Blood of the Earth

by Fuzzy Necromancer

Applebloom brings home some strange seeds from the everfree forest. Soon, every earth pony is acting strange, and the pegasi and unicorns have to confront the growing nightmare that wears the guise of their friends.

1. Chapter 1

Prologue:

Fact: According to the latest equestrian census, the earth ponies in Ponyville outnumber the combined population of pegasi and unicorns seven to two.

Fact: Pegasi have magic that allows them to walk on clouds, manipulate weather, and occasionally to perform miraculous feats such as the sonic rainboom and the hurricane shift. Earth ponies, it is claimed, have a special connection to the earth. The evidence of this is cited in their superior cultivation of plants. Unicorn supremacists have often thrown this into doubt, but no unicorn supremacist has ever made a successful career as a farmer, gardener, or other horticultural technician.

Fact: The everfree forest has an incalculable number of unclassified species in it. The unknown animal species in the forest, however, are as nothing compared to the unclassified plants.