Equustale

by neorenamon

"Well well there Chara," said Flowey as he held her and Twilight in the iron grip of his vines, "What ever am I going to do with you and your little friend here?"

With both if their mouths tied shut, neither one could do anymore than mumble protests.

"Oh!" he said a moment later, "I think I'll take your souls and see what I become!" His dark smile increased as he added, "After all, who knows what kind of power I can achieve by taking a new type of soul."

Chara's red soul emerged from her chest to be gripped by one of Flowey's roots. Then Twilight's pastel purple soul emerged from her chest to be likewise taken by another one of the roots.

"Ah," he cooed, "Such a nice color... such great power... These will serve me well."

He leaned his head back to unleash a truly evil laugh.

Chara and Twilight both continued to struggle against his vines, but they didn't have the power to escape. It looked like having physical contact with the vines was suppressing Twilight's magic as well. The root was wrapped about her horn rather tightly. Then the two fell limp as their souls moved towards the face of Flowey. In a matter of seconds, their souls became part of his.

"Blast!" he cussed, "I guess even in this world, just two souls even this powerful isn't that much of an improvement!" Then he grinned again as he mused, "Well, there's a third soul nearby, so I'll just have to collect her soul as well. Then I can move onto this Ponyville and gather many, many more!" More evil laughter here.

He paused as he tried to move towards Zecora's hut. After all, having such a large root system was slowing him down. So he began pulling his roots closer and forming a more humanoid body to work with. Soon he had a body the size of a minotaur and he was much more pleased with his ability to walk. Yet he had enough root in his feet to lay them down whenever he stopped on some good soil.

"This... body... It shall serve my needs well enough. It's no Omega Flowey, tho."

He walked rather boldly to the front door and stuck his fist right through it. Then he leaned into the hole he just made.

"Honey!!!" he called, "I'm HHHoooOOOoooMMME!!!"

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Meanwhile

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"Well," mused Anarchy as she looked over Frisk and Fluttershy, "I suppose your pets... they are kind of cute." She reached out and scratched Frisk under the chin with one of her talons. "I haven't seen a creature like this before. They seem to have some kind of power inside their beings."

"She's from an alien dimension," replied Discord softly, "I was planning to do some... experiments... to see just what her powers are good for."

"So you are planning to use them for your own goals?"

'Use us?!' thought Frisk.

"How quaint, half-brother. You haven't informed your toys what you plan to do with them? How sneaky of you."

"Need to know basis," he replied, "and they don't need to know. I'd appreciate if you didn't handle them. Your raw chaos could infect them and throw off the results of my experiments."

"Oh, I didn't know you cared," she said as she pulled her talon back.

"About my experiments, yes," he answered coldly.

"So this... mostly hairless, scaleless creature..." she mused as she looked at Frisk again, "It communicates by thought?"

"Contact telepathy," he replied, "A rather unusual phenomenon that I plan to research further."

She then looked at Fluttershy as she mused, "And this one? It can fly even with such... small wings?"

"Yes," he muttered, "as well as other strange powers. She seems to be able to communicate with and control... lesser beings." He scratched his chin as he continued, "These... animals... They seem to be eager to obey her commands."

"I don't really control..."

"She's even convinced herself that somehow, these animals are her... friends or something."

"Well I see you haven't totally wasted your time away from home," she chuckled under her breath.

"What? You don't think any of you has rubbed off on me?"

"Well I've had my doubts about that," she replied.

Discord smiled as he replied, "You'll soon see just how much I've learned from you."