//------------------------------// // Chapter 29: Vampiric Swiss Cheese // Story: The Last Human // by Blackdragn18 //------------------------------// Let me tell you, crashing into the ground isn’t fun. I had crashed into the forest just outside of the village. So anyway, I am within walking distance to the village so I may as well travel on foot. After sometime of walking through the forest I finally came out to see the crumbling wall of the village. The place was surrounded by a large brick wall. I’m surprised that it has held up after all these centuries. Granted there are a few holes and breaks in it. I can also see the large doors that lead into the city. One of them is gone from when the griffins broke in. fMay as well head inside. I walked up to the large doors stepping over the rubble of the destroyed one. Haven’t seen this place for a long time, I have to hand it to the humans. They were good at architecture; most of the buildings are still standing. The buildings are mostly made of bricks coated in a sealant and painted and are usually two stories. Some of the sealants have broken and brick is showing through. The late month gives everything a decent cover of snow. I walked down the asphalt street. Most of the buildings are lined up precisely on the sides of the street. Some doors were broken down from the griffins breaking in to get any humans hiding in their homes. I continued to walk down the street until I got to the center of town. Here there was a fountain that had crumbled centuries ago. There were also a few street lamps circling the fountain some were knocked over. Of course none of them were lit. And there it is my old home. It is larger than the rest, since my father was the leader of the race, it has three floors. There is a staircase leading to the front door which is broken. May as well see my old home. When I walked through the door I looked to my right to see the kitchen. My father’s blood was gone. I then walked up the stairs to the third floor to find my bedroom. When I opened the door I could see how small I used to be. The bed was quite a bit smaller than I remember it. When try to lie down, my calves were over the edge. There was also a dresser that was kid-sized and a tiny couch. Well I guess I better get to the monument to see what’s what. I headed down a road that lead away from the center and lead to a nearby field. Eventually I saw the monument to Bolas. It was actually a rather simple monument. It was basically a giant version of Bolas’ horns with the giant gem. The monument looked exactly the same as when I left. You could still see the magic engulfing the gem and circling the horns. At first I saw nothing unusual but pretty soon there was a strange silhouette. Then more came until there were around fifteen. I turned into a snake and slithered closer until I got to a bush that I could hide in then returned to my normal form. Now I could see the figures better. Honestly they were ugly little creatures, they were the same shape and size as ponies except they were black with bug wings and a horn. Their legs were full of holes and they had vampiric fangs jutting out of their muzzles and blue eyes. What are these things? Soon, a vastly different one showed up. It was the about the same size as Celestia - it looked like an alicorn, except the legs were full of the holes and the horn was large and jagged. This one also had holes in its tail and mane and had green eyes instead of blue. It also had wings that matched the other creatures, and had less obtrusive fangs. Once the larger one had caught up, it started to give orders to the others. I am guessing that one is the queen or something because the voice is very feminine. So what are these things doing? Oh the queen is talking. “Alright we need to get that gem!” The creatures then began to fly up to the gem. One of the smaller ones walked up to her and made a hissing sound that I could for some reason understand. “My queen, what about the inhabitants of that village?” “Don’t worry those creatures have been dead for centuries.” So that is a queen I am so good at guessing. Okay, what are the little ones up to? I looked over to the horns and saw that they were all slamming into it I’m guessing trying to get it out. Whose idea was that? I mean what was he thinking? Hey guys I’m sure we can get it out if we bash our heads into it enough times. Idiots. Eventually the queen finally did something; she flew up to the gem. Then she started to follow her genius drones in bashing into the gem. Agh! Ok the stabbing pain in my chest is starting up again. Oh hey that voice is back. Stop them! They cannot let that gem leave the horns! Why not? If that gem leaves the horns the stored magic will likely destroy all the life within a large radius. Well that would ruin my Friday dinner plans. Just stop them! Jeez that voice is pushy. So I guess I better stop them. I walked out of the bush and up to the horns once I was within ear shot I shouted. “Hey! What do you think you’re doing!?” A bunch of black faces then popped out from behind the gem with the queens at the top. She flew down to me and landed right in front of me. “Interesting, I thought all of the humans were dead.” “Well obviously not. So what are you supposed to be?” “I am Chrysalis, Queen of the changelings.” “Wait you guys are changelings?” Great, my shape shifting came from a bunch of creatures that look like moldy Swiss cheese. “So anyway, why do you want the gem?” “It’s simple human, it is charged with so much magic I would become strong enough to conquer the world if I drained even a fraction of it.” “Yeah I can’t let you take it.” “Ha, and how do you plan to stop us?” then all the little changelings flew down to stand on either side of her. Hmm now how should I kill them? Hey, it’s me again. I was thinking and I found a power we haven’t used before. Awesome! What is it? Apparently we can turn our arms into dragon heads and shoot fire. The best part is it’s actually stronger than our usual fire in this form. Ok I’ll give it a try. I then thought about my hand being a dragon head and it turned into one. Then I shot a fireball that enveloped all the changelings on her right. I did the same to the left. I could see the anger in her eyes as Chrysalis looked at the ash piles that used to be her changelings. She then let out some weird shriek and a dozens of changelings came flying in from the sky. Where did those come from anyway? Hmm I wonder what happens if I fuse my hands into one head. Let’s find out, I put my hands together and turned them into one huge head then I pointed up and fired. It shot a huge blast of flame that enveloped them all. When the fire subsided there were no more changelings. That is so awesome! Then I heard a growl and suddenly my face was shoved in the dirt. Ugh dirt does not taste good. When I got back up Chrysalis was right in front of me she did not look too happy. “How dare you kill my changelings!” “Not my fault they burn so easily.” “Shut up!” she then punched me in the face. She flew up to the monument and went into the magic circling it. Chrysalis started to glow with magical power. She then laughed what I guess was supposed to be an evil laugh but just sounded silly. Then she shot a large beam of magic at me it was large and looked pretty powerful. I turned my hand into a dragon head and shot fire. The fire easily beat the beam and went through to Chrysalis and made a baked changeling. Surprisingly it actually did smell like burnt cheese. Well that was boring. I walked up to her body and looked at it; she was still twitching so I guess I didn’t kill her. Oh hey, she’s waking up! All she did was let out a growl and glare at me before she stood up. “So you wanna go away and leave the gem alone?” “Fine I’ll leave but this isn’t over human.” She then flew away I’m guessing to her hole or under a rock or wherever changelings live. Well I guess I’d better head home.