Title: >>9602313 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It2sQ035r9s&feature=youtube_gdata_pla Author: rylai Pastebin link: http://pastebin.com/MY925d2q First Edit: Thursday 4th of April 2013 11:37:08 PM CDT Last Edit: Thursday 4th of April 2013 11:37:08 PM CDT >>9602313 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It2sQ035r9s&feature=youtube_gdata_player is our background music for this. We entered the maze, side by side, pegasus by unicorn, not knowing what to expect. The moment our tails pass the threshold, though, we hear a soft creaking. Together we think nothing of it, moving forward into the corridor. The sound gets louder, though, and we turn around to the sight of an enormous stone falling down in front of the entrance. We make a break for the light still coming from the entrance but it's too late - the boulder has completely blocked our only visible route of escape. Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck. We're trapped and we're not going to get ou- "Well, Dawn, let's not stand around, huh? There's another exit somewhere, surely," says Rylai. Damn, I'm glad she's around. She pops up a light with that horn of hers and we start off through the maze, taking paths at random. I get ahead of her, and soon hear a loud grunting nearby. "C'mon, Rylai, I'm sure that spell isn't THAT energy heavy!" I call out, teasingly. But then I hear a sentence that sends chills all the way down my spine, through my tail, and back - "That wasn't me, Dawn..." - as the two of us look around, and we see, staring right at us, an enormous bull... thing. "Holy shit... A minotaur...", she says. I take this as the cue to start hauling tail. We run, run, run, run as fast as we can - and damn, R might be getting good at this running thing, she's keeping pace with me! Until we come up on the dead end, that is. Minotaur hot on our asses, we come up on a dead fucking end. I hug her tight, thinking this might be the end of our adventure - but then, as the giant bull-man is charging at us, I put my hooves on hers and push as hard as I can. We go flying away from each other, but it's too late for bull-boy to change trajectory. He hits the wall, starting a very fast fight with it that he wins. He goes right through and falls flat on his face, passed out from pain... Do these things feel pain? Is it just dead? Speaking of pain, holy shit, oh my god my right wing... Ooh my god it hurts so much... I'm going to pass ooouu- "Dawn? Dawn! Oh my god, are you okay? You... Oh no, your wing looks bad... Let me try this... " - after which her horn glows bright purple, just like her eyes... Those beautiful eyes... - "You still with me, Dawn?" - oooooOOH AGHHH- ahhhh... - "I've set your wing bones back in proper shape and bandaged it up, but you're not flying within the next while, Dawn. I'm sorry, this is all I can do. I applied a pain relief spell but I don't know how much good it will do you." - and she's right, that wing does feel better, and the pain is draining away... "Sooooo... Let's go check out that wall that bull-boy destroyed, hm?", came Rylai's voice. I opened my eyes and saw that there was light coming from it, but she had eyes only for me, making sure I was OK before venturing further. "Yeah, let's get going, whether I have a broken wing or not, sitting here waiting on it won't help!" I say as I get up, shaking off the dust. She sighs at the sight of me beaten up so badly, but plants a kiss on my cheek and we venture into the room together. Aside from bull-man-thing passed out or dead on the floor, we saw one thing that caught our eyes - a giant, cut diamond in the middle of the room. It was beautiful. "Hey, Dawn, think I can get this thing?" R shouted out, already working at it - a large purple glow had already surrounded it, and her horn was glowing brightly. I was looking around in the meantime, and I saw exactly what I didn't want to see - our good friend the Minotaur stirring. "Uhh, R, you might want to... See this..." I stammered out, but she only yelled back "In a minute, I've almost got this diamond!" to which I replied by running right at her and forcefully pointing out our guest. "Oh." was all I heard. The diamond was now broken free, levitating in her strong magical grasp, but she was shocked at the sight of the minotaur rising slowly. "We've got to get the FUCK OUT OF HERE!" I screamed as loud as my lungs would let me. The diamond moved, pointing at the nearest wall before quickly flying at it, creating a massive hole through which light poured out of - back to the maze with us, apparently! We take a look at each other for what could be the last time before jumping through. Credits to R, though - she remembered to pick up the diamond and bring it along, channeling a light spell into it and using it as a giant flashbulb. But a flashbulb would prove to be unnecessary - light was visible just around the corner through a nearby passageway! We run at it... Through it... Into the daylight! We made it! "We made it, Dawn! We really made it!" R remarked, still levitating our new diamond behind us. Boom. Boom. /CRASH/. Oh no. He made it too. The Minotaur appeared from the dark corridor exit we left only seconds before, with eyes that were hell-bent on his dinner - two servings of pony. I can't let that happen, no. Hell no. Not to MY Rylai. I run up behind bull-head, yelling at him the entire time. He notices me, turning around, bending down to snatch me up... I can't outrun that! No problem, I'll just fly awa- oh... Oh well, at least I saved my love... Goodbye, Rylai, I loved you so much... And that's when an enormous, impossibly sharp diamond tip appears. Right through the heart. The tip crests proudly, red as a rose. The shocked Minotaur begins falling, and I only barely manage to get out from under him before being made into a squished marshmallow. I look around, dazed, but before I can get my bearings she's already on top of me, and I'm on the ground. She's telling me how worried she was, how scared for me she was, how furious she was that the bull almost hurt me. To which I replied with nothing but my lips on hers.   - Dawn