//------------------------------// // The Blood Bath Begins // Story: Fear Itself // by Moon Quil //------------------------------// A week after Fear escaped, the injured pony returns to the princess his legs broken, tarnished, and bloody. Staining the floor beneath him, he breaths hard as he tries to get to Celestia to give her Fears message. Celestia rushes to the hospital wing where the guards took this poor soul in torment and pain, as she comes to the pony he tells her the message Fear told him to give her. With shock and dread in her eyes, she has tears as she mourns the dead doctors and ponies that the monster slaughtered and what she has done she looks at the floor with tears, "Sweet me what have I brought to my land, I have created a monster and he is set freed.". Celestia commands her guards to get an army set Fear must be caught alive or dead. Silver Lightning goes to her and says, "Princess, how do we deal with a creature that is able to kill us from inside, or make us kill each other?". Celestia looks and him with a sadful sigh and tells him, "I don't know I did not intend on him to be like this nor to escape his tube. to think he calls me his mother." Celestia shivers hearing that word her coat stands on end with that word. While her army is being formed Celestia in her room planning her attack falls asleep and has a nightmare, her world in bloodshed, the clouds red and raining blood of the innocent, her subjects on the brink of insanity ripping each other apart. Her kingdom in ruins and her skull is in the hands of fear but he looks different, his nails curved long and sharp, horns growing out of his skull curved from what she counted ten, two on his temples and the rest growing from his skull. His teeth are sharp with fangs, and before he is a bowl of souls of the innocent and not innocent, eating them one after another. He crushes the skull and uses her horn as a toothpick and she wakes up with a scream as her guards charge into her room. "Princess are you alright!?!? Surround the area!". Celestia collects herself and with a calming voice she says, "Everything is fine, I just had a nightmare Silver." The guards leave and silver helps her up silver says with some seriousness in his voice, "I am so sorry Princess Celestia, that was my mistake. I was trained to protect the crown.". Celestia looks at him with a smile, "It is alright and you have been with me for years you can call me Celestia my friend.". Silver smiles softly but has a bit of red in his checks he says, "True but I am your captain of your royal guard and longtime friend but I still have to address you as royalty.". She smiles softly, " Silver do you mind if you can watch over me as I sleep in case of attacks?" Celestia asks laying down. Silver smiles, "Anything for you my princess." Silver in her room stands at attention as the princess sleeps in peace. ========================== Somwhere in Equestria in a village ============================ Homes on fire, destroyed and ripped apart, Bodies piling up ripped and ponies screaming of monsters as their eyes glow red. They slaughter and laugh killing themselves and each other and taking a drink at a table Fear watching the ponies of all kinds slaughtering each other. He laughs to himself as the children play jump rope with their parents' organs, and pegasi fire lightning at each other and earth and unicorn alike. Fear with a laugh says. "Now this is fun so much peace in this world with the madness I am causing I will be able to show mother Celestia real fun." Fear looks at the small fire like the ball's over the dead ponies and he gets up with a questionable face he goes to one and picks it up. It does not burn and is light as a feather what could it be? He looks at the firey blue ball and smells it he says, " Hmm interesting no smell. I sense what this could be, perhaps the soul of the innocent. interesting I wonder.". Fear looks at the ball and opens his mouth and puts it in his mouth and swallows. Fear exhales satisfied, and said, "An interesting taste and I feel strange but good at the same time like my power grew more maybe this will help me with my reign of this world.". A unicorn charges at Fear ready to stab Fear with his horn but Fears ghost's hands come out and slam his head flat like a coin and fall to the ground. "Now that is an idiotic hero that didn't stand a chance." Fear said with a light laugh and ate his soul. Fear goes around the town eating the souls of the innocent, all that is left is two children a unicorn and Pegasus. Fear kneels to their eye level as the two children shake covered in blood splatters they shake as he speaks, "Don't worry young ones I won't kill either of you as long as you behave and do exactly as I ask, pass on a message to the army that comes. Tell them to relay this message to my loving mother Celestia.". The two little ponies nod scared as he goes near them and sniffs their fear and sadness. "Ah your sadness smells amazing and delicious but I am a creature of my word, just tell them this.". he takes his finger and his nail grows long and sharp and he holds them both with his ghost hands and cuts their bodies making a message. The young pegasus pony cries out in pain, "You-you-you said you weren't going to hurt us?!". Fear looks at him with his cold black red glowing eyes and grins and says, "I promised not to kill either of you I never said I wouldn't hurt you.". Fear finishes his message on them and leaves in a red mist laughing and his laugh echoes in the town silent as the grave, the only things left were the embers of the fire of the homes and the bodies of mothers, fathers, sisters, and brothers slaughtered and brutally murdered. Some time passes and the sun rises and the army comes and finds the village remains and finds the children and see Fear's message carved in their flesh and it reads, "This is only proof of the fun I can bring, I leave you these two fillies alive to bring fear to you all in the army. and you mother Celestia, thank you for making me I look forward to meeting you out of my tube this time someday. till then enjoy the bloodbath of your innocent subjects. Signed Fear.". Some of the ponies of the army take the children to canterlot for medical healing and to deliver the message but even they are afraid as Fears madness spreads and his bloodbath continues to go like a wildfire upon Equestria, all beware the wrath of fear himself. To be continued.