Terraria: Friendship Is Magic

by Pomp-Neigh


Chapter 45 - The Savage Nymph.

-TERRARIA, ???-

“Wake uuuuup, don’t worry ponies. You’re not dead... Yet.”

“...”, The ponies all remain unconscious.

“Rise and shine my little venison’s, don’t make me force you all to awake. None of you would like that...”

“Mmmf...”, Applejack lets out an annoyed moan as she slowly opens her eyes and gets onto her hooves.

“Aw, good, I see you’re coming to. Hope you don’t mind the chain around your hind leg, I don’t want my ‘Three course meals’, running off now do I?.”

“W-wha... [CLINK CLINK] What in tarnation!?”, Applejack exclaims as she tries to move her body forward only for her right hind leg to pull her back. Finally getting a grip onto reality, the cowmare’s eyes widen in horror as she recalls the recent events and sees her. “You!, ya’ no good varmint!. You tricked us!.”

“Wow... Get a load of pony obvious over here.”

“Zip it, Melony!. If that even is yer’ name, ya monster!”

“You know, for someone who’s chained up and completely at my mercy... You’re pretty defiant. I love it... I prefer my prey to fight back, it adds salt to the meat.”, Melony replies as she licks her lips hungrily.

“Yer’ insane, ya’ know that?. What kinda’ person tricks people like this just to eat them?. Ponies, in our case. And yeah, why don’t you go ahead and let me out of these chains so ah’ can really fight back.”, Applejack retorts as she narrows her eyes in anger. “What’s wrong partner?, afraid to get yer’ flank kicked by a pony?”

[LAUGHTER] Ohoho, you’re just too much!”, Melony shouts in laughter upon hearing the cowmare’s challenge. Suddenly, as if someone had just hit a switch, Melony’s facial features went from laughter to murderous intent in an instant as she says: “But, no... I don’t think I’ll be doing that cowmare. I’m not stupid you know, I can sense something powerful hidden within your... Inventory.”, Applejacks’s eyes widen in realization as she knew exactly what Melony was referring to, The Blade Of Grass.

“H-how did ya’-”

“Oh, you didn’t know?. Certain items, weapons, and even armor can give off a powerful aura even from within one’s inventory, It’s sort of like a passive Intimidation effect. Impressive, isn’t it?, even from a whole pocket dimension away I can still sense its power. Think about it, would you fight me if you could sense that blade’s power?, would you fight a heavily armored guard as a naked civilian?, exactly. Intimidation at its finest and ok, I admit, you frighten me with that blade of yours. Thankfully, those chains you and your fellow ponies have strapped onto you?, It blocks any access to your inventory. Compliments of the one who built this place.”

“Wait a second, ‘The one who built this place’?.”, Without even realizing it, Applejack didn’t take the time to truly take in her surroundings.

With a glance, the orange mare could tell she was in some sort of facility, quite advanced too unlike anything she’s ever seen on Equus. In fact, had this place existed on Equus the entire world would likely fight for the right to posses it, much to the farm mare’s discomfort. That is just how unreal the sight before her was, it felt so alien and yet it also offered a sense of curiosity and wonder.

A sudden realization dawns on the cowmare as she says:

“Hang on... You’ve got The Ice Mirror... This place looks like somethin’ Twilight would have Princess Luna create for her in a dream. Is this... Cryogen’s Laboratory?!”

Melony just stares at Applejack with a confused expression as she replies:

“Cryogen’s lab?, you’ve got the wrong idea. Cryogen is an enormous monster who, at this very moment, is arguably the strongest thing in these frozen lands. Well, monster isn’t really accurate since it’s more of a moving fortress. Anyway, no, this isn’t Permafrost’s lab. This place belongs to my creator: Draedon.”

“Wha’?, you were created in this place?. What the hay are ya’?, Permafrost?, Draedon?, who are they?”

“Enough questions pony!”, Melony exclaims as she begins to change rapidly before Applejack’s very eyes. Melony’s pale skin slowly begins to take on a dark green coloration as her eyes turns green with violet red pupils. Her height doubles and what was once a ‘Little girl’, was now a six foot tall nightmare. Fangs begins to sharpen and form within her mouth, to which she exposes happily. Most disturbingly was the fact that her nails begins to elongate as if they were retractable claws. As a metaphorical ‘Cherry on top’, blood stains begin to reveal themselves as if she had just finished devouring her latest meal.


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“Aww, much better... Now I feel like a real Nymph. You know something, I wish I could just remain in this form all the time but I suppose my other form works well as bait. After all, I did catch all of you...”

“Sweet Celestia... Yer’ not a monster, you’re a demon straight from Tartarus!”

“Oh!, if you mean hell then I’ve been there and I find it to be quite lovely.”, Melody replies as she begins to laugh manically. “Now then, I’ve played with my food long enough. So tell me, pony, how do you choose to die?”, Melony asks as she opens her mouth, baring her teeth, and prepares to lunge towards Applejack’s neck region.

“Wait!”, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy shouts in unison as they finally come to and are horrified by the scene playing out before them. Their exclamation causes Melony to pause, her teeth mere inches away from Applejack’s neck

“P-please!, e-eat me instead!, let my friends go and take me!.”, Fluttershy shouts with tears beginning to stroll down her face as she pulls against her chains, trying to stop this event from happening.

“Don’t listen to Fluttershy!, eat me instead!. I’m like a piñata, if you eat me you get more treats!. Just, please, let my friends go!”, Pinkie Pie exclaims who, much like Fluttershy, had a river of tears running down her face, said face filled with desperation.

“No!, both of y’all shut yer’ muzzles!.”, Applejack exclaims as she looks towards her friends with tears of her own. “Close yer’ eyes, both of ya’...”, The cowmare then turns back to Melony and pleads: “Look, ah’ know you’re just gonna eat us all... But I beg you, I’m pleading with all of my heart, make this ma’ last request, spare my friends. You can tear me apart if ya’ want, make it painful or quick, torture me, ah’ don’t care. Just... Please... Let them go...”, Applejack’s pleading and cries for mercy causes Melody’s gaze to look at the other two ponies, then back to her, as a sinful smirk forms on her face.

“Aww, isn’t that cute. It’d be enough to break my heart... If I had one that gives a damn.”, Melony then gets an idea as her facial features suddenly turns to that of one who’s up to no good. “Oh!, how about...”, The Nymph puts a hand onto her chin in thought as she turns her gaze towards her next target, a target that makes the two other ponies eyes widen in horror: Fluttershy. “What do you say I make you two watch me devour this yellow one first?, her wings reminds me of a chicken. I wonder if she tastes like one too.”, In that very moment, the sounds of rattling chains echoes throughout the room as Applejack and Pinkie Pie shouts:

“Don’t ya’ put one darn claw on Fluttershy you bucking fiend!. Once I get out’ta here I’m gonna buck you so hard you’ll explode into pieces!” - Applejack.

“No... No... You bitch!, I’m going to murder you!, do you hear me?!. I will gut you right where you stand if you touch her!”, Pinkamena exclaims as Pinkie Pie’s body instantly darkened, her mane deflated, dropping down to the sides of her neck. ”I will kill you!”

“Pipe down you silly ponies, you bitches will get yours next.”, Melody replies to their threats as she then turns her gaze towards Fluttershy and slowly walks towards the shaking pegasus, singing a lullaby along the way: ”Tell me how you’re sleeping easy, how you’re only thinking of yourself...”

“Get away from her!”, Applejack and Pinkamena exclaims in unison as they continue to pull against their chains. Fluttershy continues to stare on in horror upon the encroaching Nymph.

”Show me how you justify telling all your lies like second nature...”, Melody now stands mere inches before Fluttershy as she grabs the pegasus by her neck and raises her up, looking straight into each other’s eyes. This causes Fluttershy to go unconscious due to her absolute fear as Melody continues: ”Listen, mark my words: This day, you’re my prey, you’re my prey, Melody’s gonna come collect your heads!”

[SLAM]

[SLAM]

[SLAM]

Suddenly, a series of powerful strikes against the room’s metal door startles the Nymph, along with the ponies. Every bang causes the door to slowly indent until finally, the door gives in.

[CRASH]

[STOMP]

[STOMP]

[STOMP]

[GROWL]

”Get away from her you bitch!”, Ritsu exclaims as she stomps her way into the room, growling menacingly. The kitsune was very different for she now towered over anyone else in the room. Her body was now covered in fur and she was simply massive, easily standing from eight to nine feet tall on two legs. A large bipedal fox stares murderously towards the Nymph with her teeth in full display, claws at the ready.

“Pick on someone your own size!”, The werefox exclaims as she rushes forward with all her might, practically shaking the entire room with every step.

“Ooh!, this is gonna be fun!”, Melody replies as she turns away from Fluttershy’s unconscious form and runs towards the giant werefox, despite Ritsu being a few feet larger.

”RAWWWWWWWWWRRRRR!”, Both the Nymph and Werefox roars out as they rapidly close in on each other, ready to tear the other apart.

“Goddess!, I’m here to free you all!”, Princess Pinkie exclaims as she begins to work on their chained bindings. The Slime Princess successfully frees all of the ponies by melting the chains via wrapping around them with her gelled form. Now freed, Applejack and Pinkamena stares murderously towards the Nymph, who was currently in combat with the Werefox.

“Princess Pinkie, do us a favor would ya’?. Get sugarcube out’ta here.”, Applejack says as she grits her teeth in anger.

”Trust us, we don’t want Fluttershy to be here... For what we’re about to do to that bitch.”, Pinkamena says as she growls angrily towards the aforementioned, ‘Bitch’.

”Understood, I’ll take Fluttershy back to the surface.”, Princess Pinkie replies as she suddenly enlarges her form and covers the unconscious pegasus. The Slime Princess then returns to her normal size, Fluttershy disappearing as a result. This confuses both Pinkamena and Applejack as they look upon the slime with confused expressions.

”Oh, don’t worry, I sent her into my inventory. You can store more than just items there, it’s a pocket dimension after all. The Goddess is perfectly safe and I wish you all luck in your battle.”, Princess Pinkie says as she notices their facial expressions. The two ponies nods in understanding upon which the pink slime hops off with rapid speed. Applejack sets her hat onto the floor, turns to Pinkamena with a smirk, and asks:

“You ready to party, sugarcube?”

[CHUCKLE] Yeah, while we’re at it... Let’s turn her party... Into a funeral!”