One worm for the Apples

Parts of metal, along with black dust fell from the fiery red sky, covering the black surface of the planet. Sounds of war resounded on the above, as a pair of ships descended into the ground.

The engines would soon get quiet, followed by the sound of a metal door opening to give way to a bunch of poor souls who found themselves in the pits of Heck.

Two feminine figures alongside a dog-shaped silhouette, made themselves visible from the outside of the vehicle and behind them, several troops settled themselves alongside the trio.

Bonikka found herself staring at her surroundings, noticing the sense of dread the planet gave her. “We are here,” she muttered, “we are in Heck.”

Enormous and almost infinite landscapes were scattered across miles and miles of fire and lava, black and twisted ground were erected to the sky, giving the Heckish ground the feel it was covered in demonic horns.

For princess What´s-her-name, even though she was calm, it actually gave her the creeps. She had never been to this planet before and even if she never admitted it, the reason was because she could never dare to face a place like this, she simply did not know how it was that Jim came here and simply flew away with his usual smile plastered on his face. The princess released a chuckle at this thought.

Her mind shifted from this, to the scared dog alongside her. She knew Peter had been in Heck before, bu it clearly wasn´t an exciting experience as it was for Jim, she felt sorry for the puppy.

“We have to move!” Bonikka´s voice interrupted the princess´ train of thought and set her gaze on the queen. “We are close to Evil´s throne and if we move now, we may avoid any further aggression from the locals.”

“You do realize these ´locals´ are actually demons, right?” Asked What´s-her-name, getting an amused look from Bonikka.

“Why?” She asked. “Are you actually afraid?” ´Damn´ the princess muttered silently. Yes, she was kind of afraid, this was the kind of place she would see in a nightmare. Bonikka chuckled. “I am too.”

Far from accepting the queen´s attempt at being friendly, What´s-her-name crossed her arms. “I´m not scared, I was just worried you would get back to you ship and cry in a corner.”

Bonikka sighed. “Why do you have to be such a b...”

“Girls!” Interrupted Peter. “Can we just move? I don´t know how much longer I´ll be able to resist the callings of my stomach.” The two royalties turned to look at him. “Seriously, I´m tempted to get an exorcist if it keeps talking to me!”

Both royalties chuckled at this. Peter had a strong stomach, that much was true, but like any other hero, he had a weakness and that weakness came in the for of a dish.

´Hero´ thought Bonikka. Normally, the universe would rest on the cares of one being that could hold the weight on his shoulders and now, that being was lost and they were here to rescue him. “Okay, lets not waste more time and move out.” Her gaze turned to her soldiers. “Guards! Establish a perimeter and look for any kind of hostiles, protect the ship until we return!”

“Yes ma´am!” Answered the Endorian soldiers.

Looking towards the other batch of guards, Bonikka cleared her throat. “You are coming with us, a demon pops out, we take it out!”

Now settle, the group began the trek across the wicked land of the damned, ready for whatever would come for them and it sure would.

Step after step, they could hear each time less the voices of the guards guarding the ship, above them, the ongoing fight all around ´The Winter´s Fury´ and finally, they took notice of the several moans of the damned.

It was a creepy place, something that made the group´s heart race, expecting a horrible nightmare to pup out and they silently prayed this was not the case.

There was no word spoken between the group, not natural sound, just the silence and dread. This situation would continue for several minutes, as they made their way towards Evil´s throne.

Along the journey, What´s-her-name had taken the decision of remaining alongside Peter to avoid any of his... Moments and he was sure trying to remain calm.

"I must not fear, fear is the mind killer, fear is the little death that brings total oblivion.” The mantra was repeated time and time again, it was Peter´s way of remaining calm and he sure needed it right now.

The princess noticed the puppy trembling with each step he gave, she couldn´t blame him, she was terrified as well, but at least nothing had come out to greet them.

Soon, Evil´s throne was seen, closer to the group, who had decided to sped up the walk.

They had expected something hideous to come out and assault them, but nothing came out from the fiery inferno and the only thing that laid in front of them was a lone throne.

Carefully getting closer, the queen sent her troops to see the surroundings in search for the cat, meanwhile they waited at the center.

“I don´t get it, he should be here.” Said Bonikka. “There are even no demons close by, why?”

Princess What´s-her-name looked at her, trying to find an answer amidst the unusual discovery, sadly, she had nothing. Soon, the royalties´ thoughts were cut short by another voice.

“Nothing around your majesty.” Said a guard, catching Bonikka´s attention, who turned around the stare at the soldier.

“Nothing? Not even a hint on where that bloody cat could be?!” The guard shook his head, Bonikka pushed further. “What about a hint? Something that could tell us where he is! Maybe something unusual.”

“There was an Insectican cruiser going out of the planet, but we assumed it was nothing.” The guard answered.

Bonikka stared blankly at him, with What´s-her-name face palming at this. It wasn´t long before the queen´s eye began to twitch. It was obvious what had happened and it was amazing how her soldiers had managed to simply ignore this aspect.

Behind Bonikka, What´s-her-name got closer. “Guess we are going to Insectica.”

Bonikka sighed “Guess we are.” In her mind, this mission was starting to get more annoying by the moment.

Unknown to them, a shape followed them back to the ship.

For Snott, the first night had passed, it was already morning and there was no sign of Fluttershy. Whatever she had to do, should have been important.

He kind of liked this place, even other animals were friendly to him, especially Angel. Looking at his side, Snott noticed the still sleeping Jim, snoring loudly like there was no tomorrow. Not long passed before the mucus creature felt a disturbance on his belly and he gave no second thought in releasing a smile. Eating time was at hand.

Quickly making his way towards the kitchen, Snott opened the door and instantly spotted the fridge calling him. His smile growing larger by the second, the mucus creature got closer to the gold mine. Suddenly, a white thing blocked his path.

There, standing in front of him, was a certain white rabbit with an angry look on his face. Snott smiled at him and waved, then tried to get past the bunny. With the intention of stopping Snott´s intentions once more, Angel side stepped to block the slime creature´s path. Snott cocked his head to the side, what exactly was happening?

Frown still in place, Angel got closer to the fridge and opened it, then with his paw, he took out a carrot and waved it in front of Snott´s face.

The mucus creature opened his mouth in a smile and stuck out his tongue in a playful manner. Angel kept waving the carrot, taunting Snott to grab it, then as the mucus creature nodded, Angel released an evil smile and swallowed the carrot whole.

Snott released a sad look.

Opening the fridge once again, Angel grabbed every bit of fruits he could encounter and placed them in a bowl, then wasted no time in sitting on the chair, in front of the table. As he eat, the bunny looked straight at Snott, taunting him with the food. The mucus creature reached into his belly and felt it trembling once more, the turned to look at the bunny with a pleading look.

Angel smiled, maybe he should use this opportunity to set a bunch of rules. With one wave from his paw, he called Snott to sit in front of him, to which the mucus creature instantly did.

With a bunch of gestures, Angel began tracing his own rules against Snott, which were basically: You don´t do anything until I say so, you don´t eat anything until I say so, you don´t let Fluttershy rub your belly... ever and so fort. With each passing rule, Snott´s face fell more and more, until Angel presented him a the prize for this sacrifices. Holding a an apple high, he indicated the mucus creature that it could be his, should he comply in the bunny´s demand.

Snott thought about this, he could simply obey and get the fuel necessary for him to make his tummy happy, or he could deny it and stop eating until Fluttershy arrived. With a decision, Snott gently shook his head, to which Angel simply shrugged his shoulders and got all the fruits inside his mouth, causing Snott to place both of his appendages for hands, on his cheeks, releasing a scream in the process... Angel laughed at this.

The bunny would soon feel the anger, as a more determined Snott shook his head once again, negating Angel´s request. Angel frowned for a moment, Snott was hard to break, but everyone had a prize.

Quickly thinking of something, Angel grinned, the made a few sounds with his mouth and pointed with his finger towards the exit of the kitchen. Snott remained skeptical for a few seconds until he recognized what Angel was talking about... he was about to grab Jim´s suit.

This was bad, he had to do something. Jim´s suit was a powerful tool, not made for anyone to use, for it had several consequences on those that could not accept the weapon´s nature. Quickly shaking his head, Snott asked Angel not to do it, but the stubborn bunny was too lost to listen and wasted no time in stepping off from the chair and run straight to the door and into the living room where the suit was resting. Without wasting a second, Snott followed behind.

Soon enough, Angel stopped his run as he spotted the suit sitting still, then turned to look at Snott and released an evil smile. Snott frowned in response and made a few sounds with his mouth, but the bunny simply ignored them and stepped closer to it. Once more, Snott pleaded for him to step away from the weapon and after a few more tries, Angel´s look was replaced with a bored expression and shrugged his shoulders in response, as he went away from the suit,

Snott sighed in relief at this, until he noticed Angel´s evil look again. In an instant, the bunny jumped into the suit´s hole.

Sparks flew out from the inside and an alarmed Snott could noticed a white bunny shaking badly inside the suit. His hair stood up, as his eyes went blank. A thin smoke was starting to come out from the weapon.

Snott was in a hurry, not exactly knowing what to do. Not too long after, the bunny stopped shaking and remained still, eyes closed.

Carefully getting closer, Snott climbed up the suit and looked inside the collar hole, noticing knocked out Angel, he sighed in relief. With a start, Snott proceeded to take out the bunny until his eyes suddenly opened, scaring Snott with the sudden movement.

Slowly, a wicked smile began forming in Angel´s mouth, coupled with the crazy look on his eyes. Soon after, the hints of a laugh were starting to come out from the bunny and it wasn´t long before a full deranged barrage of laughter assaulted the worried Snott.

In a movement, Angel stood up, now in control of the suit, then grabbed Snott and threw him against the wall.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

The crazed bunny looked at the door and ran straight to it, breaking it and leaving a muscular hole in it Quickly realizing what had happened, Snott stood up and went after him.

The hunt for the suit had begun, as the two of them prepared to fight for the prized gift, but none of them noticed the clear skies becoming red, nor the flames on the horizon rising to the clouds.

Ponyville was a rather beautiful place, full of happy ponies, lively buildings and clear blue skies, but that was not the case this time.

A fiery look covered the ground form above, flames surrounded the town and the sounds of powerful blasts made the ground shake with force.

This was not the happy Ponyville everypony loved, this was a battle zone, witness to a fight that would decide the fate of Equestria and its ace in the hole was lying asleep inside a certain cottage.

Lamps and photos fell from the tables and walls, multiple sounds of glass being broken, resounded across the entirety of the place, but this was not the important part that shook the worm´s mind and slowly delivered from his dream, but rather the low and rough voice that broke this town.

Jim´s head body twitched one time, as if it was trying to wake up and this voice would help him on this trial, a voice that would wake the wind that was about to contain the fire.

“Princess Twilight!” The distant voice echoed from afar, waking up its doom.