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// Terror of Ponyville 
// Story: Lamarr 
// by robberrito 
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As Lamarr waddled toward the town ahead of it, it noted the differences of these buildings from the normal human buildings it was so used to. For one, these buildings were very colorful, while human buildings were generally gray and dull. It also noticed that much of the plant life in the area still remained, while human urban areas often left no trace of former plant life. Lamarr concluded these horse things were much more accustomed to the wild than their human counterparts, which it was very grateful for. As it got closer to the town, it went toward the nearest building. It looked over the building for anything it could jump on. It saw a trashcan near the building and jumped on top of it. Making sure it didn't knock over the trashcan, Lamarr looked over to the window and saw that the top of the window frame could fit itself. It jumped onto it and walked over to the other side of the window, seeing if it could jump higher. It saw a sign sticking out of the house, however, it was a rather large jump to make for a headcrab. Lamarr decided to attempt the jump, and it backed up a bit so it had a running start. Once it thought it had enough distance, it ran forward and then leaped for the sign. Despite Lamarr's efforts, it was barely able to get its front legs to reach the sign. Lamarr's legs strained as it held on to the sign. Seeing as it had a chance to get on the sign, it began to swing side to side. Once it had swung so it could reach the top of the sign, it turned its body so that it landed on the sign, with its front legs left dangling off. Lamarr then took this opportunity to leap onto the roof of the building and ascend toward the top.

Once it had reached the top, Lamarr looked down at Ponyville from its perch on the roof. What it saw were a lot of ponies. They crowded around the shops that merchants had set up and, when not doing that, they walked through the marketplace to travel to their homes, jobs, meetups, and many other things. Ponyville was alive with the busyness of business.

Seeing this amount of ponies made the headcrab nervous. They would quickly overwhelm Lamarr if it attempted anything that would threaten them, and Lamarr wasn't exactly big. Plus, it was still debeaked, so it couldn't really do anything anyway.

Still hungry, Lamarr looked around some more when it found its savior. An orange mare in a stetson was at a stand, selling many apples as well as other apple-related products. Lamarr was focused on the apples. They were small enough for a headcrab to eat and there were enough of them so that the headcrab would no longer be famished. Now that it had a goal, it set out to relieve itself of its hunger. Lamarr walked down the roof, watching carefully so to make sure it was not seen. As it got to the edge, it looked down. A wagon was right below it, with many ponies clustered around it and making their purchases at the mobile shop. It waited for them to avert their attention, and as soon as they turned away, it leaped onto the top of the shop. Quickly, it jumped down onto the ground and went under the shop, making sure to stay away from the hooves around it. Suddenly, the wagon began to move as the shopkeeper picked up the wagon by its handles and began to move it. The headcrab scrambled to follow the cart but found that its safety was overtaken and fast. Looking around, it saw another shop to its right and ran for it. As it was exposed to the light of the sun, it began to take in the sight of many ponies around itself. Luckily, none were looking at the headcrab, and it escaped to the other shop without incident. Lamarr soon realized it had lost sight of its prize and was relieved when it saw the orange mare right where she was earlier. This time, she was much closer, and Lamarr had a good shot at getting to the apples. Looking around the area, it saw many ponies were not looking at the path Lamarr planned to take. Lamarr knew this could its only opportunity to get to the apples, and it took it. Quickly, it scurried after the cart. Its legs carried it as fast as it could, but it could only go so fast. In the corner of Lamarr's eyes, it saw a pony began to turn toward itself. Seeing this, it leaped for the cart and ended up flipping itself over as it fell into the cart full of apples.


Today was a good day for Applejack. She had made more bits than she usually made today, and they were beginning to become a rather large pile in one of the shelves. Soon, she would have to start putting them on the next shelf. Smiling as she made yet another sale, she thought of what she could do with the bits. Perhaps she could take the family out for dinner at one of those fancy restaurants? The thought was certainly enticing, as she didn't really have anything else to spend it on, other than Big Mac's new plow, which she already had covered. She almost lost herself in her thoughts when she heard a loud noise behind her. Turning around, she saw that the noise had come from somewhere near the apple cart. She walked over to where she heard the noise and looked around. There was certainly nothing near the cart. She wondered if it came from inside the cart, and took a quick look inside it.


In the cart, she found nothing but the mountain of apples she had come to Ponyville with. Deciding the noise was probably nothing, she turned around and walked back to her stand.


Lamarr would have breathed a sigh of relief if it could, as it heard the sound of the pony's hoofsteps fade away. It had managed to avoid giving itself away, and now had access to a mountain of food. Making sure it couldn't hear any hoofsteps around, it dug itself out of the huge pile of apples it had buried into and began to feast on the apples through the bottom of its body. It did this for quite some time, eating way more apples than something as small as a headcrab had a right to eat. As it continued eating, it lost itself in the food, and all sounds around it became blurs. Lamarr started making noises that were loud enough that a pony who listened hard enough would be able to hear it. It also began to move the apples around much less gently than necessary, causing some apples to outright fly out of the cart.


Applejack smiled as a familiar face walked up to her stand. It was Rarity, a snow-white pony with a purple mane. She was a professional clothing designer and had a fascination for all things fancy.

Rarity greeted her friend, "Hello there, darling! How has the stand been going?"

Applejack smiled at her friend and chuckled, "It's been goin' great! Ah've not sold this much for a while. Ah might take out mah family fer dinner somewhere. Well... maybe not Bloom."

Applejack shrugged as she thought about Apple Bloom and how she went into the Everfree Forest. She remarked, "If she works hard 'nuff Ah'll give her a treat."

Rarity sighed, "I still cannot believe they went into the Everfree! They got poor Sweetie Belle hurt and now she has two HORRIBLE bandages on her face! She looks like a mummy! It's truly the VERY, WORST, THING!"

Applejack rolled her eyes before speaking up again, "Well, Ah don't think they'll do it again after that."

Rarity sighed once again, which annoyed Applejack, "Well, I'll be going off now. Hope you..." she trailed off as she looked past Applejack.

Confused, Applejack turned around. She looked at the cart of Apples as she heard strange noises come out of it. It almost sounded like...

Applejack suddenly burst toward the cart, with a look of rage on her face, "SOME CRITTER'S EATIN' MAH APPLES!"

As she got to the cart, she turned around so that her back legs aligned with the cart. With great speed, she bucked the cart. The cart tilted over and spilled all of its apples onto the ground, as well as one confused headcrab.

As all the ponies around looked at the scene, they all had one thought on their mind.

Rarity spoke her mind first, "What in Celestia's name is that?!" she screamed.


Lamarr knew it was in trouble as it stared at the ponies around it. All of them had shocked or confused looks on their faces, and they hesitated in doing anything for a good while. Lamarr took this opportunity to leap away. As it flew, ponies quickly got out of the way in order to avoid the strange creature jumping at them. As soon as it landed on the ground, it started to scurry away.

Applejack after the headcrab, "GET BACK HERE YOU DAGGUM VARMINT!"

Applejack ran after the creature as it attempted to escape. Many of the ponies watching started to worry more about the creature's safety than how it was an unknown creature. Applejack lunged after the headcrab when she was within distance, but only ate dirt as the creature lept out of the way with surprising speed. Applejack spit the dirt out of her mouth and scrambled to get back up as the creature landed on a box. As soon as it gathered itself it jumped to the top of a window frame. Applejack finally managed to get back up and chased after the creature. She went to the window and jumped up, planting her front legs on the sides of the window. She swat with one leg as the other leg held her up.

"GET DOWN YOU LITTLE VARMINT!"

Applejack finally managed to get a hold on the creature, and flung it off the window toward the ground. Lamarr flailed and screeched as it flew through the air, attempting to balance itself while it flew mid-air. Before it could hit the ground, it was grabbed a pair of yellow hooves.

"Oh, you poor thing! It must be scary to be surrounded by all these ponies in someplace so unfamiliar, " Fluttershy said in a quiet, motherly voice.

Applejack rushed over to Fluttershy, anger still on her face as she looked at the headcrab lying limp in Fluttershy's hooves.

"Get yer hands off that thing, Fluttershy! That there thing tried to eat mah apples!" she yelled.

Fluttershy looked toward Applejack with a stern look on her face, "He was very hungry, Applejack, and saw your apples as the best thing to feed it. While he should have been more considerate in that it was your food, you have no right to attack him like that. You are much bigger than him, " she chastised Applejack.

Suddenly, Lamarr let out a loud, "yelp" sound. Fluttershy looked down at Lamarr before looking off to the side and blushing, "...or um... she."

Applejack growled in frustration before walking off, deciding that the headcrab could wait. Fluttershy looked down at the headcrab in her hooves and started to wonder about it. What was it? Where did it come from? What's that big hole in its bottom? Well, she didn't want to know about that.

Fluttershy simply sighed and began to talk to Lamarr again, "Don't you worry. I'm going to take you to my home and you won't have to deal with this again."

She smiled as she talked to Lamarr, seeing that the creature was calming down, "I'll have you fed whenever you need it, and I'll help you live a comfortable life," she spoke with that motherly voice again.


Lamarr looked at the pegasus and was entranced. For some reason, this thing felt right to be around. It felt safe and protected. It felt like everything would be just fine. Lamarr decided that the pegasus was probably the best thing to follow around her. Maybe it could help it find Kleiner.