Ditzys secret

age:21...

It had been five years since I left. Since I was in pony form. Since I actually talked. My merform had grown. It was my true self. My teeth sharp, as well as my mind. I spoke through it. Telepathy. Now something that not only unicorns could use. I could swim. Swim so fast now. Almost ten miles a minute where I could only fly ten miles an hour.

I never ate grass or hay. I ate meat. I never thought about it, but just listened to instinct. I just couldn't go back to my old life. I had thought about it some those first two years. About going back I mean. By then they must have forgotten about the whole incident. But out here I felt so wild and free. I could swim, I could eat, and I could be myself. I had a new home that didn't make fun of my eyes or beat me. I had a home that I was accepted into. It may not have shown me an affectionate welcome like Rains family, but it acknowledged me as a living thing. Out here I had a place. I had friends. I had prey. And sometimes I was prey. This was pure survival. But I also had a job to keep the forest safe. I had even come up with a daily routine.

1. Get up

2. Walk half of the 120 mile perimeter of the forest to check for intruders

3. Stop by Zecoras and give her any herbs she had asked for

4.find some food

5.eat with Marvin while going over anything unusual we saw that day

1. Rest

2. Walk the forest again before going for a swim and sleeping.

I had come up with multiple ways to get food and today I was hunting an old boar. I came up behind it and tried to decide how to catch it. I could sing, freeze it, or continue stalking and pounce. Moon blinking was out because no moon was out. I didn't like freezing my food because it was such a pain to eat it cold. I decided to stalk it. It continued through the trees. I followed in the shadows and in any water I could get into.

We passed Aja's old house, now occupied with a zebra slightly older than me named Zecora,  and the boar continued to the edge of the forest. It stopped about eight feet away from where the forest stopped. I slowly crept forward and softly sent the tune of my sirens song to the boar. It didn't have big effect but it would make it not run away at small noises. I slowly closed in and lunged. My teeth closed on air. A loud roar had scared the boar away until It ended abruptly.

"Intruder." I sent a quick thought to Marvin

Do you want this one?

"Yes." I usually didn’t take on intruders but I was already close. I followed the roar. In my head it wasn’t a roar, but a scream that I heard. A dying scream of a manticore. I raced through the woods, still on its outskirts. I stopped at what I guessed was thirty feet from the intruder and sent them the feeling of pain and fear. Usually if I got into their emotions I could make them feel whatever I wanted. It usually worked to scare them off, but this time it didn’t. Next was to send an actual message.

"Leave. You are in danger here!" I said it to their mind with my most terrifying voice. It still didnt work. Either this creature was stupid or out for suicide. There was only one more thing I could do. I started singing into their mind. Softly at first but soon louder and darker. Hopefully the intruder was a male. If not then the effects wouldn’t be as strong. On females they only followed you. Males where more fun because they drowned. Females stayed above water and swam. I sang even louder. The creature had scared my food away so now I would have to substitute them. Without looking to see my prey, I turned around and headed to the lake. There I found Marvin.

Hello ditzy. Do you have your meal?

"Yes. It should be here any minute." I turned around and took a good look at my meal, the intruder.

It was a pony. First I should tell you that I only ever ate pony twice. The first was Luke, the second was an intruder named CloudyDay who tried to murder me after we met. I admit it tasted good. But you can’t call me a cannibal because I am not a pony. I am a mermare.

Well, anyways, looking at the new intruder, it seemed to be a female. Her mane was aqua blue (my favorite) and her coat was yellowish. She slightly reminded me of some pony. Her cutie mark was covered by a saddlebag and a pair of wings. The saddle bag contained an assortment of weapons.

I continued to lead her into the water where I usually ate my food. I swam to the bottom real quick and back up to stretch out my fins. When I came back up my food was still not in the water. I looked up at the mare and oddly enough it stated back at me. We did that for about ten seconds before I looked away.

An unwanted tear ran down my face for unknown reasons. I just couldn't help but feel sad. I looked down at my hoofs and tried to collect myself.

Come on. Get a hold on your emotions. Nothing's wrong. This is lunch for you. It is under you in the food chain so you have a right to it.

I felt something run across my face. I looked over. It was a yellow hoof. I didn't move. My prey had never tried to comfort me before. This pony, whoever it was, was making everything awkward. I yanked away and rose to my full height as I backed into the water again. The pony just held their hoof out and mouthed a word as she stared at me. I tried to scream my sirens song into her mind but she had a mind block.

Little fact, only the most experienced creatures can hold a mind block. It is where any other creature cannot hear their thoughts, take their memories, or put things in such as my siren song.

I cut off my singing as the mare came closer to the water. She mouthed the same word again but this time sound came out.

"Sister?" I watched as she shook the saddlebag off and her wings came up. There on her flank was three little rain drops.

"No this is impossible. Is it really you?" I sent her with my mind. I was so shocked that I didn't even wonder how she had broken out of my spell.

"Ditzy doo." she ran up and we hugged. Marvin sat by, marveling at the site of his friend hugging her lunch.

"Mermares and ponies are so weird." he grumbled. Rain and I finally let go and she looked me over.

"Dang girl! You are skinny! And your mane is a tangled mess! But you sure have gotten some sexy muscles." we laughed.

"Let’s walk." and as we walked Rain told me about her monster hunting and about the whole waiting for years thing to which I apologized. After I told her about my job with Marvin and about my little home under the lake she decided to ask questions.

"So. What exactly did you eat? And how did you keep yourself alive out here?"

"Well. It will seem gross to you, but I eat meat." Rain gasped. "There's sort of a food chain rule out here. Anything smaller or weaker than you is fair game. I'm larger than quite a bit of creatures in the forest or stronger. Also I'm a forest protector so that gives me even more rank. Besides, I'm usually at the lake and not many creatures are ones that live in water out here. Just me and Marvin." Rain just nodded her head, still shocked, as we walked along.

"Would you cut that out? You’re getting me wet." Rain moved away a few steps. Every time we came to a puddle or small pond I would splash into it to get my body wet.

"I have to or I'll go to that hideous pony form...no offence." I hung my head as Rain gave me a glare. I hadn't meant to insult her but I hated my pony form. It had crossed eyes, terrible wings, and the hair was so scratchy. As we walked passed Zecora's place I saw her and waved. Zecora smiled happily and waved back at us. I had told her all about raindrops one time and she probably put two and two together when we walked by. We continued walking and talking until a blinding light hit me. I jumped back under the canopy of trees. We had reached the end of the forest.

"This is as far as I can go." I tried to tell Rain, but she had her mind shield up again. She turned around to me.

"It’s time for you to leave this stinky old forest. You can't tell me otherwise unless you choose to actually speak like a normal pony. I would also like you to come with me to the summer sun celebration tomorrow. You can even stay at my house and have a sleepover! I'm sure Carrot top wouldn't mind!"

I was angry that she could even think such a thing. This was my Forrest. My home. And now she would take it away from me. But I had to go. I didn't want to lose my sister again and she was already walking towards ponyville. I ran into the light and after her. I could feel the sun. Burning down onto my back. I was drying up. I could no longer send out things with my mind.

I stopped mid track and collapsed. Rain turned around and ran to me, stopping a few feet away. She knew what was happening. I felt fur forcefully grow out from my body. My fins now growing feathers. My ears shortened. My tail lost all skin and muscle as it turned to hair. My gills collapsed to closed skin. And as I opened my eyes, two different directions filled my vision. I was again a pony and my body was sore as ever.

"Stupid body." my vocal cords burned as they forced the words out of my throat. I got up shakily and followed Rain again all the way to ponyville.