Rugia

Six-forty-five o’clock, Rugia came walking through town at an even pace. This morning he was on his way to the Carousel Boutique to help Rarity restock her dresses. However when the boutique came into view, Rugia stopped and stared in horror at what was before him. Rarity’s home was on fire, and ponies were running franticly to put out the blaze. Rugia ran up to the house and saw a blue fox with a military type outfit on top of the roof laughing maniacally. In his right arm was Rarity, screaming in terror and calling for help. Rugia could only watch as the mysterious fox took flight into the air. For Rugia, it was like watching Superman fly off in the movies. Rarity and the perpetrator vanished into the Everfree forest. Rugia stood in place in a state of shock. Rugia didn’t know what to do, should he stay and help put the fire out? Should he run to Twilight’s house and send a message to Celestia? Twilight might have already done that. Before Rugia could decide, he found himself running in the direction the blue fox took Rarity. He ran out of the town as fast as he could. The trees were blurring past him like he was riding in his car, going down the highway on earth. His heart began to race and he ran faster, faster than any human normally could.

Meanwhile, Rarity found herself face to face with three of these unusual foxes. They all stood upright and had the same body type that Rugia did. They stood off to the side talking amongst themselves. Rarity was tied to a tree like a dog on a leash. No matter how many times she tried to untie the rope with her magic, the rope wouldn’t budge.

“Hey, Daxis.” one of the foxes called, “That pony you kidnapped is trying to use magic on her restraint.”

The very creature that abducted Rarity came walking forward, “Your not going to break that.” the strange creature said grinning devilishly. “That rope is made of a material that cannot be broken by magic. It would take a very strong force to get you free.”

“I demand that you release me you ruffian!” Rarity shouted. The foxes broke out in laughter at Rarity’s demand. They began mocking her in anyway they could.

“I demand that you release me you ruffian!” one of the foxes said in an attempt to sound like Rarity.

“What are you going to do to us,” laughed Daxis, “pamper us to death?”

“Careful Daxis,” said the first fox, “she might use her all powerful magic on us.” The three of them stood for a moment in silence, but burst into laughter again.

“That’s a good one Almondo,” squeaked Daxis trying to catch his breath.

“I find her so threatening considering she can’t even break that rope.” mocked the third fox. As they continued to laugh at Rarity, her patience grew thin. She levitated a rock and sent it flying at Daxis. The rock hit him in the head and all three of them stopped laughing immediately.

“Take that you ruffian!” Rarity shouted. Daxis grinned at Rarity, and before she knew it, Daxis had knocked her to the ground and had his boot pressing down on her head.

“Did you honestly think a rock was going to hurt me?” Daxis pressed harder on Rarity’s head and she let out a small whimper. “I am a Rucan, a being with powers that surpass your pathetic magic. I can fall from a cliff at three hundred feet and still get up and walk away like it was nothing.” Daxis removed his boot from Rarity’s head and stood staring at her. As Rarity tried to stand, Daxis kicked her in the side knocking the wind out of her and she collapsed to the ground. Daxis walked away chuckling evilly, and began talking to the other two again.

Elsewhere, Rugia came tarring through a shrub as he ran to catch up to Rarity and her kidnappers. As he ran, Rainbow Dash came flying up next to him.

“Rugia, what’s going on here?” she asked him, “Who were those guys? And why did they take Rarity?”

“I don’t know,” Rugia panted, “All I know is Rarity is in danger and we have to save her!”

“But shouldn’t we wait for Princess Celestia to arrive?” Rainbow flew a little ahead of him as he continued to run. “Those guys seemed like they were very dangerous.” Rugia didn’t respond, his heart began pounding faster and his steps quickened. Rainbow couldn’t believe what she was seeing, Rugia was running faster than she could. She didn’t have time to ask herself a lot of questions, she had to catch up to Rugia to be some sort of help. Rugia didn’t slow down for anything, the safety of his friend was to important to him. Rainbow followed behind him as they continued their way through the forest.

At this time Daxis was getting bored, “Hey Damien,” he said smacking the fox’s shoulder, “are you as bored as I am?”

“Yeah.” replied Damien.

“I second that.” said Almondo chucking a rock through the trees. The three sat there against the tree wondering what they should do next. Daxis looked at Rarity who was sitting next to the tree she was tied too and was looking around the forest. An evil smile crept across Daxis’ face and he chuckled aloud.

“Hey guys,” he said, “I know what we could do for amusement.” Almondo and Damien followed Daxis as he walked over to Rarity.

“What do you rapscallions want?” she snapped at them.

“Well little pony,” smirked Daxis, “my friends and I are going to have some fun with you.” Daxis began laughing devilishly and Rarity backed up to the tree.

“Wh-what are you going to do to me?” she asked with frightened eyes.

“Yeah boss,” asked Damien, “what are we going to do to her?”

Daxis laughed and pulled a combat knife from his belt and held it up, “We are going to see how much pain she can take before she cries and begs us to stop.”

“Oh, I like that.” Almondo’s tongue made a lap around his mouth, “But how about we just kill her slowly and as painfully as possible?”

Daxis looked at Rarity through the long strands of his blue hair, “That’s an even better idea Almondo.”

“No please,” Rarity begged, “I’ll give you anything you-”

“Begging won’t help you,” Daxis interrupted, “besides, we already destroyed your home. So you have nothing to give. Hold her down boys.” Immediately Almondo and Damien pounced on Rarity, holding her legs to the ground so she couldn’t move. She tried to use her magic on them, but it seemed they were unaffected by it like the rope around her neck.

“Oh I love it when they fight.” snarled Damien, “Don’t you Almondo?”

“Yeah,” replied Almondo with a big grin, “It makes it that more fun.”

“NO!” cried Rarity, “Please don’t!” Daxis laughed as he sliced a five inch cut down Rarity’s side and she screamed in pain. “PLEASE STOP!” she screamed but the Rucan continued to put cuts on her body.

Rugia and Rainbow could hear Rarity screaming in agony as they drew closer. Rugia’s heart jumped at the sound and he was now running even faster. His panting increased as he tore through another bush. When they came to Rarity’s location, The Rucans were laughing at poor Rarity who was crying in pain on the ground. Blood was running down her body and the sight made Rugia’s heart fill with anger.

“Leave her alone.” he commanded and the rucans stopped and looked at him. Rainbow Dash finally caught up and landed next to Rugia.

Daxis smiled, “Well what do you know. There is a human here on this planet boys.”

“And it thinks we’re going to stop because it commands us to.” mocked Almondo. Daxis smiled and turned to Rarity who was weeping in pain. Daxis twirled the knife in his hand and then sank the blade deep into Rarity’s hind leg. Rarity let out a blood curdling scream and the three Rucans roared with laughter.

“STOP IT!” cried Rainbow, “What did Rarity do to you?!”

“She was born.” replied Daxis with his evil smile. The Rucans began to laugh again while Rarity was sobbing on the ground. Rugia’s breathing increased into heavy pants, his anger grew into rage and his arms were shaking violently. His eyes viewed the Rucans one at a time, feeling angrier with each glance. His body felt like it was on fire, he was now gripping his fists even tighter. His heart was pounding so fast it was amazing he was still alive.

“Monsters…” Rugia breathed.

“What?” Daxis raised an eyebrow. Rugia’s body was shaking even more violently than before.

“You MONSTERS!!!” he screamed, “HOW DARE YOU HURT RARITY!!! HOW DARE YOU HURT MY FRIEND!!! Nnnngh! I… I won’t let you… get away… WITH THIS!!! Ghhhh!” Rainbow backed away from Rugia in fear. The sight of how angry he was frightened her. As angry as he was at her the time she went against his warnings about his sentries, this was worse than that time. She didn’t know if she was seeing things, but a bolt of white lightning shot up Rugia’s body and his hair stood on end for a moment and laid back down. The three Rucans watched as another bolt of lightning came up Rugia’s body and the same thing happened again.

“Uh, boss,” Damien eyed Rugia with worry, “are humans supposed to have white lightning come from their bodies when they get angry?”

“No,” replied Daxis, “this guy is not a human. I don’t know what he is but this doesn’t look good at all.” The three stepped away from Rarity and continued to watch Rugia’s anger grow. White aura surrounded Rugia’s body and blazed like a fire. His eyes became a very light cyan blue.

“You… won’t… get… away… WITH THIS!!!” Rugia snarled, his rage becoming a blind fury as his eyes connected with Rarity’s. Watching the tears flow down her face from the pain she was in became to much for him. His hair stood completely up and turned white. A bright light surrounded Rugia, blinding the vision of everyone there. There was a loud thunder crack and the light dissipated. Rainbow’s eyes widened at what she saw.

“Wh-what the…?” she stuttered.

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Rugia stood before them, his normal brown hair had become white and stood on end. It appeared to have grown a bit longer. His ears had become fox ears with white fur. He had also grown a white fox tail as well. He stared at the three Rucans with hate in his eyes. Rainbow didn’t know what to think of the situation. She didn’t want to believe it, but she was right about Rugia hiding something. But now that she knew what it was, it made her fear him.

“Wait a minute,” Daxis said, “I know you. You are that Rugia guy we have heard rumors about. You posses the powers of a Rucan and a Luquian don’t you? Well I have news for you bud, we can transform just like you can.” With that, the three of them transformed the same way. Almondo’s body had become a bright orange, Damien was a lighter shade of blue, and Daxis had become a bright red.

Damien smirked and said, “Don’t think because you look tough, means that you can beat all three of us by yourself.”

“Yeah,” remarked Almondo, “once we’re finished with you, we’ll finish having our fun with that worthless trash on the ground.” Rugia’s eyes thinned and in the blink of an eye, he had slammed his fist into Almondo’s face and sent him flying through several trees. Rugia had moved from the spot he was standing so quickly that no one could tell what had happened. Rainbow stood open mouthed at what she saw. She had never seen anything move that fast before. She watched as Rugia turned his attention to Daxis and Damien, kicking Daxis in the chest and sending him back into Damien. They both slid into a three knocking it over. Rugia turned slowly and eyed the combat knife still stuck in Rarity’s leg. Just looking at fueled his anger and he pulled it out of her. Rarity gasped as the knife left her leg. As Daxis and Damien stood up, Rugia turned and threw the knife into Daxis’ right leg and the rucan yelped and fell to the ground. Damien charged at Rugia and made an attempt to slug him in the face. However, Rugia wrapped his left arm around Damien’s outstretched arm. With one jerk, Damien’s arm snapped and he howled in pain. Rugia began pounding Damien into the face as hard as he could, until the Rucan could no longer stand. Rugia grabbed the back of his outfit and threw him into a boulder, breaking it in two and rendering Damien unconscious. Rugia walked over to Daxis who was trying to crawl away. Rugia kicked him in the side to knock him over on his back. Daxis lay on the ground looking into Rugia’s eyes, and saw the hatred in him. Daxis began to realize just how strong Rugia was, and for the first time in his life he was terrified of someone.

“Alright,” Daxis cried, “I give up, you win. Please… just let me go.” Rugia didn’t seem to hear him. It was like he was in a trance, being controlled by his own rage. Rugia planted his boot firmly on Daxis’ chest and began pressing down on it. Daxis began to scream as his ribs began breaking one by one.

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“RUGIA STOP!” screamed Rainbow Dash. Rugia halted his assault and looked at Rainbow. He could see the fear in her eyes. Tears ran down her face as she said, “Please… stop the fighting. (sniff) Please Rugia… Your not like this… You re not like them. You’re kind a-and gentle. (sniff) I can’t… I can’t bare to watch my friend kill someone… Please stop Rugia… Please…”

At that moment, Rugia snapped back to reasoning and backed away from his wounded enemy. He looked around at his surroundings and could see all of the damage he had done. He saw Almondo come limping back to the battle field, his face covered in blood. Rugia looked at Damien who lay in a heap on the ground next to a smashed boulder and then back at Daxis. He could see how much Daxis feared him. He looked at his hands and could see the blood on them, and began to realize what he had done. There was a flash of light and Rugia had returned to his normal form. No more white hair, fox ears, or tail. He was regular Rugia again. Almondo dragged Damien over to Daxis.

“I’ll have the ship beam us up.” he breathed. As he did, Daxis sat up the best he could and gave Rugia his warning.

“You might have defeated us without a struggle,” he winced, “We’ll be back, and next time we’ll bring the Shadow Armada with us.” As he said these words, all three Rucans vanished. Rugia slowly turned and walked over to Rarity, and gently picked her up after removing the rope and turned to Rainbow Dash.

“Rainbow I need you to go see if there is anything you can do to help in town.” he said calmly, “I’m going to take Rarity to the hospital.” Rugia then teleported to the hospital without hesitation. Rainbow stood where she was and took another look at the scenery around her. It was hard to believe that Rugia was a monster on the inside. He had never told her about his powers. Rainbow took flight and slowly made her way to Ponyville. As she did, images of Rugia’s assault on the Rucans continued to go through her mind.

Later, Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Apple Jack, Fluttershy, Spike, and Rainbow Dash came to the hospital to see Rarity. Rainbow was silent the whole way there, they couldn’t get her to say a thing. Seeing Rugia like he was, put a lot on her. The receptionist directed them to the room Rarity was in, which was on the third floor. Apparently her injuries were not to savvier, which made the group feel more confident. As they drew closer to Rarity’s room, they heard her scream and they rushed to see what was happening.

“NEIN!” they heard Victor shout, “GET OUT! ZAT EZ NOT HOW YOU KEEP A PATIENT FROM SQUERMING!” Victor chased two nurses out of the room and shouted after them, “Dummkopfs!” He saw Twilight and the others standing looking at him with concern and he straightened up. “Ahem, my apologies. If you will follow me I vill take you to your friend.” They came into the room and saw Rugia sitting over in the corner in a chair with his head in his hands. To the right they saw Rarity who was still bleeding and was laying on a bed still weeping. They came over to the bed at a slow pace and stopped at the side of the bed.

“Victor,” asked Twilight, “why has Rarity not been bandaged yet?”

Victor picked up an antiseptic bottle and shook his head, “I cannot put ze bandages on her until I clean her vounds.” Victor unscrewed the cap on the bottle, “However, she vill not stay still. She has already spilt two bottles of antiseptic, and I cannot get her to understand zat she needs lay still.”

“Only because that dreadful liquid burns so badly!” shouted Rarity, “Can’t you simply put the bandages on and start healing me?”

“I could do zat but I vould be taking a chance on you getting infected.” Victor replied, “Now please, hold still.”

“I don’t want that horrible liquid on me!” Rarity exclaimed, tears flowing down her face, “These cuts hurt bad enough as it is!”

“But Rarity,” detested Spike, “if you don’t let victor clean your wounds they could get infected.” Rarity continued to refuse the antiseptics and non of her friends could reason with her. Victor was at wits end and was on the verge using restraints to keep her from moving. But Fluttershy stopped him and asked him to let her try to Reason with Rarity.

“Um… Rarity,” Fluttershy said, “I know that the antiseptics hurt, but um… you don’t want get sick from a possible infection do you?”

“Of course not,” Rarity replied, “but it just hurts too much.”

“Well,” said Fluttershy, “if you just let Victor clean your wounds, I’m sure it won’t take to long. It won’t will it Victor?”

“Not at all,” Victor replied, “if you vill kindly hold still, I promise zat I vill be finished in two minutes at ze most.”

“Well…” Rarity hesitated, “Lets get it over with.”

Victor picked the antiseptic up and said, “Vhy don’t you tell me about your hobbies Ms. Rarity?”

“Well my greatest hobby is-AAAAAGH!” Rarity had started but was interrupted by a searing pain as Victor poured the antiseptic on her leg wound. Victor finished her leg and began doctoring the other wounds. When he finished, he quickly wrapped bandages around her body.

“Zere,” Victor said finishing the last touches on the bandages, “zat looks good. Now let’s get zis on you and we can begin ze healing process.” Victor took out the small device he used to heal Apple Jack, and attached it to Rarity. The spider legs on the device worried her but she soon relaxed.

“Well,” Rarity breathed, “I guess that didn’t take to long.”

“It vould have been done sooner if you had stayed still to begin with.” Victor said putting the antiseptic away, “Verrückt das pony.”

“How bad is my home?” Rarity asked glumly.

“Sadly,” replied Twilight in a sorrowful tone, “by the time the fire was extinguished nothing could be salvaged.”

“Is Opalescence alright?” Rarity asked, “Please tell me Opalescence is alive.” Her friends looked at each other and then back at her.

“Sorry sugarcube,” Apple Jack said sadly, “we couldn’t find Opalescence anywhere.”

“We really tried Rarity,” Pinkie hung her head.

“All we found was her collar.” Twilight said levitating the remains of Opalescence’s collar onto the bed.

“Opal…” Rarity whimpered, “Opalescence is dead?” Her friends hung their heads and remained silent. Rarity couldn’t believe it. She lost her home, her belongings, but worst of all she lost her cat. Something she treasured very dearly and loved, was gone. Rarity covered her eyes with her hooves and cried. Rugia still remained over in the corner, his head in his hands. He felt guilty for not staying in town; he could have saved Opalescence, but could have lost Rarity to the hands of the Rucans he fought. However, the thing he regretted the most was Rainbow and Rarity seeing his powers, and the monster he was on the inside. He couldn’t look at any of his friends in the eye, his guilt made him feel responsible for what happened.

“I’m sorry Rarity…” Rugia said slowly, “I’m so… so sorry. I should have stayed… Maybe I could have saved Opalescence.”

“B-but you n-never w-would have saved m-me.” Rarity chocked, still sobbing.

“Rugia saved you?” Twilight’s head perked up.

“Yes,” Rarity replied, “he fought those horrible creatures and ran them off.”

“Wait,” Apple Jack looked at Rugia, “how did Rugia defeat them vermints? They threw wagons like they were mere stones.”

“Its because he’s one of them!” Rainbow shouted, “Rugia has the same powers they do.”

“Rugia,” asked Twilight, “what is she talking about?” Victor stood looking at Rugia with a questionable look, realizing he never told them about what he really was. Rugia finally sat up in the chair, but still didn’t look at them.

“I should have told you before now.” Rugia said, “I am not a normal human. My DNA is composed of human, Rucan, Luquian, and fox DNA. The three creatures you saw were called Rucans, and I have the same powers they do. I can fly, I can pick heavy objects up and throw them like they were nothing, I even have the ability to transform like they can.”

“Transform?” asked Twilight. Rugia in an instant transformed into the same form he was in when he defeated the three Rucans that attacked Rarity. Everyone except Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Victor, jumped in shock. Rugia remained in the transformation for a few seconds and then returned to normal form.

“That form is referred to as “Super Ruca”.” Rugia continued, “The Rucans originally called it “The Form Of Awakening”, but later changed the name. Its one of three transformations.”

“How many forms do you have?” asked Fluttershy.

“All three,” Rugia replied, “Awakening, Ascension, and Panicle.”

“How many other Rucans have all three forms?” asked Twilight.

“I don’t know,” Rugia sighed looking at the floor, “There are not a vast number of Rucans with the third form out there. Most of the race has Super Ruca 1 and Super Ruca 2. The third form is a very hard form to achieve.”

“What’s the point of having these forms?” asked Twilight.

“The forms do more than make a Rucan look different,” Rugia replied, “the forms make a Rucan stronger. Rucans are fierce warriors, so the transformations come in handy for tough enemies.”

“Are all Rucans as cruel as the three that attacked me?” asked Rarity, tears still flowing down her face.

“Not all of them.” Rugia finally turned to look at his friends, “Most of the race are kind and caring, but others are cruel and merciless. The three Rucans all of you saw today were part of a group called the Shadow Armada, the cruelest group of evil Rucans out there. They are led by a Rucan by the name of Resnoff. According to the Rucan named Daxis, they will return but with the entire Shadow Armada.”

“We have to do something y’all!” exclaimed Apple Jack, “We have to prepare to fight them lousy vermints!”

“You can’t fight them Apple Jack.” Rugia said with an aggressive tone, “Even if all of Equestria fought them at once, it would be like a grunt fighting an entire army. They will destroy everything.”

“We have to at least try.” she argued.

“You don’t understand Apple Jack,” Rugia stood up, “the Shadow Armada has three hundred soldiers, four hundred at the most.”

“But there are thousands of ponies in Equestria,” Twilight said, “we would out number them.”

“It wouldn’t matter.” Rugia replied with a dreadful expression, “Just one of those Shadow Armada camanders could wipe Ponyville and the Everfree Forest off the face of the planet in a single heart beat. No one has any chance of defeating them.”

“Except you Rugia.” Twilight stepped forward, “You could use your gift to defeat the Shadow Armada’s general. The armada would have to-”

“My powers are not a gift Twilight,” Rugia interrupted, “they are a curse. I can’t control my powers like I used to.”

“What do you mean?” asked Twilight worry-eyed.

“Because my DNA contains two species that were never supposed to reproduce together,” Rugia replied, “my powers are unstable. Rucan powers are influenced by emotion. When a Rucan gets angry, their streingth increases. The angrier they get, the stronger they become. All Rucans can transform at will, I can too. However, when I get angry my body will force itself into the first form. But worst of all, when I become angry… people die. I loose control and act completely on instinct.” Rugia hung his head, “My powers are the real reason I left Earth. I had attacked my own daughter by mistake. She’s still alive, but I couldn’t face any of my children after that. So now you know the real reason I’m here.”

“Isn’t there anyway to control your anger?” asked Rainbow Dash.

“I’ve tried everything,” Rugia said turning to the window and opening it, “there is no way to control my anger.” When Rugia finished his sentence, he climbed out the window and dropped down to the ground. Rainbow ran to the window and looked out to see Rugia walking to town with his hands in his pockets. Rainbow turned to her friends who looked scared.

“What are we going to do?” squeaked Fluttershy.

“How are we going to have any chance of winning against those Rucans if Rugia won’t help us fight them?” asked Pinkie Pie panicing.

“I don’t know.” Twilight sighed looking at the floor.