Chapter 2: The Soul-Mare Is Upon Us

It was the middle of the night at Ponyville Hospital, Fluttershy was asleep on her hospital bed, her body was covered in bandages, but her face carried the scars from her near death experience with the werewolf. Fluttershy soon began tossing and turning, she was pulled into a nightmare. In Fluttershy's nightmare (In POV), she was lying on the floor, severely wounded, she sees her animal friends being hunted down by the werewolf and its wolves, some of the animals managed to escape from the cottage as they tore the cottage apart hunting for their prey. Her eyes focused on the werewolf, he was putting some of her dead animal friends into a big sack known to hunters for carrying small game. Fluttershy soon sees Angel, he was begging her to get up but she can't, the pain from her wounds was too much. Angel escapes from the cottage when it saw the werewolf finished packing, turned around and walked to the front room. The werewolf barks at his wolves, he commands them to return back to cabin, the father wolf and the wolf pups leaves the cottage. The mother wolf barks at the werewolf, she asked about what to do with the wounded pegasus. Fluttershy and werewolf made eye contact, after a few seconds, the werewolf puts down the bag and commands the mother wolf to take the bag back to cabin, The mother wolf loyally complys, picks up the bag with her fangs and carries the bag out of the cottage. The werewolf closes in on Fluttershy, glares at her and then grabs her with its claws.

(Back to normal view.) Fluttershy wakes up screaming. She starting breathing and then started crying.

As soon as morning arrives, Fluttershy slowly opens her eyes. She sees Rarity holding and stroking her hoof.

"Rarity?" Said Fluttershy.

"It's alright, you're safe now, you poor dear." Said Rarity. "Just rest, Fluttershy. Why, look at your eyes, you haven't slept at all last night." Rarity points the hand mirror to Fluttershy. She looks at her relection, Her eyes were really tired, her face was scarred with the werewolf's claw marks.

"I saw it, Rarity." Said Fluttershy. she sits up on the bed. "A big wolf, it was walking on two feet." She sees a vision of the werewolf's face in the mirror for a brief moment.

"We all saw it, dearest." Said Rarity. She placed the hand mirror on the nightstand. "Never before have we seen such a horrible beast. In fact, it nearly had you in its claws. (Fluttershy sees a flashblack of her and Angel seeing the werewolf before hiding back into the blanket.) You should thank Rainbow Dash, she saved your life." (Fluttershy sees a flashback of Rainbow Dash standing at the door of the werewolf's freezer and another flashback of Rainbow Dash kicking the werewolf off the cart she and Angel were in.)

Fluttershy looked at the window. Outside she can see a single wolf watching her. Fluttershy hugged Rarity and started sobbing.

"Oh, Rarity, I'm scared!" Cried Fluttershy as she began to cry. "I nearly killed those wolves and i angered it! What will i do? It will come back for me, i just know it!"

"Don't worry, Fluttershy." Said Rarity. " I promise you, we'll do the best we can to help you until you get your courage back. Shh, don't cry, Fluttershy. Just be strong. Shh."

Rarity sings Fluttershy a song that eased her fear, her pain, her worries and her crying, her tears began to glow along with her body, Rarity sings...

"Come lay your dying wounded soul, in a flower bed of love.

Your wounds will soon be far away, so rest and free your pain.

Float and sink in a spring of tears, Embrace in its healing grace.

Your wounds will soon be far away, So rest and free your pain."

"(Sniffs) Rarity... it's beautiful."

Rarity sees Twilight Sparkle across the bed, smiling and is carrying a book of healing spells. Her eyes were filled with tears.

"Oh, Twilight. She's been through so much after what happened last night." Said Rarity.

Rarity sees that Fluttershy has fallen asleep despites the tears in her eyes, the scars on her face is gone, she gently placed her back down on the bed and placed the blanket back on her. Twilight wiped the tears off her eyes and said...

"I know that song you sang, Rarity. It's the "Tears Of Healing Song". I read about it in this spell book i found." Said Twilight Sparkle. She shows Rarity a book of healing spells. "It uses tears to end anypony's pains, both physically and mentally."

"Have you found a spell to fix Fluttershy's wings? They're still broken." Asked Rarity. (The healing song only works on the body. Doesn't work on wings, sorry.)

"Oh, yes, right here." Said Twilight Sparkle. She flips through the pages of the spell book and found the spell.

The wolf that was watching outside soon sees magical light glowing in the window, it moves to the glowing window to examine more closely. Inside it see Fluttershy levitating, still asleep, her bandages were removed, the scars on her body was gone. Twilight Sparkle was standing, her eyes were brightly glowing, her front hoofs were pointing at Fluttershy. Then Twilight raises her head and her hoofs high into the air, her wings soon stretches up highly. Fluttershy's broken wings suddenly stretches out and soon it was magically restored, she can now fly again.

The wolf, having saw everything leaves the hospital and returns to the forest to report back to it's master: The werewolf. Back in Fluttershy's hospital room, Fluttershy was lowered back into her hospital bed, Rarity places the blanket back on her, Twilight's eyes return to normal and was back on all fours. Fluttershy opens her eyes and sits up, she see her wounds were gone and her wings fully restored. Rainbow Dash enters the room, she smiles when she sees Fluttershy and her wings back to normal.

"I'm glad to see you're back to full strength, Fluttershy." Said Rainbow Dash.

"Thank you everyone, for helping me." Said Fluttershy. the ponies smiled and group hugged.

Fluttershy looked at the hospital window again, this time the wolf was gone. Her smile soon faded.

"Um, girls? I'm worried." Said Fluttershy. The ponies stopped hugging. "What if that big wolf comes back?"

"You won't be alone, Fluttershy." Said Rarity.

"Yeah, We'll face it together." Said Rainbow Dash.

"We'll sleep over at your place and wait for it to come." Said Twilight Sparkle.

"And when it does, we'll take it down real hard!" Said Rainbow Dash. She throws a air punch.

The ponies hears loud noises and screams outside the room. Twilight Sparkle runs out of the room to investigate. The three ponies soon hears Twilight's scream, Rarity run to the entrance of the room.

"Twilight, Are you alright?" Said Rarity. "What is happening out there?"

Without warning, a pack of wolves pounced on Rarity, she screams as they start scratching and biting her, until they drag her out of the room.

"Rarity!" Shouted Rainbow Dash. She flies out of the room to save Rarity.

Fluttershy hears Rainbow Dash scream and the sound of meat being torn. Fluttershy gasped in shock as she sees Rainbow Dash's head flies into the room and landed on the ground. She gazed at the severed head and then turns her eyes on the werewolf who is now in the room, her body shakes and trembles in terror. The werewolf growls at Fluttershy, and soon lunges at her.

Fluttershy wakes up screaming. her scream surprised the ponies, including Pinkie Pie and Applejack who are now in the room. Fluttershy realizes it was a bad dream. She looked at her friends who are looking at her and then she started crying...again.

"Oh please, Celestia! Make it stop!" Cried Fluttershy.

The other ponies sighed in frustration.

"This is going to be difficult." Said Twilight Sparkle.

The ponies take Fluttershy back to her cottage, they help her clean up the messes and fix the damages that was caused by the werewolf and its wolves. Once finished, they threw a sleepover party to make Fluttershy feel better and help her face the werewolf when it returns. It was soon nighttime and outside the cottage, the werewolf and his wolf pack were watching, waiting for the right time to strike. Inside Twilight Sparkle was giving her friends a magical hand mirror while Pinkie Pie sets up a projector screen for a movie projector she brought over, they were planning to watch a movie together.

"Twilight, what kind of mirror is this?" Asked Rarity while she examined it.

"That, Rarity, is my newly created "Communicator Mirror". Said Twilight Sparkle. "With these, we can keep in touch, keep ourselves informed if anything comes up. This mirror will let you talk to anypony or you can send a message. Here, i'll show you how it works."

Twilight Sparkle take her Communicator Mirror and demonstrated her friends how to use it. Obviously this new magical mirror will be the cell phone of Equestria by the end of this story. (Kinda cool, huh?) Pinkie Pie has finished setting everything up and starts placing a film into the movie projector and then went to the kitchen to bring out some popcorn and drinks.

"Uh, what are we watching?" Said Fluttershy with worry. "I hope it's not scary."

"Oh, no it won't be. I borrowed this film from Sweetie Drops." Said Pinkie Pie. "It's about..."The Ponyville Butcheress"!"

"(Gasps) T-T-T-The P-P-Ponyville B-B-Butcheress?!" Stuttered Fluttershy in fear. She runs into the kitchen screaming. The other ponies gave Pinkie Pie angry looks. Twilight rushed to Fluttershy to comfort her.

"Dang it, Pinkie Pie! We're supposed to cheer Fluttershy up, not scare her!" Applejack yelled at Pinkie Pie.

Twilight Sparkle comes out of the kitchen with Fluttershy who has calmed down. Twilight said to Pinkie Pie...

"Pinkie Pie, take that film back to Sweetie Drops." Said Twilight Sparkle. "And bring back a film that has more...

"No... I'll watch it." Said Fluttershy. The other ponies looked at Fluttershy with concern. "Rainbow Dash is right, i have to get my courage back and face my fears." Said Fluttershy.

"I did?" Asked Rainbow Dash. The other ponies look at her with stern faces. "Oh, right."

Twilight Sparkle turned off the lights while Pinkie Pie starts the film. Twilight sits closely to Fluttershy on the couch with Rainbow Dash. Rarity was sitting on a rocking chair while Applejack and Pinkie Pie sat on regular chairs.

"Twilight? Who is the Ponville Butcheress?" Asked Fluttershy.

"From what i learned, she is a murderous pony who terrorized Ponyville 12 years ago." Said Twilight Sparkle.

The werewolf watches the film through the window, he soon see himself on the film, a female yellow earth pony with a burgundy mane and aqua blue eyes is seen gazing at the werewolf, the pony soon began to succumb to the werewolf's lustful pheromones. The pony and the werewolf begin to kiss, the werewolf then started licking her face, then to her neck. But then it happened...The werewolf bites on the pony's neck, the pony did not resist, her body begged for the werewolf's love. the two unnatural lovers kissed again more lustfully, then the werewolf started licking the pony's upper chest. The werewolf soon sees visions of what took place in Ponyville 12 years ago. He sees himself and his pony lover killing dozen of ponies together, bringing their bodies to a farm he once owned and placed them in a freezer. The werewolf sees himself and his beloved pony cutting up meat together in a secret butchery room and the pony uses the meat to cook her recipes. The two soon have a romantic candlelit dinner together and ended up cuddling in a bed together smiling as they view an album with pictures of the victims they killed and the newspaper articles displaying the murders. The vision soon displays the two lovers fleeing from a angry mob with their home up in flames. The visions ended when he see the film displaying the werewolf and the pony who has turned into a werepony, with their pony prisoner surrounded by his lover's friends and their male pony friends.

The werewolf quietly sneaks inside the cottage to watch the rest of the film.

"You have nowhere to run, werewolf!" Said Teddy, a blue pony with a orange mohawk-like mane and blue eyes. His cutie mark is a black comb. "Release Sweetheart now!"

"Fools! You're all fools to run into my trap!" Said the werewolf. Packs of wolves surround the ponies, they growled at the ponies, ready to strike at anytime. "You and the rest of Ponyville have interfered with my plans long enough! Now all of you will pay for your meddling and my wolves will tear and ravage your pony-infested town!"

"You monster! You brainwash our friend, Bon Bon! You manipulated her to kill those ponies!" Said Starlight. "We will destroy you and free her from your spell!"

Bon Bon laughs evilly and said...

"It's no use, Starlight. My destiny is clear, the flesh of the ponies have granted us the power of gods. Our reign will become immortal! When the night is over, No pony will be safe from the fangs of the beast!"

"Indeed, my love." Said the werewolf. "With you as my queen, we shall create a kingdom that will plague all of Equestria. And you ponies will either submit to our rule or die at our claws!"

"Never, foul creature!" Yelled Teddy. He tackles the werewolf. The werewolf kicks Teddy off and battles with him.

The wolves launched their attack, the battle has begun. Teddy fights the werewolf, Starlight battles with Bon Bon, Lancer, Ace, Melody, Bright Eyes, Patch, and Clover battles the wolves. Sweetheart watches the epic battles in horror. After Starlight beats down Bon Bon, she feels remorse on her friend and said...

"I'm sorry, Bon Bon. I'm really sorry." Said Starlight. "We should have been there for you when you need us the most. We're all sorry for you."

"You should be, I offered you and the girls everything you desire and you all throw it away and betray me!" Said Bon Bon.

"Bon Bon, that werewolf is evil!" Said Starlight. "He's using you to destroy Ponyville, including all of Equestria!"

"If you would have join us, you would have been spared." Said Bon Bon. "But now you will all die with those who dare oppose us."

Starlight's remorse turned to anger.

"Well, then you are no friend to us!" Shouted Starlight. The two girls start their battle again.

Teddy fought bravely as he battled the werewolf, but the battle takes a darker turn when the werewolf performs his signature move: He slashes at Teddy's face and pierce his stomach with his claw and then he bites his neck hard, after that, the werewolf throws Teddy into the ground, luckily, Teddy is still alive. The werewolf approaches Teddy, picks him up and tears his right eye out, Teddy screams in terrible pain. Back in the cottage, the werewolf gets emotionally disturbed and quietly exits the cottage and returns to the forest, his wolves follow him. On his way back to the cabin, the werewolf feels a sharp pain in his chest as he sees a vision of Teddy impaling the werewolf in the heart with a silver spear from the back after the werewolf killed Sweetheart. The pain stops as he sees a vision of him in a grave built by Bon Bon who is mourning him, a full moon shaped diamond is placed close to the tombstone, the gem is called a "Lunar Life Gem", the cause of his resurrection. Lastly, the werewolf sees a vision of the Lunar Life Gem reviving the werewolf and shatters after it performs its duty, the werewolf has dug himself out of the grave and went into exile.

As the visions ended, the werewolf howls at the sky, his wolves join him. Twilight Sparkle and her friends were soon asleep in their sleeping bags while fluttershy sleeps in her bed. Fluttershy wakes up, thinking about the werewolf, her mind tells her to do something dangerous, it's telling her...to see the werewolf again.

In the werewolf's cabin, the werewolf is sitting close to the fireplace, the memories of the fateful night 12 years ago has depressed him but it was the loss of his true love that brought great pain to his heart. Fluttershy was standing close to the werewolf, feeling sympathies for the beast. The werewolf didn't see her but he did sensed her presence, his eyes were focus on the fireplace.

"You loved Bon Bon, did you?" Asked Fluttershy.

The werewolf begin to talk.

"Yes... She was the one for me. My soul mate." Said the werewolf.

"I understand why you tried to kill me." Said Fluttershy. "They killed you and took her away from you."

The werewolf stands up and said...

"I won't lie, I regret what i have done to you. I let my rage and my own hatred control me." Said the werewolf. "But why do you take pity on me? I'm a monster to you ponies, a beast who only hunts for meat...the meat of animals...and ponies. Could any of you ponies ever forgive such a savage beast? No, they don't, and they never will. Would you willing to do the same after what i did to you?

Fluttershy placed her hoof on the werewolf's shoulder.

"No...I forgive you." Said Fluttershy. "You carry those years of burden for so long, i want to help you...help you release the pain. But tell me, what really happened?"

The werewolf turns around and gazes at Fluttershy, after a moment he speaks...

"Her friends, that angry mob...they tried to kill her." Said the werewolf. He sees a vision of himself rushing to save Bon Bon who is tied to a stake, about to be burned.
"Starlight stood in my path, i tried to kill her but she...Sweetheart took her place."

He sees a vision of Sweetheart impaled by the werewolf's claw. She sacrificed her life to save her friend. We then see a vision of the werewolf freeing Bon Bon from the stake, then a vision of Teddy impaling the werewolf in the heart from behind with a silver spear, then finally we see a vision of Bon Bon carrying her dead werewolf lover into the forest while Teddy hold Sweetheart's body, he was crying that she is dead.

The werewolf shows Fluttershy the Lunar Life Gem.

"This gem brought me back to life. After that, i returned back to my home." Said the werewolf.

"Why did you return to Equestria?" Asked Fluttershy.

"Revenge." Said the werewolf as his face turned to anger. We see a vision of a banner that has a pony's face in the middle of a shield with a sword and spear doing a crossbone position at the center.

Fluttershy said nothing. She touches the werewolf's face with her hoove. The two gazed at each other for a brief moment before they kiss.

The next morning, Twilight Sparkle and the other ponies checked on Fluttershy before they leave, they were pleased to see that she is feeling better. As soon as they were gone, Fluttershy went to her bedroom to write on her diary. After writing down what has happened, she wrote this...

"I couldn't stop thinking about that big wolf last night. I thought it would come back to kill me this time, but when i watched that movie about The Ponyville Butcheress, my fear was replaced by sympathy for the beast. It brought tears to my eyes, seeing true love destroyed by those who don't understand the true nature of their existence. I know in my heart that losing a loved one is the worst tragedy in all of Equestria. My mind told me to do something dangerous... I went to it's home while everyone is asleep. I never wanted to do it, but i have to learn the truth...from it's own words. I returned home after spending all night easing his tortured mind, I told my friends nothing about what i did or what i learned, i'm afraid they would never forgive me for doing such a thing that puts my life or their lives in danger, instead i will keep this forever a secret."

Fluttershy has soon gone back to work caring for the animals, as she is feeding them, Angel jumps up and hugs Fluttershy, it brought a smile to Fluttershy. Angel's smile soon faded when he sees a glowing white bite mark on her neck, he then sees her cyan eyes glowing.

Everything was peaceful for the next three days, In Ponyville, Twilight Sparkle sees Fluttershy happy as she goes on her business, Twilight feels confident that everything is back to normal. But as Fluttershy flies home carrying a bag full of food, she grows hungry. She tries to ignore it, but her hunger begins to control her, she hears beastly growls in her stomach, she eats an apple she bought in an attempt to regain control, but she feels a sharp pain in her body, the growls in her stomach turned into roars, the apple fail to satisfy the hunger, the pain in her body grew worse, her cyan eyes begins to glow, then she begins to grow small fangs. Her hunger commands Fluttershy to eat something she would never eat in her life...meat.

We see a bird resting on the branch of a tree, the beautiful day has it singing with joy. The bird did not see Fluttershy behind it, soon it's singing was cut short. Angel was enjoying a salad back at Fluttershy's cottage, he didn't see Fluttershy as she returned home still carrying the bag of food. Angel stopped eating and looked at Fluttershy, to his horror, he sees her mouth covered in a tiny amount of blood, a few feathers were sticking on to her cheeks. Fluttershy was at a loss for words as she washes the mess on her face in the kitchen sink, she was terrified of what she has done, she killed an animal and eaten it. As soon as she turned off the water in the sink, she feels the terrible hunger again, beastly growls filled her stomach, telling her the bird was not enough. She begged to the hunger...

"No, please, no! I don't want to eat those poor animals! I'm not a monster!" Said Fluttershy. But it was no use, the beast inside Fluttershy has been awakened, and is ready to feed.

Fluttershy approaches Angel from behind as he finishes his meal.

"Angel...Angel, come give mommy a hug." Said Fluttershy.

Angel turned around and gets scared at Fluttershy, she smiles at Angel, exposing the small fangs in her teeth, her cyan eyes were glowing. Angel takes a few steps away from Fluttershy, but as she approaches him, Angel runs away in terror, Fluttershy gives chase. Fluttershy chases Angel all over the cottage, while chasing him she said...

"Stop running, sweetie. All i want to do is eat you." Said Fluttershy. She stops, her own words shocked her, she sees Angel running into a closet to hide. "No, what am i saying? I am not a monster!"

Fluttershy walks to the closet to talk to Angel.

"I'm sorry, Angel. I don't know what's becoming of me." Said Fluttershy. Her stomach growls again. "Please come out, honey. Don't be afraid. I only want to..." She opens the closet door, Angel squeals in fear. "Eat you!"

Angel jumps over Fluttershy and races out of the cottage and into the forest. As soon as Fluttershy is outside, her hunger grows greater, the pain in her body returns, she screams in agony as the pain grows intense, until Fluttershy unleashed a loud roar, and then it happens...she begins to transform. Her height has increased to three inches, her coat, mane and tail suddenly grows long and thick, her wings began to become covered in fur, her hooves transformed into paws that has small claws poking out, lastly, her face has turned into an resemblance of a wolf, her small fangs has grown a few more inches. The transformation was complete, Fluttershy has become...The Were-Pegasus. Fluttershy howls into the sky before beginning her hunt into the forest, killing and eating the many animal friends she loved: rabbits, squirrels, birds, etc. No animal was safe from Fluttershy's newest carnivorous hunger, The animals that survived were forced to flee the forest.

It was soon nighttime. Two female earth ponies were at a lake for a night swim, one pony was yellow with blue eyes and a red mane, the other was blue with grey eyes and a black mane. Both of them were swimming and splashing each other with joy until they hear the werewolf's howl. The two ponies look around, suddenly they hear wolves growling nearby. The two ponies get nervous, they leave the lake, picked up their towels and walked home as they dry off. As they tried to make it home, they hear the howling of wolves in the distance, the growling they heard suddenly grew louder, until they bumped into the werewolf himself. His terrifying presence sends fear into their souls, His wolves surrounded the ponies. They soon approach the ponies and their screams echo in the night sky.

The next morning, the werewolf was on one the rooftops in Ponyville, watching a familiar scene unfold in the distance. The inhabitants of Ponyville and perhaps Equestria is unaware of the many horrors they will soon face.

To Be Continued...