My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 15

Leviathan

Lloyd groaned as he fell onto his back. “What a day.”

“At least we got a 3 day break out of all this.” Amelia said, trying to stay positive.

Satoshi glanced out the window, looking back at the rising mushroom cloud from what was once Maredrid. His vision moved down and he saw something running towards them. Multiple something’s.

“Grab your guns.” he told Fox and Ash.

Confused by what he meant by that, Req got up and walked to the window as the trio walked to the caboose. “oh, shit. Hell Hounds.”

A pack of Hell Hounds ran towards the train, moving as fast as the locomotive. Ash, Satoshi, and Fox took aim and fired at the monsters.

Their shots fired wide, covering a wide area. Some hit the Hell Hounds but they were stubborn and just shrugged them off.

One Hell Hound got up and lunged towards them, mouth wide open.

The Vascillia flew though the air, heading back to Canterlot. The Changelings on board cheered at a top well done. On this side of the country, there’s no way for the escapees to hide now.

Edge, however, felt uncomfortable. He had 2 different people say that he was their friend; both of whom he swears he never met. But… there was something in him that’s telling him he met them, he knew them. And every time he thinks about that Pegasus, he feels… weird. Like really weird. And Chrysalis told him that there’s no way Ponies could ever be friends with Changelings. Her story said otherwise and that Pegasus also says other wise. So who’s lying? He saw Leon and Friction walk by but didn’t pay it much heed.

“my liege. The prisoner is resisting.” a subordinate said to him. Edge got up and went with her down to the bowels of the ship. The soldier opened the door and Edge went right in.

“Let me go.” a familiar English accent said. “I’m just a foal, what do you want with me?” Pipsqueak asked.

Edge leaned forward and snarled. “you are something to keep a nuisance from further interfering with our ally.”

Pip had absolutely new clue what he was talking about. Edge knew that but didn’t care. He left the room and closed the door behind him.

“soldier.” Leon said as he walked over to the navigator of the ship. “when that train left, what route did it take?”

The Navigator thought back to the attack and the trains fleeing from Maredrid before it blew up. “mmm… that route would…”

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqBhDo1-iMg

a Hard Ride - Assassin’s Creed Revelations Unreleased OST

0:00.

One Hell Hound caught up and lunged towards them, mouth wide open. A fireball flew down it’s gullet and blew it apart from the inside.

Fox spun his staff and put it back behind his back as he raised his rifle. “these things are worse then Sharpclaws.”

“I remember those. Not fun.” Satoshi said with a gasp at the end as they continued to fire.

Shots fired out from the caboose, each one trying to take out one of those Hell Hounds but they were too fast and too dexterous. In short, they were in trouble.

A few shots from Ash’s pistols hit one right in the head but it kept on chugging along.

“what’s going on out there?” Cynder asked, poking her head out. A fireball shot past her head, singeing her horns. “never mind.” she said. She looked the other way and saw that the train was nearing a bridge.

“Bomdi Wind!” Zel and Amelia yelled out, casting a powerful wind spell that slowed the Hell Hounds down and gave the train a little boost.

“Not sure what you guys did but it worked.” Pinkie said up to them. A fireball shot right by her, singeing her hair. “oop.”

0:32.

The train rolled onto the bridge, beginning a 2 day slog across it to the other side. The lead Hound growled to it’s compatriots, who growled back at him. the Hell Hounds split up; some going on the sides and running along it, not losing momentum or grip.

“now that’s cheating.” Satoshi whined.

“just keep shooting.” Ash said.

Something LARGE stirred beneath the surface of the water. It growled up at the train, feeling something familiar was on it, then swam along the side of the bridge, keeping pace with the locomotive.

“why does this keep happening?” a random pony screamed out as everyone inside took cover the best they could. Fireballs from the Hounds flew by the windows, creating scary shadows on the walls that scared the fillies and foals.

A Hell Hound running along the side caught up to the train and fired a fireball at it, hitting the caboose on the right side, destroying the wall.

The explosion rocked the entire train. Twi grunted as she hit against the side. She rubbed her shoulder then looked out the window.

“wait… something about this feels… familiar.” she muttered. The same glistening water, the super-wide river, the ship sailing across it. A knot formed in her stomach as she recognized it and she felt Starlight get the same knot.

They were heading back to the Gryphon Kingdom.

1:04.

The Hell Hounds started to gain momentum over the train and caught up with it easy. One jumped up onto the caboose onto to be met with the cold steel of Zel’s sword, knocking it over the side.

“Freeze Arrow!” he yelled, firing a arrow of ice out of his sword, hitting the hound. The hound froze and fell to the river below.

Once he hit it, the hound howled out in pain as it evaporated in mist.

“what just happened?” Satoshi asked, looking over the side.

“I think they don’t like water.” Amelia said.

That gave Ash an idea. He input a sequence into the jewels encrusted into the handles of his pistols, took aim, and fired at a Hell Hound. The round hit and splashed over the monster like water. It howled in pain as it too evaporated.

“huh. They do hate water. Zel, Amelia…”

“Already on it.” they both said as they powered up a water spell.

1:40.

Surrounding the train on all sides, the Hell Hounds moved up onto the train itself and snarled at the windows, scaring everyone inside.

Spell fully powered up, Zel and Amelia opened their eyes and let it loose.

“Torrent!”

A tidal wave started from the front of the train and moved it’s way towards the caboose, taking out any monster on the way. It eventually moved past the caboose and took out any remaining perusing Hell Hounds.

1:59. End Song.

Zel and Amelia panted as they fell back onto the caboose’s roof. They looked at each other and high-fived.

Ash walked back into 4th train car and sputtered as he fell to his feet. “they’re gone.” he sighed. “ugly bastards almost got us, though.”

“We know.” Emil pointed to a window which shows the outline of a Hell Hounds head.

“but where did they come from? Those things aren’t indigenous to our world.” Zil wondered.

“I think I know.” Derpy said, getting their attention. “Back at Maredrid, I saw someone use a card to summon up that monster that destroyed the town.”

“a card? what is this, Yu-Gi-Oh?” he muttered to Sora. She shrugged, not really knowing.

“you remember anything else?” Sora asked.

“not really. Just that he kicked me hard.” she said as she rubbed her back.

Suddenly, the train screeched to a halt, propelling everyone forward.

The wheels sparked as the train grinded to a halt. The steam rushed forward and rose into the air.

Celestia walked to the engine, holding a bad neck. “what gives?” she asked with a groan.

“there’s a large beast blocking the road ahead.” the engineer explained. Curious, she walked over to the side and looked out ahead of them, as did everyone else in the cars.

Blocking their route was a Leviathan, a large serpentine creature with the head of a crocodile. This one had a bad left eye with a noticeable scar over it. The passengers gasped in fear at the sight of it.

“They have them here too?” Req muttered. She remembered the Leviathan she and her friends encountered on Earth, and again on Berk and Warfang. They have the same design. Couldn’t be just coincidence.

The Leviathan slithered off the bridge and slowly swam over to the train. It peered inside the cars and snarled. He knows he felt something familiar inside it.

“What’s he doing?” Marble asked with a gulp.

“I think he’s looking for someone.” Pinkie whispered back.

Back at the engine, the engineer was trying to get the train moving again. That sudden stop messed with the coal intake and the train was still beat up after all 3 escapes.

The Leviathan looked into each car, searching for his target.

“just to clarify, how strong is that thing?” Emil shakingly asked.

“VERY strong.” Applejack replied, just as shaken up.

The Leviathan reached car 4, looked in, and saw a familiar gray mare; one he hasn’t seen in years.

“YOU!” he exclaimed in anger. A confused Derpy pointed to herself, wondering if he was talking about her.

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptAPujlGcB0

Modern Crisis City - Sonic Generations OST

He reared his head back, powered up his beam attack, and fired at the car. It hit, causing a explosion that destroyed the wall and covered the entire train in smoke. Everyone inside coughed as the smoke did it’s job and incapacitated them. The leviathan reached in, grabbed Derpy, and fell back into the water.

“Who’d he take?” Fox exclaimed, watching from the last car..

“I don’t know. But there’s one way to find out.” Zel said as he cast ray-wing.

The Leviathan swam up the clear river, taking the gasping Derpy with him. She struggled to get loose so she can get more air but his grip was too strong.

The Leviathan broke the surface not far from the bridge and roared to the sky.

Derpy took a deep breath and coughed up water. The monster looked down at her and snarled. “why did you take me?” she strained to the Leviathan. “just who are you?”

The Leviathan gave a guttural growl as he brought her to eye level. “what a shame. You don’t remember me? Well I remember you as clear as day. And I remember that welp you were with; that waste of scales eTu`nes.” he put on the squeeze. Derpy grunted in pain as she felt her body be put under a lot of pressure. “It’s ironic, really. I mess up your eyes and he goes and takes out my left eye.”

Derpy yelled out in pain and, at the same time, remembered what he was talking about; that day 20 years ago, when she got her derped up eyes. “I-it’s you. You’re that monster from 20 years ago.”

The monster chuckled, glad that she remembered him. “and now, since your little friend isn’t hear anymore and I’m feeling hungry, I think it’s time for a little snack. I’m thinking on having Pegasus Cakes!”

Derpy yelled as the monster pulled her to his mouth. A surge of electricity hit him in the back, causing him to yell in pain. When it stopped, he kneeled forward. A spot on his lower back crackled as burns traced all over it. The monster snarled and looked in the direction it came from.

“Let her go, you… you thing.” Amelia demanded. Zel fired another lightning round at the monster. The Leviathan moved to the side and roared up at him. He powered up and fired his beam attack. It cut between the two, forcing them to separate. Req flew beneath it and powered up her sword.

“Seraphim Blade!”

She cut up, sending a sword-beam at the monster. It hit him on the neck, causing a mini-explosion.

The monster snarled then laughed. “oh, that tickled.” he evilly glanced up at him and powered up his beam attack again. “now let me show you a true beam.” he reared back his head, ready to fire again.

Req brought her sword up to defend herself when a large black mass suddenly flew by and crashed into the Leviathan, sending both into the water with a huge splash.

Derpy was sent flying into the air. Due to the pain caused by the leviathan, she wasn’t able to spread her wings in time. Thankfully, Luna caught her before she got anywhere near the water.

Derpy took a breath of relief and sighed. “thanks for the save, Luna.”

“it’s no problem.”

A large, explosive splash erupted out of the water. “Move it!” Req yelled. All 4 of them moved away from the big splash, only getting soaked instead.

The Leviathan snarled and bit down on his attacker’s arm. His foe responded by grabbed his throat and choking him.

Luna looked back at the battle and saw who the new guy was. “Is that…”

“Oscurita?” Amelia finished.

A shadow-less Oscurita roared as he also bit down on the Leviathan’s neck. The Leviathan roared out in pain. With one swift stroke, he tail-whipped the dragon in the head, making him let go. Oscurita punched the monster right in the jaw, knocking a few teeth out.

“I don’t understand. Why’s he fighting for us?”

“And what happened to his shadow disguise?” Req added.

“Who cares.” Zel said. “let’s get out of here before he decides to come after us.”

Everyone nodded and flew back to the train. Derpy looked back at the fight, wondering why a enemy would help them. But her bigger question is… “Why does he feel… so familiar?”

The Leviathan wrapped itself around Oscurita and put down the squeeze, hoping to choke the life out of him. The monster recognized who he was fighting and chuckled. “I remember you. The little welp that took my eye. Hmhm. After I‘m done with you, I‘m gonna have that mare for a snack.”

Oscurita growled in anger. He struggled and got loose of the hold the monster had on him. He turned around in mid-flight and powered up his beam attack. The Leviathan powered up his and reared his head back. Both fired at the same time and both hit in the middle, causing a big explosion that sent the leviathan into the river and the dragon into the coast.

The force caught up to the fliers, lifting them up into the sky for a moment. They looked back and saw the explosions residue. They also saw a long dark shape swimming towards them under the water.

“Move it!” Req yelled. Everyone flew away as fast as they could but the Leviathan was pretty fast by it’s own right.

Req, Amelia, and Zel already returned to the train but Luna was taking her time thanks to the injured Derpy on her back.

The Leviathan burst out of the water, mouth wide open, ready to eat them whole.

“Derpy!”

“LUNA!”

The monster was suddenly slammed into the bridge by a foot. The hand belonging to the same foot grabbed Luna and Derpy and flew beneath the bridge to the other side. Oscurita spun around several times and stopped in a epic pose far above them, Derpy and Luna in his clutches.

“LUNA!” Trixie yelled out.

The Leviathan held his head, shook it, then growled as he looked up at Oscurita. A beam hit him in the head, sending him flying away. The beam continued to strike, sending him far, far, far away.

Oscurita closed his mouth then looked down at the two mares he clutched out of the air. They were both out cold. Not surprising, considering what he did. He spun around and flew away, leaving behind epic contrails.

End Song.

“No! Luna!”

Req snarled and flew to the other side of the bridge. She looked back to the distrat Trixie and winked. That somewhat filled Trixie with confidence. “leave Luna and Derpy to us. You all get to Feather Top as soon as possible.”

Zel and Amelia joined up with Req. Toothless, Hiccup, and Gourry joined up with them.

“leave the rescuing to us.” Zel said with a thumbs-up.

“Dealing with giant monsters is our specialty.” Gourry and Hiccup both said in confidence.

She didn’t like this but Celestia knew it was the right choice. “Agreed. You come back safe with Derpy and Luna, you hear? There‘s a reason that monster took them both and something tells me it‘s tied into this whole mess. Bring them back alive, okay?”

“will do.”

Req’s body shone bright as she cast a spell that would help them. “Angel Wings!” the spell spread over them, giving the humans, minus Hiccup, angel wings. “this’ll get us there faster.” everyone nodded and flew off after Oscurita.

The train began to move again as Celestia watched them fly away. “(those two… eTu`nes and Derpy… they may be the only ones worthy…)”