Changing Harmony Book 1 A trip to the land where equines rule
Prologue: The Hunters and The Farm House
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Book 1: A trip to the land where Equines Rule.
Legalities: I don’t own my little pony; I don’t own anything to do with the show. I only own original characters and the plot. That said this will be an OC harem story so if you don’t like don’t read. It will be somewhat OC centric, but not completely, there will be parts that focus on the mane six, the princesses, etc. That all said on to the story.
Prologue: The farm and the hunters.
Two figures wearing cowled cloaks walked along a deserted path. The taller of the two was holding their side coughing softly every now and then. The shorter however was writing in a notebook and watching the area for their enemy. The two weren’t exactly regular beings. They were hunters, but not the kind of hunters most know. Instead they were hunters of the things that go bump in the night, the darkness that infected their world, and the creatures that craved the flesh of the living and tormented the souls of the dead. Yes they were monster hunters.
The taller of the two coughed out a thin trail of blood and said “Between my ribs and the poison flooding my system, I don’t know which is going to kill me first?” His companion chuckled and seemed to look at him questioningly. He snorted and said “I know I know, we’re used to demonic magic, especially with our physiology, but it doesn’t mean that poison doesn’t affect the body on its way out. It also doesn’t mean my ribs can handle taking as much of a beating as they’ve been through.”
His companion just snorted and said “Calm down, it’s not like the wounds are too serious, another day and they’ll heal on their own. It’s not like you to complain so much, so there must be something bigger going on. What aren’t you telling me?” The taller figure mumbled something out and his companion asked “What was that? I couldn’t hear you.”
He sighed and said “I feel like we’re getting hurt more than those we hunt.” The smaller of the two nodded in understanding so he continued “So far we’ve managed to cut off an arch demon’s head, track down a pack of hellhounds, and slay a bunch of vampires this week alone. It’s almost like their stirring for something big. Then there was the demon we chased here. What’s so special about an abandoned farm?” His companion shrugged and the two continued walking as he said “I mean the last time a demon ran away we were at a nexus that dragged us into another world.”
His companion smirked under his hood and said “Who knows, maybe this time they’ll drag you to a new world and it’ll be nothing like ours. I mean the last one we went to was only different in that the genders were reversed. Was so weird staring at a female version of myself.” He glanced at his companion and said “So Jay? What now?”
Jay, the taller of the two, sighed and said “I don’t know Zero, I just don’t know. I figure we kill the demon and go home for a while then start again next week.” Zero nodded and the two lowered their cowls as the air around the ranch was warmer than the air along the path leading there for some reason. Jay had dirty blonde hair with grey eyes that were changing color every time the light hit them, and Zero had black hair with dark brown eyes and a moustache and beard. Jay’s hair was short but curled slightly around his ears while Zero’s was long and fluffy.
They walked on a ways and Jay stared at the farm house they were approaching he muttered “I sense a trap.” Zero nodded and drew a pair of pistols from within his cloak, his hands covered with gloves. Jay meanwhile pulled out a bastard sword from behind his back, and tightened his fingerless gloves. He had metal plates on the back of his gloves, and held his sword with both hands, twirling it over his shoulder once then resting the blade on his shoulder and said “Do we just barge in or go in with a plan?”
Zero looked at him and said “Well I’m for the charge in and attack plan, but if you have a better idea I’m all ears. After all, if we just charge in that we could be walking into a trap, but I don’t know where we go from here man. You’re the leader, I’m just a cat.” Jay chuckled as a pair of cat ears appeared out of his friend’s hair, and a pair of wolf ears appearing out of his own hair.
Jay chuckled and said “Right, ever since that spell our animal traits are more pronounced. I guess me being part wolf is what led to you always looking to me as a guide.” Zero nodded and their ears vanished completely as their senses returned to those of a normal human and their bodies lost a little of their mass from the decrease in animal DNA. Jay said “You go around the back and I’ll go in the front. That way if there is a trap I’ll trigger it and you can get me out of it.”
Zero nodded and said “Aye,” vanishing around the corner of the house. Jay meanwhile rushed in the front door holding his sword in front of him to block any attacks only to find the front completely empty. He growled softly fighting his instincts and slowly started searching throughout the room for any sign of trouble. He heard Zero call from the kitchen “All clear. I think the bastard went upstairs.” Jay started for the stares as Zero walked into the room and followed him.
Jay started up the stairs a few minutes later with Zero following. The two got to the first landing and Jay said “I think this is a trap.” Zero nodded and Jay said “Out Now.” Zero threw him out the window just as the house was lit up with a bright light and vanished.
He swore as he heard Zero saying “You’re going to carry on without me. It looks like I won’t make it this time. I enjoyed knowing you Jay, and maybe we’ll see each other on the other side. Earth doesn’t need protectors anymore, we shut all the gates, now it’s time for you to go somewhere else and protect them. After all, you are a wolf and wolves live to protect their friends and family. I’m just a cat, a cat that lost everything a few years ago, but you gave me a new purpose. Anyway I’m rambling so I’ll stop. See you around.” The house vanished completely, along with Zero’s voice.
Jay sighed and let a few tears fall for his friend then lunged at the demon, who came up out of the basement laughing at what he’d just done. He slammed his blade into the demon’s throat only for it to start laughing. He growled out “What’s so funny?”
The demon smirked and said “This world may be safe, but the world I’m going to is ripe for the taking. They believe in friendship, and it will be fun breaking their wills. This world was full of strife and trouble, but you hunters saved it. Now with most of you dead, and only you left I think we’ll finally win.”
Jay snarled and said “Over my dead body. Wherever you go I go, I’ll stop you no matter what it takes.” The demon laughed as a magic circle appeared under the two of them and tried to throw Jay off. Jay however finished removing its head causing it’s laughter to die as its blood activated the circle. It was originally going to kill Jay and use his blood to activate the circle but the tables had been turned. Its lifeless body turned to dust as the blood wet the ground and the circle started to glow with a blackish bluish light.
Jay swore and tried to get out of the circle only for a barrier to prevent him. He growled and slammed his fists against the barrier as his chimera nature started to take over. Unlike Zero and other hunters he’d undergone multiple transformative procedures, so his body was very malleable. The magic latched onto his malleability and started to shift and shape his form causing him to cry out, and then pass out from the pain.
As he passed out he noticed everything around him changing. The world fell away to be replaced by a white void. Jay lay on the void not moving as the corrupted magic combined with the natural earth magic flowing through his body and started to shape him into a new form. The demonic magics dragged him through time and space to another world where the natural magic of the place purified the demonic taint in his body and combined with the ritual magic he and other hunters had used to fight demons.
It increased his body mass, but because he was a melee and magic fighter as well as a ranged user it started to change his body to a lean, toned, athletic look. His eyes glowed under his closed lids, and changed shape. His feet turned into hooves to suit the natural dominant species of this world, and his body became covered in pitch black fur. The tattoos and scars on his body vanished as they were covered by fur. His hair grew down the back of his neck and down over his face. He grew a tail that was a mix of the blonde in his mane and black in his tail with a crimson tip. The tail looked more like that of a wolf or fox than pony, and his ears were slightly more canine in shape with crimson tips.
The white void vanished and he was deposited in a clearing deep in what equestrians knew as the Everfree forest. This is where our hero’s story truly begins, and where the fate of Equestria is ripped out of the hands of the gods and into the hands of mere mortals. So begins the change of Harmony.
Author's Note
So this is chapter 1. We don't really see the citizens of Equis yet, but that's only because we had to have the character get to Equis in the first place. Chapter 2 should introduce some of the mane six and the princesses, as well as one of the threats facing Equestria.
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