@tatorumaunten

No matter how much Sunset ran, it still seemed like that thing was right behind her.

She was panting with exertion and her feet and pants were soaking wet with sewer water, and she smelled like shit and piss but still she ran. Her legs felt like they were on fire, but she knew she couldn’t stop even for a moment, otherwise she didn’t know what would happen but at this point, she was beginning to wear down.

Taking a sharp turn into another pipe, she took a a look behind her and saw nothing behind her. She raised an ear in the air and listened intently, but heard nothing. Figuring she was safe, she slid down onto her rump, panting deeply. Eventually, her panting turned into nerve-wracking sobs. This isn’t how she thought she would die crying in a sewer being chased by Celestia-knows-what, cold, wet and alone.

Unfortunately, a loud, otherworldly shriek shook her from her self depression, and she sprung to her feet, taking a semi-crouching boxing stance.

Her breath caught in her throat as she heard a scuttling sound from above her. With a shout, her right fist shot out as a large fireball, exploded from her hand. But in the time the ball left to her hand to hit her target, it let out another screech and scuttled away. Even as she started to run again, she could help but think to herself…

‘That thing looks like a giant squirrel.’