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// Panic 
// Story: Book 1 - The Behemoth came to Canterlot 
// by Equimorto 
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It was still early in the summer. The Sun shone bright in the sky, and most ponies spent their time quietly resting in their homes, away from the heat. And a hive of flying scorpions slowly grew in the corner of one of the classrooms in the School of Friendship.
Starlight gave Trixie a look so flat it made paper sheets look like high-reliefs by comparison.
"I may have misjudged the coordinates on the long distance matter transfer spell," the blue mare admitted.
"At least no students were here this time around."
Sunburst happened to peek into the room as he walked down the corridor. "Is something wrong?" His eyes focused on the black mass in the corner, and the arthropods occasionally making their way in and out of it. "Are those flying scorpions?"
Starlight nodded, her eyes still on Trixie.
Trixie gave a weak smile towards Sunburst. "At least they're harmless, right?"
"I believe you're thinking of scorpionflies," said Sunburst, walking into the room. "Flying scorpions are definitely not harmless."
Trixie turned back towards the hive. "So we should just teleport it away, right?"
"If a member of the hive is separated from the rest for long enough, or is far enough away from the hive, or is otherwise no longer receiving the queen's pheromones, it will mutate into a new queen and build a new hive," Sunburst explained, staring at the structure with rapt fascination.
"So either we make sure every one of them is in there, or we'll have to spend the next few years hunting down all the new hives that will pop up as a result," Starlight added.
Trixie swallowed. Then she closed the door with her magic. "None of them left the room, right?"
"Why don't you ask the one who teleported the hive here and didn't tell anyone until she realised it was growing?"
"Trixie believes she saw none leave the room while she was busy not warning you two," Trixie said.
"Tell her that I don't know if I trust her," Sunburst said, pacing back and forth, eyes still glued on the hive, keeping his distance to avoid angering the creatures.
"Trixie understands." Her horn lit up, the glow of her magic enveloped the hive, and Trixie teleported the flying scorpions away in a flash of light.
"Let's hope that got all of them then," said Starlight, opening the door again and stepping out of the room. Sunburst walked out behind her, and so did Trixie.
"Would you like to go for some ice-cream later today?" the stallion asked.
"Sure," Starlight answered, and with that the two began to each head towards one end of the hallway.
Trixie was left alone there in the middle. "I'd like to be there as well," she said, then she turned and walked back into the room, wondering why she'd walked out in the first place. She still had work to sort out in there. Closing the door behind herself, she sighed and moved back to her desk.