//------------------------------// // Chapter 58 - The Avatar Of The Slime Gods. // Story: Terraria: Friendship Is Magic // by Pomp-Neigh //------------------------------// Princess Pinkie was absolutely in awe of the event that was playing out before her. There floating just before the slime is a yellow pegasus who is now surrounded by a red and purple aura. The pegasus lifts their right front hoof high into the air which causes two large entities to materialize into being. These new entities are both slimes like Princess Pinkie but much larger and of two different colorations. One was as crimson as the biome around them while the other takes on a dark purple coloration, similar to a certain other infection. This causes the slime Princess to say: ”Father... Your vision has come true. Fluttershy has become the Avatar of the Gods!” The Avatar and the two large entities looks up towards their flesh behemoth foe as the three beings exclaims in unison: ”Hear us, abomination!. Thou hath wronged this kind soul and have committed a grave sin against the bearer of our core!. By the decree of Ebonian and Crimulan: Thou shall haveth, Divine Retribution!” Upon speaking their declaration, the three entities rushes forward in three blurs while also causing the local landscape to crumble in the process. Cthorator growls in anger and then roars out: ”Come on then!, not even the Gods can stop-” [WHAM] [ZOOM] [CRASH] In one swift motion, both of the large slime entities rams into the abomination which causes the monstrosity to crash into the earth below. However, Cthorator’s punishment wasn’t finished yet as something grabs onto one of its tentacles. The eyes of the entity, the ones positioned inside of the brain’s mouth and the Perforator’s Hivemind down below, turns their gaze towards the one responsible as it is revealed to be: Fluttershy. The pegasus starts to easily lift the entity and despite the size difference, she begins to slam Cthorator into the landscape as she rises the flesh behemoth over her shoulders, rises onto her hind legs, and slams it back down. She repeats this process five more times, poetic justice for what the abomination had done to the pegasus and her allies, before she then flies high into the air and drags the large behemoth along with her. Now high up in the air, Fluttershy starts to spin around in place, Cthorator being swung around in the process as the entity roars out in anger. She then releases the abomination and causes the monstrosity to be sent hurling away. However, things are still going down hill for Cthorator as the two slime entities starts to knock the monster around like a pinball, sending the flesh behemoth spiraling around until Fluttershy finally strikes it with her left front hoof and sends the colossal being hurling down towards the earth like a meteor. [CRASH] As this event is taking place, those who watched this spectacle stared on in awe. Certain individuals in particular manages to recover from their shocked state and says: “N-no way... That’s, Fluttershy?!” - Twilight. Pinkamena simply watches with a smirk. Starlight imitates a goldfish as she opens and closes her mouth with wide eyes. “Well ah’ be darned, Princess Pinkie was right about that there Slime Staff.” - Applejack. “Holy shit... I ain’t drinking anymore after this.” - Vinny the Demolitionist. “Vinny, you and I both know... That’s bullshit.” - Ceeman The Arms Dealer. Vinny replies with a middle finger. “She has got to be the strongest summoner I’ve ever seen. Heh, it’s always the quiet ones I suppose.” - Terralestia. “In all my years, I’ve never heard of someone being able to summon The Slime Gods. Let alone receive their aide in battle.” - Celebes. “It would seem that all along I was right, Now we shall watch her inner flame shine bright.” - Zecora. “Those large slimes... Are they, monsters?” - Helena The Nurse Suddenly, a certain pink slime hops onto The Nurse’s shoulders and says: ”Those aren’t monsters, Helena.” “W-what are they?” ”Gods.” As they continue to monologue and converse, nearby, a certain Rainbow maned pegasus finally comes to as her eyes widen upon seeing her childhood friend performing such unbelievable feats high above. Cthorator recovered from being tossed to the ground like a ragdoll and rocketed back into the sky to confront the yellow pegasus and the two slime entities. “Holy buck... Fluttershy, what the hay happened to ya?” “I’m just as shocked as you, Rainbow.”, Rarity interjects as she too manages to regain her consciousness which causes Rainbow to reply: “It’s just, I’ve never seen Flutters be this... This... Awesome. We grew up together and I’d never imagine she could ever do, well, that!” “This world seems to be changing us all, darling. I mean, just look around us. We’re currently standing in a place filled entirely of flesh and fighting a monstrous brute that would scare anypony back home just by looking at it and yet, we’re all facing it head on. We’re going to get stronger and change a bit in this world, darling. Now, It’s Fluttershy’s turn to show us her new found strength.” The battle continues on high above as a badly wounded Cthorator roars out: ”Enough!, we’ve had it with you all!.”, The entity then flies higher as it looks down upon Fluttershy and the two slime entities. A red aura starts to gather around Cthorator before it then starts to form into a ball of red energy which floats just before the mouth portion of the brain section on the entity. ”We’re going to blast all of you away!, even your bones will be reduced to dust!”, Upon shouting those words, the ball of energy that floated before Cthorator suddenly turns into a large red beam which was fired directly at Fluttershy who was currently floating in the middle of the two large slime entities. The flesh behemoth laughs and then exclaims: ”Now what will you do?!” As this is happening, everyone below watches on in horror as the energy blast starts to draw near the pegasus and her two large slime comrades. The ponies, Zebra, and all of their fellow allies cries out and shouts for their friend’s safety, begging the yellow pegasus to move. Suddenly, both of the slime entities starts to glow as a red aura surrounds the crimson colored slime while a purple aura surrounds the matching colored slime entity. Fluttershy sticks out both of her forehooves, each towards both of her slime allies, which causes the energy to gather around both of her appendages. In her right hoof, she held red energy while in the pegasus’s left hoof, purple energy was held and gathered. Fluttershy then slams her forelimbs together and shoots them forward upon which a large energy beam of a mixed red and purple coloration is unleashed and heads towards Cthorator’s own attack. [SKSHSHSHSH] The two energy beams collide into one another which causes a shockwave upon impact. A beam struggle takes place high in the air as the light emitting from the conflict starts to color the land in a series of red, purple, and even magenta as the colors of the two beams mixed during the struggle. Cthorator grunts and struggles as it tries to push against the opposing beam, however, Fluttershy simply looks on and keeps her hooves extended outwards but unlike her foe, the pegasus remains calm as ever. Then, she grits her teeth and roars out as a sudden surge of power causes her own energy beam to enlarge in the process. This overpowers the flesh behemoth’s own energy beam as the monstrosity roars out: ”No!, this can’t be!”, The abomination can only look on in horror as the pegasus’s beam draws closer and continues to overpower its own attack. “Nooooooo!, stooooooop!”, In some sort of effort, Cthorator actually has the nerve to demand that its opponent stops their attack. The energy beam draws near which already causes pieces of Cthorator’s very being to start burning away and sizzle out of existence. As Fluttershy’s beam approaches more and more, the flesh entitie’s form burns away until finally... It becomes completely consumed by the blast. Slowly but surely, Cthorator is slowly reduced to nothing as the being cries out: ”We are perfeeeeeeeeeect!”, Painful roars are let out by the entity as they slowly start to die down in the process while Cthorator is being reduced to nothing. The battle is finally concluded as the pegasus’s beam continues upwards until it too finally dissipates. Down below, everyone just stares on in disbelief as Fluttershy and her large slime allies floats high above them all. Then, realization truly dawns on everyone else present as they all starts to cheer in unison: ”SHE DID IIIIT!”, Various cheers and compliments are thrown at the pegasus as she and her slime allies continues to float high above. Suddenly, the two slime entities disappears and what happens next startles everyone in attendance: Fluttershy goes unconscious and her form starts to fall towards the earth below. Fortunately, the pegasus would never collide with the earth as she was saved by a certain group of ponies, and zebra, who all flies into her via their Rocket Boots and wings. The group catches her and brings her into a group hug with tears and happiness present on their faces. All the while, a content smile was present on the unconscious pegasus’s face. “Fluttershy, you were amazing... We’re soo proud of you.” - Twilight. “You sure showed that brute what happens when it messes with a proper lady, darling.” - Rarity. “If it wasn’t for the fact that she’s unconscious, I’d be spinning her around in celebration.” - Starlight. “Ah’m so proud of ya’, sugarcube.” - Applejack. “Awesome, just, awesome. Looks like you’ve been holding out on me, Flutters.” - Rainbow Dash. “She is truly a strong mare, despite often being timid and shy, Fluttershy has shown her strength from within, one that has allowed her to win.” - Zecora. “She was superly, duperly, rifficly, awesome!. Ooh!, it reminded me of that time when Gohan killed Cell!. Cthorator even shouted: ‘We love cornbread!’... Or was it: ‘We are perfect?”, Pinkie Pie question’s as the party pony had returned to her normal self some time ago. The pink pony’s words also causes everyone to look at her in confusion, Twilight in particular question’s internally: -Who’s Gohan and Cell?- There was however one more thing that was about to happen next. As soon as the group escorted the unconscious pegasus back to their allies, specifically Helena The Nurse, the other adventurers and even their friends nearby shouts in unison: ”HERE COMES THE LOOT!” (See author’s note.) As was expected, various items begins to materialize themselves as a result of the boss’s death. These various forms of equipment and materials starts to duplicate and then flies towards everyone present as they claim their rightful rewards. Princess Pinkie in particular chuckles to herself as she turns to Fluttershy, who still remained unconscious, and says: “I shall hold onto your loot for you, Goddess Fluttershy. Wait... By the Slime Gods!”, The Slime Princess’s exclamation instantly catches the attention of the other ponies as Rainbow Dash is the first to question: “What’s wrong?!, is Fluttershy ok?!” “Yes but her cutie mark... It’s, changed.” Rainbow Dash’s eyes were widened in shock, as was the other ponies and zebra, as they all witness a slight change to their friend’s mark. More specifically, a new addition was made as a certain core became a part of Fluttershy’s marked destiny. -DISCORD’S POCKET DIMENSION/INVENTORY- The lord of chaos was currently enjoying his nap as he was holding a bodypillow which had a likeness to... Fluttershy. “Ooooh~, Fluttershy, we shouldn’t... Not here at least. Ohoho, you naughty little mare-” Suddenly, he jolts up into the air but unfortunately knocks his head against what should’ve been his ceiling, only for it to be a flight of stairs. The draconequus lets out a painful exclamation as he starts to rub his injured head. Incidentally, there was a planet where his ‘bump’ should’ve been. “Blasted!, and I was having such a nice dream too- wait... I feel something. I can’t quite put a talon onto it but I feel like something marvelous has just happened and I just missed out on it.” Discord ponders on this for a moment with his eagle’s talon placed onto his chin. He then shrugs it off and says: “Meh, It’ll come to me later. Now then, I think it’s time I join Lulu and the others on their upcoming operation. They’ve had more than enough time to turn that ore into something more, useful.” With a snap of his lion’s paw, the draconequus disappears within a sudden a cloud of powdered chocolate mix.