Corruption is Magic

“You really are a weasel.” Gaurt laughs as she turns back to me. I ready my fingers to snap again, a teleportation spell prepared while my newly formed horn holds on to a prepared magical spear spell, nothing overkill but enough to hurt a bit.

“You really think I’ll let you touch me again without me allowing it?” I ask with a wry grin.

“Na, that wouldn’t be fun.” Gaurt says getting down on all four getting ready to pounce but as she does so I notice her hair slowly spread down her face as it changes into a more wolf-like muzzle than a humanoid face. She’s drawing on her Lycanthropy… I guess she’s getting serious now. “Hows about a wager boss.”

“A wager?”

“First one to get knocked out becomes the others pet.~” Gaurt purrs as she licks her lips. She really has a one track mind… though… I wouldn’t mind having a slab of meat like her at my side.

“You really want to be my pet that bad?” I ask, getting a sly grin at my cocky response. Without another word Gaurt leaps at me but I cast the teleportation easily before she closes the gap, reappearing a few feet away from where I was.

“I wouldn’t count your eggs before they hatch.” Gaurt calls back to me as she swivels around to get me back in her view.

“I mean, you’re already my comrade in changing this world. Though I wouldn’t mind a pup to pamper me.” I say smirking at Gaurt who smirks back. She is almost entirely different looking like a large lump of wolf-like mass of meat that would tower over me having grown close to three feet taller than she usually is, her clothing straining as they are filled to the brim by her new size. So this is what a Werewolf looks like, the fairy tales weren’t wrong on how intimidating they looked. She likely won’t get done in by the trick I did to the old Lord… She’s also fast, yet predictable. She likes to pounce at me directly while also trying to grab me if I don’t teleport. If I start trading blows with her I’d lose. I mentally think as she lowers down once again to pounce but before I can think more I look at her eyes and feel a shiver run down my spine. Before I can fully register what has gripped me, Gaurt keeps and I feel my body not respond when I want to move, dodge or do anything. It’s only when the corruption in me shoots to my hands that I can move my fingers and produce a hasty teleportation spell sending my spilling onto the ground behind Gaurt after said teleport.

I gasp for breath as if I had just held my breath for a long time as a tingling sensation erupts through my body. That… that was intense. It wasn’t anything like fight or flight… I just felt… paralyzed. “Damn, you broke out of my Stare. Not many can do that.” Gaurt chuckles causing me to go rigid.

“Your Stare?” I ask looking behind myself at the Lycan. She has the Stare?

“Ya, many like me have it. It basically has many uses but the best one is to make someone freeze in terror.” she says, looking at me with a smug grin. “Though I’m curious how you got free.” She says as I get to my feet.

“Wouldn’t you like to know.” I say with a small smile. I know this power, Fluttershy uses the Stare, So if it has the same properties then I can use this against Gaurt. Let’s see how much she knows her own power. I mentally think as I look back at her eyes with a gulp to get rid of my apprehension. Making eye contact I make my body go rigid getting a snort from Gaurt.

“You would think you would have learned your lesson looking at my eyes again.” Gaurt says as I follow her eyes as I did when she first used the Stare. Getting down she quickly pounces but I cast a Shield spell with a lot of my remaining wellspring in it. Upon impact I hear Gaurt Yelp in surprise but I take not time to worry about her as I reshape the shield to be a dome over her as she falls to the ground. With my horn I quickly cast multiple powerful explosions inside the shield beating the Lycan with the force of said explosions till she is laying on the ground, breathing but not trying to get up. Worry hits me for a second but it is quickly quelled by a chuckle from Gaurt. “How’d you… manage to break free… faster?”

“I wasn’t affected the second time. My friend back home has the same power as you, same name and everything. I was curious one day and ran tests on her ability. Tell me Gaurt… Can you talk to animals?” Gaurt still laying on the ground chuckles and gives a small nod. “I thought so, it’s all due to some ability one gets if they lived near or in the woods. At least that was how it was in my home. Zecora even had this ability to talk to animals and had a variant of the Stare but she never used them much.” I ramble on but when I realize I got off track I blush a bit in embarrassment. “Anyways… The Stare only works once and then the affected person needs time to have the effects fully leave them in order to work again, typically it takes two days to be affected again.”

“Has anyone told you… you are a fucking nerd.” Gaurt chuckles as she rolls onto her back as she turns back into her normal form. I puff out my cheeks in irritation as I let the shield spell dissipate.

“You are welcome for giving you more knowledge on your abilities. Next time I might keep it to myself.” I hotly say as she gets up from the ground smelling of smoke and charcoal almost from the burned clothing and singed fur like hair on her.

“I’m thankful. I didn’t know that stuff and knowing my luck it would have been needed eventually. However you could say stuff like that without being so wordy.” Gaurt says stretching herself out with pops and cracks coming from her every move. “Also, I don’t think you’ve won yet.”

“Wait what!?” I yelp as my jaw drops looking at her. “I could have easily knocked you out or even killed you. I didn’t because I was worried about you.”

“Ya, but you didn’t knock me out.” Gaurt says with a grin I wished I could rip right off her face.

“Fine, but my wellspring is almost dry right now and needs time to recuperate. Can we do this another time?” I ask but Guart simply smiles wider as she lowers her arms.

“I mean we can keep the same end goal for victory but try to do it in other ways.~” Gaurt purrs in a surgery sweet tone and I immediately know what she means. One track mind much.

“You know what, Fine. But as an added bonus, if I win I want you to follow my every command.” I say angrily.

“Oh, you really are a treat.~” Gaurt says grabbing my face with both hands and I become keenly aware of two things, first being how soft her lips are against mine even though she is built like a building, and second is that she wastes no time as her tongue enters my mouth.

This… is going to be something.