Ponyville Incident

by no sh*t sherlock

Twilights Journal: Entries 6-9

Canterlot Archive File# 381056: Physical data relating to Ponyville Incident. Journal entries entail Twilight Sparkle's view of the events leading to May 1st, 2xxx. Physical data recovered from building 01, previously known as Ponyville Library.

Journal Entry 06- Return Home–– 27 Days Before Incident

There is a lot to get to in this entry so I think I'll just start in Canterlot. I spent nearly two days searching for information on the animal. Fortunately for me I'm pretty much granted unrestricted access to the archive's files. Regardless it still was difficult finding any information on him. I had gone through dozens books on Equestrian wildlife, unexplained animal sightings and even books on pony myths. Still I was unsuccessful. That was until a couple hours after lunch on the second day. I decided to take a short break and I looked around for something interesting to read. After reading a couple books on Changeling history, I figured I should read up on the old Gryphon kingdoms as well. Thats when I found something worth looking into. There was a short passage about a Gryphon village that was destroyed a few years after Nightmare Moon was banished. Surviving witnesses reported many different things. Some say they saw a glowing white alicorn, others saw a dragon. However there was just one account of someone who reported seeing a different type of animal. They described it as a cat like animal as large as a house with a long tail. One of their exact words were "something from legend." Now that might have been a little vague, but it was the closest thing I had. I started checking books about Gryphon myths and legends and a few hours later I had something. I found a short passage in a mythology book about something called the Blind Terror. This thing was described almost exactly how the witness did, expect for two things. The book said that the Blind terror was not only blind, but had no eyes whatsoever. I thought that this was it, that I finally had breakthrough. But then I kept reading. He was also described as having large fan-like ears to counter his blindness. The animal in my basement had no ears. This was getting me nowhere. At that point I closed the books and got on the next train home. But, unfortunately I found no comfort there either.

Spike was no where to be found when I entered the house. I called and called and when I got not answer I feared something terrible might have happened. I rushed down stairs expecting the worse and what I got was not far off The lab was a mess. Chairs and tables had been broken and tossed across the room, broken glass covered the floor and torn wires sparked on top of them. Thankfully the lights were still on, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to see him. He was crawling around on the row of pipes on the wall. He was "looking" right at me. Even from far away I could tell he was bigger by at least seven or eight inches. His pits seemed enlarged. He intimidated me, but I knew I couldn't leave the lab in its current state.

The entire time I cleaned he never turned away from me. He made no moves or signs of aggression, but I still remained wary of him. Eventually Spike came down and explained to me what happened. My best guess is that the sense of the sudden materialization of the letter through his pits frightened him. I didn't blame Spike, but I knew with the unpredictability of the letters that I couldn't have Spike down here anymore. He understood perfectly and gladly left the basement.

As soon as the basement was cleaned he jumped down. He is now about half as tall as I am, but with his tail he is much longer. Also there seems to be some developments starting in the end of his tail. I'll watch closely and have more on this later.

Journal Entry 07- Tail ––19 Days Before Incident

The tail of this animal is becoming very frightening. Over the last week I've watched the last bit of it flatten out and curve into a jagged trianglar point. His tail is powerful enough to knock over desks and chairs if he chooses. Additionally the end of it is clearly very sharp. I have noticed that him brushing it even lightly against and object leaves a deep scrape. He also seems to have more control over it than other animals. I am definitely not going near him with that around.

Also I've noticed that he doesn't move his food into his water as much as he used to. I figured that he might have teeth coming in and sure enough I was right. On a yawn I saw his jaw open to what looked to me like an incredible 180 degrees. Im pretty sure I could see the smallest bit of a tooth peeking through his gums. If he does have teeth on the way he will most likely be consuming even more food. Currently he goes through a 25lb bag of food in about two days. This amount has been steadily increasing over the past few weeks to fuel his massive growth spurts. In maybe a month I predict that he'll be eating 50lbs in a day.

Spike still isn't coming down to the lab. He helps with his food, but he won't even go near the basement door. Im glad he's being so cautious. I couldn't stand to see him hurt even on accident.

On a last note he's grown about another foot and a half bringing him in at around six feet or so. He's a big guy.

Journal Entry 08- I Was Wrong–– 11 Days Before Incident

I woke up in the middle of the night a few days ago to a loud constant rattle. It was coming from the basement. I went down there and saw that the animal was gnawing on a pipe on the ceiling. When he turned to me I could see the shiny white tips of teeth coming through.

There are so many of them! There has to be at least 200 of the small little things. So many of them in his mouth make him look frightening. I was about to retreat when I guess he sensed it was me. He closed his mouth and jumped down with a loud thud.

His new teeth have greatly raised his appetite and thus proved my previous prediction wrong. Yesterday he ate nearly 75 pounds of food and washed it down with three gallons of water. Hes grown about two more feet since my last entry. It truly is amazing.

I know that soon he will be too big to stay in my basement. Maybe in a week or so I'll invite Fluttershy over and fill her in very slowly on the situation. I know she probably won't want to take him, but I'm hoping that she'll at least know a private place where I can keep him.

As a reminder to myself: He sliced a cable bundle with his tail and about 1/4 of the basements lights are out. I need to replace immediately.

Journal Entry 09- Selfishness–– 24 Hours Before Incident

This is the last entry in this journal. I've been doing some thinking over the past few days and I've realized the horrible thing I'm doing. I've had a complete change of heart and I feel so guilty about it. I thought about how Fluttershy would react to seeing this animal. Once I thought past her initial frightened reaction I realized that she'd be appalled at how he has been treated.

I've taken an infant animal, that I know nothing about, from its habitat and maybe it's family. He is nearly ten feet long and I've kept him basically a prisoner for around two months now in my tiny basement laboratory. He hardly has any room to move at all now. I've been feeding him food that I deemed okay for him while I have no idea what his natural diet would be.

I've been so selfish, thinking only about the things I could learn from him without considering his well being. I'm not going to bring Fluttershy in. I can't keep him against his will anymore. Tomorrow night I'll try to sneak him back to the Ever Free forest. Sneaking around with a ten foot long, which about six feet of which is his tail, won't be easy, but I'll do my best. Tomorrow I'll try to redeem my wrongdoings. Tomorrow I'll set him free.

~Twilight Sparkle

End of Canterlot Archive File #381056