I. Chapter 7: Memorable Night

I lay with my eyes closed, but something was wrong, I lay on something hard and cold. I decided to open my eyes, everything was dark total emptiness. I stood up and looked at myself, I wore my old torn shirt and my shorts, but I did not wear any bandages, my feet were bare "Another nightmare" I thought. After a while, I started walking, but before I took the first step, he appeared, Black Manticore, which haunts me in my dreams every night. stood a few yards away from me, but... I was not so scared.

The monster made one violent step in my direction. I just stood there, I was not afraid of him, and he seemed smaller than I remember.

"Hello Colin, it's good to see you" - Monster said

"What do you want?" - I asked nervously

"What do I want? I just wanna say hello, to my friend" - It replied, then slightly frowned - "You are not afraid, Interesting..." - He said, grinning

"I'm not afraid of you, get out" - I said angrily - "Get out and don't come back!" - I screamed

The beast growled furiously, then began to run towards me, I flinched and want began to run, but after a short while, the monster stopped. It seemed to be a bit larger now.

"I sense your fear, but... it's not that strong" - he said nervously, but then he smiled again - "Are you afraid of something else, am I right? I already know what"

That intrigued me, for what he meant?

"What do you mean?" - I asked, after a while. The monster disappeared - "What is it? Where are you? Show yourself!" - I said, but it didn't help

I was hoping that it was over, but after a while, I felt a hard ground under my feet. I looked down, and I had lands beneath my feet, I raised my head up and looked around, I was in Ponyville. Everything seemed to be normal, it was a beautiful day but... something was wrong.

I looked around and started walking, I got to the market, passing Ponyville residents on the way, everyone looked at me, but this time their eyes showed fear, and even more rage, I went on to meet Lyra, she was turned back. I approached her and gave her a soft nudge, she turned and looked at me in fear.

"Y-you" - Lyra stuttered, stepping back - "D-do not come closer"

"Lyra, what happened?" - I asked, worried

"Get away, now!" - Lyra screamed

"Lyra, it's me... Colin, you don't recognize me?" - I asked, worried

"I know... you monster" - Lyra said, slightly angry but still scared

"What? But... what do you mean?" - I asked, going over to Lyra. She started to retreat, looked at me terrified

"Get away from me, don't come closer" - Lyra said, still stepping back - "Everything which was written in this book, it's true"

"In this book? Wait a second" - I said, then I turned away

In the middle of the market, there was a crowd. I turned to Lyra, but she was gone. I decided to check what was happening, went to the crowd, and then I froze for a moment. In the middle, lay Fluttershy dead, her throat was torn, and she lay in a pool of blood when I saw it, my heart stopped. What did the hell happen? Around the Fluttershy sat: Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Twilight. They were all sad. They wearing bandages, and tears streaming from their eyes. After a while I started to go to Fluttershy, when I got close enough to them, the eyes of the crowd focused on me, in their eyes I saw fear, but also hatred and rage.

"W-what happened here?" - I asked, coming up to my friends

"Huh?... What?" - Rainbow asked when her eyes focused on me, I saw exactly the same as in the case of Lyra and other ponies. Fear - "HE'S BACK!" - Rainbow screamed after a moment

"Rainbow, what the hell is..." - I didn't finish

Rainbow Dash stood up and with all strength, she hit me in the chest. I was pushed back a few meters, I felt my ribs were hurt. I felt a searing pain and I could not breathe for a moment. When I regained control of my lungs, I stood up, in front of me, all mares were stood, ready to attack.

"What the hell?! Rainbow, why did you do that?" - I asked slightly shocked

"Are you still asking?! Don't you see what you did?!" - Rainbow asked furiously

"Wait a minute, but... what happened?" - I asked, getting up. All mares were stepped back slightly

"What happened?! You killed Fluttershy! That's happened!" - Twilight screamed

"Wait, what?" - I asked, shocked - "I-I would never kill anyone!"

"Oh, really? Are you so sure?" - Rainbow asked furiously

"Yes, I wouldn't hurt anyone, I'm not a monster!" - I said

"It looks like, you are" - Twilight said

"What happened here?!" - I asked, still shocked by what I heard

"You don't know? You walked with Fluttershy through the market. After a while you stopped, Fluttershy came over to you and then..." - Twilight didn't finish, because she started to cry

"What? What happened then?" - I asked

"Then you, with all your strength, hit her in the face, she was laying... and..." - Rainbow stopped for a moment, trying to stop her tears - "You lifted her up and then, you bit her and you have torn her throat"

"What?!" - I asked, shocked

"That, what you heard. Then you went into a fury and started attacking everypony! We wanted to stop you, but you attacked us too" - Rainbow Dash said, revealing a bandage around her neck. A bite mark was on her neck - "You see that?! You wouldn't hurt anyone, huh?!"

Tears streamed from my eyes, did I really do it to them? No, this is not really happening, I would never do it.

"R-Rainbow... it wasn't me. I wouldn't do this to you, I swear!" - I said, terrified with tears

At this point, Rainbow Dash hit me again, this time in the face. I fell to the ground, all the residents of Ponyville approached me. I got up and started to run away. I ran all the time without stopping for a second. I ran through the streets of Ponyville, most of the residents lost me, but I still ran away from Rainbow Dash. My escape did not work, when I was running, I stumbled and fell to the ground, I tried to get up, but Rainbow was again hit in the face, this time harder.

Ahead of me, Rainbow Dash was stood, she was angry. After a while, Twilight, Rarity, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie arrived, they surrounded me.

"And what are you going to do now?" - Rainbow asked

"Please, I would never do it... Mercy!" - I said, then more tears began to stream out of my eyes

"Ah, yes?" - Twilight asked, and Rainbow kicked my stomach

I lay on the ground curling up in pain, I was scared, I would never do it, I would never hurt Fluttershy or anyone else.

"You have no mercy for anyone, It's time to say goodbye" - Twilight said

At this moment I was knocked over on the stomach, I do not know by whom, I did not see anything, at this moment I felt something cutting the skin on my back. I shouted in pain, I begged for mercy, but it was useless. I looked last time at the mares standing above me, my vision began to blur, but between them, I saw a dark silhouette that disappeared whenever I looked at her. Rainbow Dash, preparing for the last blow, when the collision took place, between her hoof and my face, I woke up...

I stood up immediately. I gasped and looked around the room. I was in the living room, everything was dark. On my back, I felt pain and something that was running down them. I sat there for a moment when I suddenly thought about Fluttershy.

"Oh no..." - I said to myself

I got up immediately and ran upstairs. When I got to Fluttershy's room, I was expecting the worst. I looked at the bed, Fluttershy lay and slept peacefully, tears began to gather in my eyes, I ran down the stairs quietly, I ran into the kitchen and took the sharpest knife. I didn't want to hurt anyone, I wanted to end this now. I unwrapped the bandage, and on my left hand, there were still unhealed wounds. I turned my hand, the blade of knife slowly approaching the veins, I made one incision, but then I realized something, Fluttershy is alive, she is not dead, but... why do I still feel pain on my back? I looked at the knife in my hand, that was stained with my blood and at that moment, I realized what I wanted to do, dropped the knife in horror - "What am I doing?" - I asked myself, I grabbed my head, tears began to stream from my eyes, I really wanted to do it? Did I really want to kill myself ?! No, no, no, I did not want it, or maybe... I don't know.

I ran out of the kitchen, went to the front door and ran outside, and slammed the door. After a while, I sat on the grass, back to the door and began to cry. I was helpless, I didn't know what to do. I would never hurt anyone, and I would never kill. I was sat on the grass and cried when suddenly I heard something, like the flutter of wings, and then someone's steps, which became louder, after a while, this someone stopped. I was afraid to open my eyes, I was afraid that this Manticore, or another monster. When I suddenly heard, a woman's voice, which was very similar, to my mother's voice, though... not entirely.

"Hello Colin" - said the mysterious figure

Slowly, I started to look up and saw Alicorn in front of me, the very same one that I saw in my previous dream. She looked that like I remembered her. A navy-blue coat and eyes, a waving mane resembling a starry sky, and a crown on her head.

"Who are you?" - I asked wiping my tears

"I'm Princess Luna. You remember me? I was in your previous dream" - Alicorn said, in a calm voice

"I remember you, you were there" - I said

Princess Luna came up and smiled at me reassuringly, but after a moment, she became a little sad.

"Your hand... What happened to you?" - Luna asked sadly

"It's nothing, really" - I said, covering my hands, from which I unwrapped the bandages

"My sister was told me about you. I couldn't wait to meet with you" - Luna said, smiling again, and I was sitting and keeping silent - "You don't feel like it for, I don't know... For a walk. I'd like to talk with you" - Luna said, which I nodded, I didn't really want to talk, but now... Let it be that way - "Wonderful, come and stay close, okay?"

"Okay..."

I got slowly, up and moaned softly. I still felt the pain. I started walking. Luna was walking next to me, still smiling at me. I was still thinking about this dream, everything in it seemed so real, I didn't want to think about it, but it did not give me a rest, did I really do it? Did I hurt my friends? Then I remembered the dead Fluttershy, then tears started to stream from my eyes.

"Hey, what happened? Are you okay?" - Luna asked carefully

"Nothing, really" - I replied

"You had a bad dream, am I right?" - Luna asked - "Can you tell me about it?"

"I don't want to talk about it, it was terrible" - I said - "I'm not a monster..."

"You're not... Wait, what?" - Luna asked slightly surprised. Tears began to stream from my eyes, at the thought of this nightmare - "Hey, don't cry" Luna said, staring at my eyes and wiping my tears - "You can tell me about it. I will not tell anyone" - I was still silent, after a moment, Luna looked at the starry sky, smiled and looked at me again - "We have a beautiful night, don't we?" - Luna asked

"Yes, it is... quite nice" - I said wiping my tears, the night was really beautiful

"What do you say, for a small ride?" - Luna asked, with a smile

"Ride? What do you mean?" - I asked slightly surprised

"I wanted to show you something" - Luna said, bending down - "Come on, get in"

"Wait, I have... get on you?" - I asked surprised by the offer

"Well... Yes. What are you waiting for?" - Luna said - "Come on, it will be fun"

I didn't really want to get in, but I finally agreed to the offer. When I got on her back, she got up, looked up, then turned head to me.

"Ready?" - Luna asked, I only nodded - "Alright. Now hold on. It can a little bit shake"

"Wait, what?" - I asked, after which Luna took off

It happened so suddenly. Luna bounced off the ground, flying with great speed. I was not prepared for it, I closed my eyes and held on to her neck as hard as I could, she was flying too fast, I was scared, I wasn't ready for it. After a short time, I felt Luna slowing down, then I opened my eyes and the first thing I saw was the moon, surrounded by hundreds of stars, then I noticed clouds which we passed every now and then, I looked down, saw... literally everything, the entire landscape, it was an amazingly beautiful view.

"Wow..." - Only I managed to say. That what I just saw was absolutely amazing, I felt a cool night wind in my hair, I felt amazing

"Yeah... Wow" -Luna said

"This is... beautiful" - I said

"I'm glad you like it. Look! A cloud. We'll land on it"

It surprised me a little bit. Land on the cloud? It seemed absurd, but after a while, it turned out that it was possible. The cloud was quite large, Luna landed on it.

"How do you do that?" - I asked, surprised

"It's simple. It's a special ability of Pegasus. I'm Alicorn, a combination of Pegasus and Unicorn. You know what I'm talking about?"

"Yes, Twilight told me when I was in the hospital" - I said

"It's quiet and peaceful here, and the night is really beautiful. Maybe can we talk now, hm?"

"About what?" - I asked

"About your bad dream. I want to know what happened to you" - Luna said

"I don't know if I want to talk about it"

"Or maybe?... I want to help you, Colin. Please, tell me" - Luna said

"Okay..." - I said dismounting from her back

"Wait! No!" - Luna said, and I was already standing on the cloud - "Well... Who would have expected?"

I looked down and just realized what had just happened. I was standing on the cloud... I couldn't believe it.

"Do... I still dreaming?" - I asked

"Uhmm... No. At this moment you aren't dreaming..." - Luna said, somewhat surprised

"I walk on the cloud. It's so soft" - I said - "How did I do it?"

"Uhmm... You are neither an Alicorn and Pegasus. I don't know, how you do it" - Luna said

"This is amazing!" - I said, then I fell over, on my backward. the cloud was so comfortable. I was lying on it, and I was looking at the starry sky

"I see" - Luna said, giggling. Then she sat down next to me - "So... Will you tell me about it?"

I rose to a sitting position, I looked at her, she just smiled. I didn't want to talk about it, but I also I didn't want to keep it in me. At last, I had to tell someone about it.

"Okay, let it be..." - I said with a sigh - "Where should I start?"

My sister told me about Colin, it was probably the second day he came here. Twilight wrote a letter in which she said that Colin is a human. When I heard about it from my sister, I was disgusted. I read the book 'Mythological Creatures' where human were described as a very aggressive creature, which was killing for satisfaction. As soon as I told Celestia about it, she was slightly surprised and upset at the same time. Then she told me, about humans, about how it really was, she also told me about a powerful demon, looking like a big black manticore, who was defeated by a ruler of humans. Lord Thormwald, was the first chosen one, wielding a powerful runic sword, through which he defeated the beast. Thanks to this, Equestria, and maybe even the whole world, was saved. Celestia showed me this sword, which the ruler of the humans held. The runes on it were in faded black. I didn't know, why the history was mendacious. Humans weren't monsters, humans were real heroes who sacrificed themselves for our cause.

On the third day, when my sister left the sun and I raised the moon, Twilight sent the next letter in which she wrote, about a mysterious beast, looking like a manticore, it disturbed me. I suspected that it was the same demon and unfortunately... I was not wrong. I read in books, about the forces of darkness. Demons manifested themselves to their victims, whispered to them and gave the impression that the victim thinks that he is being watched, could also penetrate into dreams, cause nightmares, where the victims were most often attacked. The same night Celestia received a letter from Twilight, she decided that the next day, he will go to Ponyville to meet Colin. I wanted to investigate the matter, on the same night, I decided to look into Colin's dreams to find out something and make sure that the demon actually penetrated his dream.

I remember when I was in Colin's dream, he was in a dark forest. I watched him from above and then, I saw it. Behind him came this demon, exactly the same, about which my sister told me. Colin began to turn. The beast wanted to attack him, but he managed to avoid the attack, suddenly a flare appeared, and later a sword... Exactly the same runic sword, which my sister showed me, I was a bit surprised, where did he get there? But... something was different, the runes on the sword were shining with fire. Colin turned to the demon who stopped momentarily.

"W-what?!... But how?!... Where did you get it from?!" - Demon asked furiously

"Ooooh... So, you know what is this, huh?" - Colin asked slyly, then began to approach the demon

The demon began to retreat, snarling at the same time, but after a while, he attacked when the demon jumped, Colin took a step forward and wounded the beast. The demon fell to the ground, after a while he began to rise. Colin charged and wounded the beast, the fight lasted very briefly, but made a great impression on me. Colin pierced the beast's heart with a sword that then evaporated. Colin began to look at the sword, then I teleported behind him, then he immediately turned to me.

"Oh my god... Alicorn" - Colin said, slowly coming up to me

"Yes. Indeed" - I said, then I started to approach him, I wanted to introduce myself, but then I saw the demon behind him, he was just there. I stopped, Colin turned and was attacked, the sword was thrown out of his hand when I stood between him and the demon, told him to run and don't turn away. I stood against the demon, however, he threw me out of the dream. I didn't know how it was possible. I wanted to go back to this dream, but it was already a day, unfortunately... my greatest fears came true, I no longer had doubts. The demon stuck to him and fed on Colin's suffering and fear. I knew that I had to do something about it.

When the night came, Celestia returned to Canterlot and told me everything. With Colin it was worse than I expected, she said he was a victim of abuse, and that he was accustomed to being hurt, he was also very suspicious of others, it was a bad news. My sister didn't mention it after reading the letter, maybe she didn't want to bother me, but she should have told me that. I didn't understand why she did it. Celestia told me that when she came up to him, he began to step back, she said that she saw fear and distrust in his eyes, as he did when he met Rainbow Dash, Twilight, Fluttershy, Applejack and Pinkie Pie. However, the most important thing happened, when his bandages were changed. When Celestia mentioned it, tears began to stream from her eyes, she told me about the wounds on his body and that when Colin looked at these wounds, he grabbed his head and began to cry, they could not wake him up then, they were nudging him, they were talking to him, but he seemed to feel nothing. When he woke up, he was stunned, but even more, it disturbed me that the residents wanted to kill him. I only guessed that it was the fault of this damn book. This same night, I decided to go to Ponyville, my sister said that Colin would live with Fluttershy. I wanted to look into his memories to learn more about his past. I was surprised when I found Colin sitting in front of the house and crying, I wanted to know what happened.

We sat together on the cloud. Colin sat a little cowering, he wondered where to start.

"Princess Luna, do you know a book, about the mythological creatures?" - That was what I was most afraid of. He learned about it

"Yes, I know but... why do you ask?"

"Page 119" - Colin answered - "There is written about a human that, he's..."

"I know what's written there" - I said, interrupting him - "Please, don't believe this nonsense, it's not true. You're not a monster, I know it well"

"Oh, thank you... so, you wanted to know what I was dreaming about, right?" - Colin asked

"Yes, tell me"

"Okay but... don't hate me, please" - said Colin sadly

"Alright, but... Why would I hate you?" - I asked a bit surprised

"Just... You'll find out why, in a moment I'll tell you about it" - Colin said, then he began to talk about the dream - "It started, as usual. Everything around me is dark, and this... Manticore, it still persecutes me, it appears in my dreams, always..."

"Were you scared?" - I asked

"At first... not so much. I told him that, get out, and never come back" - Colin said, I felt hopeful. He tried to fight with it

"It's very good. The more you are afraid, he becomes stronger"

"Wait, how do you know that?" - Colin asked

"It's only a bad dream, my child. If you are not afraid of him, he has no influence on you. Do not be afraid of him, then he will not hurt you"

In fact, it was not 'just a bad dream' but I had to calm him down, and at the same time give him advice on how to defend against it. Colin has been wounded many times, both physically and mentally, if I told him what it really is, I would probably make things worse.

"What happened next?" - I asked

Colin took a deep breath and said - "Then he ran to me and then I started to fear more. He said that he senses my fear, but he also said that my fear is not so strong, and then..." - Colin paused for a moment

"Are you okay?" - I asked

"Yes, I'm fine" - He said, then continued - "Then, he said that I was afraid of something else. I didn't know what he meant and then..." - Colin stopped again, as if he was afraid to say it - "I was in Ponyville"

"In Ponyville, you say, how was it?" - I asked

"In the beginning... normally. It was a normal day but... something was wrong. I don't know... something would happen soon, something... very bad" - Colin said, cowering more

Suddenly, a cold wind blew. I looked ahead, gray, rain clouds were moving in our direction, it looks like Pegasus for today, let go of controlling the weather. But more disturbed me that, the wind was unnaturally cold as if it had immediately snowfall.

"It's cold" - Colin said, shivering with cold. Then I embraced him with my wing, to warm him up a little

"Is it still cold?"

"A little less. Thank you" - Colin said, smiling

"You're welcome. Now...Tell me, what happened next"

"Well, I was in Ponyville, I walked a little, walked past residents who were scared to look at me, but they were also angry... very angry" - Colin said

"Well, what happened next?"

"I met my... A new friend... Lyra. She showed me the book, abut mythological creatures, but she didn't believe what was written there" - Colin said

"Lyra Heartstrings?" - I asked, smiling

"I think so, you know who she is?"

"I know and... it's between us, she's got really... weird dreams" - I said, slightly smiling - "Imagine that, in her dreams, she was a human, I think she liked it"

"Yes... That's probably her" - Colin said, smiling. I was impressed that he'd made friends with somepony

"So you met your friend in a dream, right?" - I asked smiling

"Yes but... She did not react in a friendly way. When she saw me, first she told me to leave, then she called me a monster and said that what was written in this book is true" - Colin said, then tears began to stream from his eyes - "I didn't know what she meant, I didn't know why she said so until I saw..." - Colin stopped again, trying to stop the tears

"Until you saw what?" - I asked, I did not want to cause unpleasant memories but I wanted to know what happened

"Fluttershy and... and the others sitting next to her, she..." - Colin said, trying to stop the tears again - "She... was dead... she had a torn throat"

"What? But... How did it happen?" - I asked, shocked

"I went to her and Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Twilight who was sitting next to her. When I came over to them, I asked what had happened here, then Rainbow Dash looked at me and hit me" - Colin said

"Why did she hit you?" - I asked sadly, I was afraid of the worst

"She asked me if I see what I did, I did not know what was going on, then Twilight... She said that, I killed her" - Colin said, then tears streamed from his eyes - "She said that I have torn her throat. I told her that I would never do it, I would never hurt anyone. Then Rainbow Dash showed me a bite wound and later... I started to run away "

"What happened next?" - I asked, despite the fact that I already I knew a lot

"Rainbow Dash and the rest of my... friends, they caught me, they turned me over, they started to beat me, I begged for mercy, but... it was for nothing. Then I was turned on my stomach, I felt something cutting my skin on my back, I looked up and saw a dark figure, which disappeared when I looked at her, then Rainbow Dash had hit me for the last time, but then I woke up on my back I felt the pain, and that something flowed from it" - I looked on his back, on which was a fresh claw mark. At this moment I was terrified, the demon mutilated him when he was sleeping

"W-what happened later?" - I asked terrified

Colin quietly sobbed, wiped his tears - "I ran upstairs to Fluttershy, to see if she was okay, and she was asleep. Then I ran down to the kitchen, I took the knife and..." - Colin stopped again. He wiping tears and trying not to cry - "I unwrapped the bandage, and... I wanted to finish it"

"Oh no... Please do not tell me that, you..." - I didn't finish. Colin showed me his hand and turned it. On his hand was an incision

It was horrible, he... he wanted to kill himself. It was worse than I expected, the demon forced Colin to mutilate, he showed him that he could hurt someone. I felt anger and disgust at the time, is not this monster really got any pity? In total... I don't know why I ask myself this question, the demon feeds on suffering and fear, whatever happened to him in the past, he must have been interested in it.

Colin was sitting next to me and cried. I embraced him with my wings more and I hugged him. It was the only thing I could do in this situation.

"I'm not a monster, I wouldn't hurt anyone" - Colin said, crying at the same time

"Shhhh, I know it. Don't cry, my child. Everything will be fine, nothing has happened" - I said, and he looked at me - "See? I didn't hate you"

"Thank you, Princess Luna. To be honest... you very remind me of my mom" - Colin said, that moved me a bit, he really thought so? - "You have... a similar eye color"

"Really? Well, I'm glad you think so. I like you, little one" - I said, smiling

"I'm not little" - Colin said, also smiling

"I know it, I know..." - I said

We sat there for a few minutes, watching the moon and the stars, it was really late, so I had to take Colin home, to be honest, I did not want it, I preferred to sit with him and enjoy the moment, but unfortunately I could not.

"Well, I think it's time to come back. It's getting late" - I said taking my wing with which I was covered, Colin

"We have to?"

"Unfortunately, yes. But don't worry, we will meet in Canterlot today" - I said

"Today? But how is it?" - Colin asked, slightly surprised

"You know... It's past midnight" - I said, smiling

"Oh! Uhmm... Okay"

"So, do you get in?" - I asked, bending down to let Colin get in

"Sure" - He said, then he sat down on my back - "But... Please, not so fast"

"I know, I'm sorry. This time, I will fly a bit slower" - I said, after which we took off

When we flew, Colin watched the night sky, he was delighted, I was curious to see if he preferred the night or day, I decided to ask him about it.

"Colin, I have a question" - I said

"What is it?"

"Tell me... You prefer a night or a day?" - I asked

I looked back, Colin thought for a moment, looked at the moon, then he smiled.

"To be honest, I prefer the night" - He answered

"Okay, but why? Tell me"

"Every day was a torment for me. At night, I could rest and forget for a moment about the bad things, besides... I like cold, night air" - Colin said

"Thank you, it's nice to hear that"

We flew for a while. Colin fell asleep on my ridge. When I got to Fluttershy's house, I put it on the couch. I sat next to him for a few minutes, trying to look at his memories, unfortunately, I couldn't do it. Actually, didn't know why, but my spells did not work, something was wrong. In spite of this, I didn't leave him yet, I was thinking about all this, I was afraid for him, I didn't want anything bad happened to him, but I could have hoped that everything would be all right.

I stroked Colin's hair, I lowered my head and kissed him on the forehead - "Sleep well, my child" - I said - "These nightmares will no longer bother you"

My horn flashed, then I touched Colin's forehead. He smiled in his sleep. This time, my spell worked, he no longer had nightmares. After a while, I got up. I opened the window, and flew out there and headed to Canterlot. I stopped for a short while. For the last time, I looked at the Fluttershy's house and flew away.

When I returned to Cantrlot, I went to my room. My sister probably slept, so I walked as quietly as possible. I walking past two guards who saluted me and then looked at me a little suspiciously, but I didn't worry about it, because this is not the first time. When I reached the door of my room, around the corner I noticed something strange, like a shadow. I opened the door to my room and entered it, I stopped momentarily. That, what I saw shocked me, legs buckled under me. "You will die, if you try..." Was written with a blood. Then in the dark, I saw a figure of Manticore and a pair of red eyes.

"Hello, Lulu..." - It said

End of Chapter 7...