The Story of J

I stare intently at the hydra and the hydra stares warily. We both start to circle each other waiting for the other to strike. I keep all five heads of the hydra in my site while I think of the best way to handle the situation. I have three daggers on me and I can see in the distance one of my pitfall traps. So were closer to my territory I could lead him to the pitfall to stumble him and then finish him off but the fillies are watching us.

"What are you doing still here your in my way! If you don't leave I can't promise that you'll live." I shout quickly to them and it's enough to get them running towards town.I Turn back to see one of the heads launching at me to make quick work of me. Seconds before the head reaches me I pull my daggers out of my sleeves and cut upwards in a whirlwind of attacks slicing the head into pieces. Blood drenches me and I grin like a madman. I can feel the blood pumping through my veins as the sight and smell of blood starts to excite me and I can feel time starting to move more slowly. I let the blood rush fill me with boundless energy and jump quickly to the next head. Just as the beast roars in pain I've made my way to the next head and in three lightning quick arcs the next head falls to the ground. I jump off the neck of the second head and cut through the rest of the heads long necks the other three heads join the others. As I jump away I see their necks start to bulge and get bigger. Then suddenly two heads pop out of each dismembered head. I then get into a defensive stance with my daggers and make slow wide arcs around me, breathing slowly. As the heads start to lunge forward at me my hands became a blur of movements as the wide arcs around me form a whirlwind of blows acting as a barrier. As the heads try to eat me they get chopped to bit quickly and my reach amazingly gets longer. A hunger glints in my eyes as if i;m getting stronger from the chopped parts of hydra. Just like the first time more heads pop out and try to kill me. Only to get sliced up into pieces. This process repeats several times to which my body has changed with the blood frenzy. My muscles start to bulge notably and my movements become more fluid and rapid like a undying rapid.

"Time to end this charade!" I shout at the beast and launch forward straight through the hydra. Body parts go flying and blood is falling down like rain upon the gruesome mess. I wear a maniacal grin that shows my obvious delight in killing. I start to laugh while blood from the hydra continuously pours down in torrents. "Hahahahaha!" I'm filled with adrenaline pumping through my veins and in the afterglow of the battle it almost felt like time was standing still as I laughed uncontrollably into the air.

Suddenly I hear the rustling of leaves and I jump towards the sound ready to kill whatever dare approaches me. To my surprise its the fillies staring wide eyed at me in clear fear. It was then I noticed that I had my knife right next to one's neck. I back away slowly as I carefully look at the fillies. There's three of them one yellow with a auburn mane, she had a ribbon in her hair. Another was white with light purple and pink mane with a horn atop her head. The last one was orange with a solid purple mane. They looked weird almost. To me they seemed almost fragile as if I could touch them and they'd break.

Suddenly i'm reminded of the burning building with children stuck in it. A tear rolls down my eye as the memory still haunts me. The blazing inferno is in front of me and the wailing's of the children could barely be heard over the roaring flames. I see their faces pressed against the windows and the doors looking for a way out. Desperately trying to survive to no avail. All I can do is sit there with a sad look on my face. My hands start to shake violently as I try to reach out to save them.

Suddenly the fillies all scoot back away from me breaking me from my flashback. They're huddled together as if that would protect them. I want to comfort them and tell them that it'll be ok. I never was one for words though and seeing the little fillies huddled as close as they can get to each other almost breaks my heart. Almost but I hear the sound of Twilight and her friends nearby calling out.

"Applebloom, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, where are you?" I hear Twilight yell out.

"Help us! Hurry quick before the monster gets us!" I hear the orange one shout. I grimace noticeably being called a monster and they all see it and start to cry out in panic. I turn away and hide in the shadows of a fallen tree while they cover their faces up.

"Girls we're on our way, we'll save you!" I hear Applejack yell. It doesnt take them long to reach them and when they do the fillies are all crying and sobbing how the monster almost ate them. It isn't until the girls start to describe me do they realize that I was the so called monster.

"Look as much as i'd love to hear how J kicked major flank can we do it outside of the Everfree?" Rainbow Dash asks a little wary of the dangers of the forest. They all quickly agreed to meet at Twilight's and they depart quickly. I take a deep breath and wait a few minutes and hear the howling of wolves. Sounds like I might have to tail them for a bit. I quickly jumped in the tree above me and quickly hop from tree to tree to catch up to them. I'm glad I did because as soon as I caught up to them they appeared to be surrounded by a pack of timberwolves. They were at least 30 of them surround all of them.

"Ugh Twi, I think we're surrounded." Applejack says as the wolves start to circle around them judging their strength.

"Thank you once again Captain Obvious." I say sarcastically making my voice echo all around the wolves and the girls. The wolves look around warily trying to spot me and the girls attempt to do the same. I jump down on a timberwolf and snap its neck in one fluid motion. I jump off the wolf and land in the middle of the circle with the girls. Of course i'm still covered in blood and makes me look more intimidating so the girls all jump when I land nearby but visibly relax when they notice its me.

"Hey sexy you come here often I ask the wolf while looking directly at Rarity. Of course she assumes i'm talking about her and blushes.

"J darling while I appreciate the compliment now is not the time for that." Rarity says in her posh voice.

"Silly Rarity I wasn't talking about you, I was talking to Sir Woodsalot over there. I say pointing at a random wolf. She looks at me partly flustered and partly unsure of what to respond. Though so do the rest of the girls as they're not sure whether or not i'm serious. "So you make me find some fillies in the wood and then walk straight into a wolf den on the way home hmm? I swear i hate Mondays." I say calmly. Just as I finish my sentence 5 of the wolves try to overwhelm me quickly. I of course draw my dagger and cleave through all 5 of them in a single swoop of my small dagger. Then grabbing some of the teeth from one of the wolves I throw them killing the wolves that tried to get the girls while I was busy. Green like sap comes from the wolves wounds however this does not send me a blood rush it almost sickens me.

I jump back to the girls and find a perfect spot for me to both protect the girls and kill more wolves. I stall for a minute trying to find the alpha of the pack and quickly find him pacing in the back of the group of wolves. I growl menacingly and the wolves understand that I have challenged the alpha. They quickly make way for their leader as the alpha has no choice but to accept the challenge or risk his own pack abandoning him.

"What are they doing now?" Twilight asks unsure of whats going on.

"Well I reckon its got to do with J and the big timberwolf." Applejack says looking for an escape for the fillies.

"Don't bother trying to escape yet. The pack will tear you to shreds. Let me take care of Sir Woodsalot and then we can leave." I say slowly never taking my eyes off the alpha. We circle each other gauging each others strengths and weaknesses. The alpha moves first as he tries to pounce me a quickly sidestep and drive my knee into his snout. A large crack could be heard as i break his snout and green sap starts to flow freely from it. He howls in pain but I quickly leap to the offensive. I shove my dagger in his left eye and send a low kick to his right leg. Just as the kick meets the leg it breaks off falling and turning into a pile of twigs. The wolf writhes in pain as his mobility has been cut off severely and looks up at me pitifully as if asking me to spare him. I pull out my dagger and cut into his neck, sap spouts out of the wound like a geyser, causing the wolf to gurgle out sounds that make no sense. I looked down coldly at the dog as it spent its dying moments drowning in its sap.

As I back away from the alpha the wolves bow their heads to me and leave respecting that I have won. I hear puking behind me and turn around to see all of the girls either puking or looking at the scene in horror. I wipe off the sticky sap that has covered my dagger on the grass and sheathe it. "Now get out of here." I say with a barely controlled whisper. The girls didnt need to be told twice, they quickly gather themselves and leave the forest.

I look back down to the wolf and spit on it in disgust. Now I have to deal with the fallout of this. The girls are too naive and soft. I was unaccustomed to putting up with naive people or ponies in this circumstance. Any other time I had a problem with someone I just killed them. Something deep inside me tells me that killing them would not go over well. They play an important role. I slowly sat down next to the dead bodies. I looked up into the sky, the trees blocked my view but it was a peaceful scene nonetheless. I felt fatigue fall upon my body as exhaustion started sweeping in from the lack of adrenaline. I look at my left hand and rubbed my wrists. The dirt on it slowly wiped of as number appeared on my skin as if they were branded there a long time ago. The number's read 661. I grit my teeth as the numbers reminded me of the past. I grabbed some more dirt and smeared it over the numbers again to cover up the disgrace of a number. I could feel my anger rising and used it as fuel to lift up my weary body. I slowly made my way to the closest river that I could find.

There I stripped off my clothes and washed off the blood and sap from both encounters. The river seemed to bleed as I cleaned both my clothes and myself. When I was done washing I put my clothes in a nearby tree to dry. I grabbed my dagger and sat in the tree waiting for my clothes to dry. It wasn't long until I heard a familiar voice.

"H-hello?J?" I heard a faint voice say. As I looked for the source of the voice I saw Fluttershy make her way closer to me. She hadn't seen me yet in the tree and I didn't feel like talking to her at that moment. However as soon as I turned around I heard another voice louder and more boisterous.

"Why are we even out here anyway? He's a monster Fluttershy did you see the way he took down those timberwolves like they were nothing? I mean yeah it was bad ass but when the big wolf started to fight him it felt like he was just playing with him." Rainbow Dash said flying slowly so as not to leave her friend behind.

"J isn't a monster he was just defending us." Fluttershy said trying to defend me.

"That guy is bad news and I don't trust him anyways. I got a bad vibe about him like he doesn't care about anything. No, I could see it in his eyes, he had the look of a killer. " Dash said shivering as if she could feel my gaze upon her. Which i'm sure she could as I glared down at her with a cold unfeeling look.

"I think he just needs someone to be there for him, someone to open up to." Fluttershy said as if saying she would be the one to be there for me.

"Well he seems like he can handle himself alright if you ask me." Dash said trying to get Fluttershy to agree with her.

"I don't think so when I looked at him it seemed like he was all alone with no one to turn to." Fluttershy replied almost indignant.

"You know its rude to talk about others behind their back." I finally announce. They look around to see where i'm at Rainbow Dash looking on edge and Fluttershy looking shocked.

"Ohh i'm sorry J, we just came back to see if you're alright." Fluttershy said with hope in her voice.

" I have seen worse. I don't need any help nor desire it from either of you." I say harsher than I intend to be. Fluttershy flinches as if I slapped her. Rainbow Dash however gets angry.

"Hey we didn't have to come back here to see if your sorry flank was ok. The least you could be is grateful." She says with righteous anger almost.

"No you didn't, and why should I be grateful you all froze up in fear when you were surrounded by the wolves. I killed them for you, protected you and this is the thanks I get."

"Well you didn't have to kill them you could have scared them away or something." Rainbow Dash hotly argues back at me.

"You didn't have to make him suffer. He was in so much pain. You didn't have to do that!" Surprising me completely Fluttershy yells at me.

"You are naive. All creatures appreciate strength and if there is someone stronger than them they leave them alone out of fear. I showed those wolves strength they needed to see to never mess with me again. Not everything can be resolved peacefully. You are stuck in your own beliefs but one day the time will come where peace is no longer an option. Would you rather die than give in to violence?" I ask still remaining hidden from them both.

"Come show yourself you coward! If you're gonna take big then do it to my face." Rainbow Dash said challenging me.

I quickly shove on my pants and jump in front of them scaring them. When they see my body both of them gasp loudly as their eyes see all the scars on my body. Fluttershy tries to rush to me thinking I was injured but I hold her aside.

"These are my scars I have no wounds for you to treat, these scars will stay with me my entire life. It is not something you can fix." I say addressing Fluttershy. Then I turn to Dash and respond to her threat. "I am many things but I am no coward. If dead bodies is all it takes to upset you then you should be grateful that you were sheltered from such things. I do not have the leisure to be naive nor coddle you. So if you don't like me then go fuck yourself, I don't care. Don't go preaching to me what is right and wrong, not everything is in black and white, Good or Bad." I respond hotly to her. Then I start to put on my still wet clothes. Both of them are deadly quiet even as I say goodbye they don't say anything.