#23

"Chill out! We're inside Flutter shy's soul!"

"But-but-but HOW!?"

K thought about it for a few seconds before looking up at the ceiling, I looked up as well.

"I was inside here, and you must have teleported to me or something," He explained raising his finger up and pointing to the ceiling, the explanation made sense but a question still bothered me: what was he doing in Flutter's soul?

"And what are doing in Flutter's soul?" I asked crossing my arms, I wasn't angered or anything, I just found it impressive he could go into other's souls besides mine. He glared at me with a grin as he launched himself off the couch and onto the floor before collapsing.

"Dafaq!? You havin' a seizure or something?"

"No, you idiot! This how I would look if I left this soul!"

"Oh…why? You hurt?"

"Sorta, I tired myself out last night!"

I nodded and turned to the window that showed the field of corn that still was something to admire, K looked out the window before backflipping his way into another room. I quickly turned and jumped out the couch to follow him, he led me to a room that was full of outfits on either side of the room, neatly hanging from steel hangars.

"Woah! That a lot of clothes!" I said, he turned to me quickly and studied me a bit before running through a bunch of the outfit.

"Yeah, you can take them into the real world but they'll disappear the moment they are cut or something," He said as he continued looking through the clothes, I paused and thought about it before remembering my incident with Rarity.

"I would have loved to have known that sooner!" I chuckled as I studied all the outfits in the room, there were all types of clothes: jeans, shorts, shoes, T-shirts, button-down shirts, long-sleeve, short-sleeve, uniforms, and outfits.

"So how did the night with the princesses go?" He asked as he turned to me. I smiled at remembering Luna's face but instantly shook it off when he glanced at me with a playful grin.

"I guess I should thank you for deciding for me!"

"No problema!" He said getting back to finding whatever he was searching for but he continued speaking as he searched, "How was it?"

"Crazy, mysterious, and not what I expected from a one-night stay," I replied as my mind drifted off to what happened, K nodded silently before glancing another look at me.

"Nice, were they…WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!" K said as rushed to me and used his hand to tilt my head to the side. I quickly pushed him off of me as he stepped back waving a finger at me.

"Oh, I know!" he teased as she cheered and praised me. I raised my hand to my neck and massaged it as he got hyperactive.

"What?" I asked pretending to not know when I did, he smiled widely as he leaped into the air and punched the air.

"Was it a threesome or just two?!" He asked, I raised my head to face him eye to eye, he widened his eyes as he expected an answer. I didn't want to answer, for multiple reasons, one being it was Luna and Celestia I was speaking of, I couldn't hurt their reputation like that.

My silence must have had an effect on K, he grinned as he placed his hand on my shoulder and nodded. I looked at his hand and at him as he aimed a finger at himself.

"I'm just messin' with ya! Don't get too serious…but seriously though just asking about the bite…" He said as returned back to his outfits and pulled out one. I shook my head as he placed it over his clothes and looked at himself in a mirror.

"The bite came from Luna… didn't it?" He asked as he threw the shirt into a pile he had made before walking to me to look me eye to eye. I looked down and nodded, a bit disappointed with myself for giving him his answer. He smirked as he studied the bite a bit more.

"Was she in her, Nightmare Moon form?" He casually asked, now he had interested me, I lifted my head with a cocked eyebrow as I slowly thought back to what the 'Nightmare' said: "It is I, The Nightmare!"

"Yeah…she was…" I admitted at such a realization, I looked at K with a hard stare and he looked back with a serious look too.

"Luna can easily transform between her demonic side or her regular state," he added as he crossed his arms and began to explain more, the more information he spat out the more things made sense pertaining to last night.

"Demonic?"

"Yeah, even if they claim it's her split personality, I saw right through it the first day I met her! Her power is immense, many levels stronger than her sister's, if she were to allow that power to overtake her, she would be a pain in the ass to stop!" K said as he shook his head and looked to his right, I stood taking all that in, I couldn't deny any of that. Luna as a threat might be dangerous, but what interested me now was how easily I just spoke up to Luna's 'Nightmare' form. I pumped a fist in joy, I had made friends(maybe) with this side of Luna, this could prove to be an advantage.

"But Celestia, she also has something…hidden inside her…" K said as she hesitated a bit to say it, even after that, he hesitated to say something else, he took a deep breath as he went completely serious for a few seconds. I looked up to him confused, Celestia might inside her but right now I was all ears to K, he gulped heavily as he tightened his hands into fists.

"I'm…frightened Ben,"

I quickly shot my eyes into his as he nodded, I never expected him to say this, usually, he would've pumped himself up but no…he admitted something. I did my best to comprehend him as he continued nodding before chuckling to himself.

"Sounds stupid but…"

"Nah…it sounds right, if Luna has a demonic side to her then maybe Celestia might have one too…" I said making my own conclusion, and even if it did frighten him, I might be able to befriend this side of her if it presented itself. He chuckled as he nodded back with a "Thanks"

"No problem,"

He raised his fist to me and I meet it with my own before I looked over his shoulder to see his pile of clothes.

"What were you looking for?"

"I was looking for something new to wear, but I found nothin'," He said as she looked back at the pile of clothes, I didn't know why he would find a change in style but I had an idea in mind for him.

"I would recommend Rarity's place, she'll hook you up well," I recommended, he turned to me nodding as he kicked away the pile of clothes.

"Thanks, I'll go check it out once I can move-"

He stopped at about mid-sentence before his eyes became serious and his hands balled into fists as he looked up to the ceiling. I looked up to see what he looked at but nothing was there besides a light, I turned down to him before he looked at me, nearly sinister like.

"Something is wrong…" K said as he quickly ran to the entrance of the house and flung the door open, I stepped out of the house behind him and stared into the countryside. It was being swallowed by darkness, almost like ink spilling over paper. K immediately looked up to the sky again before a visual began to appear, it was like seeing what Flutters was doing in her eyes.

We both looked as in a matter of seconds something appeared, a strange creature: half lion, half eagle. K shook his head as he placed his hand on my back and folded the fingers on his other hand in a strange way. I looked at him and back up as the creature seemed to swipe a talon at us but very slowly.

"What's happening K!?"

"Remember you'll be controlling Flutter's body so watch it!"

"What the...No way…"

I felt my insides tingle as in a matter of seconds my vision changed from looking at a visual to seeing the actual thing. The talon came at a fast speed but I managed to back my head away from it, well maybe it was Flutter's head but I was still the one in control here. I looked down to the ground as I realized how close I was to it and how tall this creature was, I wasn't fazed, even if I wasn't in my own body I could just as easily react. Gasps were heard from all sides as I looked up to this creature with a grin, I never stopped to think how this would actually look on Flutters face, probably strange.

"How did you?" She whispered out, making me turn to her.

"What's the matter? Too fast for ya!" I said before grinning even wider at the way Flutters voice made me sound. Her eye twitched before he launched another swipe from her talon but this was way too easy for me, I tilted my head to one side letting the talon pass close by making her slightly struggle to keep her balance.

"Phew, that one was close, I commend you for your efforts!" I said as I quickly put out a hoof to her, trying to stop her from attacking any further but I guess she took it as a taunt. I raised an eyebrow as I tried to use the rest of these hooves to move, it was fairly simple actually, it was like crawling but with upgraded stamina.

"Do you think you can best me!?"

I grinned again before placing my hoof down firmly and getting at an angle to prepare myself. She gave me a sinister smile as she chuckled her evil laughter. I closed my eyes as I chuckled internally, she had no idea what she was about to get into.

Maybe I'll scare her off with a Kaio-Ken…nah might hurt Flutter's body," I thought as she seemed way too confident of herself and taunted even more.

"FLUTTER SHY, DON'T FIGHT WITH HER, SHE'LL HURT YOU!"

I quickly lost all concentration and turned to face the group of ponies to my left, it was everyone I knew and some new ones, I gave a slight glance to them and back at the crazed creature but it was already too late, I felt a strong push against the left side of my face before begin lifted off the ground by her attack and flying away about twenty feet and colliding with a tree.

"That'll teach you to mess with me!" She said in an evil laughter, I didn't know how much damage Flutter's body had taken but all I knew now was that I was probably the most crazy looking pony in this zone.

"FLUTTER SHY! ARE YOU ALRIGHT!?" Dash yelled as she got to my left and helped me up, I couldn't feel any pain but I was sure that Flutters would if she got her body back. I looked at Dash and winked at her before quickly getting up in the air using these wings, and giving another grin to the creature.

"Okay Ms. Temper Tantrum, you picked the wrong pony to fight with!" I taunted making her look at me with a smirk before she went about laughing. I smiled as she coughed out the rest of her laughter.

"Flutter Shy, was it? Aren't you supposed to be in tears by now!?" She mocked making me move in her direction slowly, she laughed a bit more before stopping and looking down at me, confused. I could tell everypony was unsettled by what I was going but I was going to prove something to this crazy thing.

"No! But I will give you to the count of five to leave everypony alone…you understand me!" I said becoming a bit serious as I firmly placed my hoof down and straightened my whole body. She mocked me again with her laughter, but she'll get what's coming if she doesn't listen.

"You can't be serious!"

"One…"

"WHAT!?" All the ponies to the left yelled, both worried and confused.

I gave her the most daring look I could, and being in this body wouldn't affect its power. She flinched a bit when I looked her dead in the eye and taunted her by stomping my hoof on the ground.

"Two…"

"Come on, just stop pretending and run away like you would!"

I felt a bit angered now after that last taunt, I wasn't about to have some vile creature make fun of any my friends, especially the most innocent one. I glared at her before I closed my eyes and concentrated on the strength my old body had. I stood in silence before I quickly reopened my eyes.

"Three…" I said as the aura that surrounded my human form now surrounded Flutter's body, I looked around myself before looking up at her. She stared at me wide-eyed as I looked down again and took a heavy breath. Everypony to the sides also showed their shock with their looks and silence.

"Four…"

"Wha-WHAT ARE YOU!?"

"My name is Ben! And don't you forget it!" I yelled back making everyone flinch as I quickly stopped her talon from swiping past Flutter's face again. I glanced a serious look to her as she tried to remove her talon off Flutter's hoof but I somehow managed to grab it tightly, strange. I slowly lifted a hoof up to this creature's chest and placed it firmly in position.

"Wha-"

"Five…"

I closed my eyes and turned away before looking back at her, she was about as petrified as she could be. I let go of her talon and let her fall back as she looked at me, shaking in fear. She grabbed her talon with the other as I let go if my aura and offer Flutter's hoof to help her up. She stared at the hoof, not wanting to accept it.

"Come on-"

In a split second, I felt myself disconnect from Flutter's body as I spawned in the sky right beside her before falling to the ground, back in my human form. I rubbed my back in a bit of pain as I stretched getting a feel for my actual body, I felt cramped up now.

"Ow, that hurt!"

"BEN!?" The ponies from earlier yelled as I smiled slightly.

"Who are you supposed to be?

I looked up at the strange creature before chuckling to myself as I laid down the ground.

"I'm Ben…and you have a good swing!" I exclaimed flipping myself and catching Flutters off the corner of my eye. I looked down at Flutters before kneeling down to her with a saddened look.

"Sorry Flutters if I sorta got you hurt," I said but quickly took those words back as she gave me an angered expression and lashed something at me.

"What the hell you do that for!?" She yelled at me making me feel low and wrong as I tried to explain myself.

"I got distracted, please! It was an accident!" I explained trying to redeem myself but this only made her laugh madly. I lifted my head up and looked at all the ponies around before getting back to her.

"Flutters?"

"No, it's me K! WHY DID YOU SWITCH OUR BODIES?!"

I flinched back and looked at K in Flutter's body before I lifted my hands in confusion and defense as he tackled and pinned me to the ground. I felt my back with the ground as K surrounded Flutter's body with his dark aura and she lifted a hoof to hit me.

"K! CHILL OUT!" I yelled as I grabbed him and held him away from me as I tried to get one of the ponies to help me out but they were staring with their mouths all dropped wide open, even the weird creature. K managed to break off my grip and smack me a good one on the forehead, I let him go and rubbed my forehead as K studied his newly acquired body.

"Hey, Ben!"

I managed to get up and gave him a frown as he chuckled loudly as his aura grew bigger making me worry about what was going to happen next, "Yes?"

"Remember when Flutters said she would Final Flash our food away!?"

I gulped down as I nodded unwillingly, he grinned widely as he placed both hooves out and charged them up. I quickly threw myself away from him with both hands out, trying to get him to stop but he liked how I reacted.

"K…NO!"

"FINAL!" He yelled making both hooves he had out spark violently with two spheres appearing on each as I locked my knee in position and placed a hand in front of me. He grinned even wider as he increased the size of the spheres.

"K, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!? IF YOU-"

He swung out both hooves towards me as a rush of dark and sparking energy made its way to me at a quick speed.

"FLASH!"

"DAMN YOU K!" I yelled as I placed both my hands out and felt the burning sensation of the energy hit my palms as I did my best to keep my hands from bending and locked them tightly. I could feel the magnitude of his attack. I grunted as I did my best to push the attack back, I wasn't giving this my all and I knew K wasn't but this was still a lethal amount of power he shot out.

Damn it, he really Final Flashed me…fuck it," I thought as I quickly let one hand force the attack down as the other reached for my sword before quickly unleashing it upon the attack. I backflipped myself away from the attack guiding my sword with me as I did, redirecting the energy into the sky. I looked back at K as he smiled and got rid of the aura.

"Give Flutters back her body!" I demanded, making him roll his eyes and nod as he returned to the ground and placed a hoof over his head. He seemed to try to mediate for a moment before widening his eyes and turning to me worried about something.

"How?!"

"Just switch like you did with me!"

"YOU TOOK FLUTTER'S SOUL WITH YOU!"

"WHAT!? HOW!?"

"I DON'T KNOW BUT SHE'S INSIDE OF YOU! LET HER OUT!"

"HOW!?"

"I DON'T KNOW!"

"STOP FIGHTING YOU TWO!"

We both looked over to Twilight who was trying to calm us down but K was having a hard time calming down, he threw quite a tantrum about it. I stared at K as he had Flutter's hooves pulling on her own face in stress, but Twilight put him right with another shout.

"Now listen! What is going on here!?" She asked and instantly got her answer as K grabbed her with Flutter's small body.

"I'M STUCK IN FLUTTER SHY'S BODY!" He yelled at her making her push him off as she used her hoof to smack him upside the head.

"Calm down!"

"THAT HURT!"

After a few seconds of them arguing I began to hear faint whispering from somewhere.

"I just wanted some muffins…"

I quickly blinked my eyes wide open as I looked around myself before placing my hand on my head.

"FLUTTERS IS THAT YOU!?"

"Yes, where am I?"

"Umm…inside me…" I responded mentally as I saw that K had pinned Twilight down in his tantrum while Dash and Applejack tried to pull him off but he easily over powered them.

"What!?" She yelled from inside me making me shiver as I tried to get her to calm down.

"Listen…I'll get your body back, just give me a moment,"

"Hurry, MY BODY IS ATTACKING TWILIGHT!"

I quickly turned to K and rushed over before pulling him off of Twilight. He shook away his tantrum as he looked up to me angered.

"Why is my body so mad?"

"K is inside of it…"

"WHY IS HE IN THERE?!"

"I don't know, let's just say we wanted to help you deal with…where did she go?" I thought as I turned to where the creature was but had disappeared, must have run away. I shook it way as I got back to Flutters and her body issue, "Well, you were in trouble and K wanted to help, and he ended up in your body!"

"Oh, my…"

"Yeah…"

I quickly felt K give me another good one on the forehead but this time I didn't let him go, I held on tightly as stared him down.

"Now listen here- STOP HITTING ME!" I lashed out as he gave me another one, he pouted and waited for an answer.

"Flutters said she wants her body, so how do we do that!?" I asked a bit annoyed by his actions, he looked at me and then down at the ground before widening his eyes and whacking me on the head again. I began to feel a bit enraged as he quickly slipped off my grip and placed a hoof on my chest.

"Okay, this might work, or I'll be stuck in this body for a while," he said as he closed his eyes gently and sighed deeply. I stared at what he was doing and felt a warm feeling slowly begin to grow on my chest as he pressed tighter.

"Flutters, can you hear me?" K asked.

"Yes-" Flutters responded before she got cut off and her physical body went flying to the group of ponies in front of me. I stared at them as they all tumbled down making them all groan as they laid down.

HA! SUCCESS!" K responded from inside my head, I ignored him and quickly rushed to the group of ponies and assisted each one in getting back up. Once they were all up I looked to them as I sighed in relief, wishing for this to never happen again. I quickly helped Flutters up as she seemed be a bit more distracted than the rest.

"Thanks Ben!"

"No problem!"

"Flutter Shy! Are you back to normal?!" They all asked as I slowly picked her off the ground and stared at everypony dazed. She looked at her hooves before getting up straight and giving a few trots.

"Yes, I think so," She said before shaking away all the shock she had and looked all around. She looked at us all before she got a worried look on and looked at herself. We all stared at her as we couldn't believe what we were seeing.

I stared down at her with as much disbelief as everypony and leaned in to inspect Flutters a bit more.

Holy mother of…Celestia…" K said as he spoke for everypony as we saw Flutters touch herself trying to find out what was wrong with her. I kneeled down to Flutters and gave her small snap of my fingers to get her attention before I placed my hand over her head. She gave me a confused look before I grabbed what she had on her head.

"What are you…" She was stunned into silence once I fully gripped it, a blush grew on her face as she slowly reached a hoof up to touch it herself. She felt it multiple times before she paused for a moment and widened her eyes before looking at her friends. Everypony was about as surprised as Flutters was, Twilight was the first to trot up to Flutters and feel it herself before covering her mouth in shock.

"You're…an Alicorn…"

"Wha-what?"