Chapter 11: Blueblooded

Trixie and Blubayou were fast asleep in the sleeping quarters. Trixie was in one of five cots and Blubayou was in another cot at the other side of the room. It was nice and dark in the room and due to the base being in a volcano; it was also quite warm and cozy. Screameater went into the room and went up to the resting mare. He softly shook her with a tentacle, making her eyes slightly open.

"Wake up Trixie the Terrific." The dark prince softly said still slightly shaking her. She then completely opened her eyes.

"Wha…what time is it?" Trixie asked still woozy. She rubbed the top of her head and got up.

"About time to kidnap a prince." Screameater told her as if it was perfectly okay to just abduct a member of royalty. He then went to his servant's bed. He used four of his inky tendrils and shook him vigorously.

"WAKE UP YOU FOOLISH FROG!" He shouted at the magically enhanced earth pony as he kept violently shaking him. Blu woke up real quickly and noticed his master. He immediately jumped out of bed.

"Bonjour master Screameater! Do we start our mission now?" Blubayou said to the alicorn bowing down even lower than the fallen one's height. Trixie walked next to Blu, curious of what the filly sized conqueror had to say.

"I'm glad you asked." Screameater told his minion as he patted his slimy head with his hoof. "Our mission today is to capture my son, the great Prince Blueblood." He shuddered at how tough this could be and began to imagine his fully grown son.

He saw a white unicorn in shining platinum armor magically controlling a shining blade to slay an entire army of fire breathing dragons the size of building. It only took one mighty slash of his blade for the knight of legend to take out all the dragons. He then stood triumphantly over the dragon's leader as several mares went to him, admiring his strength and charming good looks. Blueblood then said "I'm just that awesome pops." as he basked in his glory.

Screameater immediately tried to get the thought out of his head. He then drooped his head, afraid of failure. Trixie and Blu just looked at each other confused.

"Sir?" Trixie asked slightly concerned, but trying not to laugh. "Are you really that scared of one of Equestria's most prideful members of royalty?"

Screameater just looked up in dismay. "Did you really mean that?"

"Sadly Trixie means it. From what I can tell, he is quite a pansy." Trixie told him rolling her eyes. Blubayou just snickered a bit.

Screameater just looked at the ground awestruck. His own son is an "prideful pansy"? He expected him to be a great conqueror of lands, slaying monsters and receive the attention of faraway princesses. He soon became disappointed and began to think to himself. This is what happens when a son doesn't have a father in the house.

"Well then…."Screameater paused to think what to say to the unicorn. "My prissy pony prince of a son will be no problem for you." He then pointed at Blubayou. "Or for you for that matter." Blubayou just looked around, giving a "who me?" look.

"So Trixie and Blu just go teleport to the castle, get Blueblood and take him here." Trixie asked with a malicious smile. She (along with many other ponies) always wanted take him down a notch or two.

Screameater just nodded, flew up and patted the magician on the head. He then went to his soft, squeaky sinister voice. "Indeed you will. Indeed you will." He then perked up. "But first! I've got something to give you." He then put his forehooves together.

There was an awkward silence for seven seconds. Screameater then looked towards his amphibious servant in anger. "BLUBAYOU! GET THE NECKLACE OF ALTERATION!" He then pointed towards the door to leave, signaling his minion to leave.

Blubayou just put on a grin and saluted with a forehoof. "Right master! I'm a terrible pony for forgettin'." He then quickly hopped off. Screameater then turned towards Trixie.

"Do you know how to make what is called a "Mara"?" He questioned the blue unicorn with a cruel smile. As he expected, Trixie just shook her head, confounded, so he flew to a shelf to grab a quill and paper. He then continued to speak as he drew with a tendril, not even looking at her.

"A Mara is a pony-like being formed from the nightmares of all ponies young and old. They in turn, go into houses in invisible form, causing bad dreams for other ponies, thus creating more Mara. They spread like a parasprites or the common cold. This world just doesn't know it yet." He then looked up at Trixie with a smirk on his face. "I bet the Great and Powerful Trixie was a victim…and a creator of one at least once in her life." He then flew over uncomfortably close to her face. "Hasn't she?"

Trixie was at first going to say the opposite with pride, but then drooped her head, knowing that lying was pointless. "Trixie has." She solemnly admitted to the fallen stallion. Screameater nodded, knowing what her answer was going to be and showed her the picture he drew.

The Mara looked like a normal pony without any signs of gender. It was about the size of an average pony that had pure orange eyes not unlike Screameater's. Instead of a mane, six small spines set in two rows of three. It had no mouth whatsoever. Next to the main picture was a Mara head with a unicorn horn and another picture with bat-like wings. This gave Trixie a feeling that they came in the three pony varieties not unlike normal ponies; Earth Mara, Pegasus Mara and Unicorn Mara. Even she felt a chill down her spine as she looked at the picture. She was interrupted by a loud clap and looking up, saw that it was the puny alicorn only a few feet away.

"So Trixie the truly amazing master of tricks, can you summon me a unicorn Mara?" Screameater asked in a shockingly soothing voice. From what she's seen so far, she's never seen him talking to that freak of an earth pony this way. Why was he being so much nicer to her?

But she shook that thought out of her head and got ready to use a summoning spell. The spell was surprisingly not that different from summoning flowers out of a hat. As she concentrated, she saw a swirling, crimson cloud forming in between her and Screameater. After a mere five seconds, the cloud formed into a crimson unicorn lying on the ground with its hooves tucked under itself as if asleep. It then suddenly opened its bright orange eyes and got up. It snorted a dark purple mist into the room. Trixie was awestruck and nervous of her creation, fearing that it might lash out at her. But Screameater on the other hoof just chuckled and pushed it next to its summoner, without it even showing a hint of resistance.

"My, my Trixie. I have got to face it. You just hit the jackpot." He said impressed. "This Mara is a Thirteenth Spawn. Notice the crimson color of it? Well, most are meant to be pitch black. And this isn't just a mere color swap my dear. This horrid haunt is even stronger than your average Mara. Any nightmare it makes become a night terror. And another thing…"

Screameater then heard a croak from the hallway. He turned around and saw Blubayou leaping back into the room with the bronze, emerald adorned necklace in his mouth.

"Hiya!" Blu shouted in glee with his mouth muffled from the artifact. "What'd I m..." He spotted the Mara standing right next to Trixie and his jaw immediately opened in shock. The tiny alicorn just stopped his rambling, grabbed the necklace with a tentacle and flew to the mare.

"This is the Necklace of Alteration." Screameater whispered to the unicorn as he put the necklace on her with a few tendrils, causing a chill down her spine. "It allows you to morph either yourself or others on your very whim." He then moved back a bit.

The corrupted prince then pushed the amphibipony next to Trixie and the Unicorn Mara. He then once again went up to Trixie, this time much more serious and threatening.

"I'm going to let you teleport to my son's room. And all you're going to do is grab him, morph the Mara to impersonate him, and then get back here." He then went straight in Trixie's, looking into her eyes. "And if you even think of abandoning me…" He let out a cruel chuckle. "I gave you this new power. I can just take it right back just as easily. As a bonus, I'll be sure to find a way to let my sisters know what you did. And. They. Will. Have. You. Banished!" He then moved away and descended to the floor. "Got it?"

Trixie was surprised how intimidating a high pitched voice can be with the right choice of words. But she managed to maintain her composure enough to say. "Trixie promises to return." She then teleported alongside Blubayou and the Mara.

Screameater just lied down on the bed and waiting to see his child. He then smiled and thought to himself. Too bad my son turned out to be such a wimp. He could've made a great protégé. But then again, who needs a protégé when you can have an even more talented queen?

In his manor, Prince Blueblood just woke up from his king sized bed. He let out a loud yawn and got up. He went into his large mirror and looked at himself.

"Oh dear! Look at my mane!" He said to himself overly horrified about his slightly messy bed-head. "What would Fancy Pants say if I went to tonight's party like this?" He then used his magic to grab his comb from a drawer and began to brush.

He then heard a strange zapping noise from behind him. He looked into the mirror and saw the famous Manehattan magician, a strange, mouthless unicorn, and worst of all; a half fish, half pony monstrosity. They were only a few feet away.

The amphibipony shot out his long tongue, wrapping it around the prince. He yelped in horror as he felt the fishpony's disgusting saliva. Blueblood then saw from the mirror the mare turning the crimson unicorn into an exact copy of himself, fabulous mane and all. He then saw a bright blue flash, and he was teleported away.

Inside the royal chambers, "Blueblood" looked at his new body in curiosity. It never had been in a form like this in anybody's nightmares. For this was a body of a mare's dreams, nobody would possibly fear it. It then heard a knocking at the door.

"Prince Blueblood! Are you okay? We heard you yell!"

The Mare checked this new body's face and found that it had a mouth. It then smiled and spoke up.

"Yes sir! I'm fine! Just caught my brush in my mane! But thank you very much for asking!"

The guard behind the door paused for a moment then answered. "Alright. Sorry for interrupting sir."

When it heard footsteps leaving the doorway, the Mara/Blueblood then just used its magic to dress into a fancy tuxedo, cackling with glee. Ritual one was complete.

Back at Phobos, Screameater was pondering about his son until he saw the flashing blue light. He then saw Trixie and Blubayou. Blu had his tongue wrapped around a struggling unicorn. He stared at the pony with intrigue. This is my son?

His then saw the large unicorn face contort into anger as it shouted "GET OFF OF ME!" He then shifted his body in such a way as to send Blubayou flying into the air, causing him to let go. Blu then hit a wall hard on his back, wincing in pain, his tongue lying limp. The prince then turned to Trixie.

"WHERE AM I?" He shouted at the mare in anger, confusion, and as Screameater can sense: Nervousness.

"You are on Phobos Blueblood." Screameater told Blueblood in his more humble voice. He was sure this was the right stallion. This was enough to make the stallion turn around. He then made an evil smirk "My son."

This bewildered Blueblood to no end. A tiny alicorn no bigger than a filly was his father? He couldn't imagine it. But then he remembered his mother once telling him about his father and how he was imprisoned when he was an adolescent. He still was unsure though.

Blueblood then spoke up a little calmer but hesitant. "S-Surely you can't be serious. Are you really my father?" He then remembered what his mother called him. "Cosmus?"

That name hit Screameater like an arrow to the heart. He hasn't heard that name in over a thousand years. He never even muttered that name to himself. He then flew up to his offspring in anger, his tentacles writhing around. He then spoke to his son breathing heavily.

"Never…ever…CALL ME THAT!" The dark alicorn ordered his child, shouting the last part in his demonic, shouting spell voice. This even caused Trixie and Blubayou to gasp in shock. "YOU PRISSY, POSTIVELY FLAMBOYANT, PRIMA DONNA, PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR A SON, PRINCE! YOU WILL TREAT YOUR FATHER WITH UPMOST REEEEEESPECT! EVEN BLUBAYOU HERE IS A BETTER SON THAN YOU!" Blubayou took pride in the last part, but was still shocked about the outburst.

As he stopped shouting, Screameater/Cosmus looked down at his child, who was beginning to flare up as if he had been truly dishonored. The alicorn then sighed and grabbed his child with ten long slick tendrils. It was time for the first part of the ritual.

"You disappoint me son." Was the last thing Blueblood heard his father mutter as he was dragged into the tiny pony's body head first, seeing nothing but darkness.

Blubayou and Trixie were absolutely horrified at the monstrous, yet almost laughable sight. Blueblood's head was inside their master's stomach, slowly getting absorbed into him. But Blueblood wasn't about to go down without a fight. His head may be in his father's body, but he still had the rest of his body available and was going to take full advantage of it. He began to smash Screameater's body on the ground and on the walls, trying to get him off. The dark prince was actually squeaking in pain. After a while, both minions had to cover their eyes.

"Blu." Trixie muttered shaking. "Have you seen him do this before?"

"Fraid not madam. This is new ta me too." Blubayou whimpered to the mare.

After about five minutes, the muffled screaming finally stopped. Both of them then heard a slick and charming, yet malign sounding voice.

"You two can open your eyes now." Both of them listened and saw that Screameater changed. Not only was his voice different, but he was now as big as Trixie, his horn was of normal unicorn size and his batwings were much bigger. They saw that he was grinning as he checked himself out.

Blubayou could only let out a small ribbit in surprise.

"Nice body I have here. Haven't felt like this in forever." The new and improved Screameater said to the two as he looked at them. He then asked "How'd you think I look?"

Trixie and Blubayou were silent for a few seconds, but the amphibpony got the guts to shout out "Ya'll look TEEEEEE-RIFFIC!"

"Much better than before." The blue unicorn commented as she awkwardly clapped a bit.

"Good. I've got something to show you guys then." Screameater told the two still grinning as he walked to the door. Trixie slowly walked behind while Blubayou happily hopped to the exit.

"It's not a cookie Blu." The empowered alicorn told his adopted child in a deadpan manner. Blu stopped hopping and frowned.

They went to the archives room and Screameater brought them in front of a curtain. He then used his new and improved tendrils to open the curtain, revealing the iron pony. Trixie and Blubayou just stared in awe at the shining golem.

"And now with my new power, I shall revive my creation!" The dark prince shouted triumphantly as a pure black aura came from his horn. He aimed his magic at the whole Heart of Reanimation already in the left anvil "cutie" mark.

"ALMIGHTY ANVILLAIN ARISE!" Screameater called out at as the heart began to glow. Magical red energy began to flow through Anvillain.

There was a short silence after that. All three ponies (even Screameater) looked at the result in awe. But then, the construct looked up, its ruby eyes glowing brightly.

"I am ready master." The pony golem said in a gruff, monotone voice as it took its first steps towards them.

Screameater just smiled, anxious to use Anvillain. Trixie stared in awe, never seeing an artificial pony in her life, nevertheless one that as big as Celestia herself. Blubayou just fainted in shock.

Time for the next steps. The dark prince thought as he stared at Anvillain. He would be of much use for his plans.

Villains are on a roll here. By the way, imagine Screameater's new voice as a Vincent Price impersonation.

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