The Last Human

“Sean?” Twilight looked at the dragon corpse in shock.

“That idiot!” Celestia glared. “Committing suicide like that, he knows that form has no healing!”

“To be fair, he did it to stop from hurting us.” Luna reasoned, sadness apparent in her eyes though.

“Doesn’t make it less idiotic.”

“Let me get you guys out,” Cadence said as she came to stand in front of them. “Let’s get out of here before the alpha returns.” Following the lesser yeti’s sense of timing the alpha clumsily climbed onto the mountain top. “What is with them and doing that!?”

“Cadence, run!” Celestia ordered.

“But-”

“Now Cadence!” The pink alicorn looked at them with worry before flying to hide on her previous cloud. The yeti looked around until growling as it spotted Sean’s ruined corpse. After poking the corpse it returned its gaze to the ponies before trudging towards them.

“Get back monster!” Luna glared at the yeti, filling her voice with as much malice as possible. Unfortunately the yeti seemed to know she was hiding her fear. It growled before grabbing Twilight. To everypony’s horror it then moved the unicorn towards its mouth.

“Help!” Twilight shouted, then there was an explosion, the yeti ended up lurching forward and dropping Twilight. As she hit the ground the crystal shattered. “What?”

“Don't you know ponies are bad for the digestion?” The monster turned with a growl. Looking past it Twilight’s eyes widened. Sean was standing in front of them, returned to his human form. There were some difference however, his eyes remained green and his teeth seemed to be all canines. “How about we settle this dragon to brute.” Sean’s voice had changed, it had new confidence and coldness to it, there was also a slight echo as if two voices were speaking in unison.

The yeti slammed its fists into the ground. Letting out a roar the monster charged at Sean. The human chuckled as he let the yeti ram him. Flying over the edge of the mountain the chuckle turned into a full laugh. As the yeti turned around several tentacles shot out of a portal in the ground before pulling it through. Twilight quickly ran over and freed the princesses.

“Come on!” Celestia ordered before running to the edge of the mountain. Looking over it the ponies spotted Sean yank the yeti out of a portal in front of him. “Let’s go.” Celestia then began to fly down.

“I felt this was a better field for battle,” Sean said before throwing the yeti into the base of the mountain. “What say you?”
The yeti growled as it got up, blood trickling from its mouth. Then one of its three arms reached for some nearby snow.
“Nope!” Smiling, Sean pressed his hands to the ground, there was a glow before a ring of fire shot around him, melting all the snow within a large area. The yeti was able to jump over the fire but there was no snow left for it to recover. “Can’t have you healing before I'm done with you.”

Roaring the yeti grabbed a nearby boulder and threw it at the human. There was a flash of darkness as Sean teleported. Quickly reappearing behind the yeti Sean quickly turned one of his arms into a blade.

“Surprise!” he then fully chopped the beast’s other shoulder mounted arm off. Crying out in pain the yeti brought a fist down where Sean had landed. Sadly its foe had already vanished.

After another second Sean appeared below the yeti. Sliding between its legs Sean transformed his hands into dragon heads.
“You don’t need these right?” Sean asked with a cruel chuckle before blasting the yeti’s legs off at the knees. The monster fell to the ground, blood gushing from the leg and shoulder wounds. Sean materialized over the fallen beast. “Your durability and snow healing are pretty neat. I’ll take them.” Sean looked back to the spectating ponies. “Celly! Light!” Too shocked to ask or protest the alicorn used a spell to create an orb of light. “Thanks.”

Adding to the surprises their eyes widened as a large shadow cast over the dying yeti. It was the shadow of his dragon form yet he hadn’t transformed. Suddenly two green eyes somehow appeared in the shadow, looking at the yeti. The monster was able to let out a cry of fear as it began to sink into the darkness before vanishing.

“Perfect,” Sean said as the orb of light dissipated. “Good work Celly.”

“Sean, are you ok?” Celestia asked, slowly approaching the human.

“Never better.” Sean turned to look at her, offering a smile. It was more disturbing than comforting since it was a row of pointed fangs. His reptilian pupils then shrank, the gaze changing from a friendly one to predatory. “I never realized how much power you have.”

“What?” Celestia took a step back.

“All of you actually.” The human licked his lips. “You will be very valuable.” He then created a fireball and shot it to the ground, creating a large flame. Celestia watched in horror as the same draconic shadow fell over the four ponies. “Delicious.”

“That’s enough Sean!” Celestia said with authority.

“Don’t worry, I promise the process is quick.” Sean smiled. “I think.” He shrugged. “We’ll find out." His smile grew as the shadow began to shift. Suddenly Cadence was lifted by an invisible grasp, the alicorn cried out as she began to lower towards the silhouette.

"Cadence!" Twilight shouted in shock.

"Cover your eyes." Celestia ordered just loud enough for the ponies to hear. Offering a confused look they all blocked their vision.

"Avoiding the horror?" Sean asked, amusement in his voice. "Cowards, but you are-" He stopped as a blinding light filled his vision.

"I hope it worked." With a wing over her eyes Celestia smiled at the sight of the shadow vanishing and Cadence flopping on the ground. "Perfect."

"That was a cheap shot Celly!" As the light vanished the ponies turned to the human, his hands were over his eyes. Trying to protect the organs as they healed. "Blinding me, because of that I'm taking you straight to- Argh!" Sean cried out before falling to the ground, his body convulsing as electricity flowed through it.

“What was that about?” Luna asked, coming to stand next to her sister. “Was he truly planning to kill us like he did the yeti?”

“I believe so.” Celestia nodded sadly. “This is now the third incident.”

“But it is getting worse.” Luna sighed. “What do we do? He can not spend his entire life in fear of us shocking him.”

“I’ll think of something.”

“It feels good to be home,” Cadence said with a smile as they entered the Crystal Empire.

“Indeed.” Luna nodded. “We will be leaving for ours now.”

“Already?” Cadence looked surprised.

“It takes a lot of work to carry Sean,” Celestia said with a grunt. “He's a lot heavier than he looks.” The princesses had managed to keep the human unconscious for the entire trip to the empire. Unfortunately this meant they had to carry him. “I’d also like to get home so we can find a solution to his problem.”

“Fair enough.” Cadence nodded. "The train should be here for you to take."

“Thank you.” Celestia smiled.

“Are you certain that will hold him?” Luna asked skeptically, her eyes scanning Sean. When they got back to Canterlot the princesses had quickly bound the human. Binding his arms behind him as well as covering his legs and chaining him to the wall restricted his powers and movement. After the bindings were attached they had locked him in one of the cells of the dungeon.

“Of course, you said it worked in that fake human colony.”

“True.” Luna nodded. “What do we do now?”

“I may-”

“What’s going on?” The princesses looked in surprise as Sean spoke.

“I thought that spell was meant to keep him unconscious,” Luna said in surprise.

“Hello?” Sean began to struggle. “Why am I bound? Celestia!? Luna!?”

“It’s ok Sean,” Celestia said as she slowly opened the cell door. “I’m here.”

“I can’t see you. Come closer, I’m getting nervous.” Sean’s voice was soft and his gaze was to the ground.

“I’m here,” Celestia said softly as she approached her friend.

Meanwhile Luna eyed the bound human skeptically. It was rare for Sean to admit any emotion such as fear or worry. As her sister neared him, the blue alicorn’s eyes widened. The human’s face was plastered with a barely visible smile, and there was a slight glow behind him.

“Sister! Look out!” Luna cried.

“Too late!” Sean shouted before tearing free of the binds. “Surprise!” He then prepared to shoot Celestia with a fireball. The smirk soon vanished as he looked at the white alicorn. The princess’s horn was crackling with electricity.

“Surprise.” She smiled before blasting Sean.