The Most Epic Peach Saga There Is
Flutterbat Tries A Peach [Tags: Peach, Flutterbat, Everyone, Slice of Life]
Load Full StoryNext ChapterThe yellow bat/pony hybrid flew through the sky, evading all the attempts of capture from the ponies below. "She's just to fast!" Cried Twilight as she unsuccessfully tried to grab Flutterbat with her magic. Flutterbat just chuckled. After being turned into a predator, there wasn't much to fear about these little ponies. She had powerful wings, super hearing, and fast reflexes. Not to mention echolocation. Her only question was 'What do they want?' They were chasing her for such a long time without giving up.
While the mane 5 (plus Spike) failed each time, Flutterbat paused for breaks to eat her apples. Delicious they were. The only food to keep her alive. Other fruit tasted nasty. These apples in Sweet Apple Acres were the best. She swooped down one more time, just as Rainbow tried to grab her. She just wanted her peace and apples. Was that too much to ask? No...the ponies wanted to take her away from her apples!
After half an hour passed, the foolish ponies gave up. There was just no way to capture Flutterbat to turn her back to normal. "It's okay," Applejack said, placing a hoof on a sobbing Pinkie Pie. "We'll try again tomorrow."
Pinkie's wall burst again as a fountain of tears came gushing out. She pulled a handkerchief out of nowhere and blew into it. "But what if we don't! What if she remains a bat forever? What if-"
Rainbow Dash groaned. "Applejack said we will try again tomorrow. We can fix it." The ponies walked through the ruined orchard, dying leaves falling around them. The sky was dark, This was Flutterbat's territory now. The bat pony let out one more threatening hiss before something orange and fuzzy smacked her in the face.
"Hiss?" That hurt.
It was the orange pony! The one who was the roughest with her. Was it because she needed apples to survive? That wasn't fair. "We already threw something at you, now shoo! Go take the stupid peach consarnit before I take out my gun!"
Peach? Was is this so called 'Peach'? She flew down to the grown and sniffed the fuzzy fruit. It didn't smell as tantalizing as an apple. But it looked close to one. Could it be a cousin? A long snake tongue wrapped around the fruit, slowly savoring the taste. Not bad. And that was only the outside! What could the inside be like? Biting down, flavor exploded in her mouth. The tanginess, the tropical smell, the sweetness...it was so delicious. Only one word in her mind: Yum!
She flapped her wings and took off into the night, determined to find more of these...peaches. Since Flutterbat is still part pony, she could scan the fields. Aww, there are only apple trees. I need more of them!
That orange pony, surely she must have some peaches! Yes...peaches would be better than apples. Her predatory instinct took over, begging for it's diet of apples. Shrugging it off, she flew to a brightly lit house. It nearly blinded her crimson eyes as she wrapped a bat wing around her eyes. "Hiss!" She spat, trying to drive the light away. One does not simply drive light away as she alerted the ponies inside of her presence.
Silently cursing in bat, the door suddenly opened on her. She hissed one more time, before a magenta grip held her. What sorcery is this? Where are the peaches? This purple winged unicorn walked up to her, curiosity gleaming in her eyes. "We finally caught you, thanks to Applejack and her peach."
A blush appeared on the farm pony. "Aww shucks, it was nothing. Ah' found a peach laying around. So ah' threw it."
Flutterbat hissed once more, smelling Applejack for peaches. She wanted it right now! "Use the spell now Twilight!" Rainbow yelled, startling the alicorn. "We're going to miss this chance!"
"Oh, what? Yeah, let me get this show on the road." Her purple horn glowed magenta as the color picked up the confused Flutterbat. What is even happening? The glow became so bright it enveloped the room. "I think it's working!" Twilight said when Flutterbat was carried into the air, her messy pink mane billowing around.
BOOM! A flash of light and the room was silent. A fog covered the bat/pony, preventing anyone from seeing if the spell worked. A cough was heard. Pinkie whispered. "Did it work? Is she-"
"HIIIIISSSS!" The extremely large hiss caused the mares to jump five feet into the air. Below them was Flutterbat rampaging. She crashed into the walls and furniture, trying to find an exit.
"Applejack!" The cyan pegasus yelled. "Do something!" The earth pony couldn't kick Flutterbat; she was her friend. Her eyes rested on a counter, where ten peaches lay. Applejack was really going to have to talk to Applebloom about bringing home peaches. Only apples were allowed. One peach landed directly into the hybrid's mouth and she gulped it up.
Flutterbat slowed down, and began to stalk Applejack. She could see the hybrid, but the farmer couldn't help that a bead of sweat fell down her forehead. Applejack backed up into a counter and threw a peach. Flutterbat dove after the peach, gnawing on it furiously. "G-guys! Ah' thing ol' Fluttershy wants some peaches."
"Great idea." The alicorn called from the other side of the room. "Her pony instinct will battle the predator instinct! The predator side wants apples, but the other side wants peaches. If the pony side wins, Fluttershy will go back to normal. Applejack, you are a genius!"
"A-Ah' am? Then yee-haw! Let's get this party started!"
"That's what I always say." Pinkie interjected, before an angry stare shut her mouth. "What?" The mane five and Spike threw peaches at Flutterbat, as she gobbled them up. The more she consumed, the more she looked like her original self. The bat wings turned into pegasus wings, her fur grew a shade lighter, her red eyes became blue, and her bat cutie mark turned into her butterfly one.
"What happened? I had a terrible dream that I became a bat pony thing." Fluttershy shook her head, driving off any apple/peach urges.
"You did!" Pinkie sang, hopping around the shy pegasus.
"But did I suck anypony's blood?"
"No, but first you started eating all the apples in Sweet Apple Acres, and then being obsessed with peaches. It's weird, huh?"
Fluttershy laughed nervously as her fangs shrank back into her mouth. "Yeah...listen...can I go back to my cottage, it's been a long night for me."
"Of course you can, you deserve it." Twilight said assuredly.
"Twilight, can I talk to you?" Fluttershy knocked on the library's door. She came in, where the alicorn was busy eating a peach. "I have a problem."
Twilight put down the peach. "What's wrong? Are you still part bat?"
"Not exactly. You see...I still have these urges..."
"Peaches?"
"Yes!" The pegasus squeaked, covering her eyes. A peach was tossed to her.
"This fruit is what changed you back. You can gladly have it." The two shared a laugh before Twilight wrote a letter to Princess Celestia about what she learned.
Dear Princess Celestia,
Today I learned that peaches are the best fruit, and can help anypony in need.
Your faithful student,
Twilight Sparkle
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