Chapter 03: The Search For Anakonda

Within the Rainbow Castle, the open halls were soon filled to the brim with many, many, MANY sick patients that couldn’t even be fit into a hospital. Right now, there were many doctors and nurses roaming around, helping any of the sick and weary patients.

“Well Fluttershy, anything?” Applejack asked her friend of any luck in helping to heal those that are as sick as dogs.

“I’m sorry girls, but…it seems that whatever poison there is in their systems, it’s seems very strong. Not even my Rosin’ Crystal Petals can heal it.” Fluttershy explained that even her technique, Return Shield, is having a hard time rejecting and reversing what strange poison that’s in many victims to be expel, it’s some powerful stuff.

“Goodness! That’s never failed us before, so why now?” Rarity gasped in surprise shock, how could this have happened at all?

“Think it’s busted?” Pinkie Pie questioned if Fluttershy’s object was busted somehow.

“How can it be busted, it’s a magic object.” Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow in thinking that was a silly thing to ask.

“Nyx, how many do we have that are sick?” Twilight asked her daughter who was checking all those listed in being in sickbay.

“Not good mommy, almost the whole town of ponies got blown away or some just suck in that poison stuff.” Nyx spoke to give her mother the bad news of what was happening here, half their town is sick. “We’re lucky some managed to keep away, like my friends here.” She pointed out in seeing the CMC rush up, all healthy and whatnot.

“Cutie Mark Crusaders reporting in!” Scootaloo saluted forth in them being presented here.

“We’re hoping’ ta help out however we can.” Apple Bloom spoke off in what they are hoping to achieve here.

"We may have our cutie marks, but doctoring is a new thing to help out in.” Sweetie Belle stated how that this will be something they have not done before; even with their cutie marks, they can learn about this.

“Alright, help check whose needing aid, like nurse assistance.” Twilight stated in seeing this while giving those fillies something to do.

“Right!” The CMC responded off to say before heading off to be helpful here.

“Well there’s a bright side to this.” Phobos spoke off to say something over this case.

“How is there a bright side from this?” Spike raised an eyebrow in pondering what his friend was saying.

“The jerky-mic-jerk and his boys got the stuff and are kept quiet.” Phobos pointed off across from them, that Riff Tannen, Matchstick, Baldy & Goggles are keeping quiet from that poison stuff that’s making them too weak to make any complaints.

“Hugh, well at least they can’t give us a headache with this sickness.” Tough Apple rub the back of his head in thinking maybe that is good news. "At least dat Diamond Tiara & her pal are better off not bein' bullies ta help." Tough stated in seeing Diamond Tiara & Silver Spoon help out, as the former's parents were suffering the same poison effect as the others were.

Golden Heart enters the scene along with his own group to meet up with Twilight. They were away to get a few things requested and have now traveled back at this time.

“We’ve been preparing a medicine potion Zecora told us to make and give to the sick, it should delay much of the poison spreading in their bodies.” Golden Heart explained what they were doing to help keep many of the sick as healthy and alive as possible.

“That’s the good news, the bad news is it’s not enough to cure the poison in their systems entirely.” Jack Zen stated in giving both good and bad news to everything here.

“Unless we can do something, the victims under the poison will fall into a deep sleep of no return in approximately 48 Hours.” Omega spoke the condition of a limited time that if they don’t act soon, those that are poison…will cease being alive.

“48 Hours! That’s too short on time!” Ben yelps out to say in hearing this; that is seriously bad news indeed to hear. “Can’t we cure them?” He asked off if there was no other way to help keep everyone from dying by poison effects.

“Trust me, we’ve contacted Celestia to see if Sir Spell Nexus has any books about what this poison is. Try to seek out aid from the Mystic known as Black Jack or find Mangani to help heal them, but they are out of reach. Plus me & Goldie never seem to come around its existence until now.” Pinkamena stated to say this in having to put much of their effort in learning what kinda poison they are dealing with, it’s very unusual to the point they need REAL expert help which can't be reached.

“Then there’s only one pony to turn to. Someone that might know what’s been happening.” Twilight narrow her eyes towards somewhere, having a good idea who can explain this situation for them; someone that may hold the answers.

The group follow Twilight in thinking she has a lead on what was going on. Hopefully so since if they don’t find out soon how to fix this mess, no one’s gonna get better soon.

The scene opens to Zecora helping some buffalo warriors with Chief Thunderhooves, Little Strongheart and Braeburn there. The zebra shaman is making the buffalo drink plenty of special brew soup stuff she’s made to act like a medicine…for the most parts.

“Shaman, please tell me, how are my warriors?” Chief Thunderhooves asked with worry, he could not bear to see his finest warriors fall to death by poison action.

“They are resting, sound asleep they are. Some rest can help, but only delay, their sickness has not gone away.” Zecora spoke her rhymes in explaining what she has done all for now here.

“This seems really bad.” Little Strongheart spoke with some worry in what they are seeing that’s taken effect of the buffalos.

“I’ll say, just what is eatin’ us up here?” Braeburn asked off in not figuring out how any of this came to be; just what is it they are dealing with.

“That’s what we’ll intend to find out.” Twilight’s voice enter the room which made everyone see who was now here. “Zecora, you asked us about that Anakonda pony, do you know her?” She asked this question in hoping to get a straight answer.

Zecora seem silent to look like she frozen up before looking discourage over the question.

“Zecora, what’s wrong?” Nyx asked in feeling the question got Zecora by means of an emotional sign.

“It seems my actions to help have cause distrust, no doubt.” Zecora spoke her rhyme while putting the medicine bowl down, stating what actions have brought up such questions.

“Hey, hey, we still trust you. We just wanna know if you know who that pony was and why she can command the serpents.” Ben spoke in saying they aren’t mad at Zecora, they are only seeking answers to something that can help them out.

“Hugh, to know thy answer that you wish to seek, we must go forth to find, the cure to aid us within our risky cause.” Zecora sighed a bit before she spoke in rhyme again, stating they need to go somewhere to find a cure that could be tough.

“Hugh?” Tough Apple replied off in not figuring out heads or tails of that rhyming stuff.

“She means we gotta follow her & she can help give us answers & an antidote.” Applejack responded to tell her cousin in what they are trying to know what Zecora was saying as Tough Apple slowly nods in understanding the question now.

“Wait, you know what can help us fix the unfortunate souls…suffering from this unheard of poison?” Rarity spoke off in thinking they are onto something here?

“That I can, and that I will. For this is a powerful, but deadly element, said it’s been lost for ages come and ages gone. The Element of Venom is what this poison can cause.” Zecora spoke her rhymes in explaining by her words, what the revealed poison is…an element that is as deadly as venom and such.

“The Element of Venom?” The gang responded in almost being completely off guard; the name alone sounds way, way, WAY Scary.

“Wow, sounds hefty!” Pinkie Pie replied off in finding the name of the element of the poison to be something else.

“Zecora, are you certain of what you’re saying, that element is…or was…” Goldie was trying to speak from almost looking like the name was an old ghost tale, like it was something lost or something…

“I am certain Golden Heart, for I’ve seen it, no doubt. It exist within that pony you’ve fought earlier just now.” Zecora nods in being serious, as she explain by rhyme, the one who now holds the Element of Venom was the jungle mare they saw.

“Anakonda is the user to the Element of Venom?” Twilight responded off with wide surprise eyes; that seems almost too much of a coincidence.

“Hugh, figures! A poisonous venom and snakes seem like an easy giveaway!” Rainbow Dash responded to roll her eyes, they meet a pony that hangs with and acts like a snake and even do poisonous performances like one too.

“Zecora, why…why did she acted so strange to us and those things she said?” Twilight asked in also wanting to know why Anakonda said they don’t change causes fear blinds them when they see snakes; sure she is fearful of them, but still…

“To know the truth, you must first seek it. Come, we go to the forest, no doubt that’s where the serpents have come to make their beds.” Zecora spoke her rhymes in gathering her things while stating where they can go here.

“Does she ever run out of clever rhymes?” Phobos rolled his eyes to say something at the time.

“Nope. And you just did one too.” Spike shook his head while saying Phobos just got into the rhyming gig too.

“D’OH!” Phobos slapped his forehead in seeing he got suckered in from hearing so much rhyming stuff.

“Guess we’re off to find Anakonda.” Nyx shrug off to say in seeing if they wanna solve this case, they have to get to the bottom of it.

“We best be careful, no telling if we leave now, Ponyville will be vulnerable to an attack.” Ben spoke with concerns, with so many Royal Guards unable to keep watch of their kingdom, any enemy force could attack at any moment the rest of the gang are away.

“Sombra, Autumn Gem, stay here with Tough Apple, Braeburn, Chief Thunderhooves & Little Strongheart and help the CMC, Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Maxin Talos, Granny Smith, and inform Celestia who may come afterwards of what’s going on. Okay?” Pinkamena spoke to those here that can help keep watch on things to make sure all is well.

“Right!” Those who were told of this nods in agreement to stay and hold the fort.

Soon the group make their way out of the room at this time. They got a task to perform and a mission objective to complete, and this will be no small feat; lives are on the stake here. Hopefully, whatever the cure is against the powerful poison substance from the Element Of Venom is, the heroes can come across it once they meet up with Anakonda. Course, that sounds easy, sure, but the harder question will be….getting up close to chat with such a wild mare who acts and behaves like a snake. This…could take the gang some moments to figure out while everything goes dark now…

Within the Everfree Forest, the scene goes straight towards where hidden deep there, many of the snakes and serpent hybrids are now resting after they left Ponyville. Anakonda had brought over a large sack of what was special snake food to feed hungry snakes. Many of the young and the grown up serpents ate without complaining as they slowly felt their strengths returning to them.

“Hiisss….” A Boa Constrictor hissed off a bit from finishing a little meal to speak towards the snake mare that feed him.

“(You are welcome, you see, if you listen, we not be in mess made.)” Anakonda spoke to her brethren by Parseltongue in scolding the ones that perform such a reckless action.

“(We were hungry, we tried to recover strength faster.)” A King Cobra stated of why they had gone and done the deed.

“(But them creatures got in way instead of flee.)” A Python protest to say this wasn’t their fault, some pony heroes wouldn’t let them have their moment.

“(Do not worry, I took care of problem. Now no one will come to harm us.)” Anakonda spoke off to say this as her own matter of having dealt with the problem. “(But once strength return, we must make plan to get back our home, free others & queen.)” She explained their next step plan in taking back their home and freeing other serpents.

“Hiiss….” Then suddenly, something alarmed a few of the snakes & serpent creatures as they lay their heads to the ground….and were suddenly feeling the shockwave vibration of the ground to sense afar….the approach of Twilight’s group.

“(There are some creatures approaching.)” A Lamia stated off in sensing something from the ground.

“(Judging by steps, they sound….few ponies, one made heavy metal, and two baby Dragons.)” A Fourth Hydra head issued off from detecting what sorta creatures are approaching.

“(Haaaahhh….will they not leave us alone already?)” Anakonda hissed in fury in feeling angry that those that are coming are persistent.

“(Should we stop them?)” All four Hydra Heads asked off in what they should do now.

“(No, I shall handle them myself. This time….they won’t escape my poison.)” Anakonda held up her hoof to say that she’ll handle those coming, personally.

Soon Anakonda was seen disappearing by camouflaging herself and was leaving the scene to go off to meet those coming after the Serpent Clan. Things grow dark here with many more puzzling questions of what’s yet to come.

The scene shows the Mane Six, Goldie’s group, Nyx, the baby dragons and Zecora up front going into the Everfree Forest now. They have been there for about only a few short minutes trying to search for the one they wanna discuss things with.

“Golden Heart, you sounded surprised about the element Anakonda uses, why?” Ben asked off something that was on his mind, and maybe Golden Heart who has been around, might know something.

“Long ago Ben, that element was said to be a dangerous source for killing. Anyone with an evil heart wanted to misuse it, and it stroke fear in many ponies when they saw its power in action.” Golden Heart explained the case concerning the Element of Venom and how it was…misused. “I’ve only heard the tales of its use once, but it’s been forgotten when it was safely hidden.” He doesn’t know what happened afterwards, the element’s terrible power was not seen for as long as any ever-living alicorn or some knows it…until today.

“Then how is it another pony is using it?” Rarity made a good question to be brought up here.

“That’s the part we don’t know. She might have stubble across it or something.” Jack Zen shrug off to say that they don’t know where Anakonda got the element.

“Best way to find out, is to go and find who the new user is.” Pinkamena stated the simple answer to the dilemma, go up and ask straight from the snake mare’s mouth.

“So what’s the cure for the Element of Venom?” Omega asked forth in wondering what the cure for a powerful venom element is.

“Like a venomous snake, the antidote lies within their fangs, so goes the same, for the one that is both pony and serpentine.” Zecora spoke her rhymes again in explaining the case of where they must get the antidote they seek…from Anakonda’s fangs.

“Ye mean de cure is from Anakonda?” Applejack raised a disbelief eye in what they heard; Anakonda can cause poison effects, as well as cure any from hers or any other?

“Great, like she’ll just let us do that!” Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes in thinking the snake mare will just peacefully give them what they need.

“First we have to find her and then try to reach a negation.” Twilight spoke forth in explaining the best path to come towards.

“Neat-o! Maybe we can agree and help another out!” Pinkie Pie smiled off in saying this with a positive outlook.

“She seem like a pony who doesn’t like us, can we even find her?” Fluttershy spoke with some concerns in thinking otherwise if Anakonda will help them out.

“Sometimes, you let what you seek, seek you instead.” Zecora explained this rhyme claim of what to do here.

“Is that another way of saying what goes around, comes around?” Phobos asked off in not following what that sorta statement even means.

“I think she means what we’re looking for might find us.” Nyx explained to her friend in what was best to understand.

“Right, like we’re gonna find Anakonda just like that.” Spike shrug off to say while checking a nearby bush….

Suddenly a stomping noise is heard, causing the group to stop. A concerned Ben ask, "You guys hear something?"

"It sounded like..." Pinkie said as the stomping noises are heard. "That we're in a fanmake of the Jurassic Park films!"

"Eeek! Huge dinosaurs!" Fluttershy exclaims, backing off a bit.

"But dinosaurs has been extinct for years!" Twilight protests in concern over that guess. "One couldn't be living in the Everfree Forest now!"

Ben slowly moved back while holding his Master Sword. He mumbles, "I've heard that before. Where does it...?" The pony yelps as he notices that the ground is getting a bit sticky and slimy as if it was drooled on recently. "What the-?! Why is this place sticky..." Ben paused as something familiar came back to him. "...Slimy?" The stallion recently looked up and found a familiar place, a huge mouth that made him gulped. "Oh no!"

CHOMP! The mouth closed up. Twilight and her friends turned and found a familiar Hydragoon standing before them who roared angrily...and has Ben right in his mouth!

Ben screamed frantically inside the mouth, "HELP! Get me out of here! I don't want to go inside his stomach! This is the third time since the Bugbear Attack!"

"Hey, what are you doing?!" Nyx yells out to Dragoking in alarm.

"Release Ben at once, you big dumb meanie!" Fluttershy protests, causing Dragoking to growl at her. "Errr, whenever you can."

"Let him out!" Twilight demands angrily. All that did was making Dragoking growled in anger before giving a smirk. She gasped as the princess realize what this guy was about to do. "Don't you dare-!"

Dragoking swallowed Ben up through his long neck straight down to his stomach. Everyone gasped in shock. Ben has been eaten!

Nyx exclaimed in anger, "DADDY! You-! You monster! Let him out now!"

Dragoking snorts as if refusing. Twilight narrow her eyes as she declares, "Okay, then. Let's do the hard way! Cut his neck out!"

Dragoking growled in anger but stopped as he felt something funny in his stomach. He looked down and found a sword piercing through his neck.

SLASH! Dragoking's head fell to the ground. Ben coughed heavily as he quickly jumped and landed on the ground hard. That was disgusting!

"I really hate going into that monster's stomach!" Ben complains in annoyance. What is it with what freak trying to eat him?!

Ben sighed as he landed on the ground. Spike holding two fingers exclaims to his friend, "Ben! How many fingers I'm holding?"

"Six?"

"Guys... Is it me or that thing looks like-!" Rainbow yelps as she notices something's off with Dragoking's body. The ponies turn and saw that the monster's body is indeed moving! That doesn't look good.

Something was trying to breach through Dragoking's chomped neck for the moment. As his neck was breached, it revealed an angry three headed Dragoking as they roared angrily at Twilight and her friends. Twilight, Ben, Nyx and the Dragon yelps in alarm, they've forgotten about that ability!

Phobos and Spike gulped in fear, "Here we go again!"

Ben groaned as he slaps himself on the face. "Great... I forgot... This thing has the Hydra's ability since he's an Ancient Beast."

Dragoking was about to attack his enemies but stopped before a familiar mare who appeared from out of nowhere, calling out, "Father, stop!"

"Father?!" The heroes but Zecora yells out in shock. There's Anakonda, appearing and getting in front of Dragoking!

Dragoking growled in anger as he launched his middle head straight at Anakonda. Everyone gasped in worry and concern. For a moment, it looks like that jungle mare is a dead girl!

Instead of eating her up however, Dragoking licked playfully and passionately on her body and her mane. Everyone was in shock and surprise of what they just saw.

"Well..." Spike said, blinking a bit. "You don't see that everyday...."

"I know." Twilight said slowly in agreement. Dragoking is treating that mare as if she is her daughter!

"All right, well, we found her, so..."

“Hiisss!” Then without warning, Anakonda jumps down to the group with an angry hiss.

“Woah!” Spike yelps away from what he discovered as everyone was on high-alert.

"Okay, first she saved us, now she turned on us?!" Rainbow yells out in annoyance. "Can this pony make up her hay pickin' mind?!"

"Father, leave. I will handle these intruders." Anakonda hissed to Dragoking.

The monster growls, nodding to Anakonda. He then snorts at the Mane Six's group before leaving the area, leaving them with the upset Anakonda. What the hay was that about?

“What do you want now, come to finish us off!?” Anakonda spoke in fury of what the group was here to do as if the incident with Dragoking was long forgotten.

“We’re here, because we need your help. Your poison is killing some innocent ponies and buffalo natives.” Twilight issued off in bringing this conversation up to date; they need something that only this pony can give them.

“Innocent? So you say, but how can I trust from one’s that speak of truth?” Anakonda spoke off to say in not buying this little act of honesty of goodness.

“What do you mean?” Ben raised an eyebrow in thinking there was something strange about that claim.

“You all are no better than the dark aura creatures, who wish to use us for your own greedy satisfaction.” Anakonda spoke off with an angry look on her face. “The only one I trust is zebra shaman.” She points out in who she can truly feel at ease around.

“You and I have come to know another when I offered aid to help a snake. But even still, our meeting was not just coincidence or fate.” Zecora spoke her rhymes in explaining the case of how the two have come to meet.

“She one I can trust, but none of you!” Anakonda stated that though she trusts Zecora, she does not feel like trusting the others.

“Why’s that? What we ever do?” Pinkamena raised an eyebrow in questioning what they could have done so wrong.

"You attacked Father, cut off his head which made three more so you're lucky you didn't kill him!"

"Uh, in my defense, Anakonda, he attacked us first." Ben points out to Anakonda that Dragoking attacked him first. "And try to eat me! What is his deal?!"

“None of your business! Anyway, anything else, it is what you haven’t done, yet. And that is why, I won’t help you. Goodbye…” Anakonda spoke off to say this without an answer as she was turning away to leave…

“You’re just gonna leave us, you’re a pony too, why you wanna hang with snakes anyway? You’re own kind is endangered?” Rainbow Dash asked off in what the deal was with Anakonda, she may act like a snake, but she’s still more pony than a serpent, so why?

That got to Anakonda to cease her movement to slowly look back in feeling like she was hit with a bullet. The question is the hardest one to answer and some of the gang feel like they hurt a sensitive nerve. Could it be, there was a reason the wild mare is more comfy around snakes than with ponies?

“You ask why I turn against my kind of ponies? It’s cause I hate being born as I am. A creature brought up from snakes and have most form of pony.” Anakonda spoke off in sounding very sadden, upset, lost and empty deep inside her very self. “But you want something I have in which I can do, my element, yes?” She asked this straight out in knowing what the group truly seeks; a cure from her poisonous element.

“Right, de venom thing.” Applejack nods off to say this of what they are here to get.

“Do you not know of the dangers this power is. Do you not know why so many of my kind has been hunted, slaughtered, all for their scales and to extract snake venom for weapons,” Anakonda looked to the gang with a strict stern expression, telling how many are killed, all for the sake of getting snake’s venom.

“Oh my, that does sound terrible!” Rarity gasped in surprise shock, hearing how snakes have it made like that seems…cruel.

“Worse, yes, because my element is what all creatures fear, that why they hate me as your so-called ‘innocent’ creatures said. They hate what they fear and do not know. They let greedy hearts want to kill what I have or use me.” Anakonda explained with an upset frown in knowing too well about how those that claim to be innocent can hide a greedy heart of wanting her power for their own end or some with fear just wants her gone.

“Oh dear, we never do that. I’m a lover of all animals, even snakes.” Fluttershy gasped in seeing the point; that was too much to take in, they aren’t like that.

“Yeah, sure…we fought snakes, but only if it’s to defend ourselves.” Pinkie Pie slowly stated this out while knowing they never are that cruel.

“Anakonda, please, tell us why you are away from home so far.” Zecora asked the bigger question, such as what has caused all this to happen.

“Dark aura beings came for us…for me…we left, but others and queen got caught.” Anakonda looked down in sorrow in stating that her home was attacked, creatures that came for her, but did not get her.

“Then how about this, we help you and you can help us with the antidote.” Twilight spoke in trying to come up with a solution of helping the other out.

“I find term of aid debatable, especially since the one I not trust most, is you…princess….” Anakonda spoke this with a grim attitude towards Twilight.

“Me?” Twilight replied off a bit surprise to hear this; why can't she be trusted?

“Twilight, why her?” Ben asked off why this was important, what did Anakonda have against trusting Twilight?

“I can speak to snakes, they told me of her fear of them. She hates them, despises them, how can I trust her to save my brethren when she not want any part of it.” Anakonda issued off with an upset face in seeing Twilight is not one to be trusted to save serpent lives when she is frighten of them. Many felt that was a tricky riddle of a question, the answer seems harder to come across.

“Please wait, I wanna help. Yes, I’m afraid of snakes, but I’m afraid of my friends dying, I can’t just ignore it. You have to trust me.” Twilight pleaded for Anakonda to see from her eyes that she’s sincere. She may be afraid of snakes, but more afraid of not overcoming that fear when lives are on the line.

“I go now, I think for while, but don’t expect good answer, cause trust must be earn, not ask.” Anakonda looked away to speak this off, but from the tone…it might be a 'no' for an answer.

Then Anakonda left to go into the forest to vanish from sight and left everyone lost in thought of what to do now. If they don't help each other out, then nothing is going to be solved.

“Well, that could have gone better.” Jack Zen slowly spoke in seeing the situation isn’t what they were hoping to achieve.

“Did some of you look into her eyes, I think there was a sense of…loneliness.” Pinkamena spoke in feeling that whatever was wrong with Anakonda, it look like she was some poor soul without home or friends. Something she has come across from certain time to time points in life.

“I think I saw it too, she feels like everyone around sees her as a monster.” Nyx spoke in feeling like it’s a feeling she knows very much; kinda like when she was seen as the reincarnation monster form of the evil Nightmare Moon.

“Anakonda’s life within the Serpent Clan was no easy upbringing. Many as you know do not get along with snakes and her venom is rare indeed, they’ll hunt to kill or capture to obtain what they seek.” Zecora spoke with her rhymes in explaining the reality of things, how many find it hard to accept Anakonda for she is more a monster than pony.

“There must be a way to reach an understanding.” Omega spoke in wondering if there was a way to help.

“Perhaps way to touch a soul that knows it’s an outcast is to open up more to another…like her.” Zecora spoke her rhymes again, this time with a smile and thoughtful plan. “And there with us, is one who truly has felt the harshness of being treated like an evil creature than as a pony being.” She stated off to say that they have one that may help out in Anakonda’s case.

Eyes were soon on the only pony around here that could even be remotely close to the description. The one that could help the Wild Snake Mare out the most was a certain black filly from the group that realized what was going on.

“Me?” Nyx responded off in seeing that she was the one to do the task.

“Of course, Nyx was once the reincarnation of Nightmare Moon, maybe she can get through to Anakonda.” Goldie slap his forehead in seeing it, Nyx should have experienced such hardships to even know to figure out much of Anakonda’s own secret suffering.

“Sounds risky, you sure you’re up to this Nyx?” Ben responded in thinking this mission relying on his daughter is much to ask for; there might only be a 50/50 shot.

“I can try daddy, after all….she feels like there is no pony that would love her; I can understand that feeling.” Nyx spoke off in feeling like she can relate to Anakonda, they both have been through something of the same field of being mistreated.

“Honey, normally I wouldn’t do this, but….I’m going to trust you. Please, help Anakonda reconsider in us helping each other.” Twilight bends down to hug her daughter in asking, prying that Nyx can succeed in the task at hand. They need Anakonda to help them & for them to help her but only if the wild mare trusts them...

“I won’t let you or anyone down. I’ll do it.” Nyx nods forth with a serious face in promising that.

“Then follow me, I think I know where Anakonda will be. So in order for this to work, we must not be seen, for young Nyx to help bring relief to another’s broken spirit beat.” Zecora spoke forth in stating a plan by her rhymes that they shall be hidden while Nyx does what she can to help.

Now everyone moves out in knowing what they need to get doing here, find Anakonda, try to reach the snake mare to trust the heroes and then figure out what to do in helping each other out. How will things even go down from here to the next, no one knows. As everything goes dark at the moment, with time still ticking, and hopefully…they still have a chance to make it…

Author's Note

Well this is done, about halfway through now Jus. In the next chapter, we look into Anakonda's past in how she was brought up in Equestria by snakes and became the Element User of Venom. And during the whole story, Nyx tries to help get connected to the snake mare, understanding how they are kindred spirits who many wanted to use another for evil. And will Anakonda come to terms to allow the first actual good ponies help the Serpent Clan retake their home....that remains to be seen. So let’s enjoy what's here while awaiting the next chapter, things are just getting more interesting as they are...