> Queen of the Bats > by RainbowSkunk > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chapter 1 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- A stallion ran through the Everfree Forest. He looked around him, making sure he wasn't being followed. He revealed a hidden passage. He ran through. He stopped at an opening. "Your majesty." he said bowing. "What is it?" said a tall mare. Her skin was a grey color. She has a long mane that was black and red. Her eyes glowed a blood red. Her horn was long, like Princess Celestia's, and she had wings that seemed to represent bat wings. "I have gotten news from Ponyville." the stallion continued. "Last night, I saw a bat pony in an apple orchard. It may not be too late." The mare looked at him. "Oh really?" she said. She opened up her wings. "I will be in the castle spire." she said. She flew away. It was a beautiful day in Ponyville. The birds were singing, the sun was shining, it was a perfect day. Fluttershy, a mare who had pale yellow skin and a light pink mane, was outside feeding her animal friends. "You are very welcome." Fluttershy said as she gave a bunny a carrot. She turned to see Angel, her pet bunny. "Oh, I couldn't forget you!" she said, handing Angel a salad. She flew inside and looked in the mirror. A couple days ago, she was transformed into a bat pony. She still had a fang. She was worried, but Twilight said she'd be fine. She heard a squeak. Fluttershy tuned around to see Angel once again. "Oh, I know I shouldn't be worrying so much about this, but I can't help it!" Angel held out an apple. "You're right!" Fluttershy said. "I'm not attracted to apples anymore, I'm not a bat pony! I bet my fang will go away soon." Angel nodded. Fluttershy sat down. She decided to take a nap to calm herself. While napping, Fluttershy was dreaming about sitting in a garden with her animals. Suddenly, the sky turned black. Fluttershy looked over at her friends. They fell, their blood gone. Fluttershy screamed. She saw herself as a bat pony flying right at her. Fluttershy ran as fast as she could. She bumped into a tree. There was no place to go. Fluttershy was trapped. Flutterbat came in. Fluttershy got up, breaking out of her dream. She took some deep breaths. "Calm down." she told herself. She looked outside. It was night. "How long did I nap?" she asked herself. She shrugged and went to her room to go to bed. > Chapter 2 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fluttershy was asleep in her bed. What she wasn't aware of was that two bat ponies were outside her window, watching her. "Ready?" one asked. "Ready." The two bat ponies slowly opened the window. They picked up the mare and started flying to the Everfree Forest. "Huh?" Fluttershy said as she started to wake. "WHAH!" one of the bat ponies yelled. He pulled out a bag of dust. He dumped the dust on Fluttershy. She started to grow drowsy. She then fell back asleep. The bat ponies grinned. They arrived at the hidden kingdom of the bat ponies. "Did you bring her?" the tall mare said. The bat ponies nodded. They showed the queen the mare. "Perfect. I'll take it from here." The queen said. She used her magic to lift up Fluttershy. She flew to the castle spire with Fluttershy. Fluttershy woke up in a strange room. "W-where am I?" she asked, scared of who would answer. "Dear Fluttershy, you are where you belong." a voice said. The queen came into the light. "Who are you?!" Fluttershy managed to ask. "I am Queen Fangalla, queen of the bat ponies." the queen answered. "Why do you want me? I'm not a bat pony. I'm a normal pegasus." Fluttershy wondered out loud. "You see Fluttershy, you are not fully normal again. You still have a fang." Fangalla explained. Fluttershy gasped. "How do you know so much about me?" She asked. Fangalla presented an orb. "You see, with this orb, I can watch any bat pony. You are still part bat. I can watch you at anytime." she said. She used her magic. An image appeared. It was Fluttershy. "Now, you are a rare kind of bat pony. You were turned into a bat pony, not born one. You have great power. I want to make you the princess on my kingdom." Fangalla explained. "But I don't want to a bat pony again!" Fluttershy pleaded. Fangalla grinned. "You don't have a choice." she said. Her horn glowed. A red bubble appeared around Fluttershy. "What's going on!?" she screamed. "Fluttershy, you ask too many questions." Fangalla continued her spell. The bubble became foggy. Fluttershy screamed as her wings were being bent into bat wings. Her fangs grew slightly bigger. Her color changed to a paler color and her cutie mark, that showed three butterflies, turned into three bats. The bubble disappeared. Fluttershy landed on her feet. "It worked." Fangalla said. "You are now, Princess Flutterbat." "No! I don't want to be a bat again!" Flutterbat yelled. Fangalla pulled out a bag of dust. She put some on her hoof and blew it at Flutterbat. Flutterbat blinked. "What happened? Who am I?" she asked. "You are Flutterbat, Princess Flutterbat." Fangalla answered. Fangalla walked to a window. Flutterbat followed. "This is our kingdom." Fangalla said. "Really?I'm a princess?" Fangalla nodded. That night, Flutterbat slept in the castle. he felt weird about all of this. "I guess I better get to sleep." She said. But she couldn't sleep. She just kept thinking. "FLUTTERBAT!" Fangalla yelled. "You are a bat pony! You don't sleep at this time!" "Oh." Flutterbat said, getting out of the bed. "C'mon. We'll just go for a fly around the kingdom." Fangalla said. "Ok." The two bat ponies opened their wings and flew out the window. > Chapter 3 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fangalla and Flutterbat flew around the kingdom. "You see, when you are the queen, you must protect all the bat ponies here." Fangalla explained. "Wow, all these ponies?" Flutterbat said. "Yes. Maybe one day we can take over Equestria, and for once, bat ponies will rule!" Fangalla yelled. "You mean, there's more in this world?" Flutterbat asked. "Yes. Celestia rules all of Equestria. If we over throw her, we can take over." Fangalla explained. Fangalla and Flutterbat started flying downwards. They walked through the market to show Flutterbat around. "We get our food from here." Fangalla said. The bat ponies walked by many stands. Most sold different kinds of fruit. "So, we eat fruit?" Flutterbat asked. "Yes." Fangalla answered. They stopped at an apple stand. "We'll take a dozen." Fangalla said. The clerk handed them a basket of apples. Fangalla picked it up with her magic. She gave the clerk 10 bits. "Come Flutterbat. It's almost morning." Fangalla said. Flutterbat nodded. The bat ponies flew up to the castle. Back in Ponyville, Fluttershy's friends were in panic. "Were is Fluttershy!?" they all asked. "Girls, we are going to have to look for her." Twilight said. "Let's split up." Rainbow Dash looked for her in Cloudsdale, Applejack looked at the farm, Pinkie looked in Fluttershy's cottage, Rarity looked for her uptown, and Twilight looked for her downtown. They searched hours. "Ok, there's one place we haven't looked." Twilight said. "The Everfree Forest." "But Twilight!" Pinkie said. "Why would Fluttershy go in there?" "I don't know, but it's a chance." Twilight answered. The ponies stepped into the forest to look for their friend. > Chapter 4 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The ponies walked through the forest. It was dark, but they've been here before. "Wait." Twilight said. She heard some ponies talking. She looked past a tree. "I wonder what kind of queen Flutterbat will be." one of the ponies said. They were bat ponies. "Did you hear that?" Twilight asked. "They mention Flutterbat! We should follow them." "Who goes there?" the bat pony asked. The ponies stood completely still. "It was probably nothing." the other bat ponies said. They started flying. "Rainbow, follow them, but don't let them notice you." Twilight said. Rainbow nodded and flew up. The others ran in Rainbow's direction. The bat ponies landed. They opened the secret entrance. Twilight used her magic to keep the door open. "Quickly." Twilight said. They ran through the door. The other bats gasped. "Outsiders!" one yelled. "Get them!" All the bat ponies ran after them. The mane 5 split up. "What is going on out there?" Flutterbat asked herself. She looked out the window. She gasped. "Are those outside ponies?" she asked herself. Fangalla got up. She flew down to the comotion. "Enough!" she yelled. You lit her horn. She picked up the ponies. "What are you doing here?" she asked. "We're here for Fluttershy." Twilight answered. "You mean, Princess Flutterbat?" Fangalla asked. "Princess?" Twilight asked. "She's not your friend anymore. She's one of us." Fangalla said. "Now, to make sure you don't take her, I'll take you somewhere." She walked into the castle entrance. She walked down the stairs to a dark room. The only light came from Fangalla's horn. The mane 5 were put into different cages. Twilight and Rarity were in a magic-proof cage. Rainbow had her wings chained to the wall. Pinkie and Applejack had their front hooves chained to the walls. "You can't do this!" Twilight said. Fangalla glared at her. "Silly princess. You have no power to stop us." she said. She walked back up the stairs and outside. "Don't worry, the outsiders have been caught." Fangalla announced. She flew back up to her room. "Mother," Flutterbat asked, "what happened?" "Oh, nothing, just outsiders." Fangalla answered. "Outsiders?!" Flutterbat screamed. "Flutterbat, they've been caught. Now, go back to bed." Fangalla ordered. "Yes." Flutterbat walked back to her room. "I'll deal with them more later." Fangalla told herself, walking back to her room. > Chapter 5 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- It was morning. Twilight awoke. "Ooof, my head. I had a crazy dream." she said. "That wasn't a dream, Twilight!" Rainbow said, trying to fly. "That's right." Twilight said. "we must save Fluttershy." "But Twilight, how will we get out?" Applejack asked. "I don't know." Twilight said. Fangalla was in her room at the castle. She was pondering what to do about the intruders. "Celestia will be wondering where that alicorn has been." she told herself. "I must think of a way." She sat down to think. "I can't get Flutterbat near them. Her memory might return." "What are you talking about?" Flutterbat asked, entering the room. "Flutterbat, go back to bed." Fangalla ordered. "What were you talking about?" Flutterbat asked again. "Futterbat." Fangalla said, starting to get angry. "What are you hiding?" Flutterbat asked. Fangalla lit her horn. She picked up the princess. "NOT NOW!" she yelled. She shot Flutterbat back to her room. Fangalla glanced around the room. She noticed a mirror on the wall. This gave her an idea. Fangalla grinned. She lit her horn again. She started to preform a spell. Five shapes appeared, all in the form of a pony. Fangalla finished. "Perfect." she said. "Now, you all must pretend to be different ponies. You will go to Ponyville and live your lives normally." A purple pony raised her hoof. "Yes." Fangalla called. "What about Fluttershy?" she asked. "Oh yes." Fangalla said. She lit her horn again to preform the spell. "Now, go." she ordered. The six ponies ran out of the castle and headed for Ponyville. Fangalla headed over to her bed for sleep. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Flutterbat twisted and turned in her bed. She couldn't sleep. "What is it that she's hiding?" she thought. After a few minutes, she finally fell asleep. She had a dream about her running through the forest, having a great time. She noticed a pony with yellow skin and a pink mane and tail. She was crying. "What's wrong?" Flutterbat asked. The pony turned to her. "YOU RUINED ME!!!!!!!!" the pony yelled. Flutterbat was confused. She was surrounded by five lifeless bodies, laying on the grass. The ponies looked familiar. Suddenly, the bodies stood up. They closed in on Flutterbat. "STOP!" Flutterbat yelled. The ponies started to speak. "You did this." they spoke. Flutterbat started to sit down. "No, NO!" she yelled. "GET AWAY!" "Why do you hate us? We are friends?" the ponies asked. "NO!" Flutterbat screamed. "Wake up!" the yellow pony yelled. Flutterbat opened her eyes. Fangalla was standing there, shaking her. "Oh, it's you." Flutterbat sighed. "Flutterbat, what's wrong?" Fangalla asked. "Oh nothing," Flutterbat answered. "Just a bad dream." "Oh, about what?" Fangalla asked. "It's too confusing. C'mon, let's go outside!" Flutterbat begged. "Ok." Fangalla agreed. The two ponies opened their wings and flew out of the castle, and into the market. > Chapter 6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fangalla and Flutterbat walked around the market to get their fruit. "How many apples should we get?" Fangalla asked. "Flutterbat?" She looked over to where the bat pony was standing. "Where did she go?" Fangalla wondered out loud. She looked over to see Flutterbat sitting. "Flutterbat! Get over here!" Fangalla demanded. Flutterbat turned around. She had a mouse in her mouth. "What are you doing with that?" Fangalla asked. Flutterbat spit out the mouse. "What? It taste good." she said. "What do you mean?" the bat queen asked. "The blood." Flutterbat answered. "The blood taste good." Fangalla gasped. She started to fly back to the castle spire. Flutterbat shrugged and went to finish the grocery shopping. Fangalla went to her room. She looked through the books on her shelf. She pulled out a book titled "Bat Pony Behavior". She flipped through the pages. "Aw, here it is." she said as she looked at the page. "If a bat pony starts to drink blood, they will soon start to pass down fruit." Fangalla read. "After that, they could betray the bats by drinking their blood." Fangalla dropped the book. "I must stop her." Fangalla said. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Ready?" Twilight asked. "Yes." Rainbow Dash answered. She ran into the cage door. "Ow." she said as she hit her head. "Well, there's plan B." Twilight said. She stuck her horn through the bars. She lit her horn. The others' doors started to open, "Wait, I thought your cage was magic proof?" Applejack questioned. "The cage is magic proof." Twilight said. "Not the outside." The other ponies opened Twilight's cage. "Let's go." Twilight ordered.