Howl at the Moon (Re-up)
New Life, and Getting a Job and Daughter
Previous ChapterNext ChapterThe girls and I finished breakfast and went outside. They all wondered what was going on, and when I pulled out the Utahraptor statue, they got more confused.
"Cameron, isn't that just a statue?" Twilight asks, getting a closer look at it.
"No. When I got my powers from the Shaman, she gave me this. You wanna know something funny. I had read stories, fictional mind you, about people that bought stuff from a man dressed as a merchant from a zombie game, and were sent to another dimension. I forget what the dimension was called, but the funny thing is, I met a guy, who looked like said merchant. I bought the statue from him. Even asked if he would send me to another dimension, and he just got angry some, understandably, and told me how noone liked to buy from him because of the stories. Anyway, when I got my powers, the Shaman said that I could make this into an actual, living creature. So, I will be doing so now. Ready?"
They all nod, and I place the statue on the ground. I step back, and the whisper in my head said to call out the name I wish to give it. I thought. I finally picked out a name, and then shouted.
"Sasha!' I know, not very cool, but it was simple and remember able. I liked it, and that was what counted.
The statue started to glow with an ethereal light, and the air got shimmers and wisps of light floating through the air. I heard a howl of laughter, and then the statue started to grow. It slowly grew quickly, to the size of six feet in height, and six yards head to tail. She was a big girl. Then, the statue started to crack. It happened slowly, little splits and gaps, but then it started to happen faster, spreading to the rest of the body. Then, with a final crack, and another howl of laughter, the raptor was free. And the first thing she did was turn to us.
She screeched."Which of you is the alpha?" It sounded almost like Saphira from the shitty Eragon movie. That was the best thing about it, Saphira, and Brom, they had a good actor for him. But anyways, the girls started to back up in fear, and I didn't exactly blame them. I respond in a screech, though it didn't sound like that to me.
"I am the alpha. If you want to contend, we do so now." Sasha screeched her challenge, then slowly started to circle me. I watched her, knowing only slightly what she might do. Not much was ever known on dinosaurs, and these Dino's had been no exception. I watched as she circled to my right, noticing the odd arm, and I presumed thinking it a weakness. I stood still, looking out the corner of my eye at her. I know it wasn't a good tactic, but I knew what to do.
She pounced. The girls screamed, and tried to rush and help me, but Fluttershy held them back. "They are fighting to see who is alpha, we can't interfere." They stop, and look on begrudgingly.
I block the attack with my arm, and her hind claws just slash up my shirt, leaving it with light damage. I punch out as she moves away, her style being in-n-out quick attacks, slashes and gouges that drain and weaken, instead of frontal assault. It was how they where supposed to have hunted, deducted from the shape of the large curved claw on each foot, the killing claw that had been thrust into the guys back in the third Jurassic Park movie, and the knife like claws on the hands.
She was lightly punched as she was almost out of reach when I jabbed. I now faced the new direction I had carried myself during my punch. Sasha was circling again. Then, she ran into the forest. Rainbow Dash got confused.
"Hey, where is that thing going? You weren't finished right?" I turn to her and give her a zippit motion, and she gets huffy. "Don't you tell me to zippit." I turn to her again, and say.
"Then shut up, because she is still here. She is ambushing me. Now, shut the fuck up." And return to concentrating. Rainbow Dash backs down, and looks around the clearing closer now.
I hear the girls. i hear the wind, lightly blowing the shrubs. I hear the trees creak and crack, my house doing the same. I see the bushes swaying in the breeze. i see the creak near my house burbling away through the forest. I feel the air as it rushes over me. I feel the heat of the sun in the air. I smell. I smell the water of the creak. I smell the sweat of the mares near me. i smell the leaves on the ground at my feet. I smell the air and smell it. The alien scent upon the air. The wind was coming from the left, and she was over there. I moved.
I pounced towards the bushes to the left of the clearing. i grabbed her snout as she tried to run away, and pulled her out and flung her to the ground, pinning her with my knee, and pulling her jaws apart. I screech.
"I am the alpha. Do you concede?" She screeches out her reply. "Yes." And I let go of her. She rose, and slunked off, noticing the cave at the edge of the clearing, and going into it. I turned to the girls.
"Sorry about that. Hey, Twi, do you know of any jobs I could get around here? I need something to make money so I can pay for food and lodging. And everything else that comes with it." Twilight thinks for a second, as we all head towards town, and then comes up with.
"Well, I know a job that is open, but I will need to get the princesses approval. They have been saying I need at least A guard, now that I am a princess as well. I just haven't been able to find anybody who fits the bill. You do though, so if your interested, you can have the job." I nod, mulling it over. It wasn't like I had already done bodyguard duty for her. I thought some more, and the job didn't get me as all that bad. I nod my head at the princess, and she beams with happiness. We make it to the path heading to the left of Sweet Apple Orchard, passing in front of it to a large meadow that isn't used by the farm.
"Well, I will send a message to the princesses that I have found someone to be my guard, and then we can make it final. However, you might get a second job, as the pay isn't the greatest. I don't know of any other jobs around. Try asking around, while I talk to the princess." I agree, and Rainbow starts to grumble.
"What's wrong skittles?" She looks at me indignantly, and then gripes.
"We are going so SLOW. I want to be in town already. I need to go feed my pet, and then get to the weather office and check up on the weather schedule for the next week. After that, I also need to write up a report of last weeks weather, and draw up a schedule for work. Wait, now that I say it, I realize that I have so much shit to do. Oh Faust. I don't want to have to do that. Fuck, well I might as well get to town anyways, get it done. See ya." She then starts to fly faster than us, and soon is gone. Pinkie starts up next.
"I need to get to the bakery, get started on the baking. Then I have to babysit the Cakes kids, as the herd is going to go somewhere. I forget where, but it was someplace important. Bye." The pink mare is then Gone. She just disappears. We continue, and Applejack says she needs to get to her chores. She then turns around and walks the other way to her farm. Rarity says she needs to get back to work on some dresses and suits for clients, and making the armor that she had copied. She picks up her pace, and then is out of sight as well.
Fluttershy and Twilight are left. We were in sight of town now, and Fluttershy headed off to get some food and animal care products for her animals, as she needed to feed and give them baths. I volunteered to come over later to help, and she blushed and thanked me. Twilight and I walked to the library. When we got there, she turned to me and said.
"I'm going to write a letter to Celestia about the guard position, and you filling it. You should ask around town for another job. See you in a bit, Cameron." I nod, and she closes the door, and I wander off. I visit Sugercube Corner first, and ask Pinkie if I can help with anything. She nods.
"Can you watch Pumpkin and Pound for a little? I need to bake, and I can't watch them and bake at the same time." I say of course, and head to the room she points at. I look inside to see a pegasus and unicorn. The pegasus is a young colt, and I had been told he was Pound. The little unicorn filly was named Pumpkin. They looked up when I walked in, and I lay down on the floor, and army crawl over to them. I had had plenty of experience with little babies, as some of the foster kids I had had had been 6 months to 11/2 by the time I had finished taking care of them.
The kids giggled, and crawled towards me. I bring my hand around, and boop each of of their noses. They giggled louder, and then they reared up, and slapped me on the back. It was like the little one I had finished with before I came here. They continued to crawl on me, and play with my hair and clothes, the bits that dangled off them. After a while, I could smell one of them had had an accident. Pumpkin started to cry, and I picked her up and took her to the changing table. I had become an master at changing diapers, and shortly after, I had pumpkin cleaned and playing. Pound came up to me and I could smell him too, so I changed him quickly, and then sent them to play. I looked at the time, and saw that it was possibly lunch time for the two. I picked them up, with a little difficulty, and walked out the room.
Pinkie saw me, and gasped. "I am so sorry Cameron. I forgot about you and the kids. They had been so quiet, and I didn't think much of it. And before the audience gets onto me, and you too, I know that quiet kids are getting in trouble, but I meant that they weren't making anymore noise than when I usually watch them. I had forgotten you had been taking care of them."
"It's fine Pinkie. And I had understood, but whatever audience you're talking about would have probably understood too. Do you have anything I can feed them? I think they will be hungry soon." Pinkie nods her head, and heads into the kitchen, before coming back and handing me two plates of food with easy eating stuff. Carrots, green beans, beets, the like. I saw some apple slices, pear slices, and some scrambled eggs. Pinkie said.
"Here you go. They have been on solid food for about two months now, and they love eggs. I wouldn't be surprised if they don't want much else." I laugh.
"The last baby I had loved her vegetables. You would have to Fight her, to give her something other than carrots or green beans. She would actually push stuff aside to eat her vegetables first." Pinkie giggled, and I walk to one of the tables in the main room. I pull up two high chairs, and the kids are set in. I sit, and don't eat for the next hour. All I could do, was feed them. I barely noticed, but every time I looked towards the counter, Pinkie would have her chin in her hands, and be staring at me. Her eyes gave of satisfaction, and approval. I had a strange feeling I had done something right, and I had a good feeling it had to do with the kids.
At about eight o'clock in the afternoon, the Cake herd got home. The flower trio went to their separate home, and Mr. and Mrs. Cake asked Pinkie how the day went.
"Well, Cameron helped me out mostly. He was great with the kids. He even taught ME some new things. He took them up to bed a second ago, and should be back soon."
"Oh, well that's good. I was hoping that we hadn't put to much strain on you, what with all of us having to go to meeting conventions about new rules and policies for bakers and flower stalls. I hope that business and went well to?" Pinkie nods, and I come down the stairs. The Cakes see me, and come shake my hand, thanking me for helping. I tell them it wasn't much, and that it gave me a chance to play with some young ones, and I say my goodbyes. Pinkie follows me outside, and says.
"You were really good today, Cameron. Thanks for all the help, and taking care of the kids. I am sorry that you couldn't have gone to help Fluttershy today, because it took so long." I slapped my forehead as she reminded me of my volunteering. I would have to apologize tomorrow for not helping. Then Pinkie did something I didn't expect.
She leaned up and kissed my cheek. My heart slightly fluttered as she did, and we both backed away from the other, blushing.
"Uhm, night Cam." She races inside, and closes the door. I head to Twilight's house to spend the night, as it had gotten dark.
For some reason, my heart was singing.
The next day, I made my way to Fluttershy's house early, as I wanted to apologize, and maybe find a way to make it up to her. I arrived to see her scrubbing animals. I walked up.
"Hello Fluttershy. I wanted to come and apologize for not helping out yesterday. I was hoping to make up for it?" She looks up from the goat she was soaping up.
"Oh, that's okay Cameron. I heard you were helping Pinkie out with the Cake twins, so I understood. If you still want to make it up, could you grab another kiddie pool, and start by scrubbing up Henry? I wasn't able to get to him yesterday, and he was a little grumpy about not getting his bath." I nod, grab a pink kiddie pool, looked for Hello Kitty on it, and filled it up with some water from the nearby garden hose. I then called out for Henry.
What I got was a grizzly bear charging me. I admit, I panicked for a sec. It was a BEAR. I wasn't expecting a BEAR. I almost bolted, but forced myself to stay rooted. The bear got close, and stopped. Then it reared up on its hind legs, and swiped. I blocked with my arm, and got knocked over for the effort. I didn't want to hurt any of Fluttershy's friends, and this must have been one of them. I blocked another strike form the bear, and then it chomped down on my crystal arm. It wouldn't let go.
Then Fluttershy appeared.
I didn't like her look. She walked over to us calmly, and got in front of the bear mauling my fake arm. She then grabbed it by one ear, and jerked it closer, before whispering one word that rang out through the clearing like it had been said with a megaphone.
"Stop."
The bear instantly did so. It stopped chewing, and let go. I pulled my self out from under it, and got up. Fluttershy turned her gaze on me, and I thought that maybe, just possibly, I might die. She asked me.
"Did you get any major injuries?" I whimper, but shake my head no. Her eyes looked cold, like she would happily rip a head off. I felt the world growing colder, as if winter was coming. She nodded, then turned her attention back to Henry.
The bear, for his part, knew he had fucked up. He was cowering by the base of Fluttershy's tree cottage. She walked up to the grizzly. I swear, he was peeing himself. To be fair, I was about to as well. Fluttershy looked like she would unleash hell upon us, and not the literal place. She knelt down by the bear.
"Henry, why did you attack Cameron?" she said this in a calm, collect manner. It was terrifying. The bear gave a trembling grunt, and Fluttershy nodded.
"He wasn't trying to attack me." her gaze softened, and my heartbeat went back below 500. "He was here to help me. He said he would help me wash and feed you all, and so he came to help. Now, go and say your sorry." the bear nodded, and came over to me. He grumbled to me, and I took it as an apology.
"No prob, dude. No damage done. You good with me washing the dirt off you?" the bear nods.
After that, the rest of the time went well. Me and Fluttershy washed all the animals, and then she showed me which animals liked which foods. We took fifteen minutes for that, and then Fluttershy got a thoughtful look.
"Cameron, are you still looking for a job?" I nod. "Well, if I am not mistaken, the local butcher was looking for a hunter to go into the Everfree, and catch wild game. I don't help many animals of the forest, besides the ones here, and the larger beasts are problematic, like the Cragodile, or manticores. Hydra's never listen to anybody, and Timberwolves are wood, and are extremely aggressive. Not to mention that demons are reported from time to time to live in there. You would be perfect for the hunting job." I agree with her.
"I will talk to him in a bit. Anything you still need done around here?" She shakes her head no, and I say goodbye.
I head into town, and see Applejack when I happen to pass through the market, buying groceries here and there. I walk over to the stand she's at.
"Hey Applejack, how're you? Anything new?" She nods.
"Ah'm doing good. Nothing new, been gathering apples. I have been meaning to ask, you wanna come by and help me build a shed? Big Mac is doing something for Cheerilee for the next few days, and the youngsters are going to be staying at Rarity's for a while. It's the perfect time to do it." I agree to help her out, and ask her for directions to the butcher. She gives me them, and I head off.
When I walk into the butcher shop, I hear a chime. I then hear a male voice call out with a hearty voice. "Jus a minute." So I wait.
Eventually, a griffon walks out from behind the flaps that lead to the back of the building. He had blue fur, and white feathered head. He had a couple of scars along his wrist, and a finger missing on his left hand. His right eye had a scar going up from the top of the eye, about half an inch long. I noticed that, while the griffon was bipedal, like the ponies, he had claws instead of true hands. They looked to be eagle claws. I shook his hand.
"Yes, I heard that you were looking for a hunter, to hunt the Everfree? I am hear to apply. I live just inside the Everfree, and I can hunt." The griffon nods.
"Yep. I been lookin hard fer someone to hunt some large game fer me. Can't do it myself, took an arrow to the knee. You up for it?" I give an affirmative. "Then fine. I will give you 100 bits fer every large game you haul, depending on size, and 40 bits for smaller game. Good?" I shake his hand, and leave.
The next day I go over to Applejacks house. When I get there and knock on the door, I am greeted by the three little ones and Applejack.
"Hey girls, how are you three? I thought you were going to be at Rarity's?" Applejack said to me.
"They were. Then she got a call from one of her stores in Canterlot, so she had to leave. I volunteered to keep them. You ready to help with the shed?" We head out to the barn to gather the wood and tools, and load them into a handcart, to which I groan, but help Applejack push.
"I sense a reason behind that groan." I nod.
"In my world, there is a religion called Mormon. One of the things that the church does every once in a while, is a thing called Trek. It is a hike, almost, but it was to represent what the pioneers had to go through when they had been trying to settle America, the country I lived in. You had to where clothes appropriate to the time period, and had to push along a handcart for miles and miles along hard track. I got blisters from it, and gained a new appreciation for them. I just don't have the same view of handcarts since then." She nods, and we continue, the three fillies playing and running around ahead of us.
We finally make it to where the shed would be built. I look around. "So where?" Applejack points to a tree.
In it, I see a little shed built like a tree house. "It's the CMC's clubhouse. It got some damage during a rainstorm a few weeks back, and I hadn't gotten around to it till now." I understood, and we set to work. I would drag out boards, and Applejack had a ladder set up to the roof, taking boards and hammering a new roof onto the little shed.
We had been working for an hour, and we were getting hot. The CMC had run off, not far but Applejack and I couldn't easily see them. We could hear them playing over by some trees a few rows over. Applejack had gotten down from the roof, and had started to work on the walls.
We didn't know what happened. But we heard a scream. We stopped what we were doing, and Applejack picked up a hammer lying nearby. Then we heard some laughter, and it didn't sound good. Applejack and I ran in the direction of the sound.
We reached it quickly, and was greeted by two demons. Applejack froze up, but I charged ahead. I saw one, it looked to be a young girl. She had black hair, and pale white skin, not sickly, but close. Her face was the most interesting part of her. It was a mask, almost. She opened up what had to be her mouth, and the top half of the mask rose up, and the bottom moved down. But it had two side pieces, that moved to the left and right as she opened her mouth to shriek at the girls. The mask had two horns that stuck straight up from the top. I didn't see any eyes. Her teeth were razor sharp.
The other demon was male, and he looked a little like the other. He was taller, and his entire body was white. Bone white. It was hard to describe, so I had someone draw him later on. Here is the picture.

(P.S. i didn't have this image drawn specially for me. I don't know who originally did this, and I will not actually claim this to be mine. I just did the claim for the sake of the story. Read on.)
He laughed, and I could see the child demon hesitate. I rushed into the clearing, and bot between the little girl, and the CMC. The male looked at me. He spoke, his voice hollow, and sounded like Cayde 6 if he had a raspy voice, that echoed slightly, despite nothing to make it do so.
"What are you doing? I am teaching her to hunt your kind. If you wish to join those children, then die."
"What is your name, and title demon?" he looks surprised, and laughs.
"I am the demon Mologan, I am the seventh most powerful lord of Tarturus. I am training the newest lord. I guess that you can be her meal. Satan, kill this filthy creature." Satan looks at me, and I smile.
"Really? Your Satan? Well, I am actually surprised. Usually, people portray Satan in my world to look like you," as I point to Mologan. "In my world, Satan rules over hell. HE, for it was always he, was said to have been thrown from heaven by god, for whatever reason, I forget. I always thought though, that Satan got the shaft. He was always blamed for the bad things that happened on Earth, and god was praised, as was his son Jesus, for everything good that happened. It was why, I actually low-key worshiped him. Not enough to sacrifice goats or anything, and not enough to perform any, SATANIC RITUALS, always thought it was cool that he had them named after him. But yeah, I thought he had got it hard, for whatever he had done. I don't know if Satan had deserved what had happened, but it didn't matter. He still got shit, and I always thought he might actually be a good person. So, Satan. Are you a good demon, and do you actually want to kill me and these girls?"
She looks at me, her head tilted. She seamed to be thinking. Mologan started to laugh.
"Are you serious, mortal bug? You, praised Satan? You make me laugh. She isn't strong enough to be a lord of hell. I shouldn't be training her, but she was the best demon to fill the twelfth seat of power in Tarturus. Satan, kill this mortal, and those kids, and we can make you strong enough to wield the power."
Satan is still looking at me, tilting her head back and forth. She croaks and squawks at me. I understood, somehow, what she was saying.
"Did you really worship me?" I nod.
"Or, Satan. You can come with me. I can help you. Take care of you. I saw you. The hesitation. You didn't want to attack, did you?" Mologan starts to look worried.
"You cant actually believe this mortal piece of filth. He doesn't care for you. He lied, when he said he worshiped you. He was only saying that to make you hesitate. You can eat, and when you eat him, you will be even more powerful. Feast on there flesh, and you will grow into a proper demoness." Applejack had gone to the three girls, and they all stood there, watching as I chatted with the two demons.
Satan asks me another question.
"Could you actually help me? I don't want this. It's so lonely. I want a Daddy. Are you Daddy? I hurt so bad. They all hurt me. I am weak. I am stupid. I am useless. They all say this. No nice. One nice. Scorpan. He nice. He no want to be Daddy. He help me learn to fight. I want a Daddy. I am scared. Can you be Daddy?"
I stop, and lower my arms. The little girl had tears coming out her mask.They came from around where the eyes would be on a normal being. Water, trickling down. I moved. Towards the little one. Applejack called out.
"CAMERON, DON'T GET TO CLOSE! IT COULD BE A TRAP! MOLOGAN IS MESSING WITH YOU!" I look at her.
"I know. I am not doing this because of him, though." At that Mologan looks confused.
"I have allowed this to go on long enough. If you wont kill these weak creatures, then move so I can." I pick up the pace lightly.
I reach Satan. I kneel down in front of her. I say.
"I will. I will be your father. But, I need to protect you now. So, please move, so i can protect all of you." I say those final words as I stand up. Satan looks up at me, then steps aside, moving towards Applejack and the three fillies. Applejack and the girls started to back away, but I stopped them with my words.
"Applejack, take Satan and the CMC, and get them out of here. Contact Twilight, and tell her what is going on. Have her tell Celestia. And whatever you do, don't let her get hurt. If you do, the offender and you will answer to me. Understood?" Applejack nods, her eyes wide in panic. "Good. Now, I need to beat the shit out of this guy. So go." And Applejack grabs Satan's hand, and pulls her away, towards her house. I look at Mologan. He was furious.
"You will be killed for your foolishness, mortal. The other lords will not be happy, and will rip the flesh from your bones, if they had the chance. Not that they will get one, as you will die by my hand. You have taken one of our own, and I cannot allow that to go unnoticed. Die, filth." He throws his hand out, and pulls from the air the bonesaw from Bloodborne.
I pull out the Greatsword of Artorias. I then put on my armor. It looks like the knights armor from For Honor. I get into stance, and Mologan attacks. He starts by slashing at my left shoulder, and I pull up the greatsword to block. As the two blades connect, Mologan's face looks surprised.
"For a mortal, you have a surprising amount of strength. No other mortal has been able to block my strikes and live."
"Yeah. Well, good thing I am not fully human." I shove him off, and transform. The light swirls around me, and I feel myself growing. I feel the fur, growing on me. My face stretching out into a muzzle. Mologan is standing there, watching, as I finish. The entire process took only a second or two. As I finished, I looked to him, pulled up my greatsword to point it at him, and started to laugh. The insanity it sounded like, betrayed what I actually felt, and Mologan started to look like he might actually be in trouble.
"What are you?" I can't answer, but I leap forward and strike as he was distracted. He dodges, and swipes me with his tail, tossing me through a row of trees. I land, skidding, and back into a tree. Mologan starts to thrust a hand out, and a large beam of energy is shot at me. It looks like one of the beams that the Arrancar do in Bleach. I deflect it with my blade, getting pushed back the entire time. The beam ends.
I laugh. I charge at Mologan and he charges me with his weapon, and we swing at the same time, bringing the weapons to clash. I get in his face, and smile a big toothy grin. My teeth, each one the size and sharpness of a large kitchen knife. I then lick him, my tongue reaching out to slip over his face. It was effective in ending the clash.
He stumbles back disgusted. "How dare you defile me, you disgusting creature. You shall die for that." and he backs up, and opens his mouth to breath flames upon me. I slash through them, and dash closer, slashing at his legs.
He jumps back, but gets a large cut on one leg. I keep advancing, swinging and slashing, getting in some more hits. All he had been doing has been deflecting unsuccessfully. I dash even closer, grab him by the head, and lift him up to slam him onto the ground. The impact leaves a small crater by his head. I keep slamming his head, over and over, into the ground.
I transform out of my beast mode. "It looks like you can't even use that weapon. Is it decoration, or did you only just get it? Because you suck at using it." He growls, and charges. He swings at my head, and I duck and thrust up, stabbing him in the gut.
His momentum carries him half way onto the blade. He pauses, knowing what has happened. I stand up from my crouch. He stares at me, and asks.
"How is this weapon able to kill me?" I think, then answer.
"It was given by a god. It was forged with the soul of the great wolf Sif, and was the weapon of the great knight Artorias. It was meant to kill monsters, whatever type they be." i pull the blade out, and he falls to his knees. "Any last words, before I call Cerberus to retrieve you? "
He just sits there, looking at me.
"Very well. Know this, and spread the word. I am here to protect this world, as the champion of Faust. If any demon wishes to challenge me, I will be here in this town. Also, tell them to not fill the twelfth throne. Satan still lives, and will continue to hold it. Now, give me a moment to call Cerberus. Here, can you hold this for me?" I stab him in the chest again with the blade, making it pin him to the ground. It won't kill him, it will just hold him for a moment. I hear some noise behind me.
I turn to see Twilight and Satan. She sees what I have done, and I tell her.
"Call Cerberus." She looks, and nods. She walks away, leaving Satan behind. "Satan, do you want to say anything to him?"
She comes over, and stares at Mologan. Then, she crouches down next to him. I don't know what she is going to do, and I watch.
She then opens her mouth, latches on to his face, and proceeds to rip a chunk off. He starts to scream in pain, as Satan finishes the bite and bends back in for another bite. I watch on, slightly horrified, but also fascinated. I didn't expect this. She continues to nom on the demon, taking bites out of other parts of his body. She rips off an arm, and throws it to me, and then continues on eating. She pulls out his heart, and looks at him, he didn't look very demonic anymore. He looked like he wanted go home to mommy. He was crying and whimpering. He saw what the little girl held, and started to cry and babble for mercy.
She gave him none, bringing the heart to her mouth and ravaging it, tearing into it with glee as if it was candy. He screamed, and then Cerberus came out of a portal.
Satan stopped, and ran to hide behind me. I turned to calm her down, and went to retrieve my sword from the demons corpse. Cerberus looked like a bipedal dog, with three heads. He had a light covering of fur across his body, and had heavier hair like fur around his arms and other portions of his body. He looks at me, then the Mologan. Then he looks at Satan, before pointing to her.
I shake my head no. "Faust said I could choose what I do with the demons. I choose to spare her. She will live with me, and I will teach her to rule Tarturus for your master. Tell him this, and that if he tries to hurt her, he will pay dearly. I protect any child with my life, and he better be prepared to give his if he hurts her." Cerberus barks, and then grabs one of Mologan's legs. He rips the bonesaw out of his hand, and tosses it to me, where I catch it. Must be a trophy. He then drags Mologan off through the portal, which closes behind him. I turn around to see Satan nibbling on the arm she had tossed me, with Twilight crouched nearby taking notes.
I decide to prank her. I motion for Satan to stay, and move around to be behind Twilight. I transform into my beast mode, and make my way up to her. As I get near, I get right behind her, looking over her shoulder. Then, I laugh in her ear. She screams, and Satan looks at us. Twilight was on the ground, looking at me as I continued to laugh my Howler laughter.
"That wasn't nice Cameron.*sigh* I'm going to have to tell Celestia about Satan and whoever that demon is."
"Mologan, the seventh lord of Tarturus. And Satan, the twelfth lord of Tarturus, and future ruler." Twilight looks at me.
"Future ruler? Nopony rules Tarturus, except for Hades, but he rules the underworld. The twelve lords just give him a hard time because he is their warden, as Tarturus IS a prison. How is she going to rule Tarturus?"
"I have a way. Don't you worry." and we head back to town. Twilight tells me that the girls have taken shelter in the library, and so we head over there.
As we walk in, everyone turns to us. Twilight was the first to walk in, followed by me and Satan. As the crusaders see her, they scream and run away, backing up to a wall. I sigh.
"Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Applebloom. Please, meet Satan. I know she scared you, but she didn't want to. She was being told to do so, by the other demon with her. Satan, I know you shouldn't have to, but could you say your sorry?" Satan had looked at me when I had talked to her, and she looked down shyly when I said to say sorry. She shrieks softly.
"I'm sorry. I didn't want to hurt you. I hurt. You shouldn't hurt. Please don't hate me. Will you play with me?"
Fluttershy gasps when she heard her speak. She stands up and moves to give the little demon a hug.
"Who hurt you? It's okay, you can tell me. Mamma Fluttershy will help." The crusaders see Fluttershy hugging Satan, and start to come out of the corner they had huddled up in.
"Is she gonna shriek at us again?" Applebloom asks. Fluttershy shakes her head no.
"Cameron, I need you to get a bath ready. Twilight, can we use the one here?" Twilight nods a yes. "Good, Cameron, go. Girls, we have a new daughter. Twilight, you can talk to me later if you object, but right now, I am taking care of this child." Fluttershy isn't giving the death glare from yesterday, but her gaze now was one that went uncontested. Twilight nodded.
"I wouldn't have it any other way." The crusaders hear they have a new sister, and make their way over to see her.
"Why does she have that face mask on, and not take it off?" Scootaloo asks. I was coming down the stairs from the bath, and told her the answer.
"That's her face. It isn't a mask she can take off, it is her face. She doesn't know how to speak like us, so give her some time to learn." The girls get close, and Satan starts to go into her metaphorical shell. Fluttershy places a hand on her shoulder.
Applebloom goes to touch her face, and Satan shy's away, only to get a push forward by Fluttershy. "These are your new sisters. They want to get to know you. It's okay, they wont try to hurt you." Once Fluttershy said that, Satan came out from behind her.
Applebloom went and gave her face a gentle touch.
"It's so smooth. Like porcelain, but not as shiny." Sweetie Belle lit her horn up. Satan's faceplate did the same with Sweetie's magical aura around it, and Satan got scared. Applebloom took her hand, and kept her still.
"It seems to be bone. And Cameron was right, I can feel that it's connected to her body as her face. Also, some sort of magic is coming off it. It acts like eyes." Scootaloo comes up.
"So sis, what can you do? any cool special demon attacks?" Rainbow Dash gets excited.
"Yeah, I wanna know to. Any sort of laser spell, or what?" Satan nods. I interject.
"Lets not get on that right now. We need to give her a bath. Come on, lets go." The little demon comes and grabs my hand, and we head to the bath. The girls stay in the room, talking. The CMC join. Twilight heads the room.
"So, girls, since he isn't here, we need to talk. I want to have a vote. All in favor of having him be herd master, raise your hands." Everyone in the room raises a hand. "Okay, reasons why. Rainbow Dash, go."
"Well, he is a cool guy. He kicks ass, and has the wit and strength to back up his claims. And I will say this for all of us, but he is HOT. That's all I have."
"Agreed on the heat. Rarity, go."
"Well, darling, he is cute, but his fashion, while not always great, is still better than most of the stallions we have dated. That, and his armor is amazing. It was unlike any we have. He also seems to be a gentlecolt, and ties his hardest to help anypony out."
"Agreed. Pinkie, go."
"He is great with little kids. He kept the twins entertained, and he was able to get them to behave well. And, he has some baking skills. Plus he works for me, so I have to keep a closer eye on him than all the rest of you. And last, he has great taste in music, but he doesn't really like country, so sorry Applejack."
"Eh, it's fine."
"Okay Pinkie, thanks for your input. Fluttershy, next up."
"Well, he can handle himself, and he told me when he helped me that he once worked for a pet grooming place. He loves animals, and he had multiple pets over the years. And he was very gentle, and patient. He also got attacked by Henry, and didn't hurt him while getting lightly mauled. He was good in my eyes."
"Thank you Fluttershy. I will go next. He has been great with the crusaders, and did you see how he was with Satan. It was like she was his actual daughter. I think he would be great for us. Applejack, your turn."
"Well, as you know, he protected me and the fillies. He has me, and his strength was nothing to back down from either. The way he threw that Cragodile. Nopony, not even Big Mac, can do that. Plus he then pulled that plant demon off the tree of Harmony. But then, and this is the big kicker. After he fought said demon, and got injured, he still took it upon himself to get us out of the cave when it had collapsed upon Celestia, Luna, and us. He willingly put himself in pain to help us, over himself. He has gained my respect, and trust. I think he would be a good herd master."
"Thank you Applejack. Finally, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Applebloom. Your opinions on us taking Cameron as herd master."
The three fillies look at each other ,and Applebloom says.
"I speak for the three of us when I say yes. He put himself in front of us to wight a demon. And, he makes all of you happy. We want you to be happy. Anypony that does that for you, makes us happy. I think you should go for him."
The mane 6 stare at the girls, realizing what they mean. They stand and go to give the three fillies a hug. Twilight ends the meeting.
"Well, how do we tell him?"
Author's Note
Sorry for the late update, and don't worry about the short fight. Mologan will get what's really coming to him later on. I hope you like what I did with Satan, and don't hate on it. Constructive criticize on it.Tell me your thoughts. Next time, we go to a ball.
Have a Jivin day!
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