Seeker, the only Megalania on the island, looked up at the night sky, his red scales seem to be far too bright for the surroundings, it was a forest of conifers with massive planes of open tundra in the winter, making the lizard sluggish, so he kept south of the snow at all costs.
It were his prey was more likely to be as well, the mammalian predators could go into the cold and catch there food there for all he cared. His yellow eyes returned to the sky the moon was high and the star were bright. Uneasily bright.
Unsettlingly bright.
The sky bust with colours, wincing from the light the massive monitor looked to find a small patch of fire off in the far southern corners of his territory. On the borders between his territory and Coils, the Titanaboa, he sighed, and returned to his slumber. No point trying to find out what it was now it was too cold for him to do anything anyways.
As dawn broke Seeker made a move for the fires that had been put out, his fork tongue flicking lazily in and out of his mouth. He passed a massive Indricotherium laying in the dirt. 'Best not disturb him, I don`t fancy regrowing my tail, again' thought Seeker ambling off.
The grass got thick and longer the closer he got to the border with Coils border`s. 'The grazers will have a feast when they begin to head southwards' through the super predator. The smell of mammals wafted from his tongue.
He moved slowly, to make sure he was in no danger before investigating anymore. Nothing grassed his tongue, apart from the smell of fear, he moved closer with a purpose, he`d feed a few weeks ago, so it wasn`t hunger driving him, it was curiosity.
Finally reaching the clearing with large piles of strange wreckage littering the ground. A strange wooden platform with small strange objects stacked on it, but it was the creature under the table that court his attention, a cat of some kind.
It had it back turn to him, looked worriedly like it was frighten of something, it whimpered, with a flick of his tongue, Seeker decided to make his presence known.
"Ahum" he coughed causing the cat to leap from out of the platform, and look him dead in his` eyes.
It was a Smilodon no doubt about that but it was much more slender than one he`d ever seen, with a mane of pink fur, it spot and patches were also pink, with a butterscotch body, large teal eyes looked at him in complete fear.
Fluttershy didn`t know what was happening, it when from a pony in Twilight`s knew castle to a massive cat in the middle of the forest, she`d waited hopping that somepony would find her, instead she was found by a massive lizard.
Bright red, with blue strips and yellow spots lining it back and tail, with piercing yellow eyes, it massive fangs hung out of it mouth, with a forked tongue flicking in and out. She backed away slowly "Good day Mate"
It had an Southern Equestrian accent? "Listen shela, I`m not gonna hurt you" it tried to reassure her, Fluttershy calmed slightly, as she raised off into a more calm posture she looked at the massive lizard, again in a closer less panicking light. He looked like an oversized Hayodo Dragon.
"Names Seeker, you got a name?" he asked Fluttershy hide behind her mane "Fluttershy" she said just slightly above a whisper.
Seeker looked at the Smilodon for a moment 'A shy smilodon, now I`ve seen everything'
Twilight Castle, 5 hours into the New Year
Twilight looked around panicked she`d accidently scent most of her friends away to an unknown location, apart from a very angry Applejack "Twi, wha` in tarnation did yer do?"
Twilight looked around still panicking flicking through her book "I don`t know, Pinkie surprised me, then bam the just disappeared! It was supposed to be a firework spell!"
Applejack placed a calm hoof on her shoulder "Twi, calm down, yer can`t do anything when yer like dis, clear yer head and try and figure out how to get dem back"
Twilight and nodded, clearing her head she began to shifted through the pages of the book in front of her.
Applejack did something useful as well, wrote a letter to the princess "Twi, you need to tell the princesses" she said before handing her letter to Twilight.
She gulped before sending the letter, Twilight and Applejack then when through the books in the library wing of the castle trying to find a hope of a cure to fix this problem.
Canterlot Palace. 5 hours and 3 minutes after New Years.
Celestia looked at the letter for Twilight, strange why did she send it? Opening the letter came to the realization of the celestial monarch`s question. It read
'Dear Princess Celestia,
Twilight I and the other were celebrating New Year with the families around, all apart from Granny her hip and all, about a few minutes ago, Twilight did something, she doesn`t know what she did but, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, Spike, Big Mac (My big brother), Applebloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. Have all disappeared before our eyes (Well Twi`s eyes, I had to leave the room for reasons not disgust with royalty) We would like you help in getting them back.
You're sincerely, Applejack.'
Celestia looked at the letter for a moment, Celestia closed her eyes and breathed deeply through her nose. She would need Luna to handle this problem, due to well, Celestia couldn`t, as Luna was the far better detective of the pair of sister, sure Celestia was smart but Luna was smarter, with her time on the moon improving her sense greatly, as she know noticed every detail.
Standing up Celestia teleported to her sister wing of the castle, where she was patrolling the minds of the ponies asleep at this hour. With a cough she brought Luna out of this stat.
"Sister, what wakes tho at this hour?" she asked, Celestia gave the letter to her sister "Twilight and Applejack need your assistance, a dozen ponies have gone missing due to a spell backfiring, a list of them is in this scroll, and as you are the better problem solver of the two of us, I must ask you help the pair in finding them" stated Celestia as Luna read through the letter.
She nodded "I shall begin helping them as soon as day dawns, please make sure they know, I do not want to cause anymore panic than necessary" stated the younger sister.
Celestia nodded as she returned to her chamber she began to formulate her letters to the pair of ponies in distress.