I awoke to the sound of a voice, and a gentle prod.
"Hello? Um, sir, are you alright?"
"Ugh. . .my everything. . ." I moaned.
"Oh, my. . .what's wrong?" I heard the voice ask. It was female, soft and caring. It sounded very nice to my currently muddled mind, not to mention familiar.
"I dont know. . .just let me die in peace." I muttered, and heard the speaker gasp.
"Oh, goodness me, no. If you're hurt, I've got to help you! I'd never leave a pony alone and in pain." She said, and I grunted.
"That's really nice, Miss, but. . .wait, what? Did you say pony?" I asked, snapping my eyes open. The first thing I saw was a long, reddish blur that seemed to be my nose, and white hair falling into my eyes. I sat up, startled, before falling straight over.
"Um, sir?" I heard the speaker ask, and I looked over to see a soft yellow Pegasus with a light pink mane and tail. She seemed to be hiding her bright blue eyes behind her mane, in fear. I stared at her for a moment, trying to process the fact I was lying there looking at Fluttershy. She squealed a bit in fright and cowered behind her mane, making my heart explode from how adorable she was.
"It's okay, miss. I wont hurt you." I said, sitting up. She squealed again, and backed up.
"Well you seem to be just fine, so I'll just go." She said, very fast, and ran off. I started to shout after her, before stopping and sighing.
"That'll just scare her more. . ." I muttered, before shakily standing. Once I figured out how to do that, I looked around at my new body. I was a blood red pegasus, with a white mane and tail. No cutie mark, but my hooves were black. All in all, I looked just like Dante from DMC.
"Dante. . .I suppose I'll need a new name anyway." I muttered, deciding to take the name of my favorite game character. I spread my wings, testing them, realizing that they weren't feathered, like a normal pegasus wing. Instead they were batlike, like Luna's guard's wings.
"Epic. . ." I muttered, flapping them a bit. That little motion made me feel lighter, like I was about to take off. I grinned and took a step, and another, and then another. Fortunately, walking as a pony is nowhere near as complex as it looks. Its a simple matter of alternating between your four hooves. Soon, i was cantering around in the little clearing I was in, just now noticing I was in the Everfree forest.
"Well, now that's out of the way. I suppose I should go find miss Fluttershy," I said, and trotted off in the direction she ran. The forest was darker that it seemed, barely any light made it through the foliage. That or it was nightime, I couldn't tell, and I was disoriented with my sudden change. Occasionally, I thought I heard something behind me, but as soon as I would turn around, the noises would stop. So it was with wary eyes that I trekked on, hopefully following the same path that Fluttershy took.
It was about an hour later that I first heard the screams. I snapped out of the dreary haze I had fallen into, and started to gallop. Leaping over logs and bushes, I crashed through the underbrush, intent on the source of the screaming. In a mere moment, I found myself at the edge of a clearing, watching a horror unfold. Fluttershy was backed up against a boulder, screaming for all she was worth. Advancing on her, as tall as the trees and sparkling with stars, was a giant blue see through bear. An Ursa Minor, and he didnt seem happy. I gave one look to where Fluttershy was trying to hide, and made my decision. I charged right up to the Ursa, and bucked him as hard as I could. Predictably, i was swatted into a tree for my efforts. I groaned, as I slid down to the ground, watching as the Ursa dug at a boulder, trying to get to Fluttershy.
(What i would give for Rebellion right now.) I thought. To my surprise, what should appear but the very sword I thought of. Gleaming in the moonlight, wickedly sharp, it looked even cooler in real life. I grinned and reached out, about to grab it, when I realized something important. I didnt have fingers. I groaned, and half jokingly, thought of turning into Dante. The next thing I know, I was standing on two legs, in the body of the Devil Hunter himself.
"Wow. This is awesome." I said, and grabbed Rebellion. Somehow, I automatically knew what to do. I could feel all this. . .knowledge. Not memories, but flashes of another life. It was when the Ursa roared, that I remembered the situation at hand. I slung Rebellion over my back, sheathing it in what I now know to be a magical grip. Holding out my hands, I summoned Ebony and Ivory, twirled them, and pointed them at the Ursa.
"Lets rock it, baby." I muttered, before opening fire.
As it turns out, however, lead bullets only piss off giant star bears. It turned to me, roared, and batted me aside. Slamming into a boulder, I rolled onto my side and groaned. Opening my eyes, I saw Fluttershy cowering behind another rock. I reached out to her, and grabbed her hoof.
"Run." I whispered, and dragged her up. Pulling her along, I fired at the Ursa with my free hand. When we made it to the edge of the clearing, I let go and turned to her, firing both pistols now.
"Go, as fast as you can." I ordered, and turned my attention to the now charging bear. I heard hoofbeats, and assumed Fluttershy was making a hasty retreat. The Ursa, however, now saw a very delectable looking human, and wanted it. Badly. As it barreled towards me, shaking the trees, I dismissed the pistols and drew Rebellion. As the Ursa made it to me, and dove, jaws agape, I leapt. Using his nose as a springboard, I flipped over and brought the long blade stabbing down on the back of its neck. With a mighty roar, the beast bucked, trying to throw me off. Unfortunately for him, however, Rebellion was sunk to the hilt, and I was holding on tightly. As it jumped and roared, I clung to the hilt of my sword, and finally, it stopped thrashing and flopped onto its back. I jumped off, landing just in time to see Rebellion clatter to the ground, leaving nothing but a few sparkles of Ursa. I walked over and picked up the blade, and whistled.
"For a bear that big, it only met the bear minimum to be a challenge." I joked, and laughed at my horrible pun. I sheathed the blade and looked over myself. Naught a scratch. I was my favorite version of Dante too, from DMC 4. I scratched the back of my head when I thought of something.
(Wait, I summoned all that stuff. I wonder what else I can do?) I asked myself, and proceeded to try magic.
After an hour I was just about to give up when I decided to try one last thing.
"Okay, I want some gauntlets. I liked Nero's, so lets base something off that. . ." I concentrated, and a moment later I was sporting twin clawed gauntlets. The left one was an icy blue, the other a fiery red. (Inferno and Glacius. . .thats what I'll call them. )I focused a bit, and sent a fireball out of my right palm. It exploded at the base of a tree, causing it to collapse. I tried again, this time with the left gauntlet. A shard of ice hit the tree, flash freezing it and making all the sap expand at once. What resulted was a tree exploding, sending splinters everywhere. I grinned and punched the air.
"Aww yeah!" I cheered, but immediately shut up as something crashed behind me. I turned, to find a much, much larger purple Ursa watching me with hate in its eyes. I smirked and raised my arms, going iinto badass mode.
"WANT ME? COME GET ME!" I yelled, and the bear charged. I dove to the side, drawing rebellion and swinging it, scoring a hit to the Ursa's jaw. It roared and swatted at me, but I leapt clear and brought the blade down on the offending paw. With a screech of pain, it shirked away. I smirked and did this stupid little dance.
"Now ya fucked up! Now ya fucked up! Now ya fucked up!" I sang, making it mad as possible. Not my best idea, because making a pissed off Ursa Major even more pissed off isn't very smart.
It charged, and this time I couldnt dodge. It grabbed me in its jaws and started shaking me. I dropped Rebellion and started clawing at the Ursa with Inferno. Blackened fire swirled around my fingers as I dragged the clawed gauntlet at everything I could reach. The giant purple bear roared in agony and dropped me, pawing at its face, trying to put out the flames. I grabbed Rebellion and smirked, before twirling it and swinging the blade in a massive uppercut. The Ursa's head snapped up, and it groaned, a massive sound, full of pain. Regardless, I attacked, slicing and stabbing in a frenzy. In moments the bear was laying on the ground, looking up at me with pain filled eyes. I summoned Ivory and pointed it between it's eyes, and smirked.
"Yippy Kiay, motherfucker." I said, before pulling the trigger.
Meanwhile. . .
Fluttershy had never been so terrified in her life. She flew as fast as she could towards Ponyville, her wings seeming to blur. The creature that had saved her from the Ursa was foremost on her mind. Would it be dangerous? She didn't think so, but you could never be too careful.
"Oh my goodness oh my goodness oh my goodness. . . ." She muttered to herself as she flew. Suddenly, she spotted a blur of rainbow and cyan. She flew after it, calling as loud as she could.
"Rainbow Dash, I need your help!"
Immediately her daredevil friend was hovering in front of her.
"Whats up, Shy?"
"Theres something in the Everfree forest!"
"Okay. . .what?"
"It's like, its um, like a, um. . ."
"Use your words, Shy." Rainbow sighed.
"It's like a thing." Fluttershy finished, lamely.
"It's like a thing." Rainbow repeated, at which the butter yellow pegasus nodded frantically.
"Well, I'll be sure to alert Princess Celestia." The cyan mare said, sarcastically. Fluttershy narrowed her eyes and stamped her hoof, albeit rather softly.
"Rainbow Dash! This is serious! I need your help, and you're going to come with me! That is, um, if you want to." She said, loudly, before returning to her usual soft voice. Rainbow Dash looked a little surprised, before she nodded.
"Lead the way, Shy."