Why hello! I am the narrator. I am here to tell you the tale of an unlikely hero, a stallion of the name Tellis Argonis. Strange name, I know. But he’s one of the greatest ponies you’ll ever meet, and has one of the most bizarre cutie marks in all of Equestria…

It is night, it’s about to storm over the Everfree Forest, but that isn’t the setting quite yet, the actual setting is two hours back, just outside of Ponyville. Tellis (a darkened lavender Earth pony with a white mane) was leaning up against a fence post while enjoying the last of his food, a daisy sandwich with pickles, mmhmh .As he enjoyed his meal, he watched Celestia lower the sun another day. He adjusted his light-blue do-rag (I know, amazing, right?), and then, chomped down on the last bit of his sandwich and then thought about his new life in Ponyville that he was about to start tomorrow.

He decided to go to his little shack in the woods just inside of Everfree Forest, where he was living until he could find a house in Ponyville. It wasn’t too terrible, I mean it had basic creature comforts, a warm bed, and storage space, there was a water pump outside, and it weathered well against the elements. As he walks inside his humble dwelling, he noticed that something was off. He’d been robbed! The small cupboard that he stashed his bag of bits was empty!

“Awwww! Just great, that’s just real perfect, now who would take a pony’s cash like that? Cmon!” After groaning over his lost funds for a time, Tellis realized something; he doesn’t have any money to pay for a house in Ponyville now!

His irritation turned into rage now. Shouting swears that would make fillies cry as he flailed about, he accidentally smashed the firefly lamp on the small table next to him, making it dark and cutting his foreleg, which he rubbed with the other to soothe the small but painful scratch and slightly damaged his dark(not too dark) brown jacket . He couldn’t sleep, now with the

weight of the lost bits on his mind. He decided to go outside, which was a good idea because the shack wasn’t as sturdy as he thought, and it collapsed when he slammed the door, oops.

It was night now. Luna really outdid herself tonight, the moon shone brightly enough to see well in the dark forest. Tellis wasn’t scared of the creatures that lived in the forest,or so he thought. He walked down a path, angrily grumbling to himself until he reached a small clearing, where the moonlight shone the brightest. There were several boulders covered in thick moss at the center of the area, which Tellis decided to lean up against to ease his troubled mind. The moss was soft, and it calmed Tellis down a bit as he closed his eyes and sighed. Then, suddenly there was rustling in the bushes nearby.

”Oh, what now?” Tellis asked himself. He was quickly answered by several raccoons that jumped out of the bush.

Ah, just some raccoons-huh? Tellis noticed that one of the raccoons was pointing at something in the opposite direction he was facing. When he turned, he saw one of the biggest timberwolves he had ever seen!

“Oh, hay…” Tellis calmly said as the timberwolf howled as loud as he could, signaling his nearby kin. Tellis bolted from the clearing and he noticed that storm clouds were rolling in awfully fast. He decided to head back into town if he were to escape the timberwolves unscathed. There were several chasing him now, but he had a good ten feet lead on them.

“Hooves, don’t fail me now!” Tellis shouted as he ran out of the forest, onto the road to Ponyville, the timberwolves not far behind. While rushing to town in a most urgent manner, Tellis ran into a metal trash can at the edge of town, making a racket and causing him to fall down. He was too scared to feel his bruised knee as he lay on the ground looking behind him. He saw that the timberwolves were backing up a bit! It must have been the trashcan! He picked up the lid in his teeth and flung it at the trashcan, making more noise, scaring the timberwolves back further. He then bucked the can, making the biggest noise of all! This scared the timberwolves completely away, allowing Tellis to breathe easy for a second. But the peace didn’t last, for the Ponyville resident that lived at the nearby house came outside, “What’s all that racket, now? Wha-my trashcan!”

“Sorry miss! I’ll pay for it, I promise!” Tellis called out as he ran into town…

While in the middle of town, Tellis didn’t see anywhere to sleep, and it was about to rain. But then he spied a much better option than standing in the rain all night, the book sign that hung on the library.

“Aha, the library! I bet I could sleep there!” Tellis reasoned to nopony in particular. As Tellis walked over to the library, he saw that the thunder and clouds had gotten louder and thicker. The door was locked, darn. That never stopped Tellis before, after looking around a bit, he pulled a lock pick out from his jacket pocket(pockets, the greatest things ever) with his teeth,”Nefvher leaf home wiffou ih.” Tellis said through gritted teeth as he picked the lock to the library.

Inside, Twilight Sparkle was lying in bed, sleeping soundly when a massive crash of thunder violently woke her up with a shout.

“Ahh! Spike, are you awake?” the small, purple dragon stirred slightly in his sleep. ”Well, nothing wakes you up, does it, Spike?” Still no reply from the slumbering dragon, Twilight sighed as she got up out of bed. She couldn’t get back to sleep now, so she decided to go downstairs and read until she could get to sleep.

Tellis heard the creaking of the boards upstairs, and he realized how deep he was in it if he was discovered. He rushed into the next room as swiftly and as quietly as possible and he thought, Oh, Celestia, give me a break! He held his breath as the building’s guard reached the bottom of the stairs. He was more focused on not being caught, but he saw that this building was more like a house than a—his thoughts were interrupted by the guard suddenly walking in the kitchen. Tellis was hiding in the far corner, behind a coat rack. He heard the guard say something like “But first…” and heard a fridge open. He got slightly lower and that was his mistake because when he did, his hind hooves gave out from under him while he was leaning up against the wall, knocking over the coat rack and falling over as well.  

As she magically manipulated the light switch to turn on, the guard shouted, “What the?! Who are you?!”

Tellis tried to respond, “Miss, I know what this loo—“

“Burglar! Spike! Call the police; get help, sompony, and help!” The guard was frantically yelling, as Tellis stood up, the guard shouted, “OH, no you don’t!” and conjured a magical bubble around Tellis’s head. He couldn’t breathe, he gasped and gasped for air, but it was useless. Seconds later, he passed out, banging his head on the kitchen’s center island on the way down.

Now there wasn’t any real police force in Ponyville, there was hardly a sheriff, and the neighborhood watch was useless, as you saw. So Twilight just tied the intruder up with some rope that was in the closet (well, where do you store your rope?) and left him in the middle of the library floor, unconscious.

“Well, what do we do with him, Twilight?” Spike asked while scratching the top of his head and yawning.

“I suppose we should turn him in to Sheriff Six Shooter tomorrow.”  Twilight answered, “But I want to see something first…his cutie mark, what is it?” The burglar’s cutie mark looked strange indeed; it looked a little bit like a blue two-headed snake that had a magical aura around it. It really was bizarre. If she didn’t have a book about it, she would have to ask him what it was, while he rots in prison.

Five minutes later, the Burglar began to wake up. “What the- He shouldn’t be awake! “Spike shouted when the Burglar opened an eye.

“Just can’t catch a break…” The Burglar groaned as he sat up.

“But-but-I used… and you-“Twilight stammered out.

“Yeah, thanks for that, I really appreciate the brain damage “The Burglar Grumbled back trying to reach his head with his tied up hooves. “Well, maybe that I'm tied up, you'll feel like talking, I guess." He got up into a seated position on the floor

"Wait, but how are you awake? I mean, I don’t see how that’s possible. Tell me! “Twilight demanded.

The Burglar answered "Well, if it makes you happy… Ponies have always said I had a thick skull, and I used to live near the ocean, where I swam my little heart out, all day, every day. I just pretended to pass out, just didn't expect to slam into that counter in there."

"Island, “Twilight corrected.

"Whatever. Now about that conversation..."The Burglar coolly continued

"You're kidding, right?" Twilight asked her captive with a raised eyebrow.

"Well, yeah, at least let me tell you why I was here before you try to choke me out again!" The Burglar snapped.

Tellis tried to explain to a disbelieving Twilight that he was at the library looking for a place to sleep, which he was, but, as you know, that sounded like a very unbelievable story to begin with. And to make matters worse. He does kind of look slightly like a burglar himself, with the scratches and dirt on his clothes and everything. Tellis also told Twilight his name, and the events leading up to the present, including an unnecessary recount of his capture.

“Well, “Twilight said,” If you’re telling the truth, which I doubt it, then 1: you are dumber than you look. 2: why come to a library to sleep? And 3: you’re going to pay that pony for that trashcan.”

The rain was pouring down like little bees were falling from the sky now.

“Well, coming here seemed like a good idea at the time…”Tellis Innocently said.

“Well, it was a bad idea,” Twilight said as she went to the kitchen to get that food she was trying to get earlier. She returned to the main room with an apple and said, “Well, I guess you are free to go, in the morning though. As punishment for breaking into my home, I’ll just leave you tied up until then. I should just throw you out in the rain, but I’m feeling charitable

“Ai ya… well that’s just perfect, “Tellis complained.

“Hey, I could call Sheriff Shooter at any time, “Twilight had a devious look on her face.

“Hold on, now we don’t have to do anything rash, well, more rash than before.” Tellis raised his bound hooves defensively as he said this.

Well, where did you say you were from, again?” Twilight questioned her prisoner, “And about that cutie mark…”

“What, this thing? Well, I’m not quite sure, but I was told that it’s a symbol of great importance in the land or some other crap by this old mare I passed by on my way to Ponyville, I wasn’t paying that much attention to her. Why do you want to know, anyways? And where I’m from isn’t important right now. So could you please not ask again?”

Twilight answered “Okay...Well, I’ve never seen something like that before, and I certainly haven’t read anything about that before. Wel,I just can’t leave you here alone. Spike… Spike! Wake up Spike!!”Twilight smacked the dragon on the top of his head.

Spike groggily lifted his head from the couch “Ow! Huh? What? Twilight is that guy-“

“Spike, I need you to watch our friend until morning, got it? “Twilight ordered Spike.

“Aww, do I have to?” Spike asked with a yawn.

“Yes, Spike you do, I have a really busy day tomorrow and I need to go back to sleep.”

Spike angrily stamped back over to the couch and sat down, “You know, Twilight should have-" Tellis was sleeping soundly on the floor. “Ah, forget it.”