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Chapter 1: Derpling Rush

It was just another typical day in Ponyville. The kind where something horrible was bound to happen to the town whether the townspeople were prepared or not. This time, however, it wouldn’t be the fault of the Elements of Harmony screwing something up along the way.

Rainbow Dash had just woken up from her daily nap which mostly consisted of her rolling around up in her favorite cloud at the corner of town, far above the Everfree Forest and nearby Fluttershy’s cottage for a few hours, as her fellow pegasi did her job for her of moving said clouds. In her typical slacker ways, she began to think of an excuse to delay having to do actual work for a few more hours. ‘I know!’ She proclaimed in her own head, ‘I’ll head on over to Pinkie’s, perhaps she’s imagined up some new pranks to play on the poor saps of Ponyville!’

And so she went, off her cloud and towards the city. Zipping along though, she caught a glimmer in the corner of her eye. And what was said glimmer? Why none other than Fluttershy, her favorite yellow-coated, pet-loving, acts-shy-and-scared-so-ponies-feel-bad-for-her pegasi friend! And what else, was that from up above the skies where she could see, her little shy friend was also carrying a basket full of meat.

Now, usually this wouldn’t cause any stir as it was well known that Fluttershy took care of both herbivores and carnivores, and even the mix of two of omnivores around her little cottage. What was strange however was the fact that the little pony was seeming to walk into the Everfree Forest, a place full of baddies that would rip poor Fluttershy apart for that basket of meat. Without batting an eyelid, Rainbow Dash dove after the yellow pegasus, hoping to save the fool from entering the forest.

Slamming the butter-coated pegasus into the ground at eighty-eight miles per hour, dirt and meat flying everywhere, Rainbow Dash managed to save her friend from a fate worse than death… Only to realize her idiocy when the fact that this was Fluttershy we were talking about was the one entering such a dangerous place, and could easily take care of herself. She never was too bright when it came to remembering what her friends were like.

With a cute groan and a low audible “ouch”, Fluttershy had begun to pick herself up from the dirt, but began to wince in pain as she felt her wing had begun to bruise up from the impact. Careless Rainbow Dash had begun to feel terrible for the collision that she caused as she saw her friend hurt. “I’m sorry Fluttershy,” she began to explain, “I saw you heading towards the forest and the first thing that popped up into my head was to save you and that I-”

“It’s alright, Rainbow Dash.” Fluttershy replied as she continued to groan in pain. “You’re always the one to head into trouble and help your friends out when they’re in danger. You were only doing what you think was right.”

Rainbow Dash, now feeling guilty for hurting her adorable little friend, saw that the friendly pegasus was now having trouble picking the slabs of artificial beef off the ground and putting them back into the basket. “Hey, uh, Fluttershy? Do you need some help there?”

“Oh no, I could never (ouch). What type of friend (ouch) would I be if I asked for (ouch) help?” She said as she painstakingly continued to pick the meat up with her wings, not wishing to taste the foul carnivorous meal. Rainbow Dash being herself, she couldn’t take no for an answer, and began to pick up the meat herself and putting it into the basket. “Oh! Rainbow Dash, you don’t-”

“No way Fluttershy, I injured your wing just now due to my carelessness and sleepyheadiness, so its my responsibility to make sure you get this stuff to… whatever it is your feeding. By the way, what are you feeding that needs so much meat?”

Giddy with joy for the fact that Rainbow Dash seemed to suddenly take interest in her hobbies, though that wasn’t really the case at all. “Well if you must know, there’s a new type of species of animal that’s never been seen before not far into the forest. And the best part is, is that I’m the first one to find it!”

Rainbow Dash was stunned in disbelief for a second. Really? Did Fluttershy really just say that? “... Uh huh… and you think its a smart idea to go into the forest and begin to feeding a species of animal that’s never been documented before meat because… why?”

“Because they have sharp fangs, and look like they’d enjoy this meal.” She responded with confidence. That was that, apparently.

Fluttershy was correct in saying that it wasn’t far from the border of the forest, as whatever this (or perhaps these as Fluttershy began to insinuate to there being more than one type) creature was, its territory was clearly marked down on the floor of the forest. A thick, purple goo-type substance was coated onto ground, and any living thing that had been there before had wilted away. Corpses of various trees and animals surrounded them. How Fluttershy wasn’t afraid of any of this was a complete and utter mystery to her friend, or even the simple fact that despite any other creature seeming to have died from the stuff on the ground, they were quite alright walking on it. Soon enough though, they reached a clearing within the forest, and there they saw what Rainbow Dash could only assume was were the new species.

Several little canine-like creatures, purple in color, were happily playing around in the goop. Instead of having ears or tails, they seemed to have wings on their back, sharp fangs, and their little beady puppy-dog eyes to trick ponies into giving them treats. They also seemed to have the ability to quickly burrow into the ground, as some of them would quickly vanish from sight, digging into the ground before popping back up and roughhousing with the other variants of the creatures.

With a quick whistle, Fluttershy had broken Rainbow Dash’s fascination with the creatures as she began to call to them, gaining their attention. Signaling to Rainbow Dash to put down the basket full of meat, she yelled out to the creatures. “Come and get it!”

All of them stopped their roughhousing immediately and turned their attention the two pegasi, rushing at them at full speed. The scene seemed to terrify Rainbow Dash as she began to shake, or perhaps it was because the thundering of tiny legs against goop was doing the shaking against the ground. Within seconds, what was thoughts of intrigue turned to horror as the creatures had gone up to the pegasi and began devouring the basket with meat in it, fighting over the smallest bits. They also began to jump onto the pegasi in gratification, licking them and making strange insectoid-like noises from their mouths in appreciation.

As the creatures slobbered all over Rainbow Dash, pinning her to the ground so she couldn’t escape, all she could think of was that whatever they were, she knew she despised them.