Fluttershy let out a cry and fell out of bed. Gaining her bearings, she turned on the light to better see her assailant. Upon the bed sat an excited bunny trying to get her attention.
"Angel, don't scare me like that," she admonished, in a tone she rarely ever used.
Angel began flailing his arms.
"Oh, there's someone at the door?"
Angel nodded.
Without another word Fluttershy flew downstairs, with Angel hopping just behind. She opened the door to see - nothing. A quick tug on her mane led Fluttershy to look to Angel, who pointed ahead. On the ground, peering up at her, was a small furry animal.
"Oh, aren't you just the cutest thing," she cooed.
She gathered the creature up into her forelegs and brought him inside. After making him comfortable, she began searching her library. After an hour, she came across an entry. "Oh, you must be an mogwai. There's a picture in this book, but no description on how to care for you."
The creature continued to look at her expectantly.
"Well, it's two o'clock in the morning," she observed. "You must be starving. How about a small dinner, then a nice bath before going to bed?"
In Fluttershy's defense.... when does "after midnight" end? Like sometimes for school and stuff I'll get up at like 6am and have breakfast, so would it be OK to feed a mogwai then?... sorry this doesn't really ad to anything, these are just the questions that always bug me
Anyway, great chapter I look forward to these everyday and will be sad to see it end soon.
9904377
Yeah, I've always thought the whole "after midnight" thing was kind of weird. I mean, in the old days you used to set your clocks based on the sun. Then they came up with time zones. So, your true midnight might actually come earlier or later than what the clock says. Plus, what's so special about midnight? It's always past midnight somewhere, just as it's always "five o'clock" somewhere.
Alas, all good things.... Wrapping up this story will allow me time to work on some of my other unpublished ideas and stories I haven't completed. Speaking of which, I plan on updating Robot Pony on a semi-regular basis. Also, I've only gone through 31 of my ideas and I've been toying with the idea of doing a Nightmare Night II next year.
Dreadnought
Great tribute to "Gremlins".
9904392
Oh yeah. I never knew what "after midnight" was supposed to mean. Technically, the entire day is after midnight so I have no idea exactly when after midnight is supposed to be. Like 5 minutes after midnight? Is 2 or 5 okay? Not to mention what you were saying about how they set clocks back then. If the legend is old enough then it gets real complicated if it was written before daylight savings.