My Little Realities: C12 - This Was A Treehugger's Fault

My Little Realities: C12 - This Was A Treehugger's Fault

>you are all left in an uneasy silence
>Twilight bolts past you, calling after the Princess
>Celestia turns
"Princess Celestia...  Can I do anything to help?"
"Twilight, my faithful student...   For the moment, please just stay safe" she answers as her face softens
>Celestia moves towards her and gives her a comforting nuzzle hug, leaving shortly after
>everyp0ny seems to have calmed down
>except you
>you're shitting your pants right now
>you kinda added new speed holes in Princess Fucking Celestia's little sister
>you need a drink
"Applejack? You got anything like hard cider or moonshine around here?"
"Anon, ah don't think raight now is tha time for a party..."
"I disagree; it's always a good time for a party!" says a suddenly excited Pinkie Pie
>goddamn ponies
"Just...  Forget it you guys...  It'll be okay"
"Ah'm just yankin' your chain Anon, trah this"
>she hoofs you a flask that came from...  somewhere...
>better not ask
"It's got some bite to it, so be gentle" she says with a smirk
>you tilt it back and start pounding it down
"Easy thar sugarsti...."
>her voice trails off
>you empty it
>here it comes
>DAT BURN
>you let out a sigh, wincing and hitting your leg with your fist to distract yourself from the fire in your throat
>it hurts so good
"Hot damn Applejack, 'the fuck did you put in here?"
"Sweet Apple Acres' good ol' Liquid Courage" she proudly exclaims
>fitting name, you'll need it
>pinkie pie says something about "great with sarsaparilla"
>Twilight kinda facehoofs, mumbling "surrounded by alcoholics"
>okay, back to work
"Before we forget, this is our new friend"
>you point to the bug creature
"I think we should name him"
>everyp0ny looks at you like you're insane
"I feel good about Fluffy.  We should name him Fluffy" you say
>"Fluffy" twitches
"We are seriously NOT naming that... thing...  "fluffy"!" protests Rarity
"So why'd you bring this thing here anyway?" asks Rainbow dash
>shut the fuck up Rainbow, her squeaky voice is cute enough to break your concentration
>you recover, it's really hard to do this serious shit when you feel like prancing around in a flowery field playing with a ball with adorable little plush toy ponies and squeeing yourself into a coma
>keep it together
"Well, I brought Fluffy here for a few reasons.  But it really boils down to learning about him in whatever way possible.  I want to find out what it is, why it came here, what it's thinking, what it eats, and if it comes down to it, how to kill them" you finally reply
"Fluttershy" you say, hearing an "eeeeep" coming from behind Applejack
"Do you think you could take a look at Fluffy?  I hear you're good with animals and stuff"
>she canters on over from her hiding place
>she examines it for a bit
>pokes it a few time with her hoof
>goes to the kitchen and comes back with a little cup of water
>splashes Fluffy with it
>it starts waking up
>you hear the leather straps creak and the chains clink around deep under all the other restraints
>yep it's awake
"Twilight, be at the ready to restrain it with magic okay?"
>she nods at you
>you already have your rifle pointed at Fluffy's face just in case
"Okay Fluttershy, see if it can talk, if it's intelligent, anything like that"
"I'll try..." she replies with her barely audible voice
>she spends a while staring at it, talking to it, trying to feed it various things and is either ignored or snapped at
>the kinda snapping an animal does when it’s trying to rip your head off
>you notice it keeps trying to move its head when Fluttershy blocks its view of either Rarity or Twilight
>unicorns again
>hunh
>Fluttershy backs off and says
"Well I think it is intelligent, but I'm not sure we can communicate with it...  It seems to talk or express itself with its antennas.  I noticed they change color and light up a little"
>damn, she's good.  You hadn't even noticed, but his antennas did change color
"Thanks Fluttershy.  I think that it tries to keep visual contact with either Rarity or Twilight, not sure why.  This seems to be a bit of a pattern, as the survivors of Luna's squads were all unicorns.  The alien bugs had plenty of time to hurt them but they didn't"
"Twilight, could you please see if you can find anything out, if you don't mind?" asks Fluttershy
>the purple pone walks closer to Fluffy
>it goes BATSHIT
>you hear the restraints creak as it fights to free itself
>the whole cart shakes
>Fluffy's mandibles clack loudly
>it looks pretty pissed or excited, either way it's really awake now
>Twilight backs off
>the thing really loses it, the whole cart is shaking violently, you hear the leather straps creak and groan, the shackles clink
>now it's definitely pissed
>Rarity walks up, saying
"Now now...  Ummm...  "Fluffy" over here might need a Lady's touch"
>Rarity gets closer and Fluffy seems to calm down a little
"See, that wasn't so difficult.  I can't believe we're naming it "fluffy" however..." she says
"I like that name" mumbles Fluttershy
"Twilight, go closer to it again" you ask
>she does, it seems to be calm now
"Looks like Fluffy likes unicorns" says Fluttershy
>she looks a little sad, as if she's a bit jealous or dejected
>funny, you expected Fluttershy to be squeamish with bugs or something
"Twilight dear, I wonder if your translation spell would work on… ugh...  "Fluffy"..." says Rarity
>poor mare seems to be suffering every time she mentions the thing's name
"I'm not sure it’ll work, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to try" she replies
>Twilight's horn starts glowing
>Fluffy goes still, and its antennas explode with color and faint lights
>her horn flashes
>Fluffy's bonds start creaking lime mad
>antennas still psychedelic
>it's a fucking Beatles party on those antennas
"You seeing this Fluttershy?" you say
>she nods
"That should do it" says Twilight
>the it doesn't look like Fluffy is straining but his bonds are really having a bad day, all four layers plus the shackles
>shit cunt fuckdamn that thing is strong
>you realize why those things had so little difficulty turning ponies into paste; they probably rip and cut through bones and muscle like it was butter
"Twilight, you better be ready to trap it with your magic, I don't know if the restraints will hold it"
>the cart shakes wildly and you hear a crunching noise
>oh shit, did it break through?
>you see blue liquid soak through one of the layers of straps where one of its limbs is
>fucking hell, it broke something trying to rip itself out of there
>creature seems unfazed but it calms down
>Fluttershy winces at its injury
"Do you think it can talk to us now?"
"Rainbow, I don't think it can talk at all, I don't think it even has vocal chords" you reply
"We should be able to find out if it can understand us, however" says Twilight
>she gets a few pieces of paper and a quill
>writes down a number on each piece of paper
>you point at each number, saying the number out loud
"Okay Fluffy, now what's three plus three?  Look at the paper with the right number on it"
>Fluffy turns its head to the paper with "6" written on it instantly, its many eyes tracking the number
"Looks like he can understand us, at least a little"
>you write down an alphabet and 0-9 above that
"What is your real name?" Asks Fluttershy
>you write down the letters and numbers he looks at
"e2.3355284/xb236"
>hunh
"Do you mind if we call you Fluffy instead?" asks Rarity
>seems she likes that name more than math
>it doesn't reply, you doubt it cares
"What are you?" you ask
"A Root" it replies
"Explain" you say
"Species: First Root, born of the Soil"
"Ss that a title or are you actually a descendant of plant life?"
"We are grown, not born, meatbag" it replies
>friendly little petunia, isn't it?
"Why have you come here?" you ask
"For warmth of the dark light"
>why are plants so fucking cryptic these days
"What do you mean?  You have none of this "dark light" on your planet?"
"Only fragments, no sources.  Our plants are dying without sources of dark light.  We have grown under the Dark Light for countless millenia.  We found your universe when the walls were opened, we followed, we grew and saw the sources of dark light"
>that doesn't sit well with you
"What do you mean, when the walls were opened?"
"The walls between the universes were opened.  We followed with our seed craft"
>does it mean the parallel realities?
>aw fuck
>it probably does
>you're going to need more than alcohol to get over this little tidbit
>even if you are the cause, why did they need to kill ponies?
"So you traveled here to find this dark light...  Why are you killing us?" you ask
"We consume meat, we consume insects, we grow in the light, we grow our forest"
"Don't ya care that yer hurtin' us?" exclaims Applejack, visibly upset
"No.  We consume  meat, we consume insects, we grow in the light, we grow our forest"
”You don’t feel back about what you’re doing to us?” angrily asks Dash
”We are unfamiliar with the concept of feeling.  We do not find any issue with consuming all opposition.  All that matters is the Dark Light”
"Why are you after unicorns then?" Twilight asks
"Meat that shines with dark light, meat that will lead us to the source, meat that will be consumed last" replies Fluffy
"Dark light...  Meat that shines with dark light...  Do you mean magic?" asks Twilight with a weak, scared voice
"Yes"
>chills run down your back as you start to understand what's going on
>you had emotionless fucking deadly dandelions that were set on taking this universe, growing their "forest" and basking in the light of magic
>Celestia walks in
>looks like she was standing near the door for a bit
”And we will pull you "weeds" from our land” she says, her voice colder than anything you’ve heard before
>the next thing you knew, you were wiping brightness tears from your right eye and looking at a glowing, smoldering pile of slag where Fluffy and its cart used to be
>you look at Applejack, hoping she has another one of those alcohol flasks up her ass or something
>no such luck
>Twilight is looking at Celestia with a mixture of horror, shock and sadness
>everyp0ny else is busy shielding their eyes from the bright slag and heat
"Anon, everyp0ny, you will attend a town meeting in one hour"
>Celestia walks off again, completely stone faced
>you consider fabricating adult diapers at this rate
>you sit down as Rarity and Fluttershy buzz around trying to douse the pile burnt remains
>yep, it's going to be a long day