Prelude; New Arrivals and Discoveries
Celestia's sun was setting over the town of Ponyville as a butter cream colored Pegasus floated around her animal sanctuary he long light pink mane trailing behind her. She let her aqua colored eyes shift from one enclosure to the next.
"Oh come on Fluttershy just one more pass for your inspection and then you can go home to your nice warm home for the night." She squeaked to herself. Trying to some more courage for herself.
As she circled around again she check the parameter this time. She knew that being so close to the Everfree Forest provided some protection and it didn't hurt to have a few friends to help her out, Fluffy the Manticore and Steven the River Serpent as well as a few other Everfree friends. Still that didn't stop the changelings form chasing away her friends so that they could hind and take over Ponyville. All my poor animal friends. They were scared away by those mean Changelings and some have come back. She mused to herself. She landed by close to the stream by her house and walked close to an overhanging bank were a family of otters lived see peaked into the dean.
"Mr. And Mrs. Otter are you home?" She said a loud. Several moments later a set of otters came out and looked up at and smiled at her. "Oh that's good I am ever so sorry to wake you up but I needed to make sure that you are OK." The Otters nodded.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
The noise was coming towards them as it got louder. Thump! Thump! Thump!
The otters ducked back into their home, Fluttershy pressed against the embankment. Thump! Thump! Thump! The timid Pegasus closed her eyes and tensed reading preparing for whatever danger was coming, she hoped it was just going to go away. That's when she felt a something touch her, Fluttershy filched but she heard a slight grunt. She opened her eyes causally what she saw dispersed her fear and replaced it with confusion. "A Kangaroo?" She murmured. The animal's was peering over the bank at her.
She floated up to see if she was wrong, indeed it was a kangaroo. A kangaroo? Here? I've only seen one at the Grand Galloping Gala. It's not the same one I've seen at the Gala, this one's different.
It grunted at her and tilted it's head side to side. It was soon joined by several langurs and four kingfisher floated over to them. Fluttershy was no longer afraid, she was now existed, there were a new set of animal friends to take care of. With a bright smile on her face she floated over towards them.
"Oh my," She breathed wearing a big smile on her face. "So many new friends." She looked at the sky ask it darkened and Luna's moon came up. "It's starting to get dark, why not come home with me for the night and I'll find a place for you here in the morning. Come on my new animal friends." She motioned for them to follow them to her cottage.
Fluttershy like this surprise and wonder if there would be more, unfortunately there would be.
The sun was going down in the small town of Clarksville Megan Nowicki and her brother Noah stood in their tree house, Fort Scout, as they made their last security sweep of the east wall of the Clarksville Zoo that border their home. Megan, a blond pig tail girl with wire rim glass, used her her spy glass from an upper live while Noah, tall with messy brown hair, checked the trees with his binoculars. They were just doing their job as the Clarksville zoo's Special Security
"Anything Noah?" Megan called to her older brother.
"Nothing, Signal the OK to the people At the Zoo." Noah answered back.
"I will but, I sure Wish Ella and Richie were here to help us." Megan called back.
"I know, We better get ready to get back inside Mom will be wondering where we are." He paused but no answer came. Noah became worried, he broke away from the window and went to his sister's perch.
"Megan? You OK?" He asked aloud as he lifted himself up.
A strange creature was standing over her. It was shaped like a miniature pony but if was covered in jagged black plats, like an insect, large, green, oval wing spread out. Hit had a sleek black horn and a strange frill on the back. It's mouth was open with showing white fangs inches from her face. Noah saw a light mist rising from his sister and into it's mouth it was draw something out of her.
"Get away from her!" Noah shouted.
The creature stopped and turned it's blue eyes toward him, it shifted its eyes towards the window. "Pray we never meet again." The creature said in a clicking hiss.
Noah watched as a green flame wrapped around the creature and it became a pigeon and flapped out the window. Noah went to his sister.
"Megen are you OK?" He shouted into her face.
"Noah?" She asked weakly. "I'm Cold."