My Little Realities: C11 - There Be Monsters

My Little Realities: C11 - There Be Monsters

"What art thou saying?"
"They're coming off the goddamn trees!" you say
>she gasps
"Princess Luna, can you shine a light, right now"
>her horn glows brightly
>yep those aren't ponies
>coming down the trees are dozens of those fucking zerg monsters
>you hear screaming in the distance as you look around frantically for your Fort rifle and Glock
>you do a slug changeover, surfing the chambered shell and the shell in the feed path into your firing hand
>you slide that hand back onto the grip, still trapping the two shells you rocked out
>your support hand is dumping a slug from your front sidesaddle into the ejection port, then it closes the action
>you grab the second slug from the sidesaddle and feed it into the tube
"EAT FUCK, ASSHOLES"
>a dull reddish fist-sized flame flashes out as the 12ga sends an ounce of lead well over the sound barrier
>the closest creature, a good 50 yards out, falls from a tree as it gushes blue fluid from its abdomen
>the action's racked even before the alien hits the ground
"Over there!" calls Luna
>she shines her horn towards an alien sneaking in from the side
>you flip around, setting that big orange front sight blade square on it, squeezing that trigger properly
>you pump during recoil and flip the shotgun over, feeding the two shells trapped in your firing hand back into the tube
>when you’re not shooting, you’re reloading. Bloody shotguns
"Anon, we really escaping would be the wisest course of action" says Luna as she nervously looks around
>you fire at one of those things with 000 buckshot at 40 yards, the pellet spread no bigger than the alien itself
>you aren't sure the slugs or buckshot will kill them with one hit, but it seems to be slowing them down fairly well
"Luna, shine your light on the ground!"
"Why?"
"just do it, okay?"
>her horn now shines like a floodlight, illuminating the forest floor
>you spot it
>fuck yeah, Fort rifle!
>a couple yards away is your Glock
>you sling the 590 and ready your rifle
>Luna facepalms, you don't think she thought it was a good time for you to be picking your shit up
"Okay now let's get the fuck out of here"
>you hear more screams
"Have you ever ridden a pegasus before?" she asks
"Nope, have you ever flown with an injury like that?"
>you both grin at each other as you reach the same level of crazy. She kneels and you jump on her back
>you hear her groan and say something like "he had to be made of bricks" or something
>you grab hold of her ghostly mane by reflex
>you're wondering how and what it's made of
>that train of thought didn't last long as Luna kicks off and spreads her wings, taking flight
>hooooooooolleeee shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit
>Luna is struggling
>she yells at you over the wind
>the voice booms clearly through the night
"We will glide down and attempt to find the night guard squad, we believe they might be in peril"
>you hope the screaming isn't as bad as it sounds but this really doesn't bode well
>Luna's horn shines like a thousand suns
>your optics bloom but quickly dim
>you use her light to scope out for her guards, taking pot shots at shit that doesn't look like guards
>she banks and dives
"We think we've spotted our guards" you hear over the rushing wind
>she sets down and you jump off, she looks exhausted and unsteady
>you both slowly make your way through thick bushes
>you see a hoof sticking out from behind a tree
>you both increase your respective paces
>you're met with a small clearing
>and chunks of pony everywhere
>huddled in the center of the clearing are five unicorn night guards
>completely terrorized and covered in blood
>otherwise they look unharmed
>they're circled by a lot of those zerg creatures
>like two dozen wolves around a couple sheep
>half of the insectoid aliens turn towards you
>Luna trembles, eyes brimming with tears as she sees the corpses of her guardspony squads
>none of them are whole
>they're just dismembered wings, heads, torsos ripped in half
>she steps forth, getting the attention of those creatures, utterly consumed by rage
>Luna's eyes go bright white and her voice booms like thunder
"WE OWETH THEE PAIN"
>the shadows come alive as black, tar-like fingers reach out from behind her
>they shoot towards the aliens
>they seem to suck the warmth out of the air
>it grows even darker as thick clouds move in over the moon with unnatural speed
>flashes of lightning smite into the alien insects, ripping their exoskeleton wide open
>the black tendrils weave around the creatures, engulfing them
>you hear loud crunching
>you look over and Luna is hovering
>this bitch is fucking crazy
>you are so lucky to be alive, you could have easily met a dark, cold crunchy death at the hands of her magic back when you thought she was a changeling
>with her still shining horn light, you raise your rifle, aiming into the fray of alien insects
>you dump mag after mag at them
>you are sure to keep your sights from wandering too close to the unicorn night guards
>its chaos
>it doesn't last long
>soon, there are even less remaining alien body parts than what was left of the murdered pony guards
>Princess Luna is panting, wearing an expression of pure hate
>her horn dims, you see she's bleeding again
>yeah we better get her to a hospital fucking yesterday
>she falls over like a sack of potatoes
>her armor dissipates and she shrinks like Celestia did
>fucking battle mode Alicorns
>her guards snap out of it
>they all rush over
>you grab one of her forelegs and throw it over your shoulder
>and she thought you were heavy?
>Luna has to go easy on the fucking cake
>a guardspony takes her other foreleg and tries to support her as well
"I am Nimbus, second class night guard magics division. You must be the "Anon" that Princess Celestia mentioned. Am I correct?"
"That's me"
"We were laying a trap, hoping to capture whatever has been stealing ponies from Fillydelphia... Then it all went wrong... The trap was sprung, Luna was called in, but we did not capture anything, nor did Luna arrive... We were trying to get back into position when we heard fighting in the distance... Orion ran in just as those... Things... Started attacking us... They only killed the pegasi..."
>you winced at the bloody p0ny body parts littering the ground
>Nimbus seems to be shaking
>you are feeling like shit for having probably sprung their trap
"We're gonna make it out of here, just keep it together"
>he nods and the conversation quickly dies as you both have rather important things to do
>you all start moving the injured Princess
>the four other unicorns form a perimeter, lighting their horns, firing bolts of magic at anything that moves
>you one-hand the bullpup rifle with your spare arm, letting the sling carry the weight
>you send a couple rounds here and there
>the remaining aliens seem to get the message as the forest quiets down
>the sun is slowly rising
>you look around to see the faces of the remaining night guards
>all matching, black armor, dark coats
>wasn't there five of them?
>you hear a muffled grunt and neigh
>you let the other unicorn support Luna as you spot movement near the ground
>'the fuck is going on
>a hoof is sticking out of a hole in the ground
"Help me! We gotta get him out of there!" you shout
>the two unicorns rush over, horns lighting up, magic enveloping the leg
>you pull and with the other ponies' magic, you feel the trapped one beginning to free up
>you manage to rip him from the hole as he flails and spits out sand
>oh look, he brought a friend with him
>by friend, you mean six foot tall mass of pissed off alien
>damn bug didn't want to let him escape from the hole-trap it was sitting in. It stubbornly clutches to the poor unicorn
>well fuck
>you mag dump into that thing's face
"Fucking RELENTLESS little cunts!"
>you start advancing again, this time firing a few rounds into the soil where you're going to step
>you're down to your last two mags
>you sling the Fort rifle and start firing ahead of you with the Glock, just a few rounds, conserving ammo
>you think you spot an alien hole trap
>you raise a hand, signaling a halt
"If there's a bug-creature in there, do you think your squad can immobilize it with magic?" you whisper
"Affirmative, we'll be ready"
>you rummage around and find another trusty rock
>fire in the hole
>the rock hits the ground, rolls and falls through dry grass into a hidden hole
>the alien bursts forth and is caught in mid-air by the combined unicorn magic
"Steady now"
"It's fighting us..." grunts one of the unicorns
>better try to knock it out quick
>you run up and rifle butt it as hard as you can right square in the face
>you see its head snap back and it goes limp
"I think it's down, fello-
>fucking thing springs back to life and nearly takes your head off with its scythe-like claws
"WHOA FUCKING HOLD IT, GUYS" you yell as you backpedal
>they struggle but manage to restrain it
>you can see them straining with effort
>you crack at it again and again, this time with the shotgun
>590A1s may be great pump guns but they are heavy bitches
>not that bad for whacking stuff right now, though
"pass.. The... Fuck.. Out already!" you groan between swings
>you're just wailing on its face at this point
>it goes limp
>you swing a few more times, holding the ten pound shotgun by the muzzle and smacking it with the hard buttstock
>you hit it in various places
>it doesn't react
"Okay... Now it should be out" you huff, winded
>the ponies drop the alien all at once, looking exhausted and winded as well
>the guards shackle the alien
>they almost don't have enough hoof-cuffs for all of its limbs
>the journey back to Ponyville was interesting
>the creature would twitch randomly, scaring everyone shitless every time
>hauling Luna wasn't fun
>you finally see Ponyville
>it's like 8am by now
>first stop, Ponyville hospital
>that fucking poor nurse's face when five bloody night guards, a human, a twitching zerg spider alien and a passed out, heavily injured out Princess Luna practically crash through the front doors
>nope, you'll never forget her face
"Never. I repeat, never get shitfaced with a Princess and start doing dares" isn't what you should have said
>Nimbus hoofs you upside the head really hard
>yeah you deserved that one
>he glares at you, if he wasn't exhausted he'd probably be getting you shackled up with the alien
>doctors and nurses run in by the handful
>you get out of their way
>still got work to do
>you find more restraints for the alien and triple-tie it down
>maybe another layer isn't a bad idea
>alien is now submerged by every spare hospital restraint you can find
>doesn't help to be cautious
>you cart the fucker out during the commotion
>you hope Luna will be okay
>it's quite strange
>back on earth, there were people you didn't mind
>there were people you liked maybe a little, for a short while
>not many people you respected though
>here, you practically tripped over ponies that earned your respect by the bucketful
>have fun with that raise, Trombley
>you cart across Ponyville with the mummified twitching alien
>ponies giving you weird looks
>to be honest if they didn't you'd be worried
>dey see me rollin'
>dey starin'
>dey tryin' to catch mah zerglin' baby
>you get to Twilight's library tree house thing
>you knock at the door
"Anon, is that you out there? Where have you been" says a voice inside, getting closer to the door "Breakfast is almost ready"
>door opens
>Twilight freezes
>door closes
>door opens again
"Anon"
"Yes, Twilight?"
"Is that one of those things that you turned into spaghetti at your apartment a while ago?" she asks
"Yeah"
"Are you covered in blood?"
"It's mostly Luna's"
"I see" says Twilight, with a little smile
>it's that little nervous smile you get when you're just about to-
"WHAT IN ALL EQUESTRIA, ANON? PRINCESS LUNA'S BLOOD?"
>yep, here we go
"Long story shor-
"Whut in tarnation is that thaing?" interjects Applejack
"Can somepony explain to me the reason for all this commotion? Says Rarity
>Rainbow dash flies in and starts poking the alien, going "oh that thing is so cool!"
>you kinda just massage your temples as the library turns into a hubbub of questions and noise
"QUUUIIIIIIIEEEEETTT!" yells... Fluttershy?
"Ah don't know whut's weirder, Anon walking in with a bug creature like that or Fluttershy yellin'" says Applejack
>you were thinking the same thing
>Twilight clears her throat in that obvious "let's get back on track" manner
"Right. Okay so yesterday I thought you would all be in danger if the guard pony were to be your only protection. I found them to be a little underprepared and I was worried they wouldn't be able to protect you"
>they all look at you a little puzzled, wondering where you're going with this
"So I went off into the woods, fell into Luna's night guard ambush that they set up to capture whatever has been stealing ponies, escaped since I was thinking they were all changelings trying to capture ponies so that they could feed off them, was startled by Princess Luna flying in, thinking she was a changeling as well, I shot her, she was about to vaporize me with her magic when I punched her and shot at her again, her guard tackled me, we all stopped, talked, I found that it actually was the Princess, we tried to meet up with the ambush team, they had been already attacked by the bug creatures, Luna saved the survivors, she passed out from her injuries, the surviving guards and I got out of the bug-creature infested woods, we captured one, dropped Luna off at the hospital and then I came here"
>you are very surprised that you had the lung capacity for that one
>the library explodes into chaos again
>more temples are massaged
>this is going to be a long day
"Everyp0ny! Look. The point is that there are a lot of those alien bug things out there and that they're very dangerous. I captured this one so we could hopefully learn from it."
"Anon is correct" says a voice coming from behind you
>Princess Celestia?
>she recovered pretty quickly
"I've decided to come back here to see if my sister was doing well, and to personally organize the resistance against this new foe. I will protect my little ponies at all costs"
>you gulp as she looks at you, staring seriously
"We will deal with you and your bug shortly. Now I need to visit my little sister." finishes the Princess
>she walks off