The train screeched to a halt at the station in Dodge Junction. Dust collected in huge clouds and mixed with the smoke emanating from the steam train. The train’s whistle blew signaling the ponies to get off.
The ponies looked around and quietly got off. They passed other ponies who were either talking about their day or just doing stuff. They then saw the Dodge Junction Hotel.
“Okay, girls, we’re going to rest here for the night.” Twilight said “Tomorrow we go look for the creature. Wherever it may be.”
“But we don’t know where it is.” Rainbow Dash pointed out “There’s got to be a way to narrow it down.”
“I have to agree with Rainbow Dash on this one.” Rarity said.
“Same here.” Applejack said “Like, where did anybody last see it?”
“IT ATE HUD!” screamed a voice.
The ponies turned to see an absolutely exhausted blue earth pony with a fedora and cherry tree cutie mark running into the middle of town. He was busy flailing his arms around and yelling at the top of his voice.
“IT ATE HUD! IT’S A COMIN’!” the pony screamed “WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE, Y’ALL! WE’RE DOOMED! BUGS ARE COMING OFF IT’S BACK! IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD!!!!”
By now almost the entire town was in a panic. Ponies scurried and fled for their houses making sure to lock the doors and windows. Already the cherry plantation was closed and the boss and her workers were running amok in town.
Now the Mane 6 were all alone in the middle of town. The wind blew through the air and tumbleweeds rolled by. The ponies looked at each other.
“Well, that happened.” Pinkie Pie said.
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A yellow earth pony with a black mane and tail and a barrel cutie mark sat by the river. In the distance was Dodge Junction. Nearby the cherry trees on the plantation blossomed and the wind shook the flowers loose and they blew through the trees, seemingly dancing in the air.
The pony, however, wasn’t focusing on that. He was busy waiting for the fish to eat at his line. He had ignored the crazed pony who had warned him earlier and had just deemed him crazy.
“Ugh, nothing.” the pony said.
He pulled up his line. Sure enough, nothing but a soda can that had been snagged on the line. He shook the bottle and threw it into a bush. He then threw his line back in. After tapping his foot for about two minutes the line suddenly shook violently.
“Ha-ha!” the pony laughed.
Suddenly there was a very faint rumbling sound and the water vibrated. The pony looked around. His eyes narrowed.
“Weird.” he said.
He no sooner felt the tug against his line then the rumbling happened again. The pony grinded his teeth angrily.
“Okay, whose doing that?!” he yelled as he looked around “Bart, is that you?!”
No answer. Just the sound of the wind. The pony now felt slightly nervous. He wasted no time in pulling up his line and the small fish flopped onto the ground next to him. He then unhooked the fish and put it out of it’s misery. Then the rumbling sound happened again only slightly louder.
“I’m going crazy.” the pony thought.
He then packed his stuff, took the fish and put it in his saddle-bag and headed home.
But as he left, a little bug the size of a dog crawled into the bush where the soda bottle was. Concealed in the dark, the creature eyed the leaving pony with it’s four eyes. The bug’s sight was almost entirely green so the pony just looked bright white. The bug hissed and zipped out of the book and up into a nearby tree. The pony stopped and looked up at the tree but the bug was concealed so it didn’t worry.
The pony looked around and squinted really hard at the tree. He then shook his head, looked around to see if he was being followed and ran like heck towards his house.