Howling at the moon
by TenshuraX
Chapters
Prolouge
Prologue
A/N i must thank knighthawker for revising the prolouge for me. (http://www.fimfiction.net/user/knighthawker)
I was wandering alone in the forest, going to meet a friend I met online "This was a really bad idea" I said to myself before turning around to leave.
When I heard a low growling behind me, I froze and slowly turned around to see a pair of yellow eyes, staring at me from a bush. Paralyzed with shock and unable to move, I kept staring at the pair of yellow eyes which so far had not moved. Moments later, the eyes lifted to around my height and started coming closer. Still paralyzed with shock, I couldn't move at all as the eyes slowly came closer.
Right before they fully emerged from the bushes, I heard a voice say "Well, were you just going to leave without saying hello?"
I stood there staring unmoving, now more curious than scared.
"Moonscream879?" I asked tentatively. A boy about my age emerged from the bush and said in a rather annoying tone "Who did you expect? The boogeyman?"
I let go of the breath I'd been holding and said "dude, that was kinda creepy" he flashed a yellow smile "dude, why are your teeth yellow?" he closed his mouth quickly and said "none of your business".
I sighed, knowing I was never gonna get it out of him and said "So, why did you want to meet out here?"
"Oh, I just like it here" he said as he stared up overhead at the moon which was covered by clouds right now.
"Can I tell you something?" he asked "It's kinda personal"
"Sure" I said. I regretted that for the rest of my life.
"I'm… kinda a werewolf".
I know I should have run the moment he said that. However, the moon chose that exact moment to come out from behind the clouds.
I couldn't look away as his face elongated into a snout. I heard bones cracking as his knees reversed, he got bigger and hairier, his fingers morphed together and became claws, and his yellow teeth, which I could now see a little bit of rotting flesh between, grew and sharpened.
The moment it was done, he let out a bloodcurdling howl at the moon.
"This is me" he said.
His voice sounded horrible, like three of him were talking at once, and with a voice that sounded like sandpaper. As he lunged at me, I was able to break the trance he seemingly had me in and dove out of the way. I did what came naturally: I ran as fast as I could away from the thing that wanted to eat me.
Unfortunately, that meant going away from the city I came from. I ran, ducking under branches, jumping over holes and roots. I could feel his warm breath down my neck. I knew I wasn't fast enough. When I reached a small clearing that had only only a small screen of trees between it and the next clearing, I felt what I thought would be my last sensation on this earth. My ankle snagged on a root I didn't see and I quickly fell over.
"Aww, too bad" I heard right behind me in that horrible voice. "Usually people give more of a chase."
He clawed my back over and over with his jagged, razor sharp claws. The pain was like nothing I had ever felt. It took all I had to prevent blacking out. He began laughing, leaned down close to my ear and whispered "This is my favorite part" right before biting my shoulder. The pain was almost too much for me to take. I was fading in and out of consciousness. I heard him gasp and begin running from something.
‘What could be so frightening that it would make a werewolf flee?’ I thought to myself.
I began pulling myself along into the other clearing and saw a lake and a creature drinking from it. The creature looked like a white horse with huge white wings that looked reminiscent of a bird by the feathers upon them. It also had a spiraling horn about 3 feet long coming directly from its forehead and what looked like a tattoo of the sun on its flank.
"H...help me" was all I could manage to say before I blacked out.
Chapter 1 - Where am i?
Chapter 1 - where am i?
i woke up in a comfortable bed, i tried to move, but whenever i tried there was immense pain, so i just lay still, i tried to open my eyes and had to immediately close them again. the light directly overhead was blinding to my eyes. after awhile i was able to open my eyes long enough to tell where i was, i was in a hospital, white walls that reflected the light, the bed i was on looked like it was almost too small for me. i began to hear voices outside the door "so, will he be okay?" the voice seemed, kind and comforting, the next voice was even more so "yes, we believe that he'll be up and about in a few days" i groaned quietly, but managed to stand up and walk around a bit.
my legs felt stiff, like they hadn't been used in a while. i walked around a bit more until my legs felt loose, i began stretching my upper body, which felt even more stiff, I'd forgotten about my injury, but it barely hurt. i wondered about this for a while, trying to recollect what had happened for me to be hurt, but i couldn't remember. i began taking off the bandages that wrapped my chest and right shoulder, and i saw some bloodstains and a few rapidly-closing scratches, but other than that i as fine. i found my shirt, luckily no one had removed my pants, and put it on.
i stretched a bit more before going over to the door and knocking on it *knock knock knock* "t-that's not possible, he shouldn't be able to move with wounds like that for several more days" and something opened the door, it was a pony, white with a tattoo of a red cross on it's ass it's eyes were wide as it asked "how are you possibly moving around?" the voice was female, i couldn't really think as my brain processed talking ponies. "wha?" was what i managed to say before she began pushing me back into the room with her head saying "you shouldn't be pushing yourself, your still injured" "what are you talking about, I'm perfectly fine" i responded she was already taking off my shirt as i spoke.
she gasped when she saw my injures were completely gone "h-how" she murmured with her mouth open. i was able to push past her and walk along the hall, i had to duck to get through a few spots, but nothing too small, i walked out into the incredibly brightly colored town, the houses looked like they had straw roofs and brick or wood sides. i began wandering around the town, most ponies avoided me, but some ran, i guess it's because i was different than what they were used to seeing, it could also be that I'm wearing bloody clothes, but they ignored me for the most part. i came to a house that was either carved from a tree or had a really good designer who wanted it to look like a tree. i saw a sign with a picture of a candle hanging above the door.
i thought that it could be a shop or something, i knocked on the door and waited a moment before a purple pony with a horn coming from her head, no, a unicorn. she looked at me with huge eyes "you shouldn't be able to move for days, your wounds were severe" i recognized the voice as the other voice i heard outside the door of the hospital. "hi, I'm Derek, Derek Jest" " I-I'm Twilight Sparkle," she said recovering her composure ",what are you" "well, I'm a human" she looked at me for a moment, as though taking a mental note. "and, why did you come to Equestria?" "i don't really remember what happened before i woke up in this world's hospital" as i said it a small memory came back to me, a dark forest, i was in excruciating pain and i saw a pony, with feathery white wings and a spiraling horn drinking from a lake "H-help me" i heard myself say, i felt myself being picked up as she walked over to me, i heard a beautiful voice say to me "i will take you to Equestria, you would not survive here, but there you may" and i felt a tugging in my gut and that was the last thing before waking up in the hospital.
i rubbed my head and said "i-i remember a little, a beautiful white pony with wings and a horn took me here, but that's all i remember" she looked at me, awestruck and asked "P-Princess Celestia brought you here?" i didn't know her name so i said "i don't know, maybe" she looked at me for a moment and yelled over her shoulder "SPIKE!" "coming Twilight" i heard another voice respond, deeper within her house. i heard footsteps and a small purple lizard came into view, "yes Twilight?" he said before he saw me "WHOAH, what're you?" the question was obviously directed at me, "I'm a human" i said "Spike, take a letter" she said, completely ignoring our small exchange spike brought out a quill and paper and looked at Twilight expectantly "Dear princess Celestia, a human named Derek Jest has come to Equestria, he claims that you yourself took him here and has just gotten out of the hospital, your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle" as spike wrote the last word Twilight said "send it" he rolled up the scroll and breathed green fire on it, it instantly turned to ashes and flew out the window.
a few moments later, spike belched and a new letter appeared. he opened it and read aloud "Dearest Twilight sparkle, yes i brought him here, i had crossed over into his dimension in order to ascertain what forms of life that world held, he stumbled out of the trees at the edge of the clearing i was in and asked for help, so i helped him, he was covered by injuries and shouldn't be up yet, please get him to go back to the hospital and rest some more." with the last portion spike looked at me with an evil gleam in his eye, i got the feeling he didn't like me much "well, you heard her, we need to get him back to the hospital" "but I'm not injured" i protested as twilight literally dragged me back to the hospital with her magic "the princess says you need to go back, so you're going back" i was beginning to get angry "let me go, now" i said, glaring at her "the princess said we should take you back" i was getting even angrier "let me go" i growled it this time she seemed to flinch and somehow, i slipped out of her magic, i'm not sure how, but i knew which way to go, i was completely silent and i'm not sure if she noticed that i left, her magic was holding nothing, but it was shaped like me i ran into some apple trees to get away from Twilight, when i heard a noise, like someone hitting wood with metal, but it sounded far-off and i left before i encountered what was making that sound.
when i escaped from twilight it had been about 8:00PM, the sun was going down and i was hiding in the forest, the moon came up. i welt a tingling all over my body as i saw the moon, i heard something snap as my kneed reversed "oh no" i said, but the voice wasn't mine, my face elongated, my body itched everywhere which i assumed was the fur growing my hands had this strange feeling, like they were moving through jell-o. my human mind receded to the back of my head as a new mind took over, the mind of a killing beast. it howled and began looking around with it's yellow eyes, it spotted the town and began silently moving towards it. nopony noticed it as it hid in alleys, looking for it's victim.
Author's Note
so, who should be the first victim? vote in the comments (none of the mane 6)
Chapter 2 - The First Killing
Chapter 2 - the first killing
Author's note
So, you all decided on Diamond Tiara, huh. NOTE: i will not be held responsible for any nightmares or hurling
This... thing that had stolen my body was making it's way towards the park, it avoided any living thing, all of them were in groups, they would be harder to kill. it reached the park and hid in the bushes and trees. I heard a voice, coming from a pony walking down the path, I wanted to scream "RUN AWAY!!!" but I couldn't, I was a prisoner in my own mind, unable to warn the pony of it's imminent danger. It came into view, a pink filly, with a mane and tail that were purple with white streaks along them, on her flank was a picture of a tiara. The thing growled in anticipation, I kept trying to yell "RUN, GET AWAY" but I could do nothing as it silently slipped out of the bushes and snuck up behind her, she seemed to feel something breathing down her neck and began to turn around, saying "who's there breathing down my neck, it's not very polite you kno-" she broke off as she saw the thing, it stood a good 6 feet above her. She looked at it with fear in her eyes, she was barely able to whimper "wh-what are you?" it brought it's paw up, unsheathing the claws, i kept screaming "RUN!!!!!!" she looked like she was about to scream.
-GORE SCENE STARTS NOW-
If she screamed this thing might back off, especially if more ponies come i thought, and she almost made it too, it brought it's claw down on her tiny chest, and ripped out her vocal cords. her eyes widened as she tried to scream, but couldn't even whimper. i saw the pain in her eyes as she looked at it, pain and fear. Fear of me i thought, it picked her up, she bled all over the grass, it still picked her up, and leapt into the forest. she was trying to scream the entire time, because of pain and fear i caused this, it's my fault i was only able to think those words, over and over, repeating in my mind, the broken record of my sanity played on, i turned my body and senses over to the beast completely, hearing only my own pain, seeing nothing but the pain in her eyes.
when the thing landed, it set her down, reached over to one of her legs, and broke it with a sickening SNAP, she couldn't even walk now, couldn't get away. the thing left her, dying, in the woods. it collected sticks, several sticks. It came back, to the still living, squirming pony. It picked her up and set her down on her back, it picked up a stick, and drove it through her left leg . her eyes screamed with pain, but it seemed not to even notice as it drove another spike into her other leg, it speared her arms to the ground as well, and put the rest of the sticks in a pile, they were all sharpened.
It looked at the bleeding immobile pony, pondering what to do to it's first catch, it decided, it walked over to the pony, and stabbed it with a claw in the chest, it slowly pulled down, slitting her ope entirely, she writhed, in a pitiful attempt to get free, it reached over and grabbed both sides of the slit, and slowly began to pull them open, the pony had been crying ever since having her vocal cord ripped out of her chest, her entire face was soaked in her own tears. the slit widened into a gaping hole to reveal all the internal organs, it reached in and violently ripped out her liver. it picked up a stick and speared the organ, planting it in the ground, doing the same for all her non-vital organs it looked over at her still face, lifeless, she hadn't been able to take the pain and had died, it continued ripping out her organs, until all that was left was her heart, brain, eyes and tounge. It ripped off her head, leaving her carcass with nothing but a heart, it ripped the brain and eyes out, and speared them. It reached into her lifeless body, nearly devoid of blood, as it was spilled all over the ground, it picked up the heart and ate it.
It surveyed the internal organs, impaled on sticks and at the lifeless body, it speared the head as well, before running off.
-GORE SCENE OVER-
I awoke the next day with no memories past meeting twilight, i wondered for a moment before one thing came back to me, eyes filled with pain and fear. I crouched in a fetal position, remembering nothing, but those eyes. "DEREK!!" i heard a voice yell. it seemed familiar, but i could do nothing, i just lay there, in an alley, holding myself (...do i even have to say it? NOT IN THE WAY I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE THINKING). i slowly decnded, deeper into my own mind, trying desperately to get away from that image. my senses began to fade, but even through the haze that covered me, deafened my ears i heard it "d-derek?" a voice, it was so familiar, i felt something pick me up, and i gave a small squeak and tried to hide. I felt small, insignificant, i had a feeling that if i let it take me i would be hurt, if i just hid, did nothing, felt nothing, i would be safe. but whatever was holding me didn't stop and i saw a bright flash through my tightly closed eyes. i closed my eyes even tighter to try and escape the new light that had appeared before me, it was like the sun was shining in my eyes. i grew into a tighter ball, i knew the light brought pain, pain and suffering, the dark brought cold and lonliness, but lonliness was better than pain.
Perspective change - twilight
"how is it possible that he slipped out of my magic," twilighy groaned "now i have to find him again". she looked everywhere, all night she searched for him, but she never found him. around midnight she decided to go back home and get some rest, she was walking through the park when she heard a voice, a young filly say "wha-what are you" right before she heard another sound, one she knew she could never forget, a splattering, ripping sound that made her blood run cold. she peered around the corner to see a giant furry thing looming over a filly, it was holding something, she relisd what it was a split second before it threw it away, her vocal cords. Twiight nearly fainted right there, but shook herself awake as it grabbed the filly and jumped over the first few trees into a clearing, it reached down and broke the filly's leg, it ran off, twilight knew she should run out there and save the filly, but she felt a fear in the depths of her being, a fear of the thing that did this to the filly, a fear that it would come back and find her, and do worse to her. she turned away and fled.
Authors note
The first person who guesses what the light was correctly get's to choose the next victim (as long as it's none of the mane 6, or celestia, or luna, honstly i'm surprised that noone voted celestia or luna, since they were NOT excluded from the last voting)