//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 (Edited) // Story: What creature is that? // by lonelywhitefox //------------------------------// The forgotten is found. Twilight and her friends had been going through the trials that Nightmare Moon had continued setting in their path. She wondered why the only thing that could have stopped her was in the most dangerous forest of Equestria. They had finally gotten passed the challenges, walking up to the nearly decayed ruins of the Castle of Two Sisters. They were trying their best to find the Elements of Harmony, while avoiding Nightmare Moon. This proved to be pretty difficult, as Nightmare Moon seemed to be at every corner. They finally found the Elements, though unfortunately there were only five. Whilst this was enough for them, there was a sixth item that Nightmare had grabbed, thinking it had held the sixth element. Inside of the egg the being was wondering how much time had passed since he had finally felt the step meter start up again, rocking him somewhat inside of the container. Soon he could have sworn he felt his egg hit against the container he was in as if it was dropped. He had felt something try to pick him up before taking what seemed to be a third attempt before they succeeded. He felt the step meter dropping down at a quick rate, and as he got closer he could swear he heard people talking around him. The main sister was walking out of the forest with the princesses. Celestia was not sure what was in the box that Nightmare had tried to keep though it seemed to have some old charms on it that hadn't been used in centuries. That was when her eyes went wide as they exited the forest and the charms that were to warn her and Luna went off on the box. The egg had let out a mental sigh as the darkness surrounding him started brighten up Celestia had thrown open the box containing the silver egg to see that it had started to glow. She was very fearful of what it could be, as rather than cracking, to her surprise the egg started changing in shape until it had finally stopped glowing and let out a loud yawn as the light dyed down. The Main six were all looking at the strange creature with their mouths wide open, because in place of the egg there now sat a small, metallic-looking animal. It was no more than a foot tall, its head was almost the size of the creature's body and as he opened his eyes they were light red. He was enjoying his new look as he looked over his newly formed body. His legs and stomach were a pale green while his back and head looked to be mostly made of iron with two holes for his eyes and a couple of smaller holes dotting his body. The Aron was surprised though when he looked up. Rather than seeing the creature composed of a mixture of animals that had brought him here, there seemed to a bright white horse-like creature with a mane that looked more like it belonged on someone who couldn't choose what color to dye their hair. It wasn't until he looked around that he noticed that he was not only in what seemed to be in a box that was larger than himself, but many of the horse creatures towered over him. Almost instinctively the first thing he did was to use Harden, which to Celestia and the group only made it look like his metal became clearer. He was about to take in a breath to use Screech when he heard the yellow pegasus. Fluttershy spoke a motherly tone of voice, "Everyone back up you're scaring the poor thing!" which surprised most of her friends. They did as she asked, however, as Fluttershy lightly flew over lightly petting him as she said in a soft and calm voice, "It's okay little guy, come on, you must be hungry after just hatching. Let's see if we can find out what you eat," she said. This was an even bigger surprise to himself. This softly spoken pony had not only just deescalated what could have been a very bad situation, but then she had gone straight into a motherly role. Thinking it would be best to play along for now to find out where he was he gave a slight nod before he started to climb out of the box. With a soft thump his metal body hit the ground. Starting to follow the yellow pegasus' lead, he also noticed that the purple looking one was giving him what he thought was the most frightening look ever. It was the look he had seen from some very enthusiastic people who wanted to dissect frogs in high school had. "Note to self - stay as far away from the purple one as humanly possible." While Fluttershy was leading away the new creature Celestia turned to the group before moving over to Twilight and the rest of her friends. "Twilight I will need you and your friends to watch over this new creature. It is completely unknown to us and I would like you to send me letters on what you find out about it," Celestia had told the five of them in a light tone trying her best not to show that the creature worried her. "We will not let you down Princess Celestia we will be sure that everything that is needed will be learned from the new species." Twilight said with a large grin and eyes that sparkled while she thought about studying the creature. Rainbow and Applejack were rolling their eyes at Twilight's behavior, though Pinkie Pie was gone in a puff of smoke - either to go set up the party she had already planned or to add on more to it. Meanwhile the yellow pegasus had made it back to what Aron could only guess was her home. He was guessing pony was a female from the sound of her voice, and he was not too surprised to see there seemed to be more animals at this house than there might have been in his home town. That was when he saw what seemed to be a little white bunny half jumping and half walking toward them. it gave Aron a look that would rival a Mean look. He was further surprised by the chattering sound of the animal he heard of the creature as it start talking in full sentences. "Fluttershy, what did I tell you about bringing strange things home with you? You also forgot to set out the food before heading off to the celebration!" the little bunny had yelled almost loud enough to be mistaken for a Loudred rather than a small bunny. "Well at least I am not the one who is going to lose their voice from yelling." Aron mumbled to himself, and the bunny then started glaring at him. It walked over to him and did what he thought was the dumbest thing he had seen. Fluttershy was a bit sad when she saw Angel Bunny upset again. Then she heard the new animal make a long almost scratchy like cry although the pitch seemed low. Fluttershy then saw Angel going in to try and do what he usually did - he tried kicking the animal's leg, she tried to stop him, but his foot made contact. Rather than the new animal getting hurt, Angel started jumping around holding his leg. "Yeah very smart idea bunny. Try and kick the creature that is made of metal, because you know that will definitely work," Aron said, rolling his eyes Angel gave him another glare before responding with, "Well buck you too then. I at least can be held." Angel stuck out his tongue at him as he was picked up by Fluttershy, who was still a bit confused as to what the misunderstanding between the two animals could be. After Fluttershy had wrapped Angel's leg, she sat him on the couch. There was a knock on the door, and as she went to answer it Aron tried talking with the bunny again. "It seems we might have gotten off on the wrong paw here. How about we just do a back and forth seeing where it goes?" he said calmly to Angel bunny who reluctantly agreed. At the door there had been the rest of the main six. Fluttershy shutting the door behind her stepping outside to talk with her friends before lightly asking, "H-hello girls I-i didn't expect you to show up until tomorrow." "Darling we had to come and check on you after you had left with that unknown animal," Rarity said lightly giving a light smile and thinking of how the new creature had an interesting design. "Plus we needed to make sure ya had that little critter under control since it is even a mystery to the princesses," Applejack said as she was looking around to make sure the critter wasn't doing anything it shouldn't be. "Oh no, it has been perfectly fine. He just ran into Angel bunny when we showed up and Angel bunny hurt himself trying to kick him," Fluttershy said timidly, her sentence trailing off almost to a whisper. "Oh my buck I really wish I could have seen that." Rainbow Dash said between laughing and falling on her back thanking Celestia that the little demon had finally got some payback for being such a pain in the flank. Missing from the group was a certain purple unicorn who had sneaked into the cabin without Fluttershy noticing. She could see that the little Aron seemed to have some kind of chat with Angel Bunny. When Angel saw heard the door open he looked over thinking it was Fluttershy but saw it was her new friend who seemed to eyeing the little metal guy. "Hey thought I might as well give you a running start. Something big and purple just came into the house use that knowledge as you wish," Angel said in a very monotone voice as he didn't care one way or the other. The second Aron heard Angel say the word purple he had quickly turned around to see the one he was really hoping to avoid trying to tip-hoof over to him. He started running faster than he thought his little legs could go, still almost tripping over himself since he was not used to running on all fours. Right behind him was the purple pony right on his non existent tail. He quickly looped around the room before making a lunge under the couch, hoping the sound of metal hitting against wood might draw Fluttershy's attention from outside. Fluttershy had turned around with her friends as they heard the loud bang coming from inside. Her friends looked a bit worried by the sound. Fluttershy quickly ran inside to see Twilight dragging out a struggling Aron from beneath the couch with magic. "Twilight, what in Equestria are you doing to that pour dear? You put him down right now!" Fluttershy had said with a very stern voice giving her a stare that made Aron think she knew Glare. The magic that Twilight's was holding Aron with faded as he had quickly scurried under the couch to avoid the inevitable yelling that it seemed Fluttershy was just about to give to Twilight. He could see that the others behind Fluttershy were trying to calming her down, and it wasn't until they said that the Princess told them to watch him that she finally calmed down enough to stop chewing Twilight's ear off. Height:1'2 (Under average) Weight: 132 lb (Around average) Ability:Unknown Moves known:Screech, tackle, harden, and others unknown