Kingdom of Monsters
Chapter 4
Adamancy of Wolves
“How do I get you to work?” Eclipse asked herself as she tinkered with the marks on the wall, trying different spells on them.
“Do you need help my queen?” Ashburn asked as she used her new wings to blaze a trail over to her, leaving sparks in her wake. Her pride could be useful. Eclipse thought as she looked over to her slave.
“No, but how do you think we should go about improving Spike?” Eclipse asked to keep her busy.
“Dragons can breathe fire, so there must be a source. If I can get to that, the rest should happen on its own,” Ash said, though she had no idea what she just talked about.
“That just might work. We'll have to try it later,” Eclipse said as one of the markings lit up. “Let’s go. One of the elements is nearing the cave."
“Yes my queen,” the vampire and elemental said as Eclipse teleported them out.
Applejack thought she was a flame in the distance. It doesn’t seem too big... she thought as she went out with a bucket of water to the Everfree forest. As she walked towards the source of the light, her thoughts started to wonder. What caused the fire? Will Zecora be there? Will this one little bucket of water be enough? She was so deep in thought, she didn’t even notice when she went off the path towards the cavern. When she entered the cave, the torches petrified her. They screamed of her impending burning hell should she touch them.In the center of the room, the source of the 'fire' became clear. Applejack moved towards it slowly, not wanting any booby traps to spring on her. As she neared the center, she started to smell the smoke. It smelled amazing.
She didn’t notice she dropped the bucket. She didn’t notice she started drooling, either. All she could focus on was that delicious smell and what it's origin would taste like. When she finally made it to the source of the smoke, her body started to change. Claws started digging their way through her hooves her nose started to morph itself into a wolf’s. Her teeth grew and became sharpened. At first it was painful, then the farm pony’s ability to think started to desentigrate, making her only feel pleasure as her body morphed. As the smoked dissipated, so did Applejack's inner light. Her thoughts were consumed with darkness and feral emotion.
“How are you, my lycan?” Eclipse asked as she teleported herself and her slaves back to the cavern.
“That’s a mighty good question,” The lycan said, not being able to come up with anything else. Then she felt a surge of darkness. Her body became twice as big. Her face became a wolf's. A mark appeared on her hoof of a claw ripped out of a apple.
“Answer the question,” Ash said from the corner.
“I feel great,” the lycan in question growled out. “If you allow me my queen, do you know how all of this, this greatness happened?”
“I think I can answer that,” a dark voice boomed as the king of darkness appeared in front of the monsters, with his trademark grin in tow.