//------------------------------// // Packs a punch. // Story: To Fight Against Normalcy // by Multitraveler //------------------------------// They had a very fruity taste. The fruit that it tasted like was undecipherable though. It was sweet, not overly-sweet, but sweet. It was a pretty enjoyable final-food. The monster crept slowly towards it's prey. It noticed it's target open a small pouch and eat it's contents. 'It doesn't matter if you're full of not. It will be just as painful.' the beast thought to itself. 'This should be really hard to explain to Everyone in town, why I've disappeared.....What's this feeling?' Shyil asked himself, as he was experiencing a very new sensation throughout is body. He felt adrenalin, power, and his senses sharpening. He felt like he could easily escape this beasts clutches. He wouldn't let it know that though. 'Why am I suddenly a battle-planner? It's like I can see everything around me, and how useful it is to me......... This is gonna be fun!' Shyil thought to himself, with a smile. The best noticed this smile, and decided to speed up his assault. It lunged at his corner, with precise accuracy. His hunting skills were perfected, and he would not let this slip. What the beast did not know, was that Shyil could simply leap over him now. That's exactly what he did. Shyil waited until the monster was just mere feet away from him, in mid air, and he leaped over the unsuspecting killer. He sailed above the oversized black mass, and landed on the other side of it. He began to run back into the alley from which they came. He turned his head to see a very large, angry, bloodthirsty, monster on his tail. He rounded the last corner onto the street with Vinyl's house, and saw exactly what he hoped not to see. Vinyl. "Get back into the house!" Shyil yelled, just as the deadly creature burst around the corner. It saw that he was pushing a white pony with urgency, and decided that this would be fun. "If I can't break your body yet, I'll break your friend's!" The beast yelled as it lunged for Vinyl. "NO!" Shyil said, as a Black light enveloped him and the area within about two feet of him. It swirled, and writhed, and pulled the wind around it. It had lightning flashing through it, and pulses of energy. An enormous blast of Black magic shot out of his horn, which was obscured by the Black dome around him. The magic scored a devastating hit on the monsters side. The creature was sent flying, far, far away. Shyll's Black energy evaporated, and his features were now noticeable. His eyes were glowing a deep Red, and his horn was a blinding White, While his coat seem to be so Black, that if you looked into it, your eyes would get lost. Shyll's new form faded, as did his conscience. He returned to his usual state, and simply passed out. Vinyl's POV Shyil was unconscious, and had just saved her life from....Whatever that thing was. She dragged him into the house, and checked him over. He was just a little scratched up, and she was thankful for that. He seemed to be breathing very lightly though. She simply nuzzled his sleeping head while they both lay next to Octavia's sleeping form. 'I'll have to ask them both what happened later.' She thought to herself, as she drifted into sleep. Twenty Minutes Later Shyil awoke to Vinyl nuzzling him, Octavia cuddled against Vinyl, and an amazing photo opportunity. One Snapshot With Vinyl's Camera Later Vinyl and Octavia awoke to a flashing sight, and a 'chkchvvv' noise. Vinyl recognized this noise and ran to Shyll. Shyll simply held out his work. Vinyl's smile didn't change when she saw the picture, she simply said " Nice shot." Shyil replied with " There are three. TeeHee." and he showed the photograph to Octavia. Octavia stared at it for a while, and simply stated " Really." Octavia was the first to come to her senses. "Shyil. What was that thing?!" She asked, cowering behind the air around her, as though it would leap out any moment. "That thing won't be going anywhere for a while!" Vinyl jumped in. "What did you do" Octavia asked. "Not me, Shyil. He pwnd that monster!" Vinyl yelled "What?" Octavia asked, turning to Shyil. "I don't exactly know what happened. I was really angry that that thing was trying to hurt Vinyl, so I attacked it." Shyll said, just as confused as her. "Doesn't matter. Still awesome!" Vinyl yelled. There was a rumbling noise outside, and a loud roar. The entire home shook with amazing power. Monster's POV 'I Will kill that insolent whelp. he thinks that he can take me out with one shot. I WILL MURDER HIM IF I HAVE TO DESTROY THIS PITIFUL TOWN FIRST!' The enormous beast began to attack a small home, that had lights on inside. Shyil's POV That monster was about to demolish a defenseless ponies home. Rage surged through his veins, renewing his energy tenfold. His magic amplified. He had seconds to confirm that this power was not magic, but some other power, before his rampage began. Shyil opened the door as fast as possible and leaped at the mass of shadows. His back sprouted wings made of writhing White colors. The speed of his flight was amazingly fast. He hit the creature with all his wing's power, his mass, and a boost of speed from his newly acquired powers. He tackled the beast with his shoulder, tucking his head in and applying full force. This tactic launched the Puma high into the air, and away from the home. "You will die, you insolent, pestering, insignificant, little beast!" The Puma yelled as it launched its counterattack. The Puma kept itself on the ground this time, and it sped itself up so much that it knocked Shyil about twenty feet backward. As his body flipped over itself, he was beat by the ground repeatedly making its appearance, taking up his vision and suddenly being replaced by the sky. He righted himself just as the Puma enveloped his vision. He leaped high in the air, and came down with a hoof pouring out energy. His magic mingled with the energy, giving it more power. His hoof, covered in White energy, created a resounding crack as it made contact with the Black beast. The power of the punch was immense. Fueled by his anger, and protectiveness, it pushed the monster into the ground, creating a small crater. The beast growled at him and seemed to have visible anger surrounding it, but before anything could happen, its eyes dilated, and it blew away in the wind. Its remnants scattered about the town. Shyil's power faded away from him once again, and he once again allowed unconsciousness to grip his mind.