The night was still on and everypony in Ponyville were starting to go to bed. All, but Rarity, who was still making the winterjackets. She was questioning herself from that monster their heard and was a confused. Why Zecora wouldn't tell anything about it? What business it has in Equestria?
This silent moment was broken, when the front door was opened. Rarity frightened and take a look, only to sigh; it was just Sweetie Belle, her sister.
"Rarity, can i go to a sweet apple arces to meet Applebloom and Scootaloo?" she asked kindly.
Rarity breathed still heavingly. Sure, she would allow her sister to do that in normal days, but now, when the monster was still here, it would get her sister or even worse, it would get instead Rarity, after Sweetie Belle could gone.
"I...I am not sure if you should go, dear..." Rarity desperated. "...But in the other hoof...You can go." Rarity decided, sweating and kept smiling.
"Yay! Thank you, Rarity!" Sweetie Belle hugged her and then disappeared in the darkness.
Rarity closed door, locked it, shut off all lights, and went to bed. She now felt so safe having locked the door, so it wouldn't come after her.
But just when she was going to fall asleep, she had a feeling, that somepony was watching her. Rarity at haste looked to the windows, but nothing was there. Then she know, what hiding place any monster would have; under her bed. She silently pulled the sheet on her lap and then peeked. Luckily, nothing was there, just her tools and clothes in packets. She then smiled and turned around, the smile fade away and changed to a horrifying scream. The monster was just next to bed, it's eyes watching her fear. Rarity threw the whole sheet on her and closed her eyes, preparing to worst.
After a brief moment, she watched back there and saw that the monster was gone. After this, she fainted and suprisingly, fall asleep.
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Twilight ran to the center of Ponyville, only to found nopony was there. She started to search anypony, but suddenly rammed to something. She shaked her head, looked it and saw Rainbow Dash.
"Dash! Are you alright? Did you found anything?" Twilight asked.
"I..i saw it! It was horrifying! Almost same as Fluttershy told, but creepier!" Rainbow Dash yelled to Twilight.
"Dash, relax. You are with me. There's nothing to be afraid about." Twilight tried to calm her.
"Nothing to be afraid? If you could see it yourself, you would be more afraid about it than now!" she panicked.
"Really, we don't have any trouble. Let's go to find Applejack. I'm sure she has found something information." Twilight suggested. She lead the way to Rainbow Dash, who was looking everywhere, where it could come again to her face.
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At Sweet Apple Arces, Sweetie Belle, Applebloom and Scootaloo had chatted a long time inside the barn how they could got their cutie marks.
"I know what we could try: golfing!" Applebloom suggested, but Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo weren't amused.
"That's what doctor do everytime they have spare time. How about....Oh, fishing!" Scootaloo shouted, but get same answer as 'golfing'.
"Nonono. We shouldn't use something so simple. How about..." Sweetie Belle was thinking, but before she could say, the barn door were starting to open and the moonlight revealed the shadow....the shadow of it's monster.
"I know!" Sweetie Belle whispered to Applebloom and Scootaloo. "We should catch that thing and we could earn our cutie marks!" she said and the two accepted the idea.
"CUTIE MARK MONSTER BEATERS!!!" the trio yelled with joy.
Then the barn's door opened wide and they scared. It was taller than Princess Celestia and darker than the night. It groaned with a loud voice and Applebloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo screamed in horror.
At the farm house, Applejack was sleeping normaly, until their scream went past her ears. Applejack quickly grabbed her hat, ran off to the barn and gasped to her sight. The monster surrounded Cutie Mark Crusaders, as they weeped in the corner. It was horrifying to see, that the whole floor was frozen.
Applejack kept her guts and walked towards the monster.
"Alright, ya ruffian! Get yar hands off mah sister and her friends right now or a'h show how to buck apples to ya!" Applejack yelled to the monster. It walked back to the entrance of barn and then watched Applejack to her eyes. Applejack was stunned. It wasn't anything angry about it, it was sad. It walked to the darkness and disappeared. After a moment, Twilight and Rainbow Dash walked toward the barn. Applejack ran to them.
"Applejack, have you found anything information from the ponies?" she asked.
"No, ah just encountered it. It was big, dark and everything that Fluttershy said, but after ah command it to go away, it was sad. Ah couldn't believe it!" Applejack explained.
Rainbow Dash gasped. "But, if it has met almost every one of us, it means.....It's going to find Twilight, Rarity and Pinkie Pie!" she panicked.
"Hold on to your hooves, Dash! Applejack, take care from Cutie Mark Crusaders until morning. Rainbow Dash, you'll come with me." Twilight said and the two ran off.
"But why a can't come with ya?" Applejack shouted, although it was useless.
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At the Sugarcube Corner, Pinkie Pie was a strange feeling. She had awoken by somekind of scream, that came from Rarity's house. She get up and walked stairs down to the store-front, where every sweet and cakes were at show. She couldn't get sleep for a moment, so she took a one cupcake out of cabinet and ate it with one bite. She looked around to see nothing, so she decided to put lights on. After doing it, in front of her was the same monster. It were holding a heart-shaped seashell within her hands. Pinkie Pie stared with fear and confuse when it gave the shell to her hands.
"Ouch!" Pinkie screamed, when she felt, that the shell was in solid ice. The monster just turned around, went through the door, to the outside. Pinkie Pie took the shell again to her hands and took it to her room. She placed it on the table and bursted out from the shop to look for her friends.