The Story of "Red"

by Polaris Solarmoon

Rating: everyone
Tags: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Bat Pony, Alternate Universe, Fluttershy, Adventure, Twilight Sparkle
Length: 1153

"Beware the Dark Angel,for she will not show mercy to the foolish."-Random Night Guard.

Many in Princess Luna's night guard fear a mare who is known only by the nickname "Red",for she is one the few ponies who had somehow managed to defeat the almost entire guard without even trying,nopony in the guard was able to learn her real name,so some of them started calling her the Dark Angel or even The Nightingale, and now a new recruit has to be the poor unfortunate soul to see if she even exists...

(A one shot featuring Flutterbat.)

[couldn't find a cover art that fit so enjoy this awesome pic that I found]

Published 2017-09-10 12:30:06 UTC
Last updated 2017-09-10 12:30:06 UTC

The chapter of "Red"

The chapter of "Red"

Dear Princess Celestia,

I've heard so many stories that have been told about this mysterious batpony that is known only as "Red", however the only thing that wasn't known about "Red" was her real name, many attempts where made at finding the elusive batpony and yet none were successful,even the Night Guard has had difficulty finding her,what made the Night Guard fear her was the fact that she had somehow knocked out half their number without even trying, because of this she was given the nickname of "Dark Angel",I personally don't believe that as it would be nearly impossible yet for some reason,she's almost never been seen, however I've heard a rumor that a new recruit in the Night Guard had encountered her,though the experience had left the poor stallion traumatized, so I'm going to look into his memories and see what he had found,hopefully all goes well...

Your fathful Student, Twilight Sparkle.

(Three days ago)

A lone night guard was was walking alone by himself,not because he was ordered to,no he was dared to by his comrades in an attempt to prove that he was tough enough to be in Luna's Night Guard, They had told him about the story of the "Dark Angel",a legendary batpony who was known to attack lone guardsponies at night yet he was undeterred by the story and wanted to show them that he was tough by attempting to catch a glimpse of the "Dark Angel".

"I ain't scared of no "Dark Angel". "he had boasted to his fellow guards.

"Alright then,I dare you to go out alone and find 'er,if ya come back in one piece that is."the guard on the left said.

"Ey! I'll show ya, Your on!"he says before leaving.

So the guardspony was walking alone by himself and he was keeping an eye on his surroundings.

"Me and my big mouth..."he had muttered to himself.

He continued walking around until he spotted a nice cottage nearby.

"Huh,isn't this the Element of Kindness's house?"he asked himself, he then decided to drop said question and keep walking.

He continued on his aimless path until he saw a pony with a red hood in front of him,from the body shape he could tell that it was a mare.

"Hey miss, you shouldn't be out here so late at night,it's dangerous to be outside at this time, especially near the Everfree."He says to the mare.

"Oh i know, i live here"the mare said in a kind manner.

"Your the Element of Kindness aren't you ?"he said.

" Yes and my name is Fluttershy" the mare said.

"Oh,well uh... I'll be going,nice hood by the way"he said.

"Thank you,I made it myself"Fluttershy said.

It then dawned on him, this was "Red" the legendary batpony !

He immediately turned around and saw that Fluttershy was staring at him in confusion.

"Is something wrong sir?""Fluttershy" said.

He only could mutter "y-y-your her aren't you?"

"Who ?"Fluttershy said.

" "R-red"...."He says as he start to shiver in fear.

"Oh wow, took you long enough, I thought you'd never catch on...""Red" says sarcastically before finally revealing her bat like wings and her red eyes,she even had a pair of fangs that would make even a snake jealous .

"N-no way...,...N-NO WAY!"he says in utter fear.

"I've been wondering when another one of you worthless guards would show up,i was getting bored."she said.

"Fluttershy please don't hurt me, aren't you the Element of Kindness?"He says desperately.

"Really now trying to save yourself by saying my name, well news flash buddy, I'm Flutterbat!" Flutterbat said.

"What are you going to do to me ?!"He says as he starts to panic.

Flutterbat simply chucked then said to him" Remember my face guard,because this is the last time you'll ever see it."

Wait what are you doing! NO!,NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!*static*

(Present Day.)

Twilight was horrified after she had seen the last of the poor stallion's memories of the day he encountered "Red", she had never realized that "Red" was actually Fluttershy,she made sure to send a letter to the Princess about her findings but she eventually decides to Pinkie Promise that she'd never tell anypony other than the Princess, and then see how Fluttershy was doing.

Twilight had appeared in front of Fluttershy's cottage in the dead of night and knocked on the door.

"Fluttershy, are you home? It's me Twilight."she said.

"I'll be out in a minute."Fluttershy said.

Fluttershy eventually steps out of her home, surprisingly she wasn't showing any fear.

" hello Twilight, is something wrong?" she had asked Twilight.

"Actually yes, you see one of Princess Luna's Night guards came over here about three days ago, and he had came back with both his eyes shut and was muttering a lot of gibberish to himself, I only want to ask you if you have anything to help him."Twilight said.

" I don't think I do,sorry Twilight."Fluttershy said.

"That's okay Fluttershy,I'll see if I can't try someplace else."Twilight said.

Next thing Twilight knew, Fluttershy was suddenly in front of her.

"Fluttershy? What are you?"Twilight says but was cut of by "The Stare".

She grinned evily as her body changed right in front of Twilight, her wings had turned into a bat-like structure and her eyes had changed into a reddish color and her ear also became bat-like, Fluttershy had become Flutterbat.

"Gah! Flutterbat? I thought I cured you of that! "Twilight said.

Flutterbat hissed at her and then....she started to laugh.

"W-what?"Twilight says in confusion.

"I'm sorry Twilight but it is Nightmare Night after all, I have to at least scare somepony." Flutterbat said.

"What!? You mean this....,this was all a prank!? "Twilight said.

"Of course it was,the guard wasn't even harmed, i had gave him The Stare so he would end up looking as if it was some monster that had frightened him."Flutterbat said.

"Why are you Flutterbat then?"Twilight said.

"Oh this, it's the costume I wore for last years Nightmare Night,see?"Fluttershy says as she removes the bat pony costume.

"But what about the story of "Red", is she real or did you make her up?"Twilight asked.

Fluttershy suddenly froze in place when she heard that name.

"You should've just minded your business,Twilight Sparkle."Fluttershy said.

"What? Why?"Twilight says.

"Because...,the Dark Angel will not show mercy to the foolish."Fluttershy says.

"Wait what!? You're, those stories where-?"Twilight never got to finish.

Without any warning Fluttershy suddenly uses The Stare on Twilight,freezing her in place.

What happened next.....well I could say is that Twilight will never be able to look at books the same way again...

Dear Princess Celestia,

I found her....,I found......"Red"....

Twilight.

Author's Note

"Bewere the Dark Angel,for she will not show mercy to the foolish"- Random Night Guard.

I heed those words if I were you....

(This story was the first one to ever have Flutterbat as one of the characters.)