//------------------------------// // Rule 1: Dont expose it to bright light // Story: Gremlins: A new sort of Chaos // by Riddle-Me-Think //------------------------------// Chapter 1 Rule 1: Don’t expose it to bright light _____________________________________________ It was morning and the rays of the sun shown bright, calling for its inhabitants to come out and wake for the day. In one such area, it shine wasnt hard, but soft. In some distance away was a little cottage. It had straw for a roof and simple stone walls. A little bridge over a meek little stream was before it, with plenty of bird houses and some trees. All around were little borrows, filled with an assortment of little critters that all came out to greet the day. From within the cottage, the same sort of critters awoke, but not from the sun. no, they were woken up by there loving caretaker. She was soft, gentle and motherly. Her name was Fluttershy. She was the butter yellow Pegasus with long graceful pink mane and tail with three pink butterflies as a Cutie Mark; that lived in this small and meek home, far from prying eyes. She lived a nice life, with her animal friends, and friends in Ponyville that was down the road. “Wake up Mr. Blue bird” she called to one of the little bird houses that was hanging from the ceiling. “It’s time to eat.” The little home seemed to shake a bit before the said bird popped its head out. Already it spotted the others below eating. Hopping out and getting a good stretch, it spread its wings and glided down. Fluttershy smiled at him before getting a bag of birdseed and pouring into a bowl and placing it down. By her side was a little white rabbit, who was also helping some what. But it was more to do with him wanting his meal to come sooner. This was Angel, her pet. He was currently putting a few bowls before some of his same sized friends before Fluttershy filled them with some food After finishing with the last bowl, and feeding Angel, Fluttershy proceeded to go outside to feed the rest of her little friends. Opening her front door, she gazed over her front yard with a smile as the birds chattered and played in the air. In the stream, Fish, Turtles and even some ducks splashed around, getting one another wet. She then began her way out to do the morning- *TAP!* A quick recoil in surprise and glance down showed the Pegasus, a Box. The shock she suddenly had dissipated immediately as she looked at the little box with curiosity. The Box then shook and made a light squeak, casing her to “Eep!” in surprise and bolt back inside with a slam of the door. Things remained silent for a time outside before the Box hummed in a soft melody. Slowly, Fluttershy reopened the door and looked down at the Box that continued to hum in the same soft tune. Taking a few attentive steps towards it before opening its lid a little bit to get a peek. It was dark inside, and the humming stop in place fore little chattering noises. She could see something inside, but couldn’t quiet make it out. She opened it a little more, only to receive a screech and what sounded a lot like, “Bright light! Bright light!” She let the lid drop from surprise again as the Box with the unknown creature went silent. Not moments latter it begin to chatter softly once more. Carefully opening the lid again, not letting to much light in, Fluttershy looked inside and spoke softly. “H-Hello?” she looked around inside, trying to let her eyes adjust to the dark. The thing inside seemed to chirp in some way, telling it heard her. “It’s ok, I wont hurt you.” she said softly while still trying to see inside, “Can you let me see you please?” she tried coxing it. All she received was an “Uh-uh!” She furrowed her brow wondering why it was so reluctant on showing itself. And why was the inside of the Box so dark? Realization seemed to hit her at that moment. What if it didn’t like the light? Was it nocturnal, much like a bat? With that in thought, she let the lid down carefully and carried the Box inside. Most of the animals inside stopped eating for a moment and looked at her curiously before going back to eating. Angel on the other hoof was looking at the Box with a raised brow. Hearing the shuffling and purring/chattering noises, he hopped down and fallowed his owner to another room. After opening the door and getting in with Angel fallowing close. She then closed the door and made sure the room was dark, but not too dark. She opened the lid once more and was able to see the creature within. Her eye widened and a smile creped on her features. It was absolutely adorable! It was about a foot high and brown with white spots all over it. Most of its body was covered with fur except a bit of its face, the large ears on the sides of it’s head, three fingered appendages and its little feet. The arms and legs were a bit stubby, and it was a tad chubby. But that only added to its cuteness. It also had tad larger eyes that seemed to have dilated to the dark with no trouble and were scanning all around. When it saw Fluttershy, it lifted its little arm and waved at her making a happy chatter noise. “Oh! Hello there.” she said with some excitement. This was the first time for her to see something like this. It was different, and wasn’t like anything she’s seen before. She wondered what it was and decided to pick it up for further inspection. At her side, the little white Rabbit was looking the just-as-tall new guest and crossed his arms while taping his foot. He hated to admit it, but the thing seemed cuter then him! “What are you little fella?” she asked it while picking it up. It seemed to happily chirp a bit before saying in a high-pitched way “Mogwhai!” Fluttershy blinked a few times as the gears in her head turned. It spoke. At first she thought she imagined it was her ability to understand animals, but now she was sure. It spoke Equestrian almost perfectly. Taking this into mind she decided to ask “Do you have a name?” the only reply she got was the same. “Mogwai! Mogwai!” it repeated rather happily while in her grasp. It didn’t fight her or squirm. It just seemed content being with her. Now Fluttershy wasn’t sure if that was His name or not (she decided to call it a him for now, as there was no defined Gender trait at the moment and would be more simpler to use then it). She decided to go with naming him. But what should she call him? Thinking for a moment she settle with the most obvious, “How does Fluffy sound?” she asked. He just shook his head with a small frown. “No? well…” she thought a little more before asking “Spot?” again, another shake of the head. She thought a little longer before saying “Mel? Short for Melody?” he seemed to think it over a moment before nodding to Mel. While this was going on, Angel had hopped inside the Box and began to look around in it. He soon found something. It was a piece of paper folded up. Taking a hold and hopping back out, he tapped Fluttershy a few times to get her attention. She looked down right as he almost shoved it into her face. “Angel, what do you have there?” she asked putting Mel down and opening the paper. Inside was a list of what looked like rules, as well as something else. She then began to read aloud. Hello, and congratulations -insert name here-!!! You have just won a random contest that you didn’t even sign up for. You came in last place, but get the fabulous prize of a pet, A Mogwai! Please take not there are rules to having such an amazing pet. But don’t worry, there simple and there are only three. Rule 1: Don’t Expose it to bright light. Exposure to Sunlight will kill it. Rule 2: Don’t get it wet. This includes not giving it even a drop of water to drink. Rule 3: Under no circumstances, no matter what, Never feed it after midnight. Or, if you need a time range, as midnight goes on for the remaining day, between 12:00 Am. to 5:00 Am. Fallow these rules, and you’ll have no problems. please note that certain commercial value to this critter are and strictly forbidden to use, as it is property to Waner Brothers Studios.. Fluttershy tried to read the smaller print, but decided to skip it, as it seemed to talk about something she had no clue about. Shrugging that little bit away and looking over rules again. She especially looked at the first one, now fully understanding why it was so stubborn on coming out. She was slightly said for Mel, as he could never really see the sun or be under it. Strangely enough, Mel still seemed pretty active for a nocturnal type creature. Maybe because they live in the dark, they don’t have a sense of time? Right at the moment he and Angel seemed to be getting along. She knew her rabbit would often be a little pushy with new Animals (that were around his size and not to predatory in nature) but right now, he was enjoying the unique humming from Mel. Angel couldn’t complain with this ‘Mel’ right now. He had his doubts, but this singing was rather soothing. Maybe he could put up with him. He certainly wasn’t trying to get Fluttershy’s attention and seemed content just singing. He also began to wonder if he liked doing extra work, now that would be even more ideal to the rabbit. “I see you made a new friend Angel.” Flutershy cooed. Angel only nodded happily and completely at peace. The moment was then interrupted rather badly when a Roster crowed, making the Pegasus look at a closed window suddenly. “Oh no! I forgot to feed everypony outside!” she then rushed out the door and slam it behind her. To say, it slamming was the equivalent to some one knocking, and didn’t disturb the other two in the room. ______________________________________________________________ Once outside, Fluttershy began to tend to her Animals and check on each one as always. She chose this time to think on what just happened and what to do. Besides the note that was in the Box, she knew next to nothing about Mogwai. Besides it makes peaceful music and is very cute. “Maybe Twilight can help!” she thought with a smile and said aloud “She knows a lot, and she has a whole Library after all.” with that she nodded to herself and continued her chores. She continued this until midday, where she would need to into town and get more food. She thought about bringing Mel with, but today was a Tuesday. These were normally busy days, and she didn’t like going on them. But she was getting low on food. The reason for her not wanting to bring him along was that it was scheduled to rain a bit latter and she could accidentally drop the bag and expose him to the sun. today wasn’t a good day to bring him to Twilight yet. And there was also the fact he would take up all the room in the bag, leavening not enough for her groceries. There was also another thing. Today, of all day, the Cutie Mark Crusaders were to come and spend the night. Rarity had a huge order to fill and the older Apples siblings had extra work. Normally Granny Smith would watch them, but she was attending some Senior Club thing that was going on in town. With a sigh, she turns and heads inside. Once inside she grabbed her saddle bag and a few bits that would be needed for latter. A sudden amount of weight was then felt, but not from her bag. Cranking her neck, she saw Angel happily sitting on her back. “Ooh, I’m sorry Angel.” she said picking the rabbit up and putting him on the floor “you cant come with today. I need you to watch Mel.” Angel crossed his arms with a annoyed look of “Why do I need to stay?”. Fluttershy only shook her head while saying “Now Angel, there’s no reason for you to act like that. Besides, Mel can’t come out if he’s hungry, you heard what the note said.” The white rabbit thought for a moment before nodding. She did have a point, that Mogwai-thing couldn’t come out of that dim room. And they both didn’t know how much it needed to eat. Besides, he wasn’t that bad to be around, and was rather peaceful. With a shrug, Angel hopped off. She to decided to leave and left out the door. ________________________________________________________________ Ponyville was a nice town. It was small, had lots of nice Nabors and very friendly sort of place. The streets and shops always seemed to have somepony around, smiling about something. One such Pony was pink and rocketing around for some unknown reason or another. This said rocket flew past the butter yellow Pegasus while yelling, “HIFLUTTERSHYSORRYCAN’TTALKCUPCAKESTODILIVERBYE!” Fluttershy was left spinning for a moment before coming to a stop. She somewhat stood in place, trying to keep her balance and get her spinning eyes under control. After a quick shake of her head, she got her senses back. And after a quick look around, she had her sense of direction back. Normally she would head to the market, but a quick stop at Twilights would probably be a good idea. She can ask about her new guest and come back latter to see what she found. She soon found herself in front of the large Oak Tree that was hallowed and turned into what was now Twilights Library. Lifting her hoof, she lightly knocked. “I‘ll get it!” came a call from inside. A taps could be heard on the other side of the door before it was opened by a small purple dragon. “Hey Fluttershy.” he greeted with a wave of his claw. “Hello Spike. Is Twilight home?” she asked peering around Spike. Inside were books, all scattered here and there in a seemingly random order. “yea, she is. Hold on…” Spike turned around and held a claw op to his mouth as he yelled “TWILIGHT, Fluttershy’s here!” he then waved Fluttershy to come in before going to work on the scattered books. She settled for standing aside somewhere for now and waited for Twilight. in front of her, Spike went back and forth picking up books and putting them away. The clopping of hooves met her ears and got her to look at the door leading to the basement, and part time Lab. The door was soon surrounded with a soft glow of purple before opening. Then up came a purple(or Lavender if you prefer) Unicorn. She had a darker shade of purple for her mane and tail and one stripe of pink running thru both. Here cutie mark was a red, six pointed star, surrounded by a few smaller white ones. “Hi Fluttershy!” Twilight Sparkle said happily, trotting to her shy Pegasus friend. Fluttershy slightly lowered herself but still held a soft smile. “Hello Twilight. I’m not disturbing you, am I?” The Unicorn shook her head and replied “No, not at all. I was only running some tests on some plants from the Everfree Forest. I was asking Zacroa about some of the things that make them so useful in potions, but decided to find out more uses.” Fluttershy listened to her friend ramble on a bit before asked “So, how come you stopped by? Are done with the book you rented?” “Oh no, nothing like that. I was wondering if you could help me get more information on an Animal for me. That is, if you don’t mind…” the Unicorn all but beamed at the idea of something new to study and nodded her head. “Of course Fluttershy, it wouldn’t be any trouble! So, what kind of Animal do you need more of?” Twilight asked, looking thru the books that weren’t all shelved still. Fluttershy thought for a moment to recall the name,“It’s called a Mogwai if I remember right.” she finally said taping her chin before adding “It’s small and fluffy, with brown fur and had large white spots. It also has big pointed ears, that don’t have any fur on them. It seems to have arms with hands, but unlike a chip, only has two fingers and an opposable thumb and stands on two legs. It‘s only a foot tall and is really cute.” At this point, Twilight was going thru her head and books to find something that could match this creature, but was having some slight difficulty. “what else?” she asked, not familiar with what she had so far. Fluttershy thought for another moment and decided to recite the rules. “They don’t like bright light, and sunlight kills them…” at this Twilight stopped wondering what sort of creature would die from sunlight. As it is known for giving live. “They cant get wet, and shouldn’t even have a drop of water to drink…” now the Unicorn raised her brow. What sort of creature needs to stay away from water? That was essential for life! How did it survive without that it? “And most importantly, never feed it after midnight. Or, from 12:00 Am to 5:00 Am.” the Pegasus finished with a nod before quickly adding “Oh, and they Sing really beautifully.” The last one sounded more like a rule given to little Colts and Fillies from sneaking a snack in the middle of the night. In the background, Spike stopped what he was doing for a moment before commenting “Wow, those are some weird rules.” Twilight nodded to that and thought about what she was told for a while. When nothing came to mind, she decided to go with the next best thing. “Fluttershy, do you have one at your house?” she asked the Pegasus, who nodded. With a smile, she turned around and said “Spike, help me find some books on Rare creatures and maybe a few on Mystical ones.” She then turned back to Fluttershy and said “I’ll stop by latter to take a look at it. That is…” “Oh, I don’t mind at all Twilight. It would be nice if you came. But I have to go and get some food for the Animals. Then I have to pick up the girls for tonight.” Fluttershy responded, happy to know Twilight would stop by to help figure out what Mel was completely. Twilight nodded and smiled remembering about how she was going to watch the Crusaders tonight. “Alright then, I’ll see you tonight.” she said one last time as her friend slipped out of her home. Twilight then spun around and looked at the first few books on the table for her to analyze. It was time for a little research before she left for Fluttershys.