The Everfree Forest. So mysterious, so deadly, so beautiful. It has been known to be one of the scariest places to be. Yet a yellow pegasus named Fluttershy lived near this forest. She hummed to herself taking care of a small bird that had a broken wing. "Alright there you go." She said after putting a small cast on it. "Now try to avoid flying for a couple of days ok?" She asked as the bird went away. She then heard a scream coming from the forest as her bunny Angel hopped next to her. "Did you hear that Angel? Somepony might be in trouble." She said trotting towards the forest before the bunny stopped her. "But Angel, this pony might be really hurt. They need help." She walked past the angry bunny and went into the woods.
Fluttershy was always afraid of this forest. There were Timberwolves, Hydras, and other hostile creatures. Even the snapping of a twig set her off only to see that it was Angel himself that snapped it. "Angel please go back home. I need to help this pony." Angel tapped his foot on the ground before Fluttershy sighed. "If you go home, I'll give you extra treats." That seemed to do the trick as Angel hopped back to the direction he came from. Fluttershy then continued to move until she made it to a lake that had two ponies laying down on the ground. One was a young unicorn that looked to be the Crusader's age with a light brown mane and teal colored fur. The other was a brown alicorn that looked to be Twilight's age with dark brown hair. The little filly had a cutie mark of a crystal ball while the alicorn stallion had a tombstone cutie mark. She rushed towards them before being stopped by a creature that popped in front of her. It was a pony that was a completely black skeleton that had smoke coming in and out of it's bones with pure white eyes.
Fluttershy screamed in pure terror waking the two ponies up. They groaned before getting up with the filly saying, "Why? I'm trying to sleep." She said opening her eyes to show that she had a very light pink eye and an emerald green eye. She saw Fluttershy and waved, completely ignoring the skeleton. "Hi there. My name's Jen. Tony wake up. Demon, you're scaring her." The skeleton looked at the filly and sighed in annoyance before floating back to the stallion.
"I never get to have any fun." Demon said smacking the stallion, now named Tony, in the head. "Tony! Wake up you lazy bastard!" Tony groaned before standing up.
"Why did I have to give you free will?" Tony said before noticing the scared and confused mare. "Oh hi. I'm Tony. What's your name?" He asked the mare softly as to not scare her.
"F-fluttershy." Fluttershy replied in a very low whisper. She was trembling from the skeleton that appeared in front of her.
"Ok Fluttershy, nice to meet you. Do you think you could help us find some shelter? I don't want Jen to get sick out here." Tony said looking at the filly who was talking to Demon. Fluttershy just kept her eyes on the skeletal pony before Tony spoke. "Don't worry, he's harmless.....to others. Look he's not evil, he's just an asshole." Fluttershy winced a bit at the swear, but nodded.
“I heard screaming around here, who screamed?” She asked timidly before Tony laughed a bit.
“Demon. He always does that in the morning.” The stallion said before the skeleton looked at Tony.
HEY! Demon yelled.
“Don’t try to deny it.” Jen said laughing a bit.
"But...umm yes, I'll let you stay with me, if that's ok with you..." Fluttershy offered before Tony nodded a bit.
"Ok cool. Hey Jen, Demon, c'mon we're finally leaving this forest." Tony said to them. Demon flew to Tony and went INSIDE his body while Jen ran up to them. The three ponies walked out of the forest back to Fluttershy's house. Fluttershy herself was a bit nervous. Who were these ponies? What was that skeleton? Could she trust them? These thoughts ran through her head before she realized they were at her house already. "Nice house." Tony said genuinely as he walked up to the door. Jen on the other hand saw Angel and smiled. Angel grew fearful as Jen ran up to him and pet him.
"Aww cute bunny." Jen said as Angel stared at the filly and his leg started to move on it’s own from being pet before Tony called her to get inside. Fluttershy then looked at the two and smiled before asking Tony a question.
"So is she your sister?" Fluttershy asked softly. “If you don’t mind me asking...”
"No, but I consider her to be my sister as she considers me as her brother." Tony replied looking at Jen the entire time. Fluttershy smiled a bit before she decided to ask another question.
"So umm, what was that skeleton?" She asked a little afraid of what the answer is. Tony just smiled and replied.
"Demon is a machine capable of amazing things, and he has existed for thousands of years. He needs a host to stay alive and prevents the death of a previous host to the next one and so on. I'm his current and permanent host since I have a natural ability to to never die.” Tony explained to her. He knew that this creature would not hurt him because of her apparent timid nature.
Hey Tony, Demon said in Tony’s mind, “How long do you think we are gonna be staying here?
“I don’t know, Demon. Most likely until we either find a way to get back to the Facility, or until we can make a living here.” The Alicorn replied either not caring or unaware that Fluttershy was staring at him. Jen saw Fluttershy’s confused look and trotted over to her.
“Demon talks in Tony’s head.” She said simply before Fluttershy made an 'Oooh' face before nodding. Jen smiled before her stomach growled before she turned to face the yellow Pegasus. “Um excuse me, do you have anything I can have to eat?” The filly asked before looking at Fluttershy with her shining green and pink eyes as she smiled. Fluttershy saw this and she just wanted to hug the filly so bad because she thought she was cute.
“Umm, I think I have some fruits and vegetables in the house.” She said smiling before Demon bursted out of Tony’s body making him go face to face with the now terrified Pegasus.
“Do you have any chocolate chip cookies!?” The machine asked quickly with wide eyes. Fluttershy however, looked like she was going to have a heart attack.
“Demon. Enough.” Tony said firmly pulling the skeleton back before going up to Fluttershy and give her a hoof to help her up. “I’m so sorry for that. Demon, LOVES chocolate chip cookies. So much that he will karate chop anyone’s neck if they so much as touch his cookie jar.” He explained. Fluttershy looked at Tony and saw his gentle eyes and listened to his soothe voice, unaware that she was blushing a little before Tony let go and backed up to knock Demon upside the head. “She is clearly timid Demon, how could you be so inconsiderate!?” He berated.
Fluttershy soon snapped back to reality before she went in and grabbed some apples for her three new guests. She came back and gave an apple to Jen, who gladly ate it and smiled. “Thank you!” She said sweetly making Fluttershy’s heart flutter. (AN: Heh. I like making jokes.) She turned towards Tony and Demon before giving them apples.
“Thanks.” Tony said while Demon nodded and ate theirs. “And uh, thanks for letting us stay with you. You are truly kind.” He told her thankfully before going inside the cottage. Then realization struck Fluttershy. Her friends were coming over today!
She panicked and quickly went over to Tony and Demon. “Umm, my friends are gonna be coming over today. If it’s not too much to ask, can Demon please go back inside your body so my friends don’t think I’m in trouble? If that’s ok with you.” She asked them which made them look at each other before nodding.
“Yeah we’re good with that.” Demon said before going back into Tony’s body.
“That’s actually a good idea, but eventually, we are gonna have to show them to Demon.” Tony said to her walking to the couch to sit on. “But yeah, until you think your friends are ready, we won’t mention Demon.”
Jen trotted over to the window and saw two mares coming over to the cottage. One was white with purple hair that Jen thought was a beautiful look while the other was a purple unicorn with what looked to be wings. “Hey I think I see them.” Jen called out to them.
“Well then, let’s go introduce ourselves.” Tony said getting up as soon as there was a knock on the door.
Author's Note
Ok guys, you have met 2 of my best OC’s with plenty more on the way. So I’m typing this on mobile and I don’t know how to show what my characters look like. If somebody can help me, I’d really appreciate that.