EMPOWERED

If I’d only known that was the furthest thing from the truth…

Amy’s horn came dangerously close to my throat, and I let out a warning growl, to which she responded with her own saucy whinny.

That bitch. She was totally trying to stab me.

I still loved her, but things were about to get aggressive.

Instead of leaving my claws retracted, I extended them, then ran for the wall behind us and used it as leverage.

My paws pushed off the drywall there, leaving cracks in their wake, and I leapt over Amy until I could grab her around her long neck.

The attempt at taking her down didn’t go quite as I planned, but she also couldn’t stab me if I was on her back.

My Bear scrambled to stay where I was when she didn’t fall to the ground as I hoped, but the damn unicorn began to buck, and we had to jump off, barely escaping the hoof that tried to stomp our head.

My only friend was trying to kill me.

So not cool.

I charged her once again, this time going straight at her. She lowered her head, the inten