Luna brought her head forward swiftly, slamming both herself and the bird into the snowy ground below. She was instantly dazed, but began ploughing forward through the snow as fast as she could. She felt herself trample over something, realizing that she had dislodged her attacker. Another blast from Sweetie on her back knocked loose the one on her tail. She was free, but getting pretty banged up.  
As her vision returned to her, she gazed ahead through the darkness. The hill was continuing to get steeper, almost as if the birds were trying to drive them higher. She had momentarily escaped from them, but she could hear them scuffling and flapping behind her, in close pursuit. If only she could-  
Black feathers flashed into her peripheral vision. She whipped her head to the left and fired another kinetic blast. It didn’t connect with the creature, but it did force it to fall back.  
Luna’s eyes then bugged out as she felt something slam forcefully into her right side. It instantly knocked her off balance, sending her toppling to her side onto the snowy ground. She skidded for a few meters through the snow and came to a stop in a crumpled heap, leaving her defenseless.  
None of this mattered to her, though, when she realized that she had lost her passenger.  
She heard Sweetie grunt in pain and then scream in terror. She struggled valiantly to get up, but a bird was quickly upon her, pinning her down. He blood boiled as she grit her teeth and fought back against the creature keeping her down, and then it instantly ran cold when she heard the sounds coming from Sweetie Belle behind her.
 
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Empty Darkness: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/154640/empty-darkness  
by Giga Bowser NS: https://www.fimfiction.net/user/GigaBowser  
Art by ImpyDoo: http://impydoo.deviantart.com/