Spike slumped onto the chair once the Deans were done. He'd been on campus barely twenty-four hours, and had all this laid out to him.

Not only was he attending a campus that not only was in another country, but another freaking world, he was scouted and accepted there because he might be the key to helping the Monster Girls be able to give birth to monster boys?? He chuckled, surprising himself a little. "And I thought balancing study and a social life was gonna be the biggest challenge."

Luna smiled. "Well, you're on no time limit, if that helps. And don't worry about Mamono attraction..."

"...we won't hesitate to let you know when we're in the mood." Celestia smirked. "For now, though, you need to see the campus doctor for a physical."

"Physical...?" Spike looked at her. "But I just had a check up a month ago."

"Last thing we need is to find out you're susceptible to an illness here, have a medical condition you don't know about or an allergy to the food, flora, or worse, Monster Girls."

"Oh, I guess that makes sense when you put it like that." He honestly had no idea what kind of bugs Equestria could have, especially for a guy who's only been there one day.

"Exactly." Celestia pushed a note into his hand and gave him directions to the doctor's office.

"Sister..." Luna spoke up after he left. "What did you give him?"

Celestia's smirk widened. "Directions to our bedroom and when we'll be off."

Luna just stared at her for a moment. "I knew there was something about you that always got me wet." She purred, reaching to grab her sister's ass.

"What can I say?" Celestia kissed her.

Quickly slipping the note in his wallet - after finding out what it was - Spike started the walk to the doctor's office. A nearby clock told him it wasn't even noon, but the sky was still a darker blue than it normally was, and that cotton candy/bubblegum scent was still there.

"It's all the monster energy in the air." A voice spoke up nearby, causing him to wheel around to find Twilight Sparkle walking up.

"Oh, hey, Twilight." He looked at her in mild confusion. "Monster energy?"

"Yeah, I noticed you seemed a little surprised at the sky's color here." She said, as the two started walking at a sedate pace. "We Mamono always emit a certain amount of monster energy. So, when a large enough group starts living somewhere, the energy starts to saturate the ground and air, like over there." She pointed to a nearby decorative pond. The water was tinted a bright blue, as if someone had poured food coloring into it. "When the concentration gets high enough, the area officially becomes know as a Monster Realm."

"Monster Realm??" He almost tripped at that.

"Don't worry, it's more of a somewhat altered environment than anything, but we have ways to keep the energy from spreading out too far. All the electricity we use here is from specially designed generators that siphon excess energy and convert it. And Principals Celestia and Luna help keep it from expanding off the campus grounds as well. Plus, our human forms let us keep from expelling out too much, letting the higher levels of magic overtake and disperse it."

"Ok, that kind of makes sense." Part of him wanted to ask how that worked, but he had a feeling she'd lose him at the beginning. "So...what about the wonky sky color?"

"Oh that. A couple of hundred feet up, the energy levels are just dense enough to block out a portion of sunlight, making the sky seem a few shades darker. Normally, it would block out almost all of it, giving us constant nighttime on campus, but the preventative measures I mentioned keep that from happening . Now, back in our home world, it was usually quite high, tinting water pink and making the moon look red when you see it through the saturation. Here...I guess because Equestria has a high magic content, it must somehow mix when the amount of energy is just right. Whatever the reason, it gives it a blue color here." She looked up. "Makes the moon look really pretty at night, though."

"Heh, must make for a hell of a moonlight stroll around here." He smiled...until she stopped him with sudden arm against the chest, making him stumble back. "Ow..!" 'Ok, mental note: never make her wanna punch me. That hurt!' "Twilight, what the-?"

"It's Fleur...this isn't good!" She said, sounding more than worried.

"Who?" Spike looked to see who she was referring to, his jaw dropping at what he saw. Heading their way was a curvaceous girl with light magenta hair, and even lighter streaks through it. However, it was what she had on that had his attention; a body-hugging, strapless, high-leg black and gold leotard, elbow-length gloves, thigh-high stockings and heels.

She looked like she was more ready for a fashion shoot than a class. "Uh, what's wrong with her?" He asked, realizing he just got his answer when she looked at him. What was a calm, relaxed expression abruptly shifted to unmistakable surprise, then to what Spike could only describe as a feral smile.

"Fleur! No! Remember what the Deans said!" Twilight called out with a warning tone. Unfortunately, whatver she was talking about seemed to be lost on the other girl.

"Twilight, what's going onnnnwhy is she growing extra legs!?" He tried to keep from shrieking as Fluer's legs suddenly began to split. From the feet up, they started separating into eight sections, growing larger and gaining a thick coat of fur the same colors as her hair. The ends shifted and hardened into large pearl-white claws that clicked loudly on the pavement.

"Fleur's an Ushi-Oni, they're one of the most aggressive monster girls out there! If she decides she wants you, then there's very little that can get in her way!"

The rest of her changed and shifted as well; her lower torso expanded and swelled until it was the size of a small cow, and bared an unnerving resemblance to a tarantula. Her upper half remained humanoid, but looked no less scary. A swirling pattern of fur being the only thing giving her a measure of modesty grew on her now pale grey skin. Her forearms grew into massive furred paws, her fingers turning into large claws as well. Her hair grew into a large shaggy mane covering her back, and two large pearlescent horns now jutted from her head.

"THAT'S a-a-a whatever you said!?" This time it was a shriek.

"Yes! Don't just stand there; run!" Twilight yelled as the transformed Fleur let out a near roar.

"COME TO MAMA, BIG BOY!"

In response to this, Spike did the one thing any reasonable male probably would've done in this situation.

He screamed in terror, then ran like hell...with Fleur right behind him.

Author's Note

Cliffhanger, bitches! *evil laugh*