//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: The lonely Monster // by TheValdetiosi //------------------------------// Celestia's sun was shining all across the Equestria. In Ponyville, everypony were happy and filled with joy. It was autumn season and they were raking leaves away from yards and stocking jams and jellies to their cellars. They worked together to prepare to the cold nights. Meanwhile, Twilight was inviting the other five manes to her house for a night. Spike was along with her having her checklist. At first they stopped at Rarity's boutique. Twilight opened a door and peeked inside. Rarity was making those brand new winter jackets for sale. "Rarity! I would like to invite you with other friends to my slumber party tonight!" she said, giving an invitation letter to her. "Why thank you, Twilight. After i have finished the decorations of jackets, i will come quickly as possible." she said. The next one was Pinkie Pie. She was at Sugarcube Corner selling treats. Twilight gave her the invitation and Pinkie Pie accepted with a big grin on her face. "Oh, i would love to come there, Twilight! We could throw a big party!" she said with an excitement. The others promised to come too. Rainbow Dash wanted to take a break from cleaning the skies from rainclouds and Applejack wanted to meet the friends after all what happened. But Fluttershy, she declined. "Oh, Twilgiht. I can't come up today, cause umm....I need to look after all of my animals, so, coulnd't we hold it until tomorrow?" she asked. "Fluttershy, it isn't a big problem, they can take care of themselves. Besides i'm sure you wouldn't decline." Twilight replied. "Oh, but it is a BIG problem! Afterall, i promised to Angel to be with him." she said. "Well, if you could put him asleep, could you then come?" Twilight suggested. "Twilight, i've never thought that. I'll try, but if it doesn't work, i'll pass." Fluttershy decided. Twilight smiled and went back to the library. Luna's moon were shining brightly at that night. Everypony was in their houses and the streets were empty. Only a thin fog was flying through the town. Inside the library, Twilight, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash and Applejack were partying and talking about everything they had came up. "Hold on just a minute. Twilight, where's Fluttershy?" Rainbow Dash asked and other manes watched her too. "Look, everypony. I talked with her and she said, that she can't come cause she is with Angel." Twilight replied, everypony accepting it, but Pinkie Pie was wordless. "But parties doesn't feel like they are without everypony. That would make our party to semi-party!" she moaned. "Don't worry. I'll be sure she will come here." Twilight cheered up Pinkie Pie. "Just be okay there." she hoped. It was almost midnight. Fluttershy has tried everything to get Angel to sleep. She tried to play with him, until he would be tired and she tried warm milk, but those didn't work. Finally she tried to sing to him and surprisingly he falled asleep. Fluttershy smiled and then put him to his catch. She then prepared to go in the library. She started to notice, that temperature has fallen very much. She hurried to get her scarf and off to go, but she was starting to get a feeling that someone was looking her. Fluttershy shaked off the feeling, but it didn't get away. She assumed it was coming from outside and enraged she opened the front door to see it. The whole field was empty. There was nothing. Was she dreaming? Or something else? "Nopony isn't here." Fluttershy said, reliefed and walked to outside of her house. After taking few steps, she was again having the same feeling. She watched to her right side. Nothing was there. Then, she looked to her left side. Then she saw it. It was a big, monstrous thing at there. It was having a wide mouth with a mood, that nopony wouldn't get any clue. It had a dark blue nose, which was wide and bit a long too. But the most scariest things was it's eyes. They were big and round and didn't even stared at her, but still, she knew it was watching her. Fluttershy screamed with horror, more loudly than she ever had, but the thing just keeped staring. Fluttershy then proceeded to run, away from it. She ran, ran and didn't stop, until she crashed through the library door to Twilight's body. "Hey look! It's Fluttershy!" Pinkie Pie yelled with joy. "Fluttershy, are you ok? Why did you rushed here, like you have seen the ghost?" Twilight asked. "IT'S HERE!! IT'S HERE!! IT WAS HORRIBLE MONSTER!!" Fluttershy screamed and everyponies jaw dropped on the floor, except Twilight's. "Monster, you say? Well what did it look like?" she asked. "It was big, bigger than Celestia herself. It has a horrifying face and...." Fluttershy explained, but before she got far, a thunderous high-pitched groan came from Everfree forest. The manes heard a very horrible sentence between the groans: "I'll be back!" Then everything went silent. Twilight comforted Fluttershy and gave Fluttershy her own bed. Fluttershy thanked, before getting under covers and falling asleep. Twilight took a sleeping bag and slept near Fluttershy. What could be that thing? What did it wanted from Fluttershy? "Tomorrow..." Twilight started. "We shall confront this thing!"