//------------------------------// // Chapter Five // Story: The Beast Within // by Lil Bear Sinclair //------------------------------// Tonight wasn’t nearly going to be anything she expected, for one, she ended up killing two innocent ponies and for two… She killed ponies! Fluttershy had managed to escape the farm without being caught, she had to leave the body behind, she would have been caught if she decided to take the body with her. As soon as she heard footsteps from outside the barn she had to fly out. She dashed through the air at speeds that would make Rainbow Dash jealous, she was much faster than normal. As soon as she removed the bandages that were bounding her wings to her body, all of her feathers fell down to the ground. She’d never lie to herself, she was panicking once she saw them fall. She knew that she was losing them but not at an alarming rate, however, all that fear faded when she noticed her new wings. They were leathery, more like what they used to look like when she was Flutterbat… But much bigger, In her mouth, biting down to avoid dropping it was the bandage. She couldn’t let Rarity see her wings… The panic she brought upon her that night… She didn’t want to bring it back ” I can’t believe you did this… Oh, believe it, They were innocent! You won’t take control of me so easily next time... this is my body, not yours, That’s where you’re wrong Fluttershy, this is becoming my body now, the wings? The fangs? The eye change? Nopony will recognise you once I've done with you! Shut up!” As she was having a mental battle with herself she ended up flying straight into somepony who was also flying. Making them both stumble and crash down to the ground in a heap, making a small indent in the ground where the two ponies landed, “Urgh! Watch where you’re flying dingus!” Fluttershy recognised that voice as her one of her friends, this pony is Rainbow Dash. She groans as the cyan pegasus places a hoof onto her head to help with the pain, “It’s extremely unsafe to fly that fast you know!” “Oh… I’m really sorry Rainbow Dash… I didn’t see you there…” Shy said softly, ” No you’re not, shut it…” Rainbow, upon hearing that voice, shot open her eyes and looked directly at the mare with her mouth hanging wide open, ” Mmm, wonder what she could fit inside that mouth, Oh my…” Fluttershy shook off the thought, “I was… trying out my wings since they’ve been in that bandage all day... I guess I missed the feeling of being able to fly…” Fluttershy then climbed out of the small hole, offering a hoof to help Dash out, ”” You’re lying through your teeth! You fool!” Rainbow takes the hoof and was pulled out, “Fluttershy… That was actually pretty awesome! If you flew like that during the tornado we surely would have broken that record!” Dash then hugs Fluttershy, this prompts Shy’s muzzle to be right next to Dash’s neck, she could sense the blood pumping through her body, making Fluttershy to lick her lips, ” Bite! Bite!! She’s right there!! I can practically taste her!!” Fluttershy ignored her evil self and pulled away from Rainbow, “I… Have to get home… To my animals… It was nice seeing you again,” Just as she was about to speed off so Dash couldn’t see her wings, but Rainbow places a hoof on her shoulder, “Actually, before you go zooming off, I wanted to talk to you about something. I was meaning to ask you about it today while you were at your parents, but I could see how Zephyr was getting on your nerves. So I thought about waiting till tomorrow,” “Oh… What about Rainbow Dash?” Shy turned around to face her, praying she doesn’t spot her wings, “Well… This morning I was doing my job… When I saw you and Rarity walking down the path towards Ponyville,” Fluttershy’s heart sank, “I couldn’t really hear the conversation between the two of you, but I did see you push Rarity to the ground and then… You kissed her,” Shy then let out a quiet meep, taking a few steps back, “I want you to know that you can tell me anything… Is there something going on between the two of you? Something… Romantic?” “No!” Shy quickly shouted, “Nothing is going on between us!” Fluttershy whimpers, before looking up at Rainbow, “She’s not even into mares… You should know that…” Dash sighed, “Fluttershy, I know you’re lying… You can tell me the truth, I’m not going to judge you,” Rainbow steps forward, trying to get close to her friend; who in turn continued to back away, “I’m telling you the honest truth,” Fluttershy said, if Applejack was here she would be shaming her for lying, “She has even talked to me about how she likes somepony called Tenderhoof!” Fluttershy continued to back away from Dash as her friend couldn’t help but continue to walk towards her, hammering her with 1000 questions, “Then why did you pin her then? Rarity hates getting dirt over her coat,” Dash asked, thinking she caught Fluttershy out, Fluttershy let out an audible gulp, “I pinned her… Because she was curious on how… If I was alone with somepony special… What would I do?..” Shy then fell back, tripping over her own tail. She landed on her back, staring directly above. Rainbow Dash then walked over her, like she was pinning her down, but not technically pinning her. Shy whimpers, “What about the kiss?” “She knew that I’d be terrible at kissing so she offered to teach me!” She covers her face with her hooves, shaking violently, “Please… Rainbow Dash…” “For some reason, I don’t believe a single thing you’re saying,” Dash said as Fluttershy looked away from her, “You should believe me… I’m telling you the truth,” Shy then turned back to Dash, “I can’t believe you don’t believe me…” “Kiss me then,” Dash quickly said to her friend, “W-What?” “If you want me to believe you. Kiss. Me,” Dash said directly, “I… Um… Gottogobye!!” Fluttershy quickly flew off, leaving the bandage behind which was meant to keep her wings hidden, Rainbow Dash was left in the dust, watching as the shy mare was soon out of range. She kicked the ground in anger. She hadn’t even had the chance to mention why she was covered in red liquid, “Maybe AJ was right… I shouldn’t have mentioned it,” Fluttershy landed outside her cottage, she didn’t know what to say to Rarity… About why her wings looked like the way they did or why she was covered in blood… She walked towards the front door, waiting to open up to absolute chaos. She tried to open the door only for it to not budge, ” Huh?... Why is the door locked?... She’s definitely cheating! Why else would she lock the door! You’re getting very annoying Evilshy, Ooo! I even get a nickname! I love Evilshy! You’re not meant to love it!” She let out a frustrated groan, before walking away from the door. Looking at the windows on the top floor to see that the bathroom light was the only light on, ” See she’s only taking a bath, Oh, maybe she’s enjoying herself in there, without you. Oh shut up!” Fluttershy ultimately decided to fly around to the backdoor which leads into the kitchen. She would have knocked loudly against the front door but she feared within doing that she’d wake up all the sleeping animals. Fluttershy had always kept the back door unlocked due to the fact that she would be out late most nights at the vets during flu season and needed a way to sneak back in without causing too much noise. She had soon entered the house only to hear complete silence, shocked about it, she began making her way through the kitchen. She exited the kitchen as she arrived at the bottom of the stairs, her ears began twitching. She could hear Rarity humming. Fluttershy always adored Rarity’s singing voice, ever since she decided to form the Pony Tones, Fluttershy had desperately tried to book them for her Ponyville Pet Centre Fundraiser, which was a huge success due to them. She smiles softly at the pleasant thought before climbing the stairs, ” Aren’t you forgetting something? I… I don’t think so? I wish you could see my face right now, your wings! WRAP THEM UP! Okay… Okay… I’m sorry” Fluttershy sighed heavily, she couldn’t believe she forgot to hide them. She walked back down the stairs and towards a side table, where she kept the emergency first aid kits for her animals. As soon as she opened the box, however, she heard something walk behind her. Just as she pulled out the fresh bandage she heard a low mumble, Shy quickly turned around, "AHH!" She screamed, flinching as the dark shadow loomed over her, however, she soon regained herself when she saw who it was, “Oh… Harry… It’s just you, you scared me… Can you help me real quick?” She asked the bear; who responded with a nod, taking the bandage off her, “Thank you… Since you’re awake I can ask you… How were the girls today?” Harry begins to speak to her while she worked on wrapping her wings up, ” They struggled at first, I already knew that Rarity was trying so hard to avoid telling them about your relationship” “What do you mean by that?..” Harry continues to cover her wings, ” Like, since she knows the cottage from the back of her hoof, she kinda gets what some of the other animals are saying, and the others don’t. You see where I’m coming from here?” “Yeah, I do… Thank you for not causing any mass damage,” Fluttershy said as Harry finished wrapping her wings up, ” We all deserve a break from time to time Fluttershy, we all know how hard you’ve been working this year. We didn’t want to stress you out anymore,” Harry said to her with a small smile, “I really appreciate it… Now… I’m going to go see Rarity… I’ll check up on you tomorrow,” Harry nodded and began walking back to where he was sleeping, Fluttershy then began her ascent up the stairs once again, however, instead of humming she heard the water being switched off. Rarity had finished in the shower which was the perfect time to go in and see her. Since they’ve been dating, Fluttershy found it extremely awkward to walk into the bathroom if Rarity was using it, even though Rarity had told her numerous times that it was okay to come in if she was there, she couldn’t bring herself to do it, Shy reached the top of the stairs and made her way towards the bathroom door. She knocked lightly against it to hopefully gain the unicorn's attention; which she did as the door handle would glow in a familiar light blue aura. It swung open and Rarity was on the other side with a towel wrapped around her mane, a bright smile appeared on her face, “Fluttershy! Darling! You’re back!” She pulls her into a tight hug which caused a small smile to appear on Shy’s face, “I’m so glad you’ve decided to come home tonight, I truly thought you’d be at your parents all day, hence the reason why I locked the front door. Today just hasn’t been the same without you,” “I’m really sorry that it hasn’t been the same… But I’m here now,” She looked at her, “What did I miss then?” She was curious about how the girls handled the animals from Rarity's point of view. Instead of a response, Rarity just raised an eyebrow at her girlfriend, “Before I get into that darling, why is your muzzle red?” Fluttershy brings a hoof to her muzzle, “What happened?” “Oh… It’s nothing major." She had to think of something quick. "My dad brought out the celebratory wine and… My brother can be oh so clumsy,” Fluttershy gave her a weak smile ” Oh! You sneaky bitch!” “What was the celebratory wine for? And why wasn’t I invited over to have some,” Rarity chuckles at her comment which prompts Fluttershy to join her, “It was actually… For me dating Dumbbell… He really wanted the two of us to date,” She said as the two made their way out of the bathroom and into the master bedroom. "Which is ridiculous..." “Wait, Dumbbell? As in one of your old bullies Dumbbell? Why would he want that? Doesn’t he know the pain he put you through?” Rarity sits down onto the bed as she began drying her mane, Fluttershy walked towards the window to open it slightly, thus letting some cold air inside to cool the room down, “That’s a funny story actually… He wanted to make up for all the awful things he did to me when we were younger, so he contacted my parents to try to get a hold of me…” She started but decided to cut a long story short, “Making this story short… Dumbbell and my father get along really well and my father wanted Dumbbell and me to date…” Fluttershy said as she made her way back towards Rarity, “Your father doesn’t sound like a pleasant man darling,” Rarity started as she continued to dry her mane, “Considering what you’ve told me about him in the past and now this, it may be best to avoid inviting your parents for Hearth’s Warming this year? I feel like there’ll be unwanted drama if we do invite them,” Fluttershy was hurt by this, “That sounds a little harsh…” Her ears flatten, “I mean… I do understand why… But I do want to see them for the holidays…” She climbs onto the bed and laid down beside Rarity as she was still sat up, “I mean, it’s completely up to you Fluttershy, I just want to make the holidays perfect for you and stress-free,” Rarity turned around to look down at Shy as she finished drying her mane, “As I mentioned, your father doesn’t sound pleasant,” Fluttershy sighed heavily at what she said, “Can we please talk about this tomorrow,” Shy moved over and climbed under the bedsheets, “It’s a touchy subject,” “Yeah, yeah, of course, Darling, I don’t want to make anything uncomfortable for you,” Rarity climbed next to her, “But as well as that, I’d like to know what Nurse Redheart said today, you can tell me tomorrow if it's easier,” Fluttershy rolled over to face Rarity, this prompted a soft smile to appear on Rarity’s face, “You still have that wine stain on your muzzle. You might want to get that cleaned up before it sticks and stains,” Fluttershy sighed heavily yet again as she climbed out of bed, “I just want to go to sleep…” She walked towards the bedroom door, “I’ll be right back,” She then left the unicorn alone as she exited the bedroom and headed towards the bathroom, She felt weak, her energy of the day drained ” You’re so weak, Hush you… I’m not in the mood, Has wittle Rarity hurt your feelings? Has she hurt your precious feelings? She has slightly hurt my feelings… But I know she didn’t mean no harm when she said it… Oh you poor poor soul,” Fluttershy walked into the bathroom and began running the warm water at the sink, her stomach growled… She needed food, ” I can’t believe you pulled that off, I hate lying to her… Well you did, and it worked. You’ve got a mix of Zephyr’s blood and Fleetfoot’s stained on you and she believed it was wine! What a fucking idiot! Shes not an idiot... " Fluttershy shakes her head trying to get rid of Evilshy’s thoughts, she began cleaning the blood off her muzzle, just then her stomach growls once again, “Just ignore it Fluttershy…” She said to herself. Fluttershy had to use warm soapy water to fully remove the blood. It had managed to stick to her coat and stain it. Taking a good twenty minutes she was soon able to remove it all off her, ” Good as new, I can’t wait till I mess that up again,” Fluttershy rolled her eyes as she dried her face off with a towel, ” You can’t ignore me Fluttershy! I am you!” Ignoring her evil-self, she wrapped up what she was doing before heading back towards the bedroom. Entering the room she saw Rarity sat up reading a book as she awaited Fluttershy’s return. Rarity looked up from her book and smiled at her, “Ah, that's much better,” She said as Fluttershy gave her a weak smile back, she climbed back into bed, “I had some time to think about what I said, and I want to apologize for what I said earlier, as it came off as rude and insensitive,” “I know you didn't mean for it to sound harsh, and possibly… If it was the other way around… I’d say somewhat the same thing you did,” Fluttershy said to her as she rolled to face Rarity, “You did kinda hurt my feelings… He is still my father…” “I didn’t mean any ill intentions, I hope you know that, “ Rarity pulls her into a hug, “I don’t want to go to sleep tonight knowing that I’ve hurt you,” She then kisses her forehead, this had Fluttershy looking up at her. “You could… Make it up to me…” She looked into her eyes, which prompted Rarity to raise an eyebrow, “You said… This morning… About picking up where we left off…” “Oh yeah! I completely forgot about that!” She sat up, “Alright, I’ll teach you how to kiss in hope you’ll forgive my comments earlier,” She then turned to face her, Fluttershy joined her by sitting up, “So, it’s quite easy,” Fluttershy nodded as Rarity moves in front of her to position herself, “How do you plan on teaching me?... If you don’t mind me asking?” “Like this,” Rarity then pushed Fluttershy back, pinning her against the bed this time Fluttershy let out an audible oof, “I’m going to take charge and all you have to do is follow my movements okay?” Fluttershy nodded at her which prompted a smirk to form on Rarity’s face, ” Mmm, you’ve been thinking about this moment all day, playing scenarios in your mind on how this could be perfect, Shush you… I wonder what she tastes like,” Rarity places herself onto Fluttershy, moving closer to her, “Are you, ready darling?” Fluttershy nodded which gave her permission to start, Fluttershy had no idea what Rarity was planning, she just let the mare take over. Rarity gave her a soft smile before leaning down and capturing her lips with a swift motion. The kiss was powerful, the kiss was magical. Fluttershy soon caught onto what Rarity was doing and began to copy her movements. She wrapped her forehooves around her neck to get into a more comfier position. Their lips moved in time with each other, everything seemed perfect. Fluttershy began lapping the kisses, gradually picking up the pace which Rarity took note of this and joined her with picking up the rate of the kiss, Fluttershy was in absolute bliss, ” Showtime! “ Before Fluttershy could answer back she felt her jaw snap shut her fangs piercing Rarity’s lips, causing blood to flow inside her mouth. Her ears flatten as she enjoyed the thick sensation as it quickly filled her mouth. She saw Rarity’s eyes widen, Fluttershy looked at her as she unhinges her jaw letting Rarity pull back quickly to reveal two freshly made holes just below her bottom lip essentially giving her snakebites, Fluttershy licked her lips lightly as Rarity tried to regain herself, “Oh my FUCKING Celestia!!” Rarity brings a hoof to her face as her eyes watered, “R-Rarity… Are you okay?” Fluttershy asked an obviously stupid question, she saw blood slowly drip down off Rarity and lands on Fluttershy’s stomach, “That’s a silly question Fluttershy!” She yelled as she got off the bed and walks out of the bathroom in a hurry, leaving the other mare in shock. Fluttershy couldn’t help but lick her lips slightly, ” Oh wow, her blood was incredible, and she’s all ours’, Not anymore! You mess everything up! You can’t tell me her blood didn’t taste amazing?” Fluttershy shakes her head as she gets up to follow Rarity, She entered the bathroom to see Rarity frantically digging through a first aid kit, breathing heavily, “Rares?... I’m really sorry…” “No… It’s completely fine darling… I’m just curious on how you did it…” Rarity asked while looking at her, a confused look took over her face, “I… I’m unsure… I just want to make sure you’re okay…” Fluttershy said as she walked beside her, “Let me have a look…” Rarity moved her head to one side to let Fluttershy see the damage, “I’m really sorry…” “I have no idea how to explain how this happened…” She sighed as she looked into the mirror, “It’s like a piercing should be there…” “Maybe you should get one?” Fluttershy suggested, “You know ponies would believe you if you say it’s the next best thing,” “You know… That isn’t a bad idea, but seriously… For two small insertions I did bleed quite a bit,” She said smiling softly, “And, you did so well in there. It was like you were a natural once you got the gist of what to do,” “I don’t care about that right now, I hurt you and I feel awful…” Fluttershy looked away as Rarity placed a hoof on her shoulder, “It was an accident… Don’t beat yourself up over it. Let's forget about all this and head to bed,” Fluttershy nods slowly as the two leave the bathroom, ” I can’t believe you're apologizing, she tasted amazing!” The two mares climbed into bed, snuggling up against one another, Fluttershy nuzzles herself into her chest as they settled down for the night, “Goodnight Fluttershy,” Rarity said softly, “Goodnight Rarity,” It was well into the night, the cottage stood in silence as nothing disrupted the peace. The two mares were still snuggled up together when one of them awoke to loud banging. Rarity sat up, trying not to disrupt the sleeping pony next to her. She climbed out of bed and put her robe on and slides herself into slippers. She began making her way down the hallway and towards the stairs, she heard the loud banging again, which caused some of the animals to scurry away in fright. She arrived at the door and unlocked it, opening it up slightly to see who it is, “Flu-Rarity?” It was Rainbow Dash, her eyes were puffy and red, her face damp like she had been crying, “Rainbow Dash? Whatever is the matter?” She was concerned for her friend, out of all the years the two have been friends she has never seen her truly cry, “It’s… It’s Zephyr Breeze…” “Fluttershy’s brother?” Rarity asked as Dash nodded, “He’s dead,”