The mist of the early morning hadn't yet lifted and ponyville lay beneath a blanket of swirling fog. On the outskirts of town a loud clicking could be heard coming from one of the many abandoned factories. The first of the machines scurried along, concealed by the fog, searching for its target. Minutes latter the door to the public library opened with a quite creak and the creature creped in. slipping between the bookshelves it made its way to the door at the top.
Twilight was barely awake when the door to her bedroom inched open.
"Spike go away. I'm sleeping!"
Rolling over she was shocked awake by the sight of not her small purple friend but a bronze creature roughly the size and shape of a crab making its way towards her ticking as it did. Curious, she levitated it to eye level to examine. Suddenly the thing made a popping sound and a small needle pierced her neck. Startled she hurled it at the far wall. Her vision began flickering and then to fade as the machine whired and clicked its way back toward her, then blackness.
Spike heard thump and came rushing in. "Twilight!" he yelled as the creature dragged her lifeless body out the window. Running after it he scanned the street below, nothing. "i hope that wasnt something important." he said before heading down for breakfast.
An hour later the fog lifted, and the factory lay silent once more.