That morning, I woke up letting out a huge yawn then I looked over to my side. Scootaloo wasn’t there anymore… “She must have woken up early,” I said to myself while getting out of bed.
I took two steps out of my room, and then stopped. There in front of my doorway, on the floor, lay a big hairy monster, its gnarled brown head sat on top of a little stool. Its gaping toothless mouth twisted in an evil grin.
I grabbed the top of my bed pole and uttered a loud gasp of shock. The monster stared at me with one round eye bigger than the other. It didn’t move at all... it just stared at me.
It uttered a high-pitched giggle… at least, I thought it did. It took me a short while to realize that the giggling was coming from the hallway outside my room.
I took a step closer to the monster and looked at it closely as Scootaloo poked her head inside the room.
“Like it?” She asked, stepping inside into my room and walked up to my bed. “I made it in art class months ago… since you told me all those silly monster stories, I figured… Hey! Why not make one?”
“Huh?” I uttered.
Scootaloo sighed then jumped out of bed then goes back to the hallway and picked it up. As she did so, I noticed that the brown hair was brown yarn and the face was only painted on its crummy body. “It’s Paper –Mache,” Scootaloo announced proudly. “Neat, huh?”
I let out a long sigh and just sat there. “Geez, girl… You almost gave me a heart attack.” I said, as I looked at the thing she’s holding.
“I thought you weren’t afraid of monsters?” She asked, sitting next to me playing with that fake monster.
“I am, but… What I saw was a real one!” I said, but knowing what happened with Fluttershy, I assumed that Scootaloo will do the same. “Nah, forget it… It’s nothing anyway.” I shrugged then looked at Scootaloo’s Paper-Mache. “So, you made that yourself?”
“Mm hmm~ Oh, no wait… Applebloom and Sweetie Belle helped me make it though.” She said, making explosion sounds and deep groggy voice pretending that it’s actually a monster.
‘“Very clever.” I said, a bit bitter on the fact that she thinks my stories are ‘silly’. “Listen, Scootaloo, Yesterday about that monster I’ve been talking about?”
Her ears perked then looks at me tilting her head. “Yeah? What about it?” She asked curiously.
“Well, it’s kind of… happened, I saw a real live one and~”before saying anything further, I caught myself in mid-sentence and remembers something. “Wait, didn’t I told you this last night already?” I asked, uncertain of it.
“You mean… the REAL one?!” She asked.
“Yeah…” I was glad she remembered, and happy that she was still young to understand that there are certain monsters in Everfree… but none of those monsters is like Mr. Warts.
Scootaloo’s eyes widened. “Is he really…really…really…REALLY here?”
“I’m not lying. This time, he really is here… it’s Mr. Warts!” I said, revealing his identity to Scoots.
“No Bucking WAY!! The Librarian!?” She shouted in surprise, but I quickly grabbed her and shut her mouth with my hoof.
“Sssshhh!!” I hissed. “Not so loud!”
She nodded then took a deep breath as I removed my hoof off of her mouth. “Sheesh, Dashie! When was the last time you washed your hoof!?” She spits and sputtered, which made me a little frustrated.
“Whatever… Anyway, did you see Fluttershy out there?” I asked, wondering if she’s still upset about me shouting on her.
Scoots puts her hoof on her chin, then thinks… “Not yet, though she must be in her cottage, since its still Nine O’clock.”
“Right, the animal thing… Why won’t those critters give Fluttershy a break, once in a while? And they’re so demanding on food!”
“And not to mention rude…” Scootaloo added, as we both nodded in agreement.
“Well, we can’t help it if she’s busy; let’s go eat some breakfast… I’m starving!” Scootaloo suggested, and of course I said yes then we went out to get something to eat.
We hang out together in the remainder of the day, teaching her to fly, playing pranks, and of course the constant urge to go extreme but… that didn’t go so well if you know what I mean.
After which, we went back to my place and rested up. I jumped in my bed as I glanced up top my clock. “5:30…” I said to myself, thinking we did so much yet it seems like we went out only a few minutes ago. Scoots was exhausted and just fell asleep on the living room couch. Though it’s no question that she’s just a filly to get tired so easily, while I was still in full adrenalin mode.
As I gazed on my ceiling, my mind soon drifted on the events that happened yesterday. It was true, no doubt about that. I need to prove it to Fluttershy so she can see how right I was, and not just making it up. With much time to spend, I took my binoculars and camera then took off outside and patrolled the town, looking for any sign of Mr. Warts.
I spend the last two hours searching him in town, but to no luck… I figured he must be in that dusty old library doing something unsavory. I wondered if he’d ever cleaned the place up since Spike and Twilight went to Canterlot…
“He’s not only a monster, but a slob and a lazy good for nothing…” I mumbled, thinking he’s just leaving the library un-cleaned for days. With my mind set, I went straight to the library to check out what he’s doing…
I landed on the front door and tried opening it… “Locked.” I said, as it didn’t budge when I pushed. “He must have closed up early.” I wondered. Thinking he must be on the other side of the building, I went to the back and hovered myself to the second floor window, but just as I was about to peer in, something fell on top of me and snapped at my left wing. I uttered a slight gasp and before I knew it I fell down to earth like a rock, hitting the dirt with a loud thud.
I tried getting up but the pain was unbearable! My left wing is sprained, my hind right hoof is cut and I couldn’t fly!
I looked over to my left and saw a huge branch had fallen on me. “What darn luck!” I said to myself. Frustrated I hit my hoof on the dirt causing dirt splatting over my face, I tried to spit it out, only to make a noise of it all. Just then I saw a light coming from the window that I was about to peek in and noticed a shadow coming towards it!
Thinking its Mr.Warts, I quickly got up and ran as fast as I could, cringing in every step I took from the injured wing and wounded hind leg.
This wasn’t good, what if he decides to go out and see me like this… and what if he knew that I can’t fly at the moment!? This isn’t good… NOT GOOD!! I gotta get out of here! I thought of hiding on the bushes, but it was too obvious, and going back to my house in my current situation was definitely impossible.
With nowhere else to go, I went to Fluttershy’s house instead. But as I was about to knock, I fell on the ground again. I couldn’t take the pain much more and passed out in front of her door…
At the point, I started to have dreams… Dreams of Mr.Warts capturing me and doing stuff to me in any way! He even tried to stuff me with worms and other disgusting things!
“AAAAAAAAAAAaaaahhhhh!!!” I yelled standing up immediately. Just then, I heard a slight squeak beside me…
It was Fluttershy.
“H-huh?! What happened?! Where am I?!” I demanded, but she just shivered there cowering on my voice… it took a while before she could answer me.
“Y-y-you’re in my house… I… I found you laying there and felt bad, s-so… I took you in and patched you up…” She said, in a low soft tone. Looking at my wing it was all bandaged up, the same goes to my hind leg. Well, it could have been worst.
“T-thanks,” I muttered. “Thanks for fixing me even though I shouted at you yesterday.” I said to her, looking down on my action to her earlier.
“Oh, It’s no problem at all… I’m just glad you weren’t too badly injured though.” She said, in her usual low timid tone. Wait, is she saying that my injuries were NOT that bad?! Yeah, sure… a broken wing and a cut leg isn’t BAD nowadays…
“Thanks for that…” I sighed and laid back down. I looked around and noticed she was wearing her saddle bag. “Are you going somewhere?” I asked, obviously I already knew where she was going, but might as well strike a conversation.
‘I’m going to town to pick up some things, I’ll be back before 11:00…” She said softly. I knew it… as usual, she’s on her night shopping spree, since there’s less ponies around to get pushed and fight over a piece of tomato…
“Alright, be careful out there…” I bid her farewell, as she went out the door and heads to town… “Although, she may pick up some extra stuff since she’s been expected to bring enough food… for these guys….” I looked over to the pack of animals looking at me from the far corner of the room…
I stood up and walked over to the bookshelf. Normally I would just get bored and go out to explore, but again, considering my current injuries, I might as well read something… “Oh, Celestia, even when I THINK I sound like, Twilight!” I giggled, musing at my own actions…. Yeah, why do I sound like Twilight right now?
As I was browsing some books, I heard a knock at the front door. “Fluttershy?” I said, looking back at the entrance. I turned and went over to the door to ask her why she went home early, I slid the peep hole open and asked. “Fluttershy? What happened, I thought you were~” I froze in front of the door, looking at the pony who was on the other side… It wasn’t my friend, Fluttershy.
It was Mr. Warts…