My New Life

by Ark125

Wendigo

Luna's POV

The crowd began to run towards the exit in a panic. The wendigo saw this and attempted to run after them, but was stopped by something that seemed to cause it pain.

It was then I realized my children were still on stage. I quickly flew down to the stage and looked for them.

"What are you looking for, Luna?" Said somepony next to me. I turned and saw it was Red Rum.

I jumped away from him. "Where are my children?" I screamed.

"Oh, them. I think they are about to become dinner." He pointed and what I saw terrified me.

The wendigo had them cornered. They were all crying hysterically.

"You stay away from them!" I yelled as I ran in front of them. I drew my sword and faced the beast.

It was now that I got a better look of it. It had red-brown fur that was tattered all along its body. Its body was torn up and had open sores all over. It had two antlers like a deer on its head and it lips were chapped. Its eyes were pitted deep in its skull, yet the yellow pupil shined through.

The most hideous part about this creature, though, was its chest. There was no skin on it, just the bare rib cage that protected the vital organs that continued to run.

It stood there, baring its yellow teeth at me, unmoving. Its eyes seemed to flicker as it stared at me. It began to back off.

"What are you doing?! Kill them!" Red Rum yelled. He pressed something and the beast screeched in pain. It turned towards Red Rum and roared. "You dare to defy me?! Let's see how you like it when we turn up the heat!" He turned a dial and then pressed the button on what seemed to be a controller. The beast screeched again in pain and this time fell to the floor.

"You are pathetic!" The one called Bullet Blaster said. He took a few pieces of wreckage of the set and stuck it in his hoof. He then pointed it at the creature and fired many shots of magic out of his hoof.

"Bullet Blaster!" Gray Shark yelled as he stepped onto the stage.

He turned. "Well, well. Look who followed me here to this forsaken planet. How have you been Gray Shark?" He asked as he reloaded his hoof.

"Cut the chatter! You better leave if you know what's good for you." He held up his hoof and a blade popped out.

"Oh, I am so scared. You know I would have been the one to survive in that power plant..."

"Shut up!" He looked around, seemingly to see if anyone had heard him.

"Bullet Blaster. We are going to retreat. There is nothing more we can do here now."

"Ah, come on. What about him?" He pointed to Gray Shark.

"You can kill him another day."

"And it?" He gestured at the creature that was trying to get up.

Red Rum smiled. "Since it didn't want to obey, we have no use for it. We will leave it to die." He turned the dial all the way and then set the device on the floor. With a swift movement, he stomped on the button, shattering the device and causing the beast to go into a frenzy. Bullet Blaster fired a smoke bomb and they escaped before the guards could catch them.

"It's gone mad! Restrain it!" One of the guards yelled.

I looked at it and noticed something that glimmered in its chest. "Stay here." I said to the children and they nodded.

I turned back to the creature and drew my sword. I walked up to it and it lunged at me. I side stepped to avoid the blow but kept my calm demeanor.

"Your highness, please stay back!" Vapor Sky yelled above the cries of the beast.

"Just keep it restrained. I know what I am doing." I held up my sword and thrust it at the beast's chest, causing a shattering sound as black pieces of metal fell out.

The beast immediately relaxed and then fell to the floor.

"Now is our chance! Tie it up!" Vapor Sky said.

"Take it to the dungeon." I said.

"Luna, I don't think a jail cell will hold it back." Cloudlight said.

"Then make magic shackles. I don't care what you have to do, just make sure it stays in Canterlot!" I yelled.

He bowed. "Yes Princess."

"Your majesty, we need to get you and your children out of here. Please follow me." Vapor Sky said.

I nodded and pushed the children forward to get them to move. We began to follow the guard, but I could not stop looking back at the beast. Every time I looked over my shoulder, I saw it staring back at me.

"It was indeed a Wendigo." Eclipse said.

The day after the incident, Tia, Death, Twilight, Eclipse, and myself were all in the study.

"Don't you mean a Windigo?" Celestia asked.

Twilight shook her head. "No, a Windigo is only a spirit. A Wendigo is what that spirit becomes when it takes possession of a body."

"And they aren't satisfied with just taking any body, it must be of somepony that was consumed by hatred, greed, and/or had consumed the flesh of its own species." Eclipse said.

Tia gasped. "That means..."

"It's very much possible." Eclipse said.

"What is?" I said.

They turned quiet.

"What aren't you telling me?" I asked.

They remained silent.

"Fine. If you don't want to tell me, I will go straight to the source." I began to walk out of the room.

"Wait princess." Eclipse said.

I stopped at the doorway. "What is it?"

"Don't be fooled by it. Other than its ability to produce ice, it can also shapeshift. That is how it sometimes lures its prey, by changing into a loved one."

"I'll keep that in mind." I said as I walked out of the study.