//------------------------------// // A stupid friend and it begins (11) // Story: To Change With the Moon // by DJ-LUN3RDA5H //------------------------------// John grunted as he was pushed from behind one of the two guards escorting him. They had finally done it, they captured me. The two golden armored and seemingly identical grey unicorns him had orders to bring him before the Princesses. The walk to the throne room seemed ever so short now that he was standing out side of the large oaken doors. John gave a sigh before speaking up, "Okay let's see how everybody's doing." The guards horns glowed as the doors began to open themselves and the sight in front of the Lycan made him smile. Seems like everyone's here, just to say hello to me. They shouldn't have. "Tia', Luna, Hello. Hey Shining nice to see ya, Cadence hello, Discord? They let you out? Cool we should hang out soon." The Lycan came across the last member of the group, a short purple alicorn. "Hmm I don't believe we've met before. I'm John, and who might you be" he said extending his hand. "This is Twilight she is my sisters best student and her presence is none of your business human." Luna said with a stern voice "Oh! You haven't heard have you? Well it's my fault really I shouldn't have lied. But It happened, and now I'm dealing with those consequences as they come. So why doesn't everyone take a seat and we can have a story telling time. I'll start with a story about my little white lie to the big white pony." Discord being interested in the being before him decided to humor him. Summoning a chair with a snap of his claws and took a seat near him and a bag of popcorn. These actions received a disproving look from Celestia but Discord simply smiled it away. "Alright he's got the right idea." The man said pointing to Discord with the heavy chains on his wrists. "Well, here goes. It's not a long story mind you and it will cause more questions then answers but these are questions I will answer. When I first arrived here I told Celestia that I was a human. That was a lie. Back in my own world there are humans, many in fact, but I'm not one of them. I am referred to as what some would call a Lycan." "What is the difference?" Celestia asked with a skeptical look on her face. "Many things. For one a human might be even little scared of you right now, I am not. He would be completely trapped if he were in my position right now. I, am just here because I want to be. For example, I can do this." A loud clang filled the air as John tore of the large metal cuffs that restrained his wrists and promptly dropped them on the floor. "Now does anyone have any more questions?" Luna took the moment to step forward, "The last night you were here why did you leave?" "Ah well... you see being a Lycan, I am gifted with things that the other humans are not; Strength, speed, the ability to heal quickly are the main differences among many. However, with it comes a price. When the full moon is at it's apex, I transform. The change causes me to lose all semblance of rational thought and become another being entirely, one that doesn't mind killing or causing destruction. Usually I have time to prepare for his arrival but that night when you raised the full moon I wasn't ready, so I did the only thing I could to keep everyone safe. I ran. Then, I guess I kept running out of shame, and I didn't stop until I made a friend who accepted me." John the cocked his head and addressed everyone in the room, "So what now? Why is everyone gathered? Can't be for a welcome party otherwise I don't think you would have brought me in here in chains." Celestia stepped forward intently, "We brought you here because we have decided to send you back to your own world. Between Luna, Cadence, Twilight, Discord, and I we should have enough power to create a portal to your world and send you back through it." "Uhh.. Okay but what if I didn't want to go back? Are you going to force me?" "Yes." Celestia replied in a calm but serious tone. "Now every one in a circle, John when we open the portal, go through it. I do not want to have to force you." "Just wondering though what did I do to make you all want to send me back?"He asked curiously. Discord simply let off a small laugh, "Chaos of course, you simply radiate it my friend and while I think that nothing's wrong with that, our 'benevolent' ruler and sun goddess thinks your uncontrollable and therefore should be sent home. Don't get me wrong I think that we could have a blast together but, part of my freedom is having to 'behave' and listen to Tia'." Saying this got a disapproving look from Celestia and Twilight but Discord simply shrugged them off. Following Celestia's command, the four ponies and draconequus stood in a circle in the center of the room, sparks began to fly between them all as they drew on their power and all forced it into the center of the circle. A small portal appeared in the circle's center the size and shape of an egg, but it quickly doubled in size as the immortal beings in the circle began to pour more and more power into it. The portal began to change colors from a deep purple to a dark blue with black swirls then changing to warmer colors like reds and oranges to bright pink and light blue. Finally the portal finished changing colors after going through a round of chocolate brown and cotton-candy pink before stopping on a grass green color with sky blue swirls. Then it began to grow staying in it's egg shape it steadily got bigger and bigger until it was about seven feet tall and three feet wide still maintaining it's egg shape. John stared in amazement at the enigma before him. Slowly he made his way towards it. When he stood in front of the portal he could feel the air around it hum with energy the closer he got the faster the swirls of green and blue moved. Gingerly John raised his hand to the portal and touched it. The portal felt wrong to touch, it was like a solid and a liquid at the same time it was almost like a gel but not quite. The portal continued to overload his senses as he put more pressure on as it's surface it slowly enveloped his hand. When his hand got sucked in, he had a moment of panic and he tried to pull his hand out this was rewarded with a shock as if he had been struck by lightning. The shock sent him flying across the room, smashing into the wall cracking the white stone. The circle of immortals powering the portal was broken when Twilight jumped to avoid the Lycan made projectile, causing it to become unstable. The remaining entities watched as it rapidly changed colors from a sky blue and green to a violent red and black swirling angrily. Every-one watched stunned as a being was launched from the portal in the same unceremonious way the Lycan was and smashed up against the same wall and landed in his lap. After the being exited the portal popped like a bubble leaving scorch marks across the floor where it had been. John looked down at the person that had slammed into him and was shocked to see an unconscious but familiar face, it was only when her skin started to smoke and the smell of burning flesh hit his senses did he react. "Someone quick the windows block them all up now!" He shouted as he tore his shirt off his body and used it to cover any of the new arrival's exposed skin. He looked up to see everyone staring at him with questioning looks, and his blood boiled with rage causing his words to start to come out in a low threatening growl. "I said windows NOW!!" His scream got a reaction from every one in the room ranging from Twilight's scared yelp and scurry to hide behind Celestia to Discord's look of amusement. Discord was however the first to comply and with a snap of his fingers all the windows in the room blacked out allowing no sunlight into the room. John returned to took his friend, dismayed to find her skin was still burning and starting to blacken in places. "No, no it's not working why?" The Lycan looked up desperately at everyone in the room begging for help but his eyes landed on Celestia and something clicked in his head. Could it be?......... No, but it is worth a shot. "Celestia out now." But the Princess didn't move. Instead she looked as if she was about to say something, but the pleading look from John caused her to let loose a sigh and quickly trot out of the room. She didn't want to leave anyone alone in the same room with two creatures that she didn't fully understand, but the look he gave her was powerful, it was like she had seen a part of his soul through it and Celestia saw fear. Not for himself but for whomever he was trying to protect. The doors slammed shut behind the Princess. John hesitated for moment before peeking below the shirt to see if his hunch was right and if he had saved the one laying in his lap. It had, the burns started to heal up the second the Princess left the room and he could already tell his friend would be fine. He gratefully hugged the unconscious body, "Oh thank you, thank you. We are soo even now you idiot." Twilight's curiosity got the better of her and she slowly approached the two sitting on the floor, "Who is that?" "This, Twilight is a friend of mine and she is an idiot a very stupid stupid idiot. I can't believe she did it. I thought she was joking but no, no matter how many times you warn some one they never do listen do they? I told you to stay away from them to stay out of my world but you never could listen and now look at you. What happened after I left Alex? Why did you do this?" Twilight was put off after it seemed the Lycan completely forgot she was there and was now talking to his sleeping friend, which if it was any indication by the way he was talking her Twilight could guess they had a very extensive history. In this time Luna made her way to the Lycan, "John who, what is she?" She asked firmly. "Huh?" He began as he started to put the puzzle pieces that was his mind back together "Oh, yes. This... this is Alex, a friend of mine from back in my world. The last time I saw her she was a human but not any more." He said as his mood turned somber, "When I left she must have tried to find me and getting pulled to this world afterward must not have helped because she did exactly what I told her not to do. She tried to find me and now she's a fucking vampire. This is all my fault if it wasn't for me she probably would have lived a fine normal life." "A vampire?" Luna asked with a tone of interest. "Yeah they're kinda like Lycans but don't ever let anyone hear you say that they'll get pissed. She was once a human but then was turned into one. Why? I don't know you would have to ask her. The thing with vamps though is that if they get caught in sunlight they'll burn to death in about a minute, that's why I had to get the windows covered and Celestia to leave or else it would have killed her... There is a great price to being a vampire. You have to deal with the thirst...." He trailed of. "Thirst?" Twilight chimed in confused about what he meant. "To survive, much like you and I eat food and drink water, vampires need blood in order to sustain themselves. But it's different, for they have a never ending thirst always plaguing them. After time, some might learn how to quiet their hunger and control it, rather than it controlling them. But it's always there." John explained as he sighed. "So they're like my vamponies." Luna stated flatly. "What?!" John said as he stood up after taking time to make sure his friend wouldn't fall when he did, "What do you mean vamponies?" "A long time ago back when I was Nightmare Moon and the pegasi were still a heavily war influenced race, I set out to make a perfect soldier for my army. I created a spell that made pegasi stronger, faster, and bloodthirsty creatures that would obey me and fight with me for an eternal night. But the price of the spell was clear. After a while it went from them being bloodthirsty to actually needing to drink blood or they would die, and after they started drinking blood for power the sun started to burn them. They couldn't even be in the presence of my sister during battle without enduring pain and eventually burning away." Twilight took her turn to speak up, "But, I've seen the night guards out during the day it's rare to see them then but they were fine and I've seen them in the same room as Celestia." Luna smiled at the purple alicorn's quick thinking and intelligence, "Yes, that is because after I was banished Celestia tried to come up with a spell of her own to change the ponies back into pegasi, but it never quite worked. So she came up with a different one. She called it the Black Sun Spell, what it did was remove the vamponies thirst and sensitivity to sunlight and ended up creating the modern batponies you see today with the only cost of the spell being an abnormal obsession with fruit." "Would that spell work on Alex?" John asked. "Maybe, it would require some adjusting but it might. Why?" Luna replied. "Because she needs human blood to live and I don't know about you but I don't think I see any humans around here. That and I would like to have a friend that wouldn't have to avoid being in the same room as someone else because she would burn to death is they crossed paths." He said curtly. "Fine what do we do with her now though?" "You remember that room you put me in when I first got here? No windows and a door that locks from the outside? Can you teleport her down there, so when she wakes up I can explain the situation to her. She takes things hard so she might not act as calmly when she finds out she is trapped in a prison cell, stuck in a different world for the rest of her life." Luna, in her response only nodded and teleported herself and the vampire away from the room. ~{T}~{C}~{W}~{t}~{M}~ Luna and John casually strolled down the many twisting turns of the hedge maze that was behind Canterlot castle, in the beginning of their journey they talked about anything and everything from the smallest thing to John's adventures with Gilda in the forest on the run from the equestrian guard. But now they walked silently just enjoying each-other's company. Until John noticed something Luna had stopped walking. He turned to see her and a thought ran through his mind, Oh shit, this is just like the first time when she kissed me and then we almost... Oh what is she doing? Meanwhile in Luna's Mind "You said when you saw him you would tell him how you feel so do it. Do something kiss him, hit him, say something. Come on Luna do something or else it will continue to eat you up inside." Nightmare's voice rung clear inside her mind Luna knew she had to do something. So she acted, she raised a hoof and smacked it across the Lycan's face. "Oh... didn't see that coming." Nightmare's voice sounded surprised. When John regained his composure he looked back at Luna just in time to see her press her lips to his in a heated kiss that knocked him over and into the bushes. "And I didn't see that coming either... Luna how do you still surprise me?" Nightmare's voice faded with a laugh. ~{T}~{C}~{W}~{t}~{M}~ After a round of or two of private activities that left a mess the royal gardener would get flustered about having to clean, the pair made their way back into the castle only to be stopped at the entrance by one of the guards who saluted and gave one message. "She is awake."