The following morning.

Shining Armor POV

You waited an hour after Celestia had raised the sun before sending a team in to locate Anon. You were still in shock the moment. He was so normal only a day ago, working, eating, sleeping. Now? He's a monster to everypony who saw him yesterday.

You refused to believe that though, he couldn't control it...could he? You shake your head of those thoughts, refusing to begin to think about it like that. Anon was your friend, he cared about those he was around. He would never willingly harm them. He mustn't be in control of his actions, he probably feels horrible about everything. You know you would.

"Anon!" You call out again. You have been doing this for the better part of half an hour. your forces moving through the Everfree combing the trees for the human. there was no way to find him other than the idea that creatures flee from them. so with that in mind you look for the places that seem most abandoned.

"Anon!" Your voice is starting to go hoarse from all of this shouting, but you keep at it.

"Anon!" You were just on the verge of giving up the search when...

"Sir." Bullseye approaches you, giving a salute which you quickly return.

"Yes corporal?" He lowers his hoof to the floor and looks to you with a mix of relief and concern.

"We found him." He says quietly.

"Where? What's his condition? How is he?" He holds out a hoof to stop you.

"You better see for yourself." You nod once and begin to follow bullseye through the thick forest, scraping through sharp bushes and thick foliage.

You eventually come to a large clearing in the forest. it was quite beautiful. The whole ground was covered in bright green grass and a few flowers were blooming dotting the ground in vibrant colors. The entire tree canopy had made way for this clearing as if it were a garden, perfectly sculpted just for being there. This place was enough to calm you down.

That calm, however, quickly turned to panic as you saw Anon slumped against a tree in the center of the clearing. Blood still showing on his form though he was at least human..as far as you could see.

"Anon?" He doesn't answer. You move in next to him knowing he's safe without even checking. He's naked apart from a few rags. -he must have salvaged from his old clothes- that were currently covering his personal area. He was staring into the tree line, no emotion on his face apart from a far away look in his eye. They were unfocused, refusing to meet any of the other guards around him. You were starting to worry when you noticed the trembling in his shoulders.

"Hey buddy, you alright?" No response. You decide to levitate the clothes you brought out of the saddlebag you had integrated into your armor. He doesn't even register them floating right in front of his face as you lift his legs up and place the underwear over his ankles, from there you levitate the boxers up his legs and under the rags, removing them and throwing them off to the side.

"Anon?" He doesn't respond.

"ANON!" He jolts back to Equestria. But he is still not all there.

"Anon?" He looks to you.

"Are you okay?" He lifts his hands from the floor and inspects them. They are still coated in blood from last night.

"How many?" He says trembling, his voice catching in his throat.

"Anon, it's not fair for you to -"

"How Many!?" He makes eye contact with you for the first time today, a desperate fire burning behind them.

"One hundred and thirty six guards. three civilian casualties." It takes a few seconds to register with him. He just looks right through you as his head falls into his bloodied hands. You can hear heavy breathing and sobbing as he cried out in guilt.

"I-I-I'm so sorry." He all but whimpers. "This is all my fault." He continues to cry as you just sit there. " Do something you buffoon."

You reach your forelegs around him in a hug and let him cry out his pain.

"Anon you have nothing to apologize for." He continues to cry in your embrace.

"Yes I do! I could have told you what I was! I could have told everyone and I would never have been in that mess! But no, I only thought about myself and because of that... one hundred and thirty nine ponies are dead... because of me!" His sobbing continued harder than ever.

you try to console him, at least until he stops crying. You levitate over more of his clothes and place them in his lap. he takes the shirt and puts it on. he then does the same for the jeans and the hoodie. His sobs have lessened at least.

"Anon, you don't know how we would have reacted in that situation, heck, we might not have even believed you!" This does little to alleviate his guilt, but you tried.

"Sir." you look to Bullseye who is currently standing beside you. "We need to get Anon back to the princesses." He says solemnly.

You sigh. It sucked that it was you that had to do this. , but it needed to be done. You stand up.

"Anonymous Unknown, you are hereby placed under arrest by the Guard of the princess for the murder of one hundred and sixty nine ponies and the attempted assassination of Princess Celestia." He nods his understanding. placing his shoes on and standing to his feet. He doesn't look as tall to you anymore.

"You are to be escorted by myself and the rest of my forces forces to Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. Once there, your fate shall be decided. Do you understand." He nods again, refusing to meet eye contact.

"Then you are to follow me at once." You order as you walk off in the direction of Ponyville, hearing slow heavy footsteps behind you. the other guards move in and surround him, stopping him from escaping. You knew he wouldn't, he was still too shocked to do anything. You took the liberty of cleaning the blood off of his face and hands with the rags he had on him.

"Anon?" No answer. just silence

The walk back to Ponyville felt a lot longer than you'd have liked.

Twilight POV

"....then Anon burst from the tree line so we were forced to jump into the river, thankfully Pinkie was close by because I don't know how to swim. I nearly drowned!" Rarity exclaimed. "I was so traumatized and cold and wet-" Rarity has been going on about her experience for the past two hours now and you've had enough.

"Rarity, Would you please shut up! Anon is out there somewhere likely horrified with himself over the events of last night. probably unable to live with himself, and you're just going to go on about your little trip in the water." Rarity, as expected, looks insulted.

"Twilight, I nearly died." Oh for buck sake!

"Rarity we were in close proximity to a real life Marewolf. We all nearly died. stop going on about yourself and think up something not to do with the situation we've put Anon in...please?" Rarity deflates slightly. Looking down shamefully.

"I'm...Sorry darling, It's just hard to get over this...that's all." You smile, though a little sadly, in response. you turn to Applejack, who hadn't spoken since last night. Just sitting there staring at her hooves, this must be hard for her, probably harder for her than for any of you. Your little group of friends were all staying in your library until you received news involving Anon. Spike had woken up with a black eye. He had explained how he acquired it. needless to say you were a little peeved off at Rainbow Dash,. But you were glad she did it, who knows what would have happened to Spike last night had he been there. You shudder just thinking about it. A knock on the door interrupts your thoughts as you look to see Rain Guard entering your home, walking in slowly with sadness in her eyes..

"They found him." She practically whispers. You see Applejack tense up and look over. You ignore her for the moment.

"I-Is he..."

"Human? Yes, he's a little shocked about the whole thing so if you go and see him, be gentle with him..." Applejack stood up and walked past all of you without a word. Her intentions made perfectly clear.

"We should go with her." You state. All of the girls standing up and following out of the door, you and Rain the last to leave.

You all walk in silence to where the Princesses have set up a small camp. Celestia, sat alone by the side, a blank expression on her face. Princess Luna approaches your little group, smiling happily at something you could not see.

"Where's Anon?" You ask, a little sternly.

"The captain is bringing him here. They'll be here shortly." You decide to wait it out, you hope they won't be too long.

"How are thee doing Twilight Sparkle?" Princess Luna asks, looking down to you in concern.

"I'm fine. thank you." You state rather drearily. You couldn't help it. this was all too much.

"Thou cannot lie to us Twilight Sparkle." Luna prods, nudging her wing into your side.

"It's fine Princess, Thank you."

"Ist thou sure?" You nod.

She wraps her wing around you comfortingly.

"Thou can always speak to us if thou need, that goes for thy friends as well." She smiles down at you and nuzzles your cheek, before giving your friends a reassuring glance.

"Of course Princess, we know." You say matter of factly.

She is unable to say anything more, when you see Shining Armour leave the forest with Anon in tow, along with about five other guards closely escorting him. You would have gone to see him, but Princess Celestia made her way over to them first and something about he composure made it seem like she did not want to be bothered.

She speaks to Shining Armor. You can't hear what she is saying, but based on Shining's reaction, it can't be good. "Oh no." Before you can go see what is happening. A prison carriage is pulled along side Anon and he is harshly thrown into it. throughout this whole thing, he had the glazed, unaltered, distant look to him. He cooperated not putting up any resistance.

Ponies came from their homes. Some were shocked, some were frightened...and some were angry, shouting insults and threats towards the human in the cage. You and the others are too shocked to respond, you all just watched as Anon is caged and taken away. You turn to Princess Luna.

"What is going on?!" She just sighs heavily and turns back to you.

"We are sorry Twilight Sparkle, but Celestia has judged Anon to be too dangerous to stay here. We are taking him back to Canterlot where he will receive judgement." She says, tightening her wing grip around you.

"B-But Anon wasn't in cont-"

"We understand Twilight Sparkle, however Celestia has ordered the containment of thee human as soon as possible." You turn to see Rainbow sitting on the floor, staring off in the direction of the carriage

"But..."

"You can't do this!" Rainbow Dash shouted in the Princess's face. "It wasn't Anon's fault. We were the ones who brought him out there."

"And why did thee do that?" You looked to your hooves, for what felt like the hundredth time.

"We were going to fix his fear..." You state shamefully. "...we didn't know he was..."

"And that is exactly why the human is being taken. Had Thee known of the human's condition, then thee would not have been put in danger." You can't say anything else.

"Can we see him?" Fluttershy asks, hopefully.

"Nay, it would be unwise, the human needs to get to canterlot and studied post haste. We are unsure if thee will see the human again...at least at this moment in time." She says as she lets go of your embrace as she starts to walk away.

"I am sorry Twilight." You would have been surprised by the sudden change to modern dialect from Luna had you not felt so hollow right now. Princess Luna leaves you all on your own to watch helplessly as the entire guard loads into their carriages, and leave. only Rain and Bulls came to offer you an 'I'm sorry' or a 'he'll be fine' and you didn't care. You just wanted this whole thing to be over.

Anon POV

You've been in this box for god knows how long, it feels like hours. Maybe less, You want nothing more than to go home but you feel that that is probably not an option. The carriage jolts in mid flight, not that you cared. You were too numb to care. The only thing on your mind, the pony's insults as you were thrown into the carriage.

Monster!

Murderer!

Vile Beast!

You would have been more pissed about it, if it wasn't true. You look to your hands once again. They were clean, thanks to shining, but you could still feel the blood coating every single cell. It made you sick, really sick. You look for a bucket, unable to find one. You then look for somewhere to evacuate your stomach...nothing, not even a window. You can't hold it in anymore, your stomach contracts and...

*BBBLLLAAARRRGGGHHH*

Blood, there is so much blood. and you know that most of it isn't your own. You keep hacking up more and more blood and flesh, even some bone. Your throat being destroyed by the bone shredding into it. You were fine though...you would heal.

Once your stomach decided to stop, you were now in a small container, filled with the remains of whoever was unlucky last night. the smell is horrifying, it makes you wretch a few times. You look to the blood splattered floor. and then to your hands.

"I really am a monster."

Princess Celestia POV

You were sat in your carriage, your sister next to you, writing down notes on how to deal with Anon.

"We will need to accommodate the human somewhere without windows, there is only one place we can think of." You don't respond. You were too busy thinking about last night. how do you fight something that is resistant to magic? Not only that, but can rapidly regenerate as well?

"Sister?" Luna was looking to you expectantly. She must have asked you a question.

"Yes, Luna?" She groans.

"We asked if thou was okay?" You nod.

"This is just a hard pill to swallow. A-Anon..."

"We understand Sister, we cannot even imagine what you have been through." You smile back at her as she nuzzles your neck.

"Everything will be fine now...I promise."

Canterlot castle comes into view and your carriage begins it's decent towards the landing platform of the castle.

Twenty Minutes later

Anon POV

You were being escorted down one of the many hallways and corridors. It was sad, this was the first time you visited the castle. you turned another corner and half way down the corridor, there is a massive door with great big illustrations down the side. You could hazard a guess to where this leads to. The doors open and you are brought in, at the end of this long room with large pillars and Stained glass windows, sits two thrones. Both Princesses are sitting on each of them. Shining Armour was worryingly quiet as he hadn't said a word since you got left ponyville.

"I wish I could have apologized to the girls" You think sadly, you couldn't stop thinking about the horrified look on Twilight's face as she watched you turn.

That look will haunt you for the rest of your unending life.

"Anonymous Unknown." Princess Celestia states, Luna remains quiet. You bow out of respect, but they do not shift.

"P-Princess." Princess Celestia sighs.

"Anon. For failing to inform us of your apparent condition, you have inadvertently gotten many ponies killed. Do you understand." You nod "And seeing as your condition is a danger to others, we are going to have to study you for future reference." You look up in concern. Princess Luna Looks over to Celestia in confusion.

"Study?" Luna asks.

"Yes, I believe that it is in Equestria's best interests if we were to study his condition thoroughly" You nod simply, not really caring what they do at this point.

"So you will follow Captain Shining Armor to your residence for tonight." Celestia gestures to Shining. Who nods and shifts his head to indicate for you to follow.

You follow him down more corridors, down a load of stairs and through a dungeon. You are then lead to a steel door. and upon entering you deduce that this is the solitary confinement room. You look to Shining Armour, who just shoves you in and closes the door. You can barely make out a quiet."I'm sorry." and then hoofsteps gradually getting quieter and quieter. there are two guards stationed outside of your cell watching you for any trouble.

The cell is just a room, nothing more. there were no windows, just a slot on the door that could only be opened from the outside, there is a dull light crystal on the top of the cell to illuminate it and nothing else, no chair, no bed, nothing. just the floor. You take a seat and wait for something to happen.

Princess Luna POV

As soon as Anon left the throne room, Celestia made her way out and trotting down the corridor to one of the more undisclosed locations in the castle.

"Sister!" You call after her. She stops and turns to look back at you.

"Yes Luna?" She asks as you trot up to her side.

"These studies...We do not believe that they are a justified reaction." You say with concern, trotting briskly to match your sister's pace as she walks down the many large hallways.

"Oh? And why is that?" She asks snidely.

"It is rather apparent that Anonymous was not in control of his actions when he attacked us last night and to punish him in such a way...we believe it is unorthodox. We also believe that if you were to go ahead with this idea, then...we believe that Anonymous would be psychologically damaged as a result. We are begging you to reconsider." You both stop as Celestia looks to you with narrowed eyes, but sighs heavily.

"I fear you may be right dear sister...but Anon's well being is not of our concern when the fate of Equestria is involved." She says diplomatically. "This is for the greater good." She says as she turns away from you.

"What are you talking about!? this is not the Celestia that we know. She would never sacrifice the well being of one of her subjects, for anything! How could you say such a thing!?" Celestia stops dead in her tracks and turns back to you with fire in her eyes.

"Princess Luna, You don't seem to understand. Last night I witnessed that...THING!...attack well over one hundred ponies and not receive a scratch in return! I personally used dark magic that was supposed to bring the power of the sun down upon him and he was unfazed! Don't you see?! That thing down in the dungeons is resistant to magic! That eliminates over three quarters of or defensive capabilities! No magic! No spells! no Elements of harmony!" She shouts, storming up to you in anger.

"And the remaining third is eliminated by the rapid regeneration, making him immune to any form of physical attack!And not only that! But he has the ability to spread this outwards, until all others are either dead or one of him! Think about that for one moment and THEN tell me that this response is unjustified!" You wince at her tone. She never shouts at you...ever.

"B-But..."

"Princess Luna, If you do not wish to be a part of this, then fine. I will not force you, but do not try to get the way of our nation's safety!" She shouts as she storms off. you decided not to follow her. She has a point.

Anon POV

"Anonymous Unknown?" You look up to the door window, at some point you must have fallen asleep. fortunately, there was no nightmare this time. they only occur after prolonged periods without conversion. It's more of a way for the wolf to say, 'let me out' more than anything else. You stand up and nod. He doesn't have to say where you are going.

"You won't be going back there."

"What?"

"You're staying in the lab." He says irritably. You were too tired to care at the moment.

"What time is it?"

"Seven o'clock. Now shut it." You were in no mood to do otherwise as you walked behind him.

You walk through the dungeons, through the corridors and past the throne room and into this room on the other side of the castle. Upon entering you see some sort of circular restraint device and a table full of glassware, and a tray of sharp looking tools. The room contained a more morbid feel to it. You would have refused to enter but before you could voice your disdain you find a needle in your arm. You watch as the plunger goes down and your whole body goes numb. You then feel your eyes forcefully fall closed and darkness greets you.

"Subject, seven four nine: Anonymous Unknown AKA The Werewolf. Time twenty one hundred hours, seven hundredth day, initium novum."

You lift your heavy eyes open and see a scarlet colored unicorn mare in a white lab coat, looking down at a clipboard through a pair of half moon glasses.

"Subject has regained consciousness at twenty one hundred hours." She writes down aloud, inspecting some of her many tools for use.

"W-where am I?"

"Subject is confused and disorientated, Possibly due to sedation." You analyse your surroundings, you were in the lab, but you were restrained in the device you saw earlier. Your arms were restrained at your wrists and elbows, your legs were restrained in a similar fashion by your ankles and knees, the rings clamped onto your appendages where held on tight, eliminating any movement what so ever. They were attached to a larger ring that surrounded your entire person. You only just now notice that your clothes have been removed except your boxers. you had a really, really bad feeling about this.

"Whats going on?!"

"Subject has gone into a panic."

"Would you please talk to me?!"

"Subject appears to be fully awake, Initiating tests."

"Tests? what tests!?" She comes over with a small scalpel held in her magic.

"What are you doing?!" You try to retreat but your restraints hold you in place. She takes the Scalpel and scratches it across your chest, deep.

"GAH!" It hurt, it really, really hurt. You let out a hiss of pain. the doctor watches in fascination as your skin knits itself back together.

"Interesting, Subject does indeed possess heavy regenerative capabilities. I shall have to do more research on this." She picks up a knife and moves over to one of your hands.

"What are you doing?!" You watch in horror as the takes your hand in her hoof and cuts off one of your fingers.

"AAAHHH! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!"

She continues to watch as your decapitated finger deteriorates into ash and a new one grows in it's place, all the while you were crying out in pain.

"Subject has the capability to regenerate lost body parts. Further study will be require. NOTE: The subjects eyes glow yellow when regenerating it's body. Further study required.

She returns with a fucking saw this time. She places the saw just on your elbow and starts to cut....you screamed louder than you ever have before...

she removed things from ears to teeth to entire legs to your tongue to your fucking eye. all of which grew back within minutes. Doesn't mean it didn't fucking hurt. You were going to kill this bitch if you ever got out .

"time: ten, twenty PM. in conclusion the Regeneration process within subject seven, four, nine can begin immediately or take up to one minute to commence, the regeneration takes from four to thirty seconds to complete and leaves behind no scarring or signs of tissue damage. The Body can regrow any part that is lost, including more complex organs, such as the eyes or neural systems. Any poisons inserted into the bloodstream are expelled through the lungs.

Drowning will not kill a Marewolf, nor will flames. In both scenarios, the subject has remained conscious throughout the test. I have even attempted a full decapitation of the head, but the body deteriorates and regrows from the neck, I was able to restrain the subject before it could escape.

Compound fractures of the bones will realign themselves and regenerate with rather disturbing speed, more research is required. That concludes the basic regeneration part of this test. We will begin the next section of the tests tomorrow, which will be myth testing."

You heave heavily in pain. Why?...Why you? what did you do to deserve this curse?

"How are things going Doctor Gauze?" You look to the door and see Shining Armour standing there, avoiding eye contact.

"Everything is fine Captain. do you think you can bring some noise cancelling ear phones. The noise is making it hard to work." Shining nods and leaves the room coming back with a pair of ear phones soon after.

"Shining! Help me! She's fucking crazy!" He looks to you in the corner of his eye, then looks down in shame.

"I'm sorry Anon." He says as he turns to leave.

"Shining?!" He says nothing in response to your shouting.

"HELP ME!" He closes the door, leaving you alone again.

"Doctor can you get Celestia for me...Please!?" She shakes her head, a smug grin adorning her mussel.

"So what? she can help you? -" She laughs cynically. "- Who do you think ordered these tests?" You felt the stabbing in your heart again. Celestia had betrayed you. She had brought you here and ordered you to be Tested on. You couldn't take this. you broke down in quiet sobs.

"Right well, time to test the neural, penetration theory." And by that she meant stab you in the brain with a scalpel.

"AAAnnooonnn." You hear a hoarse voice call as you felt a sharp stinging sensation in the back of your head.

"What? who's there?" Nothing.

"Who's there?" More silence. You must be hearing things.

Three days later

Twilight POV

You are currently walking up to Sweet Apple Acres. You're going to check up on Applejack for the fifth time today. She hadn't been the same since that night. It had hit you all really hard, especially Rainbow, but Applejack was the worst. She stayed at the barn all day, everyday. She never smiled anymore, her family worried about her. Most of the foals heard about Anon and Applebloom's constant questions weren't helping. You never heard back from Princess Cellestia or Luna about visiting Anon any messages you sent, went with no response. You were worried for your friend and so was everypony else.

You walk up to the farm house and knock on the door. Big Mac sees its you and opens the door fully to let you inside, not a word was spoken as you walk upstairs and knock on Applejack's door. There is no response. you knock again, still no response. Getting worried you open the door. An ominous creaking sound reverberating off the walls. You walk in and look to the bed. There facing away from you is Applejack lying on her side facing the window. Her mane hanging loosely by her side, untied unlike normal. Her tail tucked out of the way beside her legs. You catch the gentle rising and falling of her chest she looked as if she was asleep. but when you move around the bed you can see she is wide awake, staring out the window. Just like she has been the past three days

"Applejack?" She still hasn't responded to your presence.

"Applejack, Please just speak to me." Her eyes lock on you, they are devoid of emotion. They are a little bloodshot and puffy and that was to be expected.

"Why couldn't we just leave him alone?" That caught you off guard, she hasn't spoken to anyone since Anon went away.

"Excuse me?"

"Why couldn't we just let Anon have his fear and leave it be? We had to just go poke around and ruin his life." She looks back out of the window again.

"Applejack I understand. Anon was our friend an-"

"Don't ya bucking dare go on about how bad ya feel!" You recoiled from Applejack's remark as she is now sitting up in her bed, staring at you in anger. "Anon was never yer friend, you always made his life horrible. You never trusted him from the start and You wouldn't leave him alone. Ya even got the Princess to talk to him about it. But at least she was his friend! ya'll were the one who wouldn't let it go! Ya'll were the one who came up with the idea to go into the Everfree! And Ya'll were the one who threw him into the Moonlight when he desperately didn't want to! We all are to blame for this but you? You, Twilight, Are the pony most responsible for what happened to Anon! Sure! we didn't know what would happen, Sure! You were just tryin' to help. But it was none of your, nor anypony else's, business to get involved. Had we not gone out that night, Anon would still be here! He would be at home goin' to bed early because the sun's goin' down. Sure! he'd be seen as weird, but he'd still be here! but he's not, hes in Canterlot Castle having Celestia knows what done to him. AND IT'S! All! YER! FAULT! So don't ya bucking DARE go an say he was your friend. Ah'd consider yourself lucky if he even looks at you again without spittin at ya!"

Her words cut you deep but you knew she didn't mean it, she cared for Anon more than anypony else, and she was taking this hard. She needed somepony to go off on. Still she wouldn't have said those things if there wasn't some truth behind them. and it is because of that reason that you couldn't hold back the tears .

"You're right. I haven't been a good friend. Anon was always so nice to me even when I didn't trust him. Ha! I even thought he was going to do something to Rainbow at his housewarming party. I had to follow him to the guest bedroom where he left her that night. He never hurt me, aside from that one time, and he always helped me when I asked questions about his world. He was a good...no great friend and I only focused on his one real flaw. You're right, I don't deserve to call him a friend."

You both fall into a deadly silence. Applejack looks to you with a heated scowl on her face, but it eventually softens at your words as tears start to well up again in her eyes. "A-A-Ah...can't believe we did that to him..." She says sadly as you move forward as embrace her in a hug.

"I know..." You break away from the hug and look her in the eye. "...but we're gonna make everything better. Okay?" She looks to you confused as you climb out of her bed. "We're going to Canterlot...tonight." You say with determination. Applejack perks up at this, her face covered in confusion.

"But ah thought you said the princess never replied to yer letters?"

"Oh buck the princess. I'll tackle her to the floor myself if I have to!" You shout. You probably didn't mean it, but the look on Applejack's face as she jumps out of bed completely reformed was enough of a motivator for you.

"Ah don't know what to say."

"Nothing! Just get ready!" You shout as she flinches from your tone.

"But Twilight-"

"No! You're right. I have been a terrible friend and Anon deserves to be happy. You just get whatever you need to bring and I'll go get the girls." She smiles to you and you run out of her room. Applejack is stunned but she shakes that off.

"Yeehaw time to get Anon back!"

*bang* *bang* *bang*

the door opens slowly as Rarity emerges, looking at you through tired eyes.

"I am sorry but we are closed until further noti...Twilight?"

"No time to explain! Get ready to go we're going to get Anon back."

"But the princess said-"

"Buck what the princess said! Anon needs our help."

"But what if Anon tu-"

"He won't. Now go and get your stuff!" She looks to you slyly.

"Well then. I guess, It's time to get our friend back!" Rarity says as she runs back inside without closing the door. You close it for her and run to Sugar Cube Corner as fast as you can.

You burst through the door startling Mr and Mrs cake.

"Wheres Pinkie?!" They look to each other then to you.

"Up in her room why?"

"No time!" You run upstairs and burst into Pinkies room. She's sat in the corner looking over a photo album of you and your friends, Anon included. Her mane is as flat as ever. It hurts you to see her like this

"Twilight?" She looks up to you sadly.

"No time! Get ready! Going to Canterlot! need to get Anon!"

"But I thought the princess-"

"Buck the princess! Anon needs us!"

"But-"

"We're getting our friend back tonight!" Her mane inflates back into it's bouncy state and she gives you a ear to ear smile.

"Woohoo!" She goes to her footlocker and starts to grab some things. You leave her to it as you head over to Rainbow Dash's house.

"Rainbow Dash!" You shout for the third time. Rainbow Dash's head finally pops over as she stare's daggers back at you.

"What!?" She snaps, looking at you in spite.

"Get your things, we're going to Canterlot!"

"But princess Luna said-"

"Buck what the princess said! your bro needs you!" You hate yourself for saying that, but it got the message across as she looks to you with a determined smile. She nods then flies into the air.

"All Right!" Rainbow flies back into her cloud house.You run off towards Fluttershy's cottage for the final stop.

*Knock* *Knock* *Knock*

"Fluttershy!" The door opens slightly with a creak as Fluttershy's head pops out through the crack in the door.

"We're going to Canterlot. get your things and meet us at the train station." You shout as you turn to leave.

"But-"

"Buck the princess! Get your things." You say, looking to her happily

"T-Twilight, I don't think I can disobey the Princesses." You groan.

"Fluttershy. This is Anon we're talking about. Our friend. and no matter what the princess says, no matter what he say's, He's still not dangerous. He's your friend and he needs your help, are you willing to give it to him?" She looks up to, more determined than ever...

"Let's do this."

You wait on the platform of the train station all of your friends waiting by your side. the train comes screeching in, and no sooner does the conductor announce 'all aboard', are you all cramming in and taking your seats. it's the last train today so you had the cart all to yourself. Everypony was looking restless. Hopefully, If anything were to happen, you all would be able to handle it. Pinkie was bouncing around happy once again.

"I'm so excited to see Anon again! I'm going to throw him the biggest, most bestest party ever!" Everypony's mood has improved exponentially and you were all set. Nopony brought anything with them except their bits and some supplies. except for applejack who looked better than ever, she had her hair back in it's normal state, her stetson worn proudly on her head and her Rope hanging over he flank like the trusty sword of a guard proud to stand and fight for what they believe in. That got you to remember.

"What do we do if the guards don't let us in?" Rainbow asks, almost reading your thoughts.

"They will." You say. "and if they don't, we'll find another way in." You say with a wink to the rest of them.

"Twilight?" Applejack asks, grabbing your attention.

"Ahm sorry for what ah said earlier. Ya didn't deserve it." that caught you off guard.

"It's fine Applejack, You were right. I was a lousy friend." You say as she embraces you in another hug.

"You're a better friend than most." She whispers in your ear. You can't help but return the hug.

"Group hug!" Pinkie announces as she jumps into the two of you. The rest of your friends laugh as you all share a tender moment together.

"We're missing someone." Rarity says quietly.

"Yes we are." Flutteshy confirms.

You can't help but join in with the cheesy phrase.

"And we're going to get him back!"

Anon POV

"Yes princess, following the many recent escape attempts we have decide to periodically sever his spine in multiple places. A machine will do it every minute stopping him from moving."

Your life is hell. The 'tests' never stop. Doctor Gauze needs to sleep? Send in Doctor Morphine. Or Doctor Puncture. Or anybody else who hasn't got a heart. You haven't slept in three days. The tests keeping you awake. You always regenerate from the wounds but you really wish you didn't. this was agony. You're pretty sure they stopped caring about science and just wanted to see how much damage they could do to you before you regenerated.

Celestia? That bitch! She fucking watches you get mutilated without even the slightest hint of remorse, just her sadistically stoic expression. She doesn't care about you, she never did. You hated her and her brat sister.

Luna? You never saw her. She knew about this and she hasn't done anything! She probably just doesn't want to look you in the eye when you scream in agony.

Fun fact: when you're blood is spilled, the regeneration process treats it like a severed limb. As in it deteriorates and regenerates inside of you. So none of them have to worry about cleaning up your mess.

Shining Armour? he doesn't give a shit, if asked for a fucking morning star to test 'the subject' with he will fucking bring it. he stocks up the fucking lab every night. Bullseye actually came to see you, he did nothing he just stared at you and left. In your darkest hour you friends abandoned you.

"I hate my life.

"Anon?" You look to the door, there standing, is Doctor Gauze.

"What?"

"We are taking you to another room." You can do little to protest as she slides the needle into your neck and you are sedated.

"Wait. did she call me Anon?"

"Yes she did." The pain in the back of your head is back.

You wake up still attached to the restraint ring but this time you were in front of a curtain. the ring was larger and the clamps looked as if they were designed to mold around the wearers body tight enough to restrain them but loose enough to...adjust for a change.

It all clicked at once.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

"We have concluded all of the tests we can perform on you in this form, we will need to trigger the change to study your other form." Doctor Gauze answers matter of factly, walking forward to inspect your form.

"No! you can't do this, It'll escape and it will kill you all!"

"I am sorry Anon.-" You hear the calm voice of Celestia behind you "-But to protect my subjects we must learn how to stop your kind if more were to become an issue."

"You retarded over-fucking-grown HORSE! YOU CAN'T STOP IT! AND BY THAT I MEAN KILL IT! IT WILL ALWAYS BREAK FREE!"

*SWACK!*
Your cheek is burning from the strike Celestia gave.

"Don't speak to me like that!" She screams in your face.

"I'm trying to save you! You fucknut!" She strikes you again...harder.

"You are only trying to save yourself!" You look to her with sadness in your eyes.

"Were you ever my friend?" You ask as tears begin to well up in your eyes. Her expression softens for a moment, realizing what she is doing. She leans in and kisses you on the forehead.

"I am so sorry Anon." She's crying. she walks over to the curtains

"Please, don't do this." She takes the chord in her mouth.

"NO!" You both look over to see Princess Luna, standing in the stairway. "Sister this has gone on long enough!" She shouts, trotting over to your side and placing a reassuring hoof onto your side. "We cannot allow you to continue with this." You look to her as she turns to you with a smile. "Anonymous was able to maintain his ability without our influence...we have nothing to fear." Celestia looks to you in concern, before looking back to the night princess.

"Luna. This is for the greater good."

"No! This is you, giving in to fear!"

"Please...this is a mistake." You say sadly as you look over to Celestia. She sighs heavily, before taking the chord in her magical grasp and pulling on it.

"Anon!"

"Moonlight"

Ten minutes earlier.

Rainbow Dash POV

You and your group of friends have reached Canterlot station, the entire platform deserted. You all rush out of the train and head straight for the castle. drawing many eyes from ponies on the street, but you don't acknowledge them.

"What's the plan?" You ask Twilight, pumped on adrenaline and a little fear.

"We head in through the main entrance. Asking to go in. if they don't let us, we improvise." You didn't like the sound of that, but you were going in no matter what.

"If anypony stops me from gettin' to Anon, Who knows what ah'll do." Applejack states angrily as you all rush down the street. The castle starts to come into view, then the gates, then the guards paroling them. You all slow down as Twilight rushes up to the one on the left.

"We need to see the princess, it's a matter of personal security." Twilight says, putting on her most authoritative voice.

"The princess is busy come back tomorrow."

"What part of personal security don't you understand?" She inquires irritably. The guard huffs in amusement.

"Fine. What is the issue?" He asks with a shit eating grin.

"Damn." She states blasting the guard into the wall with her magic. Applejack quickly bucked the other guard unconscious.

"Let's go!" Twilight shouts before charging into the castle courtyard. The rest of you quick to follow.

"Ya know Twilight, This wasn't what came to mind when you said improvise..." You huff out. As Twilight runs along side you.

Guards from around the courtyard have seen your entrance and are now moving to engage you from all sides as guards pour out of doors and fly from the battlements. The main doors to the castle being closed by two of the night guards.

"Get to the doors before they close it!" Twilight shouts. You salute and Rush ahead of them, flying through the closing doors and hoofing a guard in the face then the other. each stunned, but they were fine.

"What was that, a foals kiss. I barely felt that." you Smile. The opportunity was too good.

"You kiss foals? You sick fuck!" You hoof him in the gut. His buddy quick to counter. Hitting you to the floor.

"You call that a strike? You should be ashamed." You give an ear to ear smile.

"That wasn't a strike, it was a stall." They look to you confused.

"A stall? A stall for what." Before you can answer a frying pan smacks off of one of the guards on the head, a pink hoof connected to the handle. The other guard being tackled and tied with a scarf by Rarity's magic. You nod your thanks. The rest of the girls flooding through the door and sealing it behind them with the locking bar.

"What now?" Fluttershy asks, looking around the large empty halls.

"We look for Anon..." Twilight states. "...we will cover more ground if we split up. Rarity, you go with Applejack. Fluttershy, you come with me. pinkie and Rainbow, you're a team." You each nod an affirmative. "...Rarity and AJ, You go to the throne room and find the princesses, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie, you go search the western ward and Fluttershy and I will go look around the eastern ward. If you can't find him, come find us." You nod and begin to fly down the hallways, not really listening to anything else she had to say. You'd be worried about abandoning Pinkie but you knew she could keep up, you didn't know how, but you knew she could.

"Where are we going?" She asks. See...

"Wherever you think we should."

"What? Why me?"

"Because you don't make sense, so you'll know where he is." She looks to you like you're crazy.

"What? I don't know where he is. Why would I?" You facehoof.

"What about when yo-" Pinkie has stopped by one of the many doors. You leaving her behind.

"Here!" She points to the door.

"Ha I knew it!" You move back and open the door, being met with stairs going down.

"Go get the others. I'll go get Anon." She nods and rushes back down the path.

You descend the stairs slowly. Watching for any sign of trouble. You can hear voices speaking down there but you can't make out what they're saying...that is until...

"You Retarded over-fucking-grown HORSE! YOU CAN'T STOP IT! AND BY THAT I MEAN KILL IT! IT WILL ALWAYS BREAK FREE!"

That sounded like Anon but what was he talking about.

*SWACK!*
What was that?!

"Don't speak to me like that!" You recognize that voice as being Celestia's.

"I'm trying to save you! You fucknut!"

You hear Anon scream. You are now running down the stairs at full speed to get to him, not listening to anything else being said, just trying to get down to the bottom you could vaguely hear another voice, but it wasn't registering with you. When you get down there you see Anon restrained in some vertical ring thing. He is mostly naked, and he looks tired, really tired.

"Luna. This is for the greater good." Celestia says to Luna, nobody noticing your presence...yet.

"No! This is you, giving in to fear!"

"Please...this is a mistake." Anon says sadly as you look over to Celestia. She sighs heavily, before taking the chord of the curtain ,in front of Anon, in her magical grasp and pulling on it. The curtains open, letting the moonlight bask Anon in it's toxic glow.

"ANON!" You scream.

Anon POV

The curtains open. leaving the moon high in the sky. You look over to the voice which called your name. You see Dash standing there looking shocked.

"Rainbow Dash?" Celestia asks.

"Get away from him you bitch!" She shouts

"Ha Ha she made a reference."

"Please you have to understand. this is for the good of all of Equestria."

"I don't give a shit.!" Rainbow remarks, getting into a battle stance.

You can feel it starting to happen. You know your eyes are glowing and you can feel the telltale signs of the transformation. Luna remained at the side of the room, watching in fear at what was about to transpire.

"ANON!" The rest of the girls show up. seeing you in front of an open window, facing the moon.

"RUN! PLEASE, JUST RUN!" You scream.

All conflict that was present before stops as the girls learned from their mistakes.

"Anon?" Celestia asks.

"Nnnnggg...Just. RUN!"

She steps back over to the stairs.

"I'm sorry Anon. It was the only way."

"What have you done, sister?"

Author's Note

Got bored, wrote Chapter seven. I tried to keep up the dark atmosphere for this one. and I had a play about with an emotional 'We can do it' section. So tell me what you thought of that.

I'm going to have another Chapter and possibly and epilogue.

So. the story is almost to a close. Just a rampaging werewolf scene and an epilogue.

So until next time My friends. Point out my mistake, give- You know what you know the drill. See ya next time, awesome people.