.......................Dying Rose...............
Dying Rose groaned in annoyance as she dragged the limp figure down the street. Every now and then she would pass a pony who was out for a midnight stroll.

One gave her a look of disgust when they saw the unconscious figure she was dragging using her mouth. Rose just rolled her eyes and continued dragging him.

She was dragging him past the town library, and was passing under the balcony, when a voice called out from above her”Marcus!!” She released the collar of the creature's coat to let him fall limply to the ground. She backed away a little to see who was calling from the balcony. Princess Twilight was standing there, staring out over the town with a worried look on her face.

“Excuse me, but who is it your looking for? Rose shouted up to the alicorn princess . She looked down, not expecting to see me.
“I’m looking for my friend, she replied. ”He left a while ago, and hasn't come back yet. Rose looked from her to the unconscious body that laid limp under the balcony, just out of the alicorns sight.

”What does he look like?” Rose asked.
Twilight thought for a second before answering, ”Well, he is wearing black clothing with a big black hat.”Rose frowned and looked back to the limp form, just a few feet away.

“I think I know where he is, I yelled back up to her.
“Really?” Twilight said. “If you could please tell him to come back, its getting really late, and I’m starting to worry.”
”Ok, one sec,” Rose called back before trotting over to the limp form and dragging him into the light that shined through the library window.

Twilight gasped as she saw his limp body before flying down from the balcony to land beside Dying Rose. “What happened to him?”
“Well, after I woke up, he said something about the weather. Then he passed out,” I replied.

“What do you mean after?” She asked, confused. Rose sat down and motioned for her to do the same. She then told Twilight how she was walking in the park, when Lightning had jumped her and tried to rape her. Then about how she passed out.

”And when I woke up, he was sitting there, holding his head in his hands. He then said something about weather, then passed out.”
Twilight sat there for a second, rubbing her chin with her hoof. She looked from me to the limp form known as Marcus.
“What happened to lightning rider?” she asked.

“I don’t know, when I woke up, he was gone.” Twilight continued rubbing her chin “Hmm, well lets get him inside,” . His body twitched as the magic came in contact with him. She then turned to carry him inside. “Would you like to come in?” Twilight asked.
“No I wouldn’t want to intrude
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“It’s quite all right,” she said, smiling. I returned the smile, then followed her in.As we entered the library, my mouth fell open.The place was a wreck! There was trash and party streamers laying all over the floor. Plastic cups littered the room, and there was a little purple dragon running around with a broom, sweeping up the trash into dust pan before turning to face us”Can’t this wait till morn~,” he stopped mid sentence as he saw Marcus laying limp in her magic. “What is that!?” he said, dropping the broom. “This is Marcus. He[ was the one I was fixing the basement up for earlier.”

“This is the guy that’s going to be staying with us?” Spike yelled. “Yes, is there a problem with it?” Twilight asked.
“He's not even a pony!” Spike yelled, causing Marcus to twitch slightly. “You’re not a pony either,” Twilight replied. “But you still live here.” That’s different,” he retorted. I just hung back and giggled at the two. Spike turned to me, noticing me for the first time. “Is she staying here too?” he asked
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“No, she found him unconscious and brought him here. Actually, it was a stroke of luck that I had passed the library when I did, or I would have had to drag him all the way home,”

“Can’t he go stay with her?” Spike asked, while pointing a claw in my direction.
“No,” I said quickly. “I can barely take care of myself, and my house isn’t big enough.” He just groaned before returning to his work. “Oh, come on, Spike!” Twilight said. “Give him a chance. You might like him! She turned to head down a set of stairs to where I presume the basement was.

I followed after her, leaving the purple dragon to his chores as we entered the basement. Twilight used her magic to light a few candles, while still holding Marcus in her magic. She then walked over to a couch that sat in the corner of the room. She laid his limp body down on the couch gently. He stirred a little, but didn’t wake. “Now, just let me check his injuries,” she said.
“Injuries?” I asked, confused.

“Well, he was hurt pretty bad yesterday. He healed up with in an hour, but the nurse at the hospital wants to check and see if everything healed up right.” Twilight then began to scan his body, touching certain places with her hooves. She placed a hoof on his chest, but quickly pulled it back.

“What? What’s wrong?” I asked. She pointed her hoof at the upper left side of his chest.
“I guess thats were his heart is. I walked closer and lifted my hoof up to his chest.

“What the buck? There was a small out line of something just beneath the skin. What is that? “I don’t know,” Twilight replied, her voice a little shaky. She used her magic to lift up his shirt. Sure enough, there was something poking out of his skin. We both moved closer to examine the item: a watch.

“That can’t be right, Twilight replied I placed my hoof on top of the lump. I could feel it ticking just beneath the skin. Twilight reached out with her magic, and the watch lifted up a tiny bit, causing the skin over it to stretch.

Marcus's body twitched, then he sat straight up. His eyes shot open to reveal nothing but black holes. His mouth opened to reveal rows and rows of sharp, pointed, teeth. He then let out a demonic scream before collapsing back on to the couch. his breaths were shallow, and his chest rose up and down slowly. His eyes slowly closed. I stood back up and turned to see twilight laying over in a corner, a look of horror on her face “Ok, what just happened?”

“I have no idea,” she replied. “But what ever it was, it can’t be good,” she replied. “I must write a letter to the princess about this!” She quickly threw a blanket over Marcus before running back up the stairs I took one more look at the sleeping figure on the couch before following Twilight up the stairs.

She ran into the main room, and quickly used her magic All the trash floated into the air then flew into the bag that Spike held in his claws. Twilight then grabbed a quill and a piece of paper, and scribbled down a quick note.

“What’s wrong?” Asked Spike. Twilight just ignored him, and kept writing her letter. After a few minutes, she turned to the purple dragon, holding the scroll in her magic.

“Spike, I need you to send this to Princess Celestia.” Now the baby dragon just shrugged before taking the letter. He took a deep breath before blowing out a small green flame.

As the green fire engulfed the letter, Twilight turned to face me. “I’m going to have to ask you to leave. I’m having a meeting with the Princess.” I just shrugged before turning and walking out the door. I stopped for a second, “Is it ok if I come visit him again?” I asked.
“But of course,” I heard Twilight say from behind me. “Ok, well goodnight then.” With that, I turned, and trotted out the door.

................Twilight Sparkle.................
”Please hurry,” Twilight said, before turning and running down to the basement.

“What’s got her so upset?” Spike said. “Well, whatever it is, it can wait till morning.” The baby dragon then climbed into his bed and fell asleep almost instantly.

I approached the limp figure that lay on the couch. My hooves made a faint echo off the basement walls as I trotted over to Marcus. He was still asleep, his face had returned to normal. He just laid there, snoring lightly, It would have been cute, if I could get the image of him from earlier out of my head.

I slowly reached a hoof towards his chest. I placed it atop the ticking watch that sat under his skin. Marcus let out a small growl. I turned to look at his face, and immediately pulled my hoof off the watch.

The left side of his face had turned pale white, and his left eye was leaking with a black fluid. The left side of his teeth had turned back into sharp and pointy. As I removed my hoof from the watch, his face returned normal.

I backed away from the sleeping human, then flopped down on the cold stone floor. I crossed my hooves, deep in thought, when I heard a faint knock from the front door upstairs. Then I jumped up from my spot and turned to run up the stairs.

Author's Note

I know this was a short chapter but i really haven't had much time to write lately.
Anyway i would like to thank Punished snake for editing this for me........well not much else tosay if you liked the chapter great if you didn't then i don't know what to tell you