Stone Mistake
An hour after the two blue-footed newts both Tree Hugger and Byron felt happy, watching the two newts understanding each other. "This is a wonderful moment," Tree Hugger said. "Right there to agree with you," Byron replied.
"Let's let these two have their moment together," Tree Hugger said, "Alone." "Uh, good point," Byron said. So the two ponies left the forest that evening and they've returned to their respective homes.
The next day, both Tree Hugger and Byron returned to the forest to see their favorite blue-footed newts. "I wonder how they're getting along," Byron said. "We'll soon find out," Tree Hugger replied, "But let's take our time. Or let's let them take their time to know each other."
"Good point, "Byron said. However, things would turn out different today. "What's that?" Byron asked. "What?" Tree Hugger asked. "That," Byron said, pointing at a small mouse, or what looks like a statue of a mouse.
"Looks like a statue of a mouse," Tree Hugger replied, "Obviously, but what would a statue like this be doing here in these woods?" "Look," Byron called out. This time, Tree Hugger looked at a statue of a jaguar.
"This one looks frightened," Tree Hugger said, looking at the statue, "Like it was frightened by something." "No kidding," Byron said, "What is happening now?" "I'm not sure," Tree Hugger replied, "But it's not good. I can tell."
So both Tree Hugger and Byron continued walking through the forest, trying to figure out what is going on. "I have a bad feeling about this," Tree Hugger said. "So do I," Byron agreed. As the two continued to think about what is happening, they both saw something unique.
Both ponies saw the head of what appears to be a chicken sticking out of the bush. "Now what the heck is a chicken doing out here in the forest?" Byron asked.
"I'm not sure," Tree Hugger answered, "But I have a bad feeling about that." "You're talking about the chicken?" Byron asked. "Maybe it's not a real chicken," Tree Hugger explained. "Then what are you talking about?" Byron asked. "I think we're about to find out," Tree Hugger said.
That's when the chicken rose up from the bush, showing it's whole, which is part snake. Actually, it's part dragon. "What the?!" Byron exclaimed as the chicken creature gave off a hideous growl. "What kind of a chicken is that?" Byron asked. Tree Hugger responded by covering Byron's eyes.
"That's a cockatrice," Tree Hugger said urgently. "A Cockatrice?" Byron repeated, "I've heard about it somewhere before." "Don't look at it in the eyes!" Tree Hugger said. That's when a monkey swung into view. The cockatrice looked at the monkey in the eyes.
As a result, the monkey turned into stone. "You saw that happening," Tree Hugger said. "How awful," Byron said as he and Tree Hugger watched the monkey fell to the ground. "We've got to do something!" Tree Hugger said, "I bet this is what turned all of those animals into stone in the first place!"
"No kidding!" Byron said, "But how do we take something like that on?" That's when the cockatrice stomped into the two ponies sight. "Oh no!" Byron shouted. The cockatrice then looked at Byron. "Oh no!" Tree Hugger said. Byron prepared to look up, only to see Tree Hugger being turned into stone.
"Tree Hugger!" Byron cried. "Don't look at it in the eyes!" Tree Hugger said before being completely turned into stone. "No!" Byron cried, trying not look at the cockatrice in the eyes, "How? How could you do this?"
That's when the cockatrice flew up into the skies and circled around Byron, hoping to get Byron to look at it in the eyes. But Byron refused to look at the cockatrice. "I'm not going to let you get away with what you've done to my friend!" Byron shouted, "And all of the animals you've turned to stone!"
That's when Byron found a rock nearby. "Here's what I mean, you smelly, old lizard!" Byron shouted. He then kicked the rock into the air and kicked it, sending it flying towards the cockatrice, causing it to lose control and fall to the ground. "That that, you un-flyable coward!" Byron shouted.
The cockatrice immediately recovered and prepared to stomp towards Byron growling intimidatingly. "I'm not afraid, you stupid cluck of annoyance!" Byron said, still not looking into its eyes.
Suddenly, there was a bright light emitted through the forest. This flash of light only stopped the cockatrice for a few seconds. "What was that?" Byron wondered. He then looked at something mysterious.
"What is that?" Byron wondered, gazing at the mysterious figure, which is a mysterious pony. It emitted a strange glow of light from its body. The cockatrice then jumped right in front of it and tried to look at the mysterious pony in the eyes, however, just by doing that, it only hurt the cockatrice itself.
"I wonder what's going on?" Byron wondered to himself. Finally, after suffering from enough pain, the cockatrice decided to leave. It flew away like the coward that it is. "Good riddance to that old buzzard," Byron mumbled.
That's when the mysterious pony gave off a strange aura that surrounded the entire forest. "I wonder what's going on now?" Byron thought. He then saw Tree Hugger returning to normal. "Tree Hugger," Byron thought. "Wow," Tree Hugger said, "What a ride!" "Tree Hugger!" Byron said excitedly, running up to his friend, "You're back to normal! You're not a statue anymore!"
"I know," Tree Hugger smiled, "I'm glad to be myself again. But what happened?" That's when they saw all of the animals that had been cursed by the rouge cockatrice had returned to normal as well. "Every animal is turning back to normal," Tree Hugger said, "Like the cockatrice never existed."
"That pony," Byron said, turning to see where he had saw the mysterious pony, only to see that it had already left. "Huh?" Tree Hugger wondered. "But there was this strange pony," Byron said, "It was glowing all white and it had scared off the cockatrice." Tree Hugger than smiled.
"I believe you," she said with a smile. "Ok," Byron said. Both ponies then saw all of the animals running around. "The forest is back to normal," Tree Hugger said. "Now that overgrown vulture will never return," Byron said. "That's true," Tree Hugger said, "Now are you ready to see our little newts?" "Sure," Byron answered with a smile. "Let's go," Tree Hugger said and the two left.
Eventually, the two ponies found the two newts in the place where they had left them, still looking at each other. "Luckily, there has been no harm done to these two," Byron said with a smile. "I'm glad that the cockatrice didn't turn them into stone," Tree Hugger said with a smile.
"Right there," Byron said, "But to be on the safe side, let's not run into a stone problem like that again." "Deal," Tree Hugger said.