//------------------------------// // Rampage Of The Dragon // Story: Castle Ponyvania // by Truro //------------------------------// Chapter 7 The five horses walked along a corridor and found themselves in what looked like a large library. Under normal circumstances, this would have been what Twilight called "Paradise". Normal circumstances being a moment when you walk through a library that doesn't belong to a depraved pervert. "Picking up girls for dummies", "Necromancy for dummies", "Evil incantations for dummies" and "Body Language for dummies" were just a few of the titles found of those massive bookshelves. "Why is every book in this library the Dummies edition? Was it like a prank or something?" "And just what is that supposed to mean?" said Pinkie, "Most of the guide books I own happen to be the For Dummies edition!" "Sorry Pinkie." That was Twilight's mouth talking. She had meant to say "I rest my case.", but considering that one pony had already left the group, she decided not to risk any hurt feelings. Sure one could argue that those vamponies were going to hurt more than her feelings but that was beside the point. Twilight surveyed the area. At the other end of the room, there was a switch. However she couldn't see any light bulbs above them. The area was lit entirely with candles. "This is a really weird room." Said Twilight, "Books about evil incantations, mysterious switches on the wall, an evil looking horse grinning at us from the door... Agh!" "Hello girls." Said Punch Spike. The five stood firm. "Look, does this have to end in a bloody mess? Why don't you just let me bite you? Dracallion's got a few slots open for brides. Sure there are only three positions available, but the other two could just be my bits on the side." "Actually, I figured I'd just kick your little vampire ass into a pulp and fertilise my apple trees with you." Said Apple Jack. Punch scowled. Turned down by the girls. Yet again. He pounded the switch on the wall, opening a trap door for Apple Jack to fall through. She yelled as she hit the floor, with her cowboy hat floating down after her. "We may not have a wood shed anywhere, but as that tart would say 'that thar filly's gonna get a whuppin' anyway'!" Fluttershy looked into the dark hole. She could make out Apple Jack picking herself up. "Hold on! I'll get you out of there!" she called before diving in. She landed next to Apple Jack, just as her hat floated neatly onto her head. A perfect landing. The room looked a bit like a dungeon, except for the window, looking out into the garden. Wispy clouds sailed past a huge full moon. "Come on." Said Fluttershy "Let's get back up." Then hoof steps clopped towards them. A very muscular earth pony with a black bowl-cut mane and a unibrow stepped out of the shadows, glaring at the two fillies. Apple Jack protectively stepped in front of Fluttershy and glared back at the other horse. "So what? You the one that's supposed to give me my whuppin' huh?" The stallion stepped to the side. He didn't say anything, but it obvious that he wanted to make sure the fillies got a good look at his abs. He stepped in front of the window, catching the moon and let out a deep breath. His muscles began to contract. He began to tremble. He grunted and let out pained growls. Fluttershy started to blush. Apple Jack just raised an eyebrow. "Are you takin' a dump or something? Cause, you know, ladies present and all that." With a savage howl, the stallion threw his head back as his mane grew to cover his entire body and huge, sharp fangs filled his mouth and his hooves were replaced with paw that housed razor sharp nails. He crept forward, snarling at the two horses. Neither of whom were very impressed. "A horse turning into a wolf?" said Fluttershy. "That doesn't make any sense." The wolf stopped in his tracks. His eyes were wide and bewildered. "I mean, ponies and wolves are both quadrupeds, so there's no real difference in running speed. Also, horses are herbivores while wolves are carnivorous. It just doesn't make sense for a horse to turn into something that isn't vegetarian…" The wolf grew tired of her nitpicking and pounced. "Look out!" Fluttershy yelled. Her wings opened knocking Apple Jack out of the wolf's way. "No! Fluttershy!" *-*-* Back upstairs, Twilight Rarity and Pinkie scraped the floor with their hooves, glaring daggers at the vampire. "Oh really now, do we have to prolong this?" The three rushed at him. In a flash he leapt over them. Twilight turned and stabbed at him with her horn. Punch kept backing and dodging for sheer life. He jumped back and was sent flying by Pinkie's back kick. Punch flew forward and Twilight's horn scraped along his cheek, as he screamed in pain. "You'll pay for that, bitch!" He leapt towards the candles, knocking the stick over and dashed from candle sick to candle stick until the room was pitch black. "Get in a huddle!" Twilight shouted "Rarity! Lights!" Rarity's horn flashed and filled the whole area with white light. They saw only too late. Punch swooped down from his hiding place on the ceiling and landed right on top of Twilight, slamming her down on the floor. "Don't move!" he yelled. His foreleg coiled around Twilight's neck from behind. "I could snap her neck or sink my teeth into her anytime I want! But I might reconsider it." He then grinned as he eyed the two ponies in front of him the way a hungry person looks at a prime rib-eye steak. "If you're especially nice to me." Rarity glared. There was nothing they could do. "Alright." She sighed "What do you want us to do?" Punch Spike's grin was no longer of a hungry guy looking at a piece of steak, but now one of a hungry guy who had been given a voucher to an all-you-can-eat buffet. "That's more like it my little dolly-birds. Now I want the two of you to have a snog." "Snog?" "It means kiss." "Okay. Seems harmless enough." Said Pinkie, shrugging. "Now wait a minute you perv…Mrph!" Pinkie let Rarity go and turned to Punch. "Was that okay?" "Not bad. Do it again. Only this time, do it slowly." The red in the face Rarity was not slow to object. "Now see here, you wretched little pervert! What sort of sick twisted little mind gets their jollies from watching two girls kissing?" Punch tightened his grip on Twilight's neck. She yelped in pain. Rarity gave a cry of alarm. "Well, it does help distract me from my hunger pains…" and he licked Twilight's neck. She shuddered. Rarity glared daggers at the creep. Worse than daggers in fact. The way rarity was staring it was more like glaring basket-hilt claymores. Then she lowered her head in defeat. "Alright. Pinkie, go ahead." For a moment, time seemed to stand still. The only sound was the ticking of a clock. At last, Punch rolled his eyes. "You can go a bit faster than that, love." "Aaaaaaaie thoooooought yoooooou waaaaaanteeeeed slooooooow…" "Get on with it!" his grip on Twilight tightened again and she gave a yelp. Twilight was gasping for breath. Things were turning black. He mind was all over the place as the darkness enveloped all around her. Help…help me Spike…! Her horn gave a faint glow and died down. Again, faint glow, die down. Glow. Glow, glow. Glow, glow, glow. *-*-*-* Big Macintosh's purification was complete. "Now all he needs is a little rest. And before you know it, he'll be back at his best." Granny Smith thanked her and went over to her grandson. Suddenly, Spike's head started to ache. It was a dull pain that throbbed at intervals. He clutched his head in agony. It was like a trumpet blaring between his ears. Par. Par, par. Par, par, par. "Twilight…Twilight!" The dragon looked around desperately. All he could see was the inside of the barn. Wall to wall wood. The door rattled against its bolt with the howling wind, whistling outside. Wind? That was it! He opened the door, faced the direction of the wind, gave a deep breath and shot out a wave of green fire. The wind blew the flames right back at him until they completely enveloped his small body. *-*-*-*-* Fluttershy gave a giggle as she tickled the wolf's tummy admits the heavy wagging of the tail and loud lolling of the tong. "Good puppy!" Apple Jack looked on, bored out of her skull. "Can we get back up now? We kind of have a vampire to slay." "Oh my! I must have got sidetracked!" She turned back to the were puppy. "Sorry boy. We have to go now. You be good now!" The wolf rolled over onto his legs and gave her a huge slobbery lick. "Aw! I love you too boy!" She then wrapped her forelegs around the earth pony, fluttered her wings and hovered up through the trap door. They got the fright of their lives when they emerged through the hole in the floor. In fact they were so shocked that Fluttershy dropped Apple Jack down through the hole and had to fly down to get her again. They were horrified at the sight. Punch Spike holding Twilight hostage white Rarity and Pinkie…it doesn't bare thinking about. There was a flash of green smoke and a purple blur flashed out, cannonballing into Punch, who tumbled off of Twilight. The blur was the familiar sight of Spike the dragon laying into Punch. The dragon bit and scratched at the vampire horse who screamed and cussed in pain. He finally broke free and reeled, with a frighteningly loud neigh on par with a war horse. Spike wound his fist and smashed it into the horse's head, knocking him over. The dragon grabbed his victim's tail and started swinging him around his head like an Olympic throwing hammer and flung him into the wall so hard that a cascade of books plummeted off their shelves and pummelled the vampony. Weakly, Punch climbed out of the pile of books, gasping for breath. He saw Spike edging towards him. Green eyes blazed with murder in mind. Spike threw his head back and blasted out a jet of flames, sending Punch and the books ablaze. The vampire screamed and flailed about as his body crumbled to ash. Before his body was destroyed, one word escaped his screeching lips. "Oh buggery!" Twilight regained consciousness. She picked herself up and gasped at the sight. Spike stood there, his eyes lost in the destruction as if he were in love with the flame. And that, dear readers, is why some people are afraid of dragons. The five horses looked on. Shaken by the violence that had taken place. The dragon turned his head. Everyone froze. "Twilight! Are you okay?" he yelped, running up to the unicorn and folding her into his arms. A wave of relief fell over the horses. Except Rarity. She was still starring wide eyed with an open jaw. Twilight returned Spike's hug and they just cuddled for a moment. "Shhh…" she soothed "Don't worry Spike. I'm fine now. A little upset that you burned so many books during your big hero moment, but otherwise, fine." Spike let her go and looked at the others. He noticed one missing. "Where's Rainbow?" "Don't ever mention that name around me no more!" Apple Jack yelled. She turned her head away, looking at the burning books. "I'll explain on the way." Said Twilight, "Come on everyone. We've lost a lot of time." She headed towards the door that the recently cremated Punch had been blocking. While Fluttershy brought down one of the curtains to smother the fire out, Twilight and Pinkie went forward. Spike was about to move after them, when he noticed Rarity staring at him. "Oh, um…what I did to him…you've got to understand! I did it to protect Twilight! And…" Rarity finally spoke. "You…you were amazing! Such strength! Such anger!" It was then that Spike finally understood the true meaning of the word 'Ecstatic' Fluttershy timidly tapped Apple Jack on the shoulder. "Come on. We need to make our move." "Okay." She said without emotion. When the group finally reached the door, Apple Jack gave the pile of ashes a contemptuous glare. Then something hit her. She chuckled. "Hey guys! I just thought of something funny! Punch Spike just got punched out by Spike!"