The stars eerily shone into the sky, crickets chirped between the wooden trees, and Ponyville had a scent stronger than ever. It smelt of... tuna? Suddenly, from on the night sky, the majestic Princess Celestia descended onto the grass with her magnificent light.
She carried Tuna in her mystical grasp, and dropped it lightly before the cresent moon. "You can come out now, dear Cheshire. I have brought you want you love the most. Your beloved tuna." She promised with a graceful smile.
The stars suddenly began to move as the moon began to slowly form into a creepy smile. It smiled wider, and the owner of the smile suddenly appeared as if on command. Well.. it was on command. It was a.. cat?
He descended from the purple sky and onto the grass, his pink paws firmly grabbed the blue tuna. He curled his fluffy tale with pink stripes, and began to make a strong purring sound. "Why, thank you, dear Princess..." He said, his voice was as sharp as blade, yet it was so comforting too.
His pink mouth hungrily bit into the poor flesh of the fish as if he hadn't eaten in many a year. Thats because, well, he hadn't. "You know, I dont even have to eat, but the sensation just brings me pure joy." He grinned, his amber eyes looking up at the feminine God-like mare.
Her pink eyes loomed on his small purple body, his pink stripes zhone even brighter in the moonlight. "So.. i know you obviously haven't came here just to talk, have you potentially found a way back to Wonderland?" He asked, a hint of excitement in his voice.
"No, sadly.." Celestia said.
"Awwhh.. no fun." He whined, but smiled again and chortled with fake joy. "Your little ponies haven't suspected me all these years here, they never stop to think what could potentially be up there." He grinned.
"Yes, but that doesn't mean they aren't ever going to find out I'm afraid. They figured my sister out, that doesn't mean they won't find you out too." Celestia said with a hint of concern in her fragile tone.
"That seems to be the case, but oh well.." He said. "They most likely won't thank me, especially considering I've been the true reason they even won their battles." He sighed with no hint of empathy, just.. pure disappointment. "They have put you on the books before though, maybe they'll figure you out sooner than thought." Celestia suggested.
"No need to worry, I have my own ways. You have yours too. I should be able to hide a little longer in these endless stars." Cheshire smiled.
Celestia sighed, "Alright, just remember.. Ponyville isn't going to be too happy with me or you when they figure out all their successes were because of you and not them. Especially Twilight."
"Heheh.. alright." He stood up, and stretched his hind legs and leaped into the sky. "Hmmhmm.. and the mome raths.. outgrabe.." He hummed, then vanished into the sky. The moon formed back to its original place.
Celestia said nothing, and flew back into where she came.
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Twilight ran through the void like darkness of an endless wonderland, she heaved heavily as her tail flailed behind her. She leaped onto a cliff, and what stood behind her was the quiet void. She backed up into a wall that seemingly wasn't there before. Twilight heard a song echo from it,
"Twas brillig, and the slithy toves."
"Did gire and gimble in the wabe;"
It came closer. She shriveled up and cowered.
"All mimsy were the borogoves."
"And the mome raths outgrabe."
The next thing she knows, the darkness dissapears, as she hears a familiar voice call her name. She blinks open her eyes to see Spike standing there with a concerned look on his purple face. "Twilight! Finally, your awake! Are you okay? You were shaking and muttering in your sleep." He said, he held a cup of coffee in his sharp dragon like hands.
"Yes, i.. I'm fine." Twilight said, but she knew she was lying. She stood onto her hooves, and grabbed the coffee with her magic.
*30 minutes later*
Twilight had nothing to do today, so she could go visit her friends today. But all she wanted to do was sit and ponder.. that dream.. that strange song.. did it have a meaning? She got up from her bed, she pondered what would happen if she spoke to her friends of it. She groaned, and walked down the steps.
Opening the door, she set off into the bright village of Ponyville. Everypony was cheerful and walking about, she decided to go speak to Applejack about it first. Then maybe the others after.
♡ 2 hours later ♡
Applejack wiped it off as some strange nightmare and nothing more to comfort her, so that didn't help. Fluttershy said the same thing, but ended up getting scared half way through and flew into her cottage. Rainbow teased her. Pinkie Pie didn't even seem to care, she just kept devouring her desserts. Rarity was too busy with her dresses.
Twilight rolled her violet eyes and carried off back to her house. She couldn't help but feel like as if there was something more to it. Maybe Discord had something to do with this? No, she couldn't blame everything on him. She heavily walked into her house, Spike seemed to be passed out with a tube of pink ice cream next to him.
She smiled and used her magic to carry him to his neat little bed.
She decided to go through ancient Ponytales, just to make sure.
Then, one page stood out to her. The Tale of The Odd Cheshire Cat.
The tale read of an ancient cat being who supposedly protected the village in night and through day. He loomed over Ponyville and all of Equestria each night with careful eyes. He saw everything according to the book. She shuddered.
Then.. she saw it, the song she heard in her dream was on the bottom page.
Author's Note
first story lets goo, feel free to criticize if you'd want to.
It was the same song the purple unicorn had heard in her dream, she gulped and felt the fear coursing throughout her veins.
"Twas Brillig, and the slithy toves."
"Did gire and gimble in the wabe;"
"All mimsy were the borogoves."
"And the mome raths outgrabe."
Twilights mind ached with a feeling she had never felt before. She knew for certain that this being was real, but.. where was he, was the question she needed answered. Twilight closed the book, and practically jumped off of her bed. Slikes green eyes fluttered open, and with a yawn, he said; "Oh, hey Twilight! What are you- WOAH!" His small body fell off of his bed as Twilight zoomed past him.
She stopped in her tracks, "Sorry, Spike!" She said, before taking off again.
"What.. what are you doing?" Spike tiredly called out.
"No time to explain!" She yelled back, before running into the depths of Ponyville. She needed to gather her friends and do something about this potential threat. As her tail flailed behind her fear-stricken hind legs, the stars giggled with an unusual laughter.
"Heheh.. and the mome raths outgrabe~"
"Twi, whats goin' on?" Applejack asked, her green eyes filled with worry for her sudden anxious friend. Twilight pulled out the book from before and set it on the table. Twilight had gathered her friends, to tell them of this worrying event.
"I told you all of a dream I had, a dream I had that frankly scared me to death. But, I'm worried that I may have found evidence that may prove that my dream may unfortunately be real!" Twilight said, she flioped open the book with her magic.
But, as she flipped to the page she sought to tell them about, no text met her eyes. Only a blank sheet of paper. "Wha.. what?!" Twilight gasped, her friends crowded around her.
"What the.. it was just here! When did it become blank?!" Twilight anxiously heaved. Her mind could only confirm one thing, she was right about the mysterious Cheshire Cat.
"Oh, me.." Rarity said, looking as if she were going to faint. And yep ,she was, she promptly almost fell onto the ground. But was caught by Rainbow.
Rainbow sighed, "Twilight, is this a prank or something? Cause it isn't very clever."
Applejacks eyes furrowed, "Rainbow, Twilight would never lie to us! We defeated Nightmare Moon, we defeated that crazy chrysalis pony, we should be able to trust her now."
"Well.. yeah! I know that, but this seems impossible! How can there be a threat and ALL OF THE SUDDEN its not there?!" Rainbow argued back.
"We've met ponies with all sorts of crazy abilities, Rainbow. Ya can't argue now." Applejack said. Rainbow opened her mouth to speak, but was dragged down softly by Fluttershy.
"Rainbow, please, we should trust her. She's our friend." Fluttershy softly said, looking up at her with pleading cyan eyes. Rainbow seemed to panic with her wings flapping rapidly every few seconds, she sighed and landed to the ground.
"Fine, sorry." Rainbow said like a stubborn child, "But just know if this turns out to be some stupid prank, I called it!"
Twilight turned to face her friends, "The page stated that there was once a mysterious mystical cat who looked over Ponyville each night. He possessed abilities such as Discord already does. And it is said that he sings the same song everytime he shows up, the song he sang in my dream."
"But the thing is, I dont even know if he's bad or not! He protects Ponyville as said in the book, but why was he so threatening in my dream?!" Twilight rambled, practically about to heave herself to death. Applejack put her hoof around Twilight.
"Dont panic, Twi. If this cat tries anything, we'll buck em back to wherever he came from!" Applejack tried to motivate her friend.
"Yeah, and then we can throw a party! *GASP*, or maybe we can-" Pinkie proceeded to ramble on and on about the things they could do if they defeated him. Applejack rolled her eyes lightly, and moved a little closer to Twilight.
"Point is, we can do it, Twi. We'll buck that cat like the wind, besides, nopony can win against the elements of Harmony. Ah reckon he'll go runnin' before we turn him into stone like we did Discord." Applejack smiled, Twilight softly smiled back up at her.
"Or this will all just turn out to be some prank. Or maybe I'llbe the one to send him flying!" Rainbow rolled her eyes.
"Dash.." Applejack growled.
"Whatever." Rainbow said.
The six friends spent the rest of the night inside the treehouse, theorizing on when and where this cat would show up, and whether he'd be a threat or not. But, they were unaware that yellow eyes watched them from the sky.
