My Little Pony: The Silvermane

Paul opened his eyes slowly, giving a groggy groan as he did so, finding himself not in the tree he had fallen asleep in, but instead in a beautiful meadow, the air was still, and not a sound rang out over the moonlit scene. He gave a small smile as he sat up from the position he had woken up in, lying flat on his back, before getting to his feet and having a good stretch.

"Mmm this place never changes at least... Now I can think in peace."

Paul blinked as he noticed the world around him flicker slightly, the night sky flickering like it was made of liquid, before a small tear began to form, and none other then the princess of the night, Luna, floated down to the ground, landing on her hooves without a sound.

"Aw for fu... Come on! Not even my dreams are safe?! What is it with you ponies and privacy, and by that I mean your total lack of consideration for it?!"

Paul growled, the scenery around the man shifting to match his emotions, with the peaceful field replaced with a dark, overgrown wood, rotten and creepy looking tree's surrounding both the princess and Paul on all sides. Princess Luna raised an eyebrow at Paul's words, and gaze a bored look around as his dream changed.

"You speak very casually for being in the presence of a Princess... And for one in such trouble as you are, I would be mindful of my tongue..."

Luna's tone was low, her eyes locked on Paul's as the irritated man stared down the intruder.

"Well let me answer that with some wise words from my world..."

Paul smiled softly and bowed, earning a smile from Princess Luna, which she quickly dropped for a shocked expression at his next words.

"Woopity-fucking-do... You are the one invading my head, so I will say what I like. Speaking of, how the frig did you get in here? Are you some kind of... Super princess therapist?"

Luna sighed and face palmed, as the last time she had to deal with a being that had such an annoying attitude was when Discord, the god of chaos and disharmony had been up to his evil ways. The princess of the moon huffed and went to open her mouth to retort, when she was forced into a coughing fit as a cloud of smoke exploded out of the ground beneath her hooves.

"What twickery is this?!" Luna demanded as the smoke began to clear, but found to her horror that see couldn't use the royal Canterlot voice, and her voice was much squeakier and young sounding.

"D'aww... You look so frikkin cute!" Paul had a huge grin on his face as he stood over Luna, looking down at her, his arms folded as he did so.

"How... How are you so big?! No..." Luna looked up at Paul before glancing down at herself, finding herself in her foal form, which Celestia had once dubbed as 'Princess Woona'.

"Well, this is my head... And I decided you... You..."

Paul couldn't continue as he stared down at little 'Woona', her eyes glistening at the corners, giving him the sad puppy dog eyes and to top it all off... She was pouting. There was only so much cuteness a man could take.

"Fuck! Fine! I'm sorry!"

He shouted, and with that he closed his eyes tightly and a few seconds later, Luna was back in her usual form, looking slightly less cute and very ticked off.

"Never, ever, do that to me again..." She waved her left index finger under his nose in a threatening manner, earning a gulp and a fearful nod from Paul. "Good... Now, before you decided to interrupt me... I wish to discuss a few things with you, without my sister or Princess Sparkle listening in."

Paul raised an eyebrow, and nodded, closing his eyes once more, his face scrunching up alittle as he whispered under his breath.

"Calm, peaceful, relaxing..."

Luna rolled her eyes and closed her eyes also, and as her horn began to glow she waved her hand, the scenery around them returning back to the calm, rolling fields, the moonlight and stars shining down on the pair. Paul opened one eye and looked around, before turning his gaze to Luna and frowning.

"Show off..."

"I am a mistress of both the night and dreams... I do not 'show off', I merely do..."

Princess Luna waved her hand once more, a black, steel table and two chairs appeared beside the pair. Luna took one seat on the left side of the table, while Paul slowly took his own seat.

"So... Interrogation? If so, I must warn you... I will probably break after the first five minutes, so lets save each other the mind fuckary that would probably take place... What do you wish to know?"

Princess Luna looked genuinely hurt by his comment, her eyes locking on his own as she sighed sadly.

"We would not... I mean... I would never do such a thing..."

Paul groaned as he heard her words, and a simple glance at her body language was enough to show how much he had fucked up.

"Aw crap... Listen, Princess Luna, I am a sarcastic kind of guy... And since being brought here (Against my will mind...), I have been going into overtime to compensate for getting 'really' angry."

Paul smiled lightly and got up from his seat and moved behind Luna's chair, slipping his hands onto her shoulders gently before she could resist, gently squeezing them, his gaze staring down at her as she tilted her head up to look at him, her wings twitching as her body tensed at the contact.

"So far your one of the few ponies that hasn't tried to beat me up, experiment on me or try and molest me... So your cool by me, and lets be honest..."

Paul looked left and right in an over the top fashion, earning a small giggle from Luna, before leaning down, getting close to the alicorn of the night, making her cheeks blaze with heat as he whispered to her.

"Between you and me... I much prefer the night, well... Except for when its a full moon, in which case my furry side kinda comes out and enjoys it instead." He smirked and pulled back, his eyes softening, "Also, your much better looking then your sister... And less likely to smash me into things..."

Paul and Luna shared a laugh, both smiling happily, enjoying the moment of peace. The moment did not last sadly, as the dream scape around them both began to fall apart, fading into darkness, making Paul sigh.

"Great... What the hell is waking me up now? A lynch mob or Twilight and friends... I am kinda hoping for the mob..." He mumbled the last part, earning an eye roll from the princess of the night, even though a soft smile graced her lips.

"So... I must ask before you awaken... May I return to you once sleep takes you once more Silvermane? I will understand if you decline..."

Paul chuckled and rolled his eyes, giving Luna a shrug, "Sure... Just knock next time, so until later..."

They both gave each other a simple wave before everything faded to black for Paul.

The man shot upright with a start, the sound of angry shouts and hastily approaching hoof fall's made him turn his sight towards Ponyville.

"Holy crap, lynch mob was right... Wait, are those... The fuck?! Pitch forks and torches?!"

Paul wasn't exactly sure how to take the sight he could see from his perch on the branch, as what looked like the entire populace of the town was heading towards his position, almost all having that look that screamed 'someone's gonna get fucked up'. He considered running, but stopped as he noticed the six mares walking at the front of the huge crowd.

"Huh... Either I have a way out of this, or Twinkle Sparksicle has lost her marbles and started a 'Kill the human' cult..."

Paul chuckled at his 'witty' quip, before getting back into a relaxed pose on the branch, laying on his side and resting his hand on the side of his face, giving his best 'paint me...' look, while truthfully the human was terrified, knowing he could probably heal up most of what they would do to him, but he knew it was going to hurt... A lot...

"Hey Sprinkles, whats up? You seem to have quite the parade behind you, whats the occasion? Ooo! Is it another party, I think we should have another..."

Paul found himself silenced as a  purple clamp was locked onto his face over his mouth, silencing him, making his eyes go wide.

'No! My wit! My humor! I can survive with my looks alone but still!' Paul raged inside his own thoughts, all the while Twilight Sparkle looked like she was having a mental breakdown, her mane frazzled and messy, her left eye was continuously twitching and she had a look of pure murder in her eyes.

"You... Shut up!" She spun around, pointing a finger at the amassed mob, who all were struck silent by the mere sight of the crazed mare, each citizen knowing how the princess got when she lost it...

"The rest of you, I am now going to deliver the punishment deemed fit, decided by both myself, Mayor mare and myself!"

The rest of the mane 6 stared at Twilight, not having seen her this far gone for a long while, each unsure what to say or do as an awkward silence descended on the amassed group, the only sound to be heard was the wind blowing softly, rustling leaves on the nearby trees, accompanied by the sounds of several birds and a single, hyper-active cricket, who chirped away noisily.

Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy, both not really sure what to do, made their way over to the tree where Paul was sat, his legs dangling as he pulled frantically at the clamp over his mouth, a humorous look of panic on his face as he did so. Pinkie giggled and climbed up the tree and settled next to him, swinging her legs back and forth as she watched Twilight, who had seemed to be starting to calm down ever so slightly... Until...

"Twilight... Darling... You said 'myself' twice..." Rarity chose this moment to pipe up, earning several groans from the mob and one from both Rainbow Dash and Applejack, the latter hiding her face as she tipped her hat down over it.

"No I didn't! I'm not crazy, you're crazy!" Twilight pointed at the spot next to Rarity, earning a raised brow from the posh white unicorn.

"Princess Twilight... I thought you and your friends said the punishment would only happen if he refused to accept the alternative? That IS what you argued with me for over an hour for..." Mayor Mare dropped in swiftly to the conversation, before the lavender alicorn did something that might cause problems later...

Rainbow Dash took the chance that was presented by the Mayor speaking to Twilight and flew up to a nearby cloud, tugging it down next to Applejack near the ground and sat down on it like a beanbag.

"This gonna be good..."

The rainbow maned mare smirked as she watched, not seeing Applejack roll her eyes as she tipped the brim of her hat back, so she could watch as Twilight was taking deep, and hopefully calming, breaths, before she sighed and looked over to where Paul was sat, a frown as she noticed Pinkie Pie and now Fluttershy were sat on either side of Paul on the branch, both trading looks at him, before returning their looks to Twilight.

"Girls... Get down here, this is seri..."

A loud snap and two yelps of surprise, along with a muffled yelp rang out. The branch holding the three had finally given out, dropping them all onto the ground, with both mares somehow landing on top of the poor human. Pinkie Pie recovered first, giggling like a school filly, bouncing up and down on Paul's chest where she sat.

"Wooo! That was fun, again again!"

Fluttershy was next to respond, quickly hopping off Paul's stomach and kneeling beside his head, "Oh my... Are you ok Paul?" She asked timidly.

Paul's eyes were comically spinning around for a few seconds before he shook his head rapidly, clearing his thoughts before nodding, but shooting a glare at Pinkie that more or less said 'get off me', which she completely ignored until she was lifted off him and held off the ground by a purple aura that covered her body.

Rainbow Dash was laughing her flank off from her seat, rolling around on the fluffy cloud with tears in her eyes, while Applejack moved over to Fluttershy, taking her by the arm gently and leading her over to where the other elements were standing behind Twilight, with the still miffed looking towns folk in the background.

"Paul Silvermane... You have assaulted one of the citizen's of Ponyville, and while you did it in defense of somepony, it is still a crime... Luckily for you, Lyra has decided to not press charges against you..."

Paul seemed to perk up, and even though his mouth was fully covered by the purple, glowing clamp, every pony could tell he was smirking. The sight of his smug look made Twilight frown as she raised her left hand, a newspaper appearing in her magical aura with a flash, making Paul raise an eyebrow.

'She wouldn't...'

*Thwack!*

Twilight Sparkle slapped Paul upside the head with the rolled up newspaper and pointed it at him afterwards, "Nothing smart to say Paul?" Twilight asked with a smug smirk, but gasped as Paul gave her the middle finger, which earned the poor guy another smack across the back of his head by the newspaper.

"Um... Sugar cube... As much as I reckon' most ponies here are likin' you smackin' our friend around like a bad critter... You were sayin'...?" Applejack, ever the voice of reason, twirled her hand in a circular motion, signalling the young princess to move it along.

"oh... Sorry..." Twilight gave a sheepish smile as she looked at Applejack, before turning to Paul once more and clearing her throat.

"Lyra will drop the charges if... You apologize...  And give her a hug. If you refuse, then I will give you two choices... Banishment from Ponyville... or Foalsitting the Cutie-Mark Crusaders for a week..."

Paul raised an eyebrow and gave Twilight a deadpan look.

'Really... First a fucking newspaper and now terms like that?! And why the hell did the crowd only look worried when they mentioned babysitting some kids? Hell, I know what I am picking...'

Paul's inner monologue rolled off as he sighed, tapping the clamp around his mouth and nodding to Twilight, who let her horn's glow die down, causing the clamp to vanish.

"Ah god... That's better... Now... BITCH! Who the fuck uses a newspaper to hit someone Twinkle brains?!"

"My name is TWILIGHT SPARKLE you hairless ape!"

"Yeah?! Well, this ape is gonna break his foot off in your royal ass!" Paul froze when he heard a loud snapping of twigs behind him and the rustles of a bush, followed by a low growl...

Paul's eyes stayed staring dead ahead, noticing every pony present had their eyes wide with fear, a few were even slowly backing away.

"Fluttershy..." Paul croaked out nervously, a very forced smile on his lips as sweat dripped down his forehead, "What exactly is behind me... And please tell me it is a magical teddy bear that dispenses hugs and happy thoughts... Please!"

Fluttershy for her part, gave a small whimper as she moved to stand behind Applejack, along with most of her friends.

"Um... It's a-a Manticore... Sorry..." The last word was barely a whisper as her wide, fear filled eyes were hidden behind her mane.

"Well..." Paul slowly turned around and promptly restrained himself from pissing his makeshift shorts, as the sight of the huge lion with the wings of a bat and a tail of a scorpion loomed over him, its eyes glaring at the man before it.

"Um... nice kitty?"

The next thing he knew, Paul was flying through the air, blood jetting from the deep claw marks scrapped over his chest, the Manticore's swipe sending him all the way back to land infront of a very scared looking group of mares... The last thing Paul heard before he blacked out was the screams of panic and the stampeding thuds of dozens of hooves as their owners tried to run from the beast...

In a room of pure white, that seemed to stretch on forever, lay a young man, wearing nothing but a pair of makeshift shorts and suffering from a case of mauling.

"Awaken my son... It is time we spoke..."

Paul groaned as the booming, yet gentle sounding voice roused him from the pain induced unconsciousness, who sat up slowly and clutched at his chest, seeing that the claw marks were still there, four deep gashes that ran from his right shoulder down to his left hip.

"Aw fuck... Thats gonna be a bitch to heal..."

"If you heal at all my son..."

The voice boomed again, making Paul look up at...

"Holy crap... Are you... God? Am I-Wait... Am I DEAD?!"

Paul began to panic, he had never really expected to die, and not so young. His eyes darted from the glowing white light that he had seen floating above him and looked around the expanses of the white room.

"No... No! I am to manly to die! Take Twilight instead, she deserves it more!"

The voice slowly formed into a shape, one that Paul had never thought he would ever see again once he was taken to Equestria... There before him, floated a flying spaghetti monster, with a pair of googly eyes staring down at him.

"No my son... You are not dead... And I am not god... I am just a figment of your messed up mind as it tries to cope with making sure you don't have to turn in your 'life card'..."

Paul blinked and stayed silent for a few moments, before tilting his head.

"Ok... Not dead but dying... Better then nothing... And... Really? I see god in my mind as a spaghetti monster? Man I am weird..."

"You have no idea my son... Some of the things I have seen while in your mind..." The creature's spaghetti body and tentacles visibly shuddered.

"So... me being a messed up ass hat aside... What now? I chill here till my healing is done? Cos I am down for that... Saves me having to deal with those damn ponies..."

Paul then heard something... A distant scream of fear, a familiar voice trying to reassure another...

"Fluttershy?!"

Paul blinked and looked around, the 'god' hovering over to his side as the man frantically looked around.

"It seems you care for a few of these 'ponies' a lot more then you let on, my son."

Back in the waking world, the mane 6 had their hands full... Rainbow Dash was flying around the Manticore's head, irritating it and keeping its attention as Applejack was struggling with a lasso rope in both hands, the loop fastened around the beasts neck, but the creatures constant thrashing, trying to hit Rainbow Dash was causing the cow pony's muscles to strain as she tried to hold on.

Twilight was doing her best with both Rarity and Pinkie Pie to herd the town resident's back towards their homes, doing their best to calm down the infamously skittish ponies of Ponyville, and finding the task to be alot harder then they thought, as many ponies, both stallions, mares and foals crashed into each other, or ended up running in circles...

"Damn... We need more help... Fluttershy?! What are you...!"

Twilight's words died in her throat as she saw where Fluttershy was, knelt beside Paul, his head in her lap as the yellow colored pegasus looked down at his wounds on his chest worryingly, not sure if he would heal like he said he would... But all thoughts were cut off as a loud roar ringed through the night, as the Manticore batted Rainbow Dash out of the sky and into a nearby tree with great force, knocking the pony out instantly, before turning its attention to Applejack...

With another swat of its left paw, Applejack joined Rainbow Dash in a pile on the floor, both mares unconscious... Seeing that the two irritating prey were out of the way, the large creature turned its attention to easier prey, namely the already injured creature and the cowering pony with him.

Twilight's eyes went wide as she realized what was going to happened and began pushing her way through the still panicking ponies that were swarming around her, blocking not just her progress, but also Pinkie Pie's and Rarity's too... Twilight prepared a teleportation spell, but as she saw the Manticore pounce at both Paul and Fluttershy, she knew she wouldn't make it... Fluttershy Screamed as the monster landed before both her and her unconscious friend, holding Paul's head close to her, pulling his limp form close against her body as the beast's scorpion tail reared back and shot forward...

Paul watched the scene, standing over both his body and Fluttershy's shaking form as time seemed to slow down, giving him a moment to look around, seeing the collapsed forms of both Applejack and Rainbow Dash by the treeline... Twilight, Pinkie and Rarity rushing to get to both him and Fluttershy...

"No... Not like this... I wont let some over grown pussy cat fuck with my friends... Even if I have to make them hate me by letting them see what I truly am..."

From behind him, Paul heard the sound of rattling chains and a harsh, feral growl, the owner of which was a dark shape coming into view out of the corner of his eye, stalking towards him, weighed down by the chains it bore... Paul smiled sadly and raised his arms up in submission.

"I know this is gonna be a bad idea... But fuck it, what else could go wrong?"

Fluttershy had slammed her eyes shut, tears streaming down her cheeks as she cradled her friends head close as she waited for the pain to come, but after several moments and nothing happening, Fluttershy opened one eye slowly to see what was going on and gasped... Inches from her face was the stinger at the end of the manticore's tail, while said beast was letting out growls and whimpers aplenty as Paul's left hand held the beasts tail firmly in his grasp.

"Fluttershy... Listen carefully to me, while I can still think strait..."

Paul's voice sounded out against Fluttershy's fur, making her look down into... Her eye's went wide as she saw his eyes, which instead of their blue color, had taken on a crimson color.

"I... I need you and the girls to get to safety... Get every one... gah!"

Paul let go of the manticore's tail in a flash, only to bring his right fist flying forward and punching the creature square in in the snout, which issued a loud, sickening snap before the force of the blow sent the beast flying backwards several feet. Paul pushed away from Fluttershy rapidly, crawling to his feet before letting out a pained cry as his muscles visably began to twist and change under his skin.

"Go... NOW!" Paul's last word came in a mix of an agony riddled shout and a growl, his face beginning to contort and stretch, as tears burst open all over his skin, showing not blood or muscle underneath, but thick, fur the color of silver... His shouts of pain and rage slowly devolved into animal like growls and howls as his hands, now sporting long, grizzly looking claws, tore at the skin of his body, tearing it off in thick strips, tossing it aside onto the grass until all that stood where Paul once was, was a tall, silver furred wolf creature that stood on its hind legs, its crimson eyes glaring at the manticore that was watching in just as much confusion, and fear as the ponies that had bore witness to it...

Twilight was the first to recover from the sight of Paul's grizzly transformation, rushing now passed the utterly stunned town ponies, who were either frozen in place, fleeing back to their homes in fright, or simply feinted in fear. She met up with Pinkie and Rarity, turning to her white unicorn friend first.

"Rarity, get over to Rainbow Dash and Applejack, then wink back to the library, I will follow you with Pinkie and Fluttershy!"

Rarity, not in any state to argue, gulped and nodded, rushing over to where her friends lay, away from the Mexican stand off between the two creatures... Once by her friend's sides, Rarity's horn lit up and in a flash, she was gone.

Pinkie Pie stood watching Paul with wide eyes, her ears folded back and her tail and mane deflated, not liking the idea of leaving any of her friends behind, even if said friend had just turned into a strange wolf monster to fight another monster...

"Twilight, we have to help Paul fight that Mean Manticore! He can't..."

Pinkie felt her jaw drop nearly to the floor as 'Paul' rushed forward, using his now much more powerful looking back legs to push him forward faster, moving like a silver blur before smashing into the Manticore, wrapping both his arms around its neck, forcing the beast backwards and into the treeline as the momentum of the attack took them both off the ground and out of sight into the darkness of the Everfree forest.

Twilight grabbed Pinkie by her arm and more or less dragged her friend to where Fluttershy was sat, eye's wide and staring at the forest, her entire body shaking, one word slipping from her lips as fresh tears poured from her eyes.

"Two... Monsters..."

Twilight sighed, not liking what they were going to have to talk about later thanks to this, but she shook her head and returned to the task at hand, placing a hand on each of her friend's shoulder, she winked them all back to the library...

The werewolf rolled for several moments, with the manticore giving as good as it got, exchanging clawing's, bites and bruises before the two separated, rolling away from each other, the manticore raising to its paws slowly, its form covered in deep bites, scratches and other lesser wounds... While the were-creature stood up swiftly, slowly eying the strange beast before it like any other prey, something that made the manticore consider retreating just from that... But the beast knew it couldn't show weakness, and it knew this wolf thing would not show any either...

With a deafening roar, the wounded manticore charged at the werewolf, who answered the roar with a deep, resounding howl, which was taken up in the distance by the forest's timber wolves, sending an eerie echo through the tree's as the wolf man darted forwards, its silver fur coated with blood, but all it's own wound had already healed... The two met head on, and all through the night, the sound of two apex predators fighting for dominance and blood filled the air, causing both pony and animal alike to cower in fear in their homes, preying that the monster's were not going to get them too...

To Be Continued...