Doctor Whooves: Episode 3
Aliens Among Us
Prologue
Laboratory Building, Fort Rice, The Forest of Shadows, Eugora, Autumn, 1899 C.E.
A storm was brewing heavily outside and most of the ponies at Fort Rice had sought refuge within the warm and dry buildings. A scientist pony by the name of Florence Pipe examined a tray of animal skeletons in the laboratory. She was a young scientist, only being in her early 20's, with a light red coat, yellow hair, orange eyes, and a cutie mark which consisted of a textbook and two swords crossing behind said textbook. Another scientist, who was a pegasus pony, was packing up his supplies in the corner.
"I guess I'll see you in the morning then," said the pegasus scientist.
"You're already heading off to bed?" asked Florence.
"Yeah. I'm beat and this weather isn't giving me a good enough vibe to continue my research."
"Are you sure it's the weather or are you just anxious to get back to Ms. Fox?"
"Her name's Roxanne and you're one to talk about relationships. You haven't even had one!"
"Whatever. I don't need any type of romantic relationships at the moment."
"Fine. Whatever floats your boat. I'm hitting the sack."
"Okay."
The two scientists gave goodnight chuckles to each other and the pegasus left the room. Florence walked over to a desk by the window to pick up more supplies when she noticed something outside. It looked like a statue but she couldn't tell due to the heavy downpour. There was a flash of lightning and Florence rubbed her eyes. She turned back to the window to see that the thing she had seen was gone. She shrugged her shoulders and returned to her research. Suddenly, a panicked scream echoed from the hallway. It was the pegasus scientist.
"Davis?!" called a frightened Florence. She ran out into the hallway to see that Davis had collapsed a few yards away. "Oh my Celestia! Davis! Are you okay?!"
She ran towards the collapsed pegasus and helped him up. He seemed fine but his eyes were a bit cloudy.
"Huh? Oh...Florence. Don't worry. I just slipped and fell. Sorry if I gave you a fright," he groaned.
"Do you have any bumps or scrapes?"
"Not that I know of."
"Okay good. Don't give me a scare like that! You screamed like something attacked you!"
"Did it really sound like that? I apologize."
"Maybe that fall was serious. You're acting oddly kind to me."
"What? Do you want me to act like a complete bastard then?"
"No. I prefer nice friends, thank you very much."
"Okay good. Well I'm heading off to bed."
"Good. Get some rest. I'll see you in the morning."
"Just don't stay up too late or Colonel James is going to chew your ass out."
Florence laughed and walked back into the laboratory. Davis continued walking as a horrific grin formed on his face.
"This body is nice," he said to himself in a wheezily voice. "So many happy memories and a somewhat high intelligence. Yes. I say Mr. Davis is going to prove himself to be quite useful in the big picture."
Davis walked out of the building and began walking under a breezeway that connected the laboratories to the scientist quarters. He turned towards the forest and, for a split second, saw a statue glaring at him from the trees. Davis smiled again, turned away from the forest, and walked on into the other building.