I groggily sit up from my position on the hard sandy rock. ‘Where the hell am I? What happened? Last thing I remember is celebrating my completion of a mission and getting hammered.’ I thought as I rubbed my head with a hoof. ‘Wait-’ I wrench the appendage away from me and look at it. The fur was light blue in color and the hoof was pure white. I stared at it for a few seconds before following it to a body. Correction, my body. ‘This bloody thing is attached to me!’ I yelled in my mind.

After panicking a few minutes (hours) I finally calm down. ‘I wish my bro was here, he would be all over this fantasy kind of crap.’ I thought as I tried to stand. Nope. Failure. Denied. Fail after fail happened with me just trying to stand, much less walk. After a few hundred failed attempts, I can finally, at least, stand up. ‘Okay. Now one hoof in front of the other. Or, wait, that's bipeds. This is a… Quadruped? Yeah, that's the word. So how does a quadruped walk? Hmm.’

I put my right front hoof forward. Then my left. ‘Now I'm in a awkward position. Okay, back legs next.’ I put my right back hoof forward then my left leaving me standing normally. ‘Hmm, maybe right front then right back? Yeah, let's try that.’ I did so and while it worked it didn't feel natural.

‘Right front then left back, then vice versa?’ That did the trick. I was still very wobbly but at least now I had a destination in mind. I began my trek… ‘Umm, where am I even going?’ I stopped and for the first time took a look at my surroundings. I tried to determine if the sun was going up or down and after about an hour or so of just aimlessly walking in a straight line, I looked back at my shadow to see it had grown some. Which means the sun was going down to the west and his shadow was facing east.

‘East it is then, I really hope I can find some water soon.’ I thought as I trudged along. After a couple of mirages, I came across an actual river and after getting my fill of water went up the river. I was amazed I had yet to see any kind of wildlife and that I didn't get hot at all despite having a coat of fur now.

It has now just occurred to me to check my reflection. Doing so reveal I had snow white hair and piercing icy blue eyes. On my back were two wings that was the same as my coat but slowly became whiter towards the tips of the feathers. ‘I look like Jack Frost if he was a fucking pegasus!’ I thought. My eyes were really big compared to any animal I've ever seen.

Shaking off the shock, I went back to going up the river. Finally, the river split in two and in the V of the two rivers was trees. Dull gray trees but trees nonetheless. Venturing into them I lay next to a tree as I see the sun going down. Tiredness grips me as I fall asleep.

(Pov shift: Starmaster.)

“That the last of them?” I ask Applejack as I put the basket of apples into the barn. She nods saying.

“Eeyup! That went a mighty bit faster thanks to you.” Applejack said then became bashful. “Hey, uh, if ya want. Would ya like to stay for dinner? Granny Smith is making her famous apple pie for dessert.” Applejack offered. I took a second to think about as I got a bucket of water and poured it on myself making me not so tired as I was before. It was also when I realized I was pretty freaking hungry.

I looked back at Applejack and saw her in a full blush as she stared at my toned muscles. I wasn't particularly buff but I did have a good amount of muscle where it counts. “Applejack.” No response. I waved my hoof in front of her face while saying. “Applejack, Equis to Applejack.” That snapped her out of it as she blushed harder and stared at my face now.

“Huh, uh, yeah sugarcube?” She asked rapidly while trying to hide her blush with her hat. ‘Why do all you freaking ponies have to be some adorable!?’ I thought before saying.

“You asked if I wanted to stay for dinner and I accept the invitation.” I said with a smile. She nodded and went up to the house. I chuckled at her hasty moves as she bumped into the doorframe. I looked around to make sure no one was watching then used some chaos magic to make myself clean and dry. This family was pretty rustic so I didn't think I'd need to come my mane into a different style.

Walking into the house that looks like a barn, I go up to Trixie's room and knock. Hearing a muffled ‘Come in.’ was all I needed. Opening the door I saw Trixie just now waking up. “Hey, feeling any better?” I ask as I moved to check her injury. The swelling has gone down thanks to the ice bag I put on it.

“Tr- I mean, Yes, it is feeling better. Thank you for helping me.” She said with a small blush as I was basically checking her flank out. I had to admit, all of these ponies had nice asses, one way or another. Whether it be firm or have a nice amount of fat. But I was still a breast guy. So not much of a turn on here in pony land.

Unless there was a spell to make a pony an anthro then, eh. “Well, it looks like most of the swelling has gone done. Let me preform an X-ray spell real quick.” I closed my eyes and concentrated on the spell. Opening them I saw Trixie's muscles, bones, organs. In other words, not a very pretty sight. Focusing on my task I saw that the leg was fully healed but was still a little weak. Canceling the spell I said. “Your leg is fine. All you need now is to walk a bit on it and strengthen it up and you should be good to go.” Trixie nodded and asked if I could help her up.

Doing so I put her foreleg around my neck and moved so she could stand next to me, our bodies touching. Trixie must have felt the muscles hidden under my fur and skin as she blushed when she came into contact with it. Though I didn't see any of it as I was focused on helping her get down stairs. Easier said then done by the way. Two people should never go down the stairs at the same time but somehow we managed.

I walked her over to the table and helped her into a chair. I pushed her chair in and went to help set the table. Going into the kitchen, I saw Big Mac getting plates and silverware. Using some basic unicorn magic, I levitated all the things onto the table in seconds properly. Big Mac looked at me and nodded with a smile. ‘His way of saying thanks I guess.’ I nodded back. Applejack was with Granny Smith helping finish up dinner.

They smiled when they saw me. I went over and asked if they needed help. Applejack asked if I could find Applebloom and told me I could find her in a tree house in the fields. I nodded and went outside. After a while of walking I heard some low growls and a horrid smell. “Ugh, what the fuck is that smell?” I said as I covered my nostrils. Soon I heard high pitched screams.

I forgot about the smell and bolted. The old me who gave no shits was gone, now the protective brother was in place. I came upon a tree house surrounded by wooden wolves. ‘Applebloom must be inside.’ I thought. A wolf was clawing it's way into the window. ‘Not on my watch.’ “Hey you wooden fucks! Over here!” I shouted as I ran at one. It turned it's head just in time to meet my back hooves.

The head imploded into its body and it went flying into another wolf making it explode. Now their full attention was on me. They snarled at me and encircled me. I used my magic and grabbed the wolf trying to get in through the window and made him float over me. I condensed it into a ball of wood so condensed that it could punch through iron. I made a rope appear and connected it to the ball effectively making a thunder ball from Watchdogs 2.

I began swinging it at great speeds and waited for one to pounce. The one behind me did and I turned and swung the ball right into the wolf's face making it explode and the body fall limp. I smiled and yelled. “Well you fucks!? Want a piece of me!? Come on, come get me! Applebloom, go get Applejack as soon as I start running!” I turned and ran making all the wolves give chase.

I added magic to my legs giving them added speed and stamina. I kept swinging the ball while doing so. Two wolves were at my sides and when they both went at me at the same time. I poured more magic into my legs and jumped right over them.

And 100 feet into the air. ‘Note to self. Practice body enhancing spells.’ I thought as I began falling back down. My momentum plus my jump made me effectively fly outside of Sweet Apple Acres and I crash landed. “Ugh, that's gonna leave a mark.” I say as I stand up. My back leg failed me making me think. ‘Great, I just dislocated my leg.’ I heard the barks and growls signaling the wolves were still after me. The pain in my leg made it hard to concentrate on my magic so I couldn't pick up my Thunderball with it. I grabbed it in my mouth and tried swinging it but ended up hitting me in the face.

“Fuck!” I say as I dropped it. I looked up to see the wolves coming out of the trees and running at me. I close my eyes and thought back to my new friends, my old ones, and my brother. My mind went back to his face. The tears in our eyes as we were separated. ‘No. No, no, no, No, No!’ “NOOO!” I was wrapped in a non-colored glow as I was lifted off the ground. “You Will Not Take Me Away!” I yelled as I grabbed the wolves in my magic. I lifted them off the ground and made them fight each other. Slowly killing each other. “I am Starmaster! The Lord of Chaos! And you will be punished!” I yelled slamming them into the ground all at once. But I made their bodies stay intact. I ground them against the dirt and grass below effectively making a circle in the ground.

“You listen and you listen good! If you ever come even close to this town, I will tear down the entire Everfree forest tree by tree and monster by monster. If you attack a pony, I will slowly kill you. I will make you feel pain unimaginable! Got it!” I accented those last words with another slam. Then I threw them into the Everfree forest. I breathed heavily as I got lower to the ground. Until I finally blacked out.

(Pov shift: 3rd person)

Applejack and Big Mac looked upon Star as he fell down from the sky till he was laid upon the ground. By now most of the town had shown up and were all staring at Star. Doing nothing but in what? Fear? Awe? None could really say. Applejack was the first to move and put Star on her back, heading to the hospital once again. Not even Twilight could have done what he just did.

(Pov shift: Ice Stream.)

I wake up with the feeling of soft grass on my cheek. Getting up I stretch and shake my body of the grogginess of sleep. ‘Still in pony body, still in this new weird world.’ I thought as I checked myself over. The feeling to relieve myself became apparent and went over to do it on a tree. That was when I realised something. I didn't know how to relieve myself with this body. So I just ended up standing with a forehoof keeping me up and my other hoof keeping the thing down so it didn't piss in my face. Afterwards I got down and washed my hooves in the stream.

When I finished I continued to follow the river that went to the right. I kept looking for any signs of civilization while following the river while also trying to control my wings. The sensation of having wings was… Something hard to describe. Imagine you had shoulders on your back and instead of arms you immediately have hands instead. It kinda felt like that. So like shoulders, I moved them up and down and spread my ‘fingers’. It worked like it should and the wings opened and they went up and down according to my ‘shoulder’ movements.

“I have to admit, when I learn to fly, this will be pretty damn cool. Though I don't think a full grown pegasus not knowing how to fly will be normal.” I talk to myself. Hey, humans are social creatures, why do you think we made Skype and all those other social media apps.

Me and my brother were like PB and J. Couldn't have one without the other. He was always the smarter one of the two of us. Sad thing is though, a few months after he left, the orphanage burnt down due to an electrical fire. They had rounded up the rest of the kids but I had escaped. That place was a freaking prison. The only reason I didn't brake was because I believed we would see each other again.

That didn't mean I didn't get picked on either. We both were. We could both hold our own in a fight. Me more so. But after he left, I needed to become stronger. So I did. I got in more fights and won. Soon I was left alone because everyone feared me. Even the person that ran the orphanage. I didn't even need a knife.

But I didn't become a jock by no means. I stayed smart and planned my escape. I just needed an opening. That opening was the fire. I ran as fast as I could. I kept running till I couldn't anymore. From there it's history. I was so lost in memories I almost didn't see the small farm looking house to my left. “Who the hell lives on a rocky field?” I ask myself.

Seeing as I wouldn't see anyone else anytime soon I decided that was my best choice. I steered towards it with hopes of getting some food. Even if I was a Pegasus I was not eating grass. About an hour later I had finally reached the porch of the house. I knocked on the door and yelled. “Hello? Anyone out here?” After a couple of seconds of nothing I was about to turn around when I heard the door open.

I look to see a turquoisish gray pony with a straight Dark cyanish gray mane with spring -greenish gray highlights. She had grayish violet eyes with a grayish blue violet eyeshadow and had three purple marbles on each of her flanks. She was trying to hide behind her mane and asked. “Y- Y- Yes? M- M- May I help you?”

I nodded and asked. “Yes, thank you, I was wondering if you could tell me where I am. I'm a little lost.” I told her. She nodded and looked me up and down. I could see a small blush on her cheeks, out of embarrassment or something else, I didn't know. “Your on my family’s rock farm. A bit south west of Ponyville, west of Appleloosa, and east of Las Pegasus. The closest town would be Appleloosa. Um, would you like to come inside?” She asked.

I nodded eagerly. I desperately wanted to get out of the heat even though I wasn't hot. Which I thought was really weird. The inside was actually nice and cool compared to outside which I found quite odd. “Marble! Who was it?” Asked a stern feminine voice with a bit of a scratch to it. The pony that had come into view had bluish gray fur and her mane was an opalish gray. Her eyes were a piercing light apple green.

“I- It was a lost pegasus stallion. He didn't know where he was.” ‘Marble’ told the other made. I also just now realized that I was a couple inches taller than them. If I had to guess, ‘Marble’ was 3 foot 6 and the other mare was 3 foot 8. Which meant I was at least 4 feet tall, more or less that is.

“Yeah, I got lost in the desert and I don't really know how to fly since I was never taught so I walked east of my position till I found a river which I followed till I came upon a Y in the river where it combined into the single river I was walking along. I crossed the river and went to sleep. I woke up this morning and followed the right river till I saw your home here. With it being the only sign of civilization, I came here. And, well, you two know the rest.” I told the two. The unknown made nodded as she listened and ‘Marble’... Went off somewhere after my explanation.

“So are you here to ask Marble on a date?” She asked with a glare.

“What? No, I mean, I don't think she's ugly or anything, but I'm just not looking for a relationship you know?” I said, she nodded and said.

“Well that's good, anyway, I'm Limestone Pie and that was my sister Marble Pie. This is the rock farm we work on to keep a steady flow of income. What's your name?” I was about to tell her my real name but I thought what with their names being abnormal compared to a human name then a human name might be abnormal compared to their names. So I thought up a name quickly. “Ice Stream. Nice to meet you Limestone.” I said holding out a wing as if going for a handshake.

I was about retract it when she put her hoof in my wing which I closed the feathers around it and we shook. I was kinda amazed at the dexterity and flexibility of my feathers and wings. Folding my wing back up, I ask. “Is it okay that I stay for the night? I don't have a place to stay and I want to get moving as soon as possible in the morning so I can see that town that's nearby.”

“Which one? Appleloosa or Ponyville? If you're heading to Ponyville then say hello to my sister Pinkie Pie if you see her. And don't worry about a description, you'll know her when you see her. And you'll have to ask my parents if you want to stay the night. I know we have a spare room because Pinkie has moved out.” She said. I nodded and asked where her parents were so I could ask if I could stay the night.

“They should be back in a little bit, they went to Appleloosa to get some groceries for the week.” I nodded and asked what they usually sell. “We sell gems. The rocks in the area are mostly geodes and some have lots of gems in them. We exchange them for stuff in Appleloosa because it has the safest route. The one to Las Pegasus has Diamond Dog territory. But some of our gems have gone missing recently and I can bet you a thousand bits it's them dirty lowdown dogs.” She said the last part angrily.

Marble came back in with some tea she had on a platter on her back and put it on the table. They somehow grabbed the tea cups with their hooves and I grabbed a cup with a wing. Okay, wings are freaking awesome once you can control them.

“Have you tried setting down traps?” I asked.

“You think we haven't tried? Those buggers can dig underground really fast. We would follow them but their tunnels are too complex.”

“Well why not put down a floor they can't dig through? I can imagine that trying to dig through metal would be pretty hard. And then put rocks on top of it to weigh it down. After that lay down some cement, smooth it out and voila, dig proof.” I told her with a smile.

She thought about it and said. “That is a good idea but where are we gonna store the gems until we finish the job? We can't put them in the house, there wouldn't be any place to hold it.” She took a sip of her tea. “While your plan is good. That is just the major flaw.”

“Hmm, how do Diamond Dogs find gems?” I ask.

“By smell, why?”

“Cover the scent. Get some kind of perfume the dogs hate and use that. And if their like any dog where I come from then they must have hyper sensitive hearing. So a loud pitched noise should render them unable to focus and make them retreat. If you have a dog whistle on ha- hoof, use that.”

“Huh, you know you're pretty smart for a pegasus. Usually it's unicorns that do all the science stuff.” She complimented with a small smile. I shrug and say that there is a difference between being smart and looking at all the details, no matter how insignificant that detail may be. She nods and takes another sip of tea as I do the same.

We spend more time getting to know each other and Limestone ain't that bad once you get to know her. In the middle of our conversation another one of their sisters came inside. Her name was Maud Pie. Her eyes were a light turquoise with her eye-shadow being a grayish blue violet. Her mane and tail was straight and the same color as her eye-shadow. Her coat was a persian bluish gray in color. During the conversation when she joined in I could barely see her emotions.

But I could see the twitch of her mouth when it was something funny or her ears at a noise. It was starting to get dark outside and the sisters were starting to worry. Me, I was more concerned. Hey, I may have turned to being a minor criminal but I never hurt innocent, I only threatened. I was actually arrested after about 20 years but they only did so because they wanted my help in infltrating some military base, but that's another story for another time. I walked to the front door and opened it to look outside. I couldn't see anything but I did hear the sounds of a scuffle. Though it was very muffled.

The sounds were coming from underground. I stepped onto the dirt and the sounds stopped. It was quite for several seconds before I felt the earth below me shift. It was only a couple feet down so I leapt back onto the porch. I ran inside and grabbed the pot full of boiling water that was meant for tea. Carefully I went back to the porch and got ready. The dirt burst upwards and a hunched over bipedal dog was standing there.

I splashed the boiling hot water on him and he howled in pain. It wasn't going to come out anytime soon thanks to his fur. So I expected him to have first or second degree burns for a while. I jumped onto the railing and jumped towards him, punching him in the eye. I quickly ran back inside and got a knife.

What? I said I never hurt civilians. Another robber or murderer of the like, they were free game. The three looked on wide eyed as I ran the knife into the leg of the dog, making him howl even louder in pain. I ran it up the leg making the wound bigger and more blood to come out. If that didn't receive any medical treatment in the next 3 hours, he will bleed out.

I walked up his body and pointed the knife at his throat. “Where, are, they.” I commanded. He was still howling in pain. I slapped him making him shut up but go into whimpers. “I'll ask again, where are they?” I commanded. I was about to slap him again but he finally said.

“M- M- Main tunnels. Male will be forced to mine and female will be used for pleasure and mining.” He said. They were gonna rape the Pie Sisters Mother. I wouldn't have cared if it was my biological mother. But these were someone else's parents. ‘I lost someone close to me, I'm not gonna let it happen to someone else.’ I plunged the knife into the neck of the dog. Ending his life quickly.

He was aloud mercy for telling me info I wanted to know. But the others? Their death will be slow and painful.

Author's Note

Another chap for my dude and dude-ets. You are very much welcome. Anyway, on unrelated good news, I have finished school so summer time! Bad news, I'm moving and I might not have any internet for awhile and won't be posting any chaps till I do have internet access.

And yes 'Ice Stream' is 'Starmaster's brother. But I think you guys and gals will have already made that connection. Also, Ice Stream will have powers like Starmaster. But, Ice powers. And Ice Stream will kind of be like Jack Frost. But more... Extreme in his ways of defending others.

Ice Stream looks like this but no cutie mark or horn and has pegasus wings.
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Anyway, have a good day/night to you all! And look out for more chaps!