belongs to the beasts

by Megaphiles

Evolving War Machine

Alex felt something similar to sleep, but it wasn’t sleep, it felt more like if they were dead, but that didn’t meant it felt bad, it was more similar to a night of sleep without a dream but it didn’t have that feeling of rest sleeping had

[Starting the E.W.M.] said a robotic voice Alex couldn’t recognize

Then they opened their eyes and Alex suddenly felt very small, and then noticed They were small, something similar to a dog

Alex started looking around confused and scared, until Alex noticed they were on a forest which scared Alex even more

‘Oh god, am i going to die?! What if a wolf attacks me?!’ Alex asked to themselves

Alex tried to put their arms on their head in a show of pure panic but then noticed something… they didn’t have any, and then they screamed, a compressed and unnatural scream

Alex fell back and noticed their new body, a tail and two clawed legs welcomed them to this nightmare and Alex’s panic attack would have continued if it wasn’t because… they were now a robot And suddenly all the fear disappeared

Alex looked amazed at their new body similar to a mechanic baby T-Rex with their eyes being a bright purple, Alex started marveling on their own mechanisms

They were able to jump, their tail was totally articulated, they could spin their neck 360 degrees and it was not only extremely fun but also helped Alex to notice something, they were nauseous or even tired of jumping, running and spinning around so much

Alex chuckled “this is… is the coolest thing to ever happen to me” then noticed their voice was different, Robotic and compressed like a Arcade machine game from the 90’s but it only added more to the charm in Alex’s eyes

Alex would have continued jumping around, chuckling and seeing what else their new body could do until something took their attention

“Is that a wolf or a pile of sticks that look like a wolf?” Asked Alex to itself

Alex took a slightly closer look and saw it was just a pile of sticks… a pile of sticks with glowing eyes that growled at them

Alex didn’t think twice before doing the reasonable thing to do, scream and run

The wolf thing chased after Alex and while Alex thought they could just run until the wolf thing got tired, but then realized a pile of sticks can’t get tired so they searched for another way of escaping, Alex saw a opportunity in a huge tree with roots the size of anacondas coming from the ground, normally it would have meant nothing but this new size helped them to dash under the roots and dodge the bites of the monster, however the wolf things wasn’t just fast but smart, it tried to corner Alex a couple of times jumping on the roots in a attempt to reach Alex

But the machine was far smarter, Alex noticed a particular root that was just big enough for their plan to work, they waited a second in front of the root, trembling has the monster approached, and then jumped out of the way has the wolf thing’s head got stuck, Alex couldn’t repress the urge to use their new dinosaur like body and roared monster

That was a mistake since the wolf thing seemed to get angry at Alex’s taunt and started trying to rip the root to shreds

Alex started panicking, looking around for someone to stop the monster with, and then their eyes landed on a huge rock, Alex thought for a second and then bite on he rock with their robotic mouth, piercing through it to grab it tightly, and then used it to smash the head of the wolf thing into pieces

Alex then threw the rock away with surprising strength and fell on its back, a bit shocked about the whole event, then noticed the pieces of the wolf thing’s head moving back to the body

“Oh no” said Alex to themselves, they proceeded to panic once more searching for a place to hide and then choose to climb a tree; finding out their new metallic claws are great for climbing

Has the monster regenerated and escaped from its improvised trap, Alex tried its best to not attract the thing’s attention and luckily it worked

Once the wolf was gone Alex decided to stay at the top of the tree

“I’m pathetic” Alex said to themselves “before and after turning into this machine… I wish I wasn’t so defenseless and pathetic”

Then Alex heard a click and something appeared on its view, it was a digital window, Alex tried to reach for it but noticed it wasn’t actually there but was only shown by their robotic mind, something similar to Ironman

Alex then thought how to manipulate this “screen?” And with a simple thought it started scrolling through the archive, it was the blueprints of their body and the blueprints of a kind of energy cannon

Then Alex got a idea, Alex used their mind once again and found out they can modify their body with a thought

So Alex repurposed some parts, altered others, changed a couple of things and now they felt… different

Alex closed the window on their mind and climbed off the tree, concentrated to activate its new weapon and… BAM! A small cannonball of purple energy flew through the air and left a burning hole in a tree

Alex at the sight of this cackled, but slowly that laugh stopped being of happiness and instead of something else, something maddening, Alex laughed so hard it attracted the wolf thing once more

And this time when the monster jumped to attack Alex, the machine blasted the monster leaving only a pile of burning sticks

Alex laughed and laughed until other two of those wolf things appeared

“You think you can face me? Don’t you know this forest belongs to a beast? Well, let me tell you that beast is ME!” Alex burned down the two monsters but they didn’t stop there

Alex kept shooting and it wasn’t for survival or to kill some monster, it was for fun, Alex felt powerful and they loved that sensation

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Rainbow dash flied through Ponyville ready to take off until her friends approached to her

“Rainbow dash, Fluttershy saw a new monster appear in the forest and is hunting everything on its path, and she’s scared it might kill all forest critters if we don’t do something” said twilight

Sorry girls, I would love to kick some monstrous butt, but they called me for a emergency, a giant forest fire appeared out of nowhere in forest Leota and is approaching to Caracows so they’re calling all the best Pegasus available to cause a rain strong enough to extinguish it, but hey, if you fail and the monster escapes then I’ll be more than happy to be the one to hunt it down” said rainbow dash, adding a small smile at the end before flying away

Applejack then noticed Fluttershy trembling a bit

“What the matter?” Asked applejack

“I’m just a bit scared of fighting that monster without Rainbow dash” answered Fluttershy

“Oh please darling, rainbow dash might be good fighting and all that but we aren’t defenseless without her” said Rarity

“And after practicing so much with my party cannon in the wedding incident last week, I think we’ll do pretty well against some oversized lizard, OH maybe I can adopt it so they can be Gummy’s sibling!” Said Fluttershy

“Pinkie No! This is a dangerous monster that killed a bear” said twilight

Fluttershy was calmed by her friend’s talk but still, she couldn’t shake the feeling of dread knowing that beast was out there

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[RandomCommentor]

Much better grammar for this chapter than the last, though some sentences need proper capitalization and punctuation.