Fox in a Pony World

Now that he was actually getting to observe it, Ponyville was a very interesting place. Aside from all the fire and collapsed buildings, it was a quaint little town that had a welcoming feel to it. It reminded Kai of the farmer towns of Goji Forest. Although, most of his knowledge of them came from books, considering he was very young the last time he'd been in one.

Kai shook his head, now was absolutely not the time to be thinking about his long-lost home. Instead, he focused his eyes and ears on his surroundings, listening carefully for any sign of the 'demon'.

The town was quiet, a stark difference compared to the utter chaos he'd witnessed just under an hour ago. Kai figured that, with the 'demon' banished, the panicking ponies had all been able to find shelter.

Kai looked up at Canterlot as he walked, the magical dome around Ponyville blurring and distorting everything beyond. Then his ears swiveled, and he jumped to the side just in time to avoid a magical blast.

With lightning-fast reflexes Kai strafed left and right, his eyes scanning the sky for his attacker. But there was nothing there, at least, whatever it was it was too fast to follow.

Kai did a backflip and the ground before him exploded, then there was a woosh behind him. He immediately turned and leapt over the attacking pony, skidding to a stop. He turned just in time to get a glance at it. Then, he was dogging again.

This was going nowhere, the 'demon' was too fast to be attacked, but not fast enough to hit him. On his next dodge Kai made sure to land farther in the direction he needed to go. At the very least he could get closer to his target. Kai spotted a building up ahead that had a hole torn in the side, without thinking he rolled into the building as another explosion sounded behind him.

He climbed through the ruble, his ears perking as the 'demon' shrieked in rage. He saw light, hurrying he was able to escape the building and into an alleyway. Just in time too, as the already damaged house burst into flames mere moments later.

Kai ran in the direction of Canterlot, his fists clenched little blue sparks of AE flickered around them. He couldn't teleport, but--He spun around and shot several electric balls into the sky. They crashed into the 'demon' before it could escape, giving Kai enough time to take cover.

He panted as he pressed his back against a wall, his fur bristled from the adrenaline. Several explosions sounded around him, he lunged for the exit, but he could already feel the heat building--Then the world changed around him in a flash.

"Aha! I knew you'd need help!" Twilight said from beside him.

She sent a blast of magic at the demon, it screamed and flew back, the elements swirling around it as they sparked to life.

"Thank you," Kai said, turning to face their opponent as his AE crackled in anticipation.

"It's been weakened, I'll hold it off for you!" Twilight said, shifting into a fighting stance as both her and the demon's magic glowed bright.

"Are you sure that's wise?" Kai asked.

The elements became twirled into a blur, and with a white-hot BANG a beam of energy shot out of them and toward the pair.

"Just go!" Twilight yelled, her teeth gritted and with a scream she too fired.

Kai turned and ran before he could witness the two blasts connecting, but the sudden wave of heat following an explosive gale gave him a pretty good mental image. He could see the edge of town, his chest heaved softly as his feet pounded against the warm cobblestone.

Kai braced himself as the barrier approached, his teeth grit and his eyes shut tight as he plunged right through it. He skidded to a stop, turning he watched in awe as the red magic rippled and sparked. In the distance he could see red and purple explosions, he felt bad for leaving Twilight behind. The six ponies reminded him of six foxes.

Kai shook his head and turned back toward Canterlot, now he just needed to search around for the princesses. He walked with a brisk pace as he decided to circle the town, he did not want to waste any time.

KABOOM the earth shook as a ball of red flame exploded, casting a thousand tiny embers in all directions and setting the ground ablaze. Mark had barely dodged that one, sweat already dripped from his brow as he ran away from the beast. A series of similar explosions followed him, the Dragoknight roaring in rage as the force of its flapping wings ripped up dirt.

"Kerplatch! Kerplatch! Kerplatch! EEP--" Zoey jolted as Mark grabbed her, yanking her away as the ground exploded.

"Zoey, I don't think that's working!" he yelled as the two of them ran.

"Well, it's not my fault some stupid Gojian hundreds of years ago decided to make the amulet completely useless!" she yelled back.

The Dragonight that she'd been attacking violently shook the mud off of its face, before joining the one that'd been chasing Mark. There was at least a hundred of them, flying above the camp and shooting fire at everything that moved. Which luckily, only included Mark, Zoey, Kiki, and Indigo.

Indigo was able to hold his own, for the most part. Kiki would occasionally swoop in to cover him and lead a Dragoknight away, so that Indigo didn't have too many to deal with. His arrows didn't do much against their thick scales, so he had to rely on luck in hitting a furry area.

Mimi had led the kids deeper into the woods the moment the Dragoknight army had been spotted, she wasn't alone though and had the help of the remaining rebels. Unfortunately, in all the chaos, one little fox had gone unnoticed.

Louie shivered as he leaned against a tree, his large dragon claws digging deep into its bark as he slid down onto his rump. He was transforming, and he had a feeling this time wouldn't be the same as the others. His eyes flashed red, and horns began to protrude from his skull, sending blood trickling down his brow. He could feel his sanity slipping away. His ears perked as he heard the roaring of the cursed Dragoknights, he didn't want to be like them, but even now he could feel wings growing behind him. They spread out, twitching as his teeth sharpened and grew into fangs.

"Louie!?" Mimi called out, gasping as she realized that she hadn't seen him with the others. "Louie, where are you?" her voice grew frantic as she searched around, then she noticed something among the trees. Something big...

Louie forced himself to glare at the full moon, then with a mighty flap of his wings he sent himself sailing skyward.

"Louie!!" Mimi yelled, she ran after him, but he had already broken through the treetops.

She had been with him the last time he'd transformed, but back then he'd only transformed a little. Now though, he almost resembled one of the hulking beasts that had attacked the camp. Almost. Tears streaked down her cheeks as she watched him fly higher, after a moment she tore her gaze away and ran back to the others. She couldn't help him.

Louie gritted his teeth as he soared, his form illuminated by the light of the moon. He had to get away from them, he used the last little bit of his sanity to keep his friends safe. He'd already slipped away, and now he was only functioning on instinct.

Still, that last thought remained: Fly higher.