//------------------------------// // They operate off of a bargaining system as long as you have a gun // Story: The Quiet Kid // by aegishailstorm //------------------------------// William once more fell asleep. However, unlike His other nights, his dream this time this time around was a bit... Different to say the least. He awoke in his sleeping bag, and got to his feet, or tried to at least, he stumbled and fell to the ground. He raised his arms to rub his eyes, but instead of hands, He found a set of hooves. "What The hell did they do to me!?" He screamed. But upon closer inspection he noticed that the fur now covering his body was was a tan brown, and that he now had a pair of wings attached to his back. He also noticed that he was slightly taller than the average pony, almost at his original height. "Wait, so does that mean..." He felt the top of his head, and sure enough, he found a small kirin horn sticking up out of it, just barely visible under his hair. "Yes, I got turned into my oc! This is great news! And- Wait, what's that sound?" He poked his head outside the barn door to find that it was raining. He turned to see a changeling staring him in the face, mouth opened wide and foaming. "GAHAHAHHA!" He rammed a hoof right into the creatures face, and turned to run. He tripped, and woke up. Looking over at his hands to find that they were still normal. "Aw, to bad, I was kind of looking forward to flying." He Looked over to find an earth pony stallion walk through the barn door. "What the hell do you want? I thought I asked Applejack to keep visitors out!" The Earth pony stallions Eyes changed to a blank green, and he let out a hiss. "Our queen would like to have a word with you." With that he drew a knife an lunged at William. Who promptly rolled out of the way, and manifested a P90 into existence. Unfortunately, He didn't quite roll far enough, and the blade plunged into his Kevlar vest. "You Little ####!!!!" he pulled down on the trigger, lighting up the entire barn in a hail of 5.7 x 28mm tracer rounds, tearing up the roof of the barn. With all the lead flying through the air, its a miracle that only one found its mark, striking the changeling on its fetlock, just above its hoof. It fell to the ground screaming, but got back up just as soon as it had fallen. Williams P90 clicked on empty, and he instead manifested a hatchet, and parried the changelings blade away. Before giving it a firm kick on the back, Knocking the wind out of it, and knocking it back on the ground. He was about to calmly yet violently decapitate it. When he heard hoof steps in the distance. Apparently, all the commotion and gunfire had woken up the entire Apple family, and Big mac had seen the gunshots ring out into the night from the houses kitchen window. the 2 of them made a mad dash to the barn. At the same time, Slycraft morphed back into an earth pony. Just then Applejack and big mac came barging in through the barns door, and looked at the scene before them in horror. The entire barn lay in ruins, a part of the roof was missing, and all of the walls were postmarked with holes. "William, What In Celestia's name are ya doing!? Put what pony down!" "Please, help me!" Shouted the changeling. Applejack reared up. "William, Now!" "I hate To burst your power bubble, but that things not a pony, and it tried to kill me!" Pointing to the hole in his vest. "If it wasn't for this thing, I'd be lying on the floor dead right now!" "How do I know You ain't lying to me?" Asked applejack, still with as stern look on her face. "Simple. "He Gave the changeling a frim tug on its ears, and it changed back to its original form. "Owww..." It said. "Shut Up!" William yelled back into it's face. "Sorry for the misunderstanding William, you best get that stab wound checked out in town." "No thanks, Maybe in the morning, I'm to tiered to put up with any more Equestrian nonsense, I'm going back to sleep." "Wait, What about the changeling?" She asked. "Do what ever the hell you want with him, Except let him free. I'll deal with him into the morning. "He turned and whispered into the changelings ear, "You ruined the best dream, I've had in a long time, you're going to pay for that. With that he slumped back onto his sleeping bag. and fell back asleep, fortunately. He wasn't able to get back the dream which that changeling had interrupted.at least, not the bad parts. This time, he instead found himself in a field near Ponyville. "Ahhh yes... perfect. " He said out loud. "Now, time to try that thing that I wanted to do. "He tried extending his new wings, and sure enough they opened. But this time, he heard yelling in the distance. And before he could even try flying, the dream quite literally melted away, and he swore that he could practically hear his conscience screaming," What the hell universe?!" He woke back up. Stretched his arms, got up, and walked out of the barn. He took a big breath as he stepped outside. "You smell that brain?, well, that's the smell of innocence about to be ruined at my hand, and I like it!" He walked up to the apple's farmhouse. And was greeted by applejack on the way there. "Morin William!" "Good morning applejack, You got anything to eat?" "Sure, Follow me." Applejack led William into the house, where a fresh baked apple pie was sitting on the table. "Thank you!" He sat down, and began devouring the pie whole. "You know, I'm beginning to miss watching tv in the morning, But then again I'm currently in another dimension, so I'm willing to let it go." He thought to himself. "I take it you like the pie?" "Yes." He replied simply. "By the way, How's that ####### changeling doing?" Well, He's currently tied up in Twilight library, but they haven't been able to get anything out of him." "Say no more! And thank you again for the pie.", with that he 'gently' set down his cutlery, and ran off towards Ponyville. "You're welcome!..."Applejack shouted, her voice trailing off as she turned and galloped after him. A brisk, 15 minute jog later... William sprinted into town square to find the five of the main six waiting outside the library. Applejack came in after him. "How...In tarnation... are you so fast?" "Well, When I Want to get revenge on someone who tried to kill me for one." "Ehhhh..." Neverminded, what do you need?" Twilight spoke up first, "We've been questioning him for hours, But he hasn't said a word, We even Got Pinkie to try and have a Go at Him, But even then, all we got out of him was his name. Slycraft." "Oh is that so, Well, I didn't just waste time running here, for nothing move over. And No matter what you hear in there, don't do not come in until I come out, Understand. "The Six nodded with confused and worried looks on their faces. William entered the building and Shut the door behind himself. The changeling recognized him as soon as he entered. "What do you want human?" He Said, spiting out a bit of green slime as he did. "A few things..."He said, Manifesting an desert eagle and an electrified baton into his hand as he approached the changeling. First off, do you want to do this the easy way, or the hard way?" The Changeling only continued staring off into space. "Lets Go with the easy way first, I'm bored." He Walked up to the changeling, and Pistol wiped it across the muzzle. "Who the hell sent you you little abomination!?!?!?!?" "The Changeling screeched out in pain." He hadn't been expecting something anywhere near as bad as this. "M-M-My Queen." "Chrysalis you mean? Speak up you sentient cockroach!" "Y-Yes?" Replied the changeling. William Let out a smile, This was going to be easier than he thought, but as far as he was concerned, the Geneva convention had taken a vacation and he was free to interrogate this thing as much as he wanted. 15 minutes later.... William was panting, this thing was much tougher than griffins were, and he was just about fed up of it resisting. SO he Hatched a plan. He smacked it across the face one last time with his baton and said. I'm gong to untie you now, so be decent for the ladies and fly back to you hive, DO NOT make any detours. An , Give your precious queen this message. "You tried to enslave the wrong human. And you're going to pay for it." The changeling nodded, and William untied the ropes, unbeknownst to Slycraft, William slipped a little something onto his back While he was doing so. He hopped down onto the ground, and limped out off the library, right past the main six, and began flying back towards his hive. William walked out after him, and right up to the main six who where staring at him, jaws wide open. "did you do all that to him?" They asked in unison. William looked over at them, With an emotionless expression on his face. "Yes, I did. He brought it on himself as soon as he decided to try and kill me. And while I was sleeping to! what a coward!" He cackled a bit. And Fluttershy fainted right there. "It could have gone worse, But I decided to spare his life...at least for now. So that he could tell Chrysalis that I was coming for her." "Well...ok then." Said Twilight. William smiled, and walked away, until he was at the edge of town. He pulled a small detonator out of his pocket, and slammed down on it as hard as he could. He looked off into the distance to see a small flash of light followed by a puff of smoke light up the morning sky. He Smiled again. "Did you really think I'd let you warn your hive Changeling? I'm no idiot. Besides I'm not actually going to attack their main hive, I'll wait for them to come to me... And My guts tell me tell me that they're likely already doing so, Griffons and dragons in tow. Better get training, Mesa Gonna need some more firepower If I'm going to go up against all 3 nations at once. Boy am I glad that I'm actually doing something productive for once."