“So it should happen in about two-and-a-half months?” Spike asked sitting on the ledge of a building with Venom’s head protruding from his chest. It was late into the night and they weren’t worried about being spotted.
”Precisely, however I’m confused on why you’re concerned about this.” Venom said narrowing his eyes. Spike just shrugged.
“After going over what you have told me the main reason that they caused problems for you and your previous host is because he wasn’t prepared for them cause you neglected to inform him of them at least for the first one. The others was due to your stubbornness to cooperate with them. Especially the one with the wings.” Spike shoot a look at the head of his partner who just looked the other way.
“I admit it was a bit of a brash decision on our part, but at the time it seemed nessecary.” The symbiote defended. Spike just shook his head.
“No reason dwelling on it now. Let’s go swinging around for abit.” Spike said standing up as Venom spread across forming into their suit. They dropped of the roof and shot a web at a distant building and began to swing from building to building. After awhile they swung on the side of a tall office building and took a look at them selves. An idea then popped up in Spike’s head. “Hey can you put the spider symbol back on our chest I kinda liked it, but make a few changes.“ Spike asked his partner in his mind.
“Sure.” He said as their chest began to twist and convulse a little. “Will this work?” He asked settling on a strange white spider design. “How’s that?” Spike grinned.
”It's perfect.” He grinned as they crawled up the side of the building. Reaching the top, Spike decided to mess with ponies of the city a little, and with Venom’s help they let out a blood chilling roar that caused everyone to wake up. They laughed uncontrollably as they heard shouts of irritation and fear from all the ponies of the city. Getting their laughter under control The ‘pair’ made their way back to the orphanage.
Before they could get there they stopped as a bright purple flash appeared to reveal six agitated mares. The duo recognized two of them. One was the Pegasus they ‘raced’ a few days ago. The other was someone Spike wasn’t very pleased to see. His old teacher stood their with a frown and calculating eyes. Deciding to ignore her for now they turned to the other four. The first was a tall orange coated Earthpony with a blonde mane and tail. Her mane was tied in a loose ponytail. They also noticed she wore a red flannel shirt coupled with a pair of blue jeans, and brown work boots.They also saw she had a brown stetson on her head. Next was a short light pink coated Earthpony with a dark pink puffy mane and tail she wore pink footy pajamas with apron over it.To their surprise she seemed to be happy to see them. They noticed a cream colored Pegasus with a light pink mane hiding behind the tall one they couldn’t tell what she was wearing but if they had to guess a forest green sweater and white sweatpants. They noticed she seemed terrified of them which only served to make their grin wider. Finally, they saw a white coated Unicorn with a curly royal purple mane and tail she wore a scarlet red blouse that was ruffled she also had a pair of white yoga pants and purple heeled shoes. Spike vaguely recognized her he might’ve had crush on her when he was younger. It must not had been that deep because he barely remembered her. They stood up straight and crossed their arms over their chest.
“Well hello little fillies what are you doing out so late I believe it’s past your bed time.” They teased at the mares. Twilights eyes narrowed at the creature as it chuckled to itself.
“Who are you and what is your business in Ponyville?” She demanded the creature as it put its hand to its chin.
”Well we could tell you or...” Quicker than the mares could see the duo shot a web at the frightened Pegasus and pulled her towards them while wrapping her in a cocoon of black webbing. Slinging the thrashing cocoon over their shoulder they stared at the mortified faces of the other mares. “We can all play a friendly game of capture the butterfly.” They laughed. Rainbow Dash gritted her teeth and charged them but stopped herself as they had their arm extended with their claws prepared to impale her. The hotheaded Pegasus flew back in panic. “Uh uh uh. The game hasn’t even started yet. Now let me explain the rules. We’re going to take the little butterfly here and hide somewhere you heave until dawn to find us, and if you don’t then she’ll be our breakfast.” They grinned wickedly. Unknown to the group the last part was a lie they would never eat an innocent. This was just a way to pass the time a bit. Before Twilight could say anything the pink Earthpony jumped in.
“What do we get when we find you!?” She said bouncing in place. The ‘pair’ chuckled pleasantly.
”IF you win then you get the butterfly...” They dangled the still thrashing cocoon to emphasize their words. “And we’ll answer any question you have.” They said slinging the cocoon back over their shoulder. Four of the remaining mares seemed a bit hesitant. While the pink one seemed excited. After ten seconds Twilight spoke up.
“Fine, we’ll play your game.” She sneered. The pair chuckled as they crouched down.
“It’s cute that you think you had a choice.” With that said they dashed past the group with a flash of electricity.
After registering what they said Twilight began growl in anger until Applejack place a hand on her shoulder.
"Now calm down Twi we'll find that varmint and save Fluttershy too." She said with the others nodding in agreement. Twilight sighed deeply.
"I don't know what it is about that thing but it annoys me." She says while tapping the side of her horn. Trying to figure out her unusually hostile interactions with the creature. Her thoughts were halted by Pinkie.
"Come on guys if we don't move now we'll lose the game." She said before quickly bouncing away in the direction the creature went. The other four mares eyes widened in panic remembering they were on a time limit quickly they all followed Pinkie.
A few blocks away the duo were swinging from building. Spike had told Venom to shrink down to about his normal height. His reason was that while their large form is good for intimidation it isn't good for speed and maneuverability.
"Hey have any idea where we should hide.” Spike asked his secret friend.
He heard Venom hum to himself before speaking up.
”How about that old apart build we used to train in. It’s practically abandoned and it has a pretty big parking garage.” He suggested.
”Not a bad idea. Let’s go!” Spike sard swinging faster. Vermont silently wrapped a few tendrils around the cocoon so it wouldn’t fall and Spike could use both hands to swing. Said drake noticed this and removed his right hand from the cocoon and started swing even faster.
After a good while they arrived at a apartment building that seemed to be empty but there were lights on in certain windows. Quickly they mad it to the underground parking garage. They swung up to a support beams and stuck the cocoon to it. They swung to the entrance. They began to string a large black spider web that would be invisible from the outside due to how dark it was. They then made their way back to where their ‘guest’ was. Silently, the duo hung themselves over the cocoon that had finally stop thrashing. Reaching down they tore off the webs where the mare’s face was. They were admittedly startled when they saw her ocean blue eyes just staring at them. They had honestly thought she tired her self out. Shaking their head to clear their thoughts they turned bac to the mare who was still staring at them.
”Well little butterfly we weren’t expecting to see you still awake.” They chuckled mockingly. They expected her to become scared again, but she just kept staring. She seemed....worried?
“A-a-are y-y-you o-o-okay?” She asked timidly. This startled the pair.
”Huh?” They asked8; genuine confusion.
“Y-y-you’re h-h-hurt.” The Pegasus continued. The duos eyes narrowed.
”What are you talking about?” They scoffed a mixture of confusion and annoyance edvident in their voice. Before the Pegasus could answer. They sensed someone approaching their location. They snapped their head towards the entrance. Their head turned back to the mare slowly they placed their finger against their snout and began to acend back up to the ceiling.
Fluttershy was confused. When Twilight told her and the others they were going after the creature that has been eating ponies she was terrified. This was justified when she saw it for first time. It grabbing her and wrapping up in a cocoon didn’t help. However, once she felt it place her on something cold and hard she began t o calm down a bit. Her fear almost came back as she felt something hover over her. Suddenly, the webbing that covered her face was torn off. The first thing she saw were it’s big white eyes. It’s eyes they were so...cold. So......sad. Her fear was somewhat suppressed by her concern for the creature. Despite her mind telling her to keep quiet her heart had other plans. Once she expressed her concerns for the creature it showed genuine confusion. She then noticed the way it spoke. There was a thick veil of playfulness and mockery in every word it said. It’s voice was also strange it was definitely male it sounded like a mixture of a deep gruff gurgle like voice. It scared her quite a bit. Suddenly, it’s head snapped to the side she wanted to know what it was looking at, but didn’t want to provoke it anyway. Then it slowly turned back to her. It raised its hand up and place a finger on its snout imply that it wanted her to be quite. Not want to disagree Fluttershy silently accepted it then began to rise back up the ceiling into the darkness.
The remains Elements of Harmony were searching all over the city trying to figure out where the creature to their shy friend. They were all getting a bit nervous since it’s already been an hour and they still had no clue where to look. They tried to ask ponies if they seen anything. However, every pony seemed more interested in finding out that the creature actually existed. Quickly deciding to change tactics the group of mares decided to regroup and figure something out. Rainbow Dash opted to check the Everfree Forest convinced that’s where the creature came from therefore where it lived. The other weren’t sure and didn’t want to go off on a guess. Pinkie Pie was somewhat distracted not really taking the situation seriously she just mumbled to herself questions she was going to ask the creature. When the others expressed their annoyance she just brushed them off. Applejack suggested checking the sewer systems as a possible place the creature could have gone. This idea was quickly shot down by Rarity who claimed it was too moist and humid. Twilight had no clue where to look and was the most panicked out of the group. Rarity suggested checking abandoned and run down places in the city despite their “horrid” they were. The others took a second to think about it before agreeing.
This is how Twilight, Applejack, and Pinkie found themselves outside the entrance of of a parking garage of a really rundown apartment building Rainbow Dash and Rarity went to check the rest of the building. The three mares seem to just stare at the entrance for a second with a sense of uncertainty. The silence was broken by Pinkie jumping up.
“Come on girls let’s go!” She cheered running towards the entrance. Suddenly, she was halted by something she nor the other to could see.
“Pinkie! Hold on Ah’ll get ya down.” Applejack said quickly walking over to the stuck party planer. She reached out and grabbed Pinkie by the shoulders and yanked her of what ever she was caught on.
“Hehehe. Thanks Aj I owe you one.” Pinkie chuckled sheepishly. She noticed#(3 was covered in sticky black ‘string’. ““Hey what’s this stuff?” She asked pulling the ‘string’ off her body. Twilight walked over to her pink friend and grabbed some of the ‘string’ she began to stare and poke at it before her eyes narrowed.
“It’s spider webbing. This is definitely where it is hiding. Now all we have to do is find it.” She concluded. Her horn flashed a bright lavender color causing all the webbing to disappear.“Pinkie go find Rarity and Rainbow and tell them to come here.”
“Okie dokie lokie!” She exclaimed dashing off in a puff of smoke. Twilight just sighed and shook her head.
“Lets head in.” She stated Applejack agreed with a quick nod.
The two mare began to make their way into the dark parking garage. Twilight cast a small light spell that illuminated the dark area a bit. They looked around a bit try to see if they could spot the creature or Fluttershy. After awhile Pinkie came back with the others. They all looked around. They were about to give up assuming the spider web at the entrance was from awhile ago and not recent. Fortunately, they heard a familiar voice call out to them.
“G-g-girls up here-AHH!!!” They looked up to see a black cocoon falling from a high support beam. Suddenly it was caught by two black tendrils. Then a large figure dropped from the ceiling. The tendrils seem to come out of its back. It began to laugh while walking towards the mare.
”Hahahahaha! HAHAHAHAHAHA!! Well we should’ve known the butterfly wouldn’t keep quiet for to long.” They laughed to themselves approaching the mares. The tendrils lowered the cocoon to the the creature’s outstretched hands. ”Well we’re no sore losers so....” Swiftly they ripped the cocoon to pieces. They held Fluttershy gently in their hands. Said Pegasus had a terrified and dazed look on her face. ”You get the butterfly.” They held her loosely by the back of her sweater. Quickly Rainbow Dash rushed over and grabbed her friend and rushed back over to the others.
“Okay we won your game now time to answer a few questions.” Twilight sneered. The ‘pair’ just grinned and placed their hands behind their head.
”Well what you wanna know?” Twilight was about to open her mouth until Pinkie beat her to it.
“What’s your favorite cake flavor?” The duo stared at her for a second.
”Uh, we never had cake before so we don’t have a preferred flavor.” They said still a bit confused.
“WHAT! You have to come to Sugarcube Corner for a party then!” She cheered. The ‘pair’s’ eyes narrowed in confusion.
”We guess we could stop by. It might be fun.” They shrugged still a tad confused.
“Pinkie now is not the time.” Twilight mumbled. She then addressed the creature in front of her. “On a serious note. What is your business in Ponyville?” She sneered.
”What do you mean this is our home we’ve been here for fourteen years granted we were asleep a good deal of the time but still.” They shrugged with a grin. All the mares eyes widened in disbelief before narrowing.
“Is that a joke.” Rainbow growled out. The duo laughed.
”What would we gain from lying it’s Just how it is.” They weren’t really taking this seriously. Twilight caught on to this and began to grow irritated.
“Next question why are you eating innocent ponies.” She asked with a growl. The pair began to laugh hysterically.
”Innocent!? Remind me Princess who have we eaten that has been ‘innocent’ don’t tell me your referring to one those muggers. Maybe you’re talking about the wannabe killers. Please Princess enlighten us who are you talking about?” They mocked. Twilight had enough of this creature’s antics. Her horn lit up in a lavender light and sent a bolt of magic directly at the creature. It didn’t seem fazed however. Once the bolt of magic was only about a foot away it disappeared in a burst of electricity. ”Tsk,tsk,tsk. Need to be a little faster Princess.” They mocked. Honestly that was a gamble to see if they were faster.
“If you think your fast then your wrong!” Rainbow Dash shouted charging at the creature. Said duo didn’t even acknowledge the Pegasus and crossed their arms over their chest. Suddenly, a single tendril sprouted from their back and wrapped around her body.
”Yawn. Is that the best you have?” They ask theoretically. Effortlessly they flung her back to the remaining mares. This knocked Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy over. Out of nowhere a rope was wrapped around their body they looked to their side seeing Applejack holding onto the end the rope. This only caused them to chuckle to themselves. ”You fillies really are adorable y’know.” With that said they began to spin dragging Applejack along for the ride. They then turned their body in a way that made the country pony to to slam into her scientist friend. ”Too easy.” Twilight was the first get to her feet. Her horn was blazing with magical energy and her eyes were narrowed to a death glare.
“Who the hell do you think you are?!” She shouted. The creature put a hand on its chin in a thinking position before grinning widely. They then crouched down and slid into a fighting stance. Their claws seem to extend quite a bit.
”Last we checked. We were Venom.”