged dragon. The dragon caught sight of my torch light and breathed a large blast of fire at me. I dropped my torch and lept behind a rock which shielded me from the fire blast, ‘Great this day gets better by the minute’ I thought sarcastically.

I peeked over the rock to see that the dragon had switched its attention back to Luna. I darted from cover and raced around then lept beside Luna just as the dragon breathed another blast of fire. “Where were you” Luna asked breathlessly, “Getting firewood” I replied as I tried to peek around the rock cover. “What took you so long?” she asked, I looked back to her. “Traffic” I quoted jokingly then rolled sideways.

The dragon took notice of me and switched its attention to me rather than Luna. I lept to my feet and the dragon began chase me. I had heard that dragon scales were extremely tough like elephant hide and only large caliber rifles or full metal jacket high velocity rounds could penetrate a dragon’s hide. So I wondered if a shoot to the belly would kill it.

The dragon breathed a gust of fire that trailed close behind me, I held my pistol in my left hand, arm fully extended and aimed for the exposed lower chest where the dragon’s tough scales didn’t protect. I blasted off all seven .50 caliber AE rounds into the dragon, the bullets expelled out the barrel of the pistol and the thunderous BOOMs of the large pistol deafened the entire cave.

The dragon howled in pain and I could easily see a few entry wounds in the lower chest area of the dragon where the bullets had entered. I ducked behind the cover of a rock and loaded a fresh magazine into the massive handgun, despite the recoil in these guns the ballistic trauma they caused well made up for the weight and recoil.

I peeked around the corner to see the dragon hiss and race towards me, scampering along like a komodo dragon. The sheer sight of it sent shivers down my back as the dragon stuck its snake like tongue out and revealed its razor sharp teeth. Drool dangled from its mouth as it quickly closed the gap between us in a matter of seconds. The dragon let out a horrifying hiss as it opened its mouth wide and tried to leap on me. I quickly snapped my aim up to its head and fired a single .50 caliber round right through the roof of its mouth.

The powerful .50 caliber round slammed through the roof of its mouth and blasted right through its skull and blew out the back of the dragon’s head. The exit wound exploded violently and sent bits of brain matter and blood spewing all behind it. The dragon thumped to the floor lifelessly. “You’re luggage” I told the dead dragon. “What? That makes no sense” Luna told me.

I looked over to her and shrugged, “Well you know… because he… it… oh it sounded better in my head” I stammered, she had ruined a perfectly cool one liner. Luna walked up to my side, “That gun packs quite a punch if it can kill an adolescent dragon” she commented. I looked to the shiny handgun and nodded.

“Well uhm, I got the fire going and I’m hungry so let’s get something to eat” I suggested, she agreed and we both walked back to the entrance of the cave where the fire still burned. The rain was still pouring outside and it was almost like we were behind a water fall or something. “What happened to your shirt anyways?” Luna asked.

“Well I needed some light so I made a torch out of my shirt” I informed her, she chuckled at my ridiculous creativity. I started making a makeshift laundry line out of some rope we had taken with us for rock climbing and set our wet clothes on the line by the fire so they could dry.

I walked over to the waterfall by the entrance, technically it wasn’t a waterfall but it was close enough. I stepped into the water and quickly washed myself off, Luna looked over to me and walked over. “Isn’t that cold?” she asked and I nodded, “So why do it?” she asked curiously. “Needed a shower anyway” I said jokingly, really I just thought it would be fun to stand in a waterfall, even if it wasn’t a real one.

Luna stepped beside me under the waterfall and let the icy cold water soak into her fur, she shivered but stayed under the water. After I quickly washed my body I walked back over to the fire and she fllowed. I still wore my boxers, for obvious reasons, which were now soaked and made me that much colder.

I sat beside the fire and Luna sat across from me. I rubbed my hands together quickly then placed them close to the fire to try and warm up. The fire was blazing hot and quickly warmed us both up but Luna soon got up and shook like a dog, semi cold water splashed at me. “Hey, I was almost dry” I complained jokingly, she laughed and on purposely aimed the shaking water at me.

I snickered at her child like behaviour and grabbed our hiking bags in search of some food. I knew we had packed extra for later so we had to have something good. As I rummaged through the food I cursed to myself. “What’s wrong?” she asked and I sighed in disappointment. “We’re out of crackers and cheese” I complained, she laughed at my disappointment from lack of crackers and cheese and walked over to see what was left.

“Well there is: some fruit salad… and some potato salad… and some” she began but I gasped in excitement as I found some apple fritters. ‘Oh yeah I forgot I packed those’ I thought to myself. “Yes and there’s some sweets” Luna replied as I began sorting through the food.

As the night went on our clothes dried and we put them back on, well I didn’t have a top layer of clothes because the duster coat was rather uncomfortable without something underneath like a t-shirt, usually I wouldn’t complain but the fire was warm enough to keep me from getting cold. Luna had gone out and raised the moon though no-pony would see it due to the dark thunder clouds above.

We roasted marshmallows over the fire, ‘Why did we pack marshmallows?’ I thought to myself but then figured I shouldn’t wonder and just be happy that I did pack them. “Mwah-ha-ha, marshmallows” I said childishly as I chewed a mouthful of crispy marshmallows, Luna shook her head in semi amusement and ate a goldenly roasted marshmallow. I looked to my watch, thank god this thing was water proof. “9:20pm” I muttered, Luna yawned. It had been a long day and I was feeling sleepy as well.

Luna lay down on the cold cave floor but thanks to the leather jacket and pants it was probably a little more comfortable and the fire probably kept her warm as well. She rustled around a little then tried to fall asleep. I reached up to the makeshift laundry line and grabbed my duster coat then walked over to her. I set the duster coat overtop of her like a blanket and tucked her in. She opened her eyes and looked up to me.

“Won’t you be cold?” she asked but I shook my head. “Nah. The fire will keep me warm for the night” I replied and kissed her on the forehead then walked over to my spot where I had been sitting.

The hour seemed to progress slowly as I inspected my Desert Eagle. I constantly looked down the sights of the guns, pulling back the hammer manually then pulling the trigger. The click of the hammer would echo silently throughout the cave but it shouldn’t have been loud enough to wake Luna. I stopped anyway figuring maybe it was keeping her awake and she was just pretending to sleep.

I sat there and watched the fire, checking my watch every so often. The time was 10:29pm and I was ready to dose off when Luna stirred in her sleep and she caught my attention. I figured perhaps it was best to stay watch for the night in case any predators like Timberwolves or bobcats came around looking for something to eat.

I looked at my watch again then sighed quietly as I watched the burning fire. Luna stirred again then arouse from her resting spot and began to trot over to me. “Sorry, I didn’t wake you did I?” I asked and she nodded. “Sorry” I apologized but she shook her head. “No don’t be. I can’t stop thinking about you” she whispered seductively as she pressed her lips up against mine, pushing my body to the ground then lying on top of me.

I ran my hands up the sides of her leather jacket as she stuck her tongue in my mouth. I wrapped my arms around her and held her body close to mine. She moaned inside my mouth, ‘Damn, well this is a turn of events’

Author's Notes:

Yes a turn of events indeed, I think I'm gonna sleep on this one because writing clop scenes is rather... disturbing for me due to the fact that I imagine my book while I write it so... yeah anyway just so all you readers know my thmb isn't missing, the calf only took a bite on my thumb but it still ripped of a nice piece of skin and what not, I look at my thumb and think 'Damn, I could've lost my thumb almost...'