Monstra Monstrum: Nuckelavee's Siege

"Hurry up! We're behind schedule!" Occisar yelled at he stood on the outside of the freshwater barrier. There was still several miles worth of digging to do and he was still the only Hunter available. It wasn't an ideal situation, but the Nuckelavee haven't been seen since it's initial attack.

"Give us a second! You forget that there's not many of us here." A female voice responded. The Hunter turned to the mare in question and came face to chest with the local apple mare; Applejack.

"You forget that we're behind schedule because of you." The Hunter wasn't happy that the Element of Honesty constantly threw off his schedule. He didn't want to stand guard longer than he had to; however, the slow pace and the long breaks made it difficult to get anything done.

"Can you blame me?! We know nothing about this so-called monster and haven't seen it. The only one that did is you and the others are conveniently dead! You've only succeeded in scaring the neighbors, traumatizing Fluttershy, and almost crippling Rainbow Dash! No one trusts you, but we're going along with it because you'll kill us if we don't. Ah'm not happy, you're not happy, and you're only succeeding in having everyone hate you!" Occisar looked at her, his expression didn't change except for a slightly raised brow. He wasn't phased much although he did feel a bit happy that he was successfully distancing himself from the others.

"If you're done, get back to work." Applejack sighed before picking up her shovel and walking over to the others that were still working. "You're meal breaks will be extended to two hours, but your breaks are being cut down to two minutes." Occisar turned away from the ponies and faced the Everfree. There were faint sounds of ponies cheering at a longer break. "What the hell?"

Occisar noticed something moving through the foliage. It was fast and and smaller than the Nuckelavee. Occisar raised his Hout Automatic towards the treeline. It was difficult to see past the first few trees since anything past it was pitch black; however, there was something glowing. A single, large, orange eye.

"Everyone, get to the town."

"Why is Occisar being such a hard ass?" Rainbow Dash asked as she stood in the Town Hall.

"Rainbow, I don't mind you hanging out here, but the Princesses gave him absolute authority to-" Mayor Mare began before cracks echoed through the sky.

"Thunder? Rain wasn't scheduled for today." Rainbow said. Soon after she said that, she saw almost the entire town running to the Town Hall.

Within the crowd, she saw Applejack at the very back. She looked as if she was the one who caused the panic.

"Applejack, what's going on?!" Rainbow asked immediately as Applejack barricaded the door.

"Large, black, one eyed wolves." A terrified Applejack responded.

"Open the door, open the door, OPEN THE DOOR RIGHT NOW!!!" A male voice yelled. Applejack recognized the voice and pulled all the barricades down.

Almost instantly, a caramel stallion kicked the door down while carrying half a red stallion.

"Holy shit, Big Mac!" Applejack yelled as she ran to the mutilated stallion. She didn't have to see his face to know he was close to death. "What happened?!"

"We... we... ah... we..." With the excitement of the chase finally dying down, he was struggling to answer.

"Hey, calm down. Take a breath Caramel." Caramel did as his employer said and took a breath.

"We... we tried to help Occisar." His response blew them away. "We saw it. The Nuckelavee... it was throwing those things into the town. It was unbelievably massive. We... we were caught off guard and one tackled Big Mac. Occisar was busy handling the larger hoard running at us, but I couldn't get them off him in time."

"Where's Occisar?" Rainbow asked.

"He ran to the farm house. I don't know what happened after that." Applejack was about to rush out the door.

"Hold on!" Eris said as she materialized in front of the angry mare.

"The rest of mah family is out there!" Applejack reasoned.

"I was sent in advance by Occisar. He's barricaded in the barn with Granny Smith and Applebloom, but he told me to warn everyone about the Harpies."

"What are those things?" Applejack had to calm herself at the mention of a new monster.

"They're flying monsters, but they look as fast as Rainbow Dash. Maybe slower." Almost everyone began to freak out. "They have air superiority."

"Why don't you bring them here?" Rainbow asked.

"I'm blocked from altering reality when around monsters. They just aren't affected by my magic and the same is with Occisar."

"Then bring my family here!" Applejack yelled with pure rage in her eyes.

"If I do, Occisar will try to get here and we're completely surrounded. And, whether you like it or not, he's the only one with the knowledge of these monsters." The Draconiques smiled as she looked at the mare. "Trust me, he doesn't kill ponies randomly or put them in danger without reason."

Occisar was currently in a corner of the barn away from the two Apple Family members. He was recovering from a panic attack after he overwhelmed himself.

"Okay... okay... this got out of hand really quick." He said as he tried to simplify the situation. With how quickly everything went downhill, no one can blame him for freaking out... Right?

"Hey, Occisar! The barricades are set! Nothin's gittin' in!" An old mare said. Occisar knew her as Granny Smith, but she seemed a little more put together than the show implied.

That was enough of a signal from for him to break out of his fear. He couldn't be seen as a coward. If he was, then moral would fall quickly and then productivity would collapse.

"Good. You should stay as high up as possible in case the Shucks get in. Applebloom, can you create a few spikes facing the door?" Occisar asked.

"Spikes?" Applebloom questioned.

"Let me show you." He grabbed a few sticks that would have been used as firewood. He then placed the two shortest in an X formation and then placed the longest over it; creating a clear front. He then pulled a small rope from his equipment pouch and tied it together. Finally, he sharpened the long stick to a fine point. "Like this. It'll act as a little defense if they get in."

"Will it kill them!" Her face had an unsure expression.

"I don't know. Shucks are said to be demons or evil spirits, so this could be more like a minor roadblock than a wall." He then shouldered his Hout rifle. "My bullets are silver so it should be able to kill them. If possible, I'd like to keep a few alive for testing."

Applebloom and Occisar worked on the spikes. The sounds of Shucks outside and attempting to breakdown the door didn't help their anxiety. As they were finishing, the barricades shifted violently. It was only a matter of time before they broke through.

He helped Granny Smith climb to the upper level before the young mare. Once they were all up there, he broke the ladder to prevent them from getting up. However, he had a plan.

Before he push climbed, he threw all the hay in the barn around. Then he did the same with the salt. Finally, he used all but one Molotov to coat the hay in alcohol.

Explosives weren't viable at the moment to use since fire seemed to be more permanent. Almost everything he used was in a standard Hunter's equipment pouch.

He didn't let the latter fall. He still needed it. He moved to a window on the upper level and went to the side closest to the Apple Family farmhouse. Occisar lied the broken latter across the rooves for a makeshift bridge.

"Anyone want to go first?" Occisar asked.

"Why don't you?" Applebloom responded with a glare. She thought that he was going to use them to test the stability of the latter bridge.

"I have to stay here. You two act as a bigger threat and I'll be the lesser. Their hunting instincts will make me their target." He then took out his remaining Molotov. "I'll burn these fuckers."

"That's the plan?!" Granny Smith yelled, surprised. "You'll die!"

"The plan is to become the lesser threat to get as many as I can in here to burn them. Then while the barn is on fire, I leave by the latter bridge or by getting on the ground and killing what remains of these hellhounds."

"Damn it... I'll go first." Granny Smith replied. "I'm already at my end, might as well make sure my grandbaby gets to see hers."

"Granny!" Applebloom yelled in shock.

"It's fine dear, I just want you to live your life to the fullest." Granny Smith began to walk across the latter slowly. It was clear that the latter bridge was stable. She looked hope knowing that her granddaughter would be safe if she made it across.

Only to be slammed in the side by a flying yellow mass.

"Shit!" Occisar yelled as he looked at where the mass went. He found it.

It was a giant yellow jacket with it's stinger piercing through the old mares neck. Her lifeless eyes showed that she didn't feel anything as her life was claimed.

"GRANNY SMITH!!!" Applebloom yelled as tears spilled from here eyes. She watched the yellow jacket struggle to get the corpse off it's stinger. It didn't get the chance as a bullet ripped through it's exoskeleton. A hard impact and a splatter of green and red blood confirmed the insects death.

"Damn it." Occisar yelled before he pushed his Hout Rifle into Applebloom's arms. She instinctively took it as well as the extra ammo Occisar. "Get across that bridge and shoot like hell!" He didn't give her time as he pushed her to the bridge.

She did as he said when she made it across. Of course he shot too, that way the Shucks' instincts would calculate that he was the lesser threat.

Oh how wrong they were, once she ran out of ammo, she ducked into a window and barricaded the door and window. All she could do after the adrenaline passed through her system was cry.

In the horror movies she saw, there were always two survivors to lean on each other. But she lost that ability when her grandmother and guardian died. And for the first time since the crisis began...

She was alone.

All she could see was her brothers room, in an eerie light before a golden glow over took it. The screeches and gunfire that followed sounded like music to her ears.

She knew that Occisar would give them everything they deserved.