//------------------------------// // Why? // Story: Elements of Protection: Respect; Emotionless freak // by Outlaw //------------------------------// M Why? "Why am I here?" Bloodbeast asked a unicorn crawling away from him. His suit would have looked quite formal if it weren’t for the tears and holes that had been recently created. "Now calm down!" The unicorn exclaimed, coughing up blood. "I'm your creator and you treat me like this?!" "You are not in a position to threaten me,” Bloodbeast said as he watched the dying unicorn. "If I'm a creation then where are my files?" "I would never tell you!" the unicorn said, filled with anger. Bloodbeast walked up to the shadowed unicorn and lifted him up with a tight grip around his throat, revealing the black coat and tuxedo. "Where...are...my...files?" he asked. "On...the computer." The black unicorn coughed and gasped for air. Bloodbeast tossed him to the ground and walked up to the computer, taking the laptop and then he went back to the unicorn. "Now that I've got my answers, I'm not going to need you." Bloodbeast morphed his arm into a blade, resting it on the unicorn’s shoulder. "What?!! Wait, hold on!!!" The unicorn screamed in panic. "I created you. I'm your father,. Nobody in their right mind should treat their father like this, would they?!" "You’re right, nobody in their right mind would do such a thing..." Bloodbeast said before he rose the blade to the unicorns throat, locking eyes one last time. Before the unicorn could react, Bloodbeast had swung the blade and decapitated him in a split second. * * * "Why?" Bloodbeast heard a white unicorn ask in shock. He snapped back into reality. "Why would Equestria be doomed?" "I've got more blood on my hands than everyone else in the world." Bloodbeast answered."The chain controls my powers and without it, I go on a killing rampage." "A killing rampage, are you a..." She began to ask in fear. "An assassin..." Pinkie pie finished." He told me that" "She's right, but I quit once I knew my target." Bloodbeast said. "And that was?" The cyan pegasus asked meanwhile she held over her wound. "The princesses..." Bloodbeast said and a shocked gasp echoed through the area. "Now that has to be a lie!!!" Twilight said and everyone else agreed, except the orange farmer. "Uhm...gals, he ain't lying." she exclaimed. "What do you mean Applejack?" The cyan pegasus, asked her friend. "Ah'm the element of honesty, remember, ah could see if he was lying." She said and turned her face towards Bloodbeast."He's not lying, Rainbow." A moment of silence filled the air, with everyones eyes on Bloodbeast who just waited for their judgement. Suddenly, the yellow pegasus walked up to him with anger in her eyes. Bloodbeast knew that this could be bad news for him. "Why did you kill it, YOU...BIG....DUMB....MEANIE?!!" She shouted at him, he swore that he could see flames behind her." IF YOU HADN'T KILLED IT, THEN IT WOULD BE RUNNING FREE IN THE FOREST!!!" "The manticore was dead anyway, I did it a favor." He responded calmly, not backing down from her rage. "YOU SICK...EMOTIONLESS...FREAK!!!" The yellow pegasus shouted as she reached out a hand to slap him. However, her hand was caught by Bloodbeast as he looked at her and slowly shook his head. Another moment of silence filled the air, until Pinkie Pie started to laugh hysterically. "What's so funny?" Rainbow Dash asked her. "I-I'm sorry, but she's actually right." Pinkie giggled." He is emotionless; I tried to tickle him, annoy him, telling him stories and I even kissed him." This caused her friends to blush and gaze over to Bloodbeast, who just shrugged. "She did." he answered their suspicions."She wanted to see if I could feel embarrassment, it worked on her but not on me." This made Pinkie blush as she remembered the kiss. "Uhm...IbettertakeDashtothehospitals eeyouaround!" she hesitated and dragged the wounded Rainbow Dash away, ignoring her protests. Everyone looked after the path that Pinkie had went off. "Is she always that weird?" Bloodbeast asked. "Yeah, but this is new, even for Pinkie." Applejack answered. Bloodbeast shrugged, if that was how she was then that's how she was. Fluttershy looked away in disgust as he eyed her up, he could tell that she liked animals. She could potentially mean trouble. "Hey, I could have paralyzed it and thrown him into the woods, the problem was that it would return. If a manticore is away from its territory for a while, it will start to look for a new territory to claim as its own. " Bloodbeast explained to her."That manticore was too dangerous, it would just return and terrorize everyone. Like it or not, that manticore is in a better place now." Fluttershy held back her tears, she knew that it was true but he had brutally killed it without any sign of guilt. "Please...just go." She sobbed a bit as she pushed him away." I have to bury the body." "Uhm...I have to write a letter to princess Celestia about these news. You and Applejack better come along." Twilight said to Bloodbeast. "Why me?" Applejack asked. "I need to see if he lies or anything." Twilight said suspiciously. "Fair enough, let's go." Bloodbeast said and began to follow Twilight. * * * "Pinkie, what's gotten into you?" Rainbow Dash asked her friend, as she walked by her side."Kissing a stranger to see if he could feel embarrassment and then blushing when he mentions it, what’s going on?" "It's nothing, nothing at all, I'm fine." Pinkie lied, blushing profusely. Something in that lie, made it click in Rainbows mind, Pinkie Pie were hiding something."So tell me, how was that kiss?" She asked, preparing to catch her confession. "Uhm, for being a emotionless guy, he's a very good kisser." she said." Slow but not cowardly, rough but still with a lot of passion..." "Sounds like you have a crush on him." Rainbow said with a smile. "What?!! No I don't have a crush on that guy!" Pinkie screamed, surprised from the statement. "Okay, so then you won't mind if I take him?" Rainbow said before she was grabbed by her jacket. "You...don't....touch....him" she growled, before she noticed her friend's smug grin and realized what she had done." Darn it, I did it again, didn't I?" "Yep, you confessed." Rainbow said with a smile. "Okay, I like him a lot, he's different from everyone else," she said. "So, what did he say after the kiss?" Rainbow asked. "He said that I taste like cotton candy." She said before Rainbow Dash broke out in laughter. "Wooow that was cheesy." She said between the giggles. "Yes, it was." She said but adding in her thought" But it was kinda cute as well" "Well, you have a crush on an emotionless assassin," Rainbow said with a shrug." but it's still an improvement from your last crush." "Ugh...don't remind me." she grunted, trying to keep that memory out of her head. "Just, be careful with this guy." Rainbow said, concerned. "He's emotionless, remember that!" * * * "Spike, I'm home!" Twilight shouted out as they entered her house."Make yourself at home, I'll get some paper and ink." "Nice house, definitely better than mine." Bloodbeast responded. "Really?" Applejack asked as she took a seat in the sofa. "It's a long story, I'll wait with it until it's time." He responded and took a place at her side. "Alright, but if ya' ever feel like to talk about it then ah'm all ears sugarcube." She said, Bloodbeast could see the truth behind net her eyes. "So we're not going to see each other again?" Bloodbeast said, this brought Applejacks hand to her forehead. "Ya' know what I meant..." she sighed. "Yes I know." he responded, not changing the expression on his face. After that Twilight and Spike entered the room. The dragon was tall for his age, barely shorter than Bloodbeast. He observed Bloodbeast and Applejack on the couch, seeing how close they sat together and made a classic mistake. "Wow AJ, you never told me that you got yourself a colt-friend, congratulations." he said and shook her hand. "She's not my mare-friend. We just met but I could never feel anything for her." Bloodbeast answered instead of a shocked Applejack. "Yeah that's...HEY, WHATCHA MEAN BY..." Applejack said, offended, before she realized who she was dealing with. "...right." Spike looked at them as Applejack hopped a bit away from the colt. "Oops, my mistake." he said and brought up the paper. "Well Twilight, talk away." "All right. Bloodbeast, you correct me if I'm wrong at any point," Twilight said. "Okay, let's do this" He responded. Dear Princess Celestia, Today we have discovered a colt that says he is created by a group that plans to take your place... "Not planning anymore, I killed them all." Bloodbeast said. Twilight gazed over to Applejack who shrugged. "He's not lying." she said. ...planned to take your place as the ruler of Equestria. The organization was leaded by a unicorn with a biological background, using cells to create clones with deadly weapons. However, this colt has a dangerous trait and used it to kill everyone in that base. He was supposed to kill you and your sister but he turned his back on them. He has two blades in his arms and his emotional system is removed. That may sound crazy but it's true, he killed a manticore without hesitation. He says that his chain is a key to his powers and they can only be active through removal of the chain. However, if the chain remains away from him for too long, then he'll go insane and... "Just write 'fall to his bloodlust', it's a more... accurate description," Bloodbeast said. "Got it." Spike said. ... then he'll fall to his bloodlust and start to kill. We seek advice of what we should do with him. Awaiting response as soon as possible. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle "...Sparkle, done." Spike said as he rolled up the letter. "Send it away." Twilight said and Spike burned it up, using the green flames. "I thought she said, ‘send it’ not ‘burn it’," Bloodbeast said as he observed the disappearing letter. "No, that's how we send letters around here." Twilight sighed, explaining. "Through dragonfire?" He responded. "Interesting, how does it work?" "Easy, it...uhm...it..." Twilight grumbled on the question. "Let me guess, you don't have a clue."