My Little Cho'Gath: Friendship is Delicious
Chapter 3: Cho'Gath Likes Cupcakes
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Cho'Gath sat in the crystal cave below the castle. After he had eaten the guard, Celestia showed full rage and threw him in the old cavern. He walked around the small cell he sat in, admiring the darkness. The place didn't bother him, really. It was dark enough for him to feel at home and the crystals hummed which brought back fond memories.
Cho'Gath had been sneaking through the Twisted Treeline and saw some pirate lady sitting on a stump, carving something into a piece of wood. She hummed an odd song as he got closer. When he was right behind the woman, he roared which sent her sprawling onto the ground, staring in horror at Cho'Gath. He bit down on her leg, and threw her up into the air. He bit down again on her waist. She was pounding his head with her fists, which did nothing. Cho'Gath bit again, blood was freely flowing from various wounds were his teeth had sunken in. She was crying from the pain, and when he forced his teeth into her stomach her ribs broke under the pressure. Her organs slowly fell from her torso as the waist up of her body slumped to the ground. She was still half alive, her eyes open and crying while her mouth was agape. Her organs made a sickening sound as they fell to the grass, blood staining her clothes. Her liver was laying next to her, completely mangled and non-functional. Her lower intestine was wrapped around was of Cho'Gath's teeth.
As the life drained from her eyes Cho'Gath's tooth forced itself into her cranium, splitting it down the middle and allowing its contents to fall out with a wonderful splosh. Her brain was a mushy mess as part of it slid into Cho'Gath's open mouth. He allowed the blood to trickle down his chin as he savored his meal. He was brought back to reality when a guard showed up, and threw a pony into the cell with Cho'Gath. The pony was a bruised mess and he looked as if the entire royal guard had whaled on him with clubs. "You have been charged with four counts thievery and thirteen counts of resisting arrest." The guard told him,showing no emotion. Cho'Gath could only smile as the guard left, leaving the prisoner screaming for mercy. Cho'Gath crept up behind him and enjoyed another meal for the day. After finishing up, he realized he had grown too large for the cell and could easily break out. He was about to rip the door open when Princess Celestia walked up to the cell. She glared daggers at Cho'Gath.
"You ate one of my highest ranking royal guard. He had two foals that he cared for by himself, what have you to say for yourself?" Celestia addressed him, with a melancholy mood.
"Two more meals sounds delicious right about now, although they would be rather small." Cho'Gath smiled at his sick joke. The Princess only recoiled in disgust. Her left eye had started twitching and she looked about ready to impale Cho'Gath with that giant horn of hers. "And the guard could have tasted better without all that metal armor on. It really spoils the flavor of the blood." Cho'Gath licked his lips, and Celestia had a look that could have fired lasers more harmful than that of Lux's at full power. However, Cho'Gath stood his ground. He had never been easily intimidated, in fact, he didn't recall ever being intimidated by something.
"I have assigned you to be released to Ponyville. You will be under constant supervision of all six Elements of Harmony. If you eat anypony else I will have Fluttershy treat you like she would a rabid dragon, you are just another animal after all."
"I am not just an animal, Celestia, I am a full powered creature of pure destruction. There is nothing that you or these 'Elements of Harmony' can do that would hurt me." Cho'Gath sniffed the air and smelled smoke. He looked around but saw nothing on fire. He looked up and saw that the sun was gigantic through the small barred window. A small ray of sunlight was shining down on his head, almost burning a hole through it.
"AAAAAAH! THE SUNLIGHT! IT BURNS!" Cho'Gath closed his eyes and flailed wildly around a little bit, and the pain subsided. He realized that his small tantrum had broken the bars of the cell around him. He stared at Celestia who just looked on with wide eyes. He opened his mouth. "I wonder what rainbows taste like?" Cho'Gath thought out loud, looking at Celestia with hunger in his eyes. She wondered if this creature could actually kill or harm her. It seemed from a different dimension entirely, so the universal laws might not pertain to it. This thought made Celestia's eyes become very small. She quickly teleported out of the cavern, leaving Cho'Gath to walk toward the way out to the awaiting Elements. When he emerged into the sunlight it was still very bright outside and he stumbled around a little more and tripped. He caught himself, but a terrible pain surged through him.
Cho'Gath had been hit by a lot of things, fire, lightning, frost, lasers, blades, guns, arrows, he had even witnessed death first hand a couple of times. But the pain he felt now was worse than any other kind of pain he had ever felt. He had just stubbed his claw.
He hopped around for a few minutes before realizing that the six ponies he had met earlier were watching him, giggling at his injury. He quickly became agitated, "Hey! It really hurts ok? Try having your claw stubbed against a giant rock..." Cho'Gath looked down and remembered that they had hooves and were naturally resistant to stubbing toes or claws. 'Lucky ponies.' He thought to himself. The lavender unicorn who was named Twilight stepped forward.
"C'mon, we're taking you to the village. We're gonna give you a small tour, and then we're gonna ask you some questions." She had a serious tone to her voice. Suddenly, a pink blur ran into him, somehow throwing him to the ground. The pink pony known as Pinkie Pie stood on top of his chest.
"And then we can throw a "Happy Imprisonment" party for you!" She sounded incredibly ecstatic about throwing a party, though the thought of being revealed to an entire town at a party didn't sound very worth it unless he got something to eat afterward.
"I will accompany you to this "party" if you feed me when we get there."
"Oh no, we are not just going to give you somepony to eat."
"Well then I wont be very useful as a rotting husk."
"We can make you go one way or another."
"And I could crush all your skulls in with my mouth if I wanted to. Feed me or else I'm not moving." Twilight sighed, she wasn't winning this argument. But it felt wrong to just give a pony to this creature to eat. She was lost in thought, and didn't realize that Cho'Gath was getting closer to her, mouth open, teeth showing.
"Twi! Look out!" Applejack yelled at Twilight, bringing her back to reality. Cho'Gath bit down hard, but Twilight had put up a barrier. He lost a few of his teeth, and rubbed his jaw.
"You are not going to make a snack out of me! Fluttershy, subdue him." Cho'Gath laughed, they couldn't possibly think that the little yellow pony could do anything to him. Fluttershy walked up to Cho'Gath Calmly, and when she was right up to him, he roared in her face. In mid roar, she started scratching his stomach. Cho'Gath felt the urge to fall over on his back. When he couldn't take it anymore, he fell over and his leg started shaking.
"Wow, Celestia was right, you are just like a normal animal." Rainbow Dash had broken the silence, watching Cho'Gath act like a dog. When Fluttershy stopped, he regained his composure.
"That never happened." Cho'Gath looked at all the ponies, who were suppressing giggles. "If you tell anyone else about this I will personally torture you for eternity in the Void." His face looked dead serious, and everypony stopped giggling. "Now, about the food."
"Like I said before, we are not going to give you ponies to eat. We are living, breathing, sentient creatures. I'm not just going to give you a proud citizen of Ponyville because you're hungry. Another pink blur and Pinkie Pie was holding a tray of chocolate cupcakes.
"Here try these!" Pinkie exclaimed, holding out the tray in front of Cho'Gath.
"Pinkie, he is a carnivore, they only eat meat." Twilight gave Pinkie a dull look. Cho'Gath grabbed one of the cupcakes, and ate it. His eyes glowed a darker green and he bit down, tearing the tray out of Pinkie's hand and giving her a nasty cut down the foreleg.
"Ow! You are definitely not getting anymore cupcakes!" Pinkie glared at Cho'Gath who looked almost content eating the chocolate frosted pastries.
"You will continue the supply of these brown food cakes or I'll will eat you instead." Cho'Gath gave Pinkie an equally intimidating look, and she backed away a few steps, a look of defeat in her eyes.
"You wouldn't...would you?"
"I would, and your flesh would be delicious. Your blood sploshing around as I rip out your still beating heart." Cho'Gath was standing at full height, towering about six feet higher than if Pinkie was standing on her hind legs. She looked up and let out a small "Eeep."
"Well I gotta go and make another four hundred batches of cupcakes. See ya!" Pinkie pie ran off, putting as much distance between herself and the gargantuan beast. Twilight Sparkle glared at Cho'Gath.
"Why'd you scare her like that?!"
"Intimidation is the only way I can make you ponies do anything." Cho'Gath had a smug grin on his face, admiring his triumph.
"Well Ah reckon we should get a move on toward Ponyville." The tan one known as Applejack spoke up, and the rest of the group, save Cho'Gath, nodded their heads.
"Ok girls, we will head out the side gate, through the garden, and arrive at the train at four thirty." Twilight was holding up a map. She pointed a hoof toward the royal gardens, and they started walking. Cho'Gath trailed behind them, standing much taller than them. They caught almost every stare, and a lot of the ponies the group of six walked by gasped, or fled in terror. This was all working out perfectly for Cho'Gath, they would take him to the gardens, he would release this Discord person, and then he would be home where Morgana would feed him roasted legs by throwing them down into his lair. He licked his lips, which drew the worried glance from the yellow one, Fluttershy.
They all entered the garden and started walking through the east side. Cho'Gath started to gradually slow down, the five ponies didn't notice, and he sneaked into a nearby bush. He was starting to wonder how stupid they were when he turned his head and saw sign.
This way to Discord's statue.
Cho'Gath slammed a claw into his forehead. "They are that stupid." Cho'Gath whispered to himself. He followed the various signs that led him to a small opening surrounded by a semi-circle of green hedge. In the middle was a statue of the creature he saw in his dreams. He had to do something chaotic, yet, what would he do? He hadn't exactly thought this through. A feeling in his bladder decided what he would do for him. He walked up to the statue and relieved himself on the lower base of it. He looked up and saw the statue was moving, slowly at first, but then gradually gaining speed. After about three minutes of spinning, the creature from his dream stood on the soaked base of the statue.
"Ew, that was the chaotic thing you chose? That is weird even for something like you." Discord looked down at the base of the statue and floated down to the ground.
"Ok, we had a deal, send me back to Morgana." Cho'Gath was happy to be leaving this place.
"Hmm, no thanks." Discord floated above Cho'Gath's head. "I don't take orders from beasts like you, but come to think of it, there is still a way you can help me." A wicked smile crossed Discord's face, and he snapped. Cho'Gath felt so much built up rage explode from inside him. He grew until he could see over the low roofs of the houses. He spied the train, and then the six ponies. He charged, bellowing in rage. Everypony directed their eyes to the source of the raging scream. Pinkie Pie had somehow appeared at Applejack's side and all six of the elements directed their eyes and saw the giant creature rampaging their way.
"How the buck did that thing get so big!?" Rainbow yelled at her friends as they boarded the train. The conductor put on the power, and three other ponies helped him shovel coal into the engine to give it a bigger boost. The train quickly left the station and Cho'Gath ran onto the rails. He dropped down and allowed his claws and scythe appendages to become extra legs, carrying him farther along the track at almost the same speed as the train. So many thoughts were going through his head, most were of blood, death, and destruction. Some of them were him seeing Morgana die repeatedly, and some were of him eating the six ponies. He enjoyed the latter. When he was close enough, one of the scythes struck down, and cut into the caboose of the train. A giant wrenching sound, a lurch, and the sound of breaking metal later, and the entire train was going off the rails.
Twilight looked out the window as a horrifying realization hit her. The rails were halfway into a mountain. The train was about to take a dive. "Brace yourselves everypony!" She screamed over the crowd of terrified gasps and crying as foals held onto their mothers and fathers, and vice-verse. The six elements were in the sleeping car, and they were tumbling around as the train broke into pieces and fell down the mountain. Twilight's head slammed into one of the beds and the last thing she saw was a pink cloud of cotton candy start raining down on the train wreck.
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