A/N hiya everybody! We are back with Justis's tale! As y'all recall some new.. "Feelings" have just appeared.. I wonder how this will end~ Let's find out, the suspense is killing me :3

Chapter fire into the fire

I stare at them, feeling a burning sensation spread across my cheeks. All three of them pull away form me with devious grins. I feel a hoof connect with the side of my head, knocking me over, as I hear Azure scream. "Did you just kiss my fucking sister?!" I start to sit back up as Alice helps me up and yes back. "Yes! I kissed him!" I barely get up as Alexander runs and bucks me in the chest. "...I'm about to snap..." My hair hangs in my eyes as Alexander turns and goes to headbutt me, not paying attention to what I said. As he goes forward, I dodge him and stand in the hospital gown. I look at all of them... A mixture of emotions I never want anyone to feel towards me... I pick up my clothes off the counter and start to walk out.

"Justis... Where are you going..?" Chrysalis mumbles sadly as I open the door. "I'm just going to be a wedge in all of y'all's relationships... I'm leaving so almost everyone is happy.." I start to walk as Alexander laughs. "You made a good cho-" I hear him get bucked in the face as his words lights all my madness and sadness ablaze, in an instant I feel tears well up in my eyes as I run, as fast as my heavy frame would go. I hear ponies behind me but don't stop.

I slam into the entrance way, sending the doors off there hinges. I slide on my bare feet in the mud and turn right as I slide. I burst foreword, towards the Everfree as ponies scream at the monster that ran through their roads. I could hear ponies screaming only fueling me more as I broke off the main path and ran towards my house as the sky started to turn gray from rain clouds. I kick in my own door and drop the hospital gown with a grimace as I quickly put on my underwear, jeans, white t-shirt, and The necklace Xavier gave me.

I could feel the streams of tears and could barely see from all the water in my eyes. I walk out the house, looking back one final time before I enter the Everfree.. The place all ponies fear.

(RainbowDash Pov.. Starting at when he ran out)

"Justis!" I yell as he quickly disappears down the hall. I frown and turn towards others quickly. "You don't say that to him! He didn't ask for what we did!" I fly out to hear ponies behind me. I look to see Alice with a pissed look and a crying Chrysalis, behind them I saw the kid I think Justis called Xavier and a girl named Eleanor. I could barely see Twilight, Fluttershy, AJ, Rarity, and a very sad, mad, and confused Pinkie. I look foreword to see a black pony with white stripes and a long mane, running towards Justis.

I watch Justis send both of the doors flying into the air as he runs... As he turns, I see it in his eyes.. Tears. I frown and go to catch him but my wing tapped the wall causing me to lose balance and fall into the mud. "Damn it!" I get up quickly and look around to find no sign of Justis. I sit in the dirt as Alice and Chrysalis sit next to me. Twilight walks in front of me and puts a hand on my shoulder. "It's ok Rainbow..." I look her in the eyes and frown deeper. "You're wrong Twi. It ain't gonna be alright." AJ steps up to her surprising her and the others. "W-what. No, it'll be fine." AJ frowns and sighs. "Justis.. I heard him in his sleep say if he became a burden to any of us.. He'd run.. All the way to the Everfree forest if he needed." I blink and look at her. "Yea right... Like he'd go to that evil place.." Chrysalis frowns as Alice stands up.

"If he did that he'd end up in the dessert... Full of giant creatures and things we don't believe... But.. Would he go there?" Alice questions us.. We all look down as the sky turns grey. "He should be home... Lets go..." Alice, Eleanor, and Xavier start walking towards Justis's house.. Chrysalis follows them as I sigh and fall behind them. As we walk I turn to see Xavier crying.. He's hair moved to show his deep purple eyes, causing me to frown and pat his back as ponies scream of a giant monster that ran through town. I look around only to see ponies flipping out. After a while we see Justis's house in sight.

I frown as I see the now kicked in door on the ground as Alice and Xavier run forward leaving me and chrysalis alone.

(Alice Pov)

I stare into my home... Justis's home.. With tears in my eyes as I run, Xavier right behind me crying to. I look around and see Justis hospital gown on the ground. I start to sob as I pick it up and hold it close as Xavier cries loudly. "B.. Bubba..." That's all he managed as I hugged him.. Trick came out of a bush beside us with red puffy eyes as well. She sits down in front of us. "H-he... Ran into the Everfree..." I gag and stand up and look at the forest close behind the house. "Justis... JUSTIS!" I scream into the Everfree as Trick goes over to Rainbow and Queen Chrysalis. Rainbow collapses and starts to shake slightly.

"Idiot... Idiot..! Why'd you run to your death!" She stands up and howls in rage as Queen Chrysalis looks at her. "No... He's going there to live... He thinks that he's gonna break us away from our friends..." We all look at her and frown. Xavier stands up with a determination I've haven't seen in him since he was 3. "I-I'm going to find bubba!" He cries as he screams, but we all stand beside him. "Yea... We need to find him.." I sadly say with a nod.

I hear the sound of thundering hoof falls behind us. I turn around to see the pink mare from the hospital, except her hair is strait and her eyes are full of tears. She sees us and slides to a stop looking around as the other four appear soon after. Rainbow frowns and looks at them. "Pinkie..? Twilight.. AJ.. Rarity.. Fluttershy.. Why are you guys here..?" Pinkie looks at Rainbow seriously but is still crying. "Because Justis is our friend and we want him to come back!" She screamed loud enough I couldn't hear for a few seconds. My hearing returned as AJ steps foreword, with her cowboy hat covering her eyes. "He ain't able to stay alone... He tries but he can't take it at all... We need to find him.. Where is he?" I grimace and look at them sadly. "He's in the Everfree..."

(Justis Pov)

I frown at the trees as they seem to look exactly the same. "Geez... At least I'm out of their hair... Or mane?" I sigh and keep walking as my arms scratch against thorn bushes. "Ow... Damn it..." I pull my arm away and hear a loud thud near by. "Fuck.." I quietly hide behind a tree and look to my left near the noise, I frown as a large manticore stomps around. I grab a large, sharp stick as it stomps off. 'Holy frag grenades!' I think silently as I start to jog around behind it. I frown as it turns around and looks at me. It stares at me as I stare back. I gulp and walk towards it, hand extended.

"Hello..." It stares at me closer as it sniffs at the new creature.. It's fangs glisten as it looks at me with a funny expression. 'YOU BITE ME I SWEAR!' I put my hand closer and stroke the fur on its cheek as it stares at me. I look at sit eyes for some indication of hostility as I moved closer.. Right into the jaws of death if it attacked me. It sniffs my hand and nuzzles it slightly. 'WHAT!?' I think at this unbelievable outcome.

It lays in front of me and sniffs still. I move slowly scratching behind its ears as it leans towards the gentle touch, it smiles and rolls over to reveal its a female.

I look at her as she looks back up, her larger frame lays against the soft forest ground as I lay next to her.. I start to cry, hugging her and petting her. "I.. I'm so sorry... Everyone..." She licks my head, causing me to look and see her frowning. I smile warmly at the manticore. "I... I'm not.. Mad or afraid of you.. I-I'm just hurt..." She wraps her paws around me and hugs me tightly as the make-shift spear falls away form us.

She nuzzles me as I look up she smiles with a somewhat vicious but adorable look.

I hug her tightly as she stands up and puts me on her back. She walks deeper into the forest, as if she knows I'm leaving what I loved behind, she softly purrs as my hands grip around the huge amount of soft and bushy fur around her neck.

She walks for a while before I hear another set of paws ahead. I look up and see a huge cavern, opening up widely against the side of a hill. The female manticore looks at me and smiles as we enter. 'Out of the frying pan... And into the fire' I think quietly as we enter the darkness.

(Trick pov)

I watch Justis enter the cavern and sigh. "He... Befriended a manticore... Great.. More trouble to go through." I run as fast as possible, kicking off of trees, rocks, and the forest floor. After a few minutes I find the search party and stop slowly. "I found him.." The rainbowed girl grabs me by my shoulders and looks me in the eyes. "Where is he?!" I push her off of me and sigh. "He's in a manticore's den.." Everyone looks at me as I nod. "Come on.. Lets go get our human." I turn around and start walking as they follow close behind me. It doesn't take long for us to reach the cavern. "Ok.. Now we wait.." The shy girl stares at the cavern as we all sit under a large oak tree.

She starts to cry as my ears twitch from the sound of the sobs. I stand up and walk to her. "Miss.. You ok?" She looks at me and frowns. "I-if... I-I hadn't.. Asked for the sapphire.. This would never have happened..." I frown and pat her back as the large human runs out laughing as a baby manticore tackles him. It smiles widely as I tense. I stand up and go to charge it but the shy girl stands up and walks towards them.

I watch as the manticore looks at her and growls slightly. Justis sits up and hugs the manticore looking towards the girl. As soon as he sees her he smiles and starts to cry. "Shy.. Why are you and the others here...?" We all stare at him.. As if he just asked if this was the end.

A/N finally... Done.. Stupid.. *sneezes* cold... I hope y'all enjoined.. Yay cliff hangers~