The next day, at the entrance to the Everfree Forest, five young fillies looked to the forest that led to the edge of Canterlot Mountain. "Are ya sure ya saw some weird new creature come from here?" Applebloom asked as she looked deep into the dark forest.

"Of course I am. There was some strange monster hanging around the princesses and your sisters, it was like a creature from one of the stories my daddy read to me when I was little." Diamond Tiara replied with confidence. "Legend says, there's a being living inside of Canterlot Mountain, a being that shouldn't exist in any world, once a great ally to the Princesses before Nightmare Moons banishment."

"And I assume you dragged us all out here to help you look for it?" Scootaloo asked dryly. "I know we're friends now, but can you please not force us to go on random monster hunts? We've got our cutie marks now, we don't need to try to be monster hunters...as much as I would have liked to be." She said looking to her cutie mark with a raised brow.

"What do your cutie marks even mean?" Silver Spoon asked in curiosity.

"We have no idea." The three crusaders stated bluntly.

"I mean, I know mine is singing because of the music note, and Appleblooms is something to do with apples..."

"Still tryin' ta figure out exactly in what way." Applebloom interrupted.

"...and we assume Scootaloos is speed with the wing, but she only goes fast with her scooter...we're still trying to figure it all out..." Sweetie Belle finished with a confused expression.

"Well enough chit chat, let's go find us a monster!" Diamond cheered before trotting off into the dark forest, Silver Spoon following close behind. The three crusaders shrugged before following them. As per usual when they took a stroll through the Firest they were surrounded by sounds of the various predators roaming around, those sounding close causing the five to stick close to each other to feel more secure.

Eventually after branching off from the path that led to Zecoras home, the group came to the very edge of the large mountain that held their capital city above their heads.

"Alright, we've just got to find a cave that leads underground, that's where it's home is." Diamond stated as she began walking along the side of the mountain to look for caves or any form of entrance. Error just sat in a tree and watched them all from above.

"S-S-Seems to me that s-she's a natural-al born leader, if a-a bit stuck-stuck up." Error gave out a glitchy chuckle before glitching to a new spot to keep them in his field of vision. "At least s-some of t-t-the ponies noticed I was here."

Error glitched from spot to spot, watching as the group of fillies walked alongside the the mountains edge, keeping an eye on them while also chuckling at their banter. His attention was mainly on Sweetie Belle though, as he felt something in her code, something that seemed off. It's what had made him come back to the surface that day anyway, other than to spend his time messing with the locals, watching the foals and their antics was just an added bonus.

He was about to humour them and create a tunnel further ahead that would lead to Toriels garden, but they soon came across a large open cave that Error knew was only recently dug out. "Great! We found a cave! Let's see if it leads down." Scootaloo exclaimed as she ran towards the dark cave entrance. As she ran, the others looked upmand saw large claw marks around the entrance, their ears folding back as their eyes widened.

"Scootaloo wait!" Applebloom and Sweetie Belle called out, with Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon running after her.

Suddenly, two large red eyes appeared in the dark of the cave, causing Scootaloo to come to a screeching halt. Diamond and Silver grabbed her and rushed back to the others. A large creature with a body covered by dark grey scales, long black horns, long arms with large blade like claws, a long snout filled with razor sharp teeth and a long tail dragged itself out of the cave and roared at the fillies, causing them to shiver in fear.

"Uh-oh, l-l-looks like a De-Deathclaw managed to slip in through damaged code, better f-fix that." As Error summoned two Gaster Blasters he aimed at the beast and prepared to fire. But before he could do anything, he felt a considerable amount of negative energy coming from close by. He looked to Sweetie Belle, who had her eyes shut with her horn sparking. It went from her usual green aura to black, blue and red as her body was overcome by fear. "N-No way..."

As the creature dashed forward Sweetie Belle cried out as her magic surged with her fear, causing a large, glitching black beam to fire from her horn, breaking the monsters code and scattering it into the wind, leaving nothing in its place.

"Are y-you serious right-right now?" Error asked with half lidded eyes and a frown as he got rid of the blasters. "The kid-id has error powers?"

Sweetie Belle opened her eyes and stared in shock, while the others were either frozen in place or looking at her with worry. "Wha...what just happened?" She asked quietly, feeling exhaustion washing over her body as she lay down.

Applebloom and Scootaloo rushed to her side, making sure she was ok. Suddenly, Error glitched in front of them, causing the other four to gasp in surprise. "W-Where did you learn-learn that magic-ic?" He asked with a stern tone.

Sweetie Belle was too exhausted to cower or feel intimidated, and simply fell unconscious. Error groaned before glitching them all to the Carousel Boutique in Ponyville. "Is someone there?" Rarity called from the second floor.

"Rarity, it's-it's Error, you n-need to get down here-ere." He called back.

Rarity responded as she began to trot down the stairs. "Oh, hello Error darling, have you finally come around to do something about your lacklustre wardro-SWEETIE BELLE!!!" She rushed over to her unconscious sister and began frantically looking her over. "What happened to her?!" She demanded.

"I'll explain i-i-in a moment, get-et her to b-bed, she needs-needs rest." Rarity nodded and placed her sister on her back before returning to the second floor. Error just looked to the other four with a raised eyebrow as they stared at him. "W-What?"

They were silent for a moment before Silver Spoon pulled out a deck of cards. "Texas Hold'em?"

Error smirked and pulled a set of poker chips and a poker table out of the code. "H-Here's a kid who-who knows how t-to party."

Author's Note

Yep, I'm doing this now.

If you spot any mistakes, please point them out to me in the comments or in PMs.

Also, sorry this took so long.