Twilight Sparkle walked through the library "ok, are all the books are in order?" She asked. A small, purple dragon followed close behind, with a long, parchment paper checklist "check" he said. "Good, are supplies neatly in the closet?" she asked. "Check" said the small dragon. "Good. And last but not least, have we had the door oiled so it doesn't squeak anymore?" The dragon walked up to the door and was about to open it, when suddenly Fluttershy burst through the door, hitting the little dragon against the wall "check" he said groggily and fell to the floor. "OH TWILIGHT IT'S TERRIBLE" Fluttershy cried "what is it this time" Twilight said sarcastically, helping the little Dragon up of the floor. "It was horrible, there was this huge monster that just came right up to my door and wanted me to let it in. When I did, it suddenly reached, poked my head, let out a terrifying howl and ran off. And it's still at large somewhere near ponyville" Fluttershy blurted out, then, after finishing, ducked under a lamp post. "Ok then," Twilight said taking an interest "what did it look like." "Oh come on twilight," the little dragon on her back said "fluttershy probably just had a bad dream." "You may be right Spike, but if there's some kind of strange monster lurking around ponyville, we have to be sure that we know how to deal with it. Now fluttershy, give me all the details that you can remember." "Well, first, it was huge, twice our size, but slightly smaller than a bear. It has a flat face and long spiky brown hair. It was wearing a headset for some reason, as well as clothes. It had long slightly muscular arms that went down a little past the hips, and ended with 5 fingered hands, and it had long legs that made up a little less than half its full height. Oh twilight, if you could only see it, it looked like it was ready to hurt anypony any minute." Twilight looked through the mystical guide to all creatures of equestrian "uh let's see, dragons, drakes, goblins, trolls, wendingos, minotaur, nightmares, pixies. I'm sorry fluttershy, but nothing in the book describes what you're looking for." "But I know I saw it, it touched my forehead." Fluttershy said "I'm sorry fluttershy; it was probably just your imagination." Twilight said walking towards the kitchen "we should probably get you something to calm your nerves, Want some tea." She asked. Fluttershy hung her head "yes please." She said softly and waited in the main room, sullen that she couldn't prove that there was a monster out there and her friend didn't believe her.
Shiloh hide in the forest again "this really isn't a hallucination, I really am in a world filled with talking, colorful horses. Where the heck am I" He said with frustration, am I on some weird island…no that can't be, a place like this was bound to attract attention." Suddenly he realized something "that green storm…what if it took me someplace no human can see. A magical door to a different realm." He stood up "That's what that feeling is out there" he said looking out over the edge of the forest "that feeling is magic." He looked back at the forest then out in the clearing. He cleared his throat, cracked his knuckles, put on a determined face and stepped out. "I can't stay here forever, I gotta get back to my place." He said "I'll just have to find out more, but I'll have to be secretive and I gotta be sure they don't catch me. I'll look around for an information center tonight when they're all asleep."
Meanwhile, in a small tree house in a secluded part of Sweet apple aches, 3 small ponies sat. 2 of them, a white one and an orange one sat on the floor in front of a makeshift podium when Applebloom stood as best she could, using the edge to hold herself up. "So what is it you called us here for" The orange on asked. "I'm glad you asked Scoot-a-loo. I have called you two in here for a very important meeting. Right now, in the everfree forest, there is someTHING lurking about out there, stealin apples and causing mischief. I tried to tell applejack, but she won't listen to me, so it's up to us to stop this connivin', Theivin' monster from causing more trouble, not just at Sweet apple acres, but also ponyville." "Are you crazy" The white one said in disbelief "we can't just go out into the everfree forest, looking for a monster, we'd get beaten up or WORSE." "I'm glad you brought that up" Applebloom said "because we aren't going to just waltz right into the everfree forest. No, we're gonna lay a trap."
Night had fallen in Ponyville. Shiloh peered around a corner, looked right, and then left. He tip-toed slowly across the plaza. "They gotta have a library I bet" he thought. Then his eyes fell on a large tree-house. "Bingo" he said and crept up slowly to it. He pulled the door but it only clicked and didn't budge "dang" he said, snapping his fingers "shoulda known they'd never leave it open at night. I'll have to find a new way in." Then he got an idea "this looks like a primitive lock, maybe I can loosen it with a card." He pulled out his wallet and picked out his library card. "How appropriate" he said and stuck it in the crevice. He fidgeted at the lock and suddenly heard the familiar click of a door unlocking. Slowly he opened the door and crept inside. The books were stored in large shelves probably carved out from the tree itself. Shiloh crept up to a shelf and looked at the titles. "Magical potions, Spells and Incantations for dummies…ah, here!" Shiloh exclaimed quietly, picking up a book called "The wide, wide world of equestrian" and began to read.
Spike tossed about in his bed "ah man what's that noise" he said. He got out of his bed and walked down stairs and into the library "twilight is that…." Spike suddenly stopped talking when he saw was in the room. It was a giant hairless ape, with five fingers and wearing clothes, just like fluttershy described. Spike cried out in terror, startling the creature, causing in to let out a loud cry. "TWILIGHT!" The dragon cried running back upstairs to alert his friend.
Shiloh bolted when he saw the small dragon. He dropped the book and ran out the door. The sound of the scream made nearby houses turn on their lights, which in turn made houses near them turn on their lights. Shiloh ducked below sources of light to avoid being seen. He bolted over a bridge and out of town, back to the forest. "Dang, I didn't get any info about portals. But least I know where I am" Shiloh said to himself. "God if I'd known someone actually lived there, I would have been a lot more careful. Now I'll have to wait for the heat the wear off" He said forlornly as he ran into the thick of the forest.
Twilight woke up just in time to see the creature open the door and run out. She let out a cry of surprise when she saw it, but it soon disappeared. "Twilight, you saw it right" Spike asked, shaken up. "Yes I did, Spike. Oh if only I listened to fluttershy." Suddenly the door burst open and blue streak zoomed in and ran into Twilight. "What's happening, burglars? They'd better think twice before coming round here" the blue pony said. "Rainbow dash, could you please at least knock on the door before you come in" Twilight said annoyed. "And I don't think it was a burglar, it was some kind of weird creature." Suddenly a pinke bolt came in and knocked twilight over again "TWILIGHT, I WAS SO WORRIED ABOUT YOU. I SAW YOUR LIGHTS TURN ON, SO I THOUGH 'TWILIGHT NEVER WAKES UP THIS LATE AT NIGHT' SO I CAME OVER A QUICKLY AS I CAN TO SEE IF YOUR ALL RIGHT. SO ARE YOU ALRIGHT?" a pinkie pony exclaimed. "I was before you knocked me over, Pinkie" Twilight said, annoyed again at being knocked over yet again. "OH THANK GOODNESS, BECAUSE IF YOU WERE HURT, I DON'T THINK I WOULD EVER GET OVER IT, AND I WOULD CRY AND CRY AND CRY AND…" Twilight put her hoof over pinkie's mouth "thank, but I'm fine." Twilight smiled. Then Twilight walked out of her house and saw that nearly all of Ponyville had gathered outside her house. "What happened" a pony asked above the murmurs of the crowd. Twilight cleared her throat "attention, everypony. There's nothing to be afraid of, I just had bad dream. It was really nothing; you can all go to bed now." The crowd almost all at once let out a sigh of relief and returned to their homes. Twilight walked back in to her house "why'd you tell everypony that nothing happened?" Rainbow dash asked. "Yes, that's what I want to know too" A white unicorn said. "Rarity, good to see you. I didn't want everypony to panic; it would be bad and would hinder my efforts to find out more about this creature." Twilight said. "WHA?" The other 3 exclaimed "you want to find out about it?" Rainbow dash asked "why? It just came into your house and tried to attack you, it could have really hurt you." "But it didn't, when I saw it, it looked like it had been spooked and ran away from the noise. It's my considered opinion that we may have discovered a new species, and as a scientific mind, I cannot let it just get away." Suddenly the door burst open and at the door way stood an orange pony "is everything OK, I heard the noise all the way from Sweet apple Acres and came as quickly as I could. What's going on?" "IT WAS HORRIBLE APPLEJACK, TWILIGHT WAS JUST SOUND ASLEEP IN HERE COMFORTABLE BED, WHEN SUDDENLY, OUT OF THE NIGHT, A MONSTER CAME INTO HER HOUSE AND TRIED TO MAKE OFF WITH HER BOOK" Pinke exclaimed. "We'll that just horrible, what did, it look like?" "It was huge, at least twice your size" Spike said "it was hairless except for some kind of mane on its head. It had 5 fingers on its hands and it wore some kind of clothing." "Wait a minute," Applejack said to herself "Applebloom just told me about a creature that looked exactly like that. So she wasn't just seeing shadows. Oh, if I only I'd listen to her, none of this would have happened. I'm sorry about this whole thing twilight." "It's ok applejack, it's not your fault" Twilight said. "Well we gotta find that thing before it causes anymore trouble" Applejack said "do you know which way it went?" "It went that way" spike said. "But that way leads to Sweet Apple Acres" Rarity exclaimed. "That's not the worst part, its going straight for Appleblooms Tree house and she and her friends are out there camping" Applejack exclaimed with horror. Rarity jolted "SWEETIE BELT!" She cried and bolted out the door, with the others following close behind.
Shiloh Ran through the apple orchard "I gotta get back to the forest before they find me. I don't wanna come through here, but it's the fastest way." As he ran past a tree house, he suddenly felt a tug at his foot and then the world turned upsidedown. "WAIT WHAT?" he exclaimed "WHY AM I UPSIDE DOWN!" "We got it" Applebloom cheered "girls, let me present to you, the ponyville scourge" She said dramatically. The other two let out a gasp at the sight of the creature. "this isn't going to be good" Shiloh thought, then facepalmed.
