Z landed near the entrance to the maze and went right, leaving Fritz on the balcony.

*SNARL*

Z looked back to Fritz jumped off the balcony and went in to kill him but he ran away as fast as he could. He looked up to wonder if he could jump over the maze but noticed a skull of a monster and picked it up “Ugh…” He said he felt disturbed as he threw it in the air to see vines emerge from the hedges and destroyed it by crushing it. “Yikes…” Said Z quietly as he ran down the path in the labyrinth as he pulled out the eyeball where Starlight Glimmer is in. “Hey Starlight!” She turned to Z and looked worried.

“What’s wrong?”

“I’m in a hedge maze and I need some advice to find Fluttershy!” He yelled as he made some turns. “Can you tell me something about her?” He asked as Starlight nodded.

“She’s a very shy dryad. She’ll wrap herself in a giant flower to protect herself.” Explained Starlight. “Let me know if you discover a giant flower.” She said as Z nodded and continued his eye as he just made some turns and looked around to find something odd ahead of them in one of the paths, a giant Frangipani.

“A Frangipani?” Said Starlight as Z remembered Twilight’s photo of her friends.

“Fluttershy had a Frangipani on her head from Twilight’s photo!” He yelled as he walked in the flower to see many kinds of flowers and colors. “Whoa… this is beautiful.” He said as he was showing Starlight.

“This is Fluttershy’s work.” She said,

*Crying*

Z and Starlight heard some sobbing as he walked carefully to see a woman crying on a large flower. “FLUTTERSHY!” Yelled Starlight which got her attention and turned to Z.

“Uh… hi.” Said Z as Fluttershy looked scared.

“A human!?” She said and even looked scared at the eyeball.

“Fluttershy!” Yelled Starlight as Z pointed at the eyeball.

“Your friend is trapped in this eyeball. I’ll bring her to Twilight to free her like she freed Trixie and not forget to grow her clothes.” Said Z which got Fluttershy and Starlight’s attention.

“Wait what?!” Yelled Starlight.

“Uh… Trixie had new clothes and when Twilight freed her, the spell followed what Twilight said but neglected to grow her new clothes.” Z explained that Fluttershy looked embarrassed as Starlight smacked her forehead.

“Spells that go whatever the caster says… Ugh! I hate that flaw!” She yelled.

“Tell Twilight that you’re wearing new clothes because Trixie already gave her an earful.” Said Z as he looked at Fluttershy “Uh… I’m Z. You must be Fluttershy, Twilight told me about you.” He said as Fluttershy looked away.

“Uh… are you… human…?” She said quietly

“Huh?”

“Are you human?” She said a bit louder.

“Yes, Fluttershy. Z is human but he’s a victim like us.” Said Starlight. “Z was brought to our world because of that mad brain.” She said, “And he’s finding all our friends and the Dazzlings.” Fluttershy frown hearing that.

“Uh… out of curiosity… What did Adagio, and her sisters do? I mean I don’t know what she and her sisters did in High School. So can any of you tell me?” Asked Z as he looked at Starlight who shrugged her shoulders.

“Sorry, I went to a different high school from them.” She said as they looked at Fluttershy.

“Sirens… have hypnotic powers when they sing.” Said Fluttershy “They sing to create negativity and feed on it.” Z looked at them.

“So… like how vampires need blood for nourishment, and you need water and sunlight?” Said Z as she nodded.

“They sang to gather negativity and many forced others to worship them as models.” Said Fluttershy. “They would have control over all the students and teachers in the entire school if Twilight and we didn’t stop them. We destroyed their gems to stop their actions but didn’t know that those gems were connected to their magic.” She said sadly. “Their entire pod banished them for their shattered gems, and they became homeless because of us.” Explained Fluttershy which shocked Z.

“Can’t they fix them or something, like take it to a jeweler or find another kind of gems like?” He asked as Fluttershy shook her head.

“No… apparently their gems are when they were born with. Not even a ton of negativity can restore their gems.” She said “We were horrified that we made them homeless, and their own family kicked them out of their pod. Calling them dead weight.” Fluttershy started to tear up. “How could their own mother do something so cruel…” Z looked at her and sighed.

“I’m guessing it’s their way of culture.” He said sadly which got their attention “Even Humans have different cultures and their ways of living all over the world. Some hard, some odd, sometimes cruel, but it’s their way of living. You can’t change an entire culture to do it your way, make it easier or better without a few downsides.” Spoke Z as Fluttershy looked down.

“Wish we learned that in school.” Said Fluttershy

“They can’t teach you everything.” Answered Z “You have to learn that when you’re in another country from around the world or learn it from someone who is native from there.” He said, which made Fluttershy look down.

“We… never try talking to them.” Said Fluttershy “We listen to what Twilight read about them through a book on what Starswirl wrote about them.” She said,

“I’m guessing the author who wrote about them was off by many years.” Said Z as Starlight sighed.

“I’m afraid so, like 1000 years off. Starswirl only viewed certain creatures as savage monsters which made the Monster Council banned his books. Don’t know how Twilight had a book about Sirens, but it was confiscated by the Council.” Said Starlight as Fluttershy shed a tear.

“After what we’ve done, we’ve nearly started a war but Celestia and Luna broker an agreement if we take care of Adagio, Aria and Sonata as punishment.” She looked down “They still hate us for what we’ve done to them.” Z looked at Fluttershy and patted her shoulder.

“Actions have consequences… But… at least you and your friends didn’t leave them for dead.” He said. “I mean their pod just let them go without even trying to help them. You and the others are the only ones who showed them that they’re not alone.” Said Z who smiled a bit as Fluttershy blushed a bit at him.

*SNARL*

All three of them turned to the big flower to see Fritz slashing his way through. He saw Z and smirked.

“Uh-oh…” Said Z as Fritz charged at Z and jumped at him as Z shielded himself with his arm as vines grabbed Fritz.

“Huh?” Said Fritz as Fluttershy had her hand high as she was glaring at him.

“Fluttershy?” Said Z as she was angry.

“You… will… not… HARM HIM!!!” She screamed as she had the vines throw Fritz away to who knows where.

“Whoa…” Said Z as he looked at her “I… saw Dryads in anime and manga but seeing in real life was… amazing.” He said, which made Fluttershy blush.

“Thank you… I… didn’t want you to get hurt.” She said and hugged Z.

“Uh…”

“Let’s… leave this bad place.” Said Fluttershy as she grabbed Z’s hand and morphs into a corsage on his wrist.

“Fluttershy?!” He said in shock.

“I… thought it might be easier for you without getting you in danger.” She said, “I’ll lead you to the center of the maze.” She said as one of the petals glowed and pointed Z in the right direction.

“Thank you.” He said as he put Starlight back into his pocket and ran to the center of the maze.

Z continued to run until he made it to the center of the maze to see a fountain with a giant-size Fish-man statue holding a trident hole riding on some ugly looking sea monsters. “Whoa… it's larger than it was seen from afar.” Said Z as he felt some trembles “Huh?”

“Z! LOOK DOWN!” Screamed Fluttershy as Z looked down to see green water seeping from the stone tile that he was on.

“Huh”

“GET AWAY FROM THAT WATER!” Screamed Fluttershy “THAT WATER IS BEYOND POLLUTED! IT GIVES RASHES TO MONSTERS BUT KILL HUMANS INSTANTLY!”

“*GASP*” Z jumped off the stone tile he was on to another to see more green water seeping. “WHOA!” He screamed as Z jumped from tile to tile until he made it to the fountain, jumped on it and grabbed one of the fountain statues to save himself from falling in the water. “Thank heaven.” Said Z as the statue’s eyes glowed which surprised Z “Oh fuck me…” He said as he backed away from the statue as it fired green water at Z, but he dodged it. “YIKES!”

“DON’T LET THAT WATER HIT YOU!” Screamed Fluttershy as Z ran away from the statue as it shot more water at him until he got to another one. It fired water at him, but Z ducked and kicked the statue’s head off. Z jumped higher to climb to the statue. Whoa… Thank you Starlight for the spell.”

“You’re welcome.” She said “Fluttershy is letting me see what she sees.” Z smiled as Fluttershy alerted him.

“Z! LOOK OUT!!! THE STATUE!!!”

“Huh?” Z looked up to see the statue was moving. “WHAT THE?!” He yelled as the statue pulled its head back and released the green water. “*GASP*” Vines came from the corsage and pulled him towards one of the sea monster statues. “Thanks Fluttershy!” Said Z as the corsage turned red as he looked at the statue. It pulled its trident back and tried to stab Z, but he jumped away to the other sea monster statue as the giant statue kept trying to kill Z, but he jumped back and grabbed the handle of the trident as the statue lifted its weapon over his head.

“What are you doing?!” Yelled Starlight as Z looked down to see the gem on its forehead wasn’t a gem but an electronic power source.

“Trust me!” Yelled Z as he let go and landed on the statue’s head. “Fluttershy! Give my hand a big fist!” He said which confused them a bit but realized what he was talking about.

“I understand!” Yelled Fluttershy as the corsage grew and spread on his hand to form a big hand with thorns on the outside and not on the inside of the vines. Z slammed his fist on the core and smashed it.

“YES!” He said.

“LOOK OUT!” Yelled Starlight as he looked to see the statue’s free hand tried to squish him. “WHOA!” Z jumped back on the trident as the statue was shaking like it was malfunctioning as Z held on the trident as the statue tried to shake him off. “WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!!!” Z was screaming as he was sent flying to the same balcony as the statue crumbled to pieces “OH NO!!!” He screamed as he shut them to brace for impact but the corsage on his hand jumped off and grew huge to catch Z. “Ugh…” Z opened his eyes to see his face was between Fluttershy’s chest. They both flailed around and looked away from each other. “I’m… sorry…” He said uncomfortably.

“It's… alright.” She said “I… was trying to save you.” She didn’t look away.

“HEY!” Yelled Starlight as Z pulled her from his pocket. “We need to find the others!” She reminded them as Z got on his feet and helped Fluttershy up.

“Let’s go!”

“Do you know where you’re going!” Asked Fluttershy.

“No! But it's better than staying in one place!” He yelled as he went the other way from the Library as Fluttershy followed him. They ran into a room filled with animals and beasts’ heads mounted on the walls and some stuffed. “Yuck… I’ll never understand why anyone would want to mount the heads of animals or stuff them as trophies in their home?” Said Z as Fluttershy was disgusted by it.

“These poor animals.” She said,

*Bat Screeching*

Z ducked the bat flying towards him.

*Monstrous Roar*

Z looked up to see one of the mount heads, a sea serpent moving and barf green water towards him, but Z jumped away to a stuffed gorilla, but it moved and tried to grab Z.

“STOP!!!” Screamed Fluttershy who looked at mount head and fake stuffed gorilla. “You two should be ashamed of yourselves! Pretending to be dead to hurt another… Tell me why would you do this!?” She yelled at them which scared both of the animals as they were cowardly to her.

*Animal growling in sad*

“You did this because you’re afraid of the brain’s minion with the hooks?” Translated Fluttershy.

“Dr. Necrosis and Fritz.” Z answered. “Can you tell them that they’re only focusing on me.” Z spoke to Fluttershy who looked worried and didn’t want to say it. “It’s alright. That freak is after only me.” Said Z as Fluttershy told the Sea Serpent and Gorilla about what Z said as they looked at each other.

“Now you two and every other animal must leave this awful place.” She said “You don’t need to stay.” They both looked at each other and nodded.

“Whoa… you have a talent with animals.” Said Z which made Fluttershy blushed.

“Thank you.” She said as Z took her down the hallway as both the gorilla and Sea Serpent left the trophy room. Z and Fluttershy ran into a messy and frightening kitchen. They both were disgusted as the fire from the stove nearly attacked them.

“AAHHHH!!!” They both scream as Z lifted Fluttershy in his arms and ran away. Z stopped to look around as Fluttershy was embarrassed.

“Z…” She said as Z put her down as she got on her feet.

“Sorry.” He said. “I was worried for you. You’re a living plant being, you’re not fireproof.” Explained Z which Fluttershy smiled at him, and she kissed him on the lips. Z’s eyes nearly popped out of his skull as Starlight screamed in his pockets.

“HEY!!!” Fluttershy and Z looked at his coat pocket. “I wanted to kiss him!” Yelled Starlight as Z blushed.

“Oh… man… You and the others are going to drain me dry.” He said as Fluttershy looked away in embarrassment.

“I’m… sorry but… I couldn’t help it…” She said “And I’m sorry about what I’m going to do when you save me and the others.” Said Fluttershy. “You’re very attractive.” She said as Z sighed.

“I’m going to be afraid of all your parents when they find out that one human stole their daughters’ virginities.” He said in fear.

“Don’t worry.” Said Starlight “They’ll mostly use a spell to find the male monsters who fucked their girls, never humans.” She said,

“Geez… that makes me feel safe.” Said Z as he looked around to realize where he was. “I know this place. We better go back.” Said Z “I am not going back to the room with the giant spider and centipede again.” He said as he looked back.

*Stomach Growl*

“Perhaps maybe there is something in there I can eat.” He said which made Fluttershy looked at him “Given that I’ve been running throughout this entire castle.” He said as they both ran back to the kitchen. When they returned to the kitchen, they met a big surprise there; a crocodile wearing an apron and chef’s hat cooking. “You got to be fucking kidding me.” He said as the crocodile turned to see Z and smiled.

*GROWL*

“NO!” Yelled Fluttershy as she shook her finger at it “You’re not going to turn him into a meal!” She said as the chef made a fuss about it.

*GROWLING*

Fluttershy wrapped her arm around Z’s arm. “If you're going to cook him, I’ll give you… The Stare…” She said as Z looked at her.

“The what?” He said as he let go and pulled out Starlight from his pocket. “What’s Fluttershy talking about?” He asked.

“The Stare is something Fluttershy can do. She uses it on animals that refuse to listen to her or are stubborn.” Explained Starlight as Z looked a bit unsure.

“So… it only works on animals?” He asked.

“It also works on monsters but…”

“But?”

“On humans is something different.” Said Starlight. Fluttershy used her Stare on the animal chef, it was cowardly to her, but Z decided to take a peek at her while ignoring Starlight’s protests. Z looked at her as Fluttershy changed her direction, but he didn’t feel anything.

“So… is that what you do? Give a judgmental stare?” He said which shocked Fluttershy, Starlight and the chef.

“You’re… immune to it?” Asked Starlight.

“I’ve been given that since I was born from my parents for existing. It’s no different to me.” He said sadly which made Fluttershy cry for him.

“Oh… you poor human…” She said as she hugged him. The chef crocodile cried when he heard what Z said.

*CRYING*

“I never thought I would see a crocodile shed tears.” He said as the crocodile wiped them off.

*CRYING, GROWLS*

“What do you mean? "You can have the food in storage.’?” Said Fluttershy as the crocodile went to 2 big doors to open it to reveal a large glass jar with pink goo inside it and a woman who looks similar to Adagio but with blue skin, topless in a giant fish tank.

“PINKIE PIE! SONATA DUSK!” Yelled both Starlight and Fluttershy which Z looked around as the jar with the pink goo grew eyeballs inside.

“AAHHH!!!” Screamed Z as Fluttershy calmed Z down.

“It’s okay. That’s Pinkie Pie! She’s a slime!” She explained as the jar shook around as Sonata pressed her face and chest on the glass and climbed up.

“A HUMAN!” She yelled as Z looked at her “And he’s hot, cute, and sexy!” She said as Z sighed.

“Oh no…” He said as Sonata jumped out of the tank and tackled him. Z looked at him and smiled in a lewd expression.

“Have you ever fucked a Siren?” She asked.

“Yes… Your sister, Adagio.” Answered Z.

“*GASP*” Shocked Sonata as she pouted, grabbed her chest and lifted them to Z “My boobs are softer than hers.” She said as Fluttershy opened the jar and the pink slime inside jumped out to form a human woman with slime-like human hair, but she was naked.

“PINKIE!!!” Yelled Starlight and Fluttershy in shock as she looked at them.

“What?” She said and looked down. “Oh… why am I naked?” All but Sonata nodded.

“Duh… That meanie squishy brain made Pinkie go through many of those science bottles and being boiled in one that burns all her clothes.” She said which confused Z.

“Science bottles? You mean beakers and flasks?” He said as Sonata looked at him.

“I guess… I’m not Twilight Smart.” She said as Z shielded his face.

“Can we at least give something for Pinkie to cover herself up, please?” He said as they looked around to find something.

“Got it!” Said Pinkie as we turned to see that she was only wearing an apron. “Like what you see?” She asked in a flirtatious tone.

“Oh… someone wants me to die by sex…” Whined Z as Pinkie bounced up to him.

“If the author did that, this story would be filled with your deaths.” Said Pinkie, Z raised his brow.

“Author? Story?” Asked Z.

“Pinkie is just being Pinkie.” Said all three girls as Z turned to the crocodile chef as it shrugged its shoulders since it doesn’t know.

“Uh… Let’s go… to Twilight’s Study.” He said as 3 monster women followed him, but Fluttershy turned to the crocodile.

“Leave this place. You can find a better place for your cooking talent.” She said as the crocodile smiled and nodded after hearing her, packed up its stuff in a suitcase and left the kitchen. Z ran back to Twilight’s Studies with Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Sonata Dusk following him, when they got to the trophy room the unknown creature pelt rug nearly attacked Z, but he avoided its attack as all the monster women trampled over it. They ran back to the library and instead of the skeleton librarian, they were attacked by giant worms with teeth.

“LOOK OUT!” He yelled as Sonata grabbed one of them and ate it in front of them. Z and Fluttershy turned green seeing that.

*MUNCHING* What? I’m hungry.” She said as she grabbed the other worms and ate them. “Not bad but… I prefer tacos more.” She said as Z shook his head as they climbed up to the door and ran to the bedroom where the ghosts were. Z looked around for them but didn’t know that there was one ghost that looked human but was armed with a machete.

“LOOK OUT!” Yelled Pinkie as she pushed Z and got stabbed in the head..

“PINKIE!!!” Screamed Z as Pinkie laughed it off.

“*LAUGHING* It’s alright Z-Honey. I’m a Slime woman, getting stabbed doesn’t hurt me at all.” She said happily but frowned quickly and turned to the ghost “And you’re a big meanie!” She said to the ghost and removed the machete from her head. “Go back to your grave!” She said as her arm stretched, hand grew big, grabbed and threw the him out the door behind them. “And stay there!”

“Pinkie…” Said Z “I’m scared of all monster women.” Which made Sonata appear before him.

“WHY?!” She said sadly.

“You’re all not afraid. I mean… who can take all this without flinching.” He said. “Creepy things, undead and magic… I mean a sane person would go mad but… I would have gone mad if I didn’t have someone trying to kill me.” He said as he looked at his hands. “I’m afraid but I’m not showing it… does it mean that I…lost my sanity?”

“NO IT DOESN’T!!!” Yelled Starlight as Z pulled out the eyeball she was in. “You’re putting yourself for strangers you don’t know and a world unknown to you! I say that you’re the hero that some monsters don’t see in humans!” She said as they nodded. “Plus… I think we’re all lucky to be with you.” She said while blushing, Z noticed they were all blushing.

“Do you all… like me?” He said as Pinkie and Sonata sandwich his head with their breasts and Fluttershy hugged him.

“We love you!” They all said as the bracelet on Z’s wrists glowed as they all fell in a portal.

Author's Note

Seven hostages saved, 4 more to go

• Pinkie Pie
• Rarity
• Applejack
• Rainbow Dash
• Fluttershy
• Starlight Glimmer
• Sunset Shimmer
• Trixie
• Adagio Dazzle
• Aria Blaze
• Sonata Dusk