The enormous thing sat in Fluttershy's living room, unconscious.
"I still say we shoulda just left the thing in the forest..." Rainbow grumbled, eyeing the creature "You know, where it belongs?"
"Ah hush, Rainbow" Applejack replied, though keeping an eye on the creature just as she was
"Y'all know as well as th' rest of us, we couldn'ta just left it bleedin' out on the ground like that"
"Oh yes, who knows what could have happened to the poor thing if we'd left it alone..." Fluttershy said, tightening the gauze wrapped around the creature's head.
"Poor thing? It almost ripped me apart!"
"Ahm pretty sure it got angry 'cause y'all tried attackin' it first"
"What do you mean 'tried'? I was handling it just fine!"
"That sure ain't what it looked like ta me" Applejack responed, smirking.
Rainbow continued grumbling to herself as she landed, looking at anything that wasn't the creature.
"Hey, anypony know where Twilight ran off to?" Applejack asked.
"Oh, I think she went back to the library...she looked like she'd been crying..."
"Ah couldn't rightly blame her, ah mean, did you see the gash she made in this thing's head?" she said, gesturing to the creature.
"I could only imagine..." Fluttershy said sadly.
"Right, well...uh, not ta be rude or nuthin', but I best be gettin' back ta the farm"
"And I need to get ready for tonight's thunderstorm" Rainbow added.
"Of course" she nodded.
"Just come and find one of us if this thing gives you any trouble"
Fluttershy nodded, felt a pang of fear run through her system as the two left. She glanced down at him, and took a deep breath, trying to convince herself that he wouldn't wake up any second and devour her in one bite.
'What should I name him? Does he even have a name?' she wondered, trotting across the room to the kitchen 'Where did he come from? I don't think I've ever seen anything like him...except for maybe Discord...'
Granted, he looked nothing like Discord- the only thing the two had in common, was the fact that they were both made up of several different parts from several different animals. He didn't seem to have any connection with Discord himself...if he possessed magic, surely he would've used it against them in the forest?
'I guess I'll have to wait until he gets better...' she thought, casting a glance to him as Angel hopped into the room.
The rabbit took one look at the creature, then squealed in terror. He dashed behind Fluttershy, and gave her a look that said 'Are you crazy?!'.
"Angel, this is...um..."
'What should I call him?'
She drew a blank- what kind of name would fit for a creature like this? He and Rainbow Dash did get off to a rocky start...that could cause trouble later on...
...trouble...
...disharmony...
...entropy...
"Angel, this is, 'Entropy'" Fluttershy restated, removing a head of lettuce from the cupboard.
'I hope he doesn't mind..' she thought.
Angel stomped his foot, before voicing his disproval.
"Now I know he might seem big...and scary...and, um...loud..."
Angel was the first to agree with that.
"-but he's hurt, and he'll be staying with us until he gets better"
The rabbit squeaked again.
"Because Angel, if Mr. Beaverteeth or Mr. Bear was injured, could I just turn them away?"
He hesitated.
"Good, now eat up, I'll prepare something just in case he wakes up"
As Angel bit into his salad, he couldn't help but feel uneasy in the presence of the massive monster. He turned away, and faced the window, as he continued eating.
Pinkie Pie knocked at the door to Fluttershy's cottage, the spring in her step nowhere near as enthusiastic as it usually was.
"Y-yes? Oh, hello Pinkie" the quiet mare greeted, opening the door.
"Hey, 'Shy" the pink mare replied, her mane as flat as her voice.
"Not to be rude...but...what brings you here?" she asked.
"I...I just brought this for...for him..."
"Oh, would you like to meet him? He's not awake, though..."
"Still?"
"Yes..."
"I'd- yeah, I guess I will..."
Pinkie entered the cottage, and spied the creature strewn out on the floor, his jaw open as his pink tongue hung out the side of his mouth. She giggled a bit, before setting a package onto the floor next to him.
"Oh, what's that? If you don't mind telling..."
"I made him a cake..." she said, her voice back to its usual, sad state.
"Could I look?"
"Sure..."
Fluttershy walked towards the box, careful not to disturb the chimera-like creature, and opened it. On the pink-and-white icing, were the words 'Sorry you almost died'. Fluttershy felt herself smile a bit as she closed the lid, and set the box containing the cake on the kitchen table.
"Thank you, Pinkie," she said "I'm sure he'll enjoy it once he wakes up"
The party mare casted a side-glance to the creature, before a small smile wound its way onto her face.
"I-" she began, biting her lip.
She said nothing more, and left the cottage, walking down the dirt road into Ponyville.