While I'm asleep one night, Luna tries to tell me that I'll never succeed at being evil. After I follow her to Equestria through her portal, I find myself in the castle at Canterlot. Now I have to decide if I want to conquer or leave this w
When the moon is not in the sky, and the sun does not rise, this world shall be mine!
Now that I have your attention, here's a cookie. Have you ever had a goal so strong that you would do almost anything to accomplish it, but when you were given the capability to succed you almost hesitated? Welcome to my life. I had decided that I wanted to conquer all of Earth and dreamed of doing so. Out of lethargy I never did though...now, with a chance encounter, I am able to make my dream a reality, but at a price. For the world I was given was already ruled by two sisters, now the question is: Will that stop me?
“Yes, everything is coming together…soon I will have all that I need.” I said as I held the device in my hand grinning from ear to ear “now, where did I put the TV remote?”
Allow me to introduce myself, I am ‘Slaughter’ the most feared and evil villain this side of the planet. Most people call me by my real name, but for security (and trolling) reasons I will not tell you. Well…feared and evil may be a stretch in that I don’t really know what I am doing. Most of my villainy goes rather unnoticed here. But, that is about to change, for I have been introduced to a show called ‘MLP’. The show is strange with ponies of many colors running around doing human things. That is what I thought until I saw Nightmare Moon, an evil I came to respect. But then she went and became a goody-goody…how irritating. If you haven’t guessed already, I am about to watch the show now.
“Ah, the remote…now let’s see what happens.” It turned out to be the episode where Spike grew with greed. “One of my favorites at least, too bad he turns back to normal.” I grumbled.
“11:00 p.m.!? when did that happen, last I checked it was noon!” I realized what time it was and decided to get ready for bed. I quickly changed and went to bed satisfied with the episodes I had watched.
It wasn’t long till I had fallen asleep and started dreaming. “Oh, great one of those ‘I know I’m dreaming’ dreams. So much for an evil night’s sleep…” I sighed and walked around hoping to find something to distract me till I woke up. I wondered until I came across a dark forest and started walking through it until I heard an old woman start moaning at me ‘give me back my rusty horse shoe’ yeah, that was the sign I had watched too many episodes today. I just kept walking, but the voice was getting louder until she appeared behind me and started shouting at me. With how annoyed this was making me I responded with the most logical thing I could do, using the best old man voice I had, I shouted back at her “dag-nab-bit woman, don’t rush me!” she looked at me then turned around and walked away.
“Congratulations, you scared off an old pony” I turned to see who said that, but no one was there. “Still, it will most likely be the only evil you accomplish…”
I recognized the voice, but still couldn’t find its source, “Come on out Luna, I know it’s you” I groaned as this had only confirmed my suspicions. She walked out from behind a nearby tree and stared face-to-face with me not saying a word. “Yet, I am still a better evil than you.” I sneered, thinking that I was in control of my dream.
“We have no interest in doing evil, nor seek revenge. Thanks to the friends we have made, we now walk the same path.” Luna exclaimed.
“You are no longer evil, that much is true. I have followed this world since it was shown to me by my friends, and still I feel the desire for conquest.” I began to grow angry with her.
“Yet, you have nothing to show for such a clouded desire. While we have a kingdom and friends.” She was walking off out of my dream.
Wait, I thought, she is right. She does have a kingdom and friends. It would be a shame if her vast castle and most honored friends were destroyed by the forces of evil. I grinned and began to follow her to what I thought was the edge of my dream. Then a strange portal opened up and she walked through it. I quickly followed suit and jumped into the portal.
The next thing I know, I am in what appears to be a giant castle with stain-glass windows. “Great, so my dream can replicate Celestia’s castle.” I muttered, “I think I have slept enough, time to wake up…now…right now…this can’t be good.” I began to worry; I tried pinching myself, hitting myself, and even found some water to splash on my face. “Why can’t I wake up? I followed Princess Luna in my dream and into a portal that lead me to what looks like Celetia’s castle and now I can’t wake up!”
My mind was racing with questions and thoughts until one stuck. “Oh no, I went from my reality into a dream and followed Luna into her reality, bringing my body with me!” It sounded impossible, but it was the only explanation I had. “What was that noise?” I heard talking from ahead of me and I didn’t want to stick around and find out who the voice belonged to.
I decided to run in the opposite direction, thankfully the same way as the door. Out of panic and confusion, I ran as fast as I could. I ran outside and slammed the door; unfortunately I shouldn’t have done that. The noise got the guards’ attention and I could hear the running (galloping, trotting?) this way with whistles blowing. I had one shot and dashed into the woods.
I must have run for miles but I still didn’t dare turn back around. I ran until I collapsed from exhaustion. Soon, I found myself falling asleep once more this time without Princess Luna appearing. I awoke some time later in a daze, only to find myself near a clearing with a large number of woodland creatures running around.
“This seems familiar; I’m just too confused to place it,” I said scratching my head. I wanted to get home I was hungry, annoyed, and agitated. I decided that I needed to sit and clear my head, “Ok, I am somewhere in Equestria and have no idea how to get home. So I have two choices…either ask for help, or conquer them and rule this world in its place.” As I was debating a small white rabbit hopped up to me. “I don’t suppose you know what I should do?” I was answered with a kick to the stomach as it hopped away.
“Rule this world as a king, it is.” I smiled and stood up, ready to forge my path of evil.
I entered the clearing and found a small house with a chicken coup in back. “I shall start my conquest here, and make that rabbit pay for laying a paw on me!” I said to myself dementedly. I clenched my fists and gritted my teeth, storming my way up to the house.
I was furious when I got to the door, on the verge of mental collapse. I slammed my fist into the door *WHAM!*. As I was preparing for another strike, I heard a strange noise come from inside. I leaned in and placed my ear to the door, to see if I could hear it better. *whimper* It sounded like someone playing on a vibrating violin. My fury suddenly turned into confusion at the noise. I then tried the handle and found it unlocked, “Um… your door is unlocked, and I’m coming to haunt you Ooo oOo ooO!” I said in my best ‘I won’t kill you’ voice.
As I entered the house, I found a small yellow and pink pony in the corner, quivering in fear. “Wow, all I did was punch a door and already I have ponies fearing me.” I laughed, smiling to myself.
“Umm...excuse me...but, umm...” the pony whispered.
“Who dares speak to me!?” I shouted dramatically. There was a silence between us for a good three minutes before I spoke again. “I find your lack of words... disturbing.” she was looking at me now from behind her hooves. “I shall make you an offer. In exchange for your permanent loyalty and unquestioning allegiance to me, I shall spare your life and make you my second in command. What say you?” she was still shaking in fear, to afraid to respond. “I shall take your silence as a ‘yes’.” I walked over to her and placed one hand on her mane. “Now, how about my new loyal subject tells me their name?” I smiled in hopes of calming her down.
“F..Fl…Flutt…*squeak*” she tried to tell me her name, but seemed very shy about it. Still, from her appearance and attempt I managed to piece her identity together.
“So, you are Fluttershy. I thought you looked familiar.” I said to her. “But, that name is complicated and I’m not the best with names, so… I will call you ‘Minion’. Welcome to my army Minion!” she went wide eyed at my statement as I smiled at her, mainly for getting my first minion. “Alright Minion, you have had your cowering time. Now I want to know more of the world you live in.” I stared down at her to ensure I would get a positive, albeit forced, response. She nodded and we left her house.
It took me a little bit, but I eventually noticed how tightly she was keeping her wings pressed to her body. “If you keep your wings like that, Minion, they might fall off.” I smiled as she freaked out and tried to open her wings.
As we approached town, I noticed something I should have expected. I was the only human in all of Ponyville, if not Equestria. “Well, I guess blending in with the townsfolk is out of the question…” I said shaking my head. Although unsure of where it was Fluttershy was leading me, I was too busy distracted by the number of ponies staring at me as we walked to care. Suddenly, we came upon a large tree with a door in it. Before I could say anything, she started nudging me with her head to go inside, or at least that’s what I thought she wanted me to do…she hadn’t said a full word to me sense we met…as I went to open the door she began whimpering again. I looked at her and she just nodded towards the door. “*sigh*… You want me to knock first, don’t you?” she nodded. I rolled my eyes and knocked on the door.
“Hang on, I’ll be right there.” a female voice said.
“Never mind, I’ll get it.” A male voice said. Suddenly the door opened and a small purple and green dragon was standing at about waist level to me. “Umm…Twilight, somebody’s here with Fluttershy.” He called out. It was then that I remembered that this was the home of Twilight and Spike.
“Well, let them in. I’ll be down in a second.” Who I assumed to be Twilight called out. We walked in and stood surrounded by many books and papers. None of which I was interested in, still nice to know for future reference. It felt like forever waiting on Twilight, then I came up with a way to speed things up.
“Twilight Sparkle! We have important matters to discuss this instant and we will not have our time wasted!” I did my best impression of Luna that I could and from the sudden thudding and falling of books we heard it sounded like she fell for it. Suddenly, we saw her galloping down the stairs as fast as she could, until she tripped and rolled into a wall. Fluttershy and Spike went to go check on her; I couldn’t move I was laughing so hard.
“Are you okay?” I heard Fluttershy ask.
“Yeah, I just hurt my head is all” said Twilight. “But, why are you and Princess Luna here?”
“She isn’t, it was him pretending to be Princess Luna” Fluttershy was facing me when she said that last part. I was too busy calming done from my laughing fit to care though.
“I didn’t think my impression was that good, but if it could fool you, then I’m happy!” I said chuckling.
“What are you? I’ve never seen a pony like you in Equestria before! Or any animal like you for that matter!” Twilight was shocked and confused by my appearance. I could easily tell that she was straining her brain trying to figure out what I was. I simply smiled at her.
“I may not be a pony, Twilight, but I am part of Equestia now.” I sneered at her. I was beginning to piece together why Fluttershy led me here. She wanted to get help finding out what I am. “Truth be told I am what my world calls a ‘human’, we are a breed of some animal that developed into smarter animals.” I said matter-of-factly.
“Well, human, what is your name? And how did you end up here?” Twilight was becoming more inquisitive with every passing moment. I knew that if I didn’t start filling in the gaps, I would end up in her basement with electrodes strapped to my head while she took notes on everything I did.
“You may call me, Slaughter. As for how I got here, that is a difficult story because I really don’t understand it fully myself, all I know is that I followed Princess Luna here from my world in a dream.” I spoke honestly as I was concerned with the logic behind it as well. After a few moments of staring directly at me, Twilight sighed and began to walk back upstairs.
“I am going to send a letter about this to the princesses. In the mean time, why don’t you go back to Fluttershy’s for the night…If I hear anything you will be the first to know.” Twilight seemed exhausted, but after everything that just happened I wasn’t surprised. With that, me and my Minion said our goodbyes to Twilight and Spike as we left the tree. I admit that I was not too happy with the princesses knowing about me being here, but my goal was still a secret to everyone.
“Minion, now that you have gotten to know me to an extent… I would appreciate it if you would speak to me more often, as well as answer a few questions for me.” I said to her as we walked along. She nodded, although still nervous of me, but I did see something of a smile appear on her face. With that we arrived at her house, where I had claimed the coach as my temporary sleeping courters. As for Fluttershy, she had relaxed enough to fly upstairs for bed. I still had questions for her, but they would have to wait till morning to ask them.
“Goodnight, Slaughter.” Fluttershy squeaked before disappearing upstairs. I replied with the generic ‘goodnight, Fluttershy’ before falling asleep myself. That night however, sleep was not good as I dreamed of seeing Princess Luna again and this time seeing her sister, Princess Celestia. I knew I would need to step up my plans, aside from actually making plans, to conquer Equestria and change it into my image. For now though, that would be for another day.
I awoke to the sound of Fluttershy singing in what I assumed was her kitchen. She seemed to be in a good mood, despite becoming my minion and roommate yesterday. I didn’t want to interrupt her joyous morning…okay, that’s a lie. I decided to quietly get up off the couch and catch her off guard. As I crept into the kitchen I could hear her song getting louder, it was a relaxing song although with no words. I was keeping as quiet as possible, going so far as to hold my breath.
Suddenly, the song stops. There is a silence for nearly a second. “If you scare me, you won’t get breakfast.” Fluttershy said matter-of-factly. I was shocked to say the least. How could she have heard me, when all of the sudden I realized it. *grooowl* My stomach had sold me out and I was too distracted to notice.
“Good morning, Minion.” I said quietly, trying to divert the conversation. “That was a beautiful song you were singing, I am sorry if I disturbed you.” Perhaps having Fluttershy in my army wasn’t as bad as I had previously thought. Still I had not forgotten about all the questions I had for her and the rest of Ponyville.
“Good morning, human” she said with a smile. I was shocked and irritated by that remark. How dare she call me that! Of all things she should refer to me as ’master’ or ‘your evilness’, but human!
“What is the meaning of this!? You dare show such disrespect to me!?” I was shouting at her now.
“When you start calling me by my name, I will call you by yours.” I could tell by her eyes that she was being serious. I didn’t want to do it; it would mean that she would be viewed as an equal and not the cannon fodder I was hoping for.
“Very well…Fluttershy.” I was choking on my words, but before I could make a further retort, I was greeted with a blueberry muffin shoved in my mouth.
“Thank you, Slaughter.” Again she smiled. Of all the ponies in the world I did not like having my buttons pushed by the coward of the group. I would make her pay dearly for this, but until I could get things figured out I would need to swallow my pride.
As we went into the living room with breakfast, I noticed a large salad in front of a small animal. Unfortunately, I could not see it past the salad. As we were eating however, it struck me that this was the perfect time to get some answers. “Fluttershy, let me ask you something. What is the next holiday here in Ponyville?” I wanted answers, but I knew better than to ask certain questions flat out.
“That would be Nightmare Night, it’s only a few months away.” She smiled with bits of the muffin she was eating on the sides of her mouth. Nightmare Night, fantastic! That would be the perfect time to acquire more minions, hopefully minions that wouldn’t withhold meals in exchange for respect. “It will be fun this year because I heard from Twilight that Princess Luna was attending again.” That was bad news for me, if Luna found out I was here she might try to send me back. However, if she didn’t know it was me, then I would be fine.
Before I could steer the question more towards Information on the Princesses, there was a knock at the door. Fluttershy got up to see who it was. I heard the door open and some soft talking, then she came back with Twilight in tow. “I see your still here, Slaughter.” Twilight was annoyed at seeing me on the couch.
“Nice to see you to, Bookworm” I said flatly. I didn’t care about Twilight much, after all I was going to conquer Equestria. Still, I may have need of her assistance. She is the closest to all three princesses after all.
She approached the table and set a roll of paper down on it. She used her magic to unroll it in front of us, lazy. “This is a letter from Princess Celestia. It says that she will not be able to look into the matter until winter. Instead she has asked that her sister, Princess Luna, arrive the week before Nightmare Night to get the details and bring them back with her when she returns to the castle.” Twilight was visibly upset by this. I’m guessing that she wanted Celestia and Luna here sooner so she wouldn’t have to deal with me. I, on the other hand (hoof, whatever), was thrilled with the news. Sure, I would probably hate the week Luna got here. Until then though, I could work on my plans and now I had an idea of how much time I had.
“Why can’t they come earlier?” asked Fluttershy.
Twilight sighed, “She is dealing with foreign delegations.” I was confused by the word ‘delegation’ but I am sure that after I conquer Equestria, I wouldn’t have to deal with it. For all I care, I could turn ‘delegation’ into an ice cream flavor, and it would taste like victory. That would be for a different time, for now I will need to grow my army and prepare for Luna’s arrival.
“Then, Slaughter will be staying here for the time being?” asked Fluttershy, “it’s alright with me, but he will need to get acquainted with our friends here in town.” I couldn’t believe my ears, Fluttershy sounded like she was actually trying to help me get my army going! This is fantastic! “Maybe they can help keep an eye on him.”…nevermind, I stand corrected…
“We don’t really have much choice… after all, we still have two months till Princess Luna arrives for Nightmare Night,” said Twilight, “would you mind showing him around? I have been trying to find at least some mention of ‘humans’ in my books with no luck.” So, that’s why she is so annoyed. She can’t find anything about me, this could be fun…
“Sure, Twilight, I would be happy to show Slaughter around.” Fluttershy smiled at me. “Slaughter, I have to go into town anyway to get some more food for at home. How about you come with me? I could then introduce you to all of my friends.” Being happy and annoyed at the same time is a strange feeling indeed. I nodded my head, this would probably be my only chance to see the town, even if it is under Fluttershy’s watch.
“Okay. Twilight, we’ll stop by your home after we visit with Apple Jack and the others.” Fluttershy said, Twilight nodded and headed out the door with us close behind. “Alright, Slaughter, let’s head to the Apple Family Farm. They are very nice ponies and I’m sure they will be more than happy to meet you…and maybe help talk you out of your ‘take over Equestria’ idea.” Fluttershy whispered the last part to me so that Twilight wouldn’t hear. Which was strange considering that Twilight would have made sure I did not succeed. Whatever the reason, I will make sure that I gain more than enough minions to take down the princesses and the main six. For now, I will be just another friendly face.
Nah…only about five minutes. Fluttershy and I were just arriving at the entrance to Sweet Apple Acres, when we were approached by a small pony. “Hi Fluttershy! What brings ya here today?” the little filly said.
“Oh, well… I was-“ Fluttershy responded.
“What’s that thing with ya?” the filly interrupted.
“This is-“ Fluttershy tried to answer.
“Is it a friend of yers?” the filly asked, once again interrupting Fluttershy.
“Well, yes he-“Fluttershy spoke.
“Does it talk, it seems kind of quiet.”The filly asked. I was ticked at this little pony and Fluttershy knew it. She wouldn’t let either of us get a word in and still expected answers. Mental note: when mind is racing with hundreds of questions, allow appropriate time for answers before asking the next question. I was about to smash this filly straight into the ground when another voice caught my attention.
“Applebloom, who are ya talking to?” I recognized the approaching pony as Applejack. The filly didn’t know it, but Applejack just saved her life.
“It’s just Fluttershy and some weird thing that she won’t tell me anything about.” Said the one now known as Applebloom, wait… Applebloom, that name sounds familiar. Well, whatever, it isn’t important right now.
“Well howdy there Fluttershy, what brings y’all here today?” Applejack asked. I couldn’t answer; I was too busy listening to my brain cells dying. Fluttershy seemed relieved to see Applejack, and after dealing with Applebloom I didn’t blame her.
“Hi Applejack, I just came by to introduce my new friend, Slaughter.” said Fluttershy. “He is new to Ponyville and Twilight asked me to show him around.” She looked at me and smiled, Applejack however looked at me in confusion.
“Um… Fluttershy, What is that?” Applejack asked hesitantly. I felt that this was going to be a common occurrence today.
“I am a human, and I would like you to stop calling me ‘it’.” I told Applejack. Her sudden jump at my response showed that she wasn’t expecting me to talk.
“Y-ya just talked!” Applejack seemed to be having trouble accepting this fact.
Unfortunately, Applebloom decided to chime in while Applejack was recovering. “What the hay is a human? I ain’t seen nothing around here that looks like you before.”
“Well Applebloom, he is a human. His name is Slaughter and he is currently staying with me at my house.” Fluttershy answered.
“Alright... but where did he come from, and why ‘Slaughter’?” Applejack had calmed down long enough to ask.
“What’s wrong with my name?” I asked. Applejack just looked at me with a look that just said ‘…really?’.
“Actually I’m not sure where he came from, he just showed up at my door yesterday.” Fluttershy replied.
Suddenly all eyes were on me. I was about to tell them that I came from a different world and ended up here following Princess Luna through a dream, but then I had a better idea.
“I don’t know” I said as convincingly as possible while shrugging. They looked back at each other and continued the Q & A with Fluttershy. As annoyed as I was about this, I admit I was relieved that they bought it. This did bring an issue to my attention, when Luna did arrive my cover would be blown and the truth about my arrival would be revealed. I would have to find a way to deal with this later, because as soon as my focus returned to the ponies conversing, we were saying our goodbyes.
“…That went well.” I said sarcastically to Fluttershy, once we were out of ear shot. “Are all your friends going to be like this?”
“Um… maybe, I thought that Twilight would have mentioned you to the others before we left the house.” Fluttershy sighed.
We were heading to our next destination when the thought struck me. “Fluttershy, where are we going?”
“We are going to go see Rarity; she should be at the Carousel Boutique where she works.” Fluttershy smiled. Great…Rarity, if I remembered right she was a little bit overdramatic.
It took a while, but we finally arrived at the boutique. Fluttershy knocked on the door, but there was no response. I knocked the second time and made sure to knock loud enough that it could be heard on the inside of the building. “Just a minute.” A small voice said on the inside. Suddenly the door started to open. On the inside of the door, we were greeted by a small white filly that looked about the same age as Applebloom. “Hi Fluttershy, who’s your friend?” said Sweetie Belle, yes I recognized her from some of the episodes I had seen back home.
“Hi Sweetie Belle, this is Slaughter. We came by to see Rarity, is she home?” Fluttershy asked.
“Sorry Fluttershy, she left with Rainbow Dash to go to the spa a little bit ago.” Sweetie Belle responded.
“Did she say when they should be back?” Fluttershy asked. Sweetie Belle just shook her head. Fluttershy sighed “I guess we should go see if they are still at the spa.” A spa…that’s intimidating...still it could be worse.
“Excuse me, Slaughter was it?” Sweetie Belle asked, “What exactly are you anyway?” I was shocked that someone actually addressed a question to me.
“I am a human, a being from another world.” I answered politely. After all, she was the first to actually ask me about myself directly.
“Really, from another world!?” Sweetie Belle was amazed by this thought. “Do you guys have ponies in your world? Are there more humans like you there? Can you use magic or do you fly?” The questions went on and on, suddenly I realized that I had unintentionally caused this event to occur.
“Um…Fluttershy, is there some way to slip out of here?” I whispered to her. She nodded and stared to pull on the back of my shirt a she backed up from the boutique. It took a little bit, but we had gotten a sizeable distance between us and Sweetie Belle, whom I assume had stopped paying attention to us and was now just thinking out loud. With that Fluttershy led me towards the spa where, hopefully, we would meet up with Rarity and Rainbow Dash.
It had been about an hour sense we left the boutique, and Sweetie Belle, behind us. I had quickly learned that I needed to be more careful about how I tell some of these ponies that I’m human. My thoughts were interrupted when I tripped on a stick about the length of my arm. Enraged by this sudden attempt on my life, I seized the stick with both hands and tossed it at a nearby building. Unfortunately, it bounced of the building and hit me in the side of my head. After Fluttershy asked if I was alright, I grabbed the stick once more with only one hand and raised it above my head. “Now,” I shouted, “you have proven yourself to be a mighty opponent, but more shall be accomplished in the name of evil if we unite our powers.” With all my might, I swung the stick around myself as a knight would test a new sword. Satisfied with the results I turned towards Fluttershy, a villainous grin across my face. “Well Fluttershy, I now have something to enforce my evil on others. I don’t suppose you have any suggestions on a name for my new weapon, do you?”
“Are you sure that a stick is the best way to go?” Fluttershy asked, with a hint of worry in her voice. “If you scare everypony with force and shouting, you may have trouble making friends.”
“Good question,” I began, “but I don’t care. Besides I will only use it in self defense and to get my way.” I smiled warmly at her. “Anyway, I shall name my new weapon ‘Gir’!”
For whatever reason, Fluttershy did not say another word to me until we got to the spa. However, on the way I happened to glance behind me and I saw her roll her eyes at me. She will pay for this later, if I remember. It was about another five minutes before we arrived at the spa, and what a spa it was. As we walked into the building I noticed everything was shining with how clean the place was. A scent of flowers and candles filled the air, with soothing music playing lightly in the background. Suddenly we were approached by a mare with blue hair and yellow tan-ish coats.
“Hello, did you have an appointment for today or are you here to schedule one?” the mare asked. I looked onto the reception desk and saw what I assumed was the mare’s name.
“Actually, Mud Bath, we are here to see some friends of ours.” I said cheerfully. She seemed confused by my statement, until she saw what I had been looking at. With a brief chuckle the mare let us through. Unfortunately, as we walked in to the mineral bath room, we were welcomed with an ear shattering screech the likes of which I had not heard since I threw a cat I had tied with sandpaper at my tolerant counterpart, Zaleros. Fluttershy raced passed me towards the source of the scream with myself following close behind.
We came upon a white pony weeping on the floor, tears surrounding her covered face. Fluttershy had gone over to the pony’s face and tried nudging her head gently. “Rarity, what’s wrong? What happened?” Fluttershy had asked. I relaxed when I heard that her name was Rarity, it meant that this was probably just her normal overreaction to a minor issue.
“Oh Fluttershy darling, it’s simply terrible! I spilled some of my specially made shampoo!” Rarity sobbed. I rolled my eyes. Fluttershy on the other hand was busy comforting her friend. Since my minion was busy, I decided to take a look around while I waited for them to sort things out.
Aside from the sound of crying, this place was rather nice. As I wondered the building I came upon two mares that from their presence of clothing seemed as if they worked here. “Excuse me, but does Rarity cry here often?” I asked them. They looked confused by my question, and after a minute I pieced together why. “Let me rephrase that, do you two work here?” they nodded, “Do either of you talk?” again they both nodded. “Alright, let’s try this again. My name is Slaughter, what are your names?” I smiled at them hoping to get a word or two from the pair.
“My name is Aloe.” said one.
“I am Vera.” said the other. They both seemed to relax, which inspired me to try and gain a few more minions. A grin spread across my face.
“It is very nice to meet you Aloe and Vera, but it is a shame that we had to meet in these conditions.” The two mares looked at me puzzled. “I mean, it is a shame that the two of you are stuck in doors all day. Wouldn’t it be nice to go outside during the day, rather than tending to other ponies?” I could tell from the look on their faces that they were debating if I was right or not. My smile began to turn into a sinister grin. “If you want I can change that for you two. If you help me out, I can help you two to enjoy the life outside this spa. If you give me your loyalty, I can change this world to better suit my, I mean, our desires.” They whispered back and forth to one another for a few minutes.
“We enjoy our work here, and it makes us feel good to see our customers relaxed and happy. I admit that it would be nice to take some vacation days more often than we get, but the spa is a rewarding job. Tell you what, if you ever need some help with something or your whole ‘change the world’ stresses you out, drop by the spa and maybe we can help you relax and think things through.” Aloe said in a kind demeanor. I admit that I was taken aback by their response; most of the people back on earth would do just about anything to get out of work.
“Alright, I understand. I should probably go back and check on Fluttershy anyways. Thank you for considering my offer, and let me know if you change your minds.” I said as I turned away from the two of them and walked back towards the now upright and smiling Rarity. Inside however, I was already scheming a way to get those two to serve as my minions fully. Before I reached Fluttershy and Rarity though, something caught my eye. Rather, somepony caught my eye. After all, it’s not every day you see a rainbow maned pegasus in a spa.
Awestruck by the sheer awesomeness of what lied before me, I found myself mouth agape. My eyes simply would not tear away from the pegasus before me. Suddenly, I found Gir thrusting towards the pony at great speed. Just as quickly as he moved, there was a loud snap. The sound echoed across the spa, catching everypony’s attention. I could hear shouting coming from before me, but I was to discouraged to even look. Lying before my feet was Gir, broken in two, and I couldn’t look away. It seemed impossible; my most trusted of minions lay shattered before me because of this pegasus.
“Hey, what do you think you’re doing, going around poking ponies in the eye!?” the pegasus yelled. Anger had clouded my goal for the moment, and in that moment, I had forged an opponent.
“How dare you,” I shouted, “You dare complain about your petty wounds when a death has just occurred by your hooves!” The pegasus looked at me in confusion. I pointed to Gir, but all she did was glare at me. I clenched my fist, ready to take revenge upon this pony when I felt Fluttershy against my arm. I began to calm down, my anger subsiding. As I relaxed I notice that Rarity was trying to calm down the pegasus.
“Slaughter, I am sure that it was an accident,” Fluttershy said reassuringly. She turned to Rarity and the pegasus who still seemed upset by the incident. “That is Rainbw Dash, she is a friend of mine and I think that maybe you should try to be friends with her.”
I was calm enough to consider the offer, but at the loss of one of my own, I was not thrilled. I gave a look of reproach to the pegasus now known to me as Rainbow Dash and mulled over the thought in silence. For what she had done to my minion, I would not accept a friendship with her nor any attempt at an apology. “Well,” I heard the pegasus say, “I’m waiting.” I stared puzzled at her, wonder what it was she was waiting for.
Fluttershy turned to face Rainbow Dash, “Slaughter is very sorry for what he did, and hopes that you forgive him.” What!? She was apologizing for me now! I stared hard at Fluttershy and she knew that I was enraged by her actions.
“I’m sure he is,” Rainbow Dash responded, “after all, it was his fault.” My gaze once more shifted to the pegasus, it had been some time sense I had encountered such arrogance in an opponent. I was too angry to reply, which seemed to work in my favor as the pegasus left the spa. I returned my attention to Fluttershy, still annoyed with her answering for me.
“Fluttershy, it would probably benefit your health if you didn’t speak for me unless I deem it necessary.” I stared down at her, and she seemed to get the message.
“If she hadn’t though, I’m afraid you would probably have needed medical attention,” The unicorn, Rarity, had chirped in. “After all dear, you shouldn’t try to make enemies where friends can be made much more easily.” Great, first Fluttershy speaks for me, now I am being told to watch my emotions by Rarity.
“I’ll try to remember that,” I responded. With that we began to head towards the spa’s exit. Fluttershy had recommended that we wait a bit to allow time for Rainbow Dash to get ahead of us. It did me some good as it let me cool off on our way to Twilight’s place. While taking a breather, it allowed Rarity’s words to sink in. I realized that I was unaware of how long I would be here, and while making enemies was not the best thing to do, it did provide a target for future schemes. Unfortunately, I was reminded of how my vile schemes were thwarted because of my enemies back home.
That is when the idea struck me, if I am going to become the future evil ruler of this world, I would need to look the part. “Excuse me Ms. Rarity, but I have heard that you are greatly skilled in the making of clothes and fabrics.” She turned to me with her ego peeking out. “I wish to ask you, oh no never mind, I could never bring myself to ask of you such an exuberant task.” Her eyes were shining and an intrigued smile appeared upon her face.
“Oh, it’s alright dear. I’m sure I can help you with your request.” I got her attention, now to get her to agree.
“Well, it is just that I am stuck here in your world and all I have to wear is the clothes on my back. From what Twilight had told me and Fluttershy, I would be stuck here for months.” I put on a dramatic display to get play at Rarity’s weakness. “It would be great if I could get a change of clothes so that I would not be stuck in these old rags for so long.”
“I completely understand dear, and I would be happy to make you something for your stay here,” Rarity replied. “How about you two drop by my place tomorrow and will see what we can do about a new wardrobe for you.” Wait, wardrobe? All I was going for was a more menacing outfit.
“Thank you Ms. Rarity, but really I-“ before I could finish, she was already taking down notes on designs and sketches that I think were supposed to resemble me.
With Rarity occupied, I looked to Fluttershy for a little master-to-minion talk. I whispered in her ear, “Fluttershy, as I have lost a minion to this ‘Rainbow Dash’, I feel that I should get a new one soon. That means I want you to keep an eye out for anything that looks even remotely of use to me.” Fluttershy lightly nodded at me to keep Rarity from noticing.
After a bit (time not money... oh wait, time is money. Or is it?) we finally got to Twilight’s. From the sounds we were hearing, it appeared that the other members of the mane six were already here. Fluttershy knocked on the door and suddenly the doorknob glowed purple and the door opened. “Hey girls,” twilight answered, “Oh and hello Slaughter.” She said that last part rather flatly. I ignored it for the moment as we entered the tree house, where I was greeted with a sudden view of white, blue, and black. “Hi! You must be Slaughter, the human that Twilight was talking about!” the pony said.
Based on the lack of personal space I was getting, I figured this was Pinkie Pie. “Hi, and yes I am. Would you mind backing up? I can’t see past your soul.” I responded. With that she backed up and proved me right. Then it hit me, “um how do you know my name?”
“Oh, I think I read it somewhere.” Pinkie smiled. I decided against asking for details, considering whom I was talking to.
Twilight stepped into the center of the room, gathering everypony’s attention. “Alright, we’ve already gone over that princess Luna will be arriving the week of Nightmare night. Now what we need to discuss is what we are going to do about him.” Suddenly, everypony’s attention was on me. “Fluttershy, as you have spent the most time with Slaughter, would you mind if he continued to stay with you?”
“I don’t mind. He’s actually kind of nice when you get to know him.” Fluttershy smiled at Twilight. I couldn’t tell if she was being honest or covering up my intentions.
“Okay now that that’s settled, I have a few questions that I need you to answer Slaughter. Spike!” As Twilight said this, I saw Spike rushing down the stairs with a large scroll and what I assumed was a quill. Then, with a thud, he tripped and fell down the stairs. The scroll flew from his hand and bounced when it hit the steps, beginning to unravel. As Spike was recovering from the fall, the rest of us were preoccupied with watching the scroll circle around on the floor a few times before it finally came to a stop at Twilight’s hooves.
There was a pause for a brief moment before I spoke up. “Twilight, I understand that you want answers from me, but don’t you think this is a little much?” As I deadpanned at her, she met my gaze with a sheepish grin.
“Hang on a sec,” Rainbow Dash spoke up “if you’re just going to ask him a bunch of questions, then what are we all here for?” I admit that the question had crossed my mind. “Because, we don’t know what humans are capable of, so we may need the Elements of Harmony in case he tries something.” Twilight returned her attention to me and with Spike having recovered he took up the quill and end of the scroll. “Alright, Slaughter,” she said “let’s start from the top, first question: who are you?”
“You know my name is Slaughter,” I said flatly.
Spike wrote down my response. “Question two: what are you?” Twilight asked.
“I am a human,” I responded. Based on the facial expressions on the others, I was going to be here for a while. After about fifty questions in, we actually got to questions I had to think about, along with ones that I decided to have some fun with.
“Question fifty-three: can humans use magic?”
“Only if we learn how.”
“Question fifty-four: do humans communicate with one another?”
“Sometimes.”
“Question fifty-five: do ponies exist in the world of humans?”
“No.”
“Question fifty-six: do humans know of our world?”
“No, of course not.” (Fingers crossed)
“Question fifty-seven: what is a human’s favorite food?”
“Fried pegasus wings.”
I could tell from the answers I was giving that the ponies were getting unnerved.
It took six hours to get through all of Twilight’s questions, but finally we were done. It had gotten dark so everypony was saying their goodbyes to one another. Fluttershy and I were on our way back to her home when I noticed that she kept staring at me when I wasn’t looking directly at her.
“Fluttershy, I do hope you know that I made up some of the answers to get Twilight off my back.” I looked at her and saw her sigh in relief. Apparently she had believed most of the lies I told.
“I admit, I was worried when you talked about your favorite food. But, maybe you should have told them the truth. After all, Twilight’s just annoyed that she couldn’t find out anything on her own about you.” Fluttershy smiled at me while she talked. It would be best though, to keep some of the ‘human facts’ secret for the moment.
When we got back to Fluttershy’s home, I had gone and collapsed on her couch. I was hungry because I had missed dinner, but sleep sounded better than food. I thought I heard Fluttershy say something to me and whatever it was escaped my ears as I fell fast asleep.