//------------------------------// // The Master of Chaos to the Rescue (Edited) // Story: The Bats Return // by MetalBrony823 //------------------------------// Spike was still fast asleep in his bedroom, snoring softly. All of a sudden, he felt somepony wake him up. "Spike." whispered a familiar voice. "Wake up." the baby dragon rolled over the other direction, and said "Not now, daddy. Five more minutes." Discord gave him an annoyed look, and said while shaking him more violently "Spike! wake up!" Spike then woke up, nodding his head to and fro rapidly. "Wha? Wha-?". He looked at Discord, and said with a yawn. "Oh, hey Discord. What are you doing her so late. I'm trying to sleep." "Spike, listen to me." said Discord. "Something terrible is coming." "What? wha- what do you mean?" said Spike a little confused. "I was about to pay Twilight a visit, and my dear Fluttershy has.... she's a bat pony." said Discord. "What?!" Spike exclaimed with shock. "Where's twilight?" Discord gave him a sad look and said "I'm afraid she's.... she's been turned into a bat pony too, along with the rest of her friends. Now they are coming for Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie next." Spike gasped in complete shock to hear what was happening. "Wait a minute." said Spike a little suspicious. "Is this another one of your pranks?" "No!" said Discord. "I swear. I saw it with my own eyes. I've been watching Fluttershy transform almost all her friends into bat ponies. Even Sweetie Belle, Granny Smith, Applebloom, and the cakes have been bitten." "You have?" Spike asked. "Yes." Discord explained what he just saw. He told him how he went from Rarity's house, to the castle, to Sweet Apple Acres. He explained how Big Macintosh and Winona escaped from being bitten themselves. "Fluttershy said that she wanted you to be a special case." "Special case?" said the baby dragon dumbfounded. "I don't know. She didn't say what she meant. Probably to eat you." said Discord. "Eat Me?!" Spike exclaimed, with absolute horror. He was about to scream very loudly in horror, but Discord stopped him by covering his mouth with his lion hand, and screamed into it instead, like how somepony would scream into a pillow. After he screamed, Discord let his hand off his mouth, and Spike began hyperventilating. "Now, now, Spike." said Discord, trying to calm him down. "Don't panic. I understand how dire this is, but we can fix this." "How?" Spike exclaimed. "Can't Celestia and Luna fix this?" He remembered the supreme rulers of Equestria, and remembered that Celestia fixed everypony back to normal from the "Mr. Smarty-pants" incident. "I'm afraid it's a no dice, Spike." Said Discord sadly. "Both she and Luna are in Zebrabwe, trying to settle feuding tribes and wars between them, attempting to make them have peace. So, the pretty boy, Blueblood is in charge right now." What Discord said, make Spike more worried and scared than ever. "I'm pretty sure that Blueblood doesn't even know how to protect himself!" He exclaimed. He grabbed a doggy back out of nowhere, and breathed in it to calm himself down. After he was done, he was "what are we going to do now?" Discord thought of it for a moment, and thought of an idea. "Zecora!" he said. "She'll know what to do." "Wait, can't you do something about this? After all, you are very capable of magic." Spike pointed out "Well, yes... But... But... I am the master of chaos, not a miracle worker. Besides, I hardly know anything about vampire ponies such as this, because well.... I thought they were just a myth." Said Discord with guilt. Spike really hated to hear that, but he said "well, Zecora it is." "Right." Said Discord. "Let's go." Spike had a thought and said "Wait! You said that Big Mac escaped and hasn't turned. I want to find him before he turns into a bat pony, and... Other survivors we can save." "Very well." Said Discord. "But we must be careful. Fluttershy might have turned other residents into bat ponies as well. And we must make this quick." And in a caring voice, he said "I don't want you to end up like me dear Fluttershy." "Okay." The two went out of the castle, and saw that Ponyville looked the same way as it always is, but, they don't know that for sure. For what they know, Fluttershy, and the other elements might have bitten a lot of ponies in the town. A shiver went down e baby dragon's spine, and started shaking with fear, clinging to Discord. "Don't worry, Spike. I'm right here." Said Discord patting the baby dragon's head in comfort. "Just stay close and you'll be okay." Spike was a little uncertain about this. He knows that this isn't the best idea, but he had no choice. Fluttershy and her small army of bat-ponies will come for him, and he can't stay in Twilight's castle. The two then cautiously and quietly walked down the main road in Ponyville. Surprisingly, nothing stirred. Either almost the whole town was asleep, or, they have been turned into Fluttershy's minions, waiting for the perfect moment to strike at the two. Spike and Discord looked around them cautiously, seeing if Fluttershy and her servants are coming after them. Luckily, the two didn't see them. All of a sudden, the two saw Big Mac running as fast as he could. When Big Macintosh saw Spike and Discord, he decided to stop and see if they were alright. "Spike? Discord?" he said, stopping in front of them while catching his breath. "Are you.... okay?" "We're fine." said Spike. "What are you doing out here?" said Big Macintosh "Looking for you of course." Discord replied. "So was I." Big Mac pointed out. "Are you alright?" said Spike. "Yeah- i mean- no." said Big Mac. Fluttershy, Twilight, and Rarity both came into my house, as bat ponies, and bit my family. Except for me of course, because ah got away. Winona got out too, but... I don't know where she is." said Big Mac. "I hope she's alright." said Spike. "Where are they now?" said Spike. "They're probably out turning Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash into bat ponies, that's for sure." said Big Mac uncertain. "Help!" said a voice that sounded like a colt, along with the sound of running hooves. The three looked to see who it was. It was Pipsqueak. Who was running in fear for an unknown reason. "Pip?" said Spike. "What's wrong?" "Fluttershy, princess Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Applejack are vampires!" Pip answered in absolute terror. "They tried to turn me into one too!" Discord, Spike, and Big Mac gasped in shock. "Are you hurt?" asked Big Mac. "No." Pip replied. The three felt a tad-bit relieved to hear what Pip said. "We need to get to Zecora's." said Discord to the three. "She'll know what to do." "Right." said Spike, Big Mac, and Pip in unison. "Not if we have anything to say about it." said a voice that sounded a lot like Rainbow Dash. The four looked up from behind them, and there they were; Fluttershy, Twilight, Pinkie, Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash, all bat-ponies. "Oh my Celestia!" said Spike with horror "Whoa!" exclaimed Pipsqueak with the same feeling Spike has, which was utterly terrified. "Ah, hello Discord." Said Fluttershy in her usual soft and adorable voice. "Fluttershy? Twi? Guys?" Said Spike, completely scared. "Is.... Is that you?" Twilight giggled evilly and said "oh Spike, of course it's us." "Yeah." Said Rainbow Dash in a devious voice. "We just have cool new powers. He he he." "Thank goodness we found you, Spike." Said Fluttershy. "We were just looking for you. I wanna tell you that I have something special planned for you. Isn't that right, my servants?" "Yes, your majesty." said the other five bat ponies in unison. "Where are the rest of the ponies in Ponyville?" Said Spike "We're right here." Said. Filly's voice that sounded like Scootaloo. From rooftop from a house, three small figures flew off of it. It was Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Applebloom, all of them as bat ponies, grinning evilly upon the four on the ground. Behind them, flew many other figures that appeared to be the rest of Ponyville as bat-ponies, also grinning evilly Spike gulped with terror, and was shaking. "Discord, he- help." He said, too scared to put words together. "Every pony, cling on to me." Said Discord. Pipsqueak. Big Mac, and Spike grabbed on to Discord, and he snapped was about to snap his finger to teleport somewhere else. "Oh no you don't." Said Fluttershy. "Girls, get them!" She ordered. "Yes, my queen." Said the mane five. They, with Fluttershy ahead of them, swooped down, ready to attack the four, but Discord snapped his finger just in time for the, to escape. The six main ponies stopped, realizing they are gone. "Drat." Said Rarity "They got away." Said Applejack, kicking the dirt "Don't worry, girls." Said Fluttershy. With an evil smile, she said "we'll find him. They can't run forever." "That's a good point." Said Twilight. "What shall we do now?" She asked Fluttershy thought of it for a moment, and said "I was thinking that you can turn my cottage into a castle for me and my critter friends." "Of course, your majesty." Said Twilight evilly. Zecora's hut Discord, along with Spike, Pipsqueak, and Big Mac, teleported right inside Zecora's house, their safe-haven. "Well, what do we have here?" Said Zecora, walking to where the noise of the teleportation came from. She gasped with surprise and said "why it's Spike my dear." She looked at Discord, Pipsqueak, and Big Macintosh. "And what brings you all to my humble home, for guests, it doesn't have a large dome." "Zecora." Said Spike. "We... We need your help. Fluttershy turned into a bat-pony, and turned all of Ponyville into bat-ponies too, except for us!" Zecora gave a surprised look on he face for a few seconds, but after that, she chuckled. "Oh little Spike, what you said cannot be serious, and no offense, but I think you all are delirious." "We are not hallucinating." Said Pip. "We're telling you the truth, miss Zecora." The zebra's face looked a little more serious. "How could that be? You sound truthful, because if you are not playing a joke, then You would have not come into my tree." "Yeah, no kidding." Said Big Macintosh. "We need a cure her Fluttershy and all her friends, Zecora." Said Discord. "You are clearly a master of cures after." "You speak the truth." said Zecora. "But it will take time for me to mix up a cure for a large bat-pony group." "What's? But.. But... We don't have time. They can take over All of Equestria." Said Spike. "Do not worry." Said Zecora. "Everything will go back to normal if you cure Fluttershy, who is the queen, then everything will go back to being normal and clean." "Are you sure?" Discord said "I have read a lot in the books, and it can be easy as it can look." Zecora answered. "For now, you all must take shelter here, for I care deeply for your well dear." Spike looked at Discord, and said "thanks for saving me....Discord." "Oh don't mention it." Said the master of chaos. "I was just trying to help my friend." Spike smiled at the comment, touched by what Discord just said. "I just hope we can fix this." Said Pipsqueak, very worried. "Don't worry." Said Big Macintosh. In a smile, he said to the colt, "We will." He thought of Applejack and thought "oh, AJ, you'll be back to normal soon." Chapter Ending Music Rights for this song go to Black Sabbath