//------------------------------// // Chapter 9: Fluttershout // Story: Five Nights at Twilight's Season 1: Canterlot Funtime Castle // by Alicron273 //------------------------------// It was the third night, and everyone seemed to be having a good time. Rainbow was back in laser tag, and she was easily beating Applejack once again. Pinkie and Cheese were having a crazy time in the mirror maze. Rarity was trying out the dancing arcade. Derpy was trying out some of the rides in the room. Dr. Whooves was still keeping an eye on the monitors. Cadence and Shining Armor were on a date on the top balcony. Spike, however, was feeling bored at the ball pit. Something caught his attention. He heard a distant crying through the hallway. He decided to follow it to see where it was coming from. He had nothing better to do, so he might as well. He got closer to the distant crying sounds which led him to a dark hallway. He got closer and closer until he heard the noises stop. His spikes sent a shiver down his spine when the crying noises turned into sinister laughter. Spike was already starting to feel scared when the laughing grew louder. He realized that it was a trap. He finally heard footsteps coming from behind him. He turned around to see the wretched abomination right in front of him. It was Fluttershout! She lured him right into her trap. Her eyes were not both red and blue anymore. Instead she had green glowing eyes as if she were possessed. What was worse was that she was about to scream! “Clever Girl,” was all Spike could think of. But before Fluttershout could use her scream attack, Spike managed to spit out a flame of fire right in front of her. He ran as fast as he could through the vents. Fluttershout managed to get through the fire and started to chase after Spike. Dr. Whooves looked through the monitor, hoping he could find withered Celestia. Suddenly, he heard noises coming from the vents. He spotted Spike crying out for help. He knew something wrong was going on. So he sounded the alarm, hoping someone would come over soon. He rushed over to Spike to see what the problem was. It appeared that his tail was stuck on one of the wires. Spike struggled to get out, only to find out that he was making it worse. Dr. Whooves tried to speak up through Spike's panicking and asked, "Spike! Come Down! What's Going on?" All that Spike could muster was, "SHE'S GONNA KILL ME!!!" "Huh?" Dr. Whooves asked, looking through the vent. He saw Fluttershout poking her head and arms through the vent, preparing to use her shouting attack. "Great Slithering Snakes!" he shouted, struggling to free Spike from the attack. "Geez! Why do I always have to save your-AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!" He screamed, noticing that Fluttershout was already starting to use her deadly screaming attack. But before any deadly sonic booms could come out, someone grabbed her, pulled her out, and flung her to the wall. Fluttershout dropped down to the floor, looking up to see who stopped her from her murdering rampage. It was Rainbow Dash. Rainbow dashed towards Fluttershout, ready for another blow. But Fluttershout managed to get up and started her scream attack. The sound waves hit Rainbow and smacked her to the wall. If only Rainbow still had her guns. Fluttershout was right on top of her, preparing for the final blow. But before she could do that, Applejack leaped out into the air and kicked Fluttershout towards the wall with her super strength. Then suddenly, Fluttershout was trapped by what looks like a huge diamond. It was Rarity who formed a box-like-prison with her magic. Dr. Whooves and Spike crawled through the vents to see if the coast was clear. "How did you all do that?" Dr. Whooves asked. Spike knew the answer as he responded, "Oh, right. I forgot. You still have those powers from the geo crystals." That explained how Rainbow Dash managed to get here so fast. Fluttershout struggled to break free from this crystal prison by using her shout attacks. Instead, her own attacks were damaging her ears. All of a sudden, the crystal began to glow and something infected Fluttershout. A bright flash stung Fluttershout, which sent a tremor through the building. Fluttershout fell to ground when the crystal disappeared. Everyone stood back, aware of another attack. But nothing happened. They all took a step closer towards her. Spike hid in the vents for safety. Fluttershout opened her eyes slightly. They all sighed in relief that the eyes weren't green anymore. The eyes were red and blue again. Fluttershout took a minute to get her head clear when she asked, "What happened?" "That no good Celestia must have put some sort of mind control on you,” said Applejack. “You were on a rampage." "But you are free from it thanks to us," Rarity spoke up. "Does that mean you are with us now?" Fluttershout had no idea that her actions almost killed some innocent lives. She looked at everyone around her. She took a moment to think until she finally said, "Yes." Everyone cheered now that she is back. Well, kinda. She needed to do something that represented her element in order to change back into Fluttershy. They all stopped dead in their tracks when they felt a tremor in the building. They looked up to see a crack on the ceiling. The tiny explosion must have caused all the damage. The pieces of metal started to fall and land in front of both entrances of the vent. Spike was trapped. They tried to remove all the wreckage to get Spike out, but there were too many metal pieces that were blocking the vent. It would take a lot of force to remove all of that. Fluttershout stepped in front of the crowd, suggesting that she could help. They were all aware of what she was thinking of doing. Rarity suddenly had an idea. Her horn glowed, and small diamond shards appeared in front of Spike. He can use these to cover his ears. Fluttershout stepped in front of the pile, preparing to make her move. She told everyone to cover their ears. When they all did what they had to do, she finally screamed. Huge sound waves burst out of her mouth as they hit the metal parts right in front of her. Spike covered his ears with those diamonds for his dear life. Both blockades finally broke down, and Fluttershout stopped screaming. Spike felt dizzy from the huge sound when he came out of that vent. He lay flat on the floor while putting his thumbs up saying that he was okay. Dr. Whooves picked up Spike and got him to sit on the table so he can rest. Fluttershout found a fake plastic balloon, and put it under Spike’s head as a pillow. "Why Fluttershout," said Dr. Whooves. "Now that.....was a very kind thing to do." When the words sputtered out, Fluttershout levitated in the air with a spark of magic. They all knew they needed to cover their eyes from that huge light show during the transformation. She dropped to the floor when it was over. They all came towards her, seeing if she was okay. Fluttershy blinked a couple of times and squinted her eyes from all of that. Everyone was so happy to see her back. That meant there was only one more to go. Celestia shot a lot of lasers in her lair. She was frustrated to know that Fluttershy was on their side now. Brutalight was just standing by when she suddenly encountered another animatronic against the wall. It was a small blue alicorn that was withered in a sitting position. She stepped closer to get a better look. "No!" shouted Celestia as she shoved Brutalight towards the ground. Brutalight started to fear the rage that was growing in Celestia. "I'm sorry," Brutalight sputtered out. "I just wanted to know what that thing was." This made Celestia angrier. "I don't want you to go near that animatronic, or you will feel more of my wrath. Disobey my orders, and that will be your death wish!" Brutalight felt even more scared after hearing that. "I am so sorry!" she cried out. "I promise I will get rid of those animatronics if it's the last thing I-" "Shut up!" Celestia shouted out while she levitated Brutalight and flung her to the door. "You're a useless robot, and I don't need your here. Now get out!" Brutalight got up to her feet as she tried to sputter out another apology. "But I didn't mean to-" "OUT!!!" Celestia shouted once again while smashing her hooves on the floor and slamming the door. Brutalight found another dark room where there were no cameras. She lay there for the night. "I will get out there and win her approval back," she thought to herself while she looked at her swords before the clock struck 6:00 a.m. "And every one of those animatronics is going to die!"