It was now the next day and Aeon was now on a extreme want to find out what this new terror was. Aeon saw a group of guards near a house, another killing had happened over the night. Believing that he would find more clues he walked over there.
"Same thing?" Aeon asked.
"Yeah, another pony was killed last night."
Aeon turned his head to see if they were bringing out a body," Where's the body?"
"Everywhere."
"What?"
"Look for yourself then."
When Aeon looked inside he was speechless from what he saw. There was blood all over the walls, floor and ceiling. Smashed organs on the walls with the indication of large red hand prints, intestines were hanging on the ceiling dripping with fresh blood.
"My lord be it thee, may you save us from this monstrosity," Aeon prayed.
"That's not all," The guard said.
Both the guard and Aeon walked inside, under his feet he could feel the squishing of the carpet full of blood. They went into the kitchen of the house and on a picture frame on the wall was the pony's head smashed on it. Its eye balls were hanging down looking at the floor, bits of brain and skull were scattered all over the wall and teeth were on the floor.
Aeon's chest had a heavy pounding; he felt sick to his stomach, he had never came upon a scene of such brutality. Aeon began coughing as if he was going throw up, he ran out of the house and grabbed on to a near by wall. His head felt light and his legs were shaking, feeling weak.
"My god," Aeon said under his heavy breathing.
"Ever since he got here bad things have happened," One mare said talking to another.
"I know it's like if he's some kind of omen, first those gargoyles now this," The other mare responded.
Aeon over heard them and began to think that this is happening because of his presence here, that everything he's done in the past has came back to pay their debt. He composed himself and began heading towards Twilight's place; on the way there he thought that whatever this thing was it was out of blood.
Coming upon Twilight's house he looked into the window and saw Cranky Doodle talking to Twilight.
"This lizard thing has been causing nothing but trouble Twilight, we need to convince the princess to banish him from here," He said to her.
"And for what reason?! If he didn't come back to fight against those gargoyle things we all would have been torn apart," She responded being rational.
"It's been a year and now something else has came to Ponyville trying to drown us in fear and death, and I think it's because of his presence," He added.
"Well you can't prove that, why cause he's different, cause he comes from a different place?" She asserted.
"That and there's just something about him, something that he's hiding from every pony, something he keeps in the shadows, it's something that makes me think he's not what he seems to be," He confessed.
"He has no home left, he's the last of his kind, and this place is all he knows now, so what difference does it make just because he's not a pony or a colt, Spike's a dragon and you don't complain about him."
"Well Spike's been here all his life, that zenthian has only been here for a year, and trouble's stirring up again and it's scaring every pony, so take that into account Twilight, do you care more about this zenthian or the safety of Ponyville?"
"Well if you want to banish him, then do it yourself because he's my friend and I can't," She remarked.
"Fine that's your choice, but when this monster you call a friend stabs you in the back don't come to me saying I was right," He addressed harshly heading towards the door.
Aeon overheard the conversation and began to feel mistrusted of them becoming suspicious of him, but he knew if they found out about his full past they wouldn't see Aeon, they would only see a monster.
Cranky Doodle opened the door and saw Aeon, he said nothing and passed him only giving him a look. Aeon went inside to speak with Twilight.
"You overheard that didn't you?" She stated.
"Yes I did but thanks for sticking up for me Twilight, I really appreciate that," Aeon softly remarked.
"Every pony thinks that you're some kind of demon that has only brought danger upon us."
He sighed, "I know."
"But I know you're not," She turned herself to face him," Cause you care a lot about everyone and I know you do those things that has been happening recently," She gave a little smile.
"I heard that they're going to try and banish me, but just like I said before I'm not going anywhere."
"Yeah, but enough of that I found a book on ancient tales and myths, I think this could help us find out what this thing is."
"Let's just hope that," Aeon addressed.
Twilight used her magic to lift the book and bring to each other. She opened it turning its old pages, the book had tales of every race from all over the world.
" Wow, just look at all these old tales from all over the place it's just mind blowing," She said in astonishment.
"Wait! I think I saw something," Aeon stopped her from flipping the pages.
"What is it?" She said in a worried yet curious tone.
He flipped one page back over her shoulder and came upon a two page section with drawings of every kind of zenthian but these looked different, they had long claws, spiked tails, white eyes, and a dark grey skin.
"These zenthians look so different from what they're usually described as," Twilight said looking at the picture," Do you know what they are?"
"They were what we were before our instinctual feral side," Aeon answered.
"Feral? What do you mean by that?"
"When the world was first formed zenthains were all over the world but as creatures that acted on instinct, but as time went on and the other races couldn't handle their ferocity they captured all the zenthains and put them on an island covered by fog. That soon came to be called Lacerta by us as we began to learn from each other becoming thinking creatures," He explained.
"Really?"
"Yes, it's said that even some of the strongest of warriors can't take down a feral zenthain."
"But how did your kind get to the state it is, well was now?"
"No one really knows, as time went on our feral side became forgotten," Aeon touched his black stripe that went down his back," Yet we always know it's there with the black stripe down our backs."
"I can't believe that just looking at these pictures then looking at you, it's almost as if I'm looking at a completely different creature."
"I know but let's keep on searching."
While Twilight and Aeon searched through the book, the sun had set and the night fell upon Ponyville for death shall come in the night. It was silent and it gave an uneasy presence in Ponyville.
Heading out working late was Fancy Pants with Fleur with him heading to Rarity's to see her new project. He was looking sharp as usual with his suit, tie and monocle. They were both walking under the moonlight with not a care in the world.
"I must say, the moonlight is quite lovely," He said to Fleur.
"Why yes it is," She replied. They kept on walking, then they heard a sound.
"Did you hear that?" Fancy Pants said in unease.
"Yes, I did it sounded like chains rattling and dragging."
"I know," He stopped and looked into an ally way right next to them think that there was someone there.
"Come on Fancy Pants let's keep moving I don't like being out here," Fleur fretted.
"You go on ahead I'll catch up," He insisted and looked deeper into the alley way," Hello?"
Fancy Pants began to turn around but then he heard a sound again, he turned his head and in the blink of an eye a large hook at the end of a chain came down. Its tip stabbed right through the top of his skull killing him instantly; he fell lifeless and was quickly dragged into the alley way.
Fleur came back to the alley to see if fancy pants was okay," Fancy Pants... Fancy Pants where are you?"
She looked in the alley way from where she was standing but couldn't see a thing. then falling down in front of her was Fancy Pants' dead body hanging on a chain. His eyes were limp, blood was running down the hook and there was a huge hole in his chest where his heart was. Fleur screamed at the top of her lungs seeing that Fancy Pants was dead.
Yet that wasn't the last of it, she heard a chewing sound then a swallow behind the body. Standing behind it was the figure with its blank red eyes staring at her. Fleur was so enthralled with fear that she was too afraid to move, she shook intensely wanting to beg it for mercy but looking into its eyes it would give no mercy.
It opened its mouth slightly having a slight glow it revealed its long, slender and sharp teeth. Creating a crooked tooth smile, it reached out its arm towards her. Its arm was black with long thin fingers and claws with a chain welded to its fore arm.
At that moment she attempted to run but the figure was too quick and grabbed her by the tail. It had the strength equivalent twenty bears, picking her up like a rag doll and swinging her into a wall. She fell down, then it picked her picked her up and swung her again breaking her spine. It did this again and again until her blood immensely stained the walls.
then the merciless beast dropped her and Fancy Pants leaving them to become a feast for the rats. The figure crept away slowly into the night leaving death in its tracks and staining its hands with blood once more.
Aeon searched vigorously through the book but found nothing of what the others described this thing to be.
"There's nothing here," Aeon bellowed," There is nothing!"
He threw the book across the room in defeat.
"then we should get the others and discuss this matter," Twilight gave note of.
"We should... let's go."