Prologue: A Mysterious Creature

CRYPTID PARK

Prologue: A Mysterious Creature

Location: Classified
Time: 7:00 PM
Year: 2,500th Year of Celestia’s Reign

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At certain points in a pony’s life, one must question the acts that they have done.

Were they for the best? Did they have the right intentions? And most importantly: what was gained from them?

But in reality, there are very few that question their actions. Let alone the consequences that come from those actions. To them, the mistakes of the past is something that should be forgotten about. Ones we should never look back at, as to never repeat the mistakes.

However, that sometimes is what makes the problem. We become so focused at looking towards the future, we forget the mistakes of the past. And because of that, we never learn from those mistakes. But it is always important to look back at the past, and to be inspired because of it.

Unfortunately, that inspiration can lead to terrible things.

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“Mommy, where are we going?”

The little filly looked around at the beautiful beach around her. Waves slowly splashed onto the shoreline, spraying her with water. The hoofprints behind her washed away as the water slid over them, only for her to make new ones in the drying sand.

Farther out, the sun was slowly setting over the horizon. The glow reflected off the ocean and into the filly’s face. She quickly looked away, blinking her eyes a few times to get them back to normal.

The mare in front of her giggled as she looked down at her daughter. “Not to anywhere specific honey. Sometimes it’s not the location, it’s about the land you see when you travel there. You’ll understand that when you get older.”

The filly sighed, and looked away from the ocean. The jungle across from it produced a mixture of different noises. There was screeching from animals, and the sound of leaves rustling in the wind.

She didn’t understand why her parents had insisted on stopping here. They were supposed to be spending the weekend on their private boat, like they had planned. But then her dad had seen this island in the distance, and he just had to check it out. Then he decided to sail along the coast, while mom dragged her onto shore to walk along the beach.

The filly wasn’t that excited about walking along some beach on some strange island. She was more interested on sunbathing and enjoying the ocean breeze on her face; both of which she could do on the boat.

“This place is so boring mom. Can we please go back to the boat?”

The mare sighed, giving her eyes a slight roll. “You know Glider, I think you’re going to have a very boring life. You only do what doesn’t involve seeing the beauty of other things. So why don’t you go take a walk by the jungle. You’re bound to see some interesting animals,” said the mare, and she walked down towards the water.

Glider huffed and walked towards the edge of the jungle. The thick trees blocked any sunlight from making it’s way through, so the area beyond was very dark. “Better keep close to the beach,” she said.

She looked back at her mom, who was splashing her hooves around in the water. “I don’t see what her problem is. So what if I don’t like nature; it doesn’t mean she should force it on me. If she wants me to like it, show me something interesting.”

“BBBBUUUUZZZZ.”

Glider’s ears perked up at the sound of the buzzing. She looked back into the jungle, and saw a small blue light not too far in. “Hello, is somepony their?” But the only reply was the buzzing sound.

Glider thought about calling to her mom, but then she started thinking. “Bugs make buzzing noises, so maybe that’s all it is.” She watched the blue light get closer and closer to her spot.

Soon the light reached the border, as well as the culprit of it. A very small blue bug buzzed a few feet from her. It stared at her with an unreadable expression. Blue light sparked all around it, lighting up the still darkened parts of the forest. It also had a round bluish-gray body, large purple eyes, short black claws, and fibrous wings.

“What in the name of Celestia are you?” She had read about bugs at school, but never about ones like this. She’d never heard about ones that had lightning shaped stingers that glowed in the dark.

The bug flew closer to her and landed on the bridge of her nose. But the moment it did, she got a nasty shock. “OUCH” she screamed, swatting the bug off her nose. It fell to the ground with a smack. “That stupid bug shocked me. How can you do that?” she asked the bug.

But the bug didn’t reply. Instead, it flew up off the ground and back into the forest. “Well good riddance. Stupid bug, stupid nature,” said Glider. She turned around to head back towards the beach.

But then, she heard the sound of buzzing again. But this time, there was more of it. Turning around, Glider’s eyes widened in shock. A large swarm of those bugs were flying through the forest….right at her.

“Uh, good bugs….nice bugs,” she said, slowly backing away from the forest. But the bugs kept on coming, and soon they started flying around Glider. “Mom….MOM!” she screamed.

The bugs started digging their stingers into her, causing sparks of electricity to flow into her. “OUCH!” she screamed with each sting. The bugs continued to swarm, and let loose a relentless stream of stings. “MOM, HELP!” she screamed.

Her mother heard the screaming and looked towards the forest. She gasped in horror as she saw her daughter getting swarmed by the horde of bugs. She ran quickly up towards the scene, smacking away the bugs to get to her daughter. “Don’t worry Honey, it’s going to be okay.” She grabbed her daughter and quickly ran down the beach, away from the swarm of lightening bugs.

Author's Note

Special thanks to DwarvishPony for reviewing the chapter for me.

I hope you all like my MLP take on Jurassic Park.