Chapter 3: The Strange Floral
One evening, Sunset and Shadow are walking to Canterlot High School. Sunset has received a message earlier about something very important and it needs to be checked out right away.
Shadow sighs, "Remind me, why we're heading to the school at this time of day?"
"I received a strange message from Wallflower Blush. I'm surprised she was able to get my number. She said that she needs me to come to the back of the school to check something out," Shadow says.
"She want you to go to the back of the school to check something out?" Shadow asks with a firm look
"She said it's important," Sunset says.
"Did she said what it is?" Shadow asks.
"No, but we'll no soon. We're already at the front of the school," Sunset says.
Sunset and Shadow walk toward the school and are heading around it. At the back of the school and waiting at the front entrance of the woods, is Wallflower Blush. She looks at the time of the phone to see that it's already getting a little late. She looks ahead to see Sunset and Shadow coming towards them.
"Hey Sunset, thank goodness you're here," Wallflower says.
"Glad we can make it. Hope you don't mind if I bought Shadow with me," Sunset says.
"I don't mind at all," Wallflower says.
Shadow asks, "So what this emergency that you need u to check out?"
"Oh right. It's very strange. I came here earlier to water my plants and take out a few weeds when I noticed that some of plants have been drained of their nutrients. What's more, there's this strange plant I haven't seen before," Wallflower says.
"A strange plant?" Sunset asks.
"Yes. I've known practically ever flower and plant in Canterlot City, but I never seen anything like it before," Wallflower says.
Sunset asks, "Think you can show us?"
"Sure," Wallflower says.
Wallflower leads Sunset and Shadow to the woods where the garden is. Wallflower show them the garden to see that most of it is fine.
Wallflower walks to one side of the garden that seems very dry, "This is where some of my plants have dried us, even the ground has become dry and dead."
Sunset kneels down and grabs a bit of the dirt. She observes the dirt very closely.
"You're right, it's like someone or something sucked this part of the earth's energy," Sunset says.
"You're right. The ground is dried and dead here," Shadow says.
"And that's not the weird part, look behind the bushes," Wallflower says.
Sunset and Shadow walks to the bushes and move them aside. The two gasp in shock to see what is behind the bushes. They see a strange color plant with red stripes that spirals around each of the branch.
"What is that thing?" Sunset asks.
"I don't know, I found it a few hours ago. I looked in every book I can find, and nothing tells me what it is," Wallflower says.
Sunset observes the plant, "Well, I'm no expert in pedology, but it seems the plant has been robbing the earth of its nutrients. And I'm not Botanist, but I'm certain this plant is not from around here. Not even in Equestria."
Shadow looks around the plant as he says, "The leeched land, the suspicious flora, and loss of energy… Wallflower, you never seen this plant around here before, right?"
"No. I never seen this plant before. I've been here a long time, and not once I have seen a plant like that before," Wallflower answers.
"Hmm, then it would seem that someone else planted this here. There's doesn't seem to be much to analyze," Shadow says.
"We could grab the clippings and the dirt samples from here. It seems that this leech plant. It's a good thing they seem to contain the energy at this spot," Sunset says.
Wallflower and Sunset gathers a few clipping and Shadow takes a bit of dirt. Sunset has them both placed in separate bags.
"Still, where do you think this plant came from?" Wallflower asks.
"Well, we know that someone has planted this for a purpose and it's draining the energy from the planet," Shadow says.
Sunset puts the samples in her bag, "Maybe Twilight can help us analyze this. She practically read every book from a library and memorize every single one"
Sunset, Shadow and Wallflower get up and begin to leave the garden.
"I do hope we can figure this out. I don't want that plant to ruin my garden," Wallflower says.
As Shadow and the girls walk down to exit the woods, something or someone is spying on them… in the shadows.
"I sure hope so. I hate to think what will happen if those leech plants reproduce," Sunset says.
"I'm sure we'll find a way," Shadow says.
While the two girls and hedgehog continue to walk down the bath, this something continues to spy on them. The light is dimming so it's hard to make things out. The being seems to have blue color skin and red markings on its face and chest, and glowing yellow eyes.
"You're right, I just hope we can find out before those plants spread across the city," Sunset says.
The being begins to growl in anger revealing its sharp teeth.
After getting to Twilight's house, Twilight gets to work on observing the leech earth and the clipping of the strange plants. She uses her magnifying glass to take closer examination at it. She then uses a microscope to take a closer look at them. She finally uses a few machines to gather whatever data can come from it.
When Twilight's done, she sighs sadly, and says, "Sorry guys, but there doesn't seem to be anything I can tell about this plant or the leach dirt."
"Well, I knew it might be a long shot, but thank for your help," Sunset says.
"Sorry I couldn't give you more, but I did manage to find something," Twilight says.
"What's that?" Wallflower asks.
"Well, taking a look at the data, they can't seem to identify them. I shudder to reconsider this after repeating the examination," Twilight says.
"What's that?" Shadow asks.
"I'm really hoping the machines are having a buggy virus, but after the research, it seems to suggest… that this plant isn't from this world," Twilight nervously answers.