Howl at the Moon
In the Words of Mortal Kombat
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Sorry for the wait. My family has been sick for the last few days. I also kept having to rewrite this chapter, trying to get it right. Finally, here it is. Here is some music to go along with the chapter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y28hHvpZiaw&index=81&list=PLo7gLzDS6iE8oJEQT8PwtmG2m-dpWpvJX&t=1810s
Have a Jivin day!
In the Words of Mortal Kombat
FIGHT!
I pulled my thoughts together and turned and charged Discord, reaching him before he had a chance to react, reaching him quickly and biting down on his arm, enough to get a good hold, but not enough to break his bones. I pick him up and slam him like a bear does a fish, smacking him on the ground multiple times, before he recovers and punches me in the side of my muzzle, causing to loosen my hold and he slips out.
He then flies over onto my back and straddles it as if I was a horse. I get a sudden idea, and take off as fast as my new form can go. As the world around me started to blur, Discord held on to my neck, as I then started to run in a circle. As I did so his grip loosened a bit. I finally stopped and reached back, biting his arm in the same grip I had before, and slung him off my back into a tree, smashing through it, before retreating and letting him up.
Everything was funny to me. The world seemed like a never ending ball of funny things that was there for my amusement. I just could't stop laughing at how absurdly FUNNY everything was. Discord, the girls watching, the sun, the sky, the birds, EVERYTHING. It was SO. DAMN. FUNNY. My maniacal laughter echoed through the meadow by the forest. I could see the girls, tensed up on the edges of my vision, looking at me as if I might be a threat. That made me feel sad. I was a good girl, not a bad girl.
I transformed out of being a howler and requiped my God-Eater. It was in it's sword form, but with a pull and twist of the handle, the creature that was the sword reshaped itself into a large, portable cannon that shot bullets that looked suited for the Halconon. I started to fire on Discord, raining a hailstorm of pain down on him, when I got a tingle on my left shoulder. Without a second thought, I ceased fire and turned, bringing up the cannon to block an attack. I had barely finished when I felt Discords retaliation hit the cannon, knocking me off my feet and launching me a good 50 ft away. I was dazed and could barely see straight from impacting the ground, but I stood up and looked at Discord. He was standing their in a full set of armor that consisted of mostly plate-metal, and had chain-mail in the cross sections and joints. In his hands he held a halberd, which is what I presumed is what he hit me with.
"Well, you are quit the fun exercise. This is good, you have actually made me slightly irritated. It just goes to show that sometimes the new girl isn't as weak as you might think. Also, I am surprised that you where able to block that attack. Why, my dear Fluttershy was knocked unconscious for a whole day with that blow, and you are standing up again. MARVELOUS!" He said, rushing me. I dodged left and stuck my foot out, tripping him up. I then switched the cannon back to a sword, and blocked again. This time, I was able to only be knocked back, my feet digging into the ground as I struggled to remain on them, and not get blown back.
I need to disarm him, then somehow get past that armor. I don't want to use my Noble Phantasm, not until I HAVE to. It's to powerful, and it gives away to much information. I switch out my blade for my Carbine, running backwards as he charged forwards.
I switched to tri-burst, and fired like that, hoping to get his face. He was able to dodge most of them, until I tightened up my aim. After that he took a burst to the face, right arm, left leg, and lower abdomen. As blood began to seep from those areas, Discord started to look angry.
"Oh, you are really starting to piss me off. Don't worry girls, i'm not going to kill her. I am just going to make her suffer." He yells, thrusting his hand out and calling forth something from the ground. Stones started to pull up from the ground and fly together with a grinding wound, like they were being crushed. The air became full of dirt and dust. I started to cough, hoping to clear my throat before he attacked. When the dust settled and I could once again acquire air in a reasonable fashion that didn't involve light asphyxiation, I looked to see what he had created.
The object that stood in the meadow before me was a large golem, about the size of a one-story house. It's shoulders were boulders that hadn't been ground down, giving him a large set of football looking shoulder pads. His face was made from several types of limestone and slate that had been growing in the field, and had been ground to resemble a crude face with no eyes, nose, or ears. It's arms were as thick around as my torso, and probably then some, and looked to be made of stones that had been cut to form a sharp gauntlet on its sides. Its legs were made of granite, so that the two ton looking behemoth before me wouldn't collapse of it's own weight.
Discord smiled, "This should keep you occupied for a good bit. Attack the human, but nothing else." It roared at me and charged. I immediately switched my rifle to full-auto, and aim for the beasts legs, hoping to at least chip away at it before it got much closer. It was partially successful, as I was able to chip away at the granite of it's legs a little, not enough to cause major damage. The golem reaches me, and before I can switch weapons, it straight up pimp smacks me over to the trees lining the meadow, right on the edge of the Everfree.
I think this over in my mind, then quickly decide. Before the beast charges me again, I switch to my god-eater, and then throw my head back and howl. The behemoth pauses for a moment, then continues to charge straight at me. Before it slams into me though, A pack of Timberwolves jump out from behind me in the Everfree, latching on to the golem, scratching and pawing at the rocks and stones that make up its earthy body. I see the golem trying to get the wolf off, and start laughing again.
As happened before, I again change. The world get's to being extremely funny again, and I just can't stop laughing at it. I look at the behemoth before me flailing to get the three wolves off it, and laugh even louder. My howls echo across the meadow, and the beast looks at me as I rush it, a glowing pink and blue contrail being left in my wake as I swiftly run and jump. I land on the creature and start to scratch and claw and dig at the thing in front of me, laughing as it tries to swat me off, getting in a few hits before it's arm is clawed off by two of the Timberwolves. The golem is slowly reforming itself as me and the other Timberwolf finally see our prize. The golems heart. We continue clawing our way deeper, hoping to reach the core before it can rebuild its arm.
The Timberwolf is the one to finish the golem, grabbing the heart and pulling it out. The golem stops moving after this, and then suddenly collapses into a pile of rubble, as the energy that was holding it together was gone thanks to removing the heart. Discord let's out a growl at this, as I then turn back into a human, pulling out Excalibur. The wolves stay near me, as I have used one of the powers that the Shaman had given me, which allowed me to call and command a limited amount of Timberwolves to my position.
"Well, you are proving to be more resourceful than I thought. I was underestimating you. Let me not make that mistake again." He says, as he then creates three more golems, the air thickening with dirt once more as rocks flew together and ground away at each other to make the golems. I growled and barked at the wolves, telling them to distract the golems for me, as I proceed to run to Pinkie Pie.
"Pinkie, give me your hammer. I need it." I say
"Sorry, I can't. It won't let you wield it. Like Mjolnir. You have to be worthy to wield it." She says.
I just groan in an exaggerated manner before grabbing it from her hands and running off. The other girls and Discord audibly gasp at this, and I proceed to ignore them. The golems have formed, and my brethren canines are busy distracting them. I run to the nearest golem, which is chasing the wolf that killed the first golem. I watch as he takes a swing at the wooden creature, before running in and pounding his right inner leg. It cracks as I use all of my newly granted strength from the Shaman, and pull back for another swing. Before this happens though, I am tackled out the way by the wolf, who takes the blow that the golem was about to connect to me.
The Timberwolf gets blasted to kindling, and a green gem falls down as it gets exploded from the hit. As I see the wolf get turned to splinters, I finally start to get angry. The hammer in my hand starts to glow a fiery pink, and I raise it over my head, preparing to slam the ground with it. The golem, dumb as ever and volunteering to be the first one to be pounded back into the dirt, tries to hit me again, but I bring the hammer down on the ground with a massive slam that would have been a 5 on the Richter scale. As I hit the ground with the massive hammer, a wave of energy spreads out from the impact, as well as the ground starts to shake and rumble. The energy wave knocks over all the remaining golems, and the ground splits open underneath them, swallowing them into the abyss of the ground, never to rise again, allowing the energy in them to return to the Earth.
The ground stops rumbling, and the girls and Discord pick themselves up. I then dismiss the last two Timberwolves, before walking over to where the first one was killed. I pick up the green crystal, stopping for a second to look at it, before putting it in my pocket, resigning to look it over more later. I then turn to Discord.
"This fight is over. You have seen what I can do, and you had your fun. You then made an innocent creature die because of your stupidity. Discord, you might be semi-omnipotent, but you still are a dumb ass motherfucker." I say, hoping to get him to at least be somewhat guilty for what he did. It doesn't work.
"Well, its not MY fault you brought him into the fight. And besides, the golem killed it, not me. I only created the golem. I didn't control it." He rebukes. That's when Fluttershy joins the conversation, turning to the mad creature I still need to get what species he is supposed to be. I haven't done that yet. She then does something to him, as he immediately starts to get scared, backing away from Fluttershy, lip trembling.
"Okay, i'm sorry. Please stop Fluttershy. I'm sorry for killing the Timberwolf." He says, backing away from the yellow pegasus who has stepped between us. I am surprised by what is going on. Though it only lasts for a moment as Fluttershy then stops doing whatever it is, and Discord stops groveling. He straightens up, saying.
"Well, as it is, that was certainly an interesting fight. I never expected you to use the element of laughter against me. Or even be able to wield it. But I guess that is what comes from being Faust's chosen champion. The ability to use the elements without breaking the bond to it's user. Though I don't think you can use more than one at a time, can you."
"Honestly. I didn't even know that I could use them. I just went of Mjolnir principles of 'being worthy to wield it', not that I wasn't supposed to use them at all." I say. Applejack then speaks up.
"So yer tellin us that you weren't even sure you could use em. And you just grabbed it, thinking that it was like the hammer of Thor, and only wield able by being worthy enough. That just sounds stupid. You could have been injured, or maybe even worse." Applejack yells. I shrink back, immediately feeling like an idiot for having done that. Luckily, Fluttershy turns to me and asks a question I wasn't expecting.
"Was Everything really that funny? You kept talking about how everything was so funny. Especially when you looked at Discord, like he was some kind of play toy that was all yours." She says. I look at her in confusion, as I am pretty sure she isn't a reality-warper like me, Discord, and Pinkie. Then I understand what she means. She meant in my beast form, the reason I kept laughing.
"Yes. Everything felt like one big old fat joke when I was in that form. Discord especially just looked hilarious. Though I am sorry for scaring all of you like that. I am a good girl, not a bad girl." I say, hoping to be forgiven by the six mares that have come to mean so much to me. Rarity came up at this, and stated.
"Yes darling, we know." She says, starting to pat me on the head. I immediately feel ten times better, as she then starts to scratch my head. It feels amazing, and as she pulls away, I take a small step towards her, before stopping and shuddering, the feeling of the scratches leaving me happy and content.
"Yes well, as this is all just fine and dandy, I do need to be else wear. Fluttershy, I will see you later tonight for tea. And Cameron. Hear is my number, if you ever want to cause a little mischief and magical mayhem, don't hesitate to give a little call." Discord says, snapping his fingers and making an old rotary phone appear. He then smiles, before being sucked into the phone, it then disappearing after he is done getting sucked in. After that, I feel my music phone vibrate, and open it up to see that I got a message from Discord on how to call him. Thinking that it might come in handy for some fun magic tricks later on down the road, I shrug and stow the phone.
"So, I still need to see the person in charge to get a house and then to look for a job. Who do I need to talk to about a house?"I ask the girls, Twilight stating.
"That would be Mayor Mare. Do you know where she works? How to get there?" I shake my head no, and she then tells Rainbow Dash to help me find my way. She groans, saying "But TWILIGHT, I don't want to. She probably is going to be super tired from the fight, and is going to be dragging her feet the whole time. Can't someone else do it?" She whines.
"Actually Rainbow, Howlers can go for days without stopping. How about this, last one of us two to Ponyville owes the other something from Sugercube Corner? Deal?" I say, issuing a challenge I know she wont pass up. She get's a big shit-eating grin on her face.
"Alright. But i'm warning you, i'm the fastest in Equestria. So don't come crying when I whoop your ass." She says.
"Yeah, yeah. You can eat my contrail. Hey Twilight, when I get done with the mayor, I need to tell you the Dude Story. it is the one on how howlers came to be in our world. Now, who wants to help a girl get her giggle on!?" I ask, suddenly looking at Spike. I ask Rarity what accent she has, she gape's at me in question, before stating "Trotingham." I then pull something out of my pocket and go to Spike. I then say.
"Spike, give me your fanciest Trotingham accent." I then slip on a set of monocle and stash before he says "Why good madam, I do believe you have something on your face." It was in a perfect British man accent, and I just bust out laughing. I then start to transform once again into a howler. As I do, the race against Dash comes forward, and it seem like such a fun thing to do. I howl with laughter, before Fluttershy steps in. She gets in to race starting position.
"Are you ready Dashie?"
"I was born ready!!"
"Are you ready Cameron?"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
"On your marks...
Get set...
GO"
And me and Dash start off towards Ponyville.
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