Chapter 3
The immense amount of ponies now crowding the platform of Ponyville made Hornet slightly uncomfortable.
He was not used to being around ponies, and the hatred he had for them made it even worse.
The only possible thing he could find positive in a situation like this, would be all the love he could feed off of.
Remembering that, he suddenly realized he had not fed in a long while.
If he ran out of energy, it would mean his disguise would wear off too.
He looked down at his hooves.
Luckily, he was still a pony.
He had this feeling though, that it would not last long.
His hunger was building up, and he felt powerless.
His mouth was dry, and he shivered.
When he looked back down at his hooves, he could see them slowly changing back to their original state.
"How could this have happened so fast?" He thought to himself.
He panicked, and desperately looked around for a suitable pony to suck some love from.
As he looked back at the train station, he was baffled to see that all the ponies had left.
He could swear that they were all there just minutes ago.
His fur was slowly changing color.
The holes that were previously in his hooves was returning too.
He quickly hid in a nearby alley, just next to an overly pink candy shop.
The transformation was almost complete now.
The only thing that was yet to change back was his wings.
A few trash cans stood next to place he was hiding.
"If there is anything that I can use to hide my face in those cans, it would be worth it to get my hooves dirty,"
he mumbled silently.
He checked that no one was watching.
Once he was confident that the coast was clear, he started raiding the trash cans for loot.
As he was emptying the trash cans, he was disappointed to find nothing of interest.
Luckily, there was still one left.
At the bottom of the last can, he finally found something he could use; a dark brown cloak.
"This is perfect!" He screamed out in excitement, forgetting that others could hear him.
He put the cloak on, and dragged over his head, creating a hood.
There were a lot of ponies in the streets, so he had to keep a low profile.
He silently sneaked out of his cover, and started searching for somepony to feed off of.
The first thing he found was a restaurant, something of which he thought was a good target.
He grinned slightly as he made his way towards the restaurant seemingly full of ponies.
He stepped inside and sneaked his way past the butlers.
As he went upstairs he was excited to find that there were a lot of ponies that looked to be couples.
This was the perfect opportunity for Hornet.
He closed his eyes and started feeding.
The ponies in the restaurant did not seem to notice, which made it even easier for him.
As he was sucking the love out of the bodies of the ponies, he started feeling empowered and energetic.
When he was finished, he slowly licked his lips and started moving towards the exit.
As he stepped outside, he remembered that he had to disguise himself again.
He tried transforming into the one he had copied earlier, but was not able to.
He was slightly annoyed, but thought no more of it, since he knew that he could just find another one to copy.
Hornet had always been very picky when it came to choosing who to copy.
A black coated pegasus caught his attention, and so he flew after it.
He had to be sure that no one was watching while he copied the pony, so he kept following it until he was sure that they were alone.
The black pegasus flew into the woods; the perfect place for Hornet to do his stuff.
As soon as the pegasus landed, Hornet jumped down from a tree and knocked it out.
He quickly copied it`s form and hid the body beneath a tree.
He also ensured that the body was covered up by placing some branches and moss over it.
A tiny river was flowing down trough the woods, right next to Hornet.
He went over to it and looked at his reflection.
Apparently the black pegasus he had copied had yellow eyes and a grey mane.
The appearance was nothing impressive to Hornet, but it was not something he could not live with.
The only thing he admired was the wings.
He took some water from the river and drank it.
As he finished drinking it, he took off and flew back to Ponyville.
He had focused so much on finding something to feed on that he had almost forgot the task he had been given.
"I guess I will have to ask somepony in town if they know the location of Twilight Sparkle`s house."
He said to himself as he soared above the big forest.
As Ponyville began coming into view, some clouds were collecting above hornet.
A few raindrops started hitting him.
He did not want to get his fur wet, so he sped up.
As his hooves hit the ground, he was relieved to find that the clouds were moving away.
He looked around to see if there was anypony who could tell him the location of Twilight Sparkle.
A yellow coated mare was moving his way, so he thought that he might as well ask her.
"Hello there," he said.
The pony just stood there.
It looked down in embarrassment, and hid it`s face behind it`s long, pink mane.
"Uhm... hello?" He said again, trying to communicate.
"Oh, uhm, hello." The light yellow pony answered.
"Tell me, do you know the location of Twilight Sparkle`s home?" Hornet asked.
"Well, uhm, it`s right over there." she replied.
Hornet looked over in the direction the mare pointed, and thanked her for the help.
He made his way towards the house.
As he pushed in the doorbell, loud noises could be heard from inside the building.
A few seconds later, the wooden door swung up, and out came a lavender-coated unicorn, magically making a book float in the air in front of her.
She smiled at him and said:
"Was there anything you wanted?"
"Well, can we be friends, please?" He answered, smiling sheepishly.
The pony looked at him, slightly confused by the looks of it.
Hornet remembered that he was horrible at making friends.
"I mean... uh... Can I come in?" He said, trying to convince her.
She gave him an ugly look, and slowly closed the door.