Night Crawlers

Spirit dashed along the border of a small hamlet. She scampered up a hill and looked down at the small town. "Another place to feed. Excellent."

The backwater town was no Manehatten, to be sure, but it had a decent amount of ponies living in it to keep her and her brethren well-fed and happy for a while before ponies got suspicious. Its layout was simple, blocks of neat country-esque houses, with hay roofs. There was a tall reddish-brown tower in the middle that Spirit assumed was their town hall. Another building that looked similar, but had a much larger amount of pastels decorating it, sat near the edge of town.

She spread her wings and flew, scanning the place for any late-night stragglers headed home. None. Looks like she'd have to break in for dinner tonight. Alighting on the roof of the pastel tower, she peered in the window at the top to see a white unicorn sleeping peacefully. She had a cat. That could be troublesome, but if Spirit was quiet, she could feed with little to no fuss.

Opening the window, she crept in, tiptoeing over to the canopy bed where the pony slept. It was a comfortable and plush room, like a spoiled filly's. An opulent rug lay on the floor, and a cat's bed lay near the unicorn's, the cat in question snoozing there comfortably. She took a few moments to look at the innocent unicorn, her tail curled around her flank. She was pretty. If she was in Canterlot, Spirit would have mistaken her for a native.

Then the cat woke up.

Spirit let out a thin shriek as the white Persian clawed at her sides. She whipped around and smacked the creature. It hit the wall and had the wind knocked out of it. This unfortunately woke the unicorn.

"What are you doing in my home?! Get out!!" She took a pair of sewing scissors from the table in one corner and levitated them with her magic. "I'll use these if you don't leave right now!"

Spirit took on a fighting stance. They stared each other down for a moment before Spirit tackled the unicorn and pinned her to the ground.

"I was hoping for no fuss." she hissed as the unicorn squirmed. "But this was a minor inconvenience. I hope the rest of my time here, I have an easier time feeding. Oh well. This won't hurt."