Chapter 1: I'VE LOST MY DEER'S EYE

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>Rubble, dust, burned leaves, fallen trees
>Everywhere little Angel looked, there was nothing but the aftermath of a bloody persecution
>Anything, but his precious deer's eye
>Yesterday, he saw it go away into the forest, by itself
>That wasn't good
>Right in the middle of the night too
>He figured he'd go early in the morning
>Which he did
>Today he had gone out through the rabbit hole in Fluttershy's sanctuary
>Its super easy to traverse through it
>It is just a manner of pattern memorization, and following the signs on each path
>All the paths he made branch from Fluttershy's home
>Therefore, if he gets lost, all he has to do is look back
>Obviously, Fluttershy doesn't know about this
>Why would she? A rabbit as proud as Angel can only share so much of its affairs with the rest of the animals
>As a result, if Angel doesn't come back by the next day, Fluttershy will immediately start looking for him
>And she'll start asking her friends to help, if it takes him that long to return home
>Pinkie Pie is notoriously good at finding him
>Unfortunately for Angel, he wasn't going home without his deer's eye
>He was just that comitted to finding it
>Fortunately, he followed one of the bird's directions into the mountains
>It only took him 3 hours to reach the outskirts of Canterlot
>So it was still early
>That's when he encountered...
>someone else
>Green coat, with a dark grey mane
>He actually can't remember the last time he saw one of those ponies
>And just as quickly as he spotted him, he called out his name
>And then, he saw something come out of the woods
>He saw Him
>He never liked Him, from the very first day he appeared in Ponyville
>His fake smile, his fake charisma
>All hiding something different that Angel himself was too fearful to ask
>This is why his deer's eye was so important to him
>To protect him and ward off the evil spirits
>''Oh, Angel?''
>Unfortunately, it found him
>His voice brought him back to the present
>Before he could even move an inch, he was immobilized by green magic
>That's when He entered his field of view
>''You know I've been looking for you all day, right? Fluttershy said you didn't say anything''
>Anon, as he called himself, had the biggest shit eating grin on his face
>Something Angel despised deeply
>''The way I see it, its just the two of us now...''
>Angel is then, levitated, and brought face to face with the unicorn
>Anon drops his smile suddenly
>''..and I would like to keep it that way''
>He brings him closer, almost eye to eye
>''Capish?''
>Angel has no option but to frantically nod
>Upon doing so, he falls on his butt upon being released
>''Good boy!''
>A sudden, spark of magic happens behind the two of them
>From it, a purple alicorn, appears
>''Anon! How is-''
>She stops mid sentence
>''What happened here?''
>He shrugs
>''Oh, you know, I was doing a practice run on those spells you taught me, and then I found Angel!''
>He brings his body down, forcing Angel into a hug using his left front leg and hoov
>''Ain't that right friend?''
>Angel is forced to nod and smile
>''Oh! Okay...I got some news I wanna discuss with you, actually...''
>Anon recoils, raising his eyebrow
>''Why didn't Spike do it?'
>''Oh, he's feeling sick, he's got some sort of...flu''
>A gentle (fake) smile appears in Anon's face
>''And you decided to deliver these news to me personally? Wow, look at you! Princess Twilight Sparkle, Express Friendship Delivery Service!''
>Twilight giggles lightly, covering her mouth with her left hoof
>''Yeah, I like delivering news. Anyway, Pinkie Pie found some glitter dust on the exposition room. I thought you should know''
>Wait, what are they talking about?
>''Oh yeah, glitter dust''
>Anon bites his lip while looking at the floor
>''Hmm, glitter dust''
>He ponders deeply into the cliff side
>''I know someone familiar with it, but she's not a thief as far as I'm concerned''
>''Oh!'', Anon exclaims, turning around excitedly, ''isn't that the unicorn you told me about? What was her name, Trish...?''
>''Trixie?''
>''Bingo! You told me about her! Didn't she try to use the Alicorn Amulet once and nearly took over Equestria?''
>Twilight looks down, supporting her chin on her hoof
>''I dunno, she learned her lesson long ago, I doubt she'd do something like that again...''
>Right as she says that, Anon then leans on Twilight, wrapping his arm around her
>''Right, but she's a magician right? C'mon, that's gotta mean something!''
>She nods, slightly
>''Right...right...''
>''Well'', Anon says as he unwraps from Twilight, ''it doesn't mean she's guilty. But it makes her a suspect!''
>Anon looks down at angel, his mask slipping away for a split second
>''Anyway, I gotta visit Fluttershy and tell her Angel's fine.''
>Twilight spreads her wings
>''Right, I'll see you at the castle''
>''See ya!''
>''Bye''
>Anon looks up at Twilight, taking off to Canterlot
>''Oh that castle...''
>By the time Twilight took flight, Angel was already long gone
>At least gone from Anon's field of view
>He managed to reach his secret tunnel via a hidden rock entrance that Anon barely missed
>As he traversed through his tunnel system, he can't help but think about what has happened as of late
>This can't be a coincidence, he thought
>His deer's eye is gone and now the unicorn maniac has eyes all over him
>He knew he had something to do with the dissapearance of the green ponies
>After all, how could he be the only one living here?
>Oh what if there were others?
>As the anxiety slowly creeps over Angel, he spots slides down a downward slope of the tunnel
>As he has done so many times before
>Well, two or three times
>Unexpectedly, he spotted a new opening, which he was rapidly approaching at a high velocity
>The fight earlier must've shaped the earth just enough to uncover an underground lake
>Which Angel, was now unwillingly travelling through
>Not for long though, as he surfaced the water shortly after
>His desperate gasps for air echoed trough the pitch black darkness he found himself in
>As well as the sounds of a distant waterfall
>However, the water came to a standstill
>Angel found himself swimming in a not so deep body of water
>There was no lighting, nor a way to know where the water stopped
>There was, however, a gap in the far-nortest wall, from which a very faint source of light illuminated from under the water
>Its a good thing Angel knows how to swim, or else he would've been fish food long ago
>He takes a deep breath, and tries his best to dive underneath the wall
>Upon surfacing, the light is almost blinding
>Angel recognizes this cave entrance! It is located just bellow the Rainbow Falls
>And would you look at that! There's a familiar looking necklace, floating in the water!
>His deer's eye!
>As he swims excitedly to it, he stops upon noticing something else
>The unconcious body of a green stallion

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>Ouch
>You try your best to open your eyes, but the pain surrounding your body is overwhelming
>Even as you open your eyelids, everything is blurry
>You can make out some shades of green, blue, and darkness around you
>The ringing in your ears is eventually drowned by the sound of a nearby waterfall
>You're cold, the water around you is freezing
>But you're not floating, rather, it seems you've washed ashore an underwater lake
>As you slowly regain your vision, you also get to feel something, wrapped around your neck
>Gently, like a collar
>You use your two hooves to support yourself as you try to get up
>Looking down, you notice something that wasn't there before
>Some sort of...bean, wrapped around a red string
>This better not be some form of waste pit where the ponies of Canterlot throw their garbage in
>It doesn't smell too bad, though
>The cave seems to be wide enough to host a pool party
>You'll figure out what the meassuring system is later on
>As you get overwhelmed by random ass thoughts, you reconsider what just happened
>You turn around, and look into the cave
>There's no one here but you, it seems
>There's something else too...
>It would seem there's some sort of trail imprinted in the gravel floor of the entrance
>Looking closer, it seems to be a trail of hooves, imprited by some form of glitter
>And it leads to a tunnel entrance, that contorts into the left
>Squinting your eyes, you manage to identify a pulsing red hue, on the walls of the tunnel
>The pain in your left side has gotten worse, forcing you to release a loud SSSSSS sound
>Looking at it, there's all manner of things that have penetrated your coat
>Rocks, pebbles, sticks, leaves
>Your thigh is severely bruised too, who knows when you'll be able to walk again
>You ear picks up a sound, echoing through the cave
>STEP
>STEP
>STEP
>That's when a shadowy figure peeks from the entrance of the tunnel
>You see a pair of eyes, twinkling in the dark
>Its staring right at you
>You don't even know what to say
>Your body is in too much pain to run away, but right now you're not thinking about the pain
>You're thinking about using what little strenght there is left on you to run away
>Your breathing has become labored, every gasp has turned into an intense battle for air with each passing second
>That's when it stops
>Its eyes suddenly dart around the cave, focusing on the cave entrance
>Particularly, one spot
>Just between two palm trees and a rock, something caught its attention
>Try as you might, you can't see it from your point of view
>What do you even do at this moment?
>Your body is too sore, literally every movement you've been unconciously doing feels like a needle piercing your bones
>But the figure is just...standing there
>Then, a sudden noise comes from the spot
>The sound of moving bush leaves, which makes its way deeper into the forest
>You turn around
>The fall must've clogged your ears really bad, because you didn't hear the moment the figure closed the distance
>Now it stood only 2 feet in front of you
>Hooves, whatever
>And it is staring down at you
>The illumination of the cave entrance has highlighted some crutial details, however
>At least its not some monster
>It stands in all fours, and most of its body is covered by a dark brown cloak
>Its head is also hidden under a hoodie
>But because you're below it, you manage to see the face of a mare
>A light green mare, with distinct green eyes
>And some patches of her dark grey mane covering her ears
>...you've seen her before
>She breaks the silence by reaching into her cloak with her left hoof
>From which, she pulls out a wooden canteen
>She moves closer into your left side, and gently sits down
''Hey''
>She doesn't respond. Instead, she gently brings her canteen closer to your lips
>GULP
>GULP
>The water tastes...different. Like rock, dirt, and minerals. But you're too thirsty to care
>She stops pouring after a couple of seconds
>After swallowing, you body tricks you into exhaling deeply
>She smiles lightly, before storing her canteen back into her cloak
''What now?''
>SHHHH
>Shushing, she brings her hoof to your lips
>''Rest easy. We'll talk later''
>Her voice was barely above a whisper. Soothing, and gentle
''Ok...''
>Her smile dissipates, before revealing a pouch from her cloak
>As you lay your heard on the floor once more, you can't help but notice the amulet on her neck
>Its metallic, dark, and it has a triangular shape
>There is a large gap in the center too, formed like a diamond
>The sound of the nearby waterfall is soothing
>You're starting to fall asleep
>''Rest, Anon...''
>Your vision goes dark once again

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>Where Ponyville's library once stood, now stands a huge castle
>It still bears some sort of ressemblance to the Golden Oak Library, although much larger, and much more...glittery?
>Anon didn't even like it the first time he arrived to Equestria
>Much like his ''''friends'''', he would've preferred the Library to be rebuilt after the battle with Tirek
>Or as he calls it, Season 5
>A lot of things could've been handled different, he thought
>But even though he is finally in the world he dreamed of, he is still complaining about it
>Perhaps if he was ''''the writer'''' none of this would've happened
>Nevertheless, he had finally walked all the way from the mountains in Canterlot to Twilight's Castle
>And by walking, really all he did was walk into the Friendship Express and hop in one of the wagons for free
>And then he walked from the train station to where he stood currently
>If there's one thing he could recognize, is the size of the castle
>The tall doors he was about to enter through were quite a sight to behold
>A nice shade of gold to contrast against the crystally blue roots of the place
>As he walked through staircases and the throne room, he kept pondering about the insides of it
>Everywhere he looked, it shined like like nail polish
>Except for the Cutie Map, which had been torn appart from the castle floor
>He had nothing to do with that, he's sure of it
>Going up the fifth staircase in a row, he finally reached Twilights room
>Hey that's a funny ammount of smoke just coming through her door
>KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
>''Room service!''
>''Come in!'', Twilight exclaimed
>As he pushed the door, he found himself in a rudymentary laboratory of sorts, with boiling flasks of green liquid, books hovering in the air, a giant cauldron in the middle of the room for no reason whatsoever?
>And of course, the Princess of Friendship herself, wearing a white labcoat and a pair of aviator glasses which made her pupils grow three times their size
>Cute!
>If he hadn't seen this exact set up in previous episodes, he would've been totally shocked
>She seems to be meddling with some form of glitter dust
>''Did you find anything?''
>She turns back to see him
>''Nope! I was hoping you could help me look into it''
>She then stands aside, revealing a microscope
>''And, how do you think I'm going to help, exactly?''
>She looks at Anon's butt, his cutiemark
>''I thought you said your talent was investigation''
>Indeed, that was what Anon had explained previously to the Mane 6
>Otherwise, how can you justify a giant question mark as your cutiemark?
>''Yeah right, how about I look at it normally this time?''
>Indeed, Anon is good at answering questions he already knows
>The closer he looked at the glitter dust, he realized something was off
>It was too glittery, if it made sense
>But it was unlike anything he had seen previously before
>''Say, about that...Trixie fella of yours...you sure she doesn't have anything to do with this?''
>Twilight pondered, looking up into the roof for answers
>''I doubt she'd do it''
>He thought about it, before asking again
>''Are you sure? Didn't she have the amulet once already?''
>Anon had already made up his mind. Its unlikely Trixie had anything to do with this, because her vanishing powder is way different than this
>And he's sure it doesn't even work like that, which means this thing is something new
>Upon reaching that thought, his heart skipped a beat
>This happened yesterday, and today he found another one like him
>All of this means that he's no-
>''No Anon, she's with Starlight right now. They're looking for the Map as we speak'', Twilight says, smiling innocently
>She then reaches for her board, before igniting her horn with purple magic
>In that movement she just did, her labcoat was lifted ever so slightly, revealing her cutiemark and the shape of her back
>Anon smiled, and bit his lip discretely
>''Right'', he said, ''well I'll pass by them on my way to Fluttershy's. You uh, take care!''
>''You too!'', she replied, whilst focusing on her board
>Is that a Golden Ratio she's scrabbling?
>He takes one last good look at her before returning his gaze to the door
>That's when his smile quickly dropped
>A blue pony standing in the entrance
>His least favorite, rainbow colored, blue pegasus pony
>And she was mirroring his discontent on her face
>He didn't even bother to look at her after recognizing her
>He just walked by her and said ''See ya later Rainbow''
>Rainbow Dash, on the other hand, could not stop following Anon with her eyes
>She didn't even blink, she just waited for Anon to walk down stairs before shutting herself with Twilight
>At that distance, he can still overhear the immediate conversation happening in that room
>''Why do you thrust this guy?''
>''He's a friend!''
>''Ever since he showed up, weird things have happened and you expect me to believe HE has nothing to do with it?'
>Eugh, that raspy voice of hers is enough to drive Anon away
>''He's helping us, Rainbow Dash''
>''Come on! So was Discord, then he betrayed, I dunno, several times, and now he's gone!''
>''Discord has been gone several times''
>''Really? Fluttershy doesn't know anything about him. I'm telling you, he's got something to do with this!''
>''And is there evidence to prove he's secretly a super villian?''
>''...''
>''...?''
>''No Twilight.''
>''...''
>''Cheer up, we're all looking for our friends, alright?''
>''I'll keep looking then. Oh, Tank needs a new fan, could you help me out?''
>There's some noise coming from the cabinets of the room
>''I gotta go talk with the Wonderbolts, see ya!''
>The last piece of action Anon hears is a gushing wind sound, exiting Twilight's room
>God fucking dammit, he thought
>If he didn't have the social skills of a kid with Asperger's he wouldn't be a suspect
>Now he's gotta find another red herring to cover up for the thief
>...he'll figure something out
[END OF CHAPTER ONE]