Trail of Molten Rock

I awoke to the sound of fillies screaming, and my eyes came across a class of students and a teacher; wonderful, must be around the time good old Discord gets free. I'll be having a few words with him if he decides to free me and my Little One. Anyways, I watched as the teacher, Ms. Cheerilee, reached me, her eyes staring at my large body without a care, "Alright class, this is Behemoth." They all looked up to me, their eyes wide with how big I was. The teacher continued, "Long ago he suddenly appeared in the Everfree Forest when a stallion had stumbled upon him. He was eating a ferocious Manticore that had attacked him. Now, why don't a few of you tell me what he looks like to you?"

Applebloom was the first to speak, "He looks like a rock monster!"

Cheerilee nodded, "Yes, he does. But not all of his body is rocks." She explained, "Under those rocky plates is raw flesh that would that would make him vulnerable to predators and the environment."

I watched as Sweetie Belle gave Cheerilee an incredulous look, "You mean that something hunted this thing?" Yeah, no. Nothing would hunt me unless it had a death wish.

Cheerilee nodded, "Yes, but those predators quickly became prey as he hunted them instead."

Then, of course, Diamond Tiara had to fucking talk, "So this thing is just a wild animal?" Go fuck yourself.

Cheerilee shook her head, "No. Although he may look like one, Behemoth is actually smarter than most animals of the Everfree. While the Timberwolves hunt for sport instead of needing to, Behemoth only hunts when he is hungry."

I saw Scootaloo stare at the hand on my chest, cocking her head to the side, "What's he holding?"

Cheerilee sighed, "Behemoth appeared to be a father as his supposed child was a much smaller version of him, but even the child was taller than Princess Celestia. Although most simply deny that he is a father at all, only the Princesses believe that he was truly the father of the little one." It almost brought a tear to my eye hearing that Celestia had the dignity to at least add a few of the real facts. But I was still pissed at her for turning both me and my Little One into stone, nothing would change that. Cheerilee nodded to the next statue, "Alright, now this is a really interesting statue. What do you notice about it?"

They were focusing in on Discord, and I sighed, knowing what was going to come next; Cheerilee was going to talk about him, the CMC was going to argue whether he represented chaos, confusion, or evil, and the fact that they don't notice the bastard begin to crack as they pass him makes me believe they're all actually blind and deaf.

But as soon as they were out of my eyesight, I watched as Discord's statue slowly cracked. A few seconds later the statue shattered and Discord stood where his statue was, a big smile on his face. "Ah, finally. It was dreadfully boring being a statue for over a thousand years." He looked to his left, and nodded happily, then turned to his right and saw me, my height towering over him. He smiled, "Well, at least I know you won't hurt me the first chance you have." Oh you're sorely mistaken, Discord; if you free me, I'll not only punch you through this goddamn mountain, but tear your limbs off. He floated up to my head, looking into my several eyes, "Ah, you're a bit big. I'm sure you can cause some chaos."

He snapped his fingers, watching with glee as cracks started to form all around my body. Soon enough, all the stone on my body shattered and fell to the ground, my body falling down with it. I used my free club-like hand to catch myself from falling, while I took in a deep breath and let it out slowly, embers escaping my maw and landing on the ground. I could feel Discord's eyes staring at me as I slowly raised my head to look back at him. Once I saw him, he smiled, "You are one scary looking beastie, aren't you?" He asked rhetorically, and I growled in response to it. He continued, "Well, now that I freed you, I have one simple request; create some chao-OOF!" He didn't finish as I punched him with my giant fist, sending him into the mountain that this city was hanging upon. I don't take orders from those who make my life a living hell. Sure, I loved that he made me my favorite monster in its prime, but the fact he gave me a child to look after, that pissed me off. Don't get me wrong, I love the kid with all my heart, but the fact he made it to where she couldn't grow was a problem.

I looked down in the palm of my hand, seeing my dear Little One sleeping. I brought her back up to my chest where I held her close, raising my head and stomping over to the new hole in the mountain. As I neared it, I heard Discord groan as he gripped onto a stone and pull himself out of the hole. "My, my, my, what did I do to catch your ire?" He asked as he pulled himself out of the stone. Once he was out, I punched him back into it, my eyes glaring at him. He groaned under my fist, "Cheese and rice, that's some muscle you got there. Care to tell me what your exercise routine is?" I snarled at him, removing my fist and bringing my head close to him. Once he took an even closer look at me, his eyes widened, "OH! I know you! You're that one guy who bought that gear from me at the comic-con." I nodded angrily, then raised the sleeping Little One up so he could see her and pointed at her. He face-palmed, "Oh yes, terribly sorry for not mentioning it earlier. That figurine you bought from me? That's this one." He motioned towards the Little One, a small smile on his face.

I growled at him, and he rolled his eyes. Suddenly, a gasp was heard and both of our heads turned and saw a guardsman, standing still in shock as he watched us both stare back at him. All three of us stared at each other with our eyes wide, mine especially since I was probably the biggest threat to Equestria. The guard slowly stepped backwards and I slowly let go of Discord, taking a few steps back while attempting to be as quiet as possible.

Discord smiled at the guard, "Ah, my friend! I'm terribly sorry to say this but; don't move or I'll place you in the center of the Everfree Forest." The guard was hesitant at first, and when I saw him slightly move, I shook my head at him as a warning. But he continued anyways, slowly backing up. Discord laughed aloud, "Oh my, this is going to be fun!" With a snap of his fingers, the guard disappeared and my eyes widened. Discord then turned to me, "I'll answer your questions later, but you better find that guard otherwise Celestia will blame it on you!"

I growled, but nodded as I began climbing up the mountain, hoping to reach the top and roll down with enough momentum to get me to the Everfree in less than a minute. As I was climbing the side of the mountain, I looked down to see if anyone else saw me. Of course, I wouldn't be surprised if they did; I am a monster made of flesh, lava and rock that is taller than three dragons combined. Sighing, I continued up the mountain with my free hand latching onto the nearest ledge to pull myself up.

Eventually I reached the top, and watched as many Pegasi attempted to reach me. I was surprised they didn't try to go after Discord... then again there weren't any guards attempting to find him in the episode if I recall correctly. Huh, strange. Anyways, I watched as they finally reached me, flying around me in circles while pointing their weapons at me; a mix of spears and swords.

One of the guards flew up close, glaring at me, "I am Captain Bright Star and we're here to take you into custody, Behemoth! You can come quietly or loudly!" I stared at her, my expressionless face blinking at her several times. It was quiet, and eventually I heard a yawn come from Little One. Lifting her up to my face, I watched as she turned to me and squeaked at me happily, walking over to my face while I stared blankly at her. She then climbed on my head, the guards watching as she hit my head lightly with her tiny fists. I simply continued to stare at Captain Bright Star while she stared at Little One in surprise.

She turned to the other guards, who were just as surprised as she was. She then turned to me, "So you're a father then?" To her surprise, I nodded. "You can understand us?" I nodded once more then looked to the Everfree Forest, my mind suddenly remembering the other guard that Discord had so elegantly moved. I grabbed onto Little One and brought her to my chest, forming into my Boulder form and rolling down the mountain at quick speeds. The Pegasi shouted at me, but I was unable to hear them as I quickly sped down the mountain and towards the Everfree.

Froggy Bottom Bog Third POV

Fire Heart never asked to be on guard duty, and he sure as hell didn't want to see both of the most dangerous villains of Equestria squaring off against each other. Hell, all he did was walk around the corner and see the Behemoth growling at Discord. Then as he wanted to leave, Discord just had to threaten him with teleportation. Then boom, Fire Heart was in the Everfree Forest in the blink of an eye, more specifically Froggy Bottom Bog.

As he wandered aimlessly, he began wondering to himself if he was going to leave alive; no pony apart from Discord and the Behemoth knew where he was, and the fact that both of them were villains really strengthened the thought of him dying alone. He jumped at the nearest bubble that popped in the swamp water, fearing that it was a hydra that was going to eat him. But it was nothing than that; a bubble.

He sighed, pushing his fearful thoughts aside as he continued walking towards what he believed was the exit. As he reached it, he turned to his left and saw a rockodile in the water, it's eyes peering out of the water. Luckily they didn't come onto the land unless they were really hungry, and from the looks of it that rockodile was well fed. It was probably wondering whether or not he was a threat to its territory. Fire Heart smiled at it, waving with his free hand while the other was on the hilt of his sword, nervous that it may attack.

Suddenly the rockodile started levitating in the air, but Fire's eyes widened when he realized that it wasn't a rockodile, but a bucking hydra. Oh, if fate was much kinder to him he'd pray every day to Celestia.

The hydra only seemed to have one head, but he knew that if that head were to be decapitated it would simply be replaced by two. This thing was practically invincible! Unless he was blessed with the strength of a thousand earth ponies, he had no chance of winning this fight. The hydra growled at him, stomping over to him with what appeared to be a evil smile on its face.

Fire Heart unsheathed his sword, his eyes staring right back into the hydra's with fear. The hydra opened its mouth to take a bite, but Fire rolled out of the way and swiftly brought his sword down upon the beast's neck, severing it from its body. He watched as the hydra stood tall, before two heads popped out of its body, each one glaring at him. Sighing, he saw the beast try and take another bite out of him, his eyes closing tightly as he didn't want to see his own death.

In the distance, the sound of cracking trees was heard, and Fire opened his eyes and saw that even the hydra's eyes were wide as the ground began to shake. Then out of nowhere, a giant boulder of jagged rocks launched itself from the bushes and at the hydra. The boulder itself seemed to be much bigger than the hydra, but the most surprising part was that it was leaking lava.

The hydra shrugged it off, turning back to Fire while licking its lips. But as it was ready to take another bite, a bubbly noise was heard as the boulder seemed to melt off the rock, revealing what laid underneath...

...the Behemoth.

Behemoth's POV

I slowly got out of my boulder form, setting the-now-awake Little One on the ground and turning to the tiny hydra that was about to eat the pony, its eyes full of fear as it looked up at me. I glared at it, a snarl escaping my throat as I slowly stomped closer to it. Suddenly, I heard the sound of the swooshing water and I turned my head, only to see five other hydras rise out of the water. They each had at least seven heads, so this one was probably a newborn despite it having only two.

I turned to the other hydras, my eyes occasionally glancing at the other hydra. They all turned to me, a hungry look in each of their eyes as they were probably starving; Froggy Bottom Bog didn't get that much wildlife, but it was the only place they could inhabit since others were taken by either Timberwolves or Cockatrices.

When they were all out of the water, I roared at them, my stone plates spreading apart and showing my sharp teeth and fleshy face. Less than a second later, my stone plates covered the entirety of my face as I charged at them, my pounding steps causing the ground to shake uncontrollably. Once I reached the youngest one, I quickly punched it away from the pony while quickly charging the others. The other hydras were hesitant at first, but charged at me nonetheless, hoping they could beat me with their strength in numbers.

One of them used its many heads to wrap around my arm and try to pull me to the ground, but I easily removed it by smashing its body with a large fist, the sound of its snapping spine signifying that it was dead. Two ran behind me while two others charged at me from the front; I used my tusks to stab the two ahead of me, impaling their bodies and rendering them dead as I shook them ferociously and tossed them to the side. The two I didn't attack jumped onto my back, biting onto my rocky neck as an attempt to remove the armor and reveal the soft flesh under it. I tried reaching back to grab them but it didn't work as both were directly on my back, so I then rolled onto my back, surprising one and stabbing it with the jagged rocks that were part of my rock armor. The other was smarter and jumped off before it could get impaled, watching as its friend met death by said jagged rocks. It growled, knowing that it couldn't win since it was alone in the battle, and started running the opposite direction. I roared at it before shooting my tongue out at it and pulling back towards me, ending it swiftly with a mighty smash.

Calmly, my eyes scanned the bog, checking to make sure that none of them were alive. Once I was sure none of them were, I turned to the pony and to my surprise, I saw Little One playing with him. So basically, while I was killing those hydras, they were both playing around? Completely vulnerable to other monsters while I was preoccupied with the meaner ones?

The pony and Little One were wrestling each other, Little One obviously winning as the pony laughed, forgetting all about the fact that there were hydras attacking.

I stomped over to them, pulling the pony out of his joking thoughts as I neared. He quickly stood up, watching me with fearful eyes while I stared back with ones of moderate interest; I expected him to be fearful of Little One since she was three feet taller than him and looked like me. But it appeared that he didn't care all that much for it. Turning to Little One, I saw that she was sad that the pony had stopped wrestling her, so I did the one thing that would cheer her up; play with her!

I picked her up and rolled onto my back, tossing her up into the air while she squealed happily. She always loved it when she was tossed higher in the sky, probably hoping that she'll be as tall as me. I knew that Discord will eventually lose the fight against the Elements and be turned to stone, but once he does leave the stone prison after making friends with Fluttershy, I am going to make him increase my Little One's size. Maybe to the height of a Stage One.

As I continued to toss her into the air, I heard the sound of beating wings. I quickly caught Little One and brought her to my chest (much to her chagrin) and looked up to see the Pegasi that approached me before. I stared at them, before turning my head to the pony that was looking up at them with a smile, "What are you guys doing here?" He asked them.

Captain Bright Star replied with a warm smile, "We were following the Behemoth when he rolled down Mount Canterlot and into the Everfree Forest for some reason." She looked at the dead hydras that littered the ground, "But it appears that we've found it." She turned to me with a smile, "So, you came here to save Private Fire Heart?"

I nodded slowly, still wary of their actions. However, this 'Private Fire Heart' didn't expect me to reply and was shocked, "You can understand us?!" I turned to him and nodded. He rubbed the top of his head, "Jeez, didn't know something your size had a brain." At that comment, my eyes turned dark orange as I glared at him angrily; what a fucking mouth you have, my friend. It'd be a shame if I were to simply RIP IT OFF!!! He instantly realized that he spoke it out loud and smiled nervously, "Sorry! Sorry! I didn't mean it!"

As I continued to glare at the disrespectful pony, Captain Bright Star spoke up, "So, apart from the fact that you insulted something who is at least ninety hoofs taller than yourself, what else happened?"

Fire Heart chuckled nervously, explaining the whole story from how he was about to get eaten by a hydra then I killed all of them. And he also explained that Little One had walked over to him and started playing with him.

Captain Bright Star laughed wholeheartedly, "Oh wow, you played with the Behemoth's child? I expected the Behemoth to pummel you for even getting close to it." She turned to me, "So why didn't you?" I shrugged at her.

"So, can we go? Discord is still out and about, and if the Elements haven't gotten him yet, it's our duty to fight him!" Fire Heart asked, walking over to Captain Bright Star.

She nodded in agreement, "Yes, that would be best." She turned to me and smiled, "Well, Behemoth, you're not as bad as the history books made you out to be. I'll be sure to put in a good word for you if Celestia still thinks you're a threat." I nodded, watching as Bright Star turned to the other Pegasi with a stern look, "I need two stallions to pick up Private Fire Heart and fly him back to the castle! Now!" She ordered, and two Pegasi stallions obediently picked up Fire Heart, flying him towards Canterlot where Discord most likely wasn't at. Bright Star saluted me, and I nodded to her. She then flew away, the Pegasi following her.

It was strange; back on Earth, most of the fanfiction said that the Ponies were disobedient, overprotective, and blind stupid. But judging from the way Bright Star let me go, I can only guess that it's all bullshit. But maybe that's just the Pegasi? Nah, it can't just be them. Their morals had probably gotten to the other Pony races, and even if they hadn't, I'd still love to see how Celestia will react to me being let off the hook by Captain Bright Star.

I was pulled from my thoughts when I heard Little One squeak happily. Looking down at her, I saw that she was holding her arms up at me, jumping up and down. The amount of cuteness caused me laugh happily, my hands reaching down and lifting her up close to me. My laugh sounded more like gravel, but it was better than nothing.

Once she was in the palm of my hand, I began walking into the forest with a happy smile; being back in the forest felt great, even when I knew that I would be pushed out of it by Celestia.