//------------------------------// // 5: Slaughter's Web // Story: Samneo: The Earth Pony DX // by Samuel-Neocros //------------------------------// Fluttershy hummed to herself as she exited her cottage. She took a deep whiff of the fresh air, before she proceeded with her everyday activities. She began with feeding the birds, giving them seeds in their little bird houses, before watering the plants. Little did she know, a pair of large white eyes hid behind a tree. Thanks to his binocular vision, he was able to spy on her flanks all day. He licked his lips at the thought of swallowing the mare's rather large plot. The thought of her silhouette inside his throat was enough to drive both his hunger and lust mad, but he had to hold himself back from lunging out. His spear-like tongue practically oozed with venom from the thoughts he was having. He knew what he was going to do. Slaughter formulated a plan to not just capture Fluttershy, but turn her and her friends into his harem, but Rainbow was his most desired girl. The reason he didn't go after her first, was because he knew full well how strong she was, yet somehow there was the thrill behind the concept of catching the athlete. As he replayed the thoughts over and over, he realized that her animals were a problem. The bear was one of them, and despite his ability to turn invisible to the naked eye, he was physically frail. Slaughter was used to wrangling females, but he never dared catch something so strong looking. Because of his frailness, he had to figure something out. Meanwhile, Fluttershy hummed to herself, watering her flowers. Unaware of the plotting predator nearby, she had finished her chores and Fluttershy was about to go back inside, when she heard a raspy cry behind her. "Oi! Aye! Help me! I'm stuck!" The voice roared. She turned around, eyes wide. "H-hello? Who's there?" She glanced around. She thought she heard the voice near the trees. "I'm here, I'm right here! Behind the tree!" He called again. Fluttershy scanned the tree line, and noticed a hand reaching out from above the tree trunk. It was attached to a tail, and then... Fluttershy's mouth hung agape, gasping at the sight. There, snared in the tree's branches, Slaughter hung on some branches, with his leg keeping him from falling head first into the dirt. Fluttershy had never seen any animal like this. Despite his rather terrifying appearance, she swallowed before calling out. "o-oh dear, hang on! I'll get you down!" She ran over to help out the helpless... whatever it was... ... After a long struggle, Fluttershy managed to get Slaughter inside the cottage. He had large holes in his body, where pieces of cloth had been ripped and taken by the trees. Slaughter grunted when he was laid on the couch. While she went to get some medical supplies, he looked around, and saw several animals staring at him. He felt chills as the bear stared at him, making him feel severely uncomfortable. "My god, he is so terrifying!" He thought, regretfully. Nonetheless, he had to try. His thoughts were interrupted by Fluttershy. She approached and tried to patch the holes with some bandages, but quickly noticed he wasn't severely wounded. She looked up in confusion at Slaughter, who merely tilted his head. "Why is there no.." Before she could finish, Slaughter interrupted her. "It uh… dried up, I guess. I'm actually a spirit possessing a puppet body." Her eyes widened. "Really?" Slaughter nodded. He was expecting her to be scared, but was surprised that she kept bandaging him up. She then asked him his name. "Uhm.. do you have a name?" "Meh name? Slaughter. But that's just a place-holder name." He replied, but he whispered the last part to himself. Fluttershy looked rather confused. "Slaughter? That's such a creepy name..." She commented. He merely rolled his eyes, before licking his upper lip, giving Fluttershy a glimpse at his needle-like tongue. It was then, Slaughter realized that he hadn't eaten or drank anything in a few days, which made him cringe. The golden pony noticed this, and asked softly. "S-so.. uhm.. what can I get you to eat?" Slaughter seemed to perk up at this, his tail swaying side to side. He glanced at her. "I can't eat... at least, not anything physical. It'll just get... stuck in my stomach..." He explained. He pointed to his belly, where there were small lumps of objects inside him. Fluttershy's eyes widened. "Instead I drink.. Blood." "So you drink blood, well... uhm..." She trailed off. Slaughter rotated his right eye to stare at her. Fluttershy sighed. "Uhm.. okay.. I-I... guess I could find something for you to drink out of..." For a moment, Slaughter felt like Fluttershy was going to offer herself to him. It was becoming noon now, and Green was feeling a bit claustrophobic. He asked Twilight if he could go outside earlier, and she allowed him to do so. Now that he was outside, he could feel the breeze hit his face. Green took a deep breath, and proceeded to look around town. He walked down the road, glancing over at the buildings. Green was wondering what to visit, since he was supposed to socialize right? He took the time to reflect on what happened over the past days or so. How he met his friends, how he fought a humanoid dragon named Dark, and overall, why was it that he's here? Green kept trying to find answers to himself, and was determined to find them. Green had repeatedly been taking naps, seeing if anything significant would happen. Unfortunately nothing much happened, but that didn't stop him. Twilight had given him a journal and pencil, telling him to try and write down his dreams. It was difficult though, for that Green had an easier time writing with his hoof instead of his mouth, which puzzled the purple unicorn, but it wasn't important to Green, for that he now had sort of a way of documenting his thoughts. He wasn't good at describing the dreams, but it was more than enough to help him. He was so caught up in his own thoughts, he didn't notice that his shadow had stopped following him. It slithered away into the shadow of a nearby pony. The pony never noticed it, and instead was too busy talking with their friend. His shadow slithered out of the pony's shadow, and into the darkness of a building. The shadow's eyes flashed a familiar red color. Voss was spying on Green, and after managing his way through town, he headed towards Twilight's Castle. He wanted to know where Rainbow Dash was, and so wished to check the Cutie Map to see her house. Although, he was only doing this to confirm his own suspicions... Slaughter glanced around the room, while Fluttershy was looking for something to give him. He took into account the amount of animals in the room, as he remembered how the creatures in Equestria act. He knew that he can't just simply web her now, especially with the larger pets in the area. The bear, who Slaughter found out to be named Harry, was staring at him through the window with a gaze that said "I'm watching you", which unnerved Slaughter. With Fluttershy not present though, he decided he'd try and perhaps confuse the bear. Slaughter gave Harry a devilish smirk, in a teasing manner. Inside, he had to hold every ounce of fear he had, as Harry made a quiet snarl at him. As Harry stared at him through the window, Slaughter's expression changed to one of horror, eyes wide and mouth agape, before he pointed behind Harry. Harry hesitated on looking away, but based on the puppet's reaction, Harry for a brief second turned around to see nothing, but when he turned back, Slaughter was not on the couch! More than concerned, he entered the sanctuary, in a desperate attempt to find him. In reality, Slaughter had become invisible, and crawled behind the couch. Harry looked around, confused as to how such a creature who was merely a foot shorter than him could just disappear like that. Slaughter waited, as he held his breath so Harry wouldn't hear him. With Harry's back turned, Slaughter quietly approached, before he quickly lunged himself toward Harry's neck. He didn't have time to react when Slaughter's tongue skewered his skin underneath his fur. Harry looked back, but he didn't see Slaughter. Slaughter had pulled back as soon as his venom was in, only to feel dread seeing that Harry was showing no signs of slowing down. Realizing he needed to doze him with more, he decided to do something that even he admitted to himself was stupid... Voss found himself waiting patiently underneath Rainbow's mansion. The cloudy structure gave a huge shadow below, allowing him to hide perfectly. He hoped to see Dash enter, so he can ride her shadow up there. However, Dash hasn't returned yet, making him impatient. "I can't believe I'm doing this." He thought. He and Dash had some history together, except this Dash was not his. Trying to meet her was like revisiting a dark alley after losing your parents there. The shadow was uneasy about this, but rather than facing it, he decided to see what Slaughter and Dark were doing. He closed his eyes, before the slender dorsal fin on the center of his head began glowing softly, allowing him to see what the other guys were doing telepathically. After a few minutes of him silently reading his friends' minds, he groaned internally over Slaughter's efforts. "So... despite my words, he's still getting into trouble..." He then checked on Dark, and was surprised to see him approaching Ponyville, but for reasons Voss didn't care for. After he 'disconnected' with them, Voss glanced up at the cloud mansion above him. He realized that he can't just wait here. Taking a deep breath, his shadowy form rose from the darkness. He wore a black coat that covered his body completely, and there was a small hood around his neck. He looked up at the underside of the cloud, before he floated upward towards it, sensing the shadows within the mansion as a way of 'teleporting' inside. Once inside, he looked around, deciding to take some time to explore Rainbow Dash's home. Although his feet and small tail were showing under his cloak, he didn't land on the ground, and instead continued floating only a few inches off the floor. He took a second to take a huge whiff of the air, before his eyes snapped open. The scene was so familiar, but he knew it was worlds apart from the one he was familiar with. He couldn't help but take multiple whiffs, as he longed for her scent, yet at the same time dreaded it. As he continued exploring, he heard the front door open. Voss quickly floated down into the floor, turning back into a dark puddle, and hiding underneath the nearest shadow. In his case, it was the darkness of the closet. He stayed silent, his vision limited to the closet. He could hear her nearby, presumably doing her usual routine. It was then he detected something happening with Slaughter, and took a second telepathically to see what he was doing. His expression completely changed upon 'logging in'. What Slaughter accomplished completely baffled the shadowy being, which then gave him an idea. He guessed Slaughter was at Fluttershy's cottage because he was thirsty... What if he somehow lured Rainbow Dash and her friends there? Fluttershy was looking through her storage, trying to find something to feed Slaughter. She had some apple juice that she'd occasionally feed to some fruit bats, but she didn't remember if they ever ate them or not, she'd just wake up after with the juice empty. Fluttershy wasn't sure how she can help the creature, as he clearly said he drinks blood, and she currently had none. Sighing in disappointment, she was about to give up when she heard Harry growling loudly in the other room. Her eyes widened, he was in danger! She quickly dropped her things and ran out of the room and towards the living room! Upon entering though, things fell silent. Harry was in the middle of the floor, growling but laid still. His eyes were open, and had a horrified expression. Fluttershy gasped and asked what was wrong, but Harry's body remained paralyzed. She took a second to inspect him, and saw two circular marks on his neck, oozing with a green fluid. Her eyes widened, and just when she noticed them, Harry's eyes darted toward something above her. She saw his eyes, and was about to follow his gaze... ...when everything suddenly went lime green. Green was at the local market, where he was trying to choose which fruit he was going to get. Days ago, he had no idea what bits were, but Twilight was there to educate him on what they were. He had asked Twilight if he could borrow some bits to buy some fruit, which she agreed, but she also noted that Green would need to get a job somehow. As he was looking at the apples, he felt everypony's eyes on his flanks. He found it both annoying, and saddening. Some ponies had asked him why his flanks were blank, which he couldn't explain, while others thought he had painted over his flanks to hide his cutie marks. He decided that he'll make his trip short, and bought five apples. Green quickly got out of there, and back toward Twilight's castle. Deep down, he felt ashamed for not being like everyone else, even if he didn't completely understand why. Pushing the front doors open, he passed by Spike, who had a bag of his own. As he traveled down the hallways, he wondered if he'd remember his past more. His thoughts were interrupted though when he saw Starlight looking around, checking under what he was told was the Cutie Map, under the chairs, and every dark crevice around the room. "Oh hey Green!" She greeted him briefly, before she went back to looking around. Green asked her what she was doing. "I thought I saw something dark move under the map, but I don't know what it was." This puzzled Green, but he didn't exactly care enough to join the search. He passed her, and walked to where he thought was the direction of his bedroom... Voss stole a piece of paper from Dash's desk, and began writing a ransom letter to her. The letter told her Fluttershy was in danger, and wanted Dash to pay in order to see her friend okay. The note ends with telling her to meet them at her cottage. Voss held his breath as he held the letter inside his shadowy puddle, as he watched Rainbow, looking for the right moment. He placed the letter neatly on the table without her looking, before retreating back under the sofa. He waited patiently for her to see it. After a few seconds, along with him making a whistle in hopes of getting Dash's attention, she noticed the letter. Rainbow cocked her head to the side, finding it weird that she never noticed the paper before. Voss watched with anticipation as she read the note. Her expression changed from confusion to horror, before anger. She bolted out of the room and toward the front door. Voss took a sigh of relief... It worked. ... It wasn't a very long trip to Fluttershy's place, since Rainbow's speed outmatched any other transport. After a few minutes, Rainbow arrived at her destination. She wasted no time, and opened the door. She noticed that the door wasn't locked. Rainbow trotted in, and saw that the room was completely empty. There were strings of web, and some wiggling sacks made of the same silk, it was a yellowish green color. Dash was a little freaked out by the wiggling cocoons, and heard some of them make bird noises. Who or whatever did this caught all the animals! The room itself also seemed to have a green fog swirling around. "Fluttershy...?" She called out. Her response was silence, which only made her more worried. Rainbow then looked around. "Alright, come on out! Where's Fluttershy!?" "Help!" Fluttershy's voice cried out. Dash glanced over to the stairs. "Hang on, Fluttershy! I'm coming!" She flew up the stairs, and saw Fluttershy covered in bright green spider web. She was stuck to the bed, with her hooves bound to all the corners. Rainbow gasped. "Fluttershy-" Before she had a chance to speak, she was suddenly blind-folded by something white. She tried to fight back, but her limbs were grabbed by lots of hands. Rainbow growled. "Ngh! Let me go!" "No..." Slaughter whispered as he restrained Dash. In Fluttershy's point of view, Slaughter had grabbed all four of her friend's limbs. One hand had the blind-fold wrapped around Rainbow's vision, with the others doing the dirty work. Slaughter then stood on his legs, raising Rainbow into the air. He had Dash's back legs spread, and her arms were positioned outward. Rainbow tried to pull back against his grip, but he remained solid as she desperately tried to escape. Rainbow Dash struggled, but her captor's grip was like iron. Slaughter moved his head next to her neck, and Dash felt his hot breath on her neck. She growled from his perverted nature. He licked his lips in anticipation, ready for the start of his favorite part in every catch. Rainbow was about to protest, when she felt a sharp pain on the left side of her neck. She yelped, as she felt his fangs sink into the area between her neck and shoulder. Dash's eyes widened as she felt something being ejected into her bloodstream. Fluttershy watched in horror as Slaughter bit into Rainbow's neck and shoulder, and pumped his venom into her. Rainbow Dash's heart raced as she felt her entire body grow numb ever so slowly. Her struggles were even more stifled by his tight grip on her hooves, as if his fingers were like sticky cuffs. After what felt like a solid thirty seconds, Slaughter released his bite, and allowed Rainbow to struggle helplessly as the venom spread throughout her body. His eyes were glued to her movements, and his mouth was practically drooling with desire. That's when he decided to take the blind fold off, allowing Dash to see his ugly face in all of its glory. Rainbow's eyes widened when she turned to meet his gaze. His blank, lifeless gaze. Rainbow fought once more, but her body was now losing movement. Slaughter smirked, wanting to humiliate her even further in front of Fluttershy. He then pulled Rainbow's upper left leg up, while using his open hand to force Dash to look away. He then carefully, ever so gently, licked up her neck, starting with Dash's shoulder, up her throat, and stopping just before her jawline. Rainbow moaned helplessly, with her eyes closed. He chuckled darkly. "Soon, your friends will be joining the party... and that Green boy, or Soarin, or Big Mac, or any stallion won't take you away from me." He mentioned. Rainbow turned her head slightly, losing all movement in her body except for her head. "Y-you won't get away with this..!" She gritted her teeth, and he smirked in response. "I can, and I will. My boy Voss told me you were coming here..." Slaughter laughed, mockingly. Rainbow Dash glared angrily. Voss had indeed called Slaughter telepathically about Dash's arrival, but not before scolding him for doing this. He then has a mood-swing, and becomes serious once again. "Now... go to sleep, you two. You'll wake after a few minutes." Rainbow tried to respond, but he suddenly latched his mouth onto her shoulder. Though she was unable to move, somehow she was able to feel a needle puncture her skin. "N-n...no...please...uuugh..." Rainbow soon felt whatever he ejected come into effect, and then she passed out... ... Voss had gone to work making note after note for each mare, not because he enjoyed Slaughter indulging in his fantasies, but because there would be nopony who could protect Green. However, he realized quickly that they could easily get the authorities to stop them, so he added a small detail in the letters, telling them if they tried calling authorities, they'd never hear from their friends again. It was a deliciously evil plan, but Voss knew there was a chance it would fail. He chose not to make a note for Twilight, knowing her connections to the princesses. However, he didn't send the letters right away, as he felt it was way too risky to catch them all at once. Instead, Voss left Dash's mansion, and headed back to the cave... ... but Rainbow and Fluttershy's friends weren't oblivious. Green entered the Cutie Map room, a little curious as to what was going on. Twilight and her friends were talking to one another, before they noticed that Dash and Fluttershy were late to a meeting. Applejack found it strange that Rainbow was this late. "What's going on?" Green asked, a little unsure as to what the meeting was about. Twilight Sparkle and her pupil Starlight were planning to show something involving the map, but so far they've waited almost eight minutes for their two friends to arrive. "Rainbow Dash would never be this late, as she usually is the first one to be here." Rarity pointed out. "Maybe she's still napping?" Pinkie Pie proposed, but Green felt a sinking suspicion behind this odd change of events. Most of the time, they're all together, but almost never two of them are late. For some reason, Green started to feel his second heartbeat. bum-bum... "Uh... man, not this again..." He thought to himself. bum-bum... Green started to feel weirdly nervous, as if something was happening, and he was not answering the call. He didn't know why, but he decided to tell Twilight. "Uhm.. hey, Twilight?" He asked, "I don't.. feel so good. I think something's wrong with them..." "Huh? What makes you think that?" She asked. Green flinched, and didn't reply. It was then he started to feel his body become more and more... stressed. ... It must have been almost an hour since she was knocked out. Rainbow groggily opened her eyes, only for them to widen. She was met with a yellowish green silk blind folding her. She tried to grab the blindfold, but realized that her hoof had been pinned to her side! She soon started struggling, her hooves were tied together and her wings were restrained behind her. She had been wrapped in a skin-tight cocoon, much like Fluttershy, who also started to wiggle helplessly. Fluttershy was quick to give up, but Rainbow was delivering kicks that would make Applejack jealous. Alas, the webs weren't breaking. Unaware of them, Slaughter stared at the two cocooned mares, a huge smile dawning his face as he watched them, as if they were living art. "Hmmngh!" Dash yelled into her gag in frustration. Slaughter found her anger sexy, but also found Fluttershy's cute whimpers to be music to his ears as well. Did he have ears? Even he didn't know. Either way, he was having the time of his life. He had the girls displayed on the bed, with webs covering the sheets like an extra layer on top. He hoped that maybe he could make the bed his throne with the mares hanging on the wall above, to showcase his harem of soon to be six mares, with maybe two more for good measure. As for the animals? He knew it would be bad news if Harry awoke, so he made sure that even if he did awake, he would basically be scratching for days on end at the layers upon layers of silk Slaughter put on him. He stashed all the animals away in the closet and other rooms of the cottage, spraying web at the doors so they can't get out. He tossed Harry into a spare room, making sure his cocoon was practically a huge ball, and his door and windows were reinforced with over one hundred layers. Even though he had unlimited silk, he had exhausted himself once he caught Rainbow. After webbing her, he needed to take a long break. His break would be over though, when the front door opened. "Fluttershy?" Twilight's voice echoed. Slaughter was shocked. How did she get here!? Voss didn't tell him he sent a note to her! Now he was screwed... ... unless. Slaughter's eyes began to form a scowl in frustration. He hissed under his breath, with a hint of annoyance. "Green..." Twilight, Applejack and Green had arrived at Fluttershy's Cottage, which was larger than what he expected. The trio were shocked by the new look of the house, the purple unicorn and orange pony now realizing Green was right to be concerned. Though Green had no idea what the threat was, he felt that something was up. Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Starlight went to investigate Rainbow's mansion, leaving the three here to check on Fluttershy. "Oh no, what happened here?" Twilight asked, dread in her voice. Applejack glanced around, a little creeped out by the new look. "Uh... I don't know about you, but maybe Nightmare Night has gotten to Fluttershy's head?" Applejack thought to herself. Green cringed, and pressed his hoof against his chest again, only to yank it away. The mares noticed him again, Applejack asking him. "Feeling the heartbeat again, sugar cube?" Green nodded. "Y-yes... it's much higher now... perhaps it.. senses danger...?" Suddenly, the voice of Fluttershy called out. "Twilight?" Her voice came out in a whisper, and sounded as if it came from around the back of the cottage. Twilight's ears perked up, concern on her face. "Fluttershy? Are you okay?" She asked, as she approached the direction she thought the voice came from. Applejack and Green followed closely behind, only for Applejack to suddenly pause, glancing around before looking over towards the right. "AJ..." Rainbow's voice echoed. Green noticed something was up with both mares' reactions. Green backed away for a second, and decided to only listen to the second heart. Everything started to become quieter for him as he tried to listen, hearing it pulse softly. It was then he realized that the more he listened to it, the more aware of his surroundings became. He noticed the front door was closed, when it wasn't before, and then he heard some scuffling behind him, causing him to quickly turn around, just in time to see a shadow ascend the staircase! "Wait..." Green said under his breath, before he began climbing the stairs, slowly and with caution. Applejack and Twilight looked around, confused out of their minds as to why they could hear their friends' voices, but couldn't see them. The fog and webs didn't help, as for a moment Applejack almost bumped into a table. Twilight tried to use her horn to illuminate the area, but even her light couldn't penetrate the dense green fog, only showing a few feet in front of her. As the two mares looked around, Green slowly made it up the staircase. Upon entering the room, the fog wasn't as dense here as it was down below. He could vaguely see the shape of a bed, before he got closer. His eyes widened when he saw two squirming pony shaped bodies, struggling and making quiet muffled moans. Green gasped, and shouted to alert his friends. "Twilight! Applejack! They're upstairs!" He was about to say more, when he suddenly heard a low growl down the steps, before some shuffling was heard. He was so scared, he quickly crawled under the bed. Meanwhile, Twilight and Applejack whipped their heads around upon hearing Green shout, and Twilight saw a shadow move across the room. "Hey!" She shouted as well, before she ran over to the stairs, nearly tripping as she reached it. When she got to the steps though, she paused. Chills ran down her spine when she heard footsteps running up the staircase, but didn't see anything or anyone on the stairs. Applejack found her and asked what was going on, when Twilight shushed her as the footsteps continued. Everything fell silent, as Green heard the disembodied sounds reach his level. Green tried everything he could, not to scream. He also tried to hold back his breathing slightly, breathing through his nostrils rather than his mouth. As he heard the creaking of each foot-step, Green took notice of a small spider. He wasn't sure why, but fear instantly sparked upon seeing it. Green was shivering, biting the inside of his mouth as it crawled across the floor. Then, it turned and revealed its face. Green nearly yelped at the sight of its eight eyes, and its mandibles. This caused Green to unintentionally breathe more deeply, almost giving away his spot. Green and the spider stared at each other for a few seconds, but to Green it felt like eternity. The spider soon crawled towards him slowly, curious at what it was looking at. Green almost cried at the sight. The spider crawled closer slightly, only being a few centimeters away from Green's front leg... "I know you're in here, Earth Pony... come out... now..." Slaughter whispered the last word. This brought Green back to reality, and that he was in danger. Though yes, he can turn into a dragon, but he had no idea how to trigger it. He guessed that it triggers when his friends are in danger, but for some reason it hasn't happened yet… "Who's there?" Twilight said. Slaughter quickly turned around and saw Twilight and Applejack ascending the stairs. Slaughter decided to play chicken, and fired a string of web at her horn. Twilight Sparkle was caught off guard by the sudden string of web, causing her to yelp in surprise. Applejack also jumped back as her friend's horn now had web at the tip! "Whaat!? Hey!" She angrily stared at the web at the tip of her horn. Slaughter had to hold back a laugh, but Applejack heard the snicker, causing her to grow tense. "Wait, Twa'light! There's somepony here messin' with us!" Slaughter paid no mind to them at the moment, for that he saw Green's tail briefly peek out from underneath the bed. Slaughter smirked. "I'm gonna find you... and I will..." Green suddenly felt something grab his tail forcefully! "KILL YOU!" Slaughter yelled. Green screamed at the top of his lungs. He was yanked out from under the bed, and into Slaughter's view. Applejack and Twilight looked on in horror as Green was seemingly grabbed by an invisible force! Green tried to kick back, but Slaughter was quickly making do with gaining control. He grabbed the pony's hooves, and put his foot down on Green's chest, literally. Green just looked up in terror. Slaughter chuckled at Green's face, but soon his chuckle disappeared quickly. Green's chest began to glow blue, and now it was Green's turn to smile devilishly. Green morphed into his water dragon form! As Green grew in size, he shot water at Slaughter's face. Slaughter felt the water hit his eye, causing him to let go of Green. For a brief second, it gave Twilight and Applejack a glimpse at Slaughter's silhouette, and they were taken aback at how tall he was! He growled, before he made a run for it. His soaked form betrayed him as Applejack tried to kick him again but he managed to cling onto the wall, and started crawling away quickly like a spider! Twilight used her hooves to finally rip the webbing off, before she began blasting at the wet form of Slaughter as he crawled past them quickly! For a tall creature like him, he was shockingly agile, easily dodging the beams as he crawled down the stairs, and running to the living room. Applejack and Twilight chased him, while Green got up, and was about to join them, when he heard the struggles of Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. "Mmmph!" Rainbow muffled. "Hmmmph!" Fluttershy whined. He decided to take a moment to untie them, after all, they are his friends. He used his claws to rip the silk off one of them, which he guessed was Rainbow Dash. After cutting the binds enough, Rainbow managed to squirm out, and brush herself off. Green then proceeded to untie Fluttershy, being careful not to harm the gals. After breaking them free, Rainbow and Fluttershy looked at Green with amazement. "You saved us!" Fluttershy whispered. "Uhm... yup, I did. I guess..." He said, nervously. He rubbed the back of his head, and he seemed... embarrassed? Rainbow blinked. "Is it just me? Or is Green blushing...?" Rainbow thought. There wasn't time for that, Green needed to stop Slaughter. Green proceeded to run down the stairs, and saw Twilight and Applejack were in the doorway, looking somewhat disappointed. "Whoever or whatever that was, they got away." Applejack said, turning around to see Green and the other girls. Twilight looked up at Green, and apologized for doubting him. Green's body glowed cyan, along with a soft hum sound, before he transformed back into an earth pony. He blinked as he looked at his hooves. "How do you do that?" Rainbow Dash asked, finding it cool that a pony like him could transform. He shrugged, unsure how he could do it. "What happened?" Twilight asked. "We were kidnapped by a terrifying creature named Slaughter!" Rainbow Dash replied, with Fluttershy shivering. "He wanted to make us part of his... h-h-harem." She muttered the last part, out of embarrassment. Applejack was disgusted, along with Twilight who was confused. Green felt a sense of anger toward Slaughter, but he wasn't sure if it was because of the plan or the fact that he wrapped Rainbow Dash. His second heartbeat seemed to confirm the latter to him... wait, did it really say that? As Green looked within himself, confused, little did they all know, the foe was still in the room. He was good at holding his breath, and Slaughter wasn't a complete coward. As much as he wanted to leave, he wanted to at least grab a bite out of a juicy flank before he left. However, with the fog being slowly cleared thanks to the front door being open, it was becoming harder and harder to hide in plain sight. "What if he's still here?" Green thought openly. Everypony glanced around. Within the dense fog, he would be hiding anywhere, combined with his invisibility, Slaughter was practically air to the naked eye. He wanted to take one of them so badly, to drink their blood like he did earlier, but alas the fog cleared more and more. They were all on alert, and so Slaughter decided it was time to leave. He very carefully moved above them, crawling on the ceiling as he knew the floorboards would give him away, now that they were listening closely... ... At the end of the day, Fluttershy's cottage was cleared of all the webs, thanks to her animal friends for cleaning up, especially her spiders. One of the spiders was the one Green got scared of earlier, which Fluttershy heard it tell her about him. She told Green that the spider had something to say. "She said she's sorry for scaring you. She was just hiding from the larger predator." Fluttershy translated the spider's words. Green felt a little better knowing it didn't mean to, but he was still uneasy. Fluttershy turned to Twilight, and asked her something. "How did you know we were in danger?" "Green told us he was feeling uncomfortable, and said he 'sensed something bad' happening to you and Dash. I didn't believe him at first, but as time ticked by, he started to hyperventilate, and I started to believe him more and more." Her eyes widened. "He did?" "Yes. I don't know where he came from, but he's certainly more than meets the eye." As Green stood outside of the cottage, Rainbow Dash flew down to him. "Thanks for saving us back there." She said, which made Green feel happy. It was odd, he thought he heard her name before, but there was no memory of when. His second heartbeat was going crazy when staring into Rainbow's eyes, forcing him to focus more on her face and body to calm the heartbeats down. She noticed his gaze going all over the place, and asked. "Uh...you okay there?" "S-sorry... I guess I'm... I need to get back home." Green said, but before he left, he asked Dash. "Say uh... I don't know what it is, but I feel a strange connection to the dragon form." Rainbow was intrigued with his words, as he continued. "I remember, I wasn't sure if it was Twilight or Starlight, but I remember one of them saying.. that maybe my dragon form is similar to your Sonic Rainboom. Perhaps my.. what's it called? Cutie Mark? Is it linked to it, somehow?" The sky blue pegasus thought for a second, before answering. "That sounds interesting, but I'm not sure if a dragon is as awesome as the Sonic Rainboom." Green was a little confused, but shrugged it off. As they stood there, a shadow watched from under the brush. Voss had seen everything, and found Slaughter to be an embarrassment. However, he didn't anticipate Green to transform again. He wondered if it's because of the second heartbeat. He also used his telepathy to read Green's mind, but didn't find much of interest, aside from the fact that it seemed Green was catching onto the idea of the heartbeat being linked to the dragon form. By this point, what mattered to him was not letting Green get his memories back, though something told him the earth pony was going to eventually remember…