Hang on, people are actually reading Night Mare?

Uh, thank you for the compliment reader! I suppose as long as there's one person still reading, I ought to finish what I've started lol.

So, let me recap since it's been a while.

WARNING, SPOILERS FOR UP TO CHAPTER 10 OF NIGHT MARE AHEAD:

Story starts with a guy by the name of Elliot getting chased through the woods and crushed by a giant horse in the dark. (Yay, fun start. I know.) Remember this, it's important later.

So, this guy Steven woke up on an island and was found by some survivors. (One of those survivors, Leo, became Steven's friend/slash mentor right away.) He tells Steven about the dark forest and a monster horse living inside it called the Night Mare. The survivors take Steven back to base camp where he joins the Survivor's band. Fast forward a bit, Quinn, the cheif of the Survivor Band finds out that Elliot has gone missing. She tells Leo that Elliot also had the lantern (more on that in a bit.)

Leo gets really weird about the situation and has to go into the Dark Forest with Steven and two other survivors. They find Elliot's body, crushed (a trademark of the Mare) but the lantern is missing, until out of the shadows steps a mysterious figure holding the lantern. This mystery guy is the horseman, the being that guides the Night Mare to her victims. The horseman says some ominous things before sicking the Mare on one of the survivors. Leo won't leave, but tells Steven to run. After some short arguing, Steven is dragged out of the forest by the other survivor, and the last thing he sees is the horseman disappearing into the dark forest again with the lantern.

Back at camp, Quinn is upset they lost the lantern, but doesnt seem to sad about Leo's death. Steven goes ballistic over the fact she isnt treating his memory with respect and demands to know what's going on. Quinn reveals that Leo was once one of the Dead Band, a person who became lost in the Dark Forest for so long that they lost their humanity. The lantern was originally the horseman's, used to ignite the Night Mare and send her on a rampage. The survivors got it somehow (to be revealed later) and were trying to find a way to use it against the horseman and the Mare. The lantern was their only shot at stopping the Night Mare once in for all, but the horseman managed to take it back from Elliot after the Mare killed him. Steven is furious that he's been lied to but eventually moves on.

Fast forward, Steven is on a hunt alone and ends up chasing a parasaur into the Dark Forest (food is scarce, so he has no choice.) While he's in the forest, he's caught in a trap made by the horseman. The horseman arrives and in the struggle that follows, Steven pulls back his hood to reveal the horseman's face and it turns out to be Leo...

And that's where our story left off. (Hope that helped a bit.) I have written out a few more chapters I can post quickly. Next chapter: 11.

~CL1

This is the story of taming a lvl 1 (yes, it’s low level, shush!) Equus on MOBILE. So, I had a pursuit/mission/quest whatever you call it about taming one of these guys. It said to bring five carrots, so I took five from my small farm and followed the arrow to the zebra looking thing. I mounted it, fed it carrots when it was hungry, and I noticed that it’s taking bar wasn’t going up much. I ran out of carrots and the bar was only at 27.3%. Next time I brought 21 carrots. The Equus ate them all and ran away again. This time I brought 57 carrots and it actually tamed. All this hard work for a lvl 1 zebra.

SOOO lol I tamed a pack of equis’ then suddenly a friking giga came out of no where! I hoped in the only den ran away as I watched my naked get destroyed in front of me dissing even get to breed them yet so I just yeeted my self to my base and cried. Rip zeeb jack and bob you will be remembered

So I had lvl 367 Equis and the day after I tame it a giga killed it R.I.P jasper

Those things ARE ANNOYING to tame (ark mobile)

First u have to grind to get like 50 rock carrots to tame it which is rare or u farm it which is just annoying THEN u gotta find one which is SO HARD once u finally found one A GOD DAMN LIKE RAPTOR OR ALLO JUST KILLS IT if u manage to find one that doesn’t die yay.next u have to sneak up on it easy then for like 10 minutes ur characters just rides around on the it and if u don’t feed it for like 2 seconds it will chuck u off and sprint away into SOME LOVELY MEGS if u some how tame one it has such LOW HEALTH

I tried taking one and it ran straight into a rex

I usually play on mobile and I usually find them in the bottom right corner of the map not on the island in the middle of the ocean though but I’m really bad at taking them I usually try and go for a high level but it never works and I don’t know how to make kibble so help is for sure needed IMAO

These tames are immune to fall damage, if you have a high leveled equus (like 150-300+) you can use the equus to knock out another high lvl wild (only use this for mid-sized dinos, not large size since they have high damage and sustain).

Literally just saw my equus that’s been missing for a month randomly in my base. How???

Maze (from wild kratts, the zebra episode)

THIS THING TAKES THREE HOURS TO TAME, THIS MUST BE LOWERED AND MADE A KNOCK OUT TAME. THIS IS ABSURD!!! WILDCARD, I WANT THIS EASIER TO TAME, AND A LITTLE BIT MORE COMMON, CUZ THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!!!

DEVS, THESE GUYS NEED TO EASIER TO TAME, BECAUSE IT TAKES LIKE, AN, HOUR TO TAME, WE NEED THESE GUYS TO BE EASIER TO TAME, CUZ SOME PEOPLE DON’T HAVE ONE HOUR TO PLAY, AND ONE HOUR TO TAME IS ABSURD, AND THEY SHOULD BE KNOCK OUT TAMES, THIS MUST BECOME TRUE

In name suggestions, I love that someone put Epona for a name, love the Zelda reference. Epona has been in Zelda since oot (ocarina of time) to tp (twilight princess), and you can get it in botw (breath of the wild) with the Epona Amiibo, but like every other horse, you have to tame her first (I know this from a video, shout-out to Zelda master!)

Seeing that my stories are low liked makes me feel like no one likes them, I know, I know, I stoped two chapters in, and that makes me seem like rude, but I just forgot about it. I hope you can forgive me.

I came across one when I was looking for a equus at the start of a new server I started playing. I tamed it and rode it straight into the redwoods. Big mistake. A microraptor kicked me off and killed me, and as I was coming back it was killed by a terror bird. Never bring them into the redwoods actually, never go to the redwoods. The entire place is a living hell.

I'm going to take a short* break from Night-Mare. I still need to finish posting my other story, and I have to write what comes next in this one. I really have no ideas, so if anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.

~CL1

*I say short, but it may end up being long, just depends on how long it takes me to get it together.

I should have said three shots, but I didn’t know that, and the suspense was good

Hi there writer of Lands of Sikouro! Love your story so far, (and 60 pages, wow!) Good luck getting started, you're doing great so far!

~CL1

Hello guys! I wasn’t sure which page to put this on, but I am writing a book. Like, its 60 pages so far… but its about dinosaurs. Its called, The Lands of Skiouro. It features two girls stranded on an island inhabited by all kinds of dinosaurs. They fight for survival, and meet some friends on the way. Im very excited and I would like to publish it when it finishes. Heres a bit of it….

“Goodnight Emma.” Mumbled Sarah from her bed to her half asleep sister. Their tranquil room with a warm glowing night-light seemed to make everything better. Slowly Sarah drifted off to sleep and hugged her blankets close absorbing the comfort and heat.

A slow peaceful snore drifted through the woods and soon Sarah couldn’t take it. “EMMA. SLEEP. NOW. PLEASE.” She rolled over to scowl at her, but she saw was a mossy tree root protruding from the earth and diving again, hiding back into the ground and she trembled foot to toe with fear. She flipped over on the rigid ground and to her relief a sleeping figure of her sister lay there. “Emma!” She scrambled onto her feet and shook her rapidly. “Yeesh, ok ok, what is-“ Her eyes widened and her mouth hung open as she stared incredulously at the thick canopy of trees obstructing the sunlight trying to squirm through.

“Sarah, now say it slow, where are we.” Emma said with her serious tone. “I have no idea! I thought you would know, like it was some prank from Mom and Dad!” Emma dismissed the forest around them and said “Hm, I dunno Sarah, this doesn’t look like a prank!” “YOUR the older sister! YOU should know what to do!” Squeaked Sarah, a tear sliding down her cheek and her face flushed red. SQUAWK! SQUAWK! “Did you hear that?” Asked Emma completely turning from the problem, alert to the strange sounds. “Oh no- its totally gonna eat us! EMMA SHIELD ME-“ “Wait Sarah, its just a chicken..” Emma said her tension blown away. “YOU CAN CALL ME CHICKEN BUT ILL BE LAUGHING WHEN YOUR IN ITS STOMACH!” Yelled Sarah averting her eyes and hunched behind a tree. Emma gasped and her body shook No, No, this is going to be some hilarious joke and its gonna be some video Mom and Dad laugh about years after- it cant be… “A dodo bird.” Breathed Emma astonished. “Sarah- this place just got ten times weirder.”

So uhm, thank-you for reading this little bit of it, I may post more every once in a while. Wish me luck ;)

Night-Mare

Chapter 10

Steven crawled slowly to the parasuar in front of him. Ever since Gideon and his army of conquerors had taken hold of the hunting plains and claimed the herds for themselves, food had been scarce. The hunting plains were the only place they could find grazing herbivores, seeing as it was the only place with green grass on this Island.

The Survivor's Band had had quite a few starvation deaths in the last few days. Somehow, however, this parasaur had strayed from its herd. It wouldn't be enough to fill everyone, but if would keep them all alive a little longer.

He crept forward, his spear at the ready, and lunged. The spear stabbed into the parasaur's side, a nonfatal blow. It took off immediatly, disappearing into the dark forest. Steven gritted his teeth. It was rare to find a parasuar not under Gideon's guard. This was food he couldn't let escape. He dashed into the forest, slowing his steps as he entered to prevent making noise.

He strained his eyes to find movement in the forest. He could see a tail disappear further back. He grumbled silently and pushed on. The quiet crunch of leaves underfoot was suddenly replaced with a thud. Steven didn't have time to look down before something wrapped around his leg and jerked him upwards and hung him upside down. A trap in the forest? Was this Gideon's doing?

The rope swung slowly for a moment before dropping Steven again. His head hit a rock, strategically placed under the rope. His skull ached and he couldn't hear past the ringing in his ears. He rolled onto his back to look up at the sound of footsteps. He expected to see one of Gideon's soldiers looming over him, but instead found himself looking into the darkened hood of the figure in the black cloak.

"Horseman…" the word stumbled quietly from Steven's mouth. The horseman grabbed Steven by the shirt and yanked him to his feet.

He was close enough feel the horseman's hot breath. "Unlucky you, getting stuck here. I expected to catch one of those thickskulls on the plains, but you'll do." The horseman's voice sounded pluckier and lighter, more childlike. He was absolutely giddy.

The horseman jerked him forward, "Come on, let's go. She's been extremley restless today, she'll enjoy taking out her frustration on you." He laughed.

Steven pulled and kicked, trying to get away from him. In the struggle, the horseman's hood was thrown back. Steven froze.

"Leo?"

~CL1