//------------------------------// // Chapter 02: Snake Infestation! // Story: MLP: Venom To All Things // by JusSonic //------------------------------// Chapter 02: Snake Infestation! At this very moment, the fair in the Rainbow Kingdom was going very well, already Chief Thunderhooves, Little Strongheart, and the Buffalo Tribe have heard much tales of what the ponies have done since last they met. And the introduction to Ben Mare, son of Celestia, Nyx, child of Twilight & Ben who has their blood while many other crazy stuff about being Nightmare Moon reincarnate, Phobos the Moon Dragon, Princes Golden Heart, his step-sister Pinkamena, Goldie’s trusted friend Jack Zen, Pinkamena’s made mechanical bot Omega, the former evil King Sombra along with his love Autumn Gem, and still a few other friends around Ponyville. Why the adventures told of the Demon Pony, Tough Apple’s visit, the Brotherhood & Tadaka’s Dragon Army, Sunset Shimmer chase to an alternate human-version world of the ponies, the journey to the End of Equestria, Brave Heart’s Visit, Ghosts in a Haunted Mansion, The Clone Six, the Day of the Moon festival, and even about the events leading up to befriending the Mystics and the battle against the Three Lords of Equestria: The Apocalypse Ponies, the Dark Mystics, and even the dreadful Demon God Grimmore. There was so much happening, most of it is explained but very hard to swallow. “Hmmm, you appear to have handled much adventures since last we met.” Chief Thunderhooves responded in being surprised by such adventurous tales. “It’s incredible. We have seen Omen signs, but then many perils are then gone.” Little Strongheart responded in being amazed by how the ponies have managed to perform such feats. “Yep! Sometimes that was us, and sometimes, those were our other friends.” Pinkie Pie spoke off to say this in stating the facts. “But mostly, we handled the awesome stuff.” Rainbow Dash proudly spoke that matter of an answer. “Right, or so yer ego says.” Applejack rolled her eyes in making this remark of a claim. “HEY!” Rainbow Dash snapped back for the remark comment that was an insult. “Well those two are still the same, as you can see their rivalry of friendship and other such things.” Rarity quoted in how this was seen by AJ & Rainbow’s form of being such good friends. “Still, it’s nice that we gather to celebrate this with you. We can certainly use some spirit here.” Fluttershy smiles in trying to be very thoughtful to their guest over the matter here. “And it’s nice of your warriors and our guards to train together in different forms of combat.” Ben stated in what was even nicer, their guards and the buffalo warriors are working together. “Just look at how Fred & Barney are doing.” He looks behind him in stating a fact here. The group sees what was going on just nearby as Ben had said; two sides are practicing a little training workout. And even Fred & Barney were moving in a circle form against two buffalo warriors. “Here, bully-bully-bully, bully-bully-bully….” Barney was challenging the buffalos to come at him. “Barney you nut job, that’s a buffalo, not a bull!” Fred remarked to remind his pal of the difference between two creatures. “Oh sorry Fred, I’ve never actually seen one up close.” Barney apologized for the misunderstanding here. “Then you better snap to it, cause he’s about to come even closer!” Fred issued off in looking at something about to come at them fast. Soon a few buffalos were charging at the two guards as they had to take evasive action while their performance was…very humorist. And many of the crowds watching felt like they were enjoying the display like it was a dinner theater show. “Boy, those two really can put on quite a show, and with dinner here to boot.” Phobos smiled off to say this while enjoying his meal. “I think you mean a dinner and a show, Phobos.” Nyx pointed this out to her friend here. “So Omega, any signal detections for evil enemies?” Pinkamena asked her bot pal for any signs of enemy movements to be on the lookout for. “None what-so-ever, mistress.” Omega shook his head for ‘no’ on the subject. “When did you build in something for Omega?” Jack Zen raised an eyebrow in questioning something here. “Oh it’s just a prototype, but it should detect any evil entering our area.” Pinkamena smiled off to proudly issue what she did, it’s just a prototype before an actual version for a security system is done. “Are there any?” Autumn Gem asked in hoping there isn’t any enemies around. “Now, now my dear, I believe there aren’t since Omega has yet to detect any." Sombra patted his love to be at calm, there isn’t any enemies around so they are safe. “Right, lets continue to enjoy this apple pie, it’s been a while since we had a decent meal without any sudden action.” Golden Heart spoke from taking a bite of his served apple pie, it’s been a while since he had this. “Right!” Goldie’s group responded in agreement as they were diving in without any worries. However, as everyone was minding their own business, none saw that something slithered within the darkness and around the grassy areas, something even was going down the alleys to be kept out of sight. No one saw that something was among them, and from the beaky eyes that were seen…by the many, it would strike. “Eep-Wob-Baah, Gaaugh, Deeih-Duhoooohoooww!” Then both Pinkie Pie & Pinkamena were suddenly yelping to jump on the table to begin making strange body movements that earn some immediate attention on them. “Ah, I see the pink one and her look alike are performing a new dance and song act. Must say, seems pretty good.” Chief Thunderhooves smiled off in thinking this was the dance and song entertainment that Pinkie Pie wanted to show. “That’s no dance act, those are their Pinkie Senses.” Spike stated in what they are seeing is no act, but a reaction. “Pinkie what-sense?” Little Strongheart raised an eyebrow in hearing this. “Long story short, it means when they sense something, depending, alerts us.” Rainbow Dash shrug off to simply say this off to the girl of what was going on. “But what is it? Rainbow clouds? Crow Flock? The Cakery being late? What…” Rarity asked off in what the alert sense was about & of what’s to come. Soon the pink ponies cease their strange behavior of moment to suddenly look a bit puzzled while in concerns. “Um, Twilight….you have a bad habit with something that slithers, right?” Pinkie Pie asked off this random question from out of nowhere. “Wait, you’re not saying…” Twilight felt hesitated in finishing that sentence, her friend doesn’t mean what she thinks it is. “Pinkie…what’s coming?” Ben raised an eyebrow in having a bad feeling about what might be heading their way. “Oh dear…Is it an evil enemy?” Fluttershy yelps in fearing it’s an evil enemy attack. “But Omega hasn’t warn us of there being any evil foes.” Jack Zen stated from seeing that Omega hasn’t reacted at all. “Sis, what did you sense?” Goldie raised an eyebrow in having a bad feeling of what’s to come. “Well it’s weird, cause in a matter of moments, we’re about to have a siege from…” Pinkamena was about to say the answer here, but was cut off… “HISSSSSSS….” Then without warning, something was heard hissing from around the corner…followed by many more hisses until….they appeared. Many slithering serpent snakes were coming out of the bushes and alleys, and going up poles and clothes lines and unto the tables. “SNAAAAAAAAAKES!” Twilight screeched out with wide eyes as she and many of the other wide-eye ponies saw this; mountains of crawling, slithering snakes. “RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!” Miss Cheerliee screamed out in terror in seeing they have an infestation. Soon many of the citizens fled from the scene as the snakes were all over the place, it’s like a classic nightmare of a zoo animal escape fiasco. “Hisss….” The snakes were appearing all over, and pretty much, only the heroes seem to be around along with their guests. Twilight mutter, "Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?" Rainbow comment, "Good delivery, Twi. You sounded just like Daring Do when she used that line in her first novel." “Golly me, don’t get this much slithering fellows back home?” Braeburn replied off in seeing this terrible case playing out. “Great! Why it have ta be snakes? Why not a hydra while at it?” Tough Apple rolled his eyes in remarking what was going on here. “Warriors! Prepare to battle these serpent Demons!” Chief Thunderhooves turned with a stern face in ordering his buffalos to prepare to fight. “Yeah, I mean come on, it’s just a few small snakes, no….” Phobos nods in seeing this was not even a problem, just some tiny snakes, what could be the problem. “GRUUHHIISSSS….” Then a louder hiss roar is heard as suddenly giant snakes and hydras appeared on the ground along with flying serpentines in the air like Horror Hounds & Quetzalcoatl types. This just made the problem a heck of a lot bigger than before, and even what looked like Snake Men and Lamia were appearing and looked extremely skilled to fight. “Problem…” Phobos finished his sentence in looking really in shock and stunned at seeing they just got a bigger problem to tend to. “That’s….a LOT of snakes!” Autumn Gem gasped off to say in seeing what was before them; giant serpents & hybrid snake people. “Apparently, this was not a part of the fair you wanted to plan, now was it?” Sombra issued to the Sparkle group in seeing snakes were not of the list of setting up this fair. “Well looks like our party just got turn into a survival game.” Nyx spoke off before transforming into her Battle Form Mode as Adult Nyx. “Amazing, you can change forms.” Little Strongheart responded in seeing such magic before her of what Nyx did. “It was during one of the adventures I had.” Adult Nyx spoke off the answer really quickly here. “Okay every pony, get ready…” Ben spoke forth in getting to summon his Master Sword and Hylian Shield in preparing for battle. Soon the battle was going off as everyone prepared themselves for a fight never fought before…against snakes. Yeah, it’s a creepy job, but if they can handle villains, then slithering serpent creatures shouldn’t be too bad…right? That, remains to be seen… -------------------- Within the Everfree Forest, we see the mysterious hooded cloak female of the serpents returning. But as she had returned, she found much of the young snakes of all different species that remain, the adults and warriors are not seen. “(I am back. Where are others?)” The mysterious female asked the little serpents where the others were at after her return. “(Gone to get more food.)” A child lamia stated off in telling the one who was here of where the others went. “(What! No! I said to wait!)” The mysterious female protest out in hearing this matter. “(By the serpent’s fang, they’ll caused more hate on us!)” She groans to complain in realizing what could happen now. Then without another word, the mysterious female had to quickly go off, and by that…I mean she took to the skies and flew off with WINGS! Looks like many other surprises are still to come from who or WHAT the mysterious female is… ----------------------- And as for what’s happening in Ponyville, it’s a battle where it’s catastrophic with giant snakes tearing up the town. Some that giant or so had long extending tongues or others spit out acid that melt anything it touch. Much of any of the Rainbow Kingdom’s Royal Guards were up to their knees to fighting against such odds without getting killed; especially when watching out for any tight squeeze issues or getting close to the fangs to be bitten, and then there’s the eyes that hypnotize. But as much as the conflict was going on, the serpents seem to be targeting other animals that Fluttershy brought other along with…the Buffalo Tribe. “URROOUURRGHHH!” Soon a giant serpent was lifting up a tail wrapped around some captured buffalo to eat when… “Whipfruvhmm…” Suddenly, a diamond lasso wrapped around the mouth, sealing the snake from chomping. “Oh no ye don’t! Buffalo meat ain’t ON de MENU!” Applejack protest to the critter while keeping the giant snake from eating some buffalos. “Hisisisi…” Some slithering snakes were coming at the gang when… “SURPRISE!” Pinkie Pie pops in with a little surprise for the snakes; her cannon! “Kurpowfruvhmmm….” And one blast from her party cannon sent a couple of them slithering crawling snakes packing in tangled streamers. “Hisisisiss….” A couple of large boa constrictors were coming near to get the gang, but Rarity was on the case…in her own usual way of handling this… “Eew-eew, eew-eew-eewww….keep away!” Rarity was yelping to use her Eternal Style to form her scepter to use it like a swatter to keep any slithering snakes back from getting near her. “Mwwourraaughhh….” Many of the buffalo warriors were charging against the smaller menaces, but the larger ones proved harder to take down. “Hisiisss….” Some giant snakes were wrapping their bodies against any of the other little animals to feast, until…. “Iron Bear Claw!/Powwfruvhmmm…” Then Fluttershy dived downed from above with her front hooves that made a strong bear-strength impact that knock the giant snake into its allies and let the animals go free. “I’m sorry, but my animals are not for your menu!” Fluttershy protest of seeing such a thing was not what she wanted to happen, even if it’s a part of the animal world. “Waaahhhh!” Suddenly, Little Strongheart was rushing to escape a giant King Cobra about to bite her when… “Bang-Bang-Bangvhmm…” Soon Rainbow Dash was flying in and shot her nun-chuck blasters at the serpent’s eyes that made it temporally blind. “Buddy, you just got your Snake’s Eyes handed to yah! Oh yeah!” Rainbow Dash proclaimed with her ever ego shown. “Omega Flamethrower/Prrussfruvhmmm….” Omega was soon producing his flamethrower function as it fired off large amounts of flames. “Krrisissis….” Many of the snakes were backing away from the flames from being burned. “Alright, we got them on the run!” Pinkamena cheered in seeing this, they are getting things under control. “Everyone, keep them back, we’re almost through.” Sombra shouted off in giving the order to the groups. However, above a building was someone watching the battle of ponies, Dragons, etc. fighting the serpents. The snakes were being overrun and getting beaten, and that….made the hooded figure begin to growl. Twilight was seen preparing her Twilight Star Shower move to take out more snakes when… “GRAAARRAARRRUGHHH!” Then without warning, something attacked Twilight from above that caused them both to roll across the ground. “Ahhh, hey!” Twilight struggles against someone that apparently, isn’t a Snake Men, or a Lamia, but…well she can’t figure it out while under attack. “Twilight! Hang on, I’ll help!” Ben shouted back in seeing his love was in trouble and needed help. “Hissss….” Then the mysterious female in cloak glared before she suddenly popped out her wings and flew up before Ben even touched her with his sword. And then she brought out a made-bronze slingshot, took aim to fire her shots which the heroes duck to avoid some explosive fire shots. “Woah! Who’s that shooting at us?” Phobos yelped in pondering what kinda creature that was attacking them. “I don’t know, but it has wings!” Spike stated in not knowing, whatever or whoever that is, it has wings….almost like they’re….Pegasus wings. “When in the sky, that’s my time to shine!” Rainbow Dash proclaimed forth in seeing that she’ll handle this matter easily. Soon Rainbow Dash was chasing after a small, but fast flier, but nothing Rainbow couldn’t handle on her own. “Bang-Bang-Bangvhmm….” The dare-devil pony was using her nun-chuck blasters to fire off her fast shots, all to hit the target. “Hiisssivhmm…” The mysterious figure however proved to be just as agile and quick on response to have dodge the shots and counter them with her own before charging to Dashie’s location. “Woah! Time to change tactics here!” Rainbow Dash yelped in seeing what was coming her way, guess it’s time she had a change of plans in how to fight here. “Enhanced Melee Mode: Spear Pole!” She announced this while her nun-chuck is soon combined by the long poles together that extends into a longer melee weapon and looks almost like a spear pole with the gun-hole points & the trigger grip handles near the bottom or top. Soon Rainbow Dash used this move to surprise her charging foe to swing backwards to dodge an attack and attack the cloak creature in the back. Course that stunt whack the opponent hard while catching the cloak. “Clupsfruvhmm…” The mysterious figure crashed against some barrels from what took her down and was covered by a dust cloud. “I must say, excellent work Rainbow Dash.” Rarity smiled forth in giving her compliments to her friend for the valiant effort. “Looky there, ye even nab its getup.” Applejack pointed off what Dashie gone and snatch from the mysterious figure; the cloak getup. “Guess now we can see who the mysterious female figure is.” Pinkie Pie spoke in stating this fact of what they can now find out here. “Must be another serpent folk, it’s gotta be it.” Tough Apple stated his own opinion over what they’ve seen so far. “Look! There it is!” Braeburn pointed off in seeing something was coming into view. Soon rising up from the barrels and the clearing of the dust clouds, something appeared that completely shocked everyone’s minds of what was hidden under the mysterious cloak hooded figure that was a female….A PONY! She appears like a Mare Pegasus with light emerald coat fur & a mix spot works of dark emerald coloring, long red & dark red messy mane & tail all scattered in an unnest way for a delicate lady, and her eyes are light emerald-turquoise color. She wears on her hooves bronze hoof-wear that seem a bit rugged and front bronze ankles. What’s notice about her is that her black pupil eyes are crescent-shape, has freckles, and underneath her messy mane is not really gray horns, just a mare-comb made from two fangs from a decease serpent. Lastly is what’s on her flank that is supposedly her Cutie Mark, it’s a red symbol of a cobra with wings (symbolizing her connection to being raised by snakes). Truly as she stared out while her snake and serpents gather around to support the mare that seem very close to one another. “Oh my goodness….that’s no snake or serpent creature, that’s a…a…” Twilight gasped in seeing what was now revealed to them, the cloak hooded figure with the snakes, was actually… “She’s a pony, like us!” Jack Zen finished that sentence in being very confused and very puzzled. “But, why is she attacking us and helping the serpents?” Autumn Gem questioned the thought, why is their own helping such creatures? “(I said to wait, and look what you did! Now they’ll hunt to kill you!)” The revealed serpent mare was talking to the other adult serpent snakes about their actions and what it could have cost them. “Oh my, she’s speaking to snakes….but…it sounds so strange!” Fluttershy gasped in surprise, she knows about talking to animals but…this was a language she’s never seen perform. “That’s cause she’s using Parseltongue, she’s a Parselmouth.” Goldie stated in what he could recognize that was being performed here. “A Parsel what is?” Adult Nyx asked off in hearing this, she doesn’t know what that is. “The Snake Language, it’s a very old and dark age sorta language that’s been hard to keep track of. But we didn’t think any pony knew how to speak snake.” Pinkamena shrug off to say in explaining the history that relates to another language of long ago. Then as the gang watched on, the wild mare soon set her eye gazes on them and they seem to almost be looking and studying them. Eyes filled with emptiness & being an outcast, only so few could tell what she was. “You ponies will pay for hurting my brethren!” The wild mare snapped off with a frown in what the group has done to her snake brethren. “Your brethren?” Omega responded off puzzled and very questioned on that logic. “Does not compute, a pony and snakes relationship is illogical.” The bot was unable to figure out this case, it was not making any sense to him. “Silence metal pony! Unless you want to be rip from your shell!” The wild mare snapped off to hiss from sensing Omega was not a creature with a soul. “Who are you?” Ben asked off puzzled, who was this pony, and why was she helping snakes? “I am called….. (Snake Language)….” The wild mare spoke off to say this while speaking her name in which only snakes ever know, leaving everyone unable to figure out how to say such a name. “But aside from that, I am called Anakonda, the Wild Snake Mare, a proud member of the Serpent Clan!” She fully introduced herself to those that do not know her, and where she stands. “Serpent Clan?” Spike repeated that with a blank look on his face. “As in a clan made up of snaky characters?” Phobos asked off in finding this to be very confusing to them. “But why are you here?” Adult Nyx asked off why Anakonda was here to begin with. “Our home was ravage by your own kind of dark aura beings. They hunt us down, trying to kill us for scales and our fangs.” Anakonda spoke off with upset and fury in glaring at those that has caused her to feel such anger. “I not allow you to harm my family when they are starving of hunger that blinds their judgement!” She declared that anyone here that should harm her breather of serpents will pay dearly for it. “Well this….seems awkward.” Pinkamena spoke in feeling like they are being treated like bad guys, how weird is that. Suddenly, many resilient royal guards and citizens were protesting over what was happening. Saying things like ‘Get outta here/You cursed snake Demon/Take your slithering friends back from whence you came!’ and many other insult remarks from those that feared the snakes. “Wait, what is this?” Spike yelps a bit while he asked off in seeing this angry protest of a mob growing. “An angry town’s uproar.” Phobos pointed out in what they can describe this to be. “All of you, calm down! We’re trying to understand the situation, not complicate it!” Ben tried to calm this angry crowd before they make the situation worse. “You ponies all same, you try to kill for fear of what we are. You see one thing, we see another.” Anakonda remotely stated in seeing this cowardly action to threaten the snakes and serpents in thinking they are the monsters. “This be my showing you, to not come and harm my snake family again. Hruuaaarrggh….” As she spoke those words, she suddenly was taking a deep breath to prepare something…. “Uh oh! I don’t like the looks of that!” Braeburn yelps in having a bad feeling of what might be coming at them. "Look! I don't want to hurt you! You have to stop!" Ben exclaims, trying to reason with Anakonda. Anakonda stops what she's doing for a moment to snap, "Liar! I will not listen to you! You all are the same!" Before anyone could do anything, they heard the loud and wild roar. Before they could do anything, they saw multiple yet various attacks heading straight at them - Mystic Dragon Flame, Water Torpedo Blast, Electrical Thunder Surge, Earthquake Destroyer and Metal Bullets. Luckily, they missed. "Whoa, close one!" Rainbow exclaims in surprise and alarm. "Where did those shots came from?!" Adult Nyx demands in confusion. "Seems 'ta come from out of nowhere!" Applejack exclaims in surprise and concern. "Could it be...Father?" Anakonda mumbles to herself, but snaps out of it quickly. "No! I mustn't think that! My brothers and sisters need me! I have to get them out!" "Incoming!" Spike exclaims as most of the gang moves, realizing that the worst is about to come. “Poison Dragon’s Roar!” Anakonda announced forth the name of her strongest attack here. “Powwfrusvhmmm….” Then she unleashed a red poises stream from her mouth that impacted all the large gathered warriors. “Grraauuooorughhh….” Many of the Royal Guards and Buffalo Tribe warriors were hit and some angry citizens, all but the heroes and their pals who managed to escape being hit. “Time to go, they suffer now for crimes onto us!” Anakonda pats one of her large snake brethren in stating they can leave now, for those that would harm them are now paying up for their actions. Soon Anakonda was seen vanishing by some kinda camouflage ability as many of the snakes slithered or flew away from the scenery to head off near the Everfree Forest. But while the serpent menace was long gone, another issue brought in our attention. Twilight’s group opened their eyes in seeing a horrible site; many that were hit by that attack from Anakonda were not moving, and their moans sounded…weak, eyes looking heavy while looking black. “HOLY MOLY! What happened?” Pinkie Pie cried out in seeing the work done to a lot of members. “My warriors, speak to me!” Chief Thunderhooves approached his buffalo tribesmen, they are all seemingly sick. “It’s no good chief.” Little Strongheart shook her head in seeing that they appear to have been spared of what affected the others. “What did she do to them all?” Jack Zen asked off in not figuring what was it that Anakonda used. “It look like a poisonous breath that rare half-breed poison type Dragons use. It’s weird how a pony could use such a rare thing.” Pinkamena spoke in pondering that such a technique used by such rare type of Dragons is possible for a pony, how strange. “Oh my, they look sick! We need to treat them!” Fluttershy stated with worry, maybe they can help heal them. “Dear me oh my, my time appears too late for this timely moment.” Then a familiar rhyme speaking zebra enter the area from afar as it was none other than Zecora. “Zecora?” The gang responded in seeing their shaman zebra friend come in. “What are you doing here?” Twilight asked off why Zecora was here all so sudden. “Yeah, ye miss out on our fight against them no good snakes.” Applejack stated with a frown in what happened here. “I can explain, but first, tell me. Was there not, a wild jungle mare, who was seen….hanging with these serpent beings?” Zecora responded to say while speaking her rhymes along the way. “Anakonda, yeah, hard to forget her.” Rainbow Dash nods off to say this without any delay. “And it looks like she not only looks like a snake, but breathed out strange toxins! Look at these poor fellows!” Rarity stated to say while looking back at what has harmed many of their side. Zecora came to study the warriors, royal guards and any unfortunate citizen that was hit. From her studying eyes of knowing many treatments and illnesses, this one seem…very tricky to handle indeed. “Life signs are stable, but dropping.” Omega stated from his scans detect the infected ones are alright, but their life-spans are dropping at a slow paste. This worries the others, what has happened that could cause such ill manner unto others to slowly die. “It is as I fear, Anakonda was here.” Zecora spoke her rhymes in stating what has transpired here. “She has poisoned them and need help fast, or they will not last.” She explained by her rhymes in what needs to be done now. “That’s not a good thing to hear.” Autumn Gem gasped in really not liking it, the ones here are poisoned and are going to slowly die. “We need to move them all to a safe place.” Sombra suggested this out to the group in what they need do. “Twilight, can we use your castle as an emergency shelter for the sick?” Goldie asked this request for a place to hold a lot of sick ponies in need of medical treatment. “Yes of course, every pony, gather whoever you can and bring them to the castle!” Twilight nods in agreeing to that, and wants everyone who is not sick to help out. And so without delay, any of the heroes that weren’t infected by a poison sickness started to gather whoever they can and bring them to the Rainbow Castle. So many things have happened, snakes and serpent creatures popping in, a snake mare who acts like a wild jungle girl, and now sick ponies and buffalos due to whatever poison they inhaled or came in contact with. And the clock is ticking, if nothing is done soon….well, let’s not go into details just yet… --------------- As Anakonda and her brethren got farther away, she spoke to the snakes in the Snake Language, "(Have any of you seen my father? It has to be him. Who else can launch that many fire powers?)" "(Sadly, we did not.") The boa constrictor hissed in regret to Anakonda. "("We haven't seen him.") One Hydra Head said in agreement to Anakonda, the serpents all gave the same answer: no sign of Anakonda's father at all. Anakonda looks at the sky, mumbling, "(Father... Where are you?)" --------------- Dragoking was continuing his search in the Everfree. She has to be here somewhere. The monster was almost close when a familiar voice stops him. "Dragoking!" Dragoking turns to see Shadow Dragon galloping up to him, upset with him obviously. "What are you doing here?! You were supposed to be at home." Dragoking growled in anger at him. "What do you mean some ponies hurt your beloved mate and child?" Dragoking growled softly. Shadow Dragon, understanding, snapping, "Ponyville? That's ridiculous... You know they hate them, especially Twilight Sparkle. You remembered that, don't you?" ------------------ Flashback Twilight Moon hide behind the crates while looking at Dragoking. She shivered and quivered in fear and worry. Dragoking looked at her with worried yet curious look at her. Shadow Dragon sighed in concern. Twilight Moon is just like the regular Twilight, fearful of snakes. Flashback Ends --------- "That was lucky for her to like you back when I helped her get a close relationship with you. Why would they wanted the snakes?" Shadow Dragon scolds his pet. Dragoking roared wildly and angrily. Understanding that, the Dark Mystic Pony hummed, "Don't rush me! I need to think. Who and why need the snakes? I doubt Twilight overcame it so quickly as my wife...” Dragoking turned and walked away from his master. Shadow Dragon, noticing this, shouted after him, "Dragoking, where do you think you're going?!" Dragoking roared wildly. "I see... Take care of her. And say hi to her for me." Dragonking grunts as he heads on his way. She better be safe or heads are going to roll.