Diamond Claw was sitting in his throne room. He had the creature chained up inside a cell he had created for the simple pleasure of keeping it close. It was after all, the cause of much grief.

He had learned this creature was responsible for the deaths of his eldest children, Zed and Ezreal, and Celestia knew about this creature! But that’s just fine, this gave him even more leverage for the war he had planned. Now he could avenge his sons and save some money.

The useless bounty hunters couldn’t catch or kill him. But it seems everything worked out in the end. Now he had the creature trapped inside a custom made cell and held back with magical chains. Unbreakable chians... At least that’s what the unicorn he paid had said. The sleeping agents the creature had been pumped full of were finally wearing off... even though by all means it should of been dead after having received such a large amount.

“It would seem you’re finally awake, monster.” Merry was laying face down in the cell. He began to sit up and look around at his surroundings.

“Where in the hell am I... And why am I naked...” Diamond Claw laughed as he stood from his seat and walked over to Merry’s Cage.

“In a monster cage my friend. Made of the finest steel, and you're held by enchanted unbreakable chains as well. The chains are built into the solid stone wall behind your cage. So unless you take the wall down, there’s no escape for you.” Merry sat down cross legged inside his cage and looked over to the griffin calling himself Diamond Claw.

He was a unique looking griffin, one wing was blue while the other was red, and his claws... didn’t look natural, they were jet black instead of the tan off white color other griffins had.

“Soo, why aren’t your claws made of diamond if your name is Diamond Claw?” The griffin gave him a huff and held out a claw.

“Simply because I can cut diamonds with my claws. But monster, I have big plans for you.”

“Oh really? What sort of plans? Do they involve me getting raped or something because your gay? Is that why I’m naked?” The griffin grew angry.

“Are you calling me a Cock Rocker? Do I look like a Flamingo?” Merry looked the griffin up and down for a moment.

“Hmm... So where’s your husband at anyway? He off waxing his junk for you? HA-HA-HA!” Diamond Claw inhaled deeply and then released it as a sigh.

“Guards!” soon several griffins showed up wearing shiny black armor. Diamond Claw just kept looking at Merry “We will kill you in due time, but till then I need to you alive until Celestia and her ilk arrive.” Diamond Claw turned to the guards “Keep him sedated at all costs.” the guards bowed

“Yes King Diamond Claw.” Merry stood up in his cage and pulled against the chains.

“Wait a minute you fuck head! Are you the one who stole my little filly Scootaloo!?” Diamond Claw turned around and gave him a sinister smile

“Steal a filly? Why I would never steal one...But I did eat one yesterday... Hehe- HA-HA-HA-HA!” Merry clenched his fists and pulled at the chains even harder.

“What could you hope to accomplish? There’s no escape for you, you evil creature.” Merry had his arms held out as he pulled against the chains. The guards outside the cage began to clear their throats nervously. Suddenly a light crack could be heard.

The guards and Diamond Claw looked over to the wall the chains were attached to. A small crack had formed in the wall.

“SEDATE HIM NOW YOU FOOLS!” The guards rushed to sedate Merry only to stop when they heard a sound of a bone being snapped. They looked to see Merry’s left forearm had broken. His hand fell limp and was touching his elbow.

“Hah...Ha-Ha-ha! No escape for you! Your bones cant handle the pressure needed to break out!” Merry stopped fighting the chains and just used his right arm to hold his left into the proper place. So it could hopefully heal.

The guards gained a smug look on their faces as they opened the cage and began to sedate Merry by forcing him to drink some green liquid. Merry didn’t fight back, he was more focused on his arm healing properly. Glork made a small mouth and whispered to Merry when the griffins had their backs turned.

“Hang on buddy, I’ll figure us a way out some how...”

Merry’s eyes began to get heavy, so he laid onto his back with his left forearm in its proper position, hopefully it would heal correctly. So Merry would play along for now, Glork said he would help him get out of this...

“I know you think you’re special, but you ain’t nothin’... YOU AIN’T NOTHIN’ DIAMOND CLAW! YOU’RE NOTHING BUT A COCK ROCKER!”

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“How much longer you reckon until we arrive Princess?”

“Yeah mom how much longer? Its boring on this airship...” Luna sighed and stopped reading the book she had brought along.

“Now children... and Applejack, We will arrive in about 2 more days.. Now why don’t you go join Pinkie for another one of her parties?” The fillies and colts scoffed

“Her parties aren’t as fun anymore... They were for the first few days, but everything’s always the same.” Applejack cringed as she agreed with the children.

“They’re right Princess, Pinkies parties are always a blast, but partying for 5 days in a row tends ta wear any pony down... except Pinkie Pie anyway...” Suddenly Pinkie Pie walked out and onto the deck

“Hey guys, what chu all talking about?” Applejack gulped then looked around

“Just uh, talkin bout when were gonna arrive... yeah, that’s it. Anyway Ima go see what Twilight’s a doing.” Applejack quickly walked off toward Twilight who was talking to Celestia. The colts and fillies just all began to wander off in random directions around the airship trying to avoid eye contact with the pink mare. Pinkie just shrugged and began to walk back down into the ship.

“Well I have to go back to the party, Don’t wanna leave Fluttershy all alone for too long.” The rest of the ponies nodded their heads as they watched her go down below to her never ending, We’re gonna get Merry back party.

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Merry was sitting on a park bench in Ponyville. He had been watching the Cutie Mark Crusaders play at the park. It was peaceful, and he felt something he hadn’t felt in what seemed like forever, Happiness. For some reason or another he couldn’t move though. He wanted to stand up and go play with them, but he couldn’t leave the bench he was sitting upon.

‘’Hey faggot, guess what?’‘ The park suddenly sunk into the ground and was replaced with red earth, and stone walls began to grow around him.

‘’Those griffins pumped so much of that tranq into you, you became fucking delusional.’‘ The ponies he had seen standing in the park were growing feathers and beaks.

‘’‘Yes, snap out of it. You are chained inside the throne room. They stripped you of everything.'’‘ Merry looked down at himself, and his cloths started to melt away.

“Hey buddy, they haven’t noticed me yet. Hopefully I can help you out of this situation... But these chains...” Merry blinked his eyes several times and saw golden shackles on his wrists. They were connected to a chain that sparkled gold like the cuffs. They seemed to shimmer all sorts of different colors.

“Where am I...” Merry was incredibly sleepy as his vision started to become clear he looked around and saw at the end of the room he was in sat a huge throne of some kind. Around him were shiny metal bars. They didn’t look golden like the chains on his wrist so they were probably just regular bars. As Merry began to stir a griffin standing outside his cell turned around.

“Hes awake! Hes awake!” The griffins rushed over to a nearby chest and pulled out a small vial. Soon 3 other griffins rushed into the room and opened his cage door.

“Hold him down! He needs to stay calm until those stupid ponies get here! Diamond Claw doesn’t wanna risk him breaking out.” When the 3 griffins got into the cell they pulled another set of chains and Merry was pulled back against the wall.

He tried to struggle, but he couldn’t find the energy to fight back, so he just hung limp against the wall of his cage as the griffin holding the vial opened his mouth and poured the vile green liquid down his throat.

“Bucking hell man, How can such a small creature handle so much of this tranq? Its been several days and we keep having to up the dose... This stuff isn’t cheap...” After Merry swallowed the rest of the fluid they released his chains and he fell to the ground.

“I know what you mean... I still think we should of let him keep his under garments, I don’t wanna have to look at that pitifully small thing all day...” The 4 griffins burst into laugher as they walked out of the cage and locked it behind them.

“Soon buddy, soon” Merry just laid in the cell face down as his eye lids became too heavy to keep open once again.

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Soul was locked inside a cell away from Merry. The griffins had been questioning her, but couldn’t get any answers from her. Due to equestrian and griffins treaty laws, they would have to hand her over to the princesses once they arrived. But the griffins had other plans, they just needed for her to speak.

“Tell me Pony... Why were you following that... creature around?” Soul just sat silently inside her cell staring at the griffin with a cold stare.

“Why wont you speak? Are you... in love with that creature? Are you trying to protect it?” The griffin began to loose his temper at the silent treatment, Soul hadn’t said anything, let alone grunt or even make motions. “We aren’t going to feed you until you speak!” She continued to look at him with the same cold stare he had been getting for the past few days.

“Have it your way! Starve for another day, see if I care.” As the griffin walked out of the area she could hear a gate slam shut and an angry yell.

“Merry? Can you hear me?” She had been trying to contact him the whole time, and most of the time she got back silence as a response, or incoherent babbling. Its like he couldn’t hear anything she said.

‘These lies are leading me astray. Its too much for me to stay, I don’t wanna live, this destiny, It goes on endlessly.’ Why was he singing? What was going through his mind right now to cause such thoughts.

“Merry please answer me”

‘I see you so please stay strong, I’ll sing you one last song and then I'm gone...’‘

“MERRY!”

‘Soul please don’t yell, your right next to me you know.’

“You can hear me Merry?!”

‘Of course I can, you are standing right next to me, now if you please, don’t interrupt me again. These ponies paid good money for a show. I aim to give them one.’

What? Was he still hallucinating? But its fine she got through to him finally. Now maybe she could convince him to call her name and get a short summon off!

“Merry, Please call out my name, as loud as you can!”

‘Why on earth would I do that? You must let me finish this song.’

“Please! Do it for me!”

‘Weell... I don’t wanna disappoint all of these ponies, but Mistress said I should anyway, what the heck, I’ll add it into my song.’ Soul waited for the summons, all he had to do was say or even think the full name he had giving her, and she would be able to use her demonic power to teleport to his side.

And then, and then those griffins would pay.

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The griffins standing outside of Merry’s cage turned around to look inside when they could hear some mumbling.

“Holy bucking Minotaur shit, is he waking up already? We just gave him a vial not more than 5 minutes ago.” The griffins peered in closer to see if they could hear anything he was saying.

“Is.. He singing? Or reciting poetry? What the buck?”

“Well they did say large doses of this stuff has some side affects turning them into crazies... Kinda why it was banned from use in hospitals.” The griffins just kept looking at their face down prisoner as his mumbling became louder and louder.

“Fit me for a straight jacket, put me in a padded cell, I’m a danger to you all...and I’m a danger to my self...” The griffins gulped and looked over to the chest

“Go grab another vial, maybe two...” the griffin on the left quickly went over to the chest and grabbed two vials out and came back.

“Alright I got them, lets give him some more quickly before he becomes even more coherent.” When they got into the cell they flipped Merry onto his back, that’s when he shouted as loud as possible.

“WHY WON’T THEY LET ME BE?! OH SOUL EATER MAKE IT STOP!” As the griffins tried to empty a vial down his throat a circle of flame appeared next to them causing them to quickly leap away in fright.

After a bright flash Soul appeared next to Merry. What she saw caused her to fly into a bout of rage. Her master was naked laying down on the floor, chained inside of a cage.

“What the Buck?! You’re not a unicorn, How did you do that?!” The two griffins guards raised their weapons and aimed them at Soul.

Soul glared at the two griffins and snorted out visible flame and smoke. The two griffins were still standing above Merry. The sight of a pony snorting flames was something new, and a little scary. It wasn’t until they saw her grit her teeth, did they think something bad was going to happen... Ponies shouldn’t have fangs.

“Merry Grab their legs!” Merry’s hands went over, and he grabbed a back leg from both griffins.

"Yes yes, I got the chicken legs. They are the KFC extra crispy kind." Both griffins looked down to see Merry holding onto their legs.

“Crush them!”

"K" Soul charged at the griffins just as Merry began to issue bone crushing strength into both of he griffins back legs. With the pain of their legs being crushed, they dropped the weapons and began to squawk in pain. As they were squawking and screeching in agony Soul bucked the griffin on the left in his face, breaking his beak and part of his skull. The griffin on the right however found out how much a fiendish ponies fangs hurt.

It hurts a whole fucking lot. And when its in your neck, it just about cause’s death after you bleed out, but Soul wasn’t done with just a bite. She snorted again and flames filled her mouth sending a stream of flames into the griffins neck. He was cooked alive from the inside out starting at his neck.

Soul let go of the griffin in her mouth and began to inspect Merry. He looked ok, but his left forearm looked a little off center for some reason.

“Glork, are you awake? Are you coherent?”

“Of course I am Soul, but Merry... his mind is mostly gone, it comes back in waves, but that stuff they keep giving him is seriously fucking his shit up more than it already was. At this rate I wont have anything to take over, He’ll just be an empty shell... Not that I really care though.”

“Are you not affected by the stuff?”

“Only mildly, Merry here is starting to become immune to it as well. They’re having to give him more and more, what used to be a small needle is now several mouthfuls.”

“What have you been doing this whole time?!”

“Well, just reenforcing his body, these chains cant be broken it seems, I’ve tried everything I could when the coast was clear, but the only weak point is in the stone wall over there.” Glork made and eye and looked over to the wall that was anchoring the chains. “Merry was already able to make a crack, but his left forearm broke in the process, I’ve been reenforcing the bones in his body so they wont break next time. I’ve also done some muscle modifications, and if his adrenaline kicks in his strength and speed will increase, This body is so interesting. Everything will soon be done, As a side note. Did you know when he receives an injury endorphins are released? Like a Stupid amount, he doesn't even feel pain, I've testing his body around as he sleeps. I'm gonna have so much fun with this body when its mine!”

Soul sighed, she had hoped to break Merry out, but the state he was in, he was useless like this... It mattered not, She would guard him until Glork had finished, by then the stuff they had been giving him could wear off, and they could break out together. Souls ears perked up, she could hear a group coming to this room.

“I heard something from the throne room! Did he escape?!” Suddenly 4 griffins entered the throne room and looked over to the cage to see Soul inside of it. One of the griffins spun around and turned to the griffin in the back. “You! Get reenforcements! On the double!” The griffin saluted while the other 3 griffins moved in to try and subdue the pony that had broken into the monsters cage.

Soul lowered her head again and snorted out more smoke and flame. The griffins raised an eyebrow and looked at the 2 dead griffins inside the cage. One of them was charred black at the neck.

“Be careful, it looks like that pony has magic somehow, even though she’s not a unicorn.” Soul didn’t leave the cage, she knew she had a better chance inside of it. They would have to enter it one at a time. Or they could lock her inside it with him, it didn’t matter, She wasn’t going to leave his side again.

Soul stood a little ways back from the cage door as the griffins slowly went up to the cage door. As soon as the first griffin set his front claw through the cage door, She sprung into action leaping toward him and spinning around to buck him in the beak quickly. He fell back but his beak hadn’t broken, she didn’t use enough force that time, but then again, she didn’t mean to. The griffin sat back on his rump rubbing his beak.

“Quick little mare ain’t cha?” The griffin stopped rubbing his beak and groaned a bit as he grabbed at his belly. He fell over on the floor and began to grunt. “Oh gods it hurts... What did you...” The griffin coughed, and a green red goo flew out of his mouth and onto the floor. The other griffins got wide eyed and stepped back from their fallen comrade. The strange pony had done some strange magic to him, and they feared magic.

Soul got back into her defensive position as she huffed out more smoke and flame from her nose. The griffins just looked between Soul and their fallen comrade who just laid on the floor groaning in agony as he continued to cough out more goo.

“What did you do to Murry?! You Bucking pony!” One of the griffins forgot his fear and ran up to the cage, He held out his pole axe as he charged into the cage. He aimed to run her through but she quickly side stepped and grabbed the pole axe by its wooden handle and snapped it in her jaws. The griffin quickly released his weapon and made a swipe at her.

Soul wasn’t quick enough to move out of the way and got a slashed across her back.

“GAH!” Soul raised a hoof and a sickly green aura enveloped it, she quickly launched it into the griffins chest who stumbled back against the cage wall.

“Soul... why did you scream?” Soul turned around to look at Merry, he had flipped over to be face down on the ground again. His face was turned sideways looking at her.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to scream.”

“Well, ok then, I must get back to entertaining my people...Scootaloo is supposed to show up to see me perform today.” Soul just looked at his eyes, they were glazed over and looked to be seeing something so far away, but he was happy for once.

Soul returned to facing down the griffins. The one she had just struck writhed on the floor inside the cage, his feathers had begun to fall out.

“Oh buck oh buck!” As the last griffin turned around to leave the room he was stopped by the incoming 20 griffins that entered the throne room.

“Corporal, we have everything here, now...” the griffin holding the massive crossbow scanned the room and settled his eyes upon the black pony in the cage. Near her were two obviously dead griffins and another one seemingly dying. Another was right outside the cage surrounded and covered by some kind of red green goo.

“What happened here soldier?”

“It’s the black mare sir, she has some kind of magic I’ve never seen before. Murry over there was hit in the face, the next thing we know he’s been coughing up goo and moaning in pain... and Reese over in the cage, I don’t know, he was hit as well and now his feathers are falling out... And it gets worse, The creature chained inside the cage, well that pony isn’t letting us near him. We can’t administer any more of the tranq, at this rate he will wake up completely and attempt to break out once again.” The griffin captain turned around and made a fist with his claws and spun it over his head. All of the griffins holding crossbows loaded a bolt and took aim.

“Aim for the mare, Diamond Claw said she’s expendable anyway...”

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‘’‘Snap out it!’‘’

‘’WAKE UP FAGGOT!!’‘ Merry twitched as he tried to keep his eyes open

“...Fire on my mark.” He turned his head around and saw Soul. Merry brought his arms up into a push-up position. Soul was standing directly in front of him, and looking what was in front of her, was a large group of griffins all aiming their crossbows at them.

“Whats... going on?” Merry said groggily. Without turning around Soul responded

“Are you back Merry?” Merry just continued to look around him then shake his head.

“Well, this is my house. Who are those guys over there? And why are they aiming flowers at us?” Soul didn’t respond she simply snorted out smoke and flame as she looked at the griffins.

‘’‘Snap out of it! They aim to kill her!’‘’

“Huh?” Merry looked dumbly though Souls legs and at the griffins who were suddenly holding crossbows.

“FIRE!” Merry’s eyes opened wide as he heard the clicks go off. Without a moments hesitation he grabbed Soul by her tail and yanked her back behind him as he stood up.

“Buck! Did we kill it?!” The griffins all looked over to the chained creature as it stood upon its knees with its back facing them. With all the crossbow bolts in its back, it looked like a pin cushion. After a moment they saw the black mare struggling and then break free of the creatures grasp.

She looked... Pissed that he had saved her. He simply patted her head and said

“Pretty ponies shouldn’t fight monsters, monsters should fight monsters...” Merry stood up and faced the griffins, he looked down at his chest and saw blood on it...

‘That’s where Souls back was...’

“What the Buck?! How can it still be alive?!” The griffin captain just stood in absolute shock at what he was witnessing. How could a creature of his size take 20 some crossbow bolts and still be alive? Yet alone move? This... thing was a monster.

Merry turned back around and looked over at Soul, and ran his hand across her back and looked at his hand... it was covered in blood.

“Its nothing serious Merry, don’t worry...” Merry put his left hand on Souls head. Shortly after a gash appeared on Merry’s back among the forest of bolts. With a smile he looked down at Soul and patted her head

“Now the pretty pony can be safe...” Merry grabbed the chain attached to his right hand with both hands, began to pull at it.

“STOP HIM NOW! GO!” many of the griffins ran to the cage while others dashed to the nearby chest containing all of the tranq. They would have to subdue him and force him to drink again.

Two griffins moved to either side of the cage and yanked on the chains pulling Merry back.

But they had resistance this time. When they tried to pull the chains to hold him back against the wall of the cage as they had done last time, Merry simply tugged back giving the griffins a run for their money.

“I AM A LION, AND I WANT TO BE FREE!” With a powerful yank coming from Merry’s end the 2 griffins holding the right side chain were pulled up into the air, and the chains anchor inside the wall made a cracking sound.

“GOD BUCKING DAMMIT!” All of the griffins were scrambling around the room, but were weary to enter the cage with the dangerous creature and magical mare.

“WHY IS MY THRONE ROOM SO NOISY?!” All of the griffins stopped except for the ones attempting to pull on the chains holding Merry back.

“Your majesty! Well you see...”

“SILENCE YOU WELP! I can very well see with my own eyes your incompetence has caused his marefriend to escape to his side.”

“But sire, she has magic!”

“Magic? How can a non-unicorn use magic?” Diamond Claw looked around the room and saw the burned griffin, a pile of green and red goo shaped like a griffin in the middle of his floor, along with another griffin that was completely featherless and looked to be pale and skinny.

“Foul magic it would seem... All of you! Grab his chain bindings and hold him back, I will deal with this magical mare myself.” All of the griffins saluted and ran over to the sides of the cages and began to work together to pull the chains back. With 10 griffins on each chain Merry was eventually pulled back and brought up against the wall of the cage again. As his back hit the cage wall some of the bolts in his back were pushed farther in and began to poke out of his chest. He just hung against the cages wall and looked down at them all.

King Diamond Claw calmly entered the cage and looked over to Soul, so she got into a defensive stance and snorted out some smoke and Flame.

“Well well, it would seem this little mare is mad about something? I wonder what it could be, hmm?” Soul ran up to him and spun around kicking him in his chest, he faltered a bit. But then stood back up and held his ground.

“Well, it would seem the armor aspect is holding up well. But what of the spell resistance I wonder? Come, cast your little spells, lets see what happens shall we?” Soul got into a lowered stance again as a sickly green glow enveloped her front hooves.

“Oh? A green aura I see. Most definably foul magic.” She charged at the Griffin King yet again, and he just stood there and took both of her front hooves without budging an inch. She quickly spun around and tried to buck him with her hind hooves, only to be slashed across the back mid turn.

“GAH!” She jumped away from his slash and looked to him. Her spell had no affect on him like the last griffin. He just stood there, licking her blood off his claw.

“Ohh, foul stuff your blood is, it’s a bit spicy... I’ve never had spicy blood before.” He rolled his shoulders and cracked some joints. “Now its my turn.” Diamond Claw flared out his wings and with blinding speed burst forward at Soul.

Soul was nowhere near quick enough to dodge out of the way and took a direct slash from his black claws across her side. Diamond claw didn’t stop as he used the cage wall to bound back and immediately fly by again slashing Souls other side wide open.

“GAAHH!”

“SOOUUL!” Merry screamed and pulled against his chain bindings. The griffins holding onto his chains were suddenly having some trouble keeping him pinned flat against the wall. Diamond Claw didn’t take notice as he just stopped and looked at the mare he had just deeply cut along both of her sides.

“Merry, I’m sorry, I couldn’t protect you.”

“Still standing I see, you’re pretty strong. I’m surprised you just didn’t immediately fall over and die...” Soul fell over and began to pant heavily. “... ho ho ho, I spoke too soon it would seem, but admirable none the less.” Diamond claw looked up and over to Merry who was once again pulling on his chain bindings trying to break free. All of the griffins in the room suddenly felt an ice cold tingle run down their spines.

“I’ll fucking kill you... I’ll fucking kill all of you. I’ll turn your whole fucking race into nothing but a distant memory! I’LL FUCKING KILL YOU ALL!” Merry pulled at the chains yet again, and the griffins that had been holding him back were no longer able too.

They were all suddenly flung into the air off the chains, and he rushed at Diamond claw only to be stopped mere inches from reaching him. Merry began to flail his arms against the chains bindings, reeling his arms back then swinging them forward pulling and tugging at the chains anchors inside the stone wall.

“Id like to see you try beast.” He moved his claw over Souls head and made a sinister smile as he slowly began to crush her head under his claw.

“AAHH!!” Merry could hear Souls screams echo inside of his skull. With each scream she made he began to use more and more force as he attempted to rip the chains from the wall.

“You know, it amuses me that I haven’t heard her cry out once during this whole ordeal.” As he spoke more griffins moved into the room and they moved to pull at his chains.

''I'm just gonna leave this here for you'' Five Finger Death Punch- Bulletproof

“I’LL SHOW YOU THE MONSTER YOU HAVE CREATED!” Before the griffins could grab hold of the chains and pull it tight, Merry swung out his right arm and the wall cracked giving his right fist that few inches it needed. His right fist hit Diamond Claw directly on the beak. Merry tried to follow it with a left, but the wall didn’t give way, instead his left forearm broke again.

“USELESS FUCKING ARM!” Merry began to pull and tug at the chain even with his forearm broken, as it flailed around it kept making sickening noises as the flesh and bone inside his forearm was mashed together

“WHAT ARE YOU FOOLS DOING!? PULL HIM BACK ALREADY AND GIVE HIM MORE OF THAT DRUG!” With 20 griffins on each chain they pulled it tight again, and Merry was once again held up into the air. Except he didn’t hang calmly, he thrashed and kept pulled at the chains, not caring that his left forearm was broken, and the flesh was beginning to tear away.

Once he was up against the wall of the cage several griffins flew in and began to uncork vials and were trying to get him to drink it.

“Hold him still!” Any of the griffins that got close to his head were having to pull their hands away from his razor sharp canines, he had already bitten off the claws of a few griffins before this, and no one wanted to be the next victim.

“YOU WON’T BREAK ME!” One of the griffins moved his head a little too close and was immediately head butted, his beak broke and some of the beak pieces were embedded in Merry’s forehead.

“NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY!” The other griffins lost there temper and just threw the glass vials into Merry’s mouth hoping to get some of the green liquid down his throat.

“YOU CANT SHAKE ME DOWN!” Merry chomped down on the glass vials and his mouth filled with blood as the glass cut up his mouth.

“I’M FUCKING BULLETPROOF!” Suddenly Merry brought up his legs and wrapped them around a nearby griffin and pulled him in close and bit the Griffin on the neck and began to eat him alive.

“AARGGG haalp...” The griffins screams were quickly silenced as Merry chewed through his neck and his head fell to the floor. The other griffins stared in horror as he just continued to eat the griffin he captured, bones and all. When he was done he let the rest of the body fall to the ground.

“YOU THINK YOU KNOW ME?! YOU DON’T KNOW SHIT!” The griffins began to pour all of the little glass vials into one huge bowl.

“I’LL BURN YOUR FUCKING EMPIRE TO THE GROUND! I’LL KILL ALL OF YOU!” All of the griffins bum rushed him at once while the one holding the bowl hung back. Merry thrashed against them and several more griffins lost their beaks and had chunks bitten out of them. Merry’s left arm was able to grab hold of one of the griffins wings and that griffin suddenly fell to the floor looking like a withered corpse.

The other griffins had finally gotten a grip on him and held his mouth open using a chain they had picked up. The griffin holding the bowl immediately flew over and poured its contents down Merry’s throat. When the bowl was empty they all backed off, and the griffins holding his chains backed off as well.

When Merry fell down to the floor he coughed and looked over to Soul, she had gone silent and he couldn’t see her breathing anymore. He slowly moved over to her and pushed her a bit.

“Soul...” Silence, nothing, she was dead. Tears began to well up in Merry’s eyes as his eye lids became too heavy for him to hold open.

“Sorry buddy, I’ll try and fix your arm and get these bolts out...”

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Back on the airship. Pinkies eyes began to water, and Fluttershy went over to try and see what was wrong.

“Oh Pinkie, what’s wrong? Why are you crying?”

“My pinkie sense cant always be right can it? It can be wrong just this once... Oh please oh please let it be wrong.” Fluttershy brought Pinkie into a hug and stroked her deflated mane.

“Don’t worry Pinkie, we will get him back... We’re supposed to arrive tomorrow morning.” Pinkie just buried her face into Fluttershy’s mane and wept.

“Something bad has happened to him again... I just got the same twitch a twitch when Scootaloo...died.” Fluttershy’s eyes began to fill with tears as well as she and Pinkie began to cry in the middle of her party. Rarity happened to walk in on the scene and stopped to look at the happiest pony she knew, look so depressed.

“Why darling, what ever is the matter?” Pinkie turned around to look at Rarity

“My Pinkie sense... it went off the same way it did the day... Scootaloo...” Pinkie couldn’t finish her sentence as she just burst into tears. Rarity brought a hoof up to her mouth in shock

“Oh my Word! We must tell the other’s immediately, perhaps we could speed this up!” Rarity galloped out of the room and up on deck where she saw Twilight speaking with Celestia. She galloped over and bowed her head.

“Celestia! Excuse my rudeness but, Pinkies Pinkie sense went off again, she said... It was the same one she got when Scootaloo... Passed.” Celestia and Twilight went wide eyed at this statement.

“How accurate is her pinkie sense...” Celestia looked down to Twilight

“Its never been wrong before Princess...” Celestia looked up to the sky then looked down to Twilight.

“Twilight, please tell my sister I will be below deck with the engine crew.”

“What are you planning to do Celestia?” Twilights eyes went wide

“I’m planning to get us there by nightfall today.”

“But Princess! Nightfall is supposed to be in 3 hours!” Celestia gave her a smile

“Then I better hurry shouldn’t I?” Celestia teleported in a bright flash and moments later the Airship was suddenly traveling at what seemed to be a dangerous speed.