Parasprites. Everyone knows them and everyone hates them. True that they are cute and are good for company, but they can empty out an entire city's food supply in less than a day. Also with the ability to multiply themselves without the need for a mate makes them even more dangerous. More parasprites means more food to be eaten. Soon even the Princesses had enough. With an legal law passed out the Princesses allowed the parasprites to be hunted. Parasprite wings could be used for making a type of medicine that helped treat the pain in pegasi wings whenever they got intense cramps. Since they could multiply by themselves it wasn't a concern to anypony. Well except for Fluttershy.
Stallions and young stallions (sometimes there would be some mares and fillies) would go into the Everfree Forest (with supervision for at least a dozen hot air-balloons. Mostly it was a unicorn sport, but with their technology they were able to make a bow guns for earth and pegasus ponies. For a few years everything went smoothly and everypony was having fun. This also lessened the appearance of parasprites in cities and from what the research ponies said the parasprite population hasn't dropped a bit. What slightly had everypony concerned was that the parasprites have started to eat less amounts of food for long periods of time.
"Rarity!" Sweetie Belle yelled as she walked into her sisters store. "Sweetie Belle, deary, please use your inside voice. I have a terrible headache and I don't need any loud noises right now." Rarity said as she gripped her head with her hooves. Sweetie Belle looked at the floor for a bit as she tried to figure out how to word it correctly. "Uum..........Rarity?" Sweetie Belle asked softly. "Yes dear?" Rarity responded. "Can I go...........parasprite hunting with Scootaloo and her family?" Sweetie Bell asked. Rarity looked back at Sweetie Belle as though she had said a foul word. "Why would you ever want to do such a dastardly thing as to hunt parasprites?" Rarity asked. Sweetie Belle looked around the room for a bit once more. "Well. I've heard that Scootaloo and her family has done it before and I just want to try it ." Sweetie said with a little bit of hope that Rarity would let her go. "Sweetie I don't think that is a good idea. You could get hurt out there or worse." Rarity said with concern. "Pleeeeeeeeaaaaaaase!? I'll be extra careful." Sweetie Belle plead.
Rarity sighed. "You've learned how to levitate objects with you magic?" She asked. Sweetie Belle nodded. "You know how to use a bow gun properly?" Sweetie Belle nodded again. "Are you done with ALL of your homework?" Sweetie Belle went to get her saddle bags. When she came back she showed Rarity her completed math and history assignments. "Okay you can go." Rarity said. Sweetie Belle grinned from ear to ear when she heard those four words. "BUT! Twilight has to come with you." Rarity included. Sweetie Belle lost her smile. "Twilight never lets anyone of us have any fun. She always making us do safety procedures." Sweetie Belle said as she rolled her eyes. Rarity almost laughed at that. It was true that Twilight made everypony she was with do safety procedures before doing anything that might cause serious injuries. "Its better to be safe than sorry Sweetie Belle. Also Twilight and Fluttershy are the only two ponies that I know that can actual handle you and your friends. Twilight has studied first aid too so if anypony gets hurt you won't to walk all the way to the hospital for medical help right away." Rarity said. Sweetie Belle took the cards she was dealt and went to Scootaloo's house. Once their she told Scootaloo what would happen. At first she wasn't happy, but she guessed it was okay as long as one of her friends got to come with her.
"Alright Scoots time to get a move on." Said a female voice from inside. "Scootaloo is that your sister? I thought your parents were going to take us." Sweetie Belle said. "Yeah I know, but Applejack is in court right now and my parents are witnesses." Scootaloo answered. Sweetie Belle looked like she was just hit with a ton of bricks. "Wait. How did Applejack get sent to court?" Sweetie Belle asked. "Oooooh yeah. You were at your parent's house that weekend. Well anyway me and Applebloom tried to buy all three of us cameras to get a photography cutie mark when you came back. We bought the cameras, but there was something off about them. Applebloom tried out one of the cameras just to be safe. When the camera flashed it.......well.....exploded." Scootaloo said rubbing the back of her head with one of her hooves. Sweetie Belle gasped. "Is she okay?" She asked. "Yeah, but thats not the weird part. After the camera exploded once it exploded again into little pieces and then those pieces caught on fire." Scootaloo finished.
"Scoots come on we have to get going now if we are to make it in time." A pegasus mare walked into the room. She had the same coat as Scootaloo, except it was a darker shade. Her mane was a bright red and it reached down to her lower neck. Her eyes were a light yellow. "Oh hey Sweetie Belle. You guys all ready to go?" She asked. "Yes Starlight." Scootaloo said. The trio started to head for the library to get Twilight. Twilight had everything that they needed and this time it wasn't put into a giant suitcase. It was a first aid kit, a lunch box with a couple of daisy sandwiches, and a couple of juice boxes. The hot air balloons were still in the sky so they had enough time. "Now you guys I know that you want to go on ahead and start hunting, but we have to stick together alright?" Twilight said. Starlight, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle nodded their heads.
Once they were in the middle of the area Twilight did her usual safety measures. "Ammo supply check, weapons are ready check, now lets see what else there is." Twilight said to herself. Starlight was almost asleep at the moment. Scootaloo had her bow gun strapped on and Sweetie Belle had her's in her magical grip. "Urgh if she doesn't hurry up I won't be able to hold this much longer." Sweetie belle said to herself. "Don't worry about it. How about this. Twilight has at least a thousand things on that list so while she checks it we can go exploring near by and look for some parasprites." Scootaloo said. Sweetie Belle was awestruck. That was the most smartest plan Scootaloo has came up with all week. Sweetie Belle nodded eagerly.
Sweetie and Scootaloo wondered around the forest for a while. They made sure that they stayed in the sunlight paths. They were starting to get bored of seeing nothing for thirty minutes. Suddenly lady luck smiled down on them as they found a small clearing filled with parasprites. "Wow. Their all so pretty." Sweetie Belle said. Scootaloo aimed with deadly accuracy at one of the parasprite. Time slowed down as Scootaloo shot the arrow from it's resting place. A fire ball came out from the trees as it swirled around the arrow melting it in mid-air. The filly's jaws dropped. "Wha........What was that?" Scootaloo stepped back in fear. The parasprites in the area fled into the thick forest woodlands. "Um.......Scootaloo I think we should leave." Sweetie Belle suggested.
Sadly lady luck's smile did not shine down on the fillies this time. A small ball rolled out from a tree. When it landed with a thud the two fillies jerked around to see it. When they saw nothing but a ball they started to relax. Then right before their eyes the ball began to unravel into a form. First it it's legs came unfolded as did it's wings. The wings had some kind of metallic machine on them. Finally it opened it's eyes. A white parasprite was standing before them. "Phew I thought it was a real threat. I'll take care about this." Sweetie Belle said. With one simple pull of a trigger the arrow flew through the the air. Click, Click, Dom that was the sound Scootaloo heard from somewhere. A flame covered the parasprite's wings as it took to the skies. Sweetie Belle looked up with a dumbstruck as the parasprite came down with a twister of flames. The two fillies quickly ran back to where they started.
Twilight had finished her checklist for her checklist for her other checklist and was ready to go, but there was only one problem or make it two. While she was off in her own world the girls had managed to slip away into the course. The second was that Starlight was out like a lamp. "I have got to stop making so many checklists." Twilight said as he made her hoof contact with her face. "TWILIGHT! STARLIGHT! HELP!" a scream shouted from one of the paths. Starlight woke up instantly to the sound. "Twilight info now!" She shortened her sentence. "The girls wondered off while I ran through my checklists and are now being chased by something." Twilight said as she started to run.
It didn't take long to find the two fillies. The site nearly caused Twilight to go into a total mind lock-down. The two girls were cornered by a flaming winged parasprite. Starlight was about to stomp the little creature into the ground. Twilight spotted her from making any moments. One wrong move and the girls would be nothing, but ashes. The parasprite just looked at the two horrified fillies. Click, Click, tink Scootaloo heard. 'What is that sound?' She thought. The flames on the the parasprite's wings disappeared and it's wings weren't even singed. It took off into the woodlands of the Everfree forest. "Can we go home now?" Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo asked with shocked eyes