Last time on The Wolf and the Alicorn…
Nah, I'm kidding! I just always wanted to say that!
I'm back with a new chapter and I'm happy to announce the posting of my newest work: Rise of a Princess: So It Begins.
Where we last left off, Clawdeen is on her way to New Gorleans (Proper spelling, so pardon me) with her new designs for the fashion contest with a horse she borrowed from her cousin. This is also where we are introduced to the ponies trapped with Nightmare Moon/Luna!
So without further ado…on with the show!
Chapter 3: Lost in the Woods; Meeting the Ponies
Many long hours had passed since Clawdeen and Hefloot left the school and town behind, and night had arrived, yet they were nowhere close to the docks that would take them to New Gorleans. As Clawdeen looked her map over, trying to figure out where they were, Hefloot was anxiously glancing around the dark forest as the foliage seemed to become more numerous and dense.
"We should've been there by now…" Clawdeen said more to herself then Hefloot as she looked up from the map and around the near barren forest. Most of the leaves nearly covered the dirt path, a clear sign of autumn was setting in, and the bushes were becoming almost as barren as the trees and the shrubbery became less and less.
Looking back, she wondered aloud, "I wonder if we…missed a turn somewhere…" She sighed as she turned her attention back to the map, holding up her lantern, its green glass created an eerie feeling as it softly lit up the little area around herself, Hefloot and the front part of the cart.
Clawdeen glanced up at the road briefly, only for her golden eyes to widen as she quickly pulled Hefloot to a stop muttering, "Wait a minute here." In front of them was a simple looking fork in the road with a wooden post with two arrow signs pointing in the two different directions.
Clawdeen held up her lantern to try and read the writing on the obviously old sign. The problem was that the sign was so worn from not just age, but from the elements, the words were just to faded to read, it didn't help the signs themselves were splintering a little down the middle.
Hefloot also tried to read the poorly maintained signs, looking back and forth between the two for a moment before shrugging and began to go right, only for Clawdeen to pull on the reigns to stop him. "Hold it Hefloot, I think we should go that way," Clawdeen said motioning to the path on the left.
Hefloot frowned at her before actually looking at the path she wanted to go and did a double-take, blinking. The path Clawdeen wanted to go down was no better than the one they were currently on, only the trees were completely barren, there weren't even bird nests and the path itself was barely visible beneath the leaves and the thin blanket of fog that rolled along it. The bushes were all bare and thorny like briars and the tree branches seemed to stretch out above the path like a boney arch, blocking out most of the sky and moonlight. It honestly looked like something out those Normie horror movies his master loved to watch.
Hefloot blinked once more before looking at the other path which was much more open and inviting. He glanced between the two only once before shaking his head with a snort before trying to go right again. But unfortunately, Clawdeen decided to be stubborn as she yanked on the reigns again.
"Ah, cut that out Hefloot, it's a short cut!" She frowned, "We'll be there in no time!" Though she sounded more like she was trying re-assure herself more than him, making him roll his eyes but reluctantly go left.
As Hefloot slowly went down the path, his ears twitched with every little sound, sending his eyes back and forth to the two sides of the road, Clawdeen was trying to read her map. When a strange roar echoed around them, Hefloot stopped dead in his tracks, frightened as the noises seemed to increase around them.
"Hey, this can't be right!" Clawdeen said as she turned the map upside-down, then looked around again, "Where did you take us Hefloot?" However, at noticing the sounds and distinct lack of light, she too grew nervous, "Maybe we should turn around…"
Hefloot gladly obliged but backed so far he banged the back of the cart right into a hallow tree, causing a little group of bats that hissed like snakes with forked tongues and spider-eyes to fly out from a hole in the trunk and swarm around his head. "Oh! Shoo! Shoo!" Clawdeen shouted as Hefloot let out a frightened neigh, "Whoa Hefloot!" However, the horse made a mad dash off the road and into the woods.
Poor Clawdeen shrieked as she held on for dear life while begging Hefloot to slow down. Hefloot finally did only when he nearly ran right off the edge of a cliff.
"Back up, back up, back up!" Clawdeen screamed in fear and slowly, Hefloot managed to back away from the cliff but was still nervously fidgeting, "Steady now, steady now."
But then a very loud roar suddenly rang through the air, scaring poor Hefloot so badly he reared up and threw Clawdeen right off his back, causing the lantern to shatter at his hooves. Free of driver, Hefloot charged into the woods with the cart, disappearing quickly from view.
"Ow…" Clawdeen whimpered as she rubbed her backside before sitting up and notice her lack of horse, "Hefloot? Hefloot!" She quickly stood and looked around but he was nowhere to be seen.
Just as she dusted herself off she heard a strange snarling sound and slowly turned in its direction. Moving in a slow creep-like crouch was strange slim creatures that were a complete dark indigo color, an almost black color that was just barely see-able in the lack of moonlight. They had a distinct human shape, but moved on all four in a sort of crouch almost like a gorilla or an ape, but they had large feet with distinct talons that glowed like silver and their hands had five distinct sharp points. Their teeth shimmered in the faint moonlight, sending shivers up Clawdeen's spine and what had her momentarily frozen where their eyes: a cold, malicious and hungry shade of blood red on each creature save for one, which had icy blue eyes with a little crest shape on its forehead that was a slightly lighter color compared to the rest of its body.
At louder snarl snapped Clawdeen out of her trace as she realized what they were and became panicked as she shouted, "Demons!" Knowing she badly out-numbered and out-matched, Clawdeen turned and ran, the demons hot on her trail.
Clawdeen gasped and panted for breath as she ran frantically between the trees trying to loose the demonic hunters that have been preying on both monsters and Normies alike, but they didn't seem to be losing her as she shoved and pushed branches out of her way. She was about to turn to see if she had lost any of them yet when she fell over a small ledge and rolled down a small hill head over heel.
Once she landed, Clawdeen groaned as she rubbed her head before looking up and gasped. Just barely a few feet away from her was a tall iron gate. Pushing some hair out of her face, she looked up to see the demons appearing at the top of the hill and quickly rushed to her feet, and to the old-looking gate, frantically trying to pry it open.
"Help!" She yelled desperately and very afraid as she momentarily looked back to see the demons advancing towards her, "Is someone there? Help!"
But then, one of the gates swung open causing Clawdeen to fall in. Quickly rolling over, she slammed the gate closed just as the demon with the blue eyes tried to pounce her, the force causing the latch to fall into place. Pausing for breath, Clawdeen tried to crawl away only to gag when something pulled on her scarf. Looking back, she saw one of the demons had grabbed onto her scarf. Kicking the demon in the face with her heel, Clawdeen never noticed the scarf ripping in half as she quickly scurried out of reach.
Seeing their prey out of reach, the wolves went back into the woods, leaving Clawdeen to rush to her feet and run further from the gate, never realizing she left the ripped halves of her scarf behind. After catching her breath, Clawdeen looked up and breathed in with a gasp of shocked-amazement at what she saw.
At the end of a spacious, yet brownish-looking and dried courtyard, towering high above the trees was a very large, yet dark stone castle that put Monster High to same in size alone. Non-animate gargoyles lined almost every inch of every rooftop with dark purple and magenta drapes in every window, which were big and mostly rectangular in shape. The doors were just as large and dark, giving a very heavy sense of intimidation and fore boarding, creating a pit of uneasiness in Clawdeen's stomach as she could just barely see it's tallest tower against the dark cloudy sky.
But just as she began to consider going back into the forest, thunder clapped high above as lightening streaked across the sky soon after and heavy rain began to beat down. Seeing very little choice as she hated being wet, Clawdeen raced across the stone pathway up the courtyard and quickly up the steps of the patio and, after a moment's hesitation, banged the heavy brass door knockers. After barely a moment, they opened on their own.
Nervous, Clawdeen stepped inside what she head to guess was the main hall/foyer and looked around. The entire inside was just as dark and dreary as the outside and she could see the distinct choice of a indigo, dark blue and violet color scheme in what wasn't dark grey stone. Cobwebs and dust was almost everywhere. Curtains and tapestries, which had night-time sceneries, were worn and damaged, while paintings damages in various way. The only sign someone lived here was a lit pale cyan candelabra, which sat beside an orange table clock with straw yellow designs and a tawny-brown crown-top that looked oddly like a cowboy hat. Sitting on the candelabra's rim was a little mark that resembled a white cloud with a single, striking thunderbolt that was rainbow-coloured, while the clock had a similar mark on its left leg that resembled three red apples.
"Hello?" She called out as nervously walked around, playing with the edge of her coat out of habit, "Hello? Anyone home?" As she made her way near the grand staircase, she spotted an open door and went through it.
As soon as she was gone, the candelabra seemed to shiver for a moment before revealing a pair of strong rose-coloured eyes as one flame turned orange and yellow, while the other turned green and blue, and the one on its head turned indigo and red. It leaned out a little on the mantle it was on with the clock, curious, before jumping down to the ground and hopped over to the door.
It peeked in to see if Clawdeen was gone before hopping back over to the mantle. "All clear!" It whispered in a female voice.
Immediately, the clock stirred and revealed a pair of irritated emerald eyes before carefully getting down from the mantle. After quickly double-checking, the clock frowned deeply before waddling back over and slapped the candelabra upside the head.
"Ow!" The candelabra yelped rubbing its head, "What was that for?"
"Ya really did it this time Rainbow Dash," The clock shouted in a female voice that had a distinct Southern accent, "Now we have ta hide in our own castle! Ah told ya not to let her in!"
"Aw, c'mon Applejack!" Rainbow Dash said, "You saw her out there! She would've been torn to shreds if I didn't let her in, you know sometimes you take things too seriously."
"Too serious…!" Applejack repeated in a disbelieved, yet annoyed tone, "Ya let not just any stranger inta this castle, but a monster! Why do ya always have ta be so problematic?"
"What do you mean problematic?" Rainbow Dash asked confused and looking a bit lost, "You know I'm horrible at math."
"Ah mean yer always causin' some kind of problem!" Applejack explained still frowning, "'Member when ya set the Princess' drapes on fire?"
"Hey, I wasn't used to these things yet!" Rainbow Dash protested as she gestured to her front hooves, which were now two stubby candle holders, "That can't count!"
"Okay, how 'bout when ya set da kitchen on fire?" Applejack asked. "I was hungry!" Rainbow Dash said crossing her arms, "And daisy and apple sandwiches sounded good at the time…"
"'N' let's not forget…" Applejack said growing more and more steamed as she said, "ME on FIRE!"
Rainbow Dash was silent for a moment before smirking in a smart-aleck way as she said, "Now that was just funny."
Applejack just crossed her arms and looked away with an angry huff. "Look, all that aside, you're missing the big opportunity here!" Rainbow Dash said as she hopped into Applejack's view, "It's been ages since we last had a guest!"
"Dat ain't a guest!" Applejack retorted heatedly with a matching look, "Dat is a werewolf from da woods! She could be a robber or a convicted felon for all we know!"
"Oh don't be silly," Rainbow Dash said with a dismissive roll of her eyes, "Besides, she could also be the mail-girl."
Applejack stared at her incredulously for a moment before almost screaming, "ENCHANTED CASTLES DON'T GET MAIL!" They then heard heavy footsteps heading their way.
"She's coming back!" Rainbow Dash said. "Quick, act natural!" Applejack hissed as they quickly jumped back onto the mantle and resumed their previous stiff positions just as Clawdeen walked back into the hall as Rainbow Dash's fire reverted to 'normal' fire.
"Hello?" Clawdeen called as she looked around, "Is someone here? Hello?" She could've sworn she heard two ghouls arguing in here, but then she heard the two voices whispering to each other quietly.
"We can't just send her back into the woods…" The first one said only to be shushed be the other. "Keep quiet!" The second voice hissed, "Maybe she'll just leave on 'er own."
"Is someone there?" Clawdeen called out into the darkness but she couldn't see anyone, just the oddly coloured candelabra and clock.
"Not ah word, ya hear me?" The second voice whispered again, "Not one word!"
Getting a feeling she might have disturbed something, Clawdeen took a cautious step as she said, "Look, I don't mean to intrude but…I lost my horse and I need a place to stay for the night, I promise, first thing in the morning I'll leave!"
"C'mon, Applejack, have a heart," Rainbow Dash pleaded softly and in response, Applejack sharply shushed her and clapped a brass hand over her mouth.
Rolling her eyes with a muffled, irritated groan, Rainbow Dash held one of her candles under Applejack's mouth until she yelped and pulled away to blow on her burning palm. "But of course miss!" Rainbow Dash called out to Clawdeen with a smile, "You are welcomed here!"
Clawdeen nearly jumped out of her boots at the unexpected voice. She quickly grabbed the candelabra and whirled around, searching the darkness for the source of the voice as she said, "Seriously who said that? Show yourself!"
"I'm over here!" Rainbow Dash replied making Clawdeen whirl around again, but once again saw nothing. "Where?" Clawdeen asked with a clueless shrug.
Seeing this wasn't getting her anywhere, Rainbow Dash gently tapped Clawdeen's ear as her flames regained their odd coloring. Clawdeen's eyes widened at the tap as well as the change in light colour. Straightening up, she looked at the candelabra only to come face-to-face with a pair of highly amused rose red eyes as the first voice spoke from the candelabra, which smirked, "Hello!"
"AH!" Clawdeen shrieked startled as she dropped the candelabra from shock, causing it to land with a hard clank on the floor.
"Ow…" Rainbow Dash groaned as she sat up and rubbed her head, glancing up at the shocked werewolf in annoyance, "Was that necessary?"
"Y-You…you can talk!" Clawdeen shouted as she pointed at her. Of all her years living with all sorts of strange, yet amazing creatures, not once had she ever seen walking, talking objects. Even for her part of the world, this was just impossible.
"Now yah up 'n' done it!" Applejack shouted as she spun down the mantle leg and Clawdeen watched in pure shock as the clock waddled over, a fierce glare on its face as it shouted at the candelabra, "Just splendid! Wonderful! Absolutely peachy!"
"You're a talking clock!" Clawdeen shouted pointing at Applejack. "Really? Ah haven't had da chance ta notice," Applejack snipped sarcastically, before trying to push Clawdeen towards the door, "Now will ya leave already?"
"Applejack, I'm shocked!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed as she got between the two, "What happened to that Apple Family hospitality?"
"Rainbow we 'ave ta get 'er outta 'ere!" Applejack hissed through gritted teeth, "Before the-" She cut herself off with a yelp as she was suddenly picked up by Clawdeen, "Hey!"
"This is incredible! Jackson would go ga-ga over this!" Clawdeen said as she turned Applejack around, trying to figure out how she was talking, "How in the world is this accomplished?"
"Hey, what are ya doin'?" Applejack shouted, "Put me down!"
"Maybe some kind of new gadget or something?" Clawdeen wondered. "Ah am not a gadget!" Applejack shouted indignantly as Rainbow Dash watched all this snickering, but when Clawdeen opened her compartment to fiddled with her pendulum, Applejack yelled out in alarm before saying, "Ah say, young lady!" She then slammed the door on Clawdeen's finger, before shooting the startled werewolf a pointed frown, "Do ya mind?"
"Oh geez, I-I-I beg your pardon!" Clawdeen said as her mind caught up with everything and she quickly set Applejack down, "It's just, well, it's not every day you a talk-a talking cl…" Clawdeen suddenly let out a big sneeze that nearly sent the two flying, while kicking up dust right into Applejack's face.
Applejack looked at this in surprised-irritation before her two face hands began cleaning the area around her eyes like car-wipers. "Sorry again…" Clawdeen said as she sniffled, clearly embarrassed.
"Holy Celestia, you're soaked to the bone," Rainbow Dash said deep concern as she took in Clawdeen's wet clothes and matted fur, "Come, warm yourself by the fire."
"Oh, thank you," Clawdeen smiled gratefully as she allowed Rainbow Dash to lead her towards a different room.
"Yeah-wait, WHAT?" Applejack shouted in alarm before quickly following, "No, no, no! Rainbow ya know what the Princess will say!"
As the group of three walked began to disappear into the room, they were unaware that up in a dark, shrouded walkway, partially hidden behind a column; a single figure watched with softly glowing, yet angry, greenish-blue eyes that shimmered with malice. For a brief moment, a sliver of moonlight caught pale bluish-purple mist that had silver sparkling in it like stars before the clouds blocked out the moonlight. The figure gave a soft growl before vanishing.
"As head of this household, ah demand dat ya stop…" Applejack began as she pulled on Clawdeen's skirt in effort to stop her, but lost her grip at the edge of the little staircase and started falling down the steps, pausing when she hit her head, "Right…dere!" She then landed at the bottom face-down.
"Just sit here miss," Rainbow Dash said as she gesture to a fancy, slim armchair that was made of dark, almost black wood and dark indigo cloth to match the dark violet walls and silver decorations, and the rooms deep blue and indigo objects.
Applejack looked up just in time to see Clawdeen sit in the armchair and gasped with wide eyes, "Oh no! Not the Princess' chair!" Once she was on her feet, she started walking around in little panicked circles, "Ah'm not seeing this, ah'm not seeing this!"
But then, a purple blur sped by as a young male voice called, "Excuse me!" Spinning Applejack around at an alarming speed when it rushed by her, before she fell face first into the ground again.
Clawdeen look down in surprise to see that the blur was actually an amethyst purple footstool with green legs and designs standing on its hind-legs like a dog to get a better look at her. "Hi!" It greeted her in the same male voice that sounded around her sister's age, maybe younger, "I'm Spike, what's your name?"
"Well, hi Spike, I'm Clawdeen," She said instantly finding the footstool cute despite the fact that it was, well, a footstool and scooped it up like it was a puppy and cooed, "Aren't you just the cutest little thing I've ever seen!"
"Ah, sucks," He said the end that looked up at her gained a red hue, before he jumped back onto the floor, "Oh, you must be tried, here!" He then used himself to prop up Clawdeen's feet.
"Ha-ha, oh, Cleo would go boo-listic if she ever found out about this," Clawdeen giggled at receiving such treatment, "But seriously, Spike, ya don't have to…" She was cut off by a bright pink coat-rack with three little balloons on its topper (guess who) placing a nice, warm blanket around her shoulders, "Oh my Ghoul, what service! Thanks!"
"No probs!" The coat rack giggled with a little bow, "I'm Pinkie Pie by the way."
"Clawdeen," The werewolf smiled in response, feeling much more comfortable despite the walking, talking furniture. Made her wonder if the chair was alive too.
"Alright, dat's it! Dis has gone on long enough!" Applejack shouted now back on her feet and she pointed to herself and started to walk forward, "Ah'm da pony in charge 'ere 'n' ah-" But she was cut off by a teacart suddenly bursting through the doors and running her over as another male voice said, "Oops, sorry!"
Clawdeen blinked before looking back one way, then the other as the tea cart came to a stop beside her. The tea-set on it did not match at all and were moving around making a cup of tea on their own. The sugar holder was a pale orange color with deep blue designs with a mark by its left holder that resembled a blue shield with a single yellow lightening bolt over it. The milk holder was pale yellow with three pink butterflies by its handle and pink rims.
The tea pot was by far the most peculiar, it's spout had the distinct shape of a horn with what looked like a spiral engraving going in an upward spiral. It was white with a pair of warm, friendly light blue eyes and three little yellow crowns next to its handle with blue and black designs on its rims and lid. Next to him was a little white tea cup with pink, fuchsia and violet curve-designs for its rims.
"Hello, miss, my name is Fancy Pants," The teapot said in a kind, polite male voice, not the voice that spoke to Applejack, "How's a nice cup of tea? Should warm you up in no time at all."
"No, no tea…" Applejack mumbled into the carpet before pushing herself up with a glare, "She'll be 'ere all night; no tea!" But of course, no one was listening to her.
"Oh, I'll have jasmine if you have it," Clawdeen said with a grateful smile. "Excellent choice," The milk holder said in a soft, meek, yet feminine voice as she and the sugar holder helped make the tea.
Once it was done, Fancy Pants filled the cup to the brim and Clawdeen gratefully accepted it. But when she started to take a sip, she heard a very young female voice giggle as the teacup shook in her paws. "Heh-heh!" The voice giggled, "That tickles!"
Clawdeen nearly spat up her tea as she quickly pulled away to see a bright, innocent pair of pale blue eyes looking up with her. "Hi!" It chirped at her in the same little girl voice, "Hope I didn't scare you!"
"No, no, not at all," Clawdeen smiled taking silent note that she didn't have any peculiar marks like all the other objects seemed to have, "And what's your name?"
"Sweetie Belle," She smiled in response, "Nice to meet you!"
As Clawdeen conversed with the tea-group, Applejack too the chance to grab Rainbow Dash and pull her away to an area close to the stairs. "What?" She asked noting the orange clock looked more agitated then usual.
"We need ta talk," Applejack said in a firm, yet stern voice. "Look if this about Soarin and me fooling around in the pantry, I…" Rainbow began to say, but Applejack interrupted.
"Ah mean about 'er!" Applejack said motioning to Clawdeen, before growing rather frightened as she said, "Rainbow, do ya 'ave any idea what da Princess will do if she finds out we let a stranger in?"
"Oh, cool yer gears, AJ," Rainbow Dash said smirking confidently, "The Princess will never have to know, besides, she spends most of her time in her room brooding anyway, how's she going to find out?"
"Yer're missin' da point!" Applejack said anxiously as she glanced around nervously. As they argued, Clawdeen sat comfortably sipping her tea, much more relaxed then she was when she arrived here.
"So, where exactly are you from miss?" Fancy Pants asked. "Yeah, and how'd you get here?" Spike added from his spot on the floor, "This isn't exactly out of the way."
"Well, I live a little beyond the forest and I go to a school called Monster High for monster like me," Clawdeen said, "I go there with my eldest brother and younger sister, and all of my ghoul friends. I was on my way to New Gorleans when I got lost in the woods and lost my cousin's horse. Then some demons chased me till I ended up here."
"How awful!" The milk holder gasped in shocked-horror.
"You certainly had a rather rough day," The sugar holder added, "I…" He was cut off by the doors suddenly bursting open, slamming loudly against the walls, startling Clawdeen so badly she nearly dropped Sweetie Belle, who quickly jumped back into the cart as a sudden ominous wind blew in, causing the fire to go out as every object gasped.
"Uh oh…" Sweetie Belle said as she hid behind Fancy Pants, who along with the sugar holder, was shaking to the point they were making rattling sounds. "Oh dear!" The milk holder yelped as she too hid as the tea cart moved to one of the corners of the room, a terrified Spike following, leaving a Clawdeen sitting nervously in the chair.
Against the faint moonlight, a single figure stood at the top of the stairs in the doorway. It was clearly female by its slim, curvious body and was just a good head taller than Clawdeen, while still a bit shorter then Clawd, not counting the long, sharp-looking, slender horn that sat on her forehead, glowing dangerously with dark indigo magic. Her cold, angry greenish-blue, slitted eyes locking menacingly on a now very nervous Rainbow Dash.
"There's a stranger here…" She spoke in a dangerously low, seething and cold voice as she glanced around, the mist flowed around her head one way like hair, while another cloud flowed another way in a sort of tail.
"M-Milady, l-let me explain," Rainbow Dash said nervously with a small step forward with a nervous smile on her face, "The girl was lost in the woods and was set upon by demons and I-"
"Who let her in here?" The strange ghoul shouted in interruption her voice gaining a strong echo that nearly sent Rainbow Dash flying, but the Pegasus-turned-candelabra was smart enough to quickly join her friends.
They watched as the ghoul slowly sauntered down the stairs before calmly circling a shaking lump in the carpet, before using her dark indigo magic to pull the carpet back to reveal Applejack, who was reasonably scared out of her wits. "Princess!" She greeted with a big, nervous grin, "Nice ta see ya up 'n' about, ah just like to start off by sayin'…" At this point her voice cracked before she broke and blurted hurriedly, "Ah was against dis from da start! Ah tried ta stop them, but would they listen ta me? No, no, no! They just had to-"
"You dare to disobey me!" The ghoul interrupted in the same strong echo, scaring Applejack so badly she retreated back under the carpet.
"You're Majesty, please!" Fancy Pants pleaded, "No one meant any-!"
"I'll deal with you later!" The supposed princess interrupted once more before her eyes narrowed on the chair; her chair, "But right now…"
Clawdeen took a deep breath as the strange female voice stopped talking and tried in vain to stop shaking. There was just something about that voice that truly shook Clawdeen to her core and made her sure this was defiantly not the type of ghoul you wanted to meet in an alley. Taking a deep breath, Clawdeen look back one way and didn't see anything, but when she turned to the other side, she came face-to-face with a face that left her terrified and in shock.
The ghoul had a rounded, heart-shaped face of a young woman just about Clawd's age with skin so black she seemed to almost blend into the darkness around them, her teeth bared, revealing the shark-like sharp-points within a tiny jaw, which was pulled back in a very angry sneer. She had dark violet mist for hair that had dark silver sparkles in it resembling the twinkling stars in the clear night sky and it tumbled down around her down to past her tights and she had equine ears. But what had Clawdeen afraid was the still glowing horn on her head.
"Who are you?" She demanded beginning in a calm voice which grew into an angry yell as she backed Clawdeen out of the chair, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?"
"M-M-My name is Clawdeen and I l-lost my way in the woods," Clawdeen stuttered as she backed away, "And I-"
"YOUR NOT WELCOMED HERE!" The strange ghoul bellowed in anger, the echo returning. "I-I-I'm sorry…" Clawdeen whimpered out unable to tear her eyes away from that face, which the ghoul seemed to notice.
"What are you staring at, wolf?" She asked in an eerily calm voice. "Nothing!" Clawdeen fibbed instantly eyes widening as she caught the shadowed shillouettes of two large wings appearing from the woman's back. "So…" The ghoul said malice dripping from her voice as it slowly began to rise, "You came to stare at…" She then lit up the room with her hair and tail as her eyes flashed angrily as she yelled, "THE DARK ALICORN!"
Now very frightened, Clawdeen tried to run, only to hear wing beats before the self-proclaimed dark alicorn blocked the doorway, while finishing, "HAVE YOU?"
Now very afraid, Clawdeen took a wild swipe at the alicorn, who cried out in surprised-pain as she was nailed in the shoulder. Clawdeen burst past her, dashing for the front doors. However, the dark alicorn re-appeared before she could get very far and fired a pale white beam at her, forcing Clawdeen to jump out of the way.
Clawdeen tried to pounce the strange ghoul, who easily dodged by taking flight. Her horn lit itself up with dark blue almost black magic before firing it at the doors as Clawdeen dashed for them. The beam got there first and created a wall of black flames. Taking the werewolf off guard, the dark alicorn tackled Clawdeen to the ground and showed a much stronger physical strength by effectively pinning her to the ground.
"Please…don't kill me," Clawdeen whimpered in fear as she stared up at the shrouded alicorn, the only features she could still see was her glowing eyes and horn, "I have two sisters and ten brothers waiting for me back home. Please, just let me go, I won't tell anyone about this place, I swear!"
"I'm afraid that isn't an option," The alicorn said as her horn slowly died of power, "You said you wanted a place to stay, didn't you? Well, now you have one!"
"No, please!" Clawdeen screamed her pleas heard all the way back in the room where all the guilty servants listened sadly, "No, NOOO!" At the loud scream, Rainbow Dash winced with tears as the werewolf vanished from sight.
Dun-dun-da!
Or however that goes;).
Well, we've meet our main trio as well as a few others, even Luna…Nightmare Moon…whatever.
Just clear things up, I think Rainbow Dash would make a better Lumiere then anypony else cause she obviously gives little concern about the rules or what somepony might say or do at first and clearly gets nervous at this sort of confrontation.
As for Applejack I think she's perfect for Cogsworth, even if she doesn't get all self-absorbed, she is a stickler for the rules, even if she can tend to bend a few every once in a while, I still thinks she's perfect for everyone's favourite clock.
As for Fancy Pants, I just think he has a rather kind demeanour and it was a shame that Hasbro didn't really go much into his character in the show and if they did, then I missed it (LOL!) I just think then when Clawd spends time in the castle, he'd have an easier time talking to someone who doesn't judge like Fancy Pants does compared to someone who isn't really all that understanding.
And of course Sweetie Belle, don't worry I'm going to bring Applebloom and Scootaloo into this, just later on. And as for Spike, I just couldn't resist! And of course the others, everyone's going to try and be in here.
Coming soon; Clawd is unaware that his sister has been taken prisoner (again;)) and is suddenly aware of how far ghouls are willing to go for popularity when Lucifeena shows up during free period at his 'spot' and asks him out.
Though there's a few things I'm still debating about: should Deuce or/and Heath or/and someone else join Clawd during his time as Luna's prisoner? Or should he trek it alone and try to survive her by himself like in the actual plot?
Oh and I'm still not sure if I should have Lucifeena sing a female-revised version of 'Me' from the musical because I don't know how to make it fit with not just the gender-reversed but as well as in an mostly monster-ized world.
If you have suggestions and opinions, I'd love to hear them…err…read them…oh, whatever!
Until next time, bye!