//------------------------------// // Fluttershy vs. Ariados // Story: MLP VS... Pokemon // by FrostyDawn //------------------------------// The sound of the waves crashing on the shore only made Fluttershy's greif worse. She stood in front of a small pile of upturned sand, with a flat, round stone sticking upward. The stone was carved with only two words. R.I.P. Bubbles Yes, Fluttershy had nicknamed the very Vaporeon she killed and buried 'Bubbles'. It was the least she could do to an animal, regardless of wether or not it wanted to kill Fluttershy under Discord's command. She wiped her eyes once more, rubbing her tears away between sobs. "Ah, you're still here." Discord said, a little unimpressed. "I would've thought you'd moved on after you got over that little thing." "Go away..." Fluttershy whimpered. "You made me kill Bubbles..." "I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that." Discord said, stifling a giggle. "Did you just say 'Bubbles'?" "I named him that..." The pegasus replied. "I at least wanted to remember him..." "May I remind you that it wanted to fight you? To kill you? Why would you ever want to remember something as awful as you murdering an animal?" "I pity him..." Fluttershy said, her voice shaking. "I just want him to forgive me." "Oh, spare me the waterworks. Your precious Bubbles is dead. No amount of sob-stories will change that." The draconequus reminded. "In fact, I think it's time to get the ball rolling again." "Oh, no." Fluttershy cried. "Please don't. I don't want to kill anymore innocent little critters. I wish I was never here!" She sobbed. There was a loud CRACK, and Fluttershy whirled around. But there was nothing there. Only the sound echoing through her mind. Come to think of it, the crack had no physical sound. Almost like how she heard Discord's voice... "Oooh! Splendid choice of words! I'm certainly making progress..." Discord chuckled. "Now, as for your little parting gift..." As Discord finished his sentence, A large, four-legged bug crawled over the stone wall. It sported a red and black body, with yellow and blue legs supporting it. Two spiny points of the same coloring stuck out from the abdomen, along with a single spike from the rear. The spider-like creature had two sharp mandibles and a white spike jutting from its forehead. "What was that you said about innocent little critters, Fluttershy? Doesn't seem that an Ariados is as sweet and cuddly as your... 'Bubbles'." Discord chuckled again. Fluttershy followed the first instinct that came to her whenever a frightening spider-creature came into her view. Fleeing. Fluttershy took to the sky, but felt something tag her hind hoof. She ignored it, and kept flying forward. Or, tried to, anyway. The pegasus stayed suspended in the air, not moving forward no matter how strong her wings flapped. Fluttershy only managed to look back, to see that a white, stringy mesh had stuck to her hoof. The other end spanned over to the Ariados, and started to weave itself out of its abdomen. The Ariados's mandibles started pulling on the thread, tugging Fluttershy closer. The pegasus's eyes widened, and kept flapping her wings to try to escape. She whimpered as she was tugged extremely close toward the Ariados. Not only was Fluttershy afraid of spiders nearly as big as herself, but the fact that the Ariados managed to pull her close without effort. The Ariados was actually very thin and spindly, and Fluttershy was giving it her all to vainly escape the Ariados. When Fluttershy was mere inches away, The Ariados jammed its mandibles into Fluttershy's leg. She let out a pained squeak, and dropped to the ground. The yellow mare tried to run or fly, but her entire body went numb. Her wings and legs didn't respond to any movement, and she felt a liquid dripping onto her, that stung at the touch. Blood? Venom? Fluttershy lay limp on the ground, and soon sensed the Ariados looming over her. She turned her eyes downward, and found more of the white webbing slowly being woven onto her. Panicked, Fluttershy attempted to struggle or wiggle out of the web. With no luck, she was soon wrapped entirely in the silky cocoon. There was a small hole in the threads where Fluttershy could peer out, and saw the Ariados bite down on her again. It stung just as much as the first, and saw a purple liquid seep through. It was a poison. She had paralyzed, and felt a tingling sensation run through her body. It grew stronger, and hotter. It escalated to an agonizing burn, like acid flowing through her veins. She tried to cry out in pain, but she felt her throat close up. Her lungs stung under the venom's bubbling and her breathing began to become more of a grueling exercise rather than an involuntary motion. She tried to look around, try to find anything that would stop the pain, or at least get her out of the cocoon. As the Ariados carried her, she could barely make out black, dried trees with small pink berries hanging from the gnarled branches. The only sound that could be heard over the entire forest was the sky being torn apart. A fierce, hot wind ripped through the area, followed by a concussive booming and a blur of color. Fluttershy felt the webbing torn off her body with great force and tumbled from the wind, and felt her self slam against a dried tree. The wind must've been extremely strong, because the Ariados had also been blown around, and had apparently been knock unconscious by the heavy debris that was picked up by the sudden gust. The wind died as quickly as it came, and the trees were still shaking. Fluttershy attempted to look up, and determine what was happening around her. She could only realize that a small berry had landed on top of her. A small pink fruit, that seemed to ease the pain of the venom by simply looking at it. The yellow pegasus was not sure why, but Fluttershy lifted the berry up to her lips, and nibbled at it. She felt the poison stop creeping through her, and her breathing began to ease up. "Oh dear..." Fluttershy muttered as she looked around. The trees had branches snapped off them and berries scattered all over the ground. The trees had also bent back from the hurricane-force wind, which left a small streak of colors in the sky. "Was-was that-...?" Fluttershy said to herself. "No, it couldn't have been..." She murmured. It was only when Fluttershy looked down to feel her poison-stained heart sink. A large tree had been blown over in the gale, pinning two of the Ariados's legs underneath. The mare always hated seeing any sort of creature in pain, and wished she was never in this position. She limped over to the Ariados, and simply sat down beside it. The spider simply squirmed under the fallen tree. "I'm sorry I had to put you through this." Fluttershy sighed, hanging her head in shame. The Ariados weakly clicked its mandibles together in confusion. "I don't want to hurt you. I don't want to hurt anything else. I refuse to kill you." Fluttershy finally said. "You disappoint me, Fluttershy. I should expected you to back down like this." Fluttershy let out a frightened "EEP!" and turned around. Discord's voice still rang in her mind, from somewhere far away. "I won't do it, Discord! I'm not killing anything!" She said, mustering all the courage she could. "What a shame. You've already bent to my rules. You said you wished you were never here. And I won't have you weasel your way out of this one." Discord said. His voice was bitter and almost angry, but the worst was yet to come. Fluttershy stood up. She was frightened, because she had no intent to stand. Panicked, she looked down to see her body surrounded by a yellow mist. Fluttershy had no control over her hooves as they involuntarily lifted into the air, and loomed over the Ariados's head. "Oh no. Please, no!" Fluttershy cried, as she knew what was coming next. Her hooves slammed down hard on the Ariados's head, and it let out a pained hiss. Fluttershy tried to look away or shut her eyes, but the yellow mist kept her focus of the dying creature in front of her. Fluttershy felt her hooves forced down again and again, getting harder each time. The mist only faded as the Ariados stopped moving. Fluttershy's hooves trembled as she fell to the ground, grief-stricken. The mare let out a large string of heavy sobs as she buried her face in her hooves, tears streaming down her cheeks. "Well, now do you see when you don't abide by my rules? I own you. I control you, now that I have your covenant." Discord said. "Wh-why? What did I ever do to deserve this?" Fluttershy sobbed. "You brought this on yourself. Ever since you said you regret imprisoning me, I can control anything that happens to you in this world. And soon, Your friends will all suffer the same fate." "Why don't you just kill me? Why do I have to kill when you want me to die?" Fluttershy whimpered. "Oh, death would be the easy way out. No, I want to squeeze every drop of agony and pain out of you wretched mares. One way or another." "Please... don't hurt my friends. Do whatever you want to me, but leave them alone!" The pegasus wailed. "Oh, believe me, I'll do as I please, and I won't leave them out." Discord cackled. "Not one bit." As the echoing laugh of Discord faded from her mind, the only sound that filled the forest was Fluttershy's cries. Her heart had been horribly broken. By poison and anguish.