Me and my friend end up in Equesteria as our favorite characters, me an OC I created, and her Lapis Lazuli.
Two friends end up in Equestria, destined to protect it form the forces of evil. But what would happen when an evil so great and terrifying threatens the land? Will the friends be able to stand up to this foe? Or will they fall to darkness?
Me and my friend were driving to a Con, excited to attend a place where fans can dress up as their favorite characters, characters from Marvel, Transformers, DC and so much more. By the way, names Rick, average kid, and kinda a nerd but luckily, I didn't let that show when I'm at school. And the person next to me is my friend Angie, smart girl, not nearly as nerdy as me, but still a nerd when it comes to our shared favorite interests, meaning Marvel, Dc, Sonic the hedgehog and many others. Well, pretty sure others would agree that those franchises are pretty cool.
Anyway, me and Angie were on our way to the Con dressed as our favorite characters, well, I decided to go as my OC, which was from a crossover I made up that involved Sonic the Hedgehog, Marvel's Avengers Earth Mightiest Heroes, Pokemon and Transformers Animated, you know that series were it was cancelled after season 3, pretty good show that one was. Anyway, my OC was a fusion of Pikachu, human and Sonic DNA, but I looked more like a an anthropomorphic Pikachu with blue eyes, yellow fur with brown stripes on my back with my ears having black tips and red fur where my cheeks are. I had a red scarf around my neck that also barely covers the chest fur I gave him. Completely my look were the two Techno Gauntlets I made up that black rings connected to them at the wrists and custom made shoes and bandages around my arms and legs.
"Hey Rick, how much farther to the Con?" Angie asked me, causing me to look at her while keeping an eye on the road, she was dressed up as Lapis Lazuli from Steven Universe, she painted her skin and died her hair blue to match Lapis's, she even got the original blue dress, she only needed the gem to complete her look but we didn't have time to look for one or make one.
I smile, "Not much farther now Angie, maybe a few more minutes before we get there." I replied, she had a huge smile on her face.
"Isn't this exciting Rick! Going to a Con for the first time!" Angie said, clearly excited,
I smiled at her excitement, "Yeah, I'm actually a little nervous to be honest." I said, a nervous look on my face, it was kinda true, most people always make fun of my OC and say that he's too OP, but that's not true, I added some weaknesses so he isn't OP but no one listens.
Angie saw this and placed a hand on my back, "Hey, I'm sure everything will be fine, if anything I think some people might think you're OC is cool. So stop worrying over nothing and try to have fun!"
I nodded my head just as we drove up to the Con, "Yeah, I guess you're right. I'm just worrying over nothing." this caused Angie to smile as I parked the car.
"Good, now let's have some fun!" she shouted in joy causing me to smile and chuckle at her excitement.
After getting out of the car, we ran inside the Con, large smiles on our faces, this was our first Con so of course we are excited. We did our best to do everything we could inside the Con, buying cool things to show off back home, or just wandered around, looking at different stalls, until one caught our eye. The guy running the stall looked familiar but I couldn't remember why, but he had a few interesting items, one of them being the the Lapis Lazuli gem Angie needed for her costume, a Rose Quartz sword and Rose Quartz's shield, and the Blade of Olympus, now, the blade won't go well with my costume, but it was one of my favorite weapons while playing God of War and would make a pretty cool collectible.
Plus, I can tell Angie wanted the sword and shield as well, causing me to roll my eyes with a smile before we walked up to the stall.
"Hello Lapis Lazuli, and I'm guessing you are dressing up as an OC?" the guy asked me, I nodded in response, "Well, I think it's a great idea to dress up as your own character, it shows what great imagination one has!"
"I agree, though, he did have some help coming up with the character." Angie said with a smirk, causing me to laugh a bit, "Anyway, you have a lot of interesting stuff, did you make them yourself?"
"Why yes I did, and I couldn't help but notice that your costume seems to be lacking something." the guy said, holding his chin in thought,
"She's missing the gem that would complete her look, can't be a gem without the gem." I said,
"Ah I see! Then this would be perfect for your costume." the guy said, holding up the gem, causing Angie to smile.
"Yes, that is just what I need! Also, do you think I can get the ROse Quartz sword and shield? I know I'm not the right character to get them, but I think they would be cool to have." Angie asked and the guy nodded his head,
"Very well, and what about you?" he asked me, and I looked at the Blade,
"The Blade of Olympus please." I said,
"Alright, all that would cost around $350 but, I'm willing to bargain and lower the price to $220. What do you say?" the guy asked and me and Angie nodded our heads with smiles on our faces, and I paid the guy and helped Angie put the gem on her back.
"Thank you so much, I really needed the gem to complete my look." Angie said, then had a thoughtful look on her face, "Hey, I think I know you from somewhere."
"Oh good, I wasn't the only one to notice that he looks familiar." I said with a sigh of relief that I wasn't imagining things.
"Oh? And who would you say I remind you of stranger?" the guy asked, and our eyes widened when we finally found who he was.
"You're the Merchant, famous Displacer of the Con." Angie said, causing the Merchant to laugh.
"Yes I am, and this is the part where I usually send you off but I'm gonna be a nice guy and give you a little gift." the Merchant said, and with a snap of his fingers, a small phone appeared with a slip of paper, "A phone so that way you two could yell at me all you want, even if it won't make me bring you back to your world."
"Why give us this?" I asked him, ready to hit him with the Blade.
"Eh, who knows, maybe I feel like messing with you. now, bye bye!" after he said that, I blacked out. But, I managed to hear the Merchant say, "Oh shit, that wasn't supposed to happen."
I let out a groan as I woke up to the sound of birds chirping and the taste of dirt in my mouth, I got up after spitting the dirt out of my mouth and looked around, I saw that i was in a forest, the Everfree to be exact, if the twisted looking trees were anything to go by. I then looked at myself, yellow fur, thunderbolt shaped tail, large ears, yep, me and Angie were Displaced. "Wait, Angie?" I asked, looking around, "Angie where are you?! Angie?!" I shouted, my voice echoing across the forest.
I then saw the phone the Merchant gave me and used it to call him, "Hello?" I heard him answer.
"Hey asshole, remember me? The guy you Displaced? Where the fuck is my friend?" I asked him, a bit annoyed, I wanted to be Displaced but I still needed time to think about it, and not seeing Angie anywhere is just making even more angry.
"Ah Rick, yes, I remember you, your friend is....how do I put this gently? Ah fuck it, she's gotten lost while she was being Displaced. So you're gonna have to find her on your own." Merchant replied,
"If I don't find her, or if she's hurt, I"m coming after you." I knew it was an empty threat cause who is crazy enough to pick a fight with someone who rips people from their reality and throw them into another while also giving them a new body and powers? I heard him laugh in response.
"Good luck with that, now if you excuse me, I'm about to Displaced another unfortunate soul, someone dressed up as a character from Ben 10." with that, the Merchant ended the call, making curse under my breath. I nearly shouted in anger when a thunderclap was heard above my head before a brown liquid rained down on my head.
"Wait, brown liquid?" I asked in confusion, looking up and seeing a cotton candy cloud raining chocolate milk on me. "Well, at least I know when I am in Equestria, at least, I think I do." I then decided to give my new powers a test run, literally. I took off at speeds rivaling Sonic the Hedgehog through the forest, often doing stunts for the heck of it. I kept running through the forest until I reached the familiar canyon with an equally familiar castle on the other side, looking as if though it never once saw war in its life. "So, I definitely appeared during Discords rule, just his first one. Man, Angie would go nuts if she saw this, that is, if she hasn't already." I then looked up to the sky, still wondering where my friend was but shook my head, Equestria needed a hero right now, and frankly, I have to be that hero, though I'm more of a anti-hero or vigilante but still.
I quickly hid in a bush when I saw Celestia and Luna, clad in battle armor and wielding weapons, no doubt going off to fight Discord, I grinned. "Sorry princesses, but I'm afraid you're gonna be a bit disappointed when you arrive." I said to myself, getting out of the bush and ran off to find Discord.
"There you are." I said to myself after looking for him for fifteen minutes, he was casually sitting on a throne that looked to be something a four year old would make, which in his case, is perfect. I was crouching on a cliff that a bit away from his throne, using a pair of binoculars to watch him drink the glass of chocolate milk then throwing the drink behind his head, causing an explosion and making him laugh and no doubt gloat about his chaos. "Sorry Discord, but I'm gonna have to crash the party." I said then ran down to the bottom of the cliff before running back up it and using Spin Dash to launch myself into the air. I grinned as I prepped a Thunder Punch before I rocketed towards Discord, but before I could attack, he turned his head from the bag of something he was messily eating, getting it all over the place, and shouted in surprise before dodging, making me punch the throne and destroying it.
"Hey!! That was my throne you so rudely destroyed! You're gonna have to pay for that-oh, what do we have here?" Discord said as he brought out a magnifying glass just as I stood up, he got in my face as if he was looking at something new, which of course, he was. "I never seen anything like you before, hmmmm, you seem to be sapient if the clothes are anything to go by. Just what are you exactly?" he yelped when lightning came off my body, nearly shocking him. I grinned and pointed a thumb at myself,
"Names Rick, the Ultimate Weapon, and the guy who's gonna kick your ass if you don't stop this chaos." I punched my palm for emphasis but Discord just laughed until I lunged at him, elbowing him the gut before spinning around and slamming the back of my boot into his face, sending him flying but he quickly stopped himself and gave me an amused grin.
"Okay, I'll admit, that did hurt, guess you're not all talk. But you're not gonna defeat me, I'm the lord of Chaos and Disharmony." Discord bragged which caused me to roll my eyes and Discord saw this and wasn't happy. "Oh? You think I'm joking?"
"Not really, just that you're full of shit." I replied with a grin before dodging the chaos magic by rolling to the side, seeing Discords angered look.
"I was going to go easy on you, but I think I'll enjoy breaking every bone in your body." Discord said,
"Well come at me then bitch." I said, and I charged at him and I couldn't help the grin that appeared on my face.
'This was gonna be fun.'
3rd POV
Rick ran at Discord and tried to use Thunder Punch on him but Discord flew into the air, dodging the attack before slashing at Ricks back with his talons while producing a tuba out of nowhere and blowing into it, this caused a massive blast of noise to hit Rick and make him scream in pain due to his enhanced hearing. Discord grinned and slammed the tuba on Ricks head and slamming a spoon against it and once he was satisfied he lifted it up and saw Rick about to pass out due to the constant pain his ears, which were also bleeding, were receiving but he fought through it and glared at Discord who was laughing. "Oh what an amusing sight! A rat thinking he can defeat moi yet he is on the verge of passing out after three attacks!" Discord said before he continued laughing.
Rick just growled but he was also a bit confused on what Discord was saying to him losing his hearing, at least until it heals, but he didn't care, he was gonna keep fighting. With his fists covered in lightning, Rick delivered a strong punch to Discords gut, sending him flying before he stopped himself only to get hit in the face with Iron Tail, knocking out some teeth. "How'd that feel asshole?!" Rick shouted, almost being able to hear himself again.
Discord growled and snapped his talons, causing an enlarged fist to appear above Rick and slam down on him but Rick easily dodges it thanks to his speed before grabbing the fist and throwing it Discord, who just turned it into bubbles with another snap of his talons. "Oh please, this is starting to-OOF!" Discord grunted as Rick suddenly rammed his shoulder into his gut as he ran and causing Rick to ram Discord through trees, rocks, and dancing rocks with top hats and canes before Discord's tail formed into a hand and snapped its fingers, teleporting Discord away from Rick who crashed into another boulder, nearly breaking his arm in the process.
"Shit! That hurt!" Rick shouted as he held his shoulder before looking around for the draconequus when suddenly a pie landed next to him before exploding into confetti with the force of the explosion knocking Rick back and into a mound of chocolate but felt more like iron. Rick gasped as the wind was knocked out of him before he fought through the pain again while his body was sparking. "O-ok, that's it! You're gonna get it now Discord! Take this Discharge!" Rick shouted as lightning erupted from his body, hitting everything around him, even Discord who was hiding behind a rock shaped like him that exploded into marshmallows.
Discord was surprised by the sudden attack, causing him to be electrocuted by Rick's Discharge and once it was over, he had small sparks surrounding his body, which means he was afflicted by the Status Effect, Paralysis. "W-what?! I can barely m-move!" Discord shouted in confusion and anger as he tried to move only to get hit by Ricks Homing Attack multiple times followed by a punch to Discords jaw, knocking out a tooth and sending him flying a bit but Discord managed to stop himself by opening his mismatched wings while rubbing his jaw. "Ouch! That actually hurt! Luckily, I have a solution for that." Discord then snapped his talons and all the wounds he had gotten during the fight were healed, much to Rick's annoyance. "There! Good as new!"
"Oh come on!" Rick shouted angrily while Discord blew into his lion paw, causing his eagle hand to grow and making Rick gulp just as Discord spun his arm around before punching Rick, sending him flying and crashing into a distant mountain. Rick coughed up blood, a stone spike sticking through his stomach. "D-damn it, he's too strong...n-need to..think of some-something...." Rick said as he was slowly losing consciousness due to the beating he had taken.
Then Discord appears while holding his gut as he laughed. "Oh what fun this was! But you had no chance against the master of reality such as moi!" Discord said as he looked down at Rick who struggled to get up. "Oh but you're still gonna try? In your state?" this made him laugh even harder before he snapped his talons and Rick's injuries were healed and he no longer felt exhausted.
"W-what?" Rick asked in confusion as he looked himself over then at Discord. "Why?"
"Because I haven't met a being who was so hung up about defeating me! Even Celly and Lulu weren't this determine! They gave up right after I took away their horns but I did give them back to see if they'll come at me again! And I was very disappointed when they didn't." Discord said as he smirks. "Plus, I know that lightning isn't the only thing you can do! I looked at your bio that your creator-OW!" Discord shouted in pain when an invisible force hit him on the head. "Now that was rude OPTIMUSPRIMEG1! I was only-OW! Ok ok I won't break the fourth wall anymore!"
"Uuuuuh..." Rick just stared in confusion before shaking his head as he remembers the whole fourth wall thing before he full stood up and punched his open palm while sparking a bit before it disappeared much to his confusion but he shook it off. "Alright Discord, aside from that weirdness, you're right. I haven't used every last trick I have. So prepare yourself!" he then thought to himself. 'Oh I hope this works, I don't even know if they'll show up.' he then starts to rise into the air a bit just as seven different colored gems appeared around him. While this was happening, Discord was sitting on a lounge chair eating popcorn. "Behold! The true power of Chaos!"
Not a second after he said that his fur changed from regular yellow to golden while an equally golden aura surrounded him. "True power of Chaos you say? Well let's see how that Chaos stands against my chaos!" Discord said as he rose into the air as well, his hands covered in chaos magic.
"Lets." Rick said then the two clashed, creating a shockwave that caused nearby clouds to disperse. Rick and Discord then disappeared and reappeared in another part of the sky, their fists connecting and sending another shockwave of Chaos Energy and magic, causing several objects to transform into the most wacky of stuff you can imagine. Rick then kicks Discord away before summoning several Chaos Spears and sent them at him but Discord just grins and turns them into either custard or bubbles and for the bubbles, Discord blows them towards Rick and upon reaching him, they exploded with the force of anti-tank mine. Discord smirks thinking he had won but he remembers one fact about the Super form.
"Blast, I forgot that the Super form is-" Discord didn't finish his sentence as he was hit in the gut by a flying Spin Dash, causing him to be propelled backwards while Rick hovered in the air, not a scratch on him. "Invincible." Discord said as he was caught by a giant Discord wearing a baseball catchers outfit.
"That's right! While I'm like this, anything you throw at me won't affect me!" Rick said with a grin before flying at Discord with his fist pulled back.
"Anything huh? Well this Super form hasn't met anything like me!" Discord said as he disappeared just as Rick punches the giant Discords hand but it exploded it in his face the moment he did but like before he didn't take any damage. Rick looked around for Discord but didn't see him anywhere before he felt something stab into his side and causing him to bite back a scream of pain as he looked down to see an arrow sticking in his side.
"What?! But how?!" Rick asked in shock as he pulled the arrow out before another took its place. "Damn it!" Rick shouted as he surrounded himself with lightning to block any more arrows but they still managed to get through the lightning unscathed! "Where the fuck are these things coming from?! Wait, why am I even asking that?" Rick then flew towards the source of the arrows while making sure to dodge each one. He found the source being a group of Discords wearing archer outfits firing another volley of arrows at Rick.
"Egad's! It would appear we have been found out my fellow archers!" one of the Discords said to the others and they nodded.
"Shall we show this ruffian what happens when-" the second Discord was cut off when Rick used Homing Attack on all of them and made them disappear in a puff of smoke.
"Cheap parlor tricks." Rick said to himself.
"Don't get so full of yourself yet!" Rick whirled around only to be hit by a beam of Chaos Magic, sending him crashing into the ground as he struggles to fight against the beam. "Not so cocky now are you?" Discord asked with a grin as he puts more power into the beam, causing it to push Rick into the ground.
Grunts grits his teeth as he feels the attack start to burn away at his skin before he gathered up all the energy he could. "Chaos.." Rick said while Discord looked at him in confusion, wondering what he was planning. He soon got his answer when Rick shouted. "BLAST!!!" and a huge explosion of Chaos energy erupted from Rick's body, managing to push back against the beam of Chaos Magic while also hitting Discord and blowing him away. When the explosion died down, Rick stood in a crater with visible burns covering his arms and chest. "D-damn it, with him warping reality to help him, I might lose if I don't come up with a plan."
'Let me out and I'll crush him with my bare hands.'
"What?! Who said that?!" Rick said as he whipped his head to search for the owner of the voice, a voice that felt familiar for some reason.
'You know I'm the only one capable of hurting him, so let me out!'
"Just who are you?!" Rick asked before wincing when he felt pain in his head, making him hold it as he wondered where the pain came from. Unfortunately, he didn't get to find out before he was suddenly trapped by Discord when he wrapped his body around him like a snake. "Wha?! Let me go you mismatched freak of nature!"
"No, I think not." Discord said with a grin as he snapped his talons and Rick no longer was in his Super Form. "There, now that that pesky form of yours is gone, I think it's time to put your abilities to better use wouldn't you say?"
Rick growled while glaring at Discord. "If you think I'm gonna help you then you're dead wrong!" Rick shouted and Discord just laughed while something in the back of Rick's mind was slowly clawing its way out from the mental cage that it was trapped in.
"Oh it's hilarious if you think you have a choice in the matter." Discord said then touched the top of Rick's head with his paw, causing his eyes to become multicolored swirls. He then felt something snap within his mind and causing him to black out.
Rick groaned as he regained consciousness, seeing that he was fully healed, was standing over a badly burnt Discord, and that were small fires everywhere as far as the eye can see. Rick was confused when he saw the fires, "Where the heck did these come from? The last thing I remember was Discord about to mind control me and me getting angry with-" he paused when he realized what happened and looked at Discord in horror. "No, how could I forget about him?" Rick whispered as he quickly began to heal Discords wounds. "Phoenix what have you done?"
I was freaking out, I nearly killed Discord! And it was because of my stupid rage! "Damn it Phoenix! Why must you try and kill everyone who makes you angry?" I asked no one, though I knew that said person was watching me heal Discord and won't respond just to anger me. How am I healing him you ask? Simple answer, Medkit. Hey, I may be a badass OC Displaced, but I don't have healing powers, regeneration yes but I can't heal others just like that.
After applying bandages around Discords arm, I took a step back, seeing the I had covered up all his burns, I also made sure to give him something to help heal the burns. He'll be alright once he wakes up, he'll just use his magic to make himself better........I hope.
I took a few steps back and looked around, wondering how far the princesses were. after not seeing them I then decided to put out the fires before they got too big, using my speed to form a cyclone that sucked the air out of the area until the fires died out. I stopped and looked around at the landscape, seeing that other than a few scorch marks, it was completely fine, well, as fine as a land that was turned into something toddlers would come up with. After seeing that everything was fine, I leaned against an apple tree, or something close to one at least, and pulled out my phone, glad to have it, and started playing some music and wait for the princesses to arrive. This also gave me some time to think about how to make sure Phoenix doesn't come out again.
In case you're wondering, Phoenix is the Avatar of Rage, a creation of the deadly sin Wrath, technically, my OC was supposed to become the Avatar, but Phoenix became like a split personality instead. So whenever I get angry, Phoenix comes out, and trust me, Phoenix coming out is never good, everything pisses him off, even the most tiniest of things, hell, even his very existence angers him to no end. This means I have to do a lot in order to remain calm, otherwise.....
I shuddered at the thought, Phoenix is a planet buster thanks to him being an Avatar of Wrath, that means the angrier he gets, the stronger he becomes. Okay okay, yes, that sounds like the Hulk, but unlike Hulk, Phoenix is smart enough to know how to outsmart his opponents, i.e, use their rage against them, Phoenix not only uses his own anger to get stronger, but he uses others anger as well, he'll use his powers of corruption to make anyone angry, like Hulk angry. Which makes him a dangerous foe, and, someone I need to make sure never comes out again. No matter what.
I was brought out of my thoughts when I saw the shine of armor in the sky, looking up I saw that it was the princesses, wearing battle armor. "Wow, they were really wanting to end Discords reign." I said to myself, then smirked, "Well, too bad that I already beat them to it."
I watched as the two princesses landed near Discord, confused and shocked looks on their faces. "Wha? H-how-what happened here?!" Luna shouted, the two not seeing me, so I decided to make my presence known. I put my phone away and walked over to the two,
"Why, the greatest fight ever!" I said, the two immediately turning to look at me and going on the defensive, horns glowing with magic while the Elements floated around them, which caused me to tense in fear when I saw them.
"Who are you creature?! One of Discords creations?!" Celestia demanded, "And what do you mean the greatest fight ever?! SPEAK!!" she shouted the last part with the Canterlot Voice, which made me cringe due to my sensitive hearing.
"Whoa, easy there princess. I'm not an enemy." I said, trying to calm the apparently trigger happy princesses, "I fought Discord, as to help you two out with all this crazy chaos that's spread all over the land."
The two still gave me suspicious looks as their horns lost their glow and we just stood there for a few seconds in silence until Luna eventually spoke up, "Tell us creature, who or what are you?"
"First off, it's rude to call someone creature, secondly, names-" should I go with my real name or my OCs name? Fuck it, "Rick, my name is Rick, or Pikachu, the Electrical Lifeform, whatever you prefer. As for what I am, well, let's just say that is a secret." hey, I may be being friendly to them, doesn't mean I have to tell them my OCs backstory, they would most definitely turn me to stone if they found out. The two raised an eyebrow at me, but a groan from Discord caught their attention, "You may want to stone him so that way he doesn't try and cause some chaos."
The two nodded and prepared to use the Elements, only for two pies to be thrown in their faces, causing me to cover my mouth to prevent me from laughing, though a few snickers escaped, much to their annoyance. We heard Discord laugh, making us turn to look at him, seeing that he was completely healed, which was a relief on my part. "The old pie in the face joke! Gets them everytime!"
"Oh yeah, the totally unoriginal pie face gag. Maybe I hit in the head harder than I thought if you're coming up with something so cliche." I said with a smirk, this caused Discord to glare at me and flip me off. "Aw, did I hurt your little feelings?"
"Fuck you." Discord said, preparing to snap his fingers until I pointed at the two princesses, who had managed to get the pies off their faces and had the Elements circling them, much to his horror.
"Look, I would love to kick your ass again, but I think you have a date with the Elements." I said, then I went wide eyed when his magic flared around him, a look of anger and hatred on his face.
"No! I refuse!" Discord shouted, two orbs of Chaos magic in his hands, "If I'm going down, then I'm taking you with me!!" he then threw the two orbs at the princesses while I pulled out a Chaos Emerald and shouted.
"Chaos Control!!" time froze around me, then I aimed my hands at the two orbs, "Thunder Bolt!" twin bolts of lightning shot of my hands at the orbs of Chaos Magic, causing the two energies to explode just as time returned to normal. The princesses and Discord stared in shock and confusion,
"H-how?! How did you-" Discord didn't get to finish when the princesses snapped out of their shocked states and used the power of the Elements, causing the iconic rainbow to shoot up into the air before turning to Discord, who tried to get away but I stopped him when I shot two small bolas from my gauntlets, tying up his arms. "Nooooooooo-" Discord scream was cut off when the magic of the Elements hit him, slowly turning him to stone and in a flash, the magic exploded around us, and making me wince slightly when it struck me. I looked around and watched as everything returned to normal.
I looked back at the statue of Discord, watching as he fell to the ground with a loud thud, luckily he didn't break, like the Elements will be that cruel. Well, then again, if the princesses tried to befriend Discord and such, you know, kind of like how Fluttershy befriended him. If they did that then maybe he wouldn't have caused all this Chaos. And yes I should have tried to do the same thing, I'll fix that as soon as I can after I get the princesses on board with the idea, otherwise they'll think I work for Discord or something, as well as get info on what this Equestria is like as well as its inhabitants, for all I know, this version of Equestrias xenophobia is cranked to the max! To the point where everything that isn't a pony is treated as a monster. I was snapped out of my thoughts when Luna walked up to me, a suspicious and studying look on her face. "Thank you Rick, for stopping Discord from harming us. But I must ask this, you said Chaos Control. Do you use Chaos magic as well?" Luna asked me.
"Well, not the kind you're familiar with, my version of Chaos is a bit different. If you're worried about it being like DIscords, don't worry, it's nothing like Discords reality breaking magic." I said, causing her to sigh in relief, "I would happily tell you some more but I got some things to do, a friend to find, things like that." I said, preparing to walk away so I can look for Angie, extremely worried for her and praying that nothing bad happened to her, doesn't help that I'm thinking of over a thousand terrible things that could happen to her, gem cracked, prisoner of a dragon, trapped in a mirror or, I shuddered at the last thought, shattered. I really hope nothing like the last one happened to her.
"A friend?" Luna asked me, making me stop and look at her. "You mean there is more of you?"
I chuckle while rubbing the back of my head, "Well, not like like me, but yeah, there's another somewhere in Equestria, and I'm about to head off to find her."
"I see, well what does this friend of yours look like?" Luna asked me as Celestia walked over to us,
"What is going on?" she asked us, looking between the two of us in confusion.
"Rick is looking for a friend of his, I was going to offer our help." Luna said to her sister, who nodded just as I pressed a button on my gauntlet, bringing up an image of what Angie now looked like.
"This is Angie, a friend of mine. She is a being called a Gem." I said, then a small screen zoomed in on her gem, "This is the real form of Gems, the body you see before you is made of solid light. If the light bodies are damaged enough, a Gem retreats into their gem to heal or something. Now, she'll be mostly likely confused for a non living gem by many beings, dragons being one of them. I pray that she isn't in the claws of a dragon."
The two nodded, "We'll do our best to keep an eye for her." Celestia said, I nodded my head, turning off the hologram.
"Thanks, guess this is goodbye for now." I said, and was about to turn to leave if I hadn't seen the looks of confusion on their faces. "What's wrong?"
"Well, we thought you would be coming with us?" Luna asked, "After all, you did aid in the defeat of Discord, so you would be treated as a hero."
"Plus, if ponies know about you, then they won't fear you when you look for your friend." Celestia said, making a good point, if I don't want to end up on anyone's bad side, then I'll have to make myself known to the land, plus it'll be a great way to be considered an ally to Equestria in case a villain pops up. I nodded my head, a smile on my face.
"Alright, I guess I can come with." I said, the two of them smiled, Celestia grabbed Discords statue and brought it over to us.
"Great, then we will head back to the castle now!" Luna said happily, causing me to laugh a little. spreading her wings before flying into the air Celestia joining her. The two then looked at me, then had sheepish looks on there faces, "Um, do you need one of us to carry you to the castle?"
I shook my head, "Nah, it's fine, I got speed on my side." I said, then ran ahead of them, shocking them with my speed. "Race ya!" I laughed as I ran, leaving a dust trail as I did.
"What the?! How are you so fast!?" Luna asked me as she and her sister tried to catch up to me. "Not even a pegasus could keep up with you!"
I gave a shrug in response as I decided to keep the fact that I'm now a clone that is made up of different beings to myself for now. "I just am!" I said, then ran a little faster, causing the two sisters to struggle to fly faster, which caused me to chuckle before slowing down so they don't strain themselves to keep up, "Sorry about that, I can get a little competitive at times."
"It is alright." Celestia said, "But I must ask, how are you able to run that fast? We were doing our best to try and keep up with you but were unable to."
I chuckled again, "Like I said, I just am, it's part of my biology." I replied before turning around and ran backwards, shocking the two sisters,
"Ok, now you are just showing off." Luna said, causing me to laugh.
"Maybe just a little." I said before turning around again. We continued towards the castle before we can see it in the distance, this made me a bit nervous. "Hey, um, I know this might sound like a weird question to ask but, you're not gonna like, oh I don't know, suddenly turn on me and turn me to stone in front of a bunch of ponies right?"
"What?! Why in the name of Faust would we do that?!" Luna asked me, both of them having shocked and worried looks.
"More importantly, why would you think we would do something like that?!" Celestia asked next, "Did you meet somepony who did what you asked us?"
"Oh no no no! You see, um, shit, I'll explain once we're alone, I promise." I said, and I can see the two having worried looks on their faces but didn't ask anymore questions while we came up to the castle front gates, the guards immediately pointing their spears at me.
"Your majesties! Get behind us while we take care of this creature!" one of them said, causing me to roll my eyes before I got an idea. Using my speed, I quickly took all of the guards spears while also dressing them up in clown costumes. "What the?!"
I heard a snicker behind me, making me look to see both Luna and Celestia trying to hold back their laughter before Celestia quickly regained her composure and spoke to the guards. "C-calm yourselves my little ponies, this creature is an ally. Not an enemy." she said to them before looking at me though she spoke a bit quieter. "As funny as this is, can you please undo this?"
I chuckled a bit before nodding my head and gave the guards their armor back while also removing the clown makeup. "There you go, all done." I said to the two royals who nodded in thanks before we went inside while Celestia handed Discord to one of the guards, telling them to put him in the dungeon. As we walked through the halls, I couldn't help but be in awe at my surroundings. I mean, can you blame me? I'm walking through the Castle of the Two Royal Sisters before Nightmare Moon and Celestia trashed it during their battle, and yes, I'm sure there are other Displaced who experienced the same thing but still.
I was brought out of my thoughts when suddenly I bumped into Luna, "Oh, sorry about that." I apologized and she gave me a friendly smile.
"It is quite alright, we can tell you were admiring the castles interior correct?" she asked, though I can tell she already knew the answer but I still responded with a nod of my head.
"Guilty. I've heard stories about this place, just didn't think I get to see it in person." I said, still looking around the castle. "But that's nothing compared to the stories about Equestria, the land of peace and harmony. Where the pe-ponies of said land love to make friends."
I glanced back at the two, and I can see them both smiling. "Well those stories are very true, us ponies are keen on making new friends and enjoying the harmony we have here in our land." Celestia said,
"Yes, and once everypony hears how you aided in Discords defeat, I'm sure they'll be ecstatic to have you here." Luna said, giving me a friendly smile.
I smiled after hearing that, so far my luck seems to be good, didn't end up in Fall of Equestria, Conversion Bureau, or a Equestria that hates and fears beings who are different, powerful or monstrous to them. "That's good to hear your majesty."
"Please, there are no need for formalities, just call us by our names." Luna said causing me to nod.
"Very well Luna." I said, just as we entered the throne room, which was quite different than the shows version, instead of light brown stone, the walls and floor had white marble with some quartz crystals in them, the sun and moon banners hanging over the sisters respective thrones. I let out a whistle. "Damn, now this is amazing."
"Thank you Rick, but unfortunately, we have important matters to discuss." Luna said as she and Celestia walked over to their thrones and sat on them.
"Agreed, earlier you said that you were worried we might turn on you. Why would you think that?" Celestia asked me, causing me to sigh.
"Well, I did promise to explain when we are alone. You might want to get comfortable, this is gonna be a long explanation." I said before I began to tell them about Displaced and other Equestrias.
Three Hours Later
I stood in front of the princesses, having finished explaining everything I know about Displaced and the Equestria's Displaced are sent to. They both had mixed emotions of shock, awe, fear and horror. "Y-you mean you a-and one other..." Luna began but paused.
"Forcefully ripped from our home and families and put in a random version of Equestria, yes, yes we were." I said, finishing her sentence. I was suddenly pulled into a hug by both sisters, and I can see the sadden looks on their faces.
"We are sorry for what has happened to you." Luna said, I just returned the hug.
"It's fine." I told her, a smile on my face. "I don't really care that I'm here, truth be told, I kinda always wanted to come here. Same with my friend, Angie." my smile disappeared as I had a worried look on my face. "Speaking of which, I should find her, make sure she is alright."
"And we will help you. It's the least we can do after you saved Equestria from Discords reign." Celestia said, giving me a smile, which caused me to smile as well.
"Thanks, I appreciate it." I said, glad that I will have help in finding Angie.
"You are welcome Rick." Luna said, "But first we will have to introduce you to Equestria, it might make finding your fried a little easier if they know you are an ally looking for a friend, I'm sure with our little ponies help, we would find her in no time."
I nodded my head in understanding and agreement, it would make things a little easier. "Thanks. But I'm guessing we're gonna have to that at a later date?"
Both of them nodded their heads. "I'm afraid so, now that Discord has been defeated, we will have to restore order to the land." Luna said, with a tired sigh. "There have been riots throughout Equestria that have made the land chaotic, well, more chaotic."
I nodded again, "I understand, do you think you may need help?" I asked them,
"We can handle it. Besides, I don't think our little ponies will calm down because a strange creature says so." Celestia said, "Er, no offense."
"It's fine, and I get it, hell, if I were in their position, I wouldn't trust a strange creature either." I said, before chuckling, "In fact, I might just run for the hills or just scream random nonsense!"
Both sisters chuckled. "Well you would look silly if you did just scream random nonsense." Luna said, "I think ponies would forget their fear and look at you if you were crazy!"
"And I'm not crazy already? I mean, I did just immediately fight Discord after waking up. That's crazy by itself!" I said, making all three of us laugh a little.
"You do have a good point." Luna said, still laughing a little before I let out a yawn.
"Geez, I guess that fight took a lot out of me than I thought." I said,
"Then we'll let you sleep, one of our guards will direct you to a spare room." Celestia said and I nodded in appreciation.
"Thank you Celestia." I said, giving her a small smile.
"You are welcome Rick." Celestia said, then me and the guard left the throne room and walked through the halls of the castle, I got a lot of looks from various ponies, ranging from confusion, shock, disgust, fear and anger. I merely rolled my eyes at their looks and ignored them.
After walking for at least a few minutes, we stopped at a door which the guard proceeded to open. "This will be your room." the guard said and I nodded in thanks as I walked in, the room was simple, a single bed with a couple of drawers and other necessities.
The door closed behind me as I walked over to the bed, taking off my shoes and gloves as I did, and flopped onto it, feeling the after effects of today's events hitting me full force. I let out a tired groan as I felt myself pass out. But before I did, one thought went through my mind. 'Angie, wherever you are, I will find you. No matter what.'
I slowly started to wake up to the sounds of birds chirping and the leaves of trees rustling in the wind. 'W-where am I?!' I thought as I just continued to stare up at the treetops, thankful they were blocking the sun from shining down on me, at least, not fully shining on me. 'How d-did I get here? A-and where's Rick?!' panic was starting to fill my mind as I tried to move, but nothing happened! I couldn't feel my arms or legs! Wait...
'I can't feel anything at all!!' I shouted in my mind as I began to hyperventilate, or at least, I did so in my mind which was freaking me out even more! 'Rick!! R-Rick where are you?! Help!!' I cried out in despair, wishing my friend would suddenly appear and help me.
But my wish did not come true and I was left alone in a forest with no feeling in my body, unable to cry out for help. 'RIIIIIIIIIIICK!!!'
Rick's POV
"Angie!" I shouted as I jolted awake, eyes wide and sweat dripping down my face. I looked around before sighing sadly. "Just a nightmare." I laid back down on my bed, staring up at the ceiling. It had been four months since I've been in Equestria, four months since I've become my OC, four months.....
A whole four months of having no luck in finding Angie.
I've done my best to look for her, going around, city to city, town to town, etc. I've asked anyone if they had seen any signs of her, put up some flyers with a picture of her current form, hell, I've even started mining thinking she was in the ground somewhere.
But I didn't find her. It didn't help that the populace still hasn't gotten over the whole Discord rule thing, so they were either on edge or ran for the hills whenever I was around, which kinda angers me but I had done my best to let it go lest I want Phoenix to come out and reduce the planet to space dust. Including Angie.
That is if she is here.
I immediately banished that thought the moment it sprang up. Angie is here. I know it! I can feel it! ' But what if she isn't? What if she's in a different Equestria?' I thought to myself before shaking my head. ' No! I can't think that! I know she is here. And I won't rest until I find her.'
With that in mind, I got out of bed and put on my gear, and opened my door to leave, only to see a maid just about to knock on the door, gaining a look of surprise when I opened it. "Oh, you're awake. Usually, you'd be still asleep." the maid said, making me smirk a bit.
"Yeah well, I figured I'd wake up early this time, Tide Breeze. Tia and Lulu waiting for me in the dining hall?" I asked her, knowing the answer.
She nodded her head. "Yes, they are, like always. You know this by now." Breeze said with a roll of her eyes. I chuckled a bit while the two of us walked through the halls of the castle while talking, joking, and just having a bit of fun. We eventually reached the dining hall, seeing both Luna and Celestia giving us surprised looks.
"You got ready quickly Rick." Luna said, "Usually Tide would have to drag you out of bed if you weren't up in time."
"Eh, I was already awake and ready when Tide Breeze came to get me." I said as I sat down at the table, I immediately noticed the worried look on both of their faces. "What?"
"Nightmares again?" Luna asked, I let out a tired sigh as I slumped in my chair. "Rick, if you want, I can just make them go away, you know that."
"I know, but I guess I just...I don't know, let them stay so that way they'll remind me that Angie is still out there somewhere." I said sadly, my ears drooping down. I hear hoofsteps walking over to me before I was hugged by both Luna and Celestia.
"We'll find her, our guard is already looking for any trace of her," Celestia said while rubbing my back with her wing.
"Then why haven't we found anything yet? There's not even a whisper about her." I said, starting to grow more upset when I thought that maybe she ended up in some other Equestria. An Equestria that might kill her? Or worse, she could-
"Rick, please calm down. You'll see her again." Luna said as she too rubbed my back with her wing. Damn it, I feel like a little kid who needs his sisters for comfort. But....this does help me a little, so I'm not complaining. We stayed like that for a few minutes before the two pulled away. "Better?"
"Y-yeah." I said, wiping my eyes of any stray tears. "But usually it's the big brother or sister who does the comforting. Not the other way around." I said jokingly, this caused the two Alicorns to smile a bit.
"Even older siblings need to be comforted by their younger siblings." Celestia said with a soft smile. "And since when were you the older brother?"
"Since I'm more responsible? And taking care of you two whenever I can." I said in response, remembering the times I had to remind the two to eat and stuff whenever they get too wrapped up in work.
"He does have a point sister," Luna said to Celestia, who pouted in response, which was just adorable.
"And I hate it when he does," Celestia said, still pouting.
"Aaaw, does my little sis need a hug?" I teased her, receiving a wing slap from her, though there were no intentions of hurting me, maybe just a little to get me to stop teasing her. "Aw, I think you do. You're all sorts of cranky."
"You're treading dangerous waters, Rick," Luna said as she stifles a few giggles, I just smirked and keep doing what Luna warned me about.
"But look at little Tia, she's all pouty and cranky." I earned another wing slap from the pouting Solar princess, causing me to laugh. "Ok ok. I'll stop."
"Good." Celestia said before wing slapping me again, "Just for good measure." the three of us laughed and I forgot all about my nightmare. "So, now what do we do?"
"Well, I'm planning on going out to look for Angie again." I said with a determined look on my face. "I know she's here somewhere, I can feel it. But I don't know where else she could be." the two nodded their heads.
"We'll try to aid you the best we can, but there are still some ponies who still need some calming down," Celestia said, and I knew the only ponies freaking out were the nobles and I knew what they were freaking out about. I can tell Celestia was thinking the same. "Yes, they are still wanting to have you turned to stone or sealed in Tartarus because you're a threat and an abomination."
"So same bullshit as always," I said just as some servants came out of the kitchen with plates of food, which was all vegetables and fruits. I grimaced a bit from this, I can survive being vegan for a while, but I need other sources of nutrients as well, aka meat. But I don't want to seem more like a monster than I already am, Tia and Lulu would be okay as they've known some creatures to eat meat and gotten used to it, but the citizens of Equestria are another story. They find out I eat meat, it'll cause them to freak out and think I might eat them which was bullshit as I don't eat other sentient beings, I'm not a monster. "Good, the foods here, it'll help me keep my energy when I look for Angie." I said as I began to eat or at least tried to before a guard came barging in, a few claw marks covering his body and a panicked look on his face.
"Your majesties! There's a creature in the forest! It's been attacking the city and anypony who goes too close to the borders of the forest!" the guard said quickly, this made me stand up with a serious look on my face.
"Where was it last seen?" I asked him, and he looked at me before looking at the princesses who nodded for him to tell me.
"I-it was last seen heading towards the borders of the forest." the guard said and I nodded before walking towards the door.
"I'll deal with this creature seeing how I can find it before it can reach the town thanks to my speed," I said,
"Take a weapon with you, you may need it," Luna said to me and I just smirked.
"Lulu, you should know by now. I am a weapon." with that said I ran out of the castle, becoming a yellow blur as I ran towards the forest. "Okay, he said it was heading towards the edge of the forest, but he didn't say how long ago that was so I'll need to kick it into overdrive if I don't want a monster escaping and killing innocents." with that in mind, I kicked it into overdrive and ran even faster.
"Just where the hell is this thing?!" I said angrily as I stopped running, having spent at least three hours searching for this monster yet didn't find anything so it's safe to say I was pretty pissed right now cause this monster was proving to be difficult to find and capture, or eliminate if necessary. I let out a tired sigh before turning in the direction of the castle. "I guess I'll just have to go back and tell the princesses that I couldn't find it. Maybe I'll have to send out a few drones."
I suddenly stopped when my ear twitched after picking up the sound of a breaking twig from behind me. I remained still as I listened for any more sounds, picking up a low growl from the same area the twig broke. 'Got you.' I thought as I flexed my fingers a bit, ready to blast the beast with a bolt of lightning should it decide to attack.
Which it did, jumping out from the cover of the bushes with a roar only to be met with the back of my sparking fist to its face and causing it to let out a pained yelp as it was sent flying into a tree. "Timberwolf? Was that the monster that-" I paused when I saw the creature was in fact not a Timberwolf, or a regular wolf. It looked like a pony except it had wolf-like paws and sharp fangs and its eyes were completely white. "Werewolf? Didn't know Equestria had those here, well, can't really call you a werewolf, werepony I believe is the correct term." I said as the werepony growled at me, a bit of blood leaking from the corner of its mouth. "Aw, what's the matter? Did I hit you too hard?" I asked it, a cocky smirk on my face.
The werepony growled even louder before it pounces at me again but I quickly duck under it and when it was right above me I suddenly jumped up with my fist connecting with its gut. The werepony lets out a strangled yelp as it was sent flying into the air before it came crashing down, knocked out from either the fall or my punch. "Tch, that was way easier than I thought, sometimes I forget how ponies can overreact to some things."
Suddenly, before I could react, something had pounced onto my back and began to claw at it but I quickly zapped it off of me. "What the fuck?!" I shouted in confusion as I turned to see what attacked me, seeing another werepony, and another, and another, and another. Suddenly, I was surrounded by at least twenty of the monsters. "Oookaaay, this might be bad." I said as I looked around at the wereponies who were growling and glaring at me, seeing no way out of this, my fists sparked with lightning. "Alright you overgrown mutts, you want to go, let's go!"
3rd POV
Celestia and Luna waited anxiously for Rick to come back after he went out to deal with whatever was out there. "Sister, do you think he will be alright?" Luna asked Celestia in worry. "He's been out there for a long time."
"I am sure he is fine, remember, he has defeated Discord so whatever this monster is, I'm sure Rick can-" the doors to the throne room suddenly opened, revealing a slightly bloody Rick. Everyone in the room went wide-eyed at the sight and before they can do anything, Rick held up his hands.
"Relax, the blood's not mine, at least, not all of it." he said as he walked into the room though he was lying, the blood was his but he didn't want the ponies to know that. "Found out what it was that attacked the guard. It was a pack of wereponies, mean ones."
"Wereponies?! But there hasn't been a werepony for a long time! Let alone a whole pack of them! Are you sure it was a werepony?" Luna asked Rick, a bit relieved to see that he was alright but at the same time worried that some wereponies will attack innocent ponies.
"Pretty sure, sharp teeth, wolf-like paws instead of hooves, mangy fur?" Rick asked and getting a nod of confirmation from Luna. "Then yep, wereponies, but don't worry, I took care of them already. They didn't stand a chance against someone who can use lightning to attack. You wouldn't happen to have a cure for them would you?"
"There is a way to calm their aggression but not cure them, so they'll be stuck as wereponies but at least they'll be able to think clearly." Celestia said and Rick nodded his head, though he would have to go and figure out a cure for them as he doubts they would like to stay as wereponies for long.
"It'll have to do, while you're doing that, I'm gonna take a bath before the blood starts to dry and stain my fur." Rick said as he walks away, wanting to get clean as soon as possible.
"See you later then Rick, and thank you for taking care of the wereponies." Luna said to him with a smile and he turned his head and smiled back.
"Hey, it's what heroes do." he said before leaving the throne room, not noticing the small bite mark on his side healing up.
Night had come and Luna was going to go check on Rick cause ever since he had that run-in with the wereponies, she's been feeling off about him like something was wrong with him. Speaking of wereponies, they had been gathered up by the guard and given the cure to their aggression and were also told that Rick would be making a cure for them in his lab so they can return to their normal lives, that is if they wanted the cure.
Luna approached the door to Rick's room before knocking. "Rick? Can I speak to you for a second?" Luna asked, receiving no response. "Rick? Are you in there?"
The door opened and there stood Rick, but his fur glistened slightly with sweat and he was panting as if he just went on a twenty-mile run, which should be easy for him because of his speed but still. "Y-yeah?" he asked her.
"Rick, are you alright? You look a bit under the weather." Luna said worriedly and he nodded his head with a smile.
"Yeah, I-I'm fine, must have caught a fever or something while in the Everfree, you know how that forest is sometimes." Rick said with a chuckle but Luna wasn't sure if it was something from the Everfree.
"Rick, were you perhaps bitten by one of the wereponies during your encounter?" she asked him, thinking that might have something to do with Ricks's strange illness. He just scoffs a bit at that.
"No way, I was running circles around those guys, they would have been to be pretty fast in order to see me let alone bite me." Rick said cockily.
"Rick, this is serious, if you have been bitten, then you might be at risk of becoming a werepony as well. And given your powers, a very powerful werepony." Luna warned, not noticing the moon slowly peek out behind some clouds in a window behind her.
"Come on Lulu, I'm telling you, if I was bitten I would have known about it." Rick told her, his gaze slowly turning to the moon.
"But didn't you say you can heal much faster than normal beings? What if you were bitten and it healed before you could notice it?" Luna said and Rick held his chin in thought at that, his attention no longer on the moon.
"Hmm, you could be right about that, I do tend to somewhat not pay attention when I'm fighting." Rick said, his gaze slowly returning to the moon, which was halfway uncovered by the clouds. "U-um, mind telling me w-what symptoms there are?"
"Well for one, is the compulsion to stare at the moon, chills, fevers, and other flu-like symptoms, and-" Luna noticed that Rick's attention wasn't on her but on something behind her. "Rick? Please tell me you're not staring at the moon." he gave her a sheepish grin, showing her his slowly sharpening teeth. "Oh no."
"G-guess I did get b-bit." Rick said as he was starting to breathe harder, the whites of his eyes slowly turning black. "Lulu, you t-think that spell m-might work on me by a-any chance?'' Before Luna can answer, Rick suddenly holds his gut in pain, a beastly growl escaping him as he backs up. "T-this is gonna g-get ugly." Rick then closes the door in Luna's face,
"Rick! Open the door right now!" Luna shouted as she banged against the door then she heard a loud growl followed by the sound bones breaking and tearing flesh. "Rick!"
"Luna! What is going on?!" Luna turned to see Celestia and a few guards running up to her.
"It's Rick! He's been bitten by a werepony and is turning!" Luna said in panic and Celestia's eyes widened.
"B-but being turned usually takes around three days to do so!" Celestia said in equal panic. "Unless of course there's a full moon!" This made both sisters look out the window and see the moon was indeed full as the clouds fully revealed it. "Buck! We need to give him the spell now before he goes on a killing spree!"
"I know! But I can't get the door open!" Luna shouted as she slammed her body against the door then a loud howl was heard from Rick's room, making both royals and the guards freeze in fear before everything went quiet and nothing but silence was heard for the next few minutes as the group just stood there, frozen. "R-Rick?" Luna called out.
Suddenly, something broke through the door and landed in front of the group while a gust of wind blew all the torches in the area out, nearly leaving the ponies in darkness if Celestia hadn't lighted her horn, revealing a large wolf-like beast with fur black as the night, it's silver eyes seemed to glow in the darkness as it looked at them, Celestia made her horn glow brighter, revealing more of the beast, and they saw the thunderbolt shaped tail on it with ears that were slightly bigger than a regular werepony's. "R-Rick?" Celestia asked and the beast that was once Rick growled as it crouched to the ground, teeth bared.
“S-sister, I think we should-” Rick then jumps at them with a loud beastiel roar. “-run!”
Celestia and the guards didn’t need to be told twice as they turned and ran from Rick just as his claws stabbed into the ground where they were standing, Rick growls as he watches the ponies run from him before letting out a howl that echoed throughout the castle.
“Sister we can’t let ourselves be bitten especially on the night of a full moon!” Luna said as they turned a corner.
“Then just change the phase of the moon!” Celestia yeled as she starts to fall behind.
“I can’t! If I did it would cause all sorts of problems for not just Equestria but for me as well!” Luna yelled back, “And me and Rick told you not to eat all that cake this morning!!”
“Is now really the time Luna!?” Celestia yelled as she did her best to keep up. “We need to give him the cure but how?!” A roar was heard and Celestia looked behind her only to yelp and duck to avoid a swipe from Ricks's claws, who had easily caught up to the group. “How is he this fast?! Normal wereponies are never this fast?!”
“He’s not a pony remember?! So being a werepony might be different for him!” Luna shouted as she turned her head and shot Rick with her magic, making the werewolf yelp in pain as he was sent flying back. “Sorry, brother!”
Rick quickly recovered before he roared louder as he chased them through the halls. “Luna, we can’t keep running all night!” Celestia said through her panting breaths.
“You mean you can’t keep running all night sister.” Luna said before flapping her wings to make a sharp turn and get out of the way of Rick as he slams into a wall.
Rick shakes his head before growling and continuing to chase the ponies before managing to catch up to a guard. Rick roared as his claws sink into the guard's flesh, causing him to scream in pain as Rick was about to bite him before he was blasted by gold and blue magic beams, sending him crashing through a few walls.
“Are you alright?” Celestia asked the guard as she picked him up in her magic.
“Y-yes, it’s j-just a scratch.” The guard lied and both princesses knew it.
“If you can walk, get to the medic team and get the cure, and whatever you do, don't look at the moon.” Celestia said with worry in her voice. She wasn't gonna take any chances. Rick wasn't a pony so the normal forms of infection might be different with him.
The guard nodded his head before he ran off with a slight limp. They then heard growling and turned to see Rick glaring at them. “Sister, we cannot keep running forever, we have to stop Rick right here, right now.” Luna said as her horn glows, though she was pained to have to fight her brother but she knew it had to be done.
“You are right Luna.” Celestia lit her horn as well prepared for a fight. “Hopefully that guard makes it to the medical wing and is cured, then he will be able to warn them so they can come to cure Rick.”
“But we have no idea if it will work on him, his biology is completely different than a ponies.” Luna said as she and Celestia fired beams at Rick, who dodged them with ease before lunging at the two with his claws but they managed to create a shield to block the attack.
“It's all we have right now Luna!” Celestia said as she held her shield while Rick continuously slashes at it.
Rick lets out an angered roar as he continued to slash at the shield, his claws not leaving a scratch on it. Luna then used her magic to bind his arms and legs together, causing him to fall to the ground and struggle against the magical bindings.
“Good work luna mow we just have to hope he can be cured.” Celestia said panting and flapping her wings to help cool off.
“Sister, are you alright?” Luna asked her in concern.
“Y-yes I am fine, its…its just a while since I've had to move that quickly.” Celestia said with a blush.
Luna chuckled a bit, “Rick did offer to train you, it’s your own fault for not accepting.” Luna said, then they heard growling from RIck as he continued to struggle.
Celestia pants and frowns. “Fine, maybe I do need to work out a bit more.”
“Well, maybe he will train you when he is back to normal.” Luna said as she frowned at the snarling beast.
“Let’s get him to the medical wing.” Celestia adds her magic to Rick’s bindings.
Luna nodded as the two carried Rick off to the medical wing, with Luna closing Rick’s mouth shut so he can’t bite anyone along the way and when they got there, they see numerous guards waiting along with a few doctors. “G-good heavens! This i-is completely different than a werepony!” one of the doctors said in shock upon seeing Rick.
“We know but we are hoping the cure will still work on him.” Celestia said with a frown.
“B-but your majesties, t-there is a fifty-fifty chance it may not w-work on him.” the doctor said nervously. “His b-biology is completely d-different.”
“Fifty-fifty eh? Those odds sound good.” Luna said as she and Celestia pinned Rick to the ground. “Give him the cure now.”
“Yes, your majesty. I just want to say, if it doesn’t work it isn’t my fault.” The doctor said before getting closer to Rick and lit his horn as he started to cast the spell.
Everyone watched as Rick's eyes glowed the same color as the doctor's magic for a few seconds before it disappeared and Rick went unconscious. “Did…did it work?” one of the guards asked.
Rick then groaned as he opened his eyes again and Luna released his jaws from her magic. “Ugh, I feel like I was hit by a train.” Rick said in a deeper voice, then looked around at the group. “What’d I miss?”
Everypony lets out a collective sigh of relief. “Thank goodness it worked.” Celestia said.
“What worked? Why does my head hurt? Why am I craving fresh meat? Why am I pinned down like this?” Rick asked as he looked at his bindings.
Luna sighed and slowly released the bonds holding him. “You were bitten and turned.”
“Oh…” Rick said, his ears drooping as he remembers what happened earlier. “Damn it.”
Celestia puts a hoof on Rick’s shoulder. “Don't worry you didn’t hurt anyone.” She lied to calm him.
“Bullshit.” Rick said, giving her a look as he held up his claws, which were stained with blood. “If I didn’t hurt anyone, then who the hell's blood is this?”
Celestia’s eyes widened as she looked between Luna and Rick. “Um, would you believe you cut yourself as you were transforming?”
Rick merely growled, “Be honest with me right now, how many?” he asked the two, and they looked hesitant on telling him but knew he wasn’t gonna take a lie for an answer so with a sigh, Luna told him.
“You hurt one, but they will live.” Luna said and RIck looked down a bit.
“Don’t know what hurts more, the fact that I nearly killed someone, or that my two sisters think I can’t handle being told something like that.” Rick said as he stood and began walking out. “If you need me, I’ll be in the forest learning how to use this form.”
“Wait!” Celestia starts but Luna holds her back with a hoof and shakes her head.
“Leave him, we’ve already hurt him by thinking he couldn’t handle the truth.” Luna said as she watched Rick leave, a saddened look on her face.
Celestia sighs and lowers her head. “I just didn’t want to make him feel any worse than he already does. He has been obsessed with finding his friend but no success so far. I fear he's going to isolate himself.”
“I know Tia, but Rick won’t isolate himself, he’ll be too stubborn to give up his search.” Luna said, a frown on her face as she thought what might happen if Rick did isolate himself but shook that thought out of her head. “The best we can do for now is comfort him when he needs it.”
“Alright, I should go calm down the rest of the guards.” Celestia sighs and walks off.
“You do that.” Luna said before looking down in sadness, “I’m….I honestly don’t know what to do right now.”
Luna starts heading back to her room but as she walks the halls alone she starts to hear whispers. No matter how hard she looks she can’t find the source of the whispers until she comes to her own room with a pony coming out of it.
“Oh, hello your majesty.” the pony said, giving the princess a bow.
“What were you doing in my room?” Luna asked a bit suspicious of the mare in a maid uniform.
“Um, cleaning it your majesty.” the maid said,
“Y-yes of course, my apologies.” Luna sighs and enters her room. But as she walks into her room, she still hears the faint whispers before shaking her head. “Maybe some sleep will help me clear my head.” she said as she laid down on her bed and goes to sleep.
Rick watches as some deer grazing in a field, his new hunger for meat forcing him to hunt. ’That’s it, keep eating while not noticing that large predator about to kill you.’ Rick thought as he slowly crawled towards the deer, making sure to keep as low to the ground as possible.
Just before Rick was ready to pounce he steps on a twig snapping it and making the deer lookup at him. “Huh?”
Rick froze, ’Fuck! They’re sentient?!’ Rick thought angrily before turning and walking away. ’There goes my meal. Why does Equestria have to have so many damn sentient creatures?!’
Before he got too far away he heard a yell for help and loud stomps and splashes. “Help! Rockadile!”
Rick ran back to where the deer was and saw a Rockadile trying to eat the deer, “Fuck.” Rick said and his stomach growled. “Double fuck.” he lets out a sigh before charging at the large crocodile. “This is gonna suck!” he shouted as he slashed at the beast's eye, causing it to roar in pain.
“Aaahhh!” The deer yelled and hid inside of a dead tree as Rick and the Rockadile fought. The Rockadile tries to bite Rick’s tail but he was too fast for the best.
“You’re too slow!” Rick taunted as he dodged another bite from the large crocodile, staying on the defensive for now as he led the Rockadile back to the water, an idea in his mind. The Rockadile continues to follow Rick, snapping its jaws at him trying to take a bite out of him until it is completely submerged in the water. Rick grinned as he stood on the Rockadile’s back, his claws sparking a bit, “Hope you live up to your name rocky!” Rick said as he jumped off the beast and onto dry land, shooting a bolt of lightning at the water.
The Rockadile roars in pain as it is electrocuted, twitching in pain before going limp and starting to sink in the water. “Well, that was easy.” Rick said as he was about to grab the Rockadile but thought against it, “Yeah, there’s no way I’m going in the water, I’ll just fry myself.” it was true, his body continuously emits electricity, meaning that if he were to go in the water, he’ll just fry himself.
The deer peeks out and yelps seeing one of the predators is still there and hides again, unaware that his horns are still visible. Rick just raises an eyebrow at the deer before sighing. “Hey, you ok?” he asked the deer.
The deer slowly peeks out. “Y-you aren't going to eat me are you?”
“No, I don’t eat things that can talk.” Rick said with a shake of his head. “But again, you ok?”
“Y-yes…I was…am…so scared.” The deer said slowly coming out. Rick suddenly felt something hit his leg, when he looked down he saw the Rockadile’s tail sticking out of the water.
“Oh good, now I don’t have to go hunting again.” Rick said as he grabbed the tail and began to pull the Rockadile out of the water, discovering that his strength had been reduced a bit as he had a hard time pulling the Rockadile out of the water.
“I…I uh…am gonna leave now.” The deer said backing away.
Rick merely grunts in response as he continues to pull the Rockadile out of the water while the deer leaves. Once it was fully out Rick began to inspect it, knowing how tough a regular crocodile's hide is, so he can expect this thing's hide to be even tougher. “Now how am I gonna eat this if I can’t get through the skin?” Rick flips it over and tests the underbelly and finds it is weaker and his claws to pierce it. “Ah, good, now I just need to get a fire going cause I’m not eating this thing fucking raw.” Rick said as he gathered a few logs in the area and made a fire before cooking pieces of the Rockadile over it.
Rick sighed as he cooked the pieces of meat before looking up at the sky, “Bet you would get a kick out of this eh Angie? I can already hear the wolf jokes you would make if you saw me like this.” Rick said sadly as he continued to look at the night sky. “Where are you buddy?”
??? POV
How long have I been like this? Laying on the ground, unable to move, talk, or even cry. Minutes? Hours? Days? Weeks?! YEARS?!? I begin to cry though there were no tears cause I have no body and no one will be able to hear my sobs but me.
I then hear something, making me stop my crying and wonder what was that sound. It sounded like…footsteps?! YES! I was filled with joy that I tried calling out to the owner of the footsteps, but remembered I couldn’t talk, filling me with dread. ’Oh no! W-what if they d-don’t see me?! T-they’ll just walk r-right past me!!’ I thought in fear soon a shadow fell over me, snapping me out of my thoughts and look at the owner of the shadow.
They were humanoid in shape that much I can tell, but can’t see any other features as they were wearing a blood-red cloak, “Well well well, what do we have here?” the being, female by the sound of her voice, said as she kneeled down and picked me up. “The little mirror that rat has been looking for all these months? This must be my lucky day.”
’Rat? I-is she talking about Rick? Is s-she going to bring m-me to him?’ I thought in joy at the thought of being reunited with my friend again.
“You’ll certainly be useful later.” the woman said, placing me in a pocket of her cloak. Wait, what? She’s not going to bring me to Rick? Why?! Doesn’t she know he’s looking for me?! Or maybe she does. “I’ll make sure that little rat friend of yours suffers for a little while longer, little mirror.”
No….
NonononononononnoNO!!!
This can’t be happening!! I need to get free!! I have to!! But no matter how much I struggled, I couldn’t break free of my prison, causing me to be filled with even more dread as me and the woman headed off deeper into the forest.