Path Of Flesh And Blood.

"NO, PLEASE, DONT DO --- " The beg of mercy was interrupted by the sweet high pitched scream of pain that came from the humanoid  pony before me as I pushed the red hot metal against her right leg. I held the hot metal against the pony's leg until the sweet scream started to lessen, marking the moment when vocal cords started to become too stressed out. Pulling away the hot metal, I placed it back on the fire as I looked at the newest burn wound my prey had been gifted with.

The pony in question whimpered in pain as she was breathing heavily, her eyes shut as her body was shaking from fear and pain. This was not the first wound she had received, but so far it was the most painful after the snapped horn and the broken wings that hanged lifelessly on her back. The trail of blood on her head and face from when the horn had been snapped in two had dried hours ago, but the broken wings were only an hour long.

I smiled at my work, watching the purple pony as I traced my finger along the wounds around her body. As I reopened few of the smaller ones, the pony tried to pull away from my touch uselessly. It was cute to see this pony being so stubborn. Bringing the hand to my mouth, I began to lick the fresh blood out of my fingers as I moved back from my prey and turned, moving towards the old table in the corner of the cave. I could hear the pony realize that I was moving away from my prey, but the pony knew I would return soon with whatever sadistic new ideas and toys I would have.

A sadistic smile came to my face as I stopped in front of the table and looked down, enjoying the taste of blood on my fingers. The set of knives on the side were dirty with dried blood as the young drake was laid on the table, its hands and legs secured rightly as the mouth was shut with metal chains. From the rising and lowering of its lungs, which were currently in view thanks to the chest being left open after my last biological study on the living drake, it was clear that the young pet of pony behind me was still alive.

Taking the scalpel from the tray, I lowered myself a little as I washed the blood away in the water that covered the cave floor. While not too high, it was high enough to reach these ponies to their knees, which would be a waist level for the drake sprayed open on the table. To me however, it was nothing as it only covered the thinner part of my tail, while the thicker part was above water. Even if the water was higher, it didn't matter to me at all, since my kind could breathe in water just as easily as above it.

As I finished cleaning the scalpel, I corrected myself as i put my left hand of the table, leaning on it while the right hand made a small cut below the left eye of the drake, which moved his head away from her tool. Letting a tired sigh, i lowered the scalpel as i took a syringe from the side and stuck it against the drake's neck, filling it's bloodstream with the paralyzing drug. Its eyes went wide as its body tensed, moving its head to the right before it too stopped moving.

A smile stayed on my lips as i took the scalpel again and moved it towards the left eye of my current target of attention, moving the blade around the eye as the skin and flesh was cut. The drake's body was shaking a little, but it didn't matter as i slowly carved the eye out, before cutting it completely from its home and picking it up. The eye hole started bleeding slowly, but i already shifted my attention elsewhere.

Ignoring the bleeding drake, i set the scalpel back to the table as i turned around, drake's eye still on other hand as i moved back to the pony hanging from the ceiling. As soon as the pony heard me move across the cave (thanks to the water, it was easy), it raised its head as it slowly opened its eyes, which went wide as it spotted my blood covered hand holding an eyeball. The pony moved her gaze quickly towards my face, which i only answered with silent predatory smile as the pony moved her eyes passed me to look behind me.

While the pony couldn't see the drake, it was clear who was the owner of the eye on my hand as i moved it closer to my mouth, pony's eyes turning back to me as i licked eyeball before pushing it into my own mouth, watching the pony in front of me look at me in shock and fear as i enjoyed the taste of my snack. Closing my eyes, i focused on the taste of the eyeball on my mouth as i purred in enjoyment, gaining a weird look from the wounded pony.

As i swallowed the piece of flesh, i opened my eyes as my tongue licked my lips and fangs, making the pony look at me as if i was insane (which wasn't far from the truth). "YOU’RE A MONSTER! HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO HIM? HE WAS JUST A CHILD!!" The purple pony screamed in anger and disgust, which only made me smile more as i took hold of the pony's face with bloody claw, forcing it to stay still as i leaned closer to my prey.

"Why, it's simple my dear" I said as my snake-like tongue licked the wound on pony's face, which made the pupils of pony in question extremely small, compared to their normal big look." It is because of your dear princess that i make you, her star pupil, suffer for the crimes she committed against my people. I shall enjoy the look on her face as she sees your lifeless husk hanging there, having been dead quite some time before she ever finds this place. Your precious princess will break, just as shall you, my dear" I said as i brought my fangs to the neck of my prey and started feasting on the blood, feeling myself grown even stronger than before.

My apologies, i forgot to introduce myself. I am Medusa, a Gorgon. Well, last of the gorgons to be specific. What is a gorgon, you ask? Well, a Gorgon is a humanoid creature with snake's lower body and human's upper body, with green skin of scales. In our head, we have hair made of snakes, and while our upper body would be beautiful by human standards, it is covered in scales. It does not make us look ugly, simply more snake-like, even though the eyes and fangs make it clear enough. Our eyes are yellow, with our pupils being slit thanks to our predatory nature.

However, the best thing Gorgons are known is our ability to turn anyone that takes eye contact with us to stone (has to be other species rather than another gorgon of course) consciously, meaning if we wanted, we could easily turn anyone into a stone statue. While few animals in here Equis possess the same ability, we are immune to this completely, meaning we can't be turned stone by abilities that are similar to ours.

This is the reason we lived so long on top of the food chain, as no other species dared to cross into our territory without a death wish. However, that came soon to an end as the ponies suddenly appeared, mastering the unknown magic as they attacked us. Taken by surprise, we were not prepared to defend ourselves from the invading force that these ponies were.

We were peaceful race, so our military wasn't prepared to take down such a force. While they of course died thanks to our superior nature and our natural abilities, we were losing the war. It is because of this that we fled, leaving our old lands as we traveled over the seas to safety and started to rebuild our numbers.

There were barely a hundred of us left when the ponies once again came, trying to force us to extinction. We held strong, experimenting with our own magical abilities to defend ourselves as we killed the ponies in rows when they came. It was only a short until the extinction of our species came however.

I still remember the day when the White One came. I was only a teen, preparing the food for my family when suddenly she came, and without warning, used her superior magical abilities to kill any she came across as she destroyed our homes. I still remember preparing to escape when she destroyed the roof of our home and came down, killing my parents in cold blood with a sword stolen from our now dead warriors. I watched as she finally turned her attention to me, sadistic smile with mix of disgust on her face as she attacked. I tried to defend myself, but i stood no change as she levitated me against the wall and pierced my heart with the blade.

My world was turning dark when i noticed her magic tearing down anything she could see, destroying the last remnants of Gorgon civilization in anger and disgust. It was then when i stopped feeling anything as my world went dark.

I do not know how, but after few centuries (i do not know how long it was, but it was clear it was few centuries at least) i suddenly awoke with gasp that left my lips as my eyes opened. I was confused and scared, unaware of what happened as i looked around, only to see only rotting pieces of skeletal bodies that once were my parents and family. In confusion i watched the destroyed remnants of my home as i turned my attention back to myself, only to see my body in state similar to mummified corpses.

I blinked in confusion as i weakly drew the blade piercing my heart out, only to see it break into pieces as i dropped it on the ground. With quick notice, i realized that it had rusted into a weak metal, confusing me even more as i looked around. As i lied on the floor, i tried to remember the reason i was still alive, only to fail as my memories showed me no answer. It was then when i heard a noise in front of me that i raised my head to look at the source.

It was a small filly, looking around in excitement as its friends flew into my destroyed home from the hole in the roof. I heard them speak about finding a place to adventure in, only to realize where they were as one of the accidentally hit her hoof on the skull. They looked around, terrified as they realized that they were standing in middle of ancient tomb, feeling the fear of situation.

It was then when i could smell the blood pulsing in their veins, making me feel the hunger as i slowly crawled towards them. They did not notice me until i was close, but it was too late by then. With quick move, i knocked two of the filly’s unconscious as i took hold of the third and sank my fangs into her neck. I could still remember the sweet scream that she released before i drained her dry.

It was most delicious feast i ever had as i noticed that my body started to fill itself again, making my eyes go wide as i hungrily drank the blood of other two fillies, feeling my body strengthen with each drop that i swallowed. In my blood high, i ignored the dried bodies at my feet as i slowly moved myself across the ruins of my old home to outside, only to realize that it was night. As i filled my lungs with fresh air, the new instincts of mine took over as i heard someone call the fillies in the forest. I quickly turned my attention to direction of the voice as i moved, keeping myself hidden as i came closer to the source.

I do not know how long i moved through the forest before i came across the two earth ponies, both of them looking around as they called the names of now deceased fillies, not noticing me as i circled around them and moved behind their back. With quick movement, i knocked the stallion unconscious as i brought my fangs to the neck of mare, silencing her scream with my hands as i slowly drained the poor pony of her delicious fluid.

It was then when i heard a shout behind me that i pulled away from the mare and turned, only to face a young Pegasus in the air as he looked at me in horror and disgust. He started yelling about a monster, but i ignored it as the snakes in my hair all turned towards the Pegasus as my eyes glowed. The pony was ignorant of my abilities as it didn't shield its eyes, only to realize that it should have as its body turned to stone. It was quite fun to see the statue fall to the ground and break into pieces, but i ignored it as i feasted on the blood of the stallion. As soon as both of the ponies were empty of their blood, i noticed my body having been fully revived to its former beauty.

I wasn't sure how long i did it, but i laughed like a maniac at the situation. The White One had called us monsters, but with my rebirth i had become one.