"Hunting friends? Hunter Friends? Hunter Ponies? Whatever works for you."
Origin[]
Hunting Friends were created for the sole purpose of hunting down and killing fluffies.
Physiology[]
Hunting Friends on average can be slightly smaller than regular fluffies, but have a leaner body with legs set more under them. This allows them to be faster and more limber. They are also a tad bit stronger, with pegasi hunters being capable of flight and unicorns being capable of small, dim light shows. They have far more dexterous hooves, and are capable of holding things ranging from signs to even small cups. But their most defining feature are their sharp teeth, designed to grip and crush, along with cat-like eyes that allow them to see in the dark.
Society[]
Thanks to their slight boost in intelligence, hunting friends are a bit more self-sufficient. If left to their own devices, hunting friends will often try setting up traps for regular fluffies. Many owners will use them for other tasks, like reaching hard to reach places where no human can fit. Abusers, however, have often found that torturing hunting friends can lead to bizarre masochistic acts, such as being mauled by them.
Hunting friends are often welcomed for their ability to track fluffies, along with their vigilant attitude. However, due to some issues creating the hunting friends in labs, some have been rendered mute.
Differences From Cannibals[]
Hunting Friends and Fluffy Cannibals are two entirely different species of Fluffies. Hunters were created in a lab, and Cannibals are mutant breed of fluffy. This does not, however, keep them from working together. In some situations, Cannibals and Hunters have befriended each other. This could either be with training, or just two carnivorous creatures working towards a common goal.
Variant Breed- Demonfluffs
An attempt to create a breeding population of a very specific image of what are otherwise Hunting friends, with the aim of hitting as close to thestral/ nightmare appearance as possible. For the most part, they follow roughly the same construction. Hard, relatively sharp cloven hooves, with wings big enough to allow bruising wingslaps and short glides but not flight, horns capable of bio-luminescence and sharp enough to serve as a piercing weapon. Rare but present are the odd individual with either bat wings or stubby claws.They have the dental structure of cats and a somewhat sturdier build, as well as being almost entirely carnivorous. Intended as pack hunters with the handler loyalty and obedience of a smart dog.
[1]Further notes and the main epic featuring this sub breed found here.[2]