Poison

-Excerpt from the Diary of Princess Celestia-

Luna came back from her mission today! She said she hadn't found anything yet, but will go back tonight and search again. Also, she requested camp supplies prepared for her before she went to sleep. She asked for about two day’s worth of food, and a couple of camping blankets. I asked her where she will stay during the daytime, and she replied that she'll camp out at our old cave. I still can't believe that she would remember it. Also, it seems that the Griffin aristocracy has been getting restless. Their military exercises around the border is becoming very close to actually crossing over into our territory. I must send an ambassador to let them know of our treaty…again….pridefull feather brains.

For some reason the gods love to give out bad luck it threes today. The first omen of bad luck was the creature blowing up the cave, the second omen was when it started raining, and the final omen…was the one that almost killed me.

It was raining hard, and the wind wasn't making it any better either. The creature and I ran towards the woods, as the rainstorm came out of nowhere. Just a sudden boom of thunder and then came the pouring rain. When we got to the tree line, I saw a hollowed out tree that had enough space inside for both of us. I went in first, and was pleasantly surprised to find that the ground was dry. Then the creature came in, surprisingly silent. I had to resist jumping, but I settled for flinching. Gods! What kind of necromancer am I to be afraid of this creature? Although I understood it was powerful, and something to approach with care, but back then I would've also been able to handle anything, as long as I had some bodies to throw at the problem. I again noticed that I was a lot more vulnerable now than ever before; I had childlike level of magic, no minions, and I was being followed by a horse with wings, and it has a horn that can shoot fireballs..... Gods damn it all.

Then I felt something breathing on me, I looked up from my musings to see the creature right in my face! It cocked its head in a questioning manner and regarded me with what looked like a sympathetic look. "Can't have that," I thought. So in what I blame on childish vindictiveness, I reached over and flicked it on the snout. It fell back on its haunches with a surprised squeal, shaking its head. Then it gave me what might of passed for a glare among its kind. It was utterly pathetic, so I glared back to show it how a real glare is done, and to show it also that the creature shouldn't press its luck. Then the freak stuck out its tongue at me like a child, and then it turned around to look outside. Did this freak think this was a joke?! After a few moments of going through a mental exercise to calm myself, I leaned against the wall of the tree and proceeded to take a look at my situation.

It was disappointing to say the least; I once had the power to bring the dead under my power, now I had about as much magic as a brain-dead barbarian, and I was also in an unknown land with no means to support myself. Ye gods, why do you curse me so?! Next there was the fact that there was a snake right near my ankle….. What?! I looked down again to see a brown snake that had blended in with the ground coil itself in preparation for a strike.

It happened in slow motion from my perspective. It moved towards my ankle and leap at it, opening its jaws to expose wicked fangs. It bit through my robe, and partially got into the flesh of my ankle. As I screamed in pain, I saw the snake glow blue and get its head twisted at an unnatural angle, and then was thrown outside by an unseen force. I looked up to see the creature whinny at me in an urgent tone. I was thankful, and I was going to express my thanks, but my vision started to get blurry, and the ground came up to greet me with its now familiar embrace.

---Medical report of unknown bipedal creature----
 Written by Royal Doctor Bon Cast

To the royal majesty Princess Celestia,

Your majesty,

The creature that your sister brought to us is recovering, and we must say this was a close call! If the creature had been brought too us any late than it was, it would have certainly perished. The creature suffered from the venom of a Ground snake, which is usually found in the Everfree forest. Your sister told us what attacked the creature and we managed to get the correct antivenin in time. Ground Snake bites are dangerous, but usually not outright deadly. The venom had a stronger effect, due to the creature's body weight, which explained the outright fainting reported by your sister at the time of the bite.

Now, on to the heart of the matter. After Luna fainted and you took her to bed, I lead a team of healers to investigate the creature. With a mild sedative, we put it to sleep. We removed its clothing, and found that it was a male of its species, and then we did a diagnostic spell to determine its age and overall health. Apparently it is only seven years old! As we don't know the rate of maturity of its species, I had to send out some of our more sentimental colleagues, since they started getting attached to the creature, due to their emotions about children. *Please note that most of the doctors I sent away had foals of their own and in no way this should negatively affect their annual reassessments*

The rest of the team took a look at the mouth, and found that most of its teeth are suitable for eating plants, but it also has some teeth that look designed to eat meat. Our diagnostic spell showed that its last meal was an apple, so those teeth might be for defense, however. The diagnostic spell also showed us that the creature had magic! It is weak and undeveloped, (which leads to the assumption that the creature is only a foal) but it had a certain special quality to it, and it certainly didn't feel like any type of magic I have seen before.

I put the creature in the isolation ward of the hospital, and placed a guard at the door. I will send a message to you and Princess Luna when the creature awakes. Princess Luna seemed quite distraught over the creature before she fainted.

With respect,

Doctor Bon Cast.

-Excerpt form the dairy of Princess Celestia-

By the Sun, why does my sister have to get in over her head!?
She goes out to complete a mission, and in a few hours teleports herself in to the Royal hospital lobby with a convulsing body of an unknown creature, and she starts using her Royal voice to call for a doctor! Then, by the time I got there, she fainted! I told her time and time again if she can't handle the stress of a spell, then don't cast it! Every time she ignores that warning, something bad happens! And then, when she wakes up, she goes and demands to see the creature in order to make sure it's alright, so I told her that it was recovering and under guard in case it proved to be hostile. So she freaks out, saying that when she first met it last night, it was not hostile at all. I then yelled at her for not telling me about the creature the first place, and how this situation would've never happened if she would just followed instructions.

Then she yelled at me, saying that this wasn't her fault, and that she just wanted to help! I told her that she should think about her actions before she "helps" anyone, and sufficiently chastised, she went back to her room.

I wish she would act more mature sometimes.