Corrupted Harmony

Garrett was exited, and nervous, something Pinkie Pie liked to call "nervcited," It had been a week since the meeting with Celestia and a lot had happened in that time. Many recon groups had gone into Corrupt areas to gather Deathweed and the like to analyze and study. Most had been lost and now Garrett, along with Twilight and Fluttershy, were one of the few recon groups left. They were short one recruit so Garrett had to recruit Fluttershy for the mission just to fill the slot. As soon as Garrett mentioned saving animals from being corrupted or killed, she signed on. Garrett felt bad that she had to see these kind of things... For about a second. Garrett could see that she was uneasy so he tried to comfort her. "Don't worry Fluttershy, you wont even have to fight, you just need to make sure that we don't get ambushed and heal someone up if they get hurt, the chances of dying are, like super low," Garrett said, though he knew he was bullshitting her.

"How low?" She asked.

"Well I'm still alive, I may have lost a few limbs-"

"Maybe a few brain cells too," Twilight added.

"Yeah, but I'm still oka- HEY!" Garrett shouted. They both laughed and Fluttershy seemed to relax a bit. They all got off the train and Garrett went silent, along with everyone else. A whole village, destroyed. Corrupted vines had begun to flourish atop buildings and Deathweed had begun to grow as well. once pristine gardens were now dead and empty. Certainly not a good sight, but on the bright side it was bursting with materials to test.

They were split into two different groups one group would harvest materials, and the other group would protect the harvesters when they had their back turned. Garrett was, of course, a protector. Twilight was about to say something, most likely about the state of the village, but Garrett put a finger up to stop her. "Do you hear that?" Garrett said, cupping a hand around his ear.

"Hear what?" Twilight replied, "I can't hear anything,"

"No, I hear it too, like a chugging..." Fluttershy said. Cocking her head.

"Fluttershy, your sure it sounds like a chugging?" Garrett said, deadly serious.

"Yes, its getting louder too," The yellow mare said, a scared look dawning on her face. "Why?"

"Fuck, SCATTER!" Garrett yelled. No one dared to question him. A huge worm, the size of a train burst out of the ground and arced in the air, landing on one unfortunate mare, pulling her underground with it. "EVERYONE KEEP MOVING, DON'T STOP!" Garrett yelled, running in circles. The worm burst out behind him and he was able to identify it, a World Feeder. The worm was huge, about as long as fifteen cars back to back. It was brown, and seemed to be linked as if some kind of chain. Each "link" had a big, green bloodshot eye on it. The head had two large, fangs that tore apart any pony it hit.

Garrett pulled out his Aqua Scepter and unleashed a powerful beam of glowing water that slammed the monster throwing it off course, sending it crashing into the ground. Meanwhile, Twilight had climbed onto a building and was charging a blast of magic. The creature surfaced again, killing another harvester. Twilight let loose her blast as Garrett let loose another stream of water. The water arced and missed.

Twilight's blast didn't.

The blast hit the beast spot on and left a burning, lavender crater where the 5th "link" was. The World Feeder roared and burrowed again. Garrett had a feeling where it would strike next.

"TWILIGHT, LOOK OUT!" Garrett screamed.

Too late.

The beast tore open the building and tried to grab Twilight with it's razor fangs, it tore open her left flank, effectively ripping off her cutie mark. She went flying and hit the ground next to Garrett. He stepped in front of her as the beast, still in the air, changed it's trajectory and went right for him. He held out the scepter in his hand. He willed the water to blast out, enough force to go through steel as of it was wet tissue paper.

Nothing.

He had run out of Mana, the power within a hero that allows him to use magical items.

Garrett waited to die. Instead he was treated to a burning World Feeder corpse. He looked behind him. Twilight's horn was glowing and smoking. Garrett took a flask of pink liquid out of his new bag, and handed it to Twilight. "Drink," Garrett said, as he took out his own bottle. Instantly Twilight's wounds began to heal, muscle mended itself, skin melded itself together, even Twilight's cutie mark had reappeared.

"Thanks," Twilight said, getting up slowly.

"Can we leave now?" A small broken voice called out. Fluttershy had hidden the rest of the harvesters and treated their wounds. Garrett had to resist the urge to tell her to pony up (no pun intended) but he didn't need anymore enemies and he was tired enough already, he didn't need another fight. He just nodded and followed Twilight into the train. The entire ride back to Ponyville was silent. Garrett remembered his first serious battle wound. It was from a Zombie. He walked into the base, covered in claw marks and bites, crying and waiting for Katie the nurse to patch him up. And him warning Garrett about the dangers of wandering, much to his annoyance.

Garrett blinked back tears. Things were so much better back then. They were a family, a family that was horribly broken, but a family. Fluttershy must have noticed that he was blinking back tears. "Are you ok?" She asked. Garrett put on his brave face and forced a smile. "Yeah, I'm fine, how about you?" Garrett said, wanting to get the attention off him. "I guess I'm ok," She replied. "Is everyday like that?" She asked. "Sometimes..." Garrett said. "We have our slow days," He said, a slight grin on his face. "How about you, is everything all sunshine and rainbows, or is that just a facade?" Garrett asked.

"Well there are monsters here too," Fluttershy said. "But that's why we have the Princesses, so nopony gets hurt,"

"Hmm," Garrett replied. Would it really be so bad? Getting a solid job? Having friends that weren't in critical danger all the time? Having someone else protect your home? "No, its my responsibility as a hero of Terraria to protect my home" Garrett thought. "And I fucked up this world too, so its my responsibility to fix this one as well," he said under his breath

No one heard.