Author's Note

I have no idea how I'm staying this time, criticism is appreciated. (Good or bad I don't care)

Proofread and edited by Underrated Drake

10.5- Points of view

Today was a good day and as always I already had everything planned down to the smallest detail, of course unless another problem came out of nowhere as it usually happens lately.

But that didn't matter since it was just as Spike said, it seemed that Rainbow had woken up with enough energy today.

"I bet all of Ponyville will come out to enjoy the sun." But to his surprise there was no one, not even a trace.

"Where are the ponies?" When they finally found one, it was immediately pulled into his house by who could be assumed to be his mother.

Spike started offering some suggestions and as always he jumped from the logical to the ridiculous and impossible in a matter of a few sentences.

"PSS" Until their ravings were cut off by a whisper, they both looked for the source of the sound until it proved to be Pinkie.

"Come here! Quick, before I catch you." Without the need for further explanations, the mare jumped into her friend's store/house

As soon as they entered they were mowed down by light

"Who the zombie pony?" That all he managed to do was infect Pinkie with his fear.

"P-pony zombie" And she gave it back for two

“Spike! There's no such thing as zombie ponies, Pinkie, what are you doing here alone in the dark?"

"I'm not alone in the dark" To her surprise she was right, in an apparition worthy of a horror play her friends appeared behind her

"So what are you all doing here?" Since they were just her friends, she was not so scared, so the curious part of her brain did not take long to take over.

"We hide from her" Applejack sounded scared, that was not common, she barely realized that all her friends had similar expressions when she noticed what Applejack was pointing at.

What's that? It was the first thing that crossed his mind, it was a pony of that there was no doubt, but it's... wrong

Her body was normal, just a little bigger than common ponies, but her face... it wasn't common, she didn't understand how it was possible for it to have two horns, she had read enough biology and magic books to know what the complex nervous system was like. connected from the brain to those things, it was not believed possible that something like this existed naturally and yet here it was, his curiosity and desire for knowledge immediately shot up

Who was? Where did it come from? There is more? It's dangerous? These and endless other questions were already forming in her mind when she noticed something else, something that made her remember her time in Canterlot.

Her teacher had just given her an introduction to dark magic, why it was forbidden, and even how to identify it.

Celestia told him about a unicorn that used her and with which she fought a long time ago, not only was she strong enough to face an alicorn but she was also capable of carrying out heinous acts such as slavery, she never spoke to them again. her on that topic

But if he told you that one of the easiest ways to identify its use was by the color of its eyes, apparently dark magic was so unstable that part of it seeped in and out through the eyes giving them certain peculiarities such as color change to green among others

"AHH" As soon as I turned to see them they all moved away from the window

"Did you see her Twilight?" Said Applebloom who had honestly gone unnoticed until now

"Applebloom, get away from the window." Applejack soon arrived to push her sister away.

"Who is she? Where he came from?"

"We don't know Twilight, as soon as my sister saw her riding towards the town she began to tremble in her little hooves" She began to shake her sister as an example while she denied it "So I carried her and brought her here" Once again I treat you deny

"Applejack I'm not a baby I can take care of myself"

"Not from that scary pony." While they were talking, Twilight realized how close that pony was now, it seemed to be heading in her direction.

"Girls, I think it's coming here." They all shuddered.

"What do you think I want?" Fluttershy seemed ready to run or faint at the slightest provocation.

“I don't know, but you saw her leave the Everfree, right? I bet Zecora has something to do with this.” Before Twilight could ask who Rainbow was talking about, Applebloom beat her to it.

"Do you know what I think?"

"Applebloom lets the elders speak" Mercilessly the stubborn mare didn't even give her a chance to give her opinion so she could only leave while muttering things to herself

"Who is Zecora?" While the girls explained to her and Pinkie began to sing a song, Applebloom couldn't take the frustration any longer, so she decided to investigate the mysterious and above all terrifying mare.

He had to go out the back door since she was right in the front so he decided to approach through the alleys, being small had its advantages, he could move confidently from shadow to shadow

Finally he got close enough to get a good look at her, he was very surprised to see that she had no Cute Mark despite being an adult.

She seemed too focused on looking at the candy store so it was not difficult for her to get closer, she decided to stay a little longer in the bush, and not because she was afraid! She was just being cautious, or she would have been if she hadn't met eyes with a rock wolf.

"...Ih" It took her mind a second to react to the sight of the creature to return to her hiding place. How come she hadn't seen it before?!

In her defense, in addition to being too focused on the mare, the color of the stone that covered almost the entire body of the creature gave her a good camouflage.

She had hoped to have gone unnoticed, but her hopes were quickly dashed when the bush that covered her glowed green and parted, leaving her face to face with the terrifying mare.

He had her right in front of him showing his fangs, he expected that at any second he would jump on him, he thought about running and screaming for his sister, but the words did not come out

But to her surprise instead she put the helmet in her mouth which caused her to immediately start coughing because she forgot to wash it first, the image was somewhat unreal, such a scary creature making a scene like that.

When she cleared her throat, she looked at her again, but she no longer saw her gaze as that of a predator, but rather like the one her relatives gave her when they came to visit, they all looked at her as if she were the cutest thing ever.

He slowly raised his hoof and moved it in her direction, she didn't move, she didn't feel the need, ironically for the filly, the sight also gave her tenderness, seeing how the scary pony tried hard not to scare her was almost comical

He was about to touch her when he heard a familiar hiss and her eyes widened as her mind finally remembered where she had heard it.

"BOOM"

Rainbow came out of nowhere and crashed into the unsuspecting mare.

"Rainbow wai-" She didn't have time to do or say anything when a blue aura lifted her off the ground and quickly pushed her away.

The others were here as well, as Rarity led her back to the shop the last thing she could see was her sister yelling at her to run as she threw her lasso at the rock wolf and Pinkie came out of nowhere to help her.

Twilight wasn't sure what she should do, as soon as they noticed Applebloom was missing and saw her next to that pony Rainbow and Applejack immediately jumped on her.

Rainbow already had her subdued so there was no problem or so she thought until out of nowhere a type of timberwolf came out which luckily Applejack was quick enough to react and catch with her lasso which allowed her to see it better

It looked like a timberwolf, but it was encased in rock covering essential parts, like armor, but that wasn't all, its fangs, claws and tail were enhanced or modified and if the new edge and mobility were any clues it was obvious that they did. thinking about combat

It was dangerous! She couldn't let her get close to her friends so she immediately began charging her horn with a spell specialized in disarming magical constructions.

and almost made it

"BOOOM"

A sudden explosion claimed her full attention making her turn around just in time to see her friend shoot up with trails of smoke onto the roof of Sugarcube Corner.

PUNCH

She turned around again only to see how another of her friends was sent flying by a powerful punch from the improved Timberwolf.

"APPLEJACK" I scream in panic

"GRRR" The growl of a beast came from the pony making her look even more sinister which she didn't think was possible now that she was bathed from tail to horns in green flames.

It was pure luck that his horns were the part she was seeing at the time because the faint glow around her almost imperceptible brought her back to reality.

More out of instinct and fear as soon as she noticed she was charging up a spell she did the same, the list of stun spells she had learned coming almost as fast as it took her panicked mind to choose one.

“SHING”

But it failed or rather they interrupted it, the improved Timberwolf got in the way of their attack causing a large part of it to explode and to their surprise it immediately began to repair itself, it was much faster than the normal ones!

His distraction cost him dearly when he noticed that the Timberwolf moved to the side to give space to his master's already ready spell, only because of the repeated classes he received from his brother was he able to conjure a shield fast enough

“SHING” “SHING” “SHING”

As soon as he felt the lightning strike his shield he realized his mistake, this was not a spell, it was raw magic!

In school, no, in the magical garden he had been taught that this was the stupidest and quickest way to run out of magic and it was not only dangerous and unstable but also deadly, raw magic had no control he had no safety sets in place. In case the spell got out of control it was lethal

He felt terrified knowing that any of those scratches could end his life if it fell in the right place, that added to the constant waves of pain that his spell sent him when being attacked with this corrupt magic was enough to break his concentration and by extension his shield

As soon as her shield gave way she felt it hit her, luckily she managed to put one of her hooves right in front of her to receive the impact, but it did nothing with the pain.

As soon as the grate made contact he could feel its energy go through his body sending waves of pain.

She didn't even notice when the impact sent her flying, nor could she feel when she found her place on the wall of a house

His body was numb, but by some miracle he was still conscious, although barely, it was very difficult for him to distinguish his surroundings, he could make out the screams of some ponies in the distance.

"ATTACK"

“GRAAAA”

Barely conscious, she could make out the war cry followed by scores of Timberwolfs running through town, she could see their house being raided as she prayed Spike hadn't hidden there.

"Haha" Another sound caught her attention "HAHAHA" A curl, but not the ones Pinkie had used to, this one was more uncontrolled, crazier.

For a second her gaze met the pony's- not the thing's, maybe she didn't even notice it, but Twilight would never forget the look of satisfaction on the thing's face as it terrorized the whole town.