This chapter was just plain fun. I got the idea of using this creature also from a "Merlin" Episode. Enjoy.


As he walked cautiously through the rest of the maze, Bunny was sure to keep himself as quiet and hidden as possible to avoid any more danger.
His confidence was growing when he saw a glowing light shinning over one of the hedges. He was almost safe and out of the maze. So focused on getting to the safety of the light Bunny accidentally stepped on a fallen twig causing a loud snap to echo through a few passage ways of the maze.
His high confidence dropped within seconds when he heard the sound of a mix between a lions growl and a human growl. He looked to his left but saw nothing making him look around confused.
"Did I hear that right?" He asked himself in a whisper.
Then the sound came again. He looked down and by his foot there was a small, almost baby Manticore. Standing at a height of at most one foot tall with the body of a lion, tail of a scorpion and the head of what looked like a man. The thing looked absolutely harmless. The way it growled made it look almost like it was a baby trying to imitate its parents threatening warning. Bunny crouched down to it.
"Aw, now ain't you a cutie? This is what the bloody shrimp put in here? This thing doesn't look like it would hurt a fly." Bunny said. He reached out to pet it forgetting the one thing the Dwarf had told him. 'Not all things are what they seem to be.'
As Bunny's hand was just about to touch down on the Manticores small head, the little creäture burst open as a fully grown, ten foot tall Manticore jumped out with a thunderous roar of a lion. It looked exactly the same only stronger, hairier and bigger. Much bigger. Bunny chuckled sheepishly before fright took over him.
"Never underestimate cute things." Bunny said before backing up away from the now massive beast. He looked around as if trying to find an answer in the ground or in a bush.
'Ok, Uh, Let's see. Manitcores fur is indestructible making its body immune to all attacks." Bunny thought to himself trying to remember what he had learned about these creatures. "The only place a Manitcore is not protected is..." Bunny thought as his stress and fear started to rise upon noticing the Manticore closing in on him. "Is..."
"Oh, Come on!" He shouted when his mind went blank of any facts on this creäture. The Manticore roared at him and that's when Bunny saw the poison sack in the back of its mouth. A Manticores poison is deadly to all species and creatures even the owner itself making the Manticore incredibly vulnerable when it opens its mouth. If Bunny can puncture the poison sack, it will cause the Manticore to swallow the poison and in seconds it will be killed.
"That's it!" Bunny said happily.
The Manticore stalked up to Bunny and growled low as it neared bunny's face. Bunny was pushed up against a bush with his head turned away breathing heavy at the monsters closeness. It let out another roar as a sign to say it is ready to take the kill. He broke a stick out of the hedge and shoved it back into the Manticores open mouth as he closed his eyes tight in fear. The creäture suddenly stopped roaring and Bunny pulled his hand back. Opening one eye he looked down at the stick and saw blue, slimy goo dripping from it.
The creäture stopped roaring and licked its lips a couple of times while making a face as if it had just tasted something awful. It's eyes began to drop shut until it fell to the ground dead. Bunny let out a breath of relief he didn't know he had been holding. Looking back at the stick, he quickly threw it to the ground and wiped his hand on his fur in disgust. He turned and began to walk in the direction of the light feeling his legs become a little unsteady from the sudden adrenaline rush. As he steadied himself and took a deep breath to relax, he looked ahead and there at the end of the walls of the maze was a steel door with intricate forest designs on it.
"Oh, finally!" Bunny shouted relieved before hopping to it as fast as he could.


Just a little side note here. The information about the Manticore was entirely made up. I honestly have no knowledge of this creature and the poison sack idea just came to me and I thought it was actually a pretty cool idea so stuck with it. Please tell me what you think about this chapter! :D