Author's Note

EDIT: Sorry I didn't see the screwed up link sooner, guys! =.=;;

Well, here it is, folks! Sorry it took so damn long, and I'm sorry it doesn't reveal much, but don't worry, a lot will be revealed soon! 'Till next time!

-Timeless Lord Slayer

3 - Enter Ferocity: And Show Them The Light (EDITED)

Awaken, O' Beast of Yore.

Awaken, and lay low the Halves.

Awaken, O' Embittered One.

Awaken, and spread thine Gospel.

Awaken, ye who slumber within the Power.

Awaken, and show Them thy Light.

A familiar song filled my ears.

Her song.

...But I couldn't see her. Darkness was all that covered my vision. But I knew she was there. She always played that music box. It had to be her. She had to be here! I strained my eyes, trying to blink, to even move towards the sound, but nothing.

Then...

...Light. And her smiling, soft face.

I tried to reach for it, to caress her cheek like always, but my hand stopped short, as if held in place by something. I snarled, struggling against whatever bonds held me. The song was ending, her face and her light was getting fainter. I thrashed, I kicked, I screamed in rage.

"LET ME GO! LET ME GO YOU FUCKING BASTARDS!" I tried to reach a hand to her again. "AURELIA! DON'T GO! DON'T GO!!!"

Darkness overtook me again.

And so did my rage.

I could feel the Dracophage Bugs caress my hide, filling me with their power as my fury skyrocketed.

Another familiar face filled my vision. 'They took your light, and yet you remain here, asleep? They rape, torture and degrade, and you sleep? They corrupt, ruin, demean, monopolize and destroy, and you sit here, twiddling your silly little claws up your ass, SLEEPING!?' The face snarled. 'The Caribou destroyed your happiness, tainted it!! The Caribou took your light, the Caribou took your family, your world! They took your home, your livelihood, your happiness, your will to love! So WHAT! WILL YOU TAKE!! FROM THEM?!?'

"EVERRYYYTHIIIING!!!"

"Doctor, he's waking up!"

I jumped up with my claws and fangs bared, Dragon Lightning crackling over me, breaking something that held me down. It sounded like metal, but I cared little. My vision was blurry, red in almost every corner, and all I could see, no, all I wanted was to kill, to maim, to destroy, to TAKE.

I heard a scream from my right, smelled the scent of a damned Caribou, and acting on pure bloodlust and instinct, pounced on the source. Snarling, lowering my fangs to the neck, I growled out, "Caribou like you deserve no quarter, NO REMORSE!" I opened my maw wide.

Then, something slammed into my side, knocking me across the room. I slowly, angrily looked up at my attacker, expecting to see or even smell Caribou, but...

...My rage faltered. There was the scent of a Caribou, but also...a female. A Griffon female. The stench of Caribou was heavy on her, however...

My vision cleared, just enough that I could finally make out her features. She had cerulean feathers, from head to toe, like that of the sea. A doctor's coat was covering her modesty, though I could see she'd barely anything else on. I clicked my tongue at this. 'Disgusting fucking Caribou, keeping their women without proper wear.'

She was shaking, though from the lack of weapons or any object she could use to knock me around like that, I could only assume she had pushed or kicked me. More likely the former.

"St-St-Stay back! I'm w-warning you! I...I know karate!" she threatened.

I looked around briefly, ignoring her for the time being. There was a Caribou here, I know it- My nose suddenly wrinkled, and I honed in on the scent to find... Oh.

There certainly was one, laying prone behind the Griffon, in a very revealing nurses outfit - likely being all they could find - and most certainly a doe.

I'd met countless does in my life. Some were completely okay with and even worshipped their males, like said males wanted. Some begrudgingly went along with their ways so that they and their children could survive the hostile-to-women culture. Some resisted and cried and were overall scared.

I figured this doe to be one of the latter, considering she'd just peed herself.

However, I'd had many doe do that in my presence. And some...some only did it after I was forced to show them my power. My rage. Even so...she did not seem the same as those particular doe.

"...Caribou," I barked out. Said doe squeaked, backpedaling into the wall and staring at me with frightened eyes. "Where am I?"

"P-P-Ponyville G-General Hospital," the doe squeaked out.

I frowned, still disregarding the Griffon. "How did I get here?"

"We found you collapsed outside town and brought you here," came a vaguely familiar voice from the entrance.

I looked to it to find that same, purple furred unicorn from when I was released, but my frown remained as I then looked to my claws. "..." It seems my body has grown weaker over my time in stone, then. I slowly looked back up to them. "You seek to chain me?"

"That depends," the unicorn began, crossing her arms over her thankfully covered chest. She was in armor, in fact. The same armor of the Caribou. "So far all we've seen from you is bloodlust."

I looked to the two other females. Both watching me with scared eyes. I could feel the unease in this unicorn, as well.

I was still only a monster to them.

Slowly, I stood up. They tensed. I didn't react. "I have no interest in being interrogated for only doing what is right. If you cannot divine the truth in my words, then I see no reason to remain here." I started to walk towards them, and I saw all but the unicorn step back. "If you seek to chain me, or worse, use me, then you will not receive mercy from me." I stopped in front of the unicorn, staring her down. "I suggest you let me go, pony. I do not want to dirty my claws further with the blood of the innocent."

"So you've killed innocents before, then?" She replied coolly.

I narrowed my eyes at her, tail flicking to the side. "Speak plainly. I have no patience for subterfuge or veiled words."

A frown, then a sigh. "I just want to know your intentions. Your...actions have been...confusing."

I crossed my arms, still staring down at her. "Because I left the females and youths alive."

She nodded.

"..." I let out a heaving breath. "I will not harm the innocent if I have no need to. Even then, I will not kill them."

"Prove it."

I growled. "Mind your tone, pony. You have seen already I have no intentions of harming you all. Only the Caribou." The one Caribou in the room squeaked at that. I didn't care.

The unicorn still stood her ground, even though I could see her shaking. I knew she did not have the strength to stop me. Even if she still had a horn. That's what always made this so hard.

I pushed past the unicorn, making her stumble back as I made my way for the door. "For what it's worth, I thank you for taking care of me. May you all have better days in your future."

Before they could say anything, I walked out the door. I was stopped, however, by two familiar females. The young Zebra mare, and the young Dragoness.

"You're leaving...?" The Zebra asked, looking up at me with her pinkish eyes. The same eyes that... I shook my head rapidly.

"I see no reason to stay when Caribou remain alive," I answered.

The Dragoness frowned, playing with her hands. I tried to ignore how they both wore were bikinis, instead putting it away as further fuel for my rage.

"You haven't even told us your name..." She said, wings drooping.

I frowned. A sigh left me as I heard the others come up behind me. "Horus. Horus Blackbriar." I knelt to one knee, looking them both in the eyes. "Might I have the honor of receiving your names?"

"M-Myrtle," The Dragoness said, looking away.

"T-Titania," The Zebra mare told me.

I smiled, nodding. "I imagine you wish to know my reasons for saving you, as well?" They nodded slowly. I sighed again, shaking my head and standing up. 'At least there's a chance these two children do not see me as a monster.' I turned my head to those behind me, then back to the two youths. "Then I apologize."

They all frowned, a few stepping back, even. "W-Why?" The Doe asked fearfully.

"Because the true reason is something I shall take to my grave. All you need to know..." I grinned, showing off my fangs as I flicked my tail to the side. "...is that I will end the Caribou."