While hiding on top of a tree near the Everfree Forest, I watch my prey every move as she continue to feed the chickens in her corral. The mare was wearing a simple yellow dress and a sun hat, as wells as sack full of seeds that she was wearing around her waist
"Sir" pulling away the binoculars I turn to see one of my soldiers giving me a small vow "We have done as you asked, the cloud has turn into a storm cloud and its now in the move, it will reach this place in two or three hours tops"
"Excellent, now we are ready to proceed to face two, when you see me enter her cottage, made sure to private her of any form of communication to the outside world, phones, birds, internet, anything that can she can used, must be taken out"
"Yes sir"
"Oh and General…any word from my sisters?"
"Negative sir, none of our informants have get any new information regarding princess Freya and Tempress"
I stil don't get it, after we successfully capture Applejack and Dash and reported to our mother she suddenly request for they specifically and order me to keep the mission alone. Did something happen in the Crystal Empire? no it can't be, we would had heard news of that, if that were the case. But if not the mission then what…
"Sir"
Shaking my head I look at the general once more "what is it?"
He simple point at our objective finish feeding the chickens, putting aways her sack and follow a stream near by her home"Target is on the move"
"Crap we need to move, get into position and keep an eye on the storm, if what Dash is true and the storm became to much for you, retreat your man immediately"
"But sir, that would leave you complete vulnerable, you will be trap with the element as well"
"Witch will make my act believable, do not worry for me and just do as I instructed if the storm gets out of hand, that is an order"
The general take a moment to answer but eventually salut "As you command sir"
"Good now go! before she sees you" I yell at him before dropping from my hiding place and getting into position to meet Fluttershy.
As she hum her favourite tune, Fluttershy made her way to see her friends ocelots when suddenly in front of her an injure bipedal creature appear from the water and slowly start to crawl out of it, with injuries all over his body. The moment their eyes meet he try get near her, witch in turn made her take a step backwards both from the surprise and the fear when she took a good look at the creature and discover that it was a human, but all her fears evaporated when the creature only raise his shaky arm at her and talk with a hoarsely throat. "Help…me" The man manage to say before collapsing at her feet.
"Oh my!" With her mother instincts kicking in and overthrowing her fears, Fluttershy act on instinct and approach the poor man as she inspect his body
So many scars…what happen to you?
The cracking of a thunder take her away from her thoughts as she notices a really big storm heading in her directions "Oh no" Looking to various side she spot a bird witch she calls and let her land in her indeed finger "Miss mockingbird I'm sorry for this but I need you to do me a favour, go to my cottage and tell all of my friends that there is a storm coming and they need to find shelter as fast as they can"
The bird nod and fly away leaving Fluttershy alone with the human that was groaning in pain while trying to breath. Helping him stand up and letting his arm rest on her while hugging him Fluttershy manage to carry both to her cottage and put him in the sofa before the storm hit them.
Luckily the message arrive to animals in time so only Angel was the only animal in the house watching how Fluttershy went back and forward preparing water, wrapping bandages around their guest and trying to reduce the amount of pain he was in. Once she was sure he was stable, did she allow herself a moment to brief and then think on what to do "Twilight!"
Remembering her friend Fluttershy search for her phone and try to call Twilight but she doesn't gets a signal "Hello? hello?" she try to connect it various time, until hanging out and look the storm throw out the window
The lighting storm must be messing with the magic signal
Checking her other devices, she discover the same result when attempting to communicated with her friends
No phone, internet and I can't even send one of my bird friends
Signing in defeat she turn to her patience still resting in her couch.
Looks like we will be staying here for a while
Standing up she get closer to the human, with sadness and empathy.
"You poor one, what could possible have happen to you?" She ask with a soft tune while caressing his hair.
In that moment the human start to stir and wake up while coughing uncontrollable. "Oh no" thinking quick Fluttershy fill a glass of water and put it near his mouth "Please drink"
Obeying her command the human did as he was told and took a big gulp of water before pulling away his head and sigh in satisfaction as he wake up "What…where am I?"
"Please don't be afraid" Fluttershy mention as she help him sit on the couch "There is nothing to be afraid off, you are safe in here"
The man takes a minute to answer as he look around until he see her again "Who…are you?"
"My name is Fluttershy, am I the mare that found you crawling out of the river cover in wounds and cuts" The man in that moment notices the bandages wrap around his arms and torso "You are lucky I found you in time too…a storm was heading our way and if I hadn't take you with me, well…"
I nod understanding before looking at the window where the storm was still in full force and sigh in relief "…yeah I get the point. Thanks Fluttershy, for what it looks like you just save my life" he chuckle as he shakily lift his right arm "the name is Kabuto by the way…nice to meet you"
"Please Kabuto" she takes my hand and slowly put it back down "don't over do yourself to much, you are still pretty weak, I just treat all of your injuries"
"Injuries?" Kabuto check his body in shock when finding the state in witch he was in. "What happen to me?"
"Actually I was wondering, if you could tell me that, when I found you there were a lot of injuries all over your body, they didn't look like claws so I knew it wasn't from an animal and they were too depth to be cause by a plant so the only option left was a weapon" She told me before siting next to me and put her hand on my shoulder "Kabuto, did somepony did this to you?"
"I…I don't know" I mention before looking down in sadness "But I will not be surprise of it either"
"What do you mean?"
"Ever since I wake up, I have being force to be on the run, no matter where I go the moment a pony see my face they start to yell 'human' and run away from me as fast as they can, I don't even know why, every time I try to approach someone they start to run, and if I press further they start to throw things at me or just try to attack" His whole body start to shake and she can see some tears form in his eyes "I don't get why is this happening to me, why is everyone so afraid of humans? what did I do to deserve this? I only want to lived, is that a crime?"
"Of course not" Fluttershy hug him with her arms and wings and start to rock their bodies back in forward as she try to calm him down.
So a pony did this to him. That is just wrong he seem like a nice guy, why didn't they give him a chance? Human or not he is still a living being with as much right to lived as anyone else, I need to tell Twilight about this injustice the moment I have the opportunity, whoever is responsible for this, needs to be punish
Once he calm down enough she stop with the rocketing, and he speak once more "I don't get it Fluttershy, why do ponies are scare so much of me?"
"Its not your fault, some ponies just see humans as a bad thing"
"But why?"
Fluttershy keep quiet thinking about her options before speaking again. "I don't think I could give you the details of the story because I don't know them very well either, but I can tell you a summary of what happen, the story its an olds fillies tale after all, my grandma used to tell me about it all the time"
"You can? Oh thank so much Fluttershy, you are so kind" the man tells with a smile before opening his mouth but stop when Fluttershy break the hug and turn her head to look at the window. "But I must warn you, its a sad story, and you might not like it"
"At this point I don't care if it is sad or not I just wish to understand why ponies are so afraid of me. Maybe then I would be able to think of a solution to my problem"
Fluttershy nod and then look back at him "Ok if you think it will help then here it comes"
She takes a depth breath before starting to tell the story.
"Long ago, before the banishment of princess Luna, before the tribes unite to form Equestria, or even before Discord, there only small towns with no more than hundred or so ponies spread throw at the globe, times back them were hard, nature was in control, vile beast and thief where everywhere to be found, and deceases and infections that normally would be nothing to worry about were a death sentence, yet not of all that hold a candle to the terror that where humans."
"While ponies were suffering their race was trilling in luxury and peace, their advance minds where capable of defeat nature almost right away, when beast attack them, they were shortly slay or tamed by them, when illness appear, they create potions that cure them in an instant, and when they get their minds on expanding a land, they did it"
To them other races, where nothing but servants or another beast to slay and remove so they could take the land for themselves, none of them might had magic but their mind and cleverness make out with ease, deceptions, tricks, strategy and even blackmailing was their bread and butter. Even kids of their races were smart enough so they can put ponies to their knees and make them their personal slaves…from what my grandmother told me, they constantly needed more because no slave was able to survive more than a couple of months"
My act slowly start to turn sincere as I watch in horror the story Fluttershy was telling me
My race was one of that kind of monsters? No wonder mom wanted to embrace her new life…but I'm still human, those that mean…mom, what have you done? If ponies discover our connection all of Equestria will hate you forever
"And how did they stop them? I mean I haven't see another human and you tell me that, their story is really old so something happen right?"
"Yeah something did happen. Eventually a large group of not only ponies but also griffins, diamond dogs, dragons and even sirens came togethers and form an army to oppose the humans, mostly out of fear that they too will end up as slaves one day if they didn't do anything. Their numbers far surpasses humans yet their enemies still where smarter than them, so their defeat was neither easy or short. A really long and bloody war took place in what is now the badlands, and even though we came up victorious, the loses we suffer put us at the risk of extinction"
"So that is why everyone is afraid of me? I still don't get it, we are talking about an army of humans not a single human, why would anyone be so afraid of one of them?"
"Shortly after the battle was done, Equestria had to endure the hardest of its times, some say it was the final revenge of the human race, others say that their spirt curse the land one last time so their memory fade and unfortunately the most popular believes talk about one last survivor that wander the land all of his life cursing it and become an omen to harsh time to arrive, they say that if a human would appear again, then it means that a catastrophe is about to strike the land"
"Oh…so that is why everyone is so afraid of me, they think I'm an omen to something horrible about to happen"
"I'm really sorry Kabuto, its just a myth but unfortunately there are a lot of ponies that are superstitious about old sayings"
"And maybe they are right I mean, just look" I point at the window "Fluttershy, right after you found me, a storm just appear and hit your home head on, don't you think that is a bit ironic? Its like in your story, maybe…maybe I AM an omen for destruction"
"Please don't say those things" she tells caressing my hair "The fact that a little rain appear when I found you doesn't mean you are an Omen, it only means bad weather, I'm sure that this is just a coincidence"
"Je yeah, a really bad coincidence"
"Oh don't worry Kabuto, there is nothing to be afraid about some water" In that moment a thunder crack the sky and the next thing I knew Fluttershy was hugging me with all her might "B…but a thunder on the other hand could be a tiny bit scary"
The image make me chuckle a bit "you are more scare of a lighting than me?"
Fluttershy relax after a moment and break the hug with some level of embarrassment "Well, unlike you, a lighting is actually dangerous and seek to hurt others"
That make me smile at the though "Thank you Fluttershy that means a lot to me" I then yawn and pretend to be tired, witch result on her pushing me down the couch.
"Don't mention it, now rest, its too late and you still need to give your body time to recover" she leave for a while before returning with a blanket and a pillow. "You can sleep here tonight, I insist"
"Thanks Fluttershy"
"If you need me I will be on my room on the second room" She tuck me in and to my surprise kiss my forehead "Rest well Kabuto, know that no matter what happen you are a nice guy"
"Thank you Fluttershy have a nice night"
"You too Kabuto" She tell with a smile and then walk into the second floor, before turning off the lights.
For hours I wait patiently in there remember everything that happen today.
She actually is a really nice mare…too bad that she is too trusted of strangers
Pulling the covers off me and turning my body back to normal, I went into her room with the intention of collecting her kindness when suddenly I start to hear her voice in my head.
You are a nice guy
What?
You poor thing
Why am I thinking about this now?
Kabuto did some pony did this to you?
I was force to shake my head before holding it in pain
Focus Kabuto! Focus! You are prince Kabuto of the changeling empire, the son of Queen Chrysalis, you are here to defeat the changeling enemies, not befriend them!
Entering into her room I didn't waste time and went strait to her and open her mouth slightly
And now…
I open my mouth and try to exhale but for some reason found unable to do so.
And now…
I try to do it again various of time, all of witch were meet with the same result.
No…I can't fail no, not when I'm this close
I keep trying to take her kindness but each try was meet with my heart aching and making me stop in my tracks "I can't do it" I could feel my eyes start to well up and some tears start to fall into Fluttershy face.
"I can't…it hurt so much" I tell to anyone closing my eyes before opening in shock when I felt a hand on my check and discover Fluttershy looking at me with concern.
"Kabuto, what is wrong?" It was in that moment that I discover the proximity off our faces and how I was looking at Fluttershy with my real eyes. In panic I try to stand back but a force keep me in place as I notices Fluttershy concern expression soon turn into one of surprise, and a certain smell enter my nostrils
Is that…love? but why is she…oh no, I accidentally used my charm eyes!!
"Fluttershy quickly turn a…hmph!" I try to warn her but it was already to late, my spell already hit its target and now she was kissing me full on my lips, forcing me to feed not only in her kindness but also her love, until she pass out.
"No!" I try to shake her awake once she let me go but she was far gone and her kindness was complete drain.
I was only able to hold her close to me and openly cry as the storm rage outside the window. "I'm sorry" I mumble as I rack us back and forward throw out the night