Oleander trotted through the town. Many of the buildings were traditional. However a gingerbread house and a castle made of crystal hideously clashed with the rest of the town.
"Bet you the predator royalty is in the castle. Wanna sneak in and dethrone their leader? Predators often retreat when the alpha is taken down." stated Fred in a sing song voice.
"Sure, however if there is nothing of value inside it then we are destroying that castle. Just looking at it makes my blood boil." replied Oleander is a tired tone.
The doors of the castle had guards sleeping on each side of the door. They appeared to be equines, however they had markings on their flanks. Possibly the the marks were a branding of being slaves to the predators. Quietly trotting to the door, the warlock and demon book sneaked inside. After walking through a few corridors adorned with tapestries and opening a few doors the two found themselves inside a library.
"Ok, maybe this place doesnt have to burn yet. Fred can you help me search for spellbooks of power? It would also be nice to know the magic that this world's predators are capable of." Stated Oleander.
Searching through most of the library, it appeared that none of the books gave off any Aetheric energy.
"Is this whole library nothing but history and fiction? Eh let's just go find the leader already."
Traveling further down the castle the pair came into a throne room. A map on a table with 6 thrones around it. They each had a different symbol near the head area. Including..... a trio of Apples, a trio of Balloons, and a trio of pink butterflies on 3 of the 6 thrones.
"That is very weird" thought Oleander. "What could they mean?"
After exploring the room for clues, a pair of doors opened. Oleander and Fred, hid under the table, moving a throne to block the sight of the door.
"Spikee!! Breakfast is ready." The sound of the predator voice echoing through the room.
"Aww, cant we just sleep in today Twilight? Noone is going to come on a weekend." stated a male voice.
"No Spike.. being a princess means we set a good example. Besides, what if someone wants to come in and read a book? "
The voices were getting louder, so they must be approaching the table. Well let's get the first attack in and catch the predators off guard. Oleander mentally chanted a spell of dark energy and let it fly towards a winged unicorn.
"Twilight watch out!" stated the small dragon and shortly afterwards a pink shield appeared around the princess. The two magical energies collided and both fizzled out.
A winged unicorn princess? Wait this is no predator... "Sorry, I yield.. Case of mistaken identity." stated Oleander. "Fred, did you know about this while we were hiding?"
"Of course not mistress." replied Fred in a mischievous manner.
The princess squealed in joy. "A talking book???? OhMyGoshOhMyGosh."
Oleander not sure if this was a magical incantation took a defensive stance. Twilight just looked at Fred, "Hello I'm princess Twilight. Care to start again with introductions? This is just like Making friends with your murderous assassin volume 3." Twilight grinned to herself.
"I'm Oleander and I see you met Fred, we come to stop the predators in this dimension from invading Fœnum."
"Mistress, she is examing me in a creepy manner. Assist me in making her stop."
Twilight stopped glancing at Fred. "Fœnum? No, this is Equestria. There are some predators here especially in the Everfree forest. However none are planning a invasion that I know of. This is a land of ponies, unicorns and pegasi. There are nearby kingdoms of Griffins, Yaks, and shape changing insects.. but doubt any of them are invading your world."
"Fred what do you suggest we do now?" stated a inquisitive Oleander.
"The same thing we do every night, become the bane of predators and those who follow the light." replied Fred.