//------------------------------// // Chapter Three: Monster Definitely // Story: A Displaced Monster // by Prince_Zodiac //------------------------------// Chapter Three: Monster, Definitely {Twilight's POV} I was sitting in Lisa's living room. Even though it appeared that Lisa had healed, she still hadn't waken up. My friends and I were really worried about her. It seemed that whatever allowed her to heal could heal her skin fast, but that was just to stop the bleeding. Her innards were a different story. Although her organs were healing too, it seemed that it would take a lot longer. To top it off, she was in some sort of, hibernation state, and nothing would wake her up until she was fully healed. I couldn't tell if that was a natural reaction that her body had, or if she had been in that much pain. We tried to speed up her healing, but her body would just devour the magic like it was food, and it just kept her from getting hungry. So, to keep her fed, we just kept giving her healing magic. It had been a couple days since Lisa had fought the rake. She seemed to be getting better, so I wasn't too worried. Of course, for the first two days I had constant panic attacks but, that was normal for any person, right? Right? "Twilight?" "EEK!" I screamed. "Oh sorry," I heard Celestia say. "Are you okay?" "Yeah I'm fine," I replied with a sheepish smile. "You just surprised me. I was deep in thought." Celestia smiled. "Well I just wanted to tell you some good news," Celestia said. "Lisa is recovering nicely. She might even be able to wake up today." "That's great!" I yelled in excitement. Celestia nodded. "By the way, where's Applejack and Rainbow Dash?" Celestia asked. "Huh? Oh, they went back to Ponyvile to get some food," I said. "Hmm, I hope that monster Lisa fought doesn't come after them." Celestia says with worry. "Don't worry," I said. "Lisa said that for some reason, that monster doesn't like daylight, and it's a beautiful day out. They should be fine." Celestia nodded. "I certainly hope so. Well this has been fun but I believe I have to leave now," she said as she walked away. I nodded. "Bye Celestia!" I said. She waved goodbye, got on her chariot, and left. I decided to check up on Lisa. When I got into her room, she was still sleeping peacefully. I can't belive that just a few days ago, she looked like she had seen the worst. She had been all cut up and damaged, but now she looked like she was fine, from the outside at least. Inside, I knew she was still beat up pretty bad. But, the doctors said that she'd make a full recovery, and she might even wake up today! I hope she will. No one had gotten the chance to thank her for saving Celestia. Pinkie would probably throw her the biggest "Welcome-to-Ponyville-and-thank-you-for-saving-Celestia-party" ever. I can only hope Lisa likes parties. I then heard the door open. "Hello?" It was Applejack. I went to the living room. "Hey girls," I said happily. "Hey Twi," Rainbow said. They both had saddle bags full of food. "How's Lisa doing?" Applejack asked. "A lot better," I answered. "In fact, she might actually wake up today!" "That's great!" Applejack said. "I know right?" I said. "Hey where's everypony else?" Rainbow asked "Well, Rarity went to chew out those newspaper guys for what they said about Lisa, Pinkie went to prepare Lisa's party in advance for when she'd be able to come to Ponyvile, Fluttershy went to check on her animals, and Celestia had to head back to Canterlot." "Oh," Rainbow replied. They brought the food to the kitchen. Lisa's friend stopped teleporting us food. How do I know? Well, the last batch of food he sent us came with a note. It said that the rake wouldn't bother us for a while, and he had other important things he needed to take care of. Something about sending a dragon and a robot to another dimension. Anyways, now that the rake was gone, we could get our own food. It seemed kind of rude to do that, but I'm sure that other business he had was just as important. After putting all of the food away, we all sat in the living room and started to watch a movie. I had only seen movies in the human world, so I was really excited when Lisa showed us that she had movies. We were watching a movie called Pitch Perfect. Lisa said it was one of her favorites, so we tried it out. It was actually pretty good. The music was good, and the jokes were really funny. Though, some of them I didn't get. By the time the movie was done, the sun had started to dip into the horizon. "I wonder where Rarity is." Rainbow Dash said. "She said she was going to come back," I said with worry. "Ah'm sure she's fine," Applejack said. Then we all heard a scream. It sounded like Rarity! "Oh yeah, she sure sounds fine," Rainbow said as we all ran out the door. The sun had gone down by this point, and the moon was high in the sky. It had officially become night. I could only hope that nothing we couldn't handle was chasing Rarity. We were about to make it to the edge of the forest, when Rarity ran out. She was being chased by, no, it couldn't be. It was the rake. But how? Lisa's friend had said that the rake wouldn't be bothering us for a while! Then, a second one came out. Followed by a third, and a fourth. So Lisa's friend ment that specific rake. Well ponyfeathers. Rarity came running into the clearing, the rakes chasing after her. However, once they got in, some sort of barrier stopped them from getting in any further. More and more came, and they started to punch and claw at the barrier, voicing their maddened roars of protest. Rarity ran up to us. "Rarity are you okay?" I asked. "Yes I'm fine," she replied, fear evident in her voice. "But those things almost got me!" "Don't worry, that barrier should hold them," Rainbow Dash said. Then we heard a crack. I looked to the closest rake. I could see a crack in the barrier. It was getting weaker. "What?" Rarity said. "How are they breaking the barrier?" I thought about it for a second. That barrier was super strong, and was completely made of magic, so how were they damaging it? Unless, I took another look at that rake. Unlike the others, he was biting the barrier, not scratching it. That was it! Like Lisa, these things could eat raw magic. And the whole barrier was made of raw magic! The others took notice of what that on rake was doing, and they started to do the same. The cracks on the barrier were getting bigger and bigger. Eventually, part of it broke. After that, eating the barrier became easy. More and more of the barrier was getting devoured. soon, there was a large enough hole for some of the rakes to fit through. As they started to walk in, we ran to the house. Then more spots where the rakes could walk in started to appear around the whole cabin, and one ran in. It cut us off, and we had to stop. One by one, they all flooded in. We were surrounded. "Twilight, what do we do?" Applejack asked in fear. "I... I don't know." I looked at the rake in front of me. It lifted up it's hand, and swung. I closed my eyes, ready for the pain. It never came. I opened my eyes, and saw the rake was frozen in place. All of them had stopped. The rake that had just tried to attack me, had a tendril of darkness, right through it's chest. The dark tentacle threw the rake into the air, grabbed it's body, then ripped it in half, and threw the pieces into the crowed of rake's. I looked behind me, and saw Lisa. But, something didn't feel right. When I looked at her, I felt like I was looking at a monster, not my newest friend. "GET. AWAY. FROM. MY. FRIENDS!" She said each word slowly, and shouted the last one. Her tandrils of darkness dived out and spun, knocking away all of the rakes. She then looked down at us. "You four, inside, now." she said. "Lisa?" I asked. "I said NOW!" she yelled. I flinched, but nodded. The girls and I ran past the rake that were still getting up. As I ran, I heard Lisa say something. "Okay you pathetic excuse for monsters," she said. A cut suddenly appeared on her face. The cut then opened up to make a blood filled mouth. "Let's have some fun!" The rakes all roared at her and charged. She roared back and leaped into the air. She dived into the back of monsters, and started ripping them apart. She was merciless. Crushing their heads, legs, arms, ripping them in half or ripping off body parts. She was laughing in insane glee, and roaring like the rakes. At least whenever she killed one, they didn't have blood in them. Otherwise, I'm pretty sure I would have thrown up five times at least. I came to one conclusion. This was not Lisa. This was some, monster that shared her body, but that was not her. She had killed half of them in about two minuets. She wouldn't stop killing them. She didn't even leave the ones that were trying to leave alive. After four minutes, she had killed them all. She was just, standing there. She then looked to the sky and let out a terrifying roar. Then, the cut that made her blood filled mouth disappeared, and she fell to the ground. We ran outside to her. "LISA!" We all cried. "Are you okay?" I asked once we got to her. She sat up and shook her head. "Yeah yeah I'm fine," she said. She then noticed the bodies around her. "Whoa, what happened here?" "Um, you did," I answered. "What?" she asked. "What do you mean by that?" "Well, all of these rakes got in, and they tried to attack us," I began. "Then suddenly, you were here, and you attacked them. You had this cut that acted like a mouth, and you fought like you were a puppet that was being controlled by something else." "A cut?" She said. "And I fought like a puppet? Hmm." She sat there and thought for a minute. Then realization hit her face. "Oh, oh no, oh no no no. S-She didn't hurt any of you did she?" "No s- wait, she?" I asked. Lisa sighed. "Look, remember when I said that I was a nightmare that kept other nightmares away?" "Yeah," "Well, there's a reason for that. You see, for as long as I've been here, there's always been something else." "Like what?" "Well, you see all of those other monsters right?" We all nodded. "Well, I'm supposed to be like them." "What do you mean?" "Those monsters were born like that. But I wasn't born here, I wasn't always like this." "What do you mean?" "I'm not ready to tell you yet. Let's just say I used to be, something else. Anyways, when I first got here, I heard this voice in my head, telling me to be like those other monsters. To just kill for no reason. I eventually tuned it out, and it stopped bugging me. But every once in a while, my inner monster comes out, usually in a fit of rage or want to protect something. When that happens, I lose control, and she goes on a rampage." "Who's she?" Rainbow asks. "Her name is Slender Woman, and she is my inner monster." We all gasp. "That's terrible," Rarity says. "It's not so bad," Lisa replies sadly. "At least she stopped fighting for control a long time ago. And she only comes when it's really bad. Otherwise, she keeps to herself." "Are you going to be okay?" I asked. "Y-Yeah I.. I'll, be f-fine," she said. She sounded like she was about to cry. "It's just that, the last time this happened, I hurt.. no, I killed someone who was close to me." She started to cry. The girls and I hugged her as she cried. We took her inside, and sat her down on her couch. We made her some soup, and brought it o her. "T-Thanks girls," Lisa said. "Sorry for breaking down, I just, never wanted to remember what happened all those years ago." "It's okay dear," Rarity said. "If I was in your position, I would be acting the same way if not worse." "Yeah," Applejack said. "You're handling this a whole lot better than Ah ever would." She nodded and ate her soup. We spent the night at her house again so we could be there for her. After all, for something like that, no one should be alone for it.