New World

Steve sat on his bed at night. And he didn't like it. Not one measly bit. It should have been day by now. Thrice. One night apparently is a lot longer in this world then a night in his world. And why did they turn of all the lights?

'Do monsters actually spawn in this world?' He wondered. 'Let's just hope there won't spawn too many of them.' He thought, holding his sword, ready to fight.

Twilight lay in bed, but couldn't sleep. Her friends, even princess Celestia, have told her many times to stop working at night or to overwork herself. But how could she sleep when there was so much to research? She kept thinking about Steve, his magic and many more things. She kept turning and squirming in her bed, untill she couldn't take it anymore.

'I can't take this anymore!' She got out of bed and walked over to the pile of items she had brought with her, lighting a candle and placing it next to her. She was still amazed with how many items Steve had carried with him. She decided to start with Steve's axe. Something about the axe bothered her. She held it close to her face and scanned it's surface. It was completely smooth and even. And that's what bothered her about it. It showed no signs of wear, no cracks, dents and not even a scratch!

'How does that even work? Steve used in battle today and it looks like it's never been used! That's technically impossible! Or did he put a spell on it?' All of her questions just ended up being answerred with more questions. 'And how does he use his magic? He doesn't have a horn or anything like that!' She stared at the axe, like it would give her the answer.

"Ugh." She said after getting no response from the axe. She took a look at what else was interesting. The strange green orb. 'It looks... Weird.' The orb seemed dark green at first, but when you looked at it directly it would seem light green. She tried levitating it, but dropped it instantly. As soon as her magic had touched the orb, it started glowing intensly with a purple light, filling her mind with a vision of two purple eyes staring from the dark. Whatever magic the orb posessed, it was strong and very resistent. She then picked up the guards helmet. It had a few scratches here and there, but that was it. She checked if it held an traces of magic, but to no avail.

'This is not working! It's almost like Steve never used magic!' She thought, frustated with the fact she wasn't getting anywhere.

"Maybe I should go back to-"

*Drip*

"Hm?" She was sure she heard something.

*Drip*

'There it is again!' She turned around but saw nothing.

*Drip*

'Is there a leak somewhere? Oh well, I'll tell somepony about tommorow.' She turned her attention back to the helmet, and almost dropped it. There were three drops of green liquid on it.

*Drip*

And now it was four. She shakily levitated the candle up, looking at the ceiling. Her pupils dilated when she saw what was up there.

*Drip*

"Shriiii..." It was a spider. And it was the size of a pony.

In the dark hallways the air started to tremble, ripples flowing through the air. Suddenly, one long, dark and hairy leg came ou of the air, followed by another and even more legs, all of them attached to a body just as dark. The creature had eight red, angry and hungry eyes.

'Food... Where...?' It smelled something. 'Food!' It started walking towards the source of the scent, it's eight legs not making any sound. It saw light coming from a room. It peaked around the corner, immediatly spotting a purple colored sheep. It would have to do. The creature slowly climbed up the wall, sneaking towards the sheep and not making a sound. When it was near the sheep it started to slowly sneak down the wall, it's venom dripping from it's fangs and falling down. Apparently the sheep hear it.

'Need... Food!' When it was almost close enought to the sheep, the sheep suddenly looked up, spotting the creature.

"Shriiii..." The creature said. It then suddenly jumped at the sheep, the sheep only barely dodged the creature's attack reacting with a scream.

"AAAAAAAA!!!" The scream hurted the creature's ears. It didn't like pain. It hated pain.

'Food is bad! Food no scream! FOOD IS FOOD!' The creature jumped forward and rammed into the sheep, sending the sheep flying. It ran at the sheep at high speed and immediatly bit, it's fangs sinking into the sheep's flank, making the sheep scream again.

"AAAAAAAGGHH!!!" Tears were flowing down the sheep's face. Why? Sheeps don't cry. They don't feel. They are food.

'FOOD!' It started sucking the blood out of the sheep. It tasted different. 'Food is good!' It thought, drinking greedily. And then... Pain.

"SHRIIIIIIIIIIIII!" The creature screamed in agony. Something had hurt it, had cut of one of it's legs. And it hurt a lot. It turned towards it's attacker and the last thing it would ever see, was a sword piercing it's head.

'Food...'

When Shining Armor heard his little sister scream, he immediatly followed his instincts. He jumped out of bed, grabbed his sword and quickly made his way to Twilight's room.

'Don't worry sis! I'm coming!' He ran as fast as he could and when he heard her scream again he started running even faster. When he reached her room, he stormed in and did what his instincts told him, barely registering what he was doing until he had done it.

"SHRIIIIIIIIIIIII!" The monster screamed in agony when one of it's legs fell to the ground, still twitching. It turned towards him just when he swung his sword again, hitting the monster square in it's face and piercing it's head. It fell limply, it's blood flowing out of it'd body. He stepped back to see what he had killed. It was a spider the size of a pony. He would have been amazed if it wasn't for Twilight sobbing in pain next to him.

"Twilight!" He rushed over to her. He could see her whole body tremble and she was breathing irregularly. "Are you okay?"

"I-i-it b-bit me..." He noticed the deep wounds on her flanks, blood quickly flowing out of it and the flesh around it turning dark blue and yellow.

"I'll get you to a doctor! Don't worry!" He wasn't too sure who he was trying to convince. Twilight, or himself.

Steve sighed after he heard the screams.

'I knew it.' He thought, looking at the remains of a skeleton, it's skull crushed. 'That's odd, the body should have turned into smoke by now.'