The winds howled. The trees swayed and danced to the breeze. The ocean sprayed and crashed against the shores of the island. A young man coughed horribly, after a terrifying escape.

“My life just flashed before my eyes…” Spike moaned, collapsing on his back, as he recovers from the adrenaline he experienced.

It was all too much for the young man to take in. A mad scientist, who was obsessed with turning people into animals? Newt Chimera is involved? And now...

"My camera!" Spike exclaimed, upon realizing his device is gone. "Shit! That crazy doctor's loony butler must've taken it when I was out! It must be back in that mad scientist's laboratory..."

Spike looked up, straining to see the said facility pass the trees of the jungle. He shook his head, deciding to drop the camera, for the time being.

"I guess the camera's not important, right now," Spike turned his attention back to his surroundings. "Right now, I gotta find a place to camp out, for the night," Though, the sounds of the animals howling, hooting, and barking, had sent him on edge. "And hopefully, some place that's not too...crowded..."

Digging through his backpack, Spike was relieved to find he is still in possessions of some essential supplies. He got out his flashlight, turned on the switch, relieved that it still shines on a bright light.

"Well, at least I can still see in the dark," Reaching into his pocket, he was relieved to see his compass was still functional. "Good. I'd be lost without this..."

Confident with the gears he still has in his possessions, Spike sets off into the wilderness.

After what felt like hours, Spike was certain that night had already fallen. The jungle around him had gotten darker and darker. Everywhere, all around him, the cries of animals, or whatever came out of Grogar's horror show, sounded creepier and creepier.

"If I don't find a place to sleep quick, I'm gonna be someone else's dinner," Spike whimpered in fright, before he began listing to some of the places he's tried on the island.

"The swamp. Too much mosquitos. And the mosquitos are girls!" Spike shuddered, while rubbing a sore arm, where he was bitten. "It's always the girls..." Pushing that unpleasant experience aside, Spike continued, "After the swamp, I found this creepy elephant's graveyard in a clearing nearby...too creepy!" He shuddered. "A tree...too thorny."

Spike kept on ranting about the places he's been, before he shined his flashlight on a potential place for shelter.

"A cave!" He exclaimed, relieved to find a place to sleep.

With newfound hope, Spike quickly raced towards the cave, eager to finally settled down for a sleep.

Upon arriving at the cave, Spike stood at the entrance, before he shouted, "Hello?" His voice echoed through the cave.

After a few minutes have passed, with no response, Spike quickly deemed the cave was vacant.

"Finally, someplace I can sleep for the night."

With that, Spike walked over to the wall, where he slid his backpack off, emptying it off some hard items, until the pack was soft enough to be used as a makeshift pillow. Once that was done, Spike practically curled himself up into a ball, snuggling himself onto his backpack.

Unfortunately, Spike had assumed too soon, and was in for a rude awakening.

"Well, what have we here?" A voice squawked.

"HUH?!"

Spike yelped as his eyes burst open, to see that the cave wasn't so vacant at all.

Standing before him are a group of seven colorful creatures, and judging by their anatomy and voice, without a doubt, they're all women.

The first hybrid – a pony-woman – appears to be the leader of the pack. In appearance, she seems to have the face and hooves of an equine of some sort, with long moderate sapphire blue mane and tail, with moderate violet and brilliant rose streaks, and lavender skin. The only attires she has on her are a light blue blouse, and a dark purple plated skirt. Her breast sizes is estimated to be the size of C-Cups.

The second hybrid – a bat-woman – is buttercup yellow in color, with a fluffy mane of pale pink fur covering the collar of her neck, back, chest, and half of her face. Her left eye is moderate cyan, while her right is colored blood red, but they both seemed blind. Whether she is wearing a top, underneath all that fur, it's anyone's guess, though the only visible attire she appeared to be wearing is a green mini-skirt, with pink laces at the bottom, and butterflies printed on the hips.

The third hybrid – a falcon-woman – is covered in head-to-toe, with cyan blue feathers, has wings instead of arms, with the feathers on the tips of her wings colored in different shades of the rainbow, almost as if she’s either part hummingbird, or parrot. She has the talons of a raptor, instead of legs, and a sharp curved beak, for her mouth. Her attires are a black crop top, and a tattered black short short. Her breast sizes are a pair of decent C-Cups.

The fourth hybrid – appears to be a pink monkey-woman. She has bouncy locks, with baby blue eyes, and her only attire, much to Spike's discomfort, is an apron, with a cleavage of a well-endowed chest trying to peek out, from the top.

The fifth hybrid – an orange wolf-woman – is easily the best description of a werewolf. She is covered in brilliant gamboge fur, with freckles of white dots that framed her emerald green eyes. She is incredibly muscular, with a slender build – in other words, thicc – with wide hips, eight-pecks, breasts that are estimated to be D-Cups. Her attires are a worn, brown stetson hat, with a white shirt that is tied up front, and a ripped jean skirt.

The sixth hybrid – a beautiful snow leopard-woman – is semi-human, with purple hair that is styled in an elegant curl, with feline traits of a leopard, shown on her face, ears, claws, skin, and a tail growing. She has hypnotic sapphire eyes, and long eyelashes. Unlike the rest of the hybrid present, she seems to be the most dressed up, with a white dress covering her whole body, and a pair of sandals…or what's left of them.

Finally, the seventh hybrid – a tiger-woman – like the sixth hybrid, is near human. She has fiery red hair with streaks of gold, that almost gave her the resemblance of a lion. She is covered in black stripes, sharp claws growing from her hands and feet, with a long tail. Her only attires are a black bikini, adorned with white jewels that resembled claws and teeth, baring her shredded abs, and holding her breasts that seemed to be an arousing E-Cup sizes, barely covered by a large fluff of fur on her chest.

"Well, well, well, look what the tide dragged in!" The falcon-woman scowled. "That creep Grogar's got himself a new flunky!"

"YIKES!!!" Spike yelped, as he picked up his backpack, holding it up as a shield. "More of you...you...whatever you are. I'm sorry! I didn't know this cave was occupied...with GIRLS?!!!"

"Oh...a sexist, eh?" The falcon-woman scoffed, sounding offended. "Well, prepare to face the fury of the falcon!"

"Uh, Rainbow..." The pony-woman began. "Maybe we shouldn't–" But it was too late.

The falcon-woman was already flapping her wing, lunging at Spike, who quickly ducked his head, to avoid her claws. Having missed her target, the falcon-woman crashed into the cave's wall.

"Oh! Oh dear goodness!" The bat-woman exclaimed. "Rainbow Dash! Are you alright?"

"I'm ok..." The falcon-woman groaned, pulling her head out of the cavern walls, and straightening her beak. "I was...just going easy on him."

"Yeah, right," The wolf-woman rolled her eyes, in a voice with a southern drawl to it.

Desperate to salvage what was left of her hurt ego, the falcon-woman made another lunge at Spike, who was frantically running and screaming at the top of his lungs.

"Leave me alone, bird woman!" Spike shrieked. "Go away! SHOO!! Fly away! Buzz off! Aren't birds supposed to be in trees?!"

Watching from the sideline, the rest of the she-beasts looked on with confusion, and skepticism.

"For someone who is Grogar's new flunky, he doesn't seem like the type Grogar would hire," The wolf-woman commented. "Not like that Shade Stalker we've had to contend with..."

"That's because I don't think he's another of Grogar's flunkies," The pony-woman said, looking down to see a photo of Spike, with Newt Chimera. "Newt Chimera?"

"AAAAAAHHH!!!" Spike kept on running for his life, trying to get away from the falcon-woman. "Look! I'm going, I'm going! Color me gone! OOF!!!"

Before he could get away, Spike found himself pinned to the ground by the tiger-woman, with one of her claws on his throat, as she snarled viciously, baring her fangs.

"No one can know of our location!" The tiger-woman snarled. "You're not going anywhere!"

"No! Don't kill me!" Spike wailed. "I won't tell! I promise! Cross my heart, hope to–YIPE!!!"

"LET 'IM HAVE IT, SUNSET!!!" The falcon-woman screeched.

"Sunset! No!" The pony-woman shouted.

The tiger-woman was just inches away from clamping her jaws on a screaming Spike, but she stopped. Spike was still screaming, when the tiger-woman pulled her head back and started to sniff him from the head to torso.

"W-W-Well, what are you waiting for?" Spike asked. "Just get it over with!"

The tiger-woman kept on sniffing, until she was done smelling Spike, and she looked at the man with wide eyes, "You're no henchman of Grogar!" She confirmed. "...But...you know Professor Chimera?"

"What the what?" The falcon-woman exclaimed.

"Newt Chimera?" The bat-woman squeaked.

"What..." Spike gasped, still recovering from a near death experience, and the adrenaline he had experienced. "H-H-How...you know, Newt Chimera?"

"You could say we were his students," The pony-woman answered, as she walked over. "And...I take it you arrived the same way we did, huh?"

"...If by that, you mean getting caught in a storm, and shipwrecked on this island...then yeah...pretty much," Spike nodded, before he turned to the tiger-woman. "Um...can you get off of me, please?"

"Oh! Sorry," The tiger-woman complied, as she helped the man up. "HEY!"

Once the tiger-woman was off of him, first chance Spike got, he quickly bolted away and climbed into a tree.

"Hey! What're you doing up there?" The monkey-woman asked, as she climbed after Spike. "Come on down! We won't hurt you."

"Stay away from me!" Spike spatted, breaking off a tree branch, and use it to stave the woman away from him. "Stay back! BACK! You hear me?!"

"Look, I'm sorry about earlier," The falcon-woman called, when she flapped her wings and perched on a nearby branch. "Really. I didn't know you were–Whoa!"

"Get out! Get away from me! SHOO!" Spike screamed, trying to beat the falcon-woman with the stick.

"Hey! Take it easy!" The falcon hybrid screeched. "Whoa! Stop swinging! You're gonna–"

"Whoa!!!" Spike screamed, as he lost his balance and fell off the branch.

Luckily for him, the falcon-woman, and monkey-woman, both caught him by the legs...with their legs.

"Put me down! Put me down!" Spike yelled frantically.

"Okay, okay," With that, the two hybrids gently put Spike down, on the ground, only for the man to run away again, and hiding inside a bush.

"Oh dear," The leopard-woman muttered. "The poor thing's scared to death..."

Before the falcon hybrid could resume pursuing Spike again, the bat-woman stopped her friend.

"Dash, maybe you should let me talk to him..." The falcon hybrid nodded, as the bat hybrid tried to coax Spike out of hiding. "Excuse me? Um...sir?"

"Go away!" Spike called out from his bush.

"But...we're not going to hurt you," The bat continued. "I promise. My friends are nice, once you get to know them."

"That's what you women always say," Spike grumbled. "But ever since I was six, lots of women would try to chase me, seduce me to hurt me, or even molest me! You're all just as horrible as that...that Grogar creep! Now leave me alone, or I'll really...You don't want to know!"

"Oh dear!" The bat-woman exclaimed, with her friends sharing her bewilderment.

"Sounds to me he's more afraid than we thought!" The wolf-woman commented.

"But...you can trust us," The pony-woman said, as she stood alongside the bat-woman. "We're just as scared as you are."

"The last thing I'd do is trust a female!" Spike spatted.

At that moment, both the bat-woman and wolf-woman's ears perked up, and they looked up with dread and alarm.

"LOOK OUT!!" They both screamed.

Thundering from the trees, stood a large misshapen creature, with the body of a gorilla, the arms of a polar bear, and quills of a porcupine.

"What the hell is that thing?!" Spike exclaimed, pointing at the beast.

"Two words," The falcon-woman replied. "BIG trouble."

"And five words from me," The pink monkey-woman added, before she hooted, "It's on like Donkey Kong!"

Freedom Planet Mix - Major Boss Battle (Original + Chiptune)

With that, a fight breaks out, as the pink monkey-woman and the falcon-woman were the first to charge into the fray, against the mutant gorilla/bear/porcupine hybrid.

In retaliation, the chimeric hybrid slashed its claws at the falcon-woman, who quickly rolled to the right, dodging its attack, before she made a sharp turn for another dive, narrowly dodging the monster's quills and slash.

With the monster distracted, the pink monkey-woman reached into her hair and pulled out, what appeared to be, a pair of coconuts. With a twist of her hip, and a swing of her arms, she hurled the coconuts, like a professional baseball player, lobbing the nuts at the creature. One of them hit it squarely on the nose, while the other hits the chest.

This only irritated the beast, as it lunged at the pink monkey-woman, swiping its massive bear-like claws at her, while emitting a dreadful roar of a mad gorilla.

"EEEEEEEKKK!!!" The pink monkey-woman screeched in fright, as she turned and retreated into the trees.

"Look out!" The pony-woman shouted as she and her fellow she-beasts took cover.

Spike was pulled along with the others, as they hid in the shrubs.

"Whatever you do," The wolf-woman advised. "Stay down."

Spike, too scared out of his wits, didn't argue and simply nodded his head.

Back in the scuffle, the chimeric beast roared as it slashed through the tree branches in its pursuit after the monkey-woman. It didn't realize how high up it was, nor did it realize it was climbing onto brittle branches that couldn't support its weight.

"Welp, ya know what they say," The monkey-woman chirped. "What goes up, must go down. Have a nice fall!"

Before the chimeric beast realized it, the branch it was standing on snapped, and the beast fell to the ground, with a bone shattering thud.

"Oh! Oh dear, what just happened?" The bat-woman squeaked.

Not willing to count her chickens before they hatch, the wolf-woman cautiously stepped forward to inspect the downed monster, poking it with a stick.

"I think...it's dead..." However, the wolf-woman words got eaten, when the monster opened its eyes and rolled onto all four limbs. "Or not!"

With a dreadful roar, the chimeric beast slashed its claws out at the startled wolf-woman, hitting her across the face, knocking her to the side. The wolf-woman let out a hurtful whimper, upon being struck, as she rolled across the ground.

"Applejack!" The she-beasts cried in horror.

For a brief moment, the sound of the wolf's hurtful whimper resonated Spike. For awhile, when he looked at the she-beast, he didn't see an abomination, a freak show, or even a woman he's terrified of. But a hurt animal, that's probably just as scared than he is.

"Applejack!" The bat-woman tried running to her friend, but tripped on a tree root, and fell on the ground. "Oof!"

"Fluttershy! Behind you!" The wolf-woman shouted, trying to warn her friend of the monster's attack from behind.

Before the bat-woman had time to realize, the chimeric beast was already upon her. Before it could bite down on the helpless bat hybrid, a blur of orange, red, and yellow stopped the beast from clamping its jaws down.

The tiger-woman had leapt into the fray, barely holding the beast's jaws open, with her claws.

"Sunset?" The bat-woman called.

"I'll hold him off!" The tiger-woman grunted. "You help AJ out of here!"

With that, the bat-woman scrambled up to her feet, as she went over to inspect her downed wolf friend. In the meantime, the tiger-woman leapt away, just as the beast snapped its jaws shut. The beast then chased after the tiger, as she fought the monster, alongside the falcon and monkey hybrids.

During the fight, the falcon-woman took notice of Spike, who was still watching the battle, from the bushes.

"What are you doing?" The falcon-woman asked the man. "Get outta here! Save yourself!"

"Huh?" Spike stammered, startled from his observation of the battle taking place.

"Get outta here! Leave this guy to us! Find a boat. Build a raft, or whatever. Get your ass out of this place!"

Spike immediately complied as he was about to turn and leave. But then, he stopped. He felt a sudden attack of conscience, as something nagged in the back of his head. Could he really ditch these she-beasts, just like that? Sure, he was told to run. But, should he? Especially since they're fighting for their life?

Hiding from behind the bush, Spike watched to see the falcon-woman, trying to keep the monster's attention, while her friends, the monkey and tiger she-beasts, were fighting the monster to the bitter end, it seems. In the meantime, the orange wolf-woman was badly hurt, with a bruise on her face. Her friends, the bat, pony, and snow leopard she-beasts, were crowding around, as they try to help the literal bitch recover.

"AAAAHHH!!!" A loud screech was heard.

Everyone all looked to see that the falcon-woman had accidentally pricked her foot on the monster's quills.

"Ooh! That's smart!"

Without giving the falcon-woman a chance to recover, the beast jumped onto a tree, before jumping off its barks and branches, to get a higher jump on the flying she-beast, knocking her out of the air.

"RAINBOW DASH!!!" The she-beasts cried.

"Get off of her you brute!" The tiger-woman roared, slashing her claws across the monster's face.

The monkey-woman joined in the attack, launching coconuts, like cannonballs at the monster. In retaliation, the beast swatted the two away, before it beat its chest, and let out a bellowing roar, like that of an actual gorilla. Unfortunately, for the beast, it was revelling too much in its triumph, that it failed to see one last attack.

*SNAP

The chimeric beast's triumph turned painful, with the she-beasts cringing in discomfort, after a hard low blow, to its southern tender area, by a tree branch attack, from Spike.

"Ha ha ha! Bet you didn't see that one coming, did you, King Porcupine Kong?" Spike laughed, in a mocking tone. "Them's street rules!" In response, the beast glared at the human man, who realized it was time for him to go. "Uh he he he...AAAAH!!!"

Spike let out a high-pitch scream, as he ran for his life, with an angry beast, chasing him.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Spike wailed at the beast. "I never should've whacked you in the nuts, like that! That was totally my bad! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Please, don't eat me!"

But the young man's screams fell on deaf ears, as the monster proceeded to chase him, into a swamp. The mosquitos buzzed and bit at both Spike and the creature, though the creature was undeterred, as it had its eyes on Spike. Spike was exhausted, after running so hard and so long, he collapsed in the pool of mud. Though, both he and the creature wished they hadn't. Slowly, but frightfully, they were beginning to sink deeper and deeper in the mud.

"Quicksand!" Spike realized as both he and the beast tried to escape. "Help! HELP! GET ME OUT OF HERE!!"

It wasn't long, before the she-beasts arrived on the scene. By then, the wolf-woman was back on her feet.

"Excuse me, mister?" The wolf she-beast called. "Don't move! Or it'll make ya sink faster!"

With a quick inhale, Spike immediately froze up, though, the buzzing mosquitos were making it hard for him. In the meantime, the chimeric beast that had been chasing him, was frantically thrashing its claws, trying to escape in vain.

"Here! Grab this rope!" The wolf-woman shouted, hurling the end of a lasso towards Spike.

"I got it!" He said, once he's got a firm grip on it.

"PULL!!!"

With that, the she-beasts proceeded to pull the man out from the quicksand, while the chimeric beast drowned to its death in the swamp.

End of Fight Song

“Phew! I thought I was a goner that time,” Spike panted heavily, before he turned to the She-Beasts. “Thanks for the save.”

“Yeah, well, thanks for not leaving us,” The falcon-woman replied. "Though, I gotta say, swinging a stick like that, hitting him in the nuts? You must be crazy."

"Believe me, I'm not doing that again," Spike replied.

“Anyway, now that the danger’s passed,” The pony girl began. “Let’s start over. I’m Tiffany Sparkle. But friends call me, Twilight.”

“And I’m Dash, Rainbow Dash!” The falcon-woman introduced herself, before she boasted, “Fastest girl alive! And now, the fastest flyer to ever flew! Oof!”

Rainbow Dash grunted, when she crashed her head, under a tree branch.

“Yeah, so long as you don’t crash into trees,” the tiger-woman snarked.

“I’m Ashley Apples, but friends call me Applejack,” The wolf-woman introduced herself. “And it’s a mighty pleasure of making your acquaintance.”

“I’m…Fluttershy,” The bat-woman introduced herself.

“I’M PINKAMENA DIANA PIE, but you can call me PINKIE PIE!!!” The pink monkey-woman screeched, startling Spike.

“AAAAHHH!!!” Spike screamed, falling to the ground and quickly beating his chest to ease his beating heart.

“Pinkie! Don’t frighten the poor thing!” The snow-leopard scolded, hugging the man close. “Can’t you see he’s had enough?”

“Yeah, uh about that…” Spike frowned in discomfort, to which the snow-leopard quickly caught on.

“Oh! I’m terrible sorry,” The leopard apologized, letting Spike have some spaces, before she introduced herself. “I’m Francis Rivers, but you may call me Rarity,” The snow leopard hybrid introduced herself. “Lovely to meet you, darling.”

“And I’m Sunset Shimmer,” The tiger-woman introduced herself. “And I’m…sorry about earlier…”

After a moment of processing, gathering everything to remember the women’s names, Spike nodded.

“Uh, okay…” Spike replied. “Alright. Nice to meet you all…I guess. Name’s Nathan Draco. But…friends call me Spike.”

“Nice to meet you, Spike!” Twilight greeted, walking to shake hands with him, which he immediately flinched away.

“Uh, with all due respect, can you…please…stay where you are, and don’t come near me?” Spike pleaded, still not ready to fully trust the she-beasts.

Though, slightly hurt, the she-beasts complied.

“Of course, Spike,” Twilight nodded.

“We’ll remember to respect your needs and give you some…distance,” Rarity agreed. “Won’t we, Pinkie?”

All eyes fell on the pink monkey-woman, who simply shrugged and gave a sheepish smile.

“Uh, sure! No problem!” Pinkie giggled.

“Now then,” Applejack began. “With the whole meet-and-greet behind us. What say we had back to camp?”

The she-beasts and Spike all exchanged random agreements, before they all turned and headed back to the cave.

“Oh, and Spike?” Applejack spoke up.

“Yeah?” Spike flinched.

“Ya may want to bring your stuffs with you,” Applejack winked. “We’ll be going deeper into the cave.”

“Deeper?”

“Whoa!” Spike exclaimed, as he and the she-beasts arrived into camp.

As it turns out, deeper in the cave, was a hidden passageway that leads to a hidden underground lake, surrounded by plants, with the ceiling opening into an atrium, letting in some moonlight in. Along the walls, seven caves have been dug, most likely the she-beasts’ sleeping quarters.

Around the lake, sprouted large crystals, some of which appeared to be minerals that produced a fragrant smell, in the hot springs, close by.

“This is your camp?” Spike asked.

“Yeah!” Rainbow smiled. “Ain’t it awesome, or ain’t it awesome?”

“Especially since it comes with spas!” Rarity added, enthusiastically.

“It’s beautiful!” Spike marveled, as he looked around.

“Anyway, feel free to pick a spot and sleep, Spike,” Applejack said, as she and the girls retreated to their dens, to sleep for the night. “Tomorrow’s gonna be a big day, for all of us!”

“…Uh, yeah,” Spike replied. “Goodnight!”

Once he was left by his lonesome, Spike looked around, before he found a spot to rest his weary eyes, underneath a tree.

A lot has happened in a short amount of time. He, and his colleagues, were on a cruise, looking for dolphins. Instead, it would seem, their ship was sabotaged, sailed into a storm, before crashing on an uncharted island, where all the animals are products of a mad scientist. And now, Spike is in camp, with seven of these creatures.

Thank goodness they’re sane, however. Though, how can it be?

With so many unanswered questions running wild in his head, Spike was rendered fatigue, and was out like a bulb.

Author's Note

Okay. Spike's harem for this story are:

1. Twilight – Pony
2. Rainbow Dash – Falcon
3. Applejack – Wolf
4. Pinkie Pie – Monkey
5. Rarity – Snow leopard
6. Fluttershy – Bat
7. Sunset Shimmer – Tiger...or is she a liger? I don't know, with a hair like that, someone could easily mistake her for a lion, from a distance. But lioness don't grow mane. You could say she's a female tiger with a male lion's head and be...y'know what? I'm not going to overthink it. But, jokes aside, her design is an expy of Marvel's Tigra.

*Sees bewildered/unamused/confused readers.*

...What? It's not that strange to find furry females attractive. Ever seen Eric W. Schwartz? Or Minerva Mink from the Animaniacs? Don't say you never had the hots for Lola Bunny, back in Space Jam's heyday. Besides, most of you just HAD to make a fuss about her transformation in 2021, didn't you?

Ahem.

Some furry roasting out of the way, the story can now really begin, with Spike and his "She-Beasts."