New World

Steve was anxiously waiting in his room for day to come and Shining Armor was taking Twilight to the first doctor he could find, but what was happening in the rest of Equestria?

In Ponyville...

It was almost midnight and it was raining. Hard. The town was quiet. The lights were out. Everypony was asleep. Well, almost everypony. Pinkie Pie always stayed up late, and got up early. Tonight was no exception. She was a bit sleepy, but right now she was enjoying a nice, warm and fresh apple pie.

"Delicious!" She said with her mouth full of pie, crumbs flying through the room. "Applejack's apple pies are the best! Well, maybe not as good as Granny Smith's, but still!" Not much later, the poor apple pie was completely and utterly devoured by the pink pony. Suddenly, a white flash of light came from outside.

*BOOM!*

"Wow! Dashie and the other weather ponies sure did their best!" Another flash.

*BOOM*

"That one was reeeaaallly close. I hope it didn't wake the Cakes up!" She was about to walk up the stairs when her 'Pinkie Sense' started acting up. "Hmmm... Ear flutter, twitchy tail, double eye twitch, itchy back and shaky knee. Never had a combo like that before!" She looked around to see if anything would happen, but everything looked the same.

"Nopony woke up, I think. Nothing fell, all doors are closed, nothing broke, there's something at the window... Nope! Nothing happened!"

...

...

"Why is there something at the window?" She walked towards the window to see what it was. It was taller than she was and it stood with it's back facing the window.

"Huuurrrgggg..." Whatever it was, it was hungry or was in pain.

"Or maybe it wants a hug!" Her 'Pinkie Sense' started again. "Same combo?"

"Rhaagggll...?" It turned to face her and began to walk towards her, walking into the wall.

"You're supposed to use the door, not the window! You're silly!"

"Rhhaaagh!" It said angrily and began stomping the window.

"Hey! You'll break it! That's not-" Another flash, making it able to see the creature properly. It had two white, lifeless eyes, it had no visible hair, it wore ragged shirt and pants, it's skin was a sickening green, there were wounds all over it's body, showing red, bloody flesh and walked on two legs, it's front legs punching the window.

"-nice..." Her eyes went wide and she took a few shaky steps back. She didn't know what it was, and she didn't care. She justed wanted that... thing to go away.

"Raagh!" It's punches became more violent and stronger, already cracking the glass. It wouldn't be long or the window would-

*Crash*

-break. The thing started crawling inside, cutting itself badly on the glass shards.

"Hargl... Graa! Hggg..." The sounds it made, made it sound like it was in terrible pain, but by the looks of it, it didn't really care. The thing made another series of moans and growls, and she could make out one thing. "Graaargll... Fhhooooddd..." Pinke ran away from the thing, hiding in the kitchen and closing the door.

"HELP! ANYPONY HELP!" She screamed, sitting in the corner, holding a metal plate close to her.

"GraaaAAGH!"

*Bonk*

*Bonk*

"HELP!" Pinkie was sure she had never been so afraid in her entire life. Sure, she had beaten Nightmare Moon. Sure, she helped beat Discord. Sure, she faced an entire changeling army without even thinking about fear. She had even tried fighting a Manticore. But all those moments shared one thing that this moment didn't have: her friends were with her each time. And this time she was all alone. To make things even worse, it's eyes were devoid of emotion. The thing only showed one feeling: Hunger.

"PLEASE!" She could hear the first ponies wake up to her screams. They sounded confused.

*Bonk* *Crack* The first cracks started apearing on the door, bulging under the creatured strength.

*Bonk* *Bonk* *Crack*

"HELP!"

*Bonk* *Crack* *Bonk*

"Please!"

*CRASH* The door broke in half, the creature storming inside.

"PLEASE!" The creature stormed at her, obviously with murderous intent.

"GRAAAGH!"

"NO!"

*THUNK* *CRACK* And then everything went quiet, leaving the ponies that had woken up in a state of worry and confusion.

"Pinkie?" Miss Cake said, slowly walking down the stairs, heading for the kitchen. The door was completely smashed in half.

"Pinke, dear? Are you all-" When she looked inside, the sight momentarily silenced her.

"-right... Oh dear."

At Applejack's farm...

Everypony at the farm was sound asleep. Granny Smith was snoring loudly, but everypony just slept through it. Yes, everypony was asleep, untill something happened.

*BOOM*

The sound woke Applejack up and that didn't help brighten her mood at all. "Gosh darnit! Ah jus want ta sleep after a hard day of work! Is that too much ta ask?"

*BOOM* Another crash of thunder. But this time, there was no flash of light. And it sounded a lot more like a normal explosion.

"What in tarnation? Fireworks?! If ah catch somepony playing with fireworks in mah orchard..." She got out of bed and grabbed her hat, placing it ontop of her head. She went downstairs and opened the backdoor. When she was outside, she noticed there were no sounds at all, except for the rain and the occasional thunder. Something wasn't right. Normally, there were at least a few critters running around and making noises, but there were no animals to be seen.

"If ah git mah hooves on that pony, ah'll give im a piece of mah mind!" She walked into the orchard towards the source of the explosion. Everything was quiet. Too quiet. It made her uncomfortable and jumpy, making her jump at every sound.

"Stupid storm..." She muttered to herself. She noticed the smell of smoke as she got close to where she thought the explosion came from. It was just outside the orchard, near the Everfree Forest.

"Now where the hay is that pony..." She looked around and soon found the place where the explosion had taken place. And it looked horrible. There was a crater the size of two ponies and the remains of what was once a Timberwolf was spread around it, together with green clumps of... something. It's body was completely torn to pieces, green liquid covering the pieces. This wasn't done by fireworks. No, this was intentional. Somepony intended to kill the Timberwolf, but why?

"What the hay?" She slowly walked forward and noticed another body. This was also a Timberwolf, but it's hind legs and half of it's back was blown of, green liquid flowing out of the gaping wound. There was a trail of green liquid behind the body, as if it was dragged along. It took all her willpower to stop herslef from throwing up at the sight.

"Why would somepony do this? It makes no sense!" If it was done by a pony, she would have been right.

Earlier...

*Pant* *Pant*

Something was chasing the Timberwolves. It wanted them dead. Badly. The Timberwolves stopped to turn towards the silent killer.

"Grrrr..." The taller of the two growled at the creature. The thing just turned it's head towards the Timberwolf, it's empty, soulless eyes staring into the Timberwolves eyes. It suddenly stopped moving confusing the two Timberwolves. At first it just stood there, staring at the Timberwolves intently, it's face stuck in a soundless scream. It took one step forward, and althought it was almost twice as tall as a pony, it didn't make a sound.

"Grrrr...." The Timberwolves growled at the green thing again. It then suddenly shot forward, practicly launching itself at the Timberwolves. It's skin started to swell and move outwards and bright white light started coming from his mouth and eyes.

*BOOM* The creature exploded, part of it's body flying through the air and blowing the two Timberwolves up. One of them was completely torn to shreds while the other lost half of it's body. The latter survived the explosion, dragging itself away from the crater.

The present...

"It makes no sense!" She started walking back, moving away from the horrible scene. When she stepped on a branch and snapping it, she started running. Running like a manticore was on her tail. And all the while a creature just as dangerous had watched everything.

"Heh. Wut strange creaturs are aroind these parts. This might turn oit to be a lut uf fun." It said with a very thick accent. It poked the creature it was sitting on with it's bow.

"Oi, Mandy. Whaddaya say we guh back to oir cave."

"Shrii." The other creature said, turning around and walking deeper into the forest.

"Gut. Cuz we hav sum preparing ta do." The first creature said, it's red glowing eyes growing brighter with excitement.

Cantelot City...

Sharp Shot, a seventeen year old white pegasus with a bow as his cutie mark and with green mane and tail, liked being a guard, but he hated it when he was supposed to do night shifts. Especially at the city walls. And that's exactly what he's doing right now.

"Ugh... There are almost no spots where I can take a quick n- I mean, break!" He really hoped captain Shining Armor wasn't around when he said that. When nopony reacted to him he sighed.

"I'm bored. Nothing exciting ever happens around here!" He yelled, angrily flapping his wings. And just then, the air started pulsing and trembling in front of him.

"What in the hay?" He walked towards the spot where the air started acting up. He was about to poke the air when a long black claw attached to a long black came out of the air, grabbing the ground. A purple glow started coming from the limb and another long claw followed. Not much later a long black creature with long legs and purple glowing eyes stood in front of him. The creature was at least three meters tall. It looked at him, tilting it's head as if it was curious.

"S-stay away! I'll shoot you!" He grabbed hos bow with his wings and place an arrow on it, pointing it at the tall creature. It took a step towards him and reached out to him with it's long, black claws.

"Stop!" He released his grip on the arrow, shooting it at what he assumed was the creature it's torso. As soon as it had hit the creature, it squinted it's eyes in anger and it's eyes started glowing a blood red. It grabbed the arrow, pulled it out and then crushed it in it's claw. It opened his mouth and screamed.

"IIIAAAGGGH!!!" It sounded like a fork scraping over a plate, only fifty times worse. And to his horror, he could see through the back of it's mouth, because there was no back in it's mouth.

"Buck it! I'm out of here!" He started running for his life with the creature following him closely, forgetting he could fly away.

"HELP!" He shouted, his voice cracking. "ANYPONY, HELP!" He kept running and turned a corner, bumping into Swift Kick. He stumbled back a few steps, franticly looking back and forth between the creature and Swift.

"Geez! Watch where you're going! And what's with all the screaming?" Swift said.

"No time to explain! RUN!" He ran past Swift, leaving the brown pegasus in a state of annoyance.

"What the hay are you talking about?!" But Sharp wasn't even paying attention anymore.

"Grough!"

"Wha-" Before Swift could finish talking, a long black claw slammed into his side, sending him flying a good four meters. "The hay are you?!"

"Growaag!" It stormed at him when an arrow zoomed past him, hitting the creature in the chest. "Agck!" Another arrow followed hitting it in the left eye. "Guuuooowg!" The creature grabbed it's head in pain. It then started glowing and dissapeared. Swift looked behind him to see Sharp Shot walk towards him.

"What the hay is going on!" Swift yelled furiously.