A familiy that descended from the night

Speciesism.

It is a concept that involves thinking of someone else as lesser due to being an entirely different species. Speciesism comes in many different forms and it plays a significant role in Equestria. While many species are looked down upon, there's one set of species that have it much more difficult than the rest.

Predators.

Of course, that isn't to say that Predators themselves don't practice speciesism. You'll be hard-pressed to a group of both predators and prey that don't practice speciesism. Whether it be subconsciously ot unconsciously. However statically speaking predators are four times more likely to be attacked and or discriminated against simply because of their appearance as well as their past nature.

Equestria wasn't always a peaceful nature after all.

However, no one practices speciesism more than one specific group.

Ponies.

Ponies tend to have an instinctual urge to shun groups that are widely different from them.

Especially predators.

As such a large major ponies tend to live in neighborhoods full of their kind. If not that then in places where there are more predators than prey. Then of course you'll have the select few that can freely co-exists in areas full of different kinds of species. However, those types of ponies are rare in number. The witch only ranges around about 10 to 20% in number. With all that said cross specism is often than not largely frowned upon. At least in pony society. Not only that but species who do mingle outside of their race are often labeled as just having extreme fetishes. Making the chance of feeling actual love seem even more unlikely.

Let's go back to pones for a moment.

As I mentioned earlier ponies often have an instinctual urge to stay far away from other species. This type of behavior doesn't need to be taught but is instead deeply rooted in their herbivore-like nature. However, it can be reinforced by way of their environment. As such doing so the opposite way can have the same effect. Researchers found that ponies who are raised among different species even among predators found that their prey Instinct is practically nonexistent. Not only that but ponies who are raised in the said environment are less likely to be fearful of the unknown. Which in itself are the one thing ponies and even other herbivores fear the most. With that said if only it was that easy.

You see Equestrians, in general, will often adopt and or willingly raise a member of their species and nothing more. The likelihood hood of a different prey or predator being adopted and raised outside of their kind was rare. So rare that over the last 57 years, the document of such an occurrence was only five.

That's right five.

This is because speciesism itself Jn so engraved into Equus culture that the thought of bringing in a different species other than your own wasn't only frowned upon, but the thought alone is unlikely to cross your mind.

With all that said, Princess Celestia would want to think that Equestria is a loving and peaceful nation. Full of different groups that come together in perfect harmony.

In reality, Equestria is a land full of divide and hatred among several different groups. To the point where cross-species violence isn't only a common occurrence but is encouraged through social media and political platforms.

Welcome to Equestria.

A voice shouting his name caused Strong Feild to blink rapidly.

'Huh?"

"I said can you get the couch off the truck for me" a voice stated. A strong sense of guilt hit the colt and it hit him hard. Turning his head Strong saw a mare standing next to him. Said mare was dark in appearance. Of course, that in itself was fairly common among her species. The mare's build was something that would have put most stallions to shame. In simple terms she was fit.

Very fit.

Her hooves were extremely toned and muscular. To the point where it looked as if she could crush someone's skull with relative ease. Looking past that the mare's eyes were that of slits. Making her have the appearance of some type of predator the eyes themselves were light grey color. Her mane however was an orangish blonde color. The mare's expression meanwhile was that of impatience. However, that changed to munch more calm expression upon noticing Strong's guilty look.

"Sorry" the indigo-colored pony mutter in apology.

Soft Tap rolled her eyes.

"Just try not to zone out will okay? We got work to do." Smiling Soft ruffled her brother's light blonde mane. In response, Strong nodded. The guilt he felt over having lessened significantly upon hearing her words.

Walking over to the truck Strong grabbed one end of the couch. With little effort, he lifted said couch as if it didn't weigh anything at all. Seeing this Soft nodded her head in satisfaction. "Good job bat, now I need you to take it inside the house for me." Strong nods before turning towards his new destination. The house itself wasn't anything special. To be honest it was pretty damn cheap. As such it wasn't exactly top tier. Especially considering that it only had three rooms. One of them being the master bedroom. As such Strong would have no choice but to bunk with one of his sisters. Luckily for them, Bat pony culture encourages closes to your loved ones. Especially family. As such privacy wasn't exactly an issue.

With all that said Strong made his way towards his new home.

"You could have done it yourself you know."

Rolling her eyes Soft Tap turned.

Only to see herself.

Or rather a spitting image Of herself.

The only difference is this pony looked as if she hadn't worked out a day her entire life.

'You know why I did it bat."

Hard Tap nodded.

In truth her sister was right. All though Soft Tape wasn't as strong as her brother, though to be honest, no one was. Regardless the Bat pony could have easily done it herself. With that said both sisters knew that why she didn't.

Strong was staring into space. Which meant he was usually thinking about one thing and one thing only.

The past.

Neither sister wanted him to dwell on the matter in detail. During so would bring out a lot of emotions. One of them in particular.

Rage.

Suddenly both sisters heard the sound of someone running. Turning their heads they saw a lone Griffin jogging past their house. His jog was slow, controlled. All in all, it looked as if he was simply minding his own business. However, both sisters knew that this wasn't the case.

What is one thing a predator cannot stand?

another predator.

As such if there's one thing the Predator Community hated more than ponies it's each other. For years now certain groups have been at each other throats for decades. A conflict stemming from different ideologies and cultures

A conflict that has no end noir beginning.

With that said the sisters experienced something like this before, and as such, they knew exactly what it meant.

To put it simply that Griffin was the scout.

Which meant their so-called new home might not be entirely welcoming.

Just as they suspected.

Expression turning serious Hard Tap turns towards her sister.

"Take care of the rest."

"What about you?"

Soft watched as her sister walks over to their car before opening the passenger seat. A second later she closes it. A pointy black object held in her hoof.

"I'll keep first watch.