Twilight Sparkle hated to leave her newly hatched foals, but there were things she needed to do. Hatched foals… Twilight’s mind rebelled against such an odd thought. The foals seemed healthy and happy… And so did the draconequus. The troubling little draconequus. Right now, there were potentially thousands of little draconequus spawns all over the globe, and there was no telling what was going to happen next.
They were off the map. This was uncharted territory.
Begin to approach the situation cautiously ✓
This was still potentially a world ending scenario, but it wasn’t as bad as it could have been. The sudden explosion in the pony population might be a problem. Twilight banked as she approached Fluttershy’s cottage.
Twilight stood and knocked on the door.
It was Discord who answered, looking rather pleased with himself. He smiled an alarming smile, his tail twitching in a smug self satisfied way, and his eyes were wide with excitement.
“Twilight Sparkle, just the mare I hoped to see!” Discord was practically cackling with glee as he greeted Twilight. “I have more Fluttershies than I know what to do with!”
“What?” Twilight replied, confused.
“Come in!” Discord invited.
Twilight Sparkle stepped through the door, not sure what to expect, her heart beginning to race, the events of the recent days breaking down her mental defenses. She froze as she entered the front room.
In front of her sat Fluttershy, she was sitting on her haunches. Only there were five Fluttershies. One large mother sized Fluttershy, who was beaming, and on each side of her, there were two versions of her in miniature, four total.
“Oh hi Twilight.” Fluttershy said demurely.
“Hi.” All four foals said at once.
“I call the little ones Quadrashy.” Discord cackled, hugging himself in glee.
Twilight Sparkle felt the cold prickle of fear, her wings suddenly feeling cold, her horn beginning to itch fiercely.
Quadrashy regarded Twilight with all eight eyes, all eight ears perked up at attention, all of them moving in perfect harmony with one another, all of them blinking in synchronisation. Twilight Sparkle struggled not to scream.
“Aren’t they adorable?” Fluttershy asked. “Little versions of me. I’m so happy.” Fluttershy’s eyes begin to flood with tears, and Quadrashy turned to look at her mother, all heads moving at once, almost mirror-like as two heads on each side of Fluttershy moved inward.
There was also a tiny draconequus, now visible, shyly poking out from behind his mother’s leg. He blew a very shy little raspberry and then went back to hiding. He had two tongues and the ability to blow raspberries in stereo.
Twilight’s feeling of horror began to amplify.
“Your, uh, foals are really adorable.” Twilight said, fighting the urge to flee.
“I know.” Fluttershy agreed. “All so cute and perfect. But we’re not actually going to call them Quadrashy. That’s just Discord’s silly nickname for them for the moment.”
“But we ARE Quadrashy.” The foals said in perfect unison.
Twilight broke, her mind coming dangerously close to meltdown.
Flee immediately ✓
Twilight Sparkle backed out of the door, nearly tripping over her own hindhooves, and then took to the air, unsure of what to do next. She needed more information about the situation. As she rose into the air, she turned towards Canterlot.
“Leaving so soon?!” Discord shouted from the door.
The castle seemed oddly deserted. There were no guards at the gate. Twilight began to panic. There should be guards. She entered through the gate, the castle oddly deserted, there was nopony around anywhere.
Real fear gripped Twilight Sparkle. Canterlot castle seemed silent and deserted.
Twilight Sparkle strode forward, her horn lit up and ready to go, her hooffalls echoing through the empty halls. She made her way to the throne room, hoping that somepony would be there.
There was nopony.
And then Twilight heard something… A faint giggle and the clatter of hooves. Twilight Sparkle waited, cold chills running up and down her spine, terror filling her heart,
Try to remember when bladder was emptied last ✓
Twilight Sparkle heard the stampede, and it was coming right at her. She saw the multi-coloured mass charging for her, a giggling mass of ponies of all sorts, dozens and dozens of them. A mob of yearling foals.
Twilight was so taken by the sight that she did nothing to defend herself, and she was overtaken by the unruly mob of yearlings. They pounced upon her, knocking her down to the floor, kissing her, hugging her, tickling her body, ruffling her feathers, mussing up her mane and tail, burying her in affection, the foals giving Twilight Sparkle the snuggling of her life.
Twilight Sparkle was felled by the unruly mob of youngsters and left struggling to breathe, her bellowing guffaws from the ticklish assault booming off of the walls and through the empty hallways.
And then the mob was gone, off to prowl the castle, looking for more victims.
Bladder problem no longer a problem ✓
It took Twilight Sparkle several minutes to recover, her breath hitching in her barrel, her lungs burning, her sides hurting from laughter. The horrible little monsters had overpowered her and taken her out all too easily. She had been powerless against them. Twilight Sparkle had peed herself from the tickle assault.
“Psst!”
Twilight looked in the direction of the hissing whisper, and saw a guard pony gesturing at her, and doing so in a very quiet fashion.
Twilight Sparkle got to her hooves and went to see what he wanted.
The situation was grim. Celestia and Luna were holed up in Celestia’s room. Luna’s brood had staged a coup, overthrowing their mother’s authority and then overrunning Celestia quite easily. Nopony wanted to actually hurt the little foals, so it was determined that it was better to hide from them. The little tyrants were running amok, the unicorns in Luna’s brood already quite gifted in powerful magic. The unicorns had united the tribes, employing the pegasi as their guards, and using the earth pony foals as their forward offense.
In other worrisome news, the draconequus spawns had vanished from Canterlot castle. The only evidence of their passing was a flood of chocolate milk left in the dining hall.
Celestia’s own foals were in Celestia’s quarters, along with Windburn and a number of the castle staff. There was a real atmosphere of fear in the castle. Luna’s unicorns were considered armed and highly dangerous. It was an odd situation to find yourself in, at war with your own foals, your empire in jeopardy from yearlings.
The fear turned to terror when Twilight Sparkle told them of Quadrashy.
Between the three alicorns, it didn’t take long to figure out that the alicorns carried the genetic material for all of the pony races, which is why their eggs had hatched with all of the various tribes.
Twilight Sparkle realised that she couldn’t stay long… She felt the overpowering urge to go home and check on her own brood. She wished Celestia and Luna well with their efforts to reclaim the castle from Luna’s brood, and then flew away out balcony window in Celestia’s chambers, fear gripping her heart.
Hug something blue ✓
Twilight squeezed Trixie upon her return to the library, feeling a flood of relief now that she was home, but also fear. Things were clearly going wrong.
“Trixie has named our foals!” Trixie announced.
“I named one!” Spike said, grinning.
“Yeah, Spike named one, but Trixie allowed it!” Trixie crowed.
“I’m Columbia.” The earth pony filly foal announced.
“I’m Riff Raff!” The pegasus colt said cheerfully.
“I’m Rocky.” The unicorn announced. “Spike named me.”
“And this is Magenta. She doesn’t doesn’t say much.” Trixie said, hugging her little lunar pegasus to her barrel. Magenta peered out at Twilight and smiled sheepishly.
“And I named my self Frank N. Furter!” The draconequus shouted squeakily. “And soon, it will be time for me to begin my great work.”
“Great work?” Twilight repeated in alarm.
“Chaos! The greatest work there is!” Frank N. Furter replied.
“No.” Twilight Sparkle said sternly. “Any shenanigans and I will stand you in the corner.”
Frank N. Furter peered at his mother defiantly. “Is that so?” He crossed his tentacle and his tree sloth like leg over his tiny chest.
“Don’t push your luck, I’m having a rough day.” Twilight Sparkle warned.
Magenta meeped in alarm and clung to Trixie.
“Stand him in the corner! He’s a naughty brother. He made Magenta cry!” Columbia said.
“Yeah, Frank N. Furter is a real jerk.” Rocky announced.
“Rocky!” Trixie said.
“Chaos!” Frank N. Furter cackled.
Riff Raff ran to Twilight and threw his forelegs around Twilight’s neck, squeezing. “Frank is a big meanie.” Riff Raff whispered into Twilight’s neck.
Twilight rubbed her head, unsure of what to do.
The library door slammed open suddenly, a little draconequus running in, Discord hot on his heels. “Stop!” Discord shouted, trying to snatch the tiny draconequus.
The two small draconequus spawns stood and stared at one another, and everypony in the room froze, feeling an odd new tension in the air.
“So we meet at last.” Frank N. Furter announced.
“This meeting will be your last! I am YOUR DOOM!” Discord’s little draconequus squeaked, his eyes wide with manic glee. He stuck out two tongues and blew a stereophonic raspberry.
The two of them charged at one another, everypony watching, frozen in shock.
Frank N. Furter ripped the head off the other draconequus and began to devour it, the headless draconequus now running around in circles and clutching at its neck hole, pantomiming panic. Frank N. Furter’s tree sloth like claws made for fearsome weapons.
Discord looked absolutely horrified, his jaw actually hitting the floor. He bent down to pick up it up, and as he did so, Frank N. Furter ripped a leg free from the rival draconequus and began to devour it as well.
Twilight screamed in horror, her foals echoing her cries, and Trixie could only sit and stare in wide eyed terror.
Frank N. Furter devoured the other draconequus, slurped up the tail like a noodle, and then belched loudly. He snapped his tentacle and summoned a tiny cloud that rained chocolate milk.
Spike fainted dead away.
“Ultimate power!” Frank N. Furter screamed. He then took off, running out the door and into Ponyville, leaving behind a horrified family and one stunned elder draconequus.
“I have no idea what just happened!” Discord shouted in alarm, looking towards Twilight Sparkle.
“What the heck just happened?” Twilight demanded, knowing she wasn’t going to get an answer but demanding one anyway.
“We have to stop this!” Discord shouted, running out he door after Frank N. Furter.
Twilight took off in hot pursuit, her emotions a seething roiling mass.
They came out of the library just in time to see Frank N. Furter devouring another rival, cramming a leg into his mouth. Frank N. Furter seemed a little larger now, and he sped off, flying on tiny wings, looking for other rivals.
“Twilight!” Pinkie Pie shouted. “Everything is going crazy! There are little draconequus spawns fighting everywhere! They are eating one another!”
Twilight snatched Frank N. Furter in her magic, hoisting him into air. “You have no idea how much trouble you are in!” Twilight snapped.
“You dare oppose my great work?” Frank N. Furter cried. “Behold, the herald of your destruction!” Frank N. Furter snapped his tentacle and cackled like mad.
Pinkie Pie let out a gasp, and then began to wiggle and dance in place. “Twilight, run, Pinkie Sense says this is a doozer!” Pinkie warned.
Twilight Sparkle watched in terror as Pinkie Pie was suddenly one hundred and fifty feet tall. Or more. She towered over Ponyville, casting a shadow over the town. Pinkie Pie could crush a building with one misplaced hoof at this size. Or squash a pony into a pancake.
“DON’T MOVE PINKIE!” Twilight shouted.
Pinkie moved, pulling one hind leg up, squeezing her legs together, her knee pulled up into her groin.
“PINKIE PIE, WHAT IS WRONG?” Twilight shouted.
“I GOTTA PEE!” Pinkie Pie boomed. “REALLY REALLY GOT TO GO PEE! OH TWILIGHT, I’VE NEVER HAD TO PEE THIS BAD BEFORE!” Pinkie Pie began to cry, squirming, her leg crushing against her groin.
Twilight’s magic died and Frank N. Furter escaped, his mad laughter echoing in her ears.
OH HORSEAPPLES! ✓