Camazotz Comes to Canterlot High

Canterlot City- Nighttime

Camazotz flew over some buildings in Canterlot that were apparently abandoned by the city's inhabitants long ago. Some of them were in better condition than the others. Some were large and looked like they were for storing things. Some looked like they used to be homes. There was one building in particular that caught Camazotz's eye. A building that he had seen before.

It was an old abandoned cathedral. He had seen a few of these being built by the Spanish when they were colonizing the New World. They had ben trying to convince the native peoples to give up on their old gods and worship their singular one. How he wished he could've come to the mortal world during those days. He would've popped into one of their masses and scared the guano out of them.

This cathedral was built in a manner similar to how they looked during the old days, with high-vaulted ceilings. spires, and even a few gargoyles covered in moss. Fortunately for him, the glass on the windows were all intact. The cathedral had a tall bell tower near the back end of the building. He could stay there for the night.

Camazotz landed in front of the cathedral's front doors and opened them. The inside was covered in dust and cobwebs. The chairs and pews were strewn about the place haphazardly. The back of the main gathering place was a tall spot with solid rafters holding up the ceiling.

"Looks like I'll be roosting here for the time-being. I'll need to see if I can find Twilight when she's up and about" Camazotz said.

He flew up the the rafters and latched onto the underside with his feet. He hung upside down and prepared for rest. He would find Twilight in the morning.

The Next Morning

Camazotz woke to the sound of the dawn chorus of birds waking up from their nightly slumber. He used his claws to rub the sleep out of his eyes and looked at his surroundings. The sun wasn't high enough in the shy for the cathedral to be flooded with light, thankfully. He let go of his roost and landed gracefully on the ground.

"Now that it's morning, I can see if Twilight is up" Camazotz said.

Using his magic, he summoned forth his magic viewing mirror to find Twilight.

She was out of bed and was apparently getting ready for the day. She had brushed her hair and teeth and threw on some shoes and was out the door in a flash with some kind of pack on her back. Twilight was running down the street with remarkable speed for a human.

Eventually, she stopped at some kind of large building with a stone statue of a horse out front. There were others the same age as Twilight there as well. They were all walking towards the building with a singular purpose.

"Well, better change into my human form so I can finally meet Twilight" Camazotz said before changing into his human form.

Using his limited magic, he created a black backpack to wear while at this building since the other young humans seemed to be wearing them. After that, he was right out the door.

At Canterlot High

Camazotz had walked down the street to the place that Twilight had gone to. When he arrived there, he noticed that there was a sign out front.

Canterlot High School

"So this is a place of learning. Interesting" Camazotz noted.

Camazotz noticed two students that waved in greeting to him. Camazotz waved back to them and carried on. Greeting those two mortals was simple enough. Maybe he could pass for a human student here.

As soon as he walked through the doors, he noticed that the hallways and front lobby were devoid of any students. He looked around for any sign of human life, but there was none to be found.

"Can we help you?" a mature female voice asked form his left.

Camazotz turned to see two human women standing before him. One of them was quite tall with a bright tan suit shirt and light purple pants, with light rainbow-colored hair and lavender eyes. The other one was shorter with light blue eyes and dark blue hair while wearing a dark purple shirt and blue pants. Both of them carried similar auras of authority. Camazotz had to be careful around them. Good thing he was really good at making up lies on the spot.

"Yes. I'd actually like to enroll here at this school" he replied to the woman's earlier question.

"Oh, you'd like to enroll in Canterlot High?" the shorter woman asked.

"Yes I would. Perhaps you can help me with that" Camazotz said.

"Okay, just follow us" the taller woman said before leading them down the hallway to an office space of some sort. The two women stood behind a large wooden desk while Camazotz sat in a chair before them. This was slightly unusual for the god as he used to have mortals and the souls of the dead standing before him in the past. Times really have changed for the bat god.

"Alright, we just need to know some basic information about you" the taller woman said.

"Information like what?" he asked in reply.

"Like what your name is, where were you were born, your parents' names. Those details" the shorter woman replied.

Camazotz hadn't planned on that. He figured he would just be allowed in. The Mayans and Zapotecs didn't need things like this to receive an education. Besides, he wasn't about to tell them that he's a bat god as old as the Earth itself and has tremendous dark power over the dead as well as the living. But he had another idea.

He looked right into the women's eyes as he spoke.

"My name is Damien Chiroptera. I was born in Shadowbrooke. My parents' names are Gossamer and Pipistrelle" he said making sure he made full eye contact.

The two women were looking directly into "Damien's" eyes. After a few seconds, both of them seemed to relax. They both smiled at Damien and the taller woman handed him a piece of parchment and a small rectangular object.

"That's your student ID and class schedule, Damien. Don't lose them and welcome to Canterlot High. We'll have someone show you around and then take you to your first class" the taller woman said with a slurred voice.

"Thank you both. I'm sure I will" Camazotz replied.

He then got up and left the office. Looking down at his class schedule, he had something called "History". He was quite knowledgeable about history. Hell, he witnessed history.

"Sunset Shimmer, please report to the front. We have a new student we'd like you o show around" a loud voice called.

Camazotz spun around in shock. That was certainly unexpected. A loud voice had just called down form the heavens. Was it a messenger from Quetzalcoatl?

"Are you the new student I'm supposed to show around?" a friendly-sounding female voice asked.

Camazotz looked around to see that another human female was talking to him. She was beautiful like Twilight.

This girl had red and orange hair like lovely flowing flames. Her eyes were a brilliant turquoise color. She was wearing a black leather covering over a dark purple undershirt and a red skirt that hugged her legs and hips. Leather boots adorned the girl's feet. Camazotz could barely keep his eyes off her.

"Yes. My name is Damien Chiroptera. It's a pleasure to meet you" Camazotz greeted with a bow.

The girl responded by giggling. "Thanks. My name is Sunset Shimmer"

"Shall we get going?" Damien asked.

"Yeah. Let me show you around" Sunset said.

After becoming familiar with the school's layout, Sunset and "Damien" arrived at the first class they apparently shared. It was the History class he was supposed to go to first.

They both walked through the door to a class that had apparently not even started yet. Sunset made Damien stand in front of the class while the teacher, a kind-looking woman, had stood up.

"Alright, everyone. I was just informed that we have a new student joining us today" the woman said pointing to Damien. "Please introduce yourself to the class"

Camazotz stood confidently and put on his best human smile. "My name is Damien Chiroptera. It's quiet nice to meet you all. I hope we can all become good friends"

The other student seemed to be happy with that. Damien got the feeling that he really would make friends among these humans. This was quite a lovely change of pace from his usual interaction with humans in the past. He used to either kill them or torture them. But the humans at this school all seem very friendly and welcoming.

I think I'm going to like it here, Camazotz thought to himself.

"You can sit in the back next to Twilight, Mr. Damien" the teacher said.

Damien had almost his mind. Twilight was here? Now that he looked, he could see Twilight way in the back of the class with an empty seat right next to her. Damien had walked over and sat down right next to her. In order to appear as normal as possible, he tried to keep himself from smiling like an idiot.

He was so excited. He was sitting right next to the subject of his desires on the very first day! Damien hoped all would be well if he played his cards right. For now, he's just a regular student.

After Damien sat down, a group of girls were silently shocked. Lyra, Bon Bon, Octavia, and Vinyl all knew about him already. They had seen him in his true form. Fortunately, since class hadn't really started yet, the girls could communicate under the talking of everyone else around them. Lyra leaned in towards the others.

"You all seeing the same thing I'm seeing?" Lyra whispered.

"Yeah. It's that same bat creature from last night" Vinyl replied.

"You think he has ill intentions?" Octavia asked.

"I don't know if he has any. Still, we'd better investigate him. Just in case" Bon Bon said.

The girls all agreed to, for the moment, keep their eyes on this creature. They'd let the Rainbooms know if something evil had come to Canterlot High.

Damien, meanwhile, suddenly got an unpleasant shiver down his spine. He was struck with a sense of impending doom and he couldn't figure out why.