~Personal Entry~
Mother seems to be acting strange lately... more secretive and tired. She claims to simply have been busy with her work and hasn't had much sleep, but I can't help but worry... hopefully it's nothing, but for now I think I might help with the chores a little more till she feels better...
~From the Private Journal of RΔB~

~~~~~~~Flashback 1000 years ago in the form of holiday poetry~~~~~~~

Upon a mountain, up so high,
A rabbit stands watching a dragon, flying the skies.
Soon it would reach the crystal city of light,
And there it would give the ponies,
Such a wonderful fright.

Every pony down in the Empire liked Princess Amore a lot...
But the rabbit who lived north of the Empire, Did NOT!!!
The rabbit hated the whole empire and it's one eternal season!
Now, please don't ask why. No pony quite knows the reason.

It could be her head wasn't screwed on just right.
It could be, perhaps, her boots were just a little too tight.

But I think the most likely reason of all,
She saw them having their hearts two sizes too small.

Whatever the reason, Their hearts or her boots,
she stood on her mountain,
hating the brutes,

Staring down from her perch with a sour, rabbit, frown,
At the warm lighted windows below in their town.

When all a sudden, there came behind her such a clatter,
She jumped and spun right around to see what was the matter.
And there what she saw, made her stomach quite turn,
a creature she disliked even more, worth all of her spurn...

He was dressed all in black,
from his head to his foot,
his eyes were hazel,
and his hair was the color of black soot.
A device on his wrist and a sword slung across his back.
"DAFUCK?" was all he could exclaim before the rabbit attacked!

~~~~~~~End of flashback and poems~~~~~~~

~Rabbit's POV the next morning~

Blackness is the first thing I noticed waking up, that and the slow steady beeping that was not helping my headache any. I also could smell disinfectant assaulting my nostrils. I hadn't even opened my eyes yet and I had already determined I was in a hospital and some pony had stolen my clothes. I layed there for a while before I realized another thing, I was not alone. "Oh well, guess it's time to get up and deal with stupidity..." I thought to myself sarcastically as I opened an eye blearily to see my would-be tormentor.

What I saw made me less than thrilled and my face probably showed it. Standing by the doorway was none other than a certain white Alicorn I swore I would never go anywhere near again.
“Don’t tell me, I died fighting Shadowbutt and now my eternal punishment is you as my personal demon in Tartarus?”

“You would be surprised Rabbit...” Celestia replied, her eyes narrowed slightly as she stood tall. The Alicorn herself did not look too pleased to be talking with me either. Not that I could blame her...

I decided to pull the covers tighter around me as the Alicorn’s gaze was really causing a shiver to run down my spine and tried to act innocent. “If this is about the incident with the dragon, I swear I was hardly involved…”

“I would believe that if it wasn’t from you.” The princess replied curtly, giving the emotionless Royal glare,

I couldn’t help but look away not daring to meet her gaze.
“Well if I was, then most likely I was only doing what I needed to survive…” I said bitterly. “I tried being nice to those crystal snobs but they acted like I was some disease ridden thing not worth their time… Especially that whorse, Princess Amore…”

Celestia let out a soft sigh, “If by treating them nicely do you mean, attempting to leech from the Crystal Heart like some kind of parasite?” The mare finished as she kept her gaze on me.

I couldn’t bring myself to look at her. “I never asked to be like I am and It’s not like it’s that much different than any other creature, I just wanted enough energy to regain my strength… Selfish creatures like that don’t deserve that kind of power if they’re not willing to share it… I don’t care anymore, if you're going to punish me for my mistakes, let’s just get it over with…”

“I’m not here to punish you,” Celestia replied in an almost motherly tone not displayed earlier. Standing tall and trotting toward me, she stroked a hoof down her back in a reassuring manner. “I understand My Little Rabbit…” She whispered sensually, “against all my better judgement I have come to a decision as to what to do with you.”

I couldn’t help but feel a little hesitant before speaking about what I really hated about the conversation.
“You know I hate it when ponies simply call me Rabbit like that, especially when they know my name already... And why do I get the feeling I’m going to wish you did punish me?...”

~Meanwhile an hour later in Ponyville~

Twilight Sparkle began her morning with some tea as she watched Barb the dragoness moving around the kitchen making breakfast for the both of them. She was currently writing her daily checklist for going over things needed to make her daily checklist when suddenly Barb gripped her stomach and groaned painfully as it gurgled violently, before letting out a large flaming belch of green fire that quickly swirled together to form a scroll marked and closed with the royal seal.

To my dearest student, Twilight Sparkle,
I require your assistance at the castle in Canterlot. A unique situation has occurred that may require your talents to resolve... Please come to Canterlot at your earliest convenience and please bring Miss Rarity and Miss Fluttershy as well if they would be so inclined to join you.
Sincerely yours, Princess Celestia~

Needless to say the rest of Twilight's morning was spent panicking then scrambling to get her and her friends to to the train station.

(To be continued)

Author's Note

Sorry for the whole delay in update and Grinchy/Night before Christmas poem scene, I was kinda feeling lazy and just wanted to do something funny and weird to offset the whole creepiness of last chapter...

Proofread by Silky Charm

PS. Crazy rabbit so things are bound to be sideways with her sometimes...

Oh, please make sure to comment and if you have an idea for the story, feel free to PM me!