The Mystery of Professor Z

Ten years ago, there was a brilliant professor named, Professor Z. He used to be the smartest professor in Equestria. He was best known for creating all sorts of genetically altered creatures.

"Mares and Gentlestallions, I give you my latest creation.", he says as he pulls off a tarp.

Underneath it is a creature with a snake tail, a goat body, bird wings and a bat's head. The audience is impressed by the creation.

A judge enters on the stage holding a blue ribbon.

"Professor Z, it looks like you've done it again.", the judge says.

He gives him the ribbon and everypony applauds at his great work.

"Thank you all. Nothing can make me feel more honored than receiving this award."

He then smiles with great pride for his creation that everypony is amazed to experience.

But it turns out he wasn't using genetic engineering at all. Instead he took caged animals, tore them limb from limb and fused their body parts together.

"Hello, my caged friends.", he says. "It's time for my new creation."

He confronts a flamingo, a mouse, a wolf and an iguana. He takes them out of their cages and straps them to experimental plates.

"The science fair is in a few days. So I better get to work.", he says as he pulls out his tool cart.

The animals then start panicking and the professor stops.

"Oops, I forgot to tranquilize them."

He then takes out several needles and injects them with sedatives each. The animals then starts to get drowsy and lose consciousness.

"Ah, that's better.", he says.

He takes out scalpel and dissects the mouse first, he takes out the organs and takes the empty body onto another plate. He then takes out a hacksaw and uses it to cut the wings off the flamingo. After that he implants the wings on the empty mouse body. He moves onto the iguana and uses scissors to cut the tail off and sews it onto the backside of the mouse. Finally, he then uses a cleaver to cut the paws off of the wolf and connects them to the mouse body. With all the body parts in place he puts the organs back into the body. All that's left to do is to use electricity to bring the new creature to life.

"That medal is mine."

One day as he was about to prepare his next experiment, he was discovered.

His door was left open as his marefriend enters without him noticing.

"Honey.", she says. "I wanted to know if you were..."

She then stops and sees the professor with a severed chicken head. She then screams in horror and runs away. He goes after her and just before she reaches the police station, he snaps her neck causing her to go limp and die. Realizing what he did, he takes the body and throws it into a river.

The next day, a mare who's sunbathing then discovers the body and runs off to the hospital. The body is taken to the autopsy morgue and the forensic scientists recognize her as Professor Z's marefriend. The police bursts into the professor's lab only to discover that he's mutilating animals and fusing them together. As a result, he gets arrested, his laboratory gets demolished, the caged animals get set free and the mutated animals get euthanized.

"I demand you to release me this instant!", the professor shouts. "Do you not realize who I am?!"

"We know who you are alright.", a police pony says.

"You have the right to remain silent for what you have been committing behind everypony's backs.". another police pony says.

He growls as he is taken to a police carriage and is taken away,

He's then is court wearing a straightjacket and strapped to a metal dolly.

"All rise.", the bailiff says. "The honorable Judge Filed Lawsuit is presiding."

The jury and audience rise as the judge enters and faces the professor. The jury and audience then sit back down.

"Professor Z, you are being charged of murdering your marefriend, mutilating animals and illegally creating artificial creatures.", the judge says. "How do you plead?"

"Not guilty, Your Honor.", Z says. "I have been creating life to show alternative creatures that can be displayed as exotics."

"Well, you've claimed that you've used genetic engineering, but instead you've torn apart animals and fused them together to make hybrids. You will remain seated for the remainder of the court."

Two hours later, the jury returns to the courtroom and the judge confronts the professor.

"Has the jury reached a verdict?", the judge asks.

"Yes, Your Honor.", a male juror says. "We the jury find the defendant, Professor Z, guilty."

"Professor Z, for all of these atrocities you've committed recently and previously, I hereby sentence you to thirty years in the Canterlot Mental Asylum. Court is adjourned."

He pounds his gavel and the professor is taken away.

Ten years later, he places clay onto the door and pours kerosene on it. The kerosene makes the clay boil and explodes the door open. The alarms blare and the staff burst into the hallway. The professor runs out while the staff chases after him. He runs towards a window and jumps out of it. The staff continue chasing after him until he runs into the Everfree Forest. The staff stop in their tracks and refuse to enter the forest. They leave the forest as the professor runs further into the forest.

"Those fools should never have put me in that retched asylum.", he says. "Well, It's time for Professor Z to make his outstanding comeback. But where do I start?"

He then takes a peek out and sees a small town and smiles.

"Ponyville. Perfect."