Castiel report:
Send to:Celestia Intelligence Agency.
Dear Princess Celestia,
I know it is odd to see my reports as of late, seeing that since you have put me on my mission to keep an eye Whinnychesters has put a halt to my observations of the supernatural around Ponyville. However, I do take the opportunity to examine the events surrounding the home of the newest princess and some of the odd events that occurred since the Whinnychesters have left. One such event occurred a few weeks ago, when the Ponyville teacher had to take a two week sick leave.
The following details were recounted by the filly who lived it, Dinky Doo
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It all started on the day that the fillies and colts discovered that their teacher, miss Cheerilee, was going to be out for two weeks sick. While the teens were feeling bad for their teacher, they were also excited to find out about their new substitute was going to be. This was especially true for Dinky Doo, was walking towards the school building with a smile on her face. Occasionally, she would turn her head to look over her shoulder to her home and let out a little sigh. Her mind would quickly begin to think about the supernatural equipment that she had left in her little room and she would droop her head, “How am I supposed to practice hunting when nothing supernatural happens here!”
In her mind, she quickly began to think of the events of six months ago, when she was turned into a vampire and the Whinnychesters worked to save her. She had become so inspired by their actions that she wanted to become a hunter like them. Sadly, it seemed that as soon as Sam and Dean left, they took the supernatural with them and Ponyville was just left with its usual deluge of monsters, gods, and the random magical mishap. Slowly, her quick trot became a slow plod towards the school house. Looking back at her flank at the three question marks, she lamented, “Just when I thought I had this thing figured out. Maybe I should ask the CMC for help.”
Almost to answer her request, the trio ran by her as they ran into the school house, “Come on Dinky!” Applebloom said with a smile. “We don’t want to be late!”
“Yeah, we want to see the new substitute,” squeaked Sweetie Belle as she ran alongside Applebloom.
Dinky arched an eyebrow at this, “Wait, why are you so excited about a substitute?”
“Because, he’s supposed to be this cool exorcist kind of guy!” cheered Scootaloo as she ran in.
Dinky sighed and followed the trio and took her seat.Sitting there, she began to look at the excited faces of her classmates, how the classroom seemed to be filled with an extra burst of energy that day. That was when she heard the door being knocked, “Behold students, I have come to protect you from the terrifying demons that lurk in your town. Fear not,” the voice from behind the door said, placing his hoof onto the door, “for I will...get this stupid door open eventually.”
The students began to laugh at the sight as the teacher struggled to open the door. After a few moments, Sweetie Belle rolled her eyes and used her magic to open the door for their teacher. With a quick trot, the white stallion made his way to the classroom, “Ah, thank you so much,” he said, running his hoof through his short black mane. Raising up his hoof, which had a black glove on it, he began, “My name is Kuro Tebkuro, but you may call me Nube. I like to help out with exorcisms and to teach and I come from I am going to be your teacher for the next week. Questions?” he looked at a pink unicorn filly who raised her hoof.”Yes?”
The pink filly lowered her hoof, “If you’re an exorcist, how come you’re a teacher?”
“Because I actually want to get paid,” Nube said with a smile, much to the laughter of the teens.
“Um, Nube...why do you have only one black glove on your left hoof?” asked a pinto colt named Pipsqueak.
“That, my dear student, is a secret,” Nube smirked. Then he looked to Dinky, and leaned his head to the side as he saw a faint yellow glow around her horn, “And what about you, what’s on your mind.”
“I’m just trying to figure out if you are really an excotist,” Dinky said.
“Meet me after class, miss Doo,” Nube said plainly. “And, I’ll show you.”
Time passed, and soon the school day was over. Dinky watched as her friends all left the school grounds and turned to head back into the school building. As she walked back into the building, she wondered why her teacher wanted to see her especially, “Its not like I was rude, I just really wanted to know.” she said to herself as she pushed the door open. As she stepped through, she saw her teacher sitting there with a doll in front of his desk, “You wanted to see me?”
“Yes,” Nube said with a smile. Turning his black eyes to the doll in front of him, he asked,” Tell me, Dinky. When you look at that doll, what do you sense?”
Dinky looked at the small pony doll in front of her, her horn glowing a dim yellow, “Annoyance, and complaining about you not being good at cutting manes?”
“Well, uh,” Nube blushed a little at that last statement and scratched his nose with his hoof. “Forget about the hair thing for now. That you sense annoyance from that little doll is impressive.”
“Why? How can a doll feel annoyed about something?” asked Dinky.
“That doll is possessed by a demon that caused its mane to grow on its own,” Nube said, picking up the doll in his hooves and putting it away. “An old student of mine wanted to exorcise it and get rid of the demon.”
“Is that why it complained about you being a bad mane stylist?” Dinky asked.
Nube cringed at that last comment, “Yeah. I am an exorcist, not a barber. Now, point your horn at my hoof and tell me what you feel?”
Dinky scrunched her nose as she began to concentrate on the magic in her horn, igniting it with a yellow glow. Letting out a gasp, she backed away from the gloved hoof and trembled a little, “Rage, I feel a lot of rage from that hoof. It also says, feed, like it wants something big.”
“Demons,” Nube said, lowering his one gloved hoof and then turned to look at the window. “A few years ago, I exorcised a very powerful demon from a house in neighpon. It was so powerful that I had no choice but to seal it in my left hoof to keep it under control. In exchange, I feed it the demons I hunt.”
“Wow,” Dinky said with wide eyes at this. “But, what does this have to do with me?”
Nube looked at Dinky’s horn and then at her cutie mark, “Your mark, how did you get it?”
“Well, one day, I was walking through White Tail wood when I saw something weird running through the forest. I was curious so I chased it, and when I caught up to it, I saw this really pretty white mare that I could see through. Before I could talk to her, she just ‘poofed’ and vanished. When I got home, that was when momma said I had my cutie mark.”
“And I bet you had some encounters with the supernatural before, didn’t you?” Nube said as he walked to his desk and pulled out a bag.
“Yeah, about six months ago I was turned into a vampire. Two hunters, Sam and Dean, helped to cure me,” Dinky said.
“Oh, them, I have heard of them but never met them in person,” Nube said. Turning from his bag, he looked at the little unicorn with a smile. “The reason why I asked, is because I noticed that something happens with your horn when you are near something supernatural.”
“Really?” asked Dinky, crossing her eyes in a vain attempt to see her horn glowing.
“That’s your special talent, being able to detect supernatural entities like ghosts and demons,” Nube said.
Dinky sighed, “Well, that’s great. I know what my talent is and I have no way to practice it. Nothing supernatural ever happens here.”
Nube looked at his gloved hoof, “While I do agree that this doesn’t seem like a place with much supernatural energy, that doesn’t mean that you should let what makes you special go to waste. Wich is why,” he smiled as he threw Dinky a rosary, “I am going to take you on as a student.”
“Really?” Dinky exclaimed, wagging her tail in happiness. “Do you mean it? You’ll teach me everything?”
“Only if you say yes,” Nube said.
Dinky smirked, “When do we start?”
And so it was, for that entire week Dinky trained under Nube in how to become a demon hunter. The journey was tough, working both as a student in the daytime and then after school she would train with her mentor. The first thing she did do was tell her mother (And try to hook her up with Nube, but that is a different story for another day) about her afterschool activities, and then she began to work hard at her demon studies.
The training was hard for her, at first. She had to adjust to learning on how to focus her magic on a particular object while chanting, and had to hone her magic to the point where her sense did not go off everytime she walked by something odd or weird. Her training also involved using various incantations and objects meant to hone her spiritual power into a fine point. However, tough it might have been, she soon managed to get a hang on the lessons that her master had been teaching her. Faster that he even expected, she was able to pull off tricks and skills that took him ages to learn.
It was on the fifth day of his stay that Dinky had a chance for her skills to be put to the test. On that day, Diamond Tiara walked into the classroom afterschool, “M-Mr. Nube sir? I have a problem.”
Nube looked up from his papers as Dinky looked at a rosary, “Yes, Diamond Tiara. What is it?”
“Well, it started about a week ago,” Tiara said, sitting in front of her teacher. “See, my mom died from a dream demon attack.”
“Freddy, right?” Nube said.
Dinky looked up from the rosary, “You know him?”
“We met,” Nube said, wincing at the pain in his back from three cuts.
Nodding, Diamond Tiara continued, “Well, ever since then, I have been having these nightmares about her. She would come up from her grave and try to choke me, or she would say that I was responsible for killing her. I-I thought it was just one of those things, you know, that you have when you lose somepony.” She then began to whimper a little, “But, last night I could barely breathe! When I opened my eyes, she was right there, her mouth full of fangs and she was sucking the breath right out of me. I thought I was going to die!”
Dinky raised her hoof, but held it back, “Was it really that long ago I would’ve been happy to her about her being hurt?”
“I see,” Nube said, getting up from his desk. Turning to look at Dinky, he smiled, “Dinky, care to take this one?”
“W-what? Me! But, Nube, sir, I-I-” Dinky stuttered.
Nube put a comforting hoof onto his student’s shoulder, “Dinky, I have trained you well. You have passed every test I gave you, it's time for your first assignment.”
“But what if I fail?” Dinky asked.
A low chuckle came from Nube’s throat, “Then Celestia help that spirit, because I can guarantee you this...I will save you.”
“Ok, so, you said that the monster comes in at night, when you’re asleep?” Dinky asked, walking around Diamond’s room.
Diamond, who had taken to laying in her bed, nodded, “Yes. Then I start to dream and that is when the nightmares happen.”
“I see,” the grey unicorn said, walking around the room slowly and letting horn glow for a bit. “Well, I am decteting some spiritual energy, but not completely sure where it’s coming from.”
“So, are you saying you can’t catch it?” Diamond asked, shaking.
Dinky shook her head, “No, what I am saying is that I can’t locate where it’s coming from. What we are going to do, is sleep.”
“What?” Diamond deadpanned.
Dinky walked to the closet and pulled out a blanket, “Well, whatever is attacking you only shows up when you sleep. So, I need to sleep and wait for it.”
“But, if you’re asleep, how will you catch it?” Diamond Tiara asked, laying back in her bed.
“I have my ways,” Dinky winked.
That night, as they slept, Dinky snored lightly. Her dreams filled with hunting demons, muffins, and looking for ghosts with a dog sidekick. As she continued to dream peacfully, when a slight tingling in her horn began. With a little moan, she sat up from the bed and saw a shape on top of Diamond, holding her nose shut and sucking the air from her lungs. With a gasp, she got to her legs and cast an illumination spell. This flash pushed the creature off of Diamond and woke the filly up. As she looked into the darkness, Tiara gasped, “M-mother!”
“No,” Dinky said as she stared at the hissing mare. “Its just a spirit that assumed her form. That’s a Bakhatak!” with that, she pulled out a small slip of paper with symbols on it with her magic. She then threw it at the creature, stunning it and causing it to writhe.
“A what?” Diamond asked as the flames consumed the creature, destroying its disguise.
Dinky narrowed her eyes as the monster slowly got up to its full hieght, his claws drawn and a look of anger on its face, “Its an old dream spirit that comes for ponies with a tragic loss. It then slowly drains you of your life energy while you sleep. Then, when it thinks its had enough of you, it’ll kill you.”
“And, we just ticked it off?” asked Daimond Tiara as she looked at the towering behemoth. The red creature looked down with black eyes and roared.
“Yep,” squeaked Dinky.
Diamond Tiara looked to Dinky, “And do you have a plan to kick it’s butt?”
“Nope,” squeaked Dinky as the monster pulled back his claw to slice at the two filles.
“So we’re-”
“Dead!” Whimpered Dinky as she lowered her head in defeat, expecting the slash. After a few moments, she looked up to see that the creature’s neck was being pulled back by a rosary, “Mr. Nube!”
Nube sat on a chair, holding the rosary in his right foreleg. He smiled to Dinky, “You did good, my faithful student. You revealed the spirit, and helped to lure it into a trap.” he smiled as he looked to the doors and windows, all with a small slip of paper attached to the door frame. “Now, its my turn.” he said, his voice taking a lower tone as he raised his left foreleg in front of his face. On the front of the glove, an unique symbol glowed in yellow, “Demon in my left hoof,” he whispered as he pulled the glove off with his mouth, “Let your true power be known!”
Dinky let out a gasp as the glove was removed, bearing what was under the black glove all of this time. While the rest of the foreleg was normal, the hoof was replaced by a dragon-like claw. The claw was reddish purple, with muscle and bone fully exposed to the air. At the end of each fingertip was a sharp black claw. Dinky watched as Nube slowly walked up to the demon, his eyes focused on the monster. Roaring the monster drew back his claw and thrusted it down at Nube.
The monster growled in in shock as his claw was stopped by Nube. A quick grunt of superiority escaped the demon hunter’s throat as he slammed the claw into the ground and leapt to the air. While airborne, he swiped his claw at the demon’s face, scarring it. Once on the ground, he swiped at the monster’s belly, cutting it. With another roar, the beast tried to bite onto Nube, but he quickly rolled out of the way. As the monster reared up for another blow, Nube rammed his claw into the monster’s gut, causing it to let out a final roar of death.
As Nube walked away from the dissipating spirit, Dinky ran up to him with wide eyes, “Wow, that was-”
“Hey, I just finished the job. Finding it, revealing it? That was all you, little gal,” Nube said with a smile as he rubbed Dinky’s mane. “You did good kid.”
“Heheh, thank you,” Dinky giggled.
As all things must,Nube’s time with the school ended, and he soon began his long walk out of the town limits. Not before, however, a certain grey filly ran up to him, “Nube, do you really have to go?”
“Yes,” said Nube solemnly. “You’re teacher is better now and I have to go back to Neighpon.”
“But, who is going to teach me about being a demon slayer? I don’t even have a demon claw like you do!” Dinky said, only to be presented with a book.
“You don’t need what I got to be a great demon hunter. You just need this,” Nube said, letting Dinky’s magic take the book. “IT was the book that I used to read when I was just starting out. Study it, and I can bet that you will be a great hunter. And if you are ever in Neighpon, just look me up. I’ll give you some more lessons.” and with a wink he began to walk out of the town.
With a sad sigh, Dinky waved goodbye to her teacher and walked away. Though she was going to remember her time with her teacher, she was still a little saddened that the stallion who taught her how to be a hunter was now gone. As she neared the school building, she began to wonder if Cheerilee would teach some myths or legends. That was when she was knocked out of her reverie by Scootaloo rushing past, “Dinky! Did you hear, Cheerilee broke her leg and had to stay out of school for another week!”
“Does that mean Nube is coming back?” Dinky asked as she took her seat.
Applebloom interjected, “Well, no. We heard it was going to be somepony else.”
“Yeah,” Sweetie Belle said, unaware of a whooshing sound nearing the school. “Apparently he is supposed to be really good at his job and he wanted to see Ponyville school personally.”
“Girls, wait, did you hear that? Sounds like somepony is heading towards here at mach 20,” Scootaloo said.
“Wait, how can you tell a pony’s flight speed?” Sweetie Belle asked with a raised eyebrow.
“I have been training with a superfast pegasus fr the past two years, I think I know what a po-” her comment was quickly stopped by a loud crash as a creature broke through the roof.
“Good Morning students,” the yellow tentacled beast said, standing on five tentacles while two rested at his side. His body was covered in a teacher’s robe that matched his little teacher’s hat that rested on his round head, “My name is Koro-sensei, and I will be your substitute teacher for this week!” he said, a giant grin never leaving his face. His two tiny black eyes looked over his classroom, “Oh, I can tell that we are all going to get along great together!”
Somewhere, to the side of the classroom, a slightly feminine colt with a bright blue mane shuddered. Looking at his snake cutie mark, he could only remark, “They don’t know what they’re in for.”
Conclusion:
After recieving this report from Dinky Doo, I can only come to the conclusion that there are more hunters out there than just Sam and Dean. Indeed, it seems that there is an entire cabal of hunters dedicated to defeating monsters that are beyond the range of Twilight and the bearers. I am curious, have you known about this? Have you seen the growth of these hunters and their abilities? I do not know, but I will continue my observations o these other hunters.