Harmonic Chaos Chronicles 13: The Curse
A/N this edition will not be featuring a lot of the Sonic related material of the HCC series so it is closer to a straight up MLP story just a heads up!
Three months have past since the defeat of Vlagh and life has returned to normal for the worlds. Rage and Rainbow Dash have been tackling the day to day work of weather control and royal tasks assigned by Celestia, Luna, or sometimes even Cadence and Twilight. It was near sundown and the two were removing the handful of clouds that drifted from Manehattnes territory. They would talk to Spitfire in the morning about it since they were tired already. As they finish up Rage feels a pulse of energy wash over them and he looks around.
"Everything okay?" Rainbow Dash asks him "Rageie?" she waves a hoof in his face and he shakes his head
"Yeah...just felt something..." Rage replies still in thought about it
"Like another Dark Force?" Rainbow Dash asks
"No... it wasn't dark at all and that is what makes me curious... what would it have been?" Rage responds "It is probably nothing... come on let's get some sleep I am pooped." he yawns
"Yeah that's a good idea." Rainbow replies as the two head back for Rainbow's cloud home and into their bed as they fall asleep.
Around midnight a yellow blur flies past the cloud home and then into the door. While in the bed room Rage was feeling uneasy as he turned and opened his eyes to see... a Vamipre Fluttershy on Rainbow Dash! Instantly he kicks Rainbow Dash to the floor who gives a surprised "Whoa!" as she hits the ground and Flutterbat looks at him as he leaps out of the bed himself and charges his magic. Rainbow then stands up "Rage what in Equestria..." she stops as she sees Flutterbat "Was...that...for..." she finishes as her look turns from angered and confused to a horrified and 'oh crap' kind of look. "What...is...that?" she whimpers
"Fluttershy!" Rage grunts as she leaps for him and he blasts her with his magic and she lands on her feet. "Rainbow go grab Twilight NOW!" Rage says as he dodges another attack. The rainbow Pegasus nods and flies off to The Palace of Friendship and stumbles in Twilight's window who was up studying
"Rainbow Dash?!" she gasps "What in Equestria are you doing here at this hour?"
"It's Fluttershy" Rainbow Dash says "You have to come back to my house quick!"
"Why what's wrong?" Twilight asks
"Its not normal Fluttershy it's Flutterbat!" Rainbow says grabbing her hoof "Come on!" she says
"Rainbow Da-" Was all Twilight was able to say before the speed demon Pegasus darted off back to her cloud home with Twilight screaming most of the way. When they land they see Flutterbat in a cage of energy and sleeping soundly with an exhausted Rage panting holding his neck.
"Oh no Rage did you get bitten?" Twilight asks
"Yeah.." he grunts "But I will be fine... my Chaosblood prevents vampireism..." he then chuckles "Doesn't mean it didn't hurt." he smirks
"but why you didn't HAVE to cage her." Twilight scoffs
"Well excuuuuse me princess but I had little options." he replies shaking off the pain... literally.
"So why would Fluttershy suddenly go back to her Vampire Fluttershy like this?" Twilight asks "Especially when we removed any trace of it for good."
"Rage could that thing you felt today be behind this?" Rainbow Dash asks
"Maybe..." Rage says rubbing his chin "Say is Lunar Relic on one of his little treasure hunts by any chance?" Rage asks
"Yeah he had told me he was after some old artifact that had unexplained and mysterious mystical powers." Twilight says
"Well I wonder if he found something to cause this..." Rage says
"Well we can ask when he returns." Twilight says
"Yeah but I doubt that is the only thing it did was revive Fluttershy's vampire part..." Rage says
"What makes you say that?" Twilight asks
"well experience from almost everything in the past few years has taught me that nothing is ever as easy as this...there is always something more." Rage replies
"Okay so we are going to need a bigger cage." Rainbow sighs
"I wish..." Rage groans "But until we know what exactly is going on we are stuck in the dark here. But what I want to know is what exactly is going to happen."
"So what do we do?" Twilight asks
"At this point I do not know." Rage sighs shaking his head before a howl is heard
"What was that?" Twilight asks startled
"Well either A: someone owns a rabid gray wolf from Earth or B: We have a werewolf on our hands and judging by Flutterbat over there I have a bad feeling it's option B..." Rage sighs "Oh well doesn't matter I have a duty to perform." he flies out of the door with Rainbow close behind
"You mean we have a duty to do." she says
"Are you sure?" Rage asks "Werewolves are no funny business."
"You haven't even fought one Rage so how can you say that?" Rainbow asks
"Uh Rainbow might I remind you..." Rage sighs
Rage knocks on the door of Twilight and Rainbow Dash's dorm room only for it to creek open. "this can't be good." Rage says as his roommate Soma pokes his head out of the door frame to their room
"Something wrong Rage?" he asks following him in as Rage summons the Blade of Chaos. They reach the girls room to see both in the corner of the room shivering in fear at the large Werehog above them... Sonic had turned Werehog and gone insane!
Without thinking Rage throws a fire ball at Sonic who looks at him with a growl "Hay furball! I think though pets weren't allowed on campus." he says to the monstrous Sonic who growls in anger and leaps a Rage "Aww crap..." Rage says his eyes half shut in annoyance before leaping to the left
"Right..." Rainbow says "That was one heck of a fight too."
"Heh and painful..." Rage responds remembering how Werewolf claws would render his regeneration powers.
"THERE!" Rainbow yells spotting the werewolf about to attack Rarity
"Come on!" Rage yells diving.
"there there no need to be hasty now... a haircut! I can get you a hair cut!" Rarity whimpers at the beast in front of her who just roars at her "Ah! Is that anyway to treat a lady?!"she scoffs at it as she looks it in the eye before is raises a claw "eep!" she gasps before a loud crashing was heard and she saw Rage and Rainbow Dash in front of her looking the Werewolf dead on. "Thank goodness you two showed up." Rarity sighs in relief
"You can thanks us later." Rainbow Daash says
"Right now just RUN!"Rage adds
"Way ahead of ya!" Rarity yells already a good could of pony distances away "Now for the \overgrown Yorkie..." he smirks as Rainbow Dash rams in to it
"I am with you there Rage!" she chuckles "Let's kick his furry rump back to the forest!" then the beast leaps for Rainbow Dash at blinding speeds it's jaws wide open. Rage looks in horror and swiftly pushes her out of the way and gets a chunk of flesh torn from his left front hoof.
"RAGE!" Rainbow Dash screams as Rage slowly hits the beast with a Icy Chaos Spear which it then fled from the chill of the attack whimpering
"Hows that for a bite you son of a bitch?" Rage smirks before grabbing his arm in pain
"Rage you are hurt!" she says
"Yeah I need to get to the Hospital..." Rage pants in pain
"but...just heal it!" Rainbow Dash says
"I wish I could... but for some strange reason Werewolf attacks block the use of healing abilities on the affected area." Rage sighs as Rainbow helps him up and escorts him to the Ponyville Hospital where Nurse Red Heart was at the desk
"Oh my!" she gasps calling instantly for a team of medics who arrive instantly. "What happened?" she asks Rainbow Dash
"Well it's pretty wacky." Rainbow Dash says
"uh huh?' Nurse Red Heart says "Wackier then some lazyiteis?"
"Yeah, you see Rage and I had saved Rarity from a Werewolf and well when we were fighting it off it took a big bite out of his flesh.
"What?!" one of the Doctors asks "That would be the fifth tonight!"
"We have to kill him like the rest." one of the aids says
"No..." Rage pants "My Chaosblood...it will keep anything from happening" he then shows the now two scars on his neck from the encounter with Flutterbat. "See?"
"A Vampire bite and he's perfectly fine..." the doctor says "wow..."
"Hay Prince Rage is an extraordinary pony" Rainbow Dash says
"Oh Prince Rage!" the doctor says "I couldn't tell it was you with all the blood all over you."
"Yeah can we get this patched up now?" Rage asks
"Oh um..er right" The doctor says "Let's go." the team then rushes into the back
"You did well Rainbow Dash." Red Heart says as the doctor who treated her once walks in
"Oh Rainbow Dash what brings you here now?" he asks
"I am waiting for a friend." Rainbow says
"Oh who?" the stallion replies
"Prince Rage, he suffered from a nasty Werewolf bite the beast tore a good chunk of his left hoof off." Nurse Red Heart says
"So will he be okay?" The Doctor asks
"Dunno all we know is he won;t turn like the others." Nurse Red Heart says
"Man what would cause all of this to suddenly happen? With five ponies within the past hour with the same injury something bad must be happening out there." he replies as one of the doctors treatingRage comes out
"Well?" Rainbow dash asks the mare
"Rage is going to be fine. He will need to rest here overnight so that the wounds can be clean enough for him to use his healing abilities." she says "He is going to be fine."
"Yahoo!" Rainbow leaps
"You want us to patch up those scrapes for you while your here?" Red Heart asks "There does seem to be some glass in one or two."
"Awe why no." Rainbow Dash says sitting down as the white nurse pony comes over with a first aid kit and some stitches
The Next Day... Rage returns home and Rainbow looks at him "Rage!" she smiles
"Hay Dashie." he replies with a smile "What's up?"
"Well you are not the only one hit by a werewolf last night. I was told you were the fifth within the hour." Rainbow replies
"Wow." Rage says astonished "No I need to know what is doing all of this stuff! But then...what about the monsters?" he thinks
"Why don't we form a monster hunting team I bet we could get Twilight to check out the animals for any leads since Lunar says he won't be back for a long time since he got in an issue with some raiders." Rainbow suggests and Rage stands in silence thinking "Oh... never mind it was a dumb idea." she the says after minutes pass
"That idea is as good as any..." Rage replies "Besides it will be fun."
"Alright!" Rainbow cheers,
To be contiuned
Ah yeah! Rage and Rainbow are going monster hunting!Tune in next time to find out how they plan to carry everything out!