Chapter 2: Power Of The SOUL

Rainbow had hit the ground with a sickening thud. Her friends had ran over to tend to her wounds. Jem knew that only a human could take care of a bullet wound. Since no one was around, and the hospital would probably send them off somewhere, it had to be him and his family. He saw the car driving towards them through the tall grass. He didn't have a lot of time to act. What could he do? Could he even do anything?

As he looked at the ground he saw purple light emitting from behind him. He looked back and saw the car flipped over, burned, and Jem could definitely see a flame on top. Twilight obviously shot her magic at the car. He tried to listen to their conversation but all he could hear were neighs and whinnies.

"I guess they don't use the same language." Jem said quietly to himself. He then heard the car door open. The leader of the hunters fell out of the toasted car. His arm was mangled, his face strewn with blood, it was amazing he had even survived. He spoke with malice and menace in his voice. "I will kill all of you." he said in a gravely voice, "I don't know what you are, but I will kill you." The six creatures tilted their heads. They couldn't understand a word the hunter was saying. Twilight powered up her horn and an orb emitted around the clearing. Now, for some miraculous reason, Jem could understand everything they were saying.

"Are you alright? I promise we didn't mean to harm you. We were just frightened and-" she didn't finish as she stared in horror at the weapon in the other hand of the hunter being prepared to fire.

"Nighty night." The leader of the hunters said as he stood up from the rubble. He was about to pull the trigger when Jem ran out of the tall grass. He dived in front of the girls and Spike and suddenly, the world flickered, and soon the only light was one emitting from his chest. The red heart was back. He felt something in his back pocket. It was a dagger. Small, but definitely enough to kill another.

This is the pacifist version of the story. I might go back to the beginning with another story and make genocide.

But he didn't use it. He dropped the knife and walked up to the pixelated version of the hunter leader. He pressed his hand on the forehead and said, "Don't kill them. These creatures are special. If you kill them, you'll have to kill me too." The heart glowed even brighter, and soon, the world came back. The hunter was crying and soon, Jem realized, he was too. Then the hunter stopped and said,

"Ok." Jem backed away and smiled. Until, "I'll kill you too." But before he could shoot again, the sound of another gunshot ran through the air.

Jem leapt back in surprise. He could hear Applejack yelp and fall backwards. "Get down y'all!" The hunter ran away, leaving a trail of bloody bootprints in his path.

Jem turned around and saw the others staring at him in fear. He walked towards them until Applejack yelled, "Stay back monster!" she said in a fighting stance.

'Monster?' Jem wondered. They must've been talking about him. Since the place was filled with trash there had to be something white to make a flag out of. They only thing he could find was a pair of white underpants with, what he hoped was, dirt stains. He found a stick and wrapped the underwear around it making a flag. they all stared at him curiously as he did so. He held it up into the air and waved his makeshift flag.

"Is he... surrendering?" he heard Rarity ask.

"I don't think that thing is dangerous. It would've attacked us by now," Spike added, "Right?" He asked Twilight who slowly walked toward Jem. Jem lowered the flag and stepped towards them. He now had a better view of the ponies and dragon. They were almost as tall as him if not about a few inches lower. He reached out his hand to make sure what he was seeing was actually there. Twilight stepped back in fear. Jem didn't expect them to trust him just yet. He looked over at Rainbow Dash who was still unconscious. He began to walk past Twilight to look at Rainbow's injury when Applejack tackled him.

"Don't go anywhere near her!" She yelled.

"I-I'm only trying to help!" He yelled back. They all gasped around him.

"You can talk?!" They all asked. Suddenly, they heard a gun being cocked from behind them.

"Kid! Are you okay?" The ranger yelled.

"Yeah I'm fine!" Jem yelled back, "So, uh, can you get off of me now?"

"If you think I'm gonna trust you," Applejack said slowly, "Then you can..." She didn't finish when she noticed the Ranger coming towards them. She stepped back and Jem stumbled to his feet. Then he noticed that the ranger wasn't a ranger at all. He was a trainee. His Rookie Badge shined the word, "Calvin Streak".

"You guys o-" He had noticed the ponies."Ya know what, I've seen stranger things than this. You should get inside. All of you."

"Can you at least help their friend? She was shot in the wing." Jem asked

"I'm sorry, I haven't learned first aid yet. All i've learned is how to scare off predators." He said

"But he wasn't a predator." Jem said.

"He may as well have been a predator for something else." He replied. "You need to find something to numb the pain, keep the blood in, take the bullet out, and then patch it right up. Here." The ranger threw him a vodka bottle. "It's my dad's. I'm only Eighteen, I can't drink yet." With that the park ranger hopped into his car and drove away.

"You all, come with me." Jem said.

"And why should we do that?" AJ asked. She was really starting to get on Jem's nerves.

"Do you want to see your friend alive again or not?!" He yelled. Applejack didn't have any objections, so she, the girls, and Spike followed him back home. Twilight carried Rainbow in her magic back to the house. The only problem was his family sitting on the couch. He had no choice but to show them his new friends. "Stay out here for one second." They nodded and he walked inside. A couple of minutes later, he walked back out with his family. They were shocked that they were on the porch at all. "Twilight, can you cast your communication spell again?" Jem asked. She nodded in reply and cast the spell. They could now communicate.

"Jeremy, are they safe?" His dad asked.

"Dad they are, and they need our help, can you get me a dry towel?" he asked.

"Right." his Dad ran to the wash room to get a towel. Jem invited them inside and as soon as they entered, Pinkie started running around the place.

"Wowza! Look at all of this cool stuff! What's that giant moving picture on the wall?" She asked.

"I'll explain later." Jem said, "First we need to help your friend." They put rainbow onto the coffee table and looked at her wing. Jem took out the vodka.

"Where did you get that?!" His mom asked.

"A park ranger trainee gave it to me to help numb the pain." He answered. He poured some vodka onto a rag and rubbed around the area where the bullet had shot. Rainbow flinched but only a little. He applied more pressure to the wound with a dry, clean towel. He slowly lifted the wing to search for the exit wound, surprisingly there wasn't, so this would be much harder. "Ok, so there isn't an exit wound, so I'm gonna have to pull it out."

"P-pull what out?" Twilight stammered.

"The bullet. She could get lead poisoning if I don't." Jem answered. "Luckily, her wings are rather thin, so it couldn't have gone too deep." He was right a tiny bit of the bullet was sticking out. Not a lot of it, but some. He searched a drawer for some tweezers. But the moment he touched the bullet, he was shocked. "OW!"

"Oh my goodness! are you alright?" Fluttershy asked.

"Yeah I'm fine." Jem said. "For some reason, the bullet is electrically charged?"

"Oh no!" Twilight said burying her head into her hooves.

"What's wrong Twi?" Spike asked.

"My magic!" She exclaimed. "My magic must've charged the bullet!"

"Maybe you can pull it out then?" Jem asked. Twilight stepped forward and charged up her horn. Jem still applied pressure to the wound. Then in one pull, the bullet popped out. Then came the bleeding. The wings definitely had blood vessels. "I need some bandages!" Jem yelled. Fluttershy pulled some out of her saddlebag and wrapped it around RD's wing. She was saved.

They all sat on the large couch surrounding their friend. They were silent for a very long time. They all took occasional glances at each other but quickly looked away. Then Jem spoke, "So, I think we got off on the wrong foot- er- hoof, I guess?" They all looked at him. "So I guess I could tell you my name?" He asked.

"Well if we're going to be staying here, then,-" Twilight began until Jem's father spoke up.

"Woah, woah! Wait a minute, you aren't staying!" He exclaimed.

"B-but sir I-" Twilight stuttered.

"I'm sorry miss, but I can't just let you move in!"

"Dad! You can't just throw them out onto the streets!" Jem yelled.

"Jem, stay out of this please!" His Dad replied.

"They can have my room! I'll clean it up and I'll stay in the bonus room!" He thought out-loud.

"NO! Jem you aren't giving up your room!"

"What about their friend?! She needs to stay in a comfortable environment! She got shot in her wing!"

"That's- actually a good point." He calmed down. "Fine, they can stay."

"Yes!" Jem said quietly.

"But only until!" His father said, "Only until their friend is healed. Once she is, they must leave, and fend for themselves."

"Okay." Jem said with a hint of disappointment.

"Jem, please show them to the bonus room."

"Okay, c'mon everyone." Jem said as they followed him upstairs. They went upstairs and entered a room only a little larger than the living room. It had a couch, some boxes, a computer, a television, and a couple of chairs. "Twilight, you can settle Rainbow onto that brown chair over in that corner." In the corner was a large brown chair, with a foot rest. Twilight gently settled her down and made her comfortable.

"Um, excuse me sir?" Rarity asked. Jem looked over in her direction. "You never exactly told us your name."

"Oh, heh, right!" He chuckled, "My name is Jeremy, but you can just call me Jem. Everyone does."

"Well, Jem, I just wanted to thank you for defending us downstairs."

"Oh, it's... no big deal really."

"And I also wanted to know, how do you know our names?"

'Shoot! I knew I shouldn't have called them by their names!' he thought. "It's really confusing, I'd rather tell you another time."

"That's understandable, darling." She replied. "So, where exactly will we sleep in here?" With that Jem pulled off the pillows and cushions of the couch and revealed a small handle. He pulled on it and the couch turned into a bed. It was relatively large, but only enough to fit three of them.

"Sorry, it might not be big enough. I have some extra sleeping bags and pillows if that's ok?" They nodded and he came back with a couple of sleeping bags and pillows. Rarity, Fluttershy, and spike took the bed, the others slept in the sleeping bags. "Well, goodnight everyone. I'll see you in the morning."

"Goodnight Jem!" Pinkie exclaimed. Jem smiled and closed the door to his room.

"What do you guys think of him?" Twilight asked.

"He seems very kind." Rarity replied, "I think he's trustworthy enough."

"I still don't trust him." Applejack stated, "He seems too kind. Why would a monster bring us in like that?"

"Maybe he isn't a monster." Fluttershy whispered.

"I think he's fun! I can't wait to have parties with him!" Pinkie yelled quietly.

"Pinkie, he isn't coming back with us!" Twilight exclaimed. "He would be solid evidence that we did exactly what the princess told us not to do!"

"Twilight, what about you? Do you trust him?" Spike asked.

"I do. He seems like he cares about us. And you saw that glow coming from him, right? I think he knows how to use his SOUL."

"What's that?" Spike asked. Twilight gave him a blunt look and closed her eyes. She harnessed her magic towards her heart. Her eyes glowed and a purple heart appeared.

"This is a SOUL. Mine means perseverance. His was red, which means he has determination. It's the strongest of all SOULs. We all have SOULs. It's what makes up our minds and bodies. It can Also Track LOVE, EXP, and HP."

"Wow! This sounds like a very long video game where timelines interact." Pinkie said. Twilight stared at her for a second then carried on.

"LOVE means, Level of Violence, EXP, means Execution Points, and HP means, Hit Points. The more you kill, the stronger your SOUL gets." She explained. "It's getting late, we should go to bed. Goodnight every pony."

The hunter ran through the forest. He was positive it was going to get him. He ran into a cave hoping he could survive and hide. The beast passed the cave. He slumped down on a patch of golden flowers. Then, one spoke?!

"HOWDY!" It said

(Found on Pinterest)

The Hunter jumped up and ran back into a wall. "Woah! Easy buddy! You can't have a heart attack! You aren't even Ninety-Two yet!"

"Who... what are you?" He asked.

"I'm Flowey! Flowey the Flower! You lost?"

"You could say that."

"Well don't worry! I can help ya!" The world flickered as Flowey said that. He found a white outline of a black heart radiating from his chest. "Man! You are full of hatred aren't cha?"

"Where am I? What is this place?!"

"We call this place limbo! The land in between life n death!" Flowey said happily. "The thing on your chest is your SOUL! Here touch this pellet." A white pellet appeared in front of the hunter. He touched it and...

"AAAGH! My finger's gone!" The happy flower was now laughing devilishly and the smile on his face had turned demonic.

(From Amino)

"YOU IDIOT!" The flower yelled. "WHERE I COME FROM, THE LAW OF THE LAND IS KILL OR BE KILLED!" Dozens of pellets appeared and flew through his SOUL. His HP reached zero and his SOUL gave in. It cracked, and blew up into a dozen pieces. Back in reality, the man lay there, dead, spiky vines wrapping around him. And as the lighting pierced the sky and thunder shook the world, Flowey cackled triumphantly. His LOVE now 9999.

Author's Note

I apologize for small pictures in some chapters. I do most of my editing on google slides (I don't have deviantArt and I'm on a mac which runs at the speed of a turtle. My pc is broken too.). Again, I apologize. Next time: First person!