//------------------------------// // Prologue // Story: A Child's Call // by Hazel_Hester777 //------------------------------// “You always are” Brutalight answered Pinkis when the pink Freak said she was hungry. They all just turned into humans, or rather Equestria Girls. Pinkis was still trying to contemplate why her mane turned poofy even though she only gets it when she’s happy. Applepills, Pinkis and Fluttershout were still gaping at how Brutalight looked in her Equestria Girl form. She didn’t just look scary, she was hot and terrifying! “What about you, Fluttershout?” Brutalight asked her friend. “Well…” the beige girl was trying to talk. But something made it harder for her. Not just the fact that Brutalight was scary enough, but she felt something overtake her. It felt like a powerful surge of energy. She tried to shake it off, but it wouldn’t stop. Finally, she cried out in pain as everything around her went black. “Fluttershout?” Brutalight called to the girl as she fell to the ground. She and the others grew more worried when it looked like she wasn’t moving. “What’s wrong with her?” Applepills asked as they gathered around their unconscious friend. Pinkis went and took Fluttershout wrist to check for a pulse as Brutalight held her. The pink mare sighed in relief when she found it. “She just fainted, but we need to get her back to Headquarters” Brutalight then noticed that her friend just turned back into her pony form. “Is this common?” Pinkis shrugged. “Ask my mom” ________________________________________ “Well, her heartbeat is normal and she’s breathing fine, nothing serious” Creepy Belle said to the trio when she came back. They all turned back into their pony forms when they arrived so as to not scare the others so much. “How did she get like this?” “We were just about to go on a Hunt altogether but then she fainted, that it” Brutalight said. “Maybe it’s cause your form was a little scary” Applepills squeaked out. “You think I scared her enough to faint?” “I don’t think so” Pinkis said. “Before she fainted, she looking like she fighting her Host in the head, and she screamed, but without her Ear Rape powers” “Now that’s weird. Every time she screams, she always had her Ear Rape in it” Creepy chimed in. “Well, we’re all Freaks. Nothing here is normal” Pinkis said. “Right, well, I gotta go check on AssSpike, who’s still coming back from getting his neck snapped. Somepony has to watch Fluttershout because there may be a chance of her going into shock since her fainting could be caused by internal pain” “I gotta go find my sister, Francie Bloom before she gets herself killed again by hunting for vampires” Applepills raised a hoof. “I gotta go ask mom about these forms, how to control them, and because I left a piece of chunky rare human meat” Pinkis said before she took off. “I guess that leaves me” Brutalight said. “Once she wakes up, she must not exert herself so much for the rest of the day. I can tell that Shouty must feel very in debt to you after all you’ve done for her, Brutalight” Creepy Belle said while Applepills took off. “Indeed” Brutalight said as she walked to Fluttershout’s room. Brutalight thought about the many benefits that Creepy Belle had since her Host was a doctor. Though Freaks were relatively immortal, they still took a long time to wake up if they get ‘killed’. Having a doctor in Headquarters was a benefit especially since they couldn’t risk going out into the open. They knew very well about the way Normals will react if a Freak was seen in broad daylight. Sure, they could make themselves look like their old, Normal forms, but that would always draw more attention since everyone knew they were missing since the day they became Freaks. Brutalight snapped out of her train of thought when she realized she made it to Fluttershout’s room. She opened the door to see the beige mare was still asleep on her bed. Her heterochromic eyes were shut, making her red birthmark all the more visible. Brutalight brought along a chair to sit on while she kept an eye on her friend. As much as she wanted to go off Hunting right now, she felt obligated to watch over her friend until she wakes up. As Freak Queen, it’s her duty to care for her subjects. As much Brutalight hated to admit it, she had somehow gotten soft around the Pegasus. Well, Fluttershout once helped her out when she drank a weird type of potion that made her act like a baby so in a way she repaying her. Still, she couldn’t shake off questions in her head, including why did Fluttershout just faint like that? Rarifruit was quite understandable, but Fluttershout? She never saw that! Fruity was a bit of a coward, but Shouty was a solid rock! She even showed no fear when she first saw AssSpike. Many questions kept popping up in her head. Her head snapped back to reality when she heard Fluttershout groan. The beige Pegasus began to stir as she woke up groggily. She groaned as she woke up from the fact that she fainted and was still shaky from changing back to her pony form. She opened her eyes and faced a familiar purple mare. “Welcome back, Fluttershout” Brutalight greeted her friend when she knew she was now awake. “Brutalight, what happened?” Fluttershout asked, now fully awake. “Why are we back into our pony forms? Where are Applepills and Pinkis? Why am I in bed?” “You fainted and turned back into a pony, we had to take you back to Headquarters. Creepy said you’ll be fine, but one of us had to stay here to keep an eye on you. Applepills and Pinkis left for family, but I stayed. My Hunt could wait” “Thank you” Fluttershout tried to sit herself up, but her head hurt. “Easy there” Brutalight said. “Creepy said that you need to rest” “Great” Fluttershout plopped herself back down, hooves crossed. “So I’m stuck here for the rest of the day” “It’s kind of funny when you get annoyed, Shouty” Fluttershout rolled her eyes with a smile. “By the way, why did you faint?” “I don’t know. I just felt some massive surge of power, as though somepony else was trying to call to me” ________________________________________ Later… A small figure in a cloak hurried over to a cave to hide as the first rays of daylight began to peek out. When she reached the top, she looked around and whispered one thing: “I will find you, mother”