//------------------------------// // The Ivamora // Story: Ananomogamous // by The Psychopath //------------------------------// As War continued to walk through the dark and humid forest, he came upon what looked like a flowery crater with a small "tower" made of dirt in it's middle. This place was filled with blue and yellow flowers swaying by some unknown means. Covering the brown/orange dirt hill in the middle was what looked like several green vines which ended in huge lumps. The horseman looked at this area and "grinned" his eyes. The apocalypse had already fallen, and the possibility of any form of life remaining seemed to have been an impossible oversight by both warring forces. War walked through the flowers, crushing them as he went closer to the vines to try and see if this was not a demonic trick. Thinking about it, the skies usually had balls of fire fall down, bringing with it a new demon. Even the Hellguard, the angels locked outside of Heaven due to their defeat, were frequently seen flying overhead, sometimes upon their heavenly beasts. But this silence was unnatural for War, who yearned for an explanation as to his location, and a return to his own world in order to kill Straga and restore the balance. An oversight of War led to his learning of what the "vines" were in reality. ( This should fit the feeling of the beast. It is known to be in a calm environnment after all.) The "lumps" swayed around violently as the vines straightened and curved to show what was actually a giant beast of plants. The lumps of this beast were actually it's heads. Seven in total, and each were much different from the other. The majority of the heads resembled the flowers lying down around the creature while the main head was actually quadruple-mawed and had both yellow jagged petals pointing forward while the blue petals seemed to seep with some sort of poison. The vines kept swaying around while the few leaves attached to this things flipped and spun occasionally. This creature gave out a terrible roar that cracked the rocks and trees around it. The horseman barely even reacted. However, the changelings following him around were not so fortunate. Watching from the safety of their bushes, some of the love-parasites had fallen to the floor in seizure. "M-m-my queen!" yelled one of the changelings as he looked behind himself in worry. The queen continued to look at this scene. One of the most powerful and dangerous of the Everfree monsters against the one who would make her plan complete. Chrysalis gave off a wicked smile as she felt the power flow upon her "glamorous" body, her fangs dripping in anticipation. "Ignore them. I want to see if what we summoned would indeed be what I'm looking for." The changeling started to panic as he saw the insanity written on his queen's face. "But, that is the Ivamora. No beast alive has ever left it's domain once it has trampled the flowers. You know as well as I that that thing is unkillable!" "YES! And that is exactly why I must see if this being is powerful enough to get out of this encounter alive. Now be quiet!" The main head of the Ivamora swayed gently from side to side as green acid dripped from it's jagged "fly trap" like mouth, while the other heads occassonally clapped their heads in eagerness, also swaying gently from side to side. The horseman didn't even look up. "Hmph. I don't have time to play with a flower." he said as he walked around the mount of dirt the Ivamora rested on. Unfortunately, a huge wall of intertwining vines completely blocked War's passage. Finally looking up, he could see the main head "looking" at him. It finally roared again, and War took out his sword, hopping away the vines swinging at him. He jumped back and frowned. "If your wish is death, then I shall send you to my brother." he said before slamming his sword into the ground and causing several blades to swipe out from beneath the Ivamora, who yelped and fell off it's perch. The horseman walked slowly towards the "up-rooted" plant, ready to pierce it's heads with his sword, but the Main head suddenly turned around and threw two of it's blue petals at War, who narrowly dodged them and jumped back. The petals stuck to a tree, which decayed into slime in naught but a moment. War looked behind him then back to the Ivamora that was now standing tall, unaffected by it's lack of roots. "Hmm. A plant capable of movement without it's roots. Surely,this a reject of the Creator. It will die the same as everything else that has blocked my path." The Ivamora roared yet again, tearing away any of the more fragile stones and trees to mere shreds. The creature started to "slide" across the ground to reach War, throwing it's heads and spitting acid at him quite frequently, the horseman could not approach due to the quantity of acid being spat at him. So, he did the next best thing. Taking out jis glaive as well as his four barreled gun "Mercy", the horseman threw the glaive far behind the creature, confusing both it and the watching changelings. Ignoring that "miss", the plant-monster returned to attacking War, only to start getting blasted to pieces by the gun. War remained in place as every part of the plant creature was torn to shreds with every shot. This creature was now down to it's last head, and it was twitching and writhing as several pieces of it's now holed body chipped off by themselves. The Ivamora only had three of it's maws left, and it's mouth seemed to be filled with a massive amount of it's green acid saliva. As it readied it's attack, War simply put up his giant gauntlet in silence, causing the creature to flinch. Yet, nothing happenned, and it readied once more. *schlink* The head fell onto the floor, and War put his glaive back in place as he turned around to exit the area. "Hmph. That was a good warm-up. I wonder if any worthy adversaries shall present themselves." *jitterjitter* "What?" The body of the Ivamora was shaking, and every part of it was regenerating at an incredible rate. Now the beast had fourteen heads. It was like a hydra, and the main head was still there, "staring" War down from a high vantage point. "I see. It seems I will need to use better tactics to kill what is supposed to be immortal." The horseman closed his eyes and started to spin in the air while he was being surrounded by orange and red streams of flames. Suddenly, these flames surrounded him entirely for just a brief moment, then expanded outwards to reveal War's chaos form. The horseman was now twice his usual size, and his body seemed to flow like lava. He now had "skinless" wings, the three bones hanging over his back like destroyed hope. His sword, Chaoseater, was equally imbued with the same powers, although it glowed a very bright yellow-white and was more jagged in appearance, like a scimitar. War's appearance was now akin to a demon with two giant horns sticking forward from his forehead, then going upwards. His new "tail" ended in a type of spear-head, while his legs were like most demons: bent backwards. The Ivamora was still unimpressed and sent it's minor heads to grab War's form and lock him in place. The main head expelled it's yellow petals, piercing through War and going through several trees behind as well. The plant beast then expelled the blue petals into the holes, expecting the enemy to melt away, but nothing happenned. War's Chaos form looked up and tore away the vines by simply moving. He then struck several times with his sword, causing the ground to shake with every swipe. The Ivamora was literally desintegrated in the end, as was the entire area. No flowers remained, and only little green chunks remained. Looking over the pieces of this foe, War reverted back to his original form. "Quite the fighter. A much better challenger than the Stygian, although it lacked in size..." The horseman expected the Watcher to come out at any moment, yet nothing happenned. There was a problem. "Watcher." War growled into his gauntlet. A green mist exited it and turned into the sprite. "What is it horseman? Oh! You wish to know about the Council? I still can't contact them." "But that's impossible. The council could not have been-" "Watch what you say, War. There are some things you cannot speak, even in your thoughts." the Watcher said as his skinny fingers wrapped the air around War's face. "I must know where I am. Try again, or we may be doomed to wander this realm for all eternity." "My pleasure." The watcher returned to the gauntlet, mumbling something that was intelligible to the horseman. War looked back to make sure the creature was finally dead and, with a sense of satisfaction, went back to traveling through the woods. The changelings were completely shocked, yet queen Chrysalis looked quite excited. "By Morvis, it...it actually destroyed the Ivamora. We must stay away from it!" yelled a changeling. He had his front legs close to his mouth, and the rear legs he was standing on shook furiously. "Ohohohoho! What a monster! Yes. It will do perfectly. Keep close to it. I must contact it, quickly!" The changelings galopped out of their hiding spot and towards the last known location, leaving those who had undergone a seizure behind. Instead of finding the warrior clad in his frightening armor, small specks of flame could be seen on the floor. Looking far away, one could see what looked like a huge equidae being ridden by the creature. Queen Chrysalis screamed in fury. She couldn't go back out, not after what had happenned at Canterlot. The queen cursed and kicked about as her rage turned her red. "Come. We must return to Morvis." she said, looking furiously at the ground. "Why?" asked one of the remaining changelings. "Because I must remake my plan, and the Ivamora is starting to expell a seed that will bring it back very soon." The changeling yiped in fear as it looked behind itself and fleed further away into the forest. Chrysalis would have her revenge, and seeing how powerful this creature was, it would be a piece of cake to achieve it. Yet, a change of events that she did not foresee occurred. This creature had a mount, and it was very fast. She would have to drag him back into the forest by any means necessary. As War hung onto Ruin's black mane as this gigantic flaming horse ran and hopped throughout the forest, a few more obstacles came into view, such as a giantic boulder. A few shots from Mercy, and the rock was as good as gone. The further he went, the less thick the vegetation became. War slowed Ruin down, who snorted in dissappointment for the short run. They were near the edge of the forest, and war would have to be careful. The horseman sent his bulky brown steed back into the flames and hid behind a tree near the light going through the trees. The horseman heard something singing and expected to see a succubus draining it's next victim of all life, or, perhaps, an angel singing of it's torment. Instead, after leaning further, War could see what looked like a tiny yellow pegasus with a pink mane and tail petting a rabbit on it's and surrounded by a bunch of other woodland creatures. What was near her was another one of these strange Equidae. This one was more of a lavender color. She had a blue mane and tail, although one pink and purple stripe flowed through one portion, and the mane was slightly spread apart by a horn protruding from it's head. She seemed to be talking to the yellow one, who nodded in approval. This "Twilight Sparkle", as the yellow pegasus called it, went into a house made from a hollowed-out tree. War looked at these creatures, completely estranged. He wasn't sure what to make of this scene. Atleast he was certain he was no longer upon the charbroiled Earth. Perhaps there was some form of "balance" here, and a powerful demon or an Old One that could return him to Earth. His duty was to the balance, and nothing would get in his way. He took one step away from the tree, and the yellow pegasus stopped singing as even the bears and wolves that seemed tamed became viscious monsters. "H-hello? Is anypony there?" War walked forward, although his body couldn't be seen, the "eye sockets" of his knee-plate had light reflect off of it, giving the pegasus the impression that this was a tiny creature standing close to her. The yellow pegasus lowered herself to "it's" level and started making gestures with her hoof while sporting a very kind and "adorable" face, although War was amused at this misinterpretation. Well...as amused as a Horseman of the Apocalypse can be. He started to walk forward, his boots stomping powerfully onto the dead leaves and branches which lay strewn upon the ground. The yellow pegasus looked so happy, and she moved slowly backwards, still mumbling insanities to War's ears. "There you go. Just so you know, my name is Fluttershy, what's yourrrrrrr....*gasp*" Once War was being embraced by the light of a living sun, Fluttershy looked up to see this truly frightening creature. It was worse than a dragon, Nightmare Moon, and a hydra put together! While she sat on her rear, her left hoof shaking in front of her mouth, War stared at her from his extreme heights. "Cc-c-c-c-" "Stop stuttering and answer me clearly." he said coldly. Fluttershy yelped an "okay" before rolling into a ball. "W-w-w-what d-d-d- yy-y-ou want?" "I want to know where I am." "You're in E-ee-e-....-e-e-e..." "WHERE?!" That last roar broke Fluttershy who started to cry in fear as War grabbed her with his massive gauntlet and stared at this fearful creature in confusion. This obviously wasn't an illusion either, as demons wouldn't lower themselves to this point. However, as War started to look at this tiny thing crying in front of his typical "angry" face, another voice was heard, followed by a magic bolt deflected by the horseman's free hand. "Let go of Fluttershy!" Twilight Sparkle yelled as her horn glew an extremely bright purple. War simply turned his head and stared blatantly at this newcomer. "Hmph. A witch." he mused. He was having quite an unusual amount of encounters, although this was typical in the life of a Horseman of the Apocalypse, and, being the Horseman impersonating war in all it's forms, he appreciated battle quite alot, but he never smiled, and this is what unnerved many around him. Would this new encounter be yet another menace? Probably not.