The Lycan Curse
Chapter 13: Kindess prevails sometimes.
Previous ChapterNext ChapterFluttershy's head hurt, an she felt numb. She began to come to, and started moving. Then she felt a blanket on her, and as her eyes opened, she saw a blurry view of a small room.
Upon blinking, her vision focused, and everything cleared. She looked around and saw she was in some rectangular wooden room. There was a window that had iron bars on it, and an iron door. All around were multiple cabinets, some slightly open showing different ingredients and potions. The whole room basically looked like a messy chemistry lab.
Fluttershy scratched her head and sat up trying to think of were she was.
"Hello yellow pegasus pony." said a raspy voice.
Fluttershy replied, "Hello..." then she looked to see a smaller changeling sitting near her bed.
"EEEK!" she yelped as she press against the wall, figuring out she could not faze through it magically.
The Changeling sighed, "Look, I will give it to you the way he wanted me too. *Cough Cough* You have been commandeered by the 'New Equestrian Structure', and will stay within our control for the time being. You and will be fed and taken care of as long as you behave for the time that we need you. You will do as Omnitreza says, and you will not do or drink any drugs while under our control. Got that?"
Fluttershy was shaking in fear,"W-What? H-How did you find me?! Where a-are we?!"
The changeling replied, "Right now, we are flying to Fillydelphia. And we found you because you let our leader visit your house, and never left, even when you figured out his intentions may not align with yours."
Fluttershy then noticed Angel Bunny was in a small cage on one of the counters.
"Angel!" she exclaimed.
The changeling looked over to the bunny, "Oh yes, the great and powerful biting rabbit. Although I think you should have named him Rambo, but that's just me."
Fluttershy jumped up and ran to Angel, and this caused a cauldron sitting on a table to spill over.
"YOU LITTLE CLUTZ!" yelled the changeling as he, she, he.. she...it quickly picked up the cauldron.
Fluttershy picked up Angels cage, noticing he looked rather disgruntled. She then turned back to the Changeling.
"Sorry, my bad..."
The liquid rolled on the floor toward Fluttershy, and the changeling yelled, "MOVE! Get on the counter!"
Fluttershy backed against the counter from the changeling in surprise. Then, she felt a tingling, then cramping sensation on her front hooves, and she looked down to see the liquid touching them. It was then she decided to obey and get up onto the counter.
The changeling grabbed a old looking mop, and began wiping the liquid up while mumbling something. Then it passed by Fluttershy and eyed her front hooves.
"Yah don't want to look at your hooves right now..." it said before moping the rest of the liquid.
Fluttershy raised her right fore-hoof, and yelped as it was growing out in hair, and splitting out into a large paw.
"Don't worry, your not going to change, just your hooves. You damn clutz."
Fluttershy asked "W-What is that?!"
"Mural Moon potion, invented by Omnitreza himself. He's not going to be happy when he sees you just ruined his most recent batch. We should be landing shortly though, I will tell him what you did then."
Fluttershy stared at her hooves, or now paws, and asked "C-Can't you just let m-me go. I won't tell anypony about t-this!"
The Changeling put the mop back, and stared at her, "Seriously?"
Fluttershy bowed her head. Then without thinking it through, she grabbed Angel's cage and made a b-line to the door. Upon turning the latch, she almost fell out into a large lake. They were indeed flying, as all the train cars were tied together, and the lead one had some magical aura spreading to the rest.
Then, the changeling grabbed her and threw her back before slamming the door shut.
"LOOK HERE You... little..." it started.
Fluttershy had hit the center table, and as she felt her head felt more liquid hitting her wing. The changeling then grabbed her and threw her onto the bed.
"Dammit!" it cursed, as it repositioned the cauldron once again, "SIT THERE AND DON'T MOVE OR I WILL EAT YOUR HEART! YEA, CHANGELINGS CAN DO THAT!"
Fluttershy nodded and pressed into the bed, she then looked slightly to her right wing seeing it was changing shape and color. Angel Bunny however, was mouthing death threats to the Changeling.
Once again, the changeling mopped up the liquid, and then put the old mop back.
"Look..." it started, "I know you don't want to be here, but if you do what he wants, you can go home free. Got it?"
Fluttershy only nodded, trying to ignore the horrible cramping and pain in her front hooves and right wing. The changeling then eyed her, and walked over to another cabinet and pulled out a pill.
"Here," it said as it flew over to her, "This should relieve the cramping."
Fluttershy grabbed the pill with her shaking paw and stuff it into her mouth, then readily swallowed. The Changeling then sat back and seemed to be calming down.
"I'm Quartzel," said the changeling suddenly, "what do you call yourself?"
Fluttershy curled up a bit more, and replied, "I-I'm, F-Fluttershy..."
The changeling Quartzel replied, "It fits, with your personality, and all."
Fluttershy looked around, and replied "I guess so..."
Fluttershy sat there unsure of what to do. Her wing and fore-hooves were feeling a little better, but she did not see much opportunity for escape at the moment. With another look at her hooves, or now paws, she decided to cover herself in the blanket.
Quartzel sighed again, "You know, I could change to a pony or something, if that would help."
Fluttershy looked at Quartzel for a second, and turned away, "No, i-it's fine."
Quartzel replied, "I know my current look is rather scary to you pony folks..."
Suddenly, with a flash of green, Quartzel changed shape to Mayor Mare. Fluttershy looked at him curiously, then looked away again.
"Wait, politicians aren't very lovable." said Quartzel, as he changed shape into Big Mac, "Is this better?"
Fluttershy replied, "Ehh... it is, a bit, awkward..."
Quartzel thought for a second, "Your right indeed." and then he changed shape back into his changeling form.
Fluttershy then looked to Angel in his cage beside her, and noticed he was lying down, but still looked really mad about the situation.
"Um..." started Fluttershy, "Why are you, w-working for him?"
Quartzel replied "Omnitreza, lead our queen here, hoping she could discharge the Equestrian society. That way he could gather the ponies and form a strong communistic system, of which us changelings would get to integrate ourselves into. But then the Canterlot invasion failed, so he gather as many of us as he could and went off on his plan-B."
"What is plan-B? I-I mean, I think I s-should know now that I am part of it..." asked Fluttershy.
Quartzel replied, "He will tell you shortly when we land outside Fillydelphia."
Fluttershy sighed, and Quartzel decided to ask "So why do you take care of so many animals?"
Fluttershy tipped her head, "Well, I just work well with them. I mean, I figured out I could communicate with them on a new level than any other pony. And I just want to make sure they all are taken care of."
Quartzel replied "Hmm, I guess then some other pony will have to take care of them until you get back."
Fluttershy responded, "I-I'm pretty sure some of my friends can help with it... At least I still have Angel here."
"I guess that's good..." started Quartzel, "I never need to eat, but what do you eat?"
Fluttershy thought for a second, "Mostly different salads, sometimes vegetables."
"No meat eh?" asked Quartzel.
Fluttershy quickly asked "Meat?! I-I-I would never! W-we ponies are herbivores."
"I'm sorry," replied Quartzel shaking his hoof... thing... "It's just some of the other Marewolves I have met ate meat on occasion."
Fluttershy was a bit shaken by that news, "W-Why would they do that?"
Quartzel shrugged "Because they can, but I must say your the most timid, and rather nice ones I have met."
Fluttershy looked away again, "W-Well, I try to be nice."
Quartzel responded "I guess you succeed, based on what all you've told me."
Fluttershy blushed slightly, "Thanks, I-I haven't ever been foalnapped before, but this isn't too bad with somepony nice to talk to."
Quartzel looked around and replied, "You think I'm nice?"
Fluttershy shrugged, "You aren't eating my heart... and your actually talking."
Quartzel chuckled, "That was a lie, changelings can't eat hearts... Or can we? The world may never know."
Fluttershy and Quartzel chuckled, as Quartzel said "Omnitreza is a bit mad by the way, but don't let him intimidate you."
Fluttershy raised her eyebrow, "He is?"
Quartzel nodded, "He knows it too, his mind is deteriorating whilst his body continues. It's driving the poor man nuts, luckily he only shows slight alzheimer's right now, but some of it is showing. Such as sometimes he can be totally fine, but he has begun to stop thinking things through, and sometimes even enjoys fear and gore."
Fluttershy thought about it, and asked "What do you mean, enjoys fear and gore?"
Quartzel replied, "He began traumatized for months after an incident years ago. He was in charge of the last lycan reservation, when something horrible happened... At first he tried to forget it, and never wanted to see anything that bad again. But then, he began noticing he had very little care about death. And sometime recently, he has began delving into gore novels."
Fluttershy was slightly disturbed, but managed to ask "What happened that traumatized him?"
Quartzel sighed, "Well... it happened like this..."
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Omnitreza sat at his desk in a large fortress. The fortress was mostly one large stone wall around a large camp like area. It was dusk now, and Omnitreza was talking to some other pony.
"Well Trezona," started a red maned and bodied female earth pony "Should we try the new syrim you concocted? I know the Luna's Glory potion was successful in tests."
A slightly younger looking Omnitreza replied "We are scheduled to begin dosing them with it tonight Ruby."
He then sat up and trotted over to a cabinet. He pulled out a box filled with many vile's of the Luna's Glory potion. Each one glowed a slight gray, sitting in a small crystal shaped glass vile each.
"Take this down to the rest. Tell them if they don't want to be locked in a small confined room all night, to take this." he said.
"Alright Trezona... And what is that other potion in that cabinet?" replied Ruby
Omnitreza looked back, and saw the other potion, the Morel Moon potion in as many vile's as the Luna's glory, "That was my former attempt at it... but it is very, counter productive."
Ruby nodded, and carried the box down the tower. Omnitreza went back to his desk and began filling out an entry on his journal he had since taking charge of this reservation. Then he heard a crash downstairs,.
"What the?" asked Omnitreza as he stood up.
Suddenly, a very peeved off looking female grey unicorn with a potion cutie mark burst into his door. With one look at Omnitreza, he lifted a crossbow at him with magic, and Omnitreza simply held up his hooves trying to look unimpressed.
"Good job Lucy." said Omnitreza, "Now what? The moon is almost out, your not going to get far without us finding you, you know that, right?"
The gray unicorn slammed his hoof on the ground and stared at Omnitreza angirly, "Look! I am sick of all of this! You have been putting far to much onto us, and you have been completely violating our rights as Equestrian citizens!"
Omnitreza chuckled, "Look, I don't call all of the shots, but let me fill you in on something. This colony is separate from Equestria, and is as close to a sovereign nation as one can get. We just make sure your safe, and I just make sure we can keep doing that. So put down the weapon, Lucy, and we can get this-"
The grey unicorn cut Omnitreza off there, "STOP CALLING ME LUCY! Were did you get that name anyway?"
Omnitreza chuckled, "The first self proclaimed patriot himself, Lucifer. He was a rebel, like you, but if he had one, ponies and living creatures would be under his tough reign, much more imposed than-"
The grey unicorn fired the crossbow, and it just missed Omnitreza. He quickly attempted to reload, but Omnitreza tackled him in an instant. The two rolled over each other, as the grey unicorn punched violently, while Omnitreza tried holding him down. Then, grey unicorn hit him and the neck, and Omnitreza kicked him across the room and into his cabinet.
"You damn wolf." muttered Omnitreza gasping for breath through his sore throat.
Omnitreza looked over and saw that the Morel Moon potion had been knocked down all over the grey unicorn. Omnitreza in a heartbeat staggered up and went toward the door, watching as the unicorn shape shifted in short time from an angry young girl, to a large even more angry looking gray wolf. So, Omnitreza ran right down the stairs.
Upon reaching the bottom of the stairs, Omnitreza saw Ruby knocked out, and a guard pony on the ground unconiouse as well. But that was non the matter, as now the wolf jumped toward him from the stairs. Omnitreza narowly dodged, and quickly ran toward the stair again.
Omnitreza backed slowly up the stairs, and then ran up and yelled to the Guards on the wall, "We have a live on in the tower! Get the bally tranquilizers!"
Suddenly, the wolf burst up the stairs, and Omnitreza jumped back. He then looked to the open cabinet, and regretted not watching the wolf more closely as it promptly bit his fore-leg.
"DAMMIT!" he yelled, punching the wolf with a large amount of strength, "You little bastard! I will have you court marshaled! I know were not the military but I WILL do it!"
Suddenly the wolf lept out the window and into the camp area. Omnitreza then ran to his desk and pulled out a odd necklace and put it on. The neckalace was in the shaped of a dragon's head and wings, and was made out of gold. With turning the odd jewel in the necklace, Omnitreza began having an odd magic aura appear around him. Then he lept out the window, and formed into a large Dragon, the same one Fluttershy saw many moons later.
"Were did you go?!" yelled a largely furious Omnitreza.
"TREZONA!" yelled a Royal Guard from the wall, "Get out of there!"
Omnitreza turned around, and was shocked to see the large wolf smashing multiple metal doors o small armored sheds open. The doors flew off of the many strong sheds, and out came more Marewolves, of different shapes and sizes. And under the full moon, Omnitreza furiously charged at all of them.
He then fought them, threw one into another, and then received a bit of his hind leg. He turned and kicked that wolf, only to be bit on the front leg and throat by too other wolves. Omnitreza spun on the ground and threw them of, before turning and slapping one charging at him with his tail. Then the grey wolf jumped on Omnitreza's head and bit his shoulder. The dragon Omnitreza threw it off, and breathed fire all around furiously.
"DAMN ALL OF YOU!" he yelled, "Now I am for sure going to be like you! So you know what!? YOU KNOW WHAT?!" Yelled Omnitreza, as his cat like eyes suddenly turned yellow.
Suddenly, Ruby yelled from the wall, "Trezona! Wait! Don't!"
Omnitreza ignored her, and flew into the sky. Then infront of the full moon, and spat a fire across the entire fortress. Burning every one of them alive. The Royal Guards quickly ran from the wall as Omnitreza furiously spat fireballs everywhere in a rage. Everything began burning to a crisp, as many howls of pain were heard by the fleeing guards.
Then, Omnitreza woke up the morning in a spot of charred grass. With a look around, he cursed. it was not a scene one should describe, but he just cursed. The Fort was gone, burned to a crisp, as were all of them.
"Dammit Dammit Dammit! Who would have know I would be affected so quickly?! Why didn't I just F***ing control myself?!" he said.
Omnitreza sat in the spot staring at the remains of the fortress, and, you know who. It was somehting that still shouldn't be described. Then eventually, Ruby came up behind him.
"Trezona... are you all right."
Omnitreza lifted his bleeding leg, and felt his multiple bite wounds, before saying "Stupid.. Just stupid."
"I know..." said the red pony, "We have to go know though."
Omnitreza stood up, and picked up the neckalace, "Note, to, self... if your bitten by a Lycan on a full moon..."
Ruby turned and said, "Trezona, come on."
Omnitreza ignored her and continued, "Do not use this. Never use it!"
He then took the neckalace, and left.
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The changeling and pegasus sat there silent for a few moments, until the whole cart shook for a few moments, before bumping as if it landed on the ground.
"Thank you for flying air lycan," said Quartzel jokingly, as he tried to lift up the mood, "You may now stay here until Omnitreza comes."
Twilight paced in Fluttershy's cottage trying to think of what to do, whilst Applejack was almost in tears.
"Ah can't believe she wanted to commit suicide..." said Applejack, as she held the note.
Rarity replied, "We probably should've made sure she was alright, and that we didn't think she was a monster."
Rainbow Dash added from across the room, "Come on Flutters, she knows I can shake anything off!"
Pinkie added, "As soon as we find her, I am going to throw a big party so she knows we all still love her!"
Twilight replied, "But were would he have taken her?"
Suddenly, Discord appeared in the room, and said "Celestia wants you all in Canterlot."
"What? Why?" asked Twilight.
Discord replied, "She needs you to get after Omnitreza, because I can't."
"Well, we better get going to the train." said Applejack.
Suddenly, Discord zapped everypony in the room into Canterlot's castle. All of them had there vision blurred, and their stomachs felt like someone just picked them up and shook them around violently. Then, Twilight was able to stop herself from falling over and focus her vison on Princess Celestia and Princess Luna infront of her.
"Princesses!" Said Twilight as she rebalanced, "Don't let discord do that to us again..."
Pinkie Pie jumped into the air, "Do it again!"
Discord replied, "Why Wait?" then grabbed Pinkie and zapped her to the moon for a split second and back.
Pinkie Pie then spun around dizzily and said "Far out... man..." as she fell over.
Princess Celestia coughed at Discord disapprovingly, and said "It seams we are in dire need of finding Omnitreza, and as soon as possible. As brought to my attention by my sister, He is planning a coup."
Applejack gasped, "That jerk wants to take over? Why?"
Princess Celestia said, "I don't know why, all I know is power is tempting. But last time I spoke with him, I expected he would have passed away by know."
Princess Luna spoke up, "Omnitreza is actually imortal, he won't die from natural causes. I don't know how he got this, but that just means he's been working under the radar for years now. I even have reason to believe he is behind the changeling invasion."
Twilight thought for a second, "But didn't Queen Chrysalis run the invasion on Canterlot?"
Princess Celestia replied, "She didn't know about Equestria until someone told her about this land. But all of this proves we need to do something. I am currently running an investigation on all of Canterlot's programs and bureaucracies. But I need to all to take the Elements of harmony and attempt to find your friend Fluttershy. I am sure he has her with him for unknown reasons."
Two Royal Guards came into the room carrying the Elements of Harmony, whilst keeping an eye on Discord.
"Make hast finding your friend, I will assist you." said Princess Luna, "My sister will stay here and investigate as she said. Currently, I have reasons to believe he is around Fillydelphia now."
Suddenly, Rarity asked, "Princess, were do you find this stuff out?"
Princess Luna looked around, "My Guard acts more as a spy agency than anything right now."
Author's Note
I have nothing to say.
Wait, yes I do.
oh, lost it.
Anyway, I need to edit this yet. it will be done when I wake up. GOODNIGHT LA!
PS: I really think New York needs to rethink their "assault soda" ban.
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