Chapter 4: Monster in Manehattan
Blubayou was still in Manehattan searching for a unicorn to bring to Screameater. He was having no luck at all. Every time he tried to talk to someone, they ran off for some odd reason. Now he was in the Manehattan Park. After some walking, he saw a tan unicorn mare sitting on a bench reading some sort of fashion magazine, using her magic to lift it and flip the pages. The amphibipony walked up to the mare feeling that this would be the one willing to work with/for his master. So far, he hasn't even gotten far enough with anypony to even tell them who he's working for.
As he walked closer, the unicorn looked up at Blu relatively disinterested. She just rolled her eyes and put her magazine down.
"Can I help you?" The mare asked Blubayou with little interest. She then took a closer look at the approaching earth pony, seeing his clammy blue skin and yellow eyes from under his cloak. In a second, she screamed in terror and galloped away.
Blubayou just watched her "escape" in confusion. He takes off the hood of his cloak, causing everyone in the park to stare at him in shock. He then used his long, sticky tongue to scratch the top of his head, causing the crowd to gasp in horror. After a while of thinking, the monstrous earth pony spotted a large fly hovering about two meters away. Licking his lips in delight, he used his froglike tongue to snatch the insect from the air and into his mouth. The crowd just looked at Blubayou as if he was some sort of abomination. They all then screamed and ran off. Blu didn't even notice them gallop off. He just whipped his tail in realization of what he did wrong to scare off the mare.
"I KNOW WHA I DID!" He shouted in triumph. "I was hiding my face with this cloak! Hooooooo weeeeeee! That's just ain't right to just walk over to a stranger like that! It's creepy!"
He then looked around him and noticed that virtually everypony was gone. The only pony left was a small tan earth filly. She was shaking in fright and whimpering, tears about to stream from her eyes. She was so scared of the unusual horse that she couldn't even move. Blubayou jumped ten feet right up to the filly, and started to asked the foal where all the ponies went in curiosity.
"Excuse me bu…"
The filly started to scream in fear, tears pouring out of her eyes. Blubayou had no idea what to do about it. It's not that he didn't care; it's just that due to living on a relatively deserted island with a short, if not intimidating adoptive father. He simply had no idea how to handle the situation. As he was cringing, pondering at what to do, some of the girl's tears fell onto his smooth, drying legs. It's been a while since he was in water, and he was getting thirsty, and the tears helped slightly. Blubayou realized that he needed water soon or he will risk dehydration. He then started to smile in excitement, rubbing his forelegs. He had an idea.
"Sorry for startling ya little missy. But I have a question. Where's the nearest pond? I've been walking all day and I'm tired. Plus, I need to rehydrate myself. Can ya give me a hoof?" The amphibipony kindly asked the still crying filly as he crouched down to equal height of the little girl.
The little girl stopped screaming and started to calm down a bit. He didn't look malicious at all. He actually looked more like a tourist with his map upside down.
"Wait? You're not going to hurt me?" The filly asked Blu still quite nervous. She stepped back a couple feet relatively unsure how to handle the situation. Her parents did teach her about "Stranger Danger" after all.
The amphibipony was shocked at such an accusation. Why would she assume such a ridiculous thing? He never acted threatening, he used his manners, and he never hurt a fly all day (just ate one [different story]). He then got to his senses and rapidly shook his head.
"You promise?" The filly asked still relatively paranoid. She crept a little bit closer to Blubayou, a sign of trust.
The blue "earth pony" went on his hind legs. He then used his tongue to "cross his heart".
"Cwass my hwart." Blubayou promised the girl with his tongue still sticking out. He saw that the filly was grossed out, so he stuck the tongue right back into his mouth. After an awkward two seconds, Blu spoke up once again.
"So where's the nearest…" But before Blubayou could finish his question, the filly just pointed behind the amphibipony. The earth pony looked behind him, seeing a quaint, clean, relatively large pond. He then looked back at the foal and smiled sheepishly. He then made a croaking sound, which inflated the area between his chin and throat. It sounded just like a relatively high pitched tree frog's croak.
"Sorry to waste ya time madame. I shall leave you alone now." Blubayou quickly and awkwardly said to the little filly as he patted her head with a slimy hoof. He then hopped away in joy of a good rest.
The little earth filly just wiped the slime off her head in disgust and annoyance and turned to walk away.
"Freak." Was the only thing she could mutter as she trotted away. She felt like she needed a long bath.
Bluebayou was leaping towards the pond absolutely thrilled that he was finally going to rest. He was hopping so fast, he didn't see the branch in front of him. He jumped straight into it, hitting his stomach on the branch. He then fell to the ground.
"Uuuuuh. Cela fait très mal." Blu groggily whined as he slowly got up. When he opened his eyes, he saw a poster being blown by the wind towards him. He grabbed the poster with his tongue then put the post in his forehooves.
It had a picture of a Unicorn mare lifting various things such as ropes, cards and even a rabbit with her magic. She was blue in color with silvery hair and was wearing a purple wizard's cloak and a pointy, slightly limp wizard's hat. Both articles of clothing had different sized stars all over it, each one colored blue or yellow. Under the unicorn had an audience of various ponies cheering for the magician from off the stage. On top of the poster was the words "Behold the magic of the GREAT AND POWERFUL TRIXIE!" The poster also had the address of where the show was.
Blubayou was jumping for joy at the find. It was around two thirty right now and the show started at about nine o'clock. He decided that a unicorn this "GREAT AND POWERFUL" would be great for Screameater. He then galloped the rest of the way to the pond laughing cheerfully to himself. He was going to get both a powerful mage for his master and a great show.
"How can this trip get any better?" the amphibipony said to himself with his eyes beaming as he put his belongings away in a hole in a nearby tree.
He then jumped twenty feet into the air, just above the pond. At the highest point, he tucked his hooves in and shouted "CANNONBALL!" before splashing into the pond. Under the water, he made a small bed out of grasses and dirt. He then got into his makeshift bed.
"Oh boy! Good old Screamy's gonna love it when I get him that Trixie girl." Blubayou groggily said to himself as bubbles came out of him mouth. He then deeply yawned, although it sounded more like gurgling. He then closed his eyes. After a while, he started to snore, which was just him breathing in, the softly croaking out.
He needed all the rest he could get, for tonight, would be all about "THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRIXIE".
Sorry this one's shorter than the others and OC focused. But hey, for the story. Enjoy.