Hi everypony, welcome back again.

Well that's it, Season 4 is over. I must say, it was the best season so far. I especially liked the fight scene with Twilight and Tirek, it was both dark and action-filled, officially proving that this how is no long for just little kids, it's a family show now.

Ok, so my Skylanders story didn't get as much attention as I had hoped, maybe it'll become something big in the future.

Just in case you guys don't know anything about Skylanders, it's basically a Spyro game. I mean, the first Skylanders had his name on the title and as long as you have the toy of him, he'll always be in the others. Also, if you don't know any of the other characters, the first chapter covers all of that, so you'll know about the characters without even having to look them up. Except if you want to know what they look like, then you'll have to look them up :/

In order for it to make sense for the story, I had to change some of the lyrics of the song I used in this chapter.

Anyway, here's the next chapter, please enjoy.

Chapter 54: Zelga charm

It's been 4 weeks since Zelga's first day in Ponyville and I must say she's doing alright for herself.

She's been spending a lot of time with Big Macintosh recently, if I didn't know any better, I'd say they were really hitting it off.

She's also been having some quality girl time with our friends. Rarity showed her latest designs to her, Fluttershy's been showing her how to interact with her animals, and she been helping Rainbow Dash clear the skies.

However, that was the first few days she was here. These days, our friends don't think the same as they used to anymore. They complain that Zelga's starting to get snobby and over-proud.

They're saying she thinks herself as, in Rarity's words, 'The gem of Ponyville'. Not only that, but every female in town is thinking the same.

Personally, I didn't really notice anything about her. I admit Zelga's a little strange here and there, but that doesn't mean she's a bad pony. Must be a girl thing or something.

But…if Twilight really thinks there's something funny about her, I'd look into it as much as possible until she's at ease. Then maybe she can find a way to get along with her.

Sugar Cube Corner

While I was busy with my deliveries, Twilight and the rest of the girls went to Sugar Cube Corner to talk to themselves.

They were sitting around a big table and each of them was having a milkshake. After ordering her milkshake, Rarity came back over to the table. "So now that we're all alone together, let's say we talk about our biggest problem yet…Zelga." she said as she sat in her place.

They each nodded with agreement. "You're tellin' me." Rainbow Dash said before she turned to face the others. "She's been doing my job for the last few days. Every time I wake up in the morning, the clouds are gone. After taking an afternoon nap, the clouds are gone. At night when everypony's supposed to be sleeping-"

"The clouds are gone?" Pinkie Pie asked.

Rainbow Dash looked at her and nodded. "Yeah! Without my weather duties, what am I supposed to do? The Wonderbolts would never take an out-matched Pegasus! She's ruining my destiny!" she said loudly.

"And she's difficult to please. I swear, I've made her dress after dress and nothing seems to fit her liking. She comes to me every day asking for type of outfit, and when I make it for her, there's always something that needs adjusting or changing. I spend almost an hour making her outfit, then I spend nearly another hour fixing what she doesn't like." Rarity said.

"Now do you all see what I've been saying? There's something strange about her. I mean, when does a pony like her ever come to a small place like Ponyville?" Twilight asked.

"You've got a point, Twilight. No offence, but Zelga could do so much better than Ponyville. What's she doing wasting her talents here?" Rainbow Dash said.

"Speakin' of talent, have you noticed the strangest thing about Zelga?" Applejack asked as she looked at all of them.

"Her hair colour doesn't match her coat colour?" Pinkie Pie guessed.

Applejack looked at her. "No." she said before she looked back at the others. "The last time I saw her, I noticed something…she had a blank-flank, she has no Cutie Mark!" she answered.

Everyone looked at each other with slight shock. "No Cutie Mark? But she's just as old as us, possibly even older, how can she not have a Cutie Mark?" Rarity asked in confusion.

"Maybe she just hasn't found her special talent yet." Fluttershy said, trying to think of an explanation.

Applejack turned her head to face her. "Have you seen how old she is? She should've gotten her Cutie Mark years ago. Somethin' isn't right about her, I can feel it." she said.

"I still don't get what the big deal is. So she's a little weird here and there, but aren't we all a little weird in this big crazy world?" Pinkie Pie asked.

Everyone looked at her awkwardly before Rainbow Dash spoke. "She has a point. Some ponies are a little…odd…in their own way." She stated.

"That's what I'm saying! By the way, any of you want some spare streamers?" Pinkie said before she threw a bunch of multi-coloured streamers in the air and they floated down on everyone. "It's really helpful when you've have an unexpected party." She stated.

"I rest my case." Rainbow Dash said as she brushed some streamers off her head and shoulders.

"Look, the best thing we can do right now is keep an eye on her, make sure she doesn't do anything funny. Then when we have a chance, we'll try to find out why she's really here." Twilight said.

"Like what?" Fluttershy asked curiously.

"I've got the answer to that. We'll sneak into her house and stay there until we find some dirt on her." Rainbow Dash said strongly.

Applejack quickly looked at her. "Hold ya horses there, Rainbow. Sure we wanna know what she's doing here, but I don't think breakin' into her home is the right move. We could get in big trouble for that." She stated.

Rainbow Dash looked her. "Well what else are we supposed to do? Ask her? She'll probably lie and say she's here just for the weather or something. If we sneak into her house, maybe we'll find a diary or some evil blueprints that'll tell us the truth." She said.

"A diary, yes, evil blueprints, not likely. But I have to agree with her, if Zelga is up to something suspicious, we should know straight away." Rarity said as she looked at the rest of them.

"Girls, I want more about Zelga as much as you do, but breaking into her house and going through her personal belongings is a bit extreme, don't you think?" Twilight said.

Rainbow Dash looked over to her. "But weren't you the one who was suspicious of Zelga in the first place? Surely you out of all of us want to know who Zelga really is." She said.

"Yes, I do, but there's a limit. If you're planning on breaking into her home, please, leave me out of it." Twilight said firmly as she crossed her arms.

"Fine." Rainbow responded before she looked over to Applejack and Rarity. "Are you guys in or are you gonna join Twilight on the side-lines?" she asked.

Rarity and Applejack looked at each other before looking at Rainbow Dash. "I'm afraid you'll have to leave us out of it. We're not so fond of Zelga, but we're not trying to make enemies with her either." Rarity stated with Applejack nodding in agreement.

Rainbow Dash huffed. "Then I guess I'll have to do it myself." She said with her arms crossed.

"Well I'm gonna have Zelga here soon, maybe you can go then." Pinkie Pie said with a large smile.

Fluttershy looked at her curiously. "Zelga's coming here? Why?" she asked.

Pinkie Pie turned her head to face her. "So we can spend some time together, silly. What better way to make a new then by inviting over for some fun. We're gonna play games, eat snacks, tell jokes, and did I mention having fun?!" she explained.

Twilight gave her a small smile. "Well hopefully it won't keep from Matt's song rehearsal is this afternoon, we promised we'd be there to watch." She said.

Pinkie then gasped. "You're right! How could I have forgotten." She said before another smile came on her face. "I got it! I'll bring Zelga to the rehearsal!" she said.

"NO!" Twilight said loudly before she realized how loud she sounded and spoke again in a quieter voice. "I mean, no Pinkie, I think we'd feel better if she wasn't there."

"Agreed. The last thing Matthew and the boys need is more pressure put on them by an extra pony in the audience." Rarity stated.

"But I can't miss Matt's rehearsal. What am I supposed to tell Zelga?" Pinkie Pie asked.

"You're going to have to tell her not to come today, say you've got something important to tend to and you can't spend time with her today. Reschedule it for another day or something." Rarity answered.

Pinkie looked at her with a raised eye-brow. "What? Cancel my evening with her? Just like that?" she asked.

"Yes Pinkie, just like that. It's quite easy, I'm sure she'll understand." Rarity said.

Pinkie thought about it for a moment before she answered. "Ok, I'll see what I can do." she said.

Twilight gave her a pleased smile. "Good." she said before looked at everyone else. "Now can we please stop talk about Zelga and enjoy our drinks, please?" she said.

Everyone nodded. "Yeah, I don't want her on my mind while at Matt's rehearsal, it'll ruin it." Applejack said.

"Then let's do what Twilight said and stop talking about it." Rainbow Dash said before she went back to drinking her smoothy.

Twilight and the others did the same until they were finished. Once they done, everyone but Pinkie left Sugar Cube corner and made their way towards the field where the rehearsal stage was set up.

Later that day: Field outside Ponyville

Once I was done working, I went over to the field outside Ponyville with Spike, Jeff and Peewee to begin our rehearsal for Nightmare Night. We were already in mid-October, we didn't have long before it was here.

And to give the show a bit more effects, we had a new member with us.

Spike sent a letter up to Discord in Canterlot and he came a few minutes later. As always, he was entertaining to be around.

Twilight and the others had just arrived and were now sitting in front of the stage waiting for us to begin. However, Pinkie wasn't with them, Rarity explained that she had something to take care of and that she'd be a bit late. When I asked why, she said it was a personal matter. I didn't ask any more questions and just accepted it.

While I was testing the microphone, Spike was tuning his guitar, Jeff was helping Peewee with the lights and Discord was getting his look right.

I tapped the microphone with my hoof and put my mouth in front of it. "Testing, testing. Hello? Hello?" I said into it and was satisfied with how it sounded. "There we are." I said to myself before I looked over to Spike. "How are things on your end, Spike?" I asked.

Spike looked over to me and smiled. "Fine, just trying to get thing one string right." He said before he went back to tuning his guitar.

I nodded to him before I turned my head the other way to face Discord. "Discord, what are you doing?" I asked.

Discord was standing on the other side of the stage facing away from me. "I'll be with you in a moment, I'm just putting on my face." he said before he turned around to reveal his face-less head with his face in his hands. He then placed his face back where it should be and blinked his eyes.

I was a little freaked out by that, but hay, that was Discord. I shook off the feeling and looked up at Jeff and Peewee. "How are the lights, guys?" I called up to them.

They both flew between the lights as they looked down at me. "They're cool, we just finished adjusting them." Peewee answered.

"Yeah, this is gonna be awesome." Jeff said with excitement.

"Good job." I said to them before I walked over to the centre of the stage and turned around. "Alright everyone, gather up." I said.

With that, Spike, Discord, Jeff and Peewee all joined me at the centre of the stage to listen what I had to say.

"I just want to say I'm glad you could all come. As you know, Nightmare Night isn't far away and we don't have much time, so we'll need to practise a lot for the next few days so we're ready for it. But getting straight to the point, thank you all for coming." I said before I looked over to our new member. "And I'd like to thank Vinyl Scratch for joining the group to provide some background music for the effects." I said.

From behind her stereo set, Vinyl responded by waving her hoof at me.

I waved back before I looked at the others. "Now I know it was a pain getting all this stuff over here. But when ponies play loud music like we do, it'll annoy or disturb other ponies. So we're all the way out here so we don't bother anyone and cause a fuss. Is everyone alright with this?" I asked.

Everyone nodded. "Yep." They all answered at once.

"Alright, let's show these girls what we have in-store for Nightmare Night." I said with a large smirk.

With that, everyone got to their posts and I walked over to the microphone in front of the stage. I looked down at Twilight and the others. I put my mouth in front of the microphone and spoke. "Thank you all for coming. You girls will be the first to hear the song we're planning to perform for Nightmare Night. And with our new member, Vinyl, we hope it'll sound better than it used to." I said.

Twilight and the others cheered as they stomped their hooves on the ground.

I then looked at Spike and nodded to him. He nodded back before he started playing his guitar; beginning the song.

As he played a few notes, I put my mouth in front of the microphone again to get ready to sing. Once my part came, I began to.

Me: "The secret side of me…I never let you see, I keep it caged but I can't control it.

So stay away from me, the beast is ugly, I feel the rage and I just can't it.

It's scratchin' on the walls, in the closet, in the halls. It comes awake and I can't control it.

Hidin' under the bed, in my body, in my head. Why won't somepony come and save me from this? Make it end!

I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin, I must confess that I feel like a monster!

I hate what I've become, the nightmare's just begun, I must confess that I feel like a monster!

I…I feel like a monster! I…I feel like a monster!"

(Spike plays a few notes)

"My secret side I keep…hid under lock-and-key. I keep it caged but I can't control it.

Cause if I let him out, he'll break me up, break me down. Why won't somepony come and save me from this? Make it end!

I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin, I must confess that I feel like a monster!

I hate what I've become, the nightmare's just begun, I must confess that I feel like a monster!

I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin, I must confess that I feel like a monster!

I…I feel like a monster! I…I feel like a monster!

It's hidin' in the dark, it's teeth are razor sharp. There's no escape for me, it wants my soul, it wants my heart.

No-one can hear me scream, maybe it's just a dream. Maybe it's inside of me, stop this monster!

I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin, I must confess that I feel like a monster!

I hate what I've become, the nightmare's just begun, I must confess that I feel like a monster!

I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin, I must confess that I feel like a monster!

I've gotta lose control, it's something radical, I must confess that I feel like a monster!

I…I feel like a monster! I…I feel like a monster!

I…I feel like a monster! I…I feel like a monster!"

Once the song was over, Twilight and the others cheered louder that they did before. We all waved to them before we put any stuff we had down and got off the stage. Twilight and the others galloped up to me. "Matt, that was amazing!" Twilight said as she hugged me.

"Yeah, it was awesome and spooky at the same time! It's perfect for Nightmare Night." Rainbow Dash said with a large smile while flying in mid-air. I smiled back.

But this didn't last long because she still had a bit of a grudge against me, and once she remembered that, she turned away with her arms. "But this doesn't change anything." she said.

I frowned slightly. "I still don't fully understand why you're mad me. It had something to do with our kiss on my Birthday, right?" I asked, hoping I got it right.

Rainbow Dash didn't turned around, she just stayed were she was. "Whatever, it doesn't matter. Great show, anyway." She said without looking at me.

I should really talk to her more about this, I just never found the right time. And whenever I did, she was nowhere to be found, as if she was avoiding me.

I was then thrown off my thoughts by a hoof planting a hard pat on my back. I turned my head to the left and saw Applejack with a smile on her face. "You did good up there, Matt. You and the guys are gonna shake the Earth on Nightmare Night." she said.

"Where did you learn that song, Matt? Is it from your home world?" Rarity asked curiously.

I nodded. "Yeah, I loved it because not only did it sound cool, but…it kind of fit me back then." I admitted.

Fluttershy looked at me with surprise. "Fit you? But you're not a monster, you're one of the nicest stallions we ever met." She said kindly.

I looked over to her. "Well not now, but back before I came here, I was moody all the time. Things in my life weren't going very well, you know, school and stuff like that. I got annoyed easily, annoyed soon became frustrated, frustrated became angry, and…well you all probably know where it goes from there." I said.

"We understand, sugar cube." Applejack said kindly.

"But the one thing that keeps my frustration under control more than anything these days." I said before I looked at Twilight. "Is knowing Twilight always there to calm me down and help." I said with a sweet smile.

Twilight returned it before she nuzzled her head against the right-side of my neck.

"Aww!" Everyone but Rainbow Dash, Spike and the rest of the guys said at the same time as they watched us.

"Oh my goodness!" A familiar voice said nearby.

Twilight's eyes shot wide open because it was a voice she knew all too well. We all looked over to where it came from and saw Zelga walking towards us with Pinkie beside her. "You guys were amazing! I can't believe I nearly missed it." she said as she stopped in front of us.

Twilight was slightly surprised that she was here. "Zelga….w-what are you doing here?" she asked.

"Well after I arrived at Sugar Cube Corner, Pinkie said she had some important business to attend to and had to cancel our evening together. I said that didn't sound like the Pinkie we knew at all and she soon agreed, so we decided to continue with our evening plans and Pinkie would do whatever she had to do another day." Zelga explained.

"So how did you know about Matt's rehearsal?" Rarity asked curiously.

Zelga looked at her. "Pinkie told me, of course. We didn't know what to do at the time and Pinkie mentioned something about Matt & his band practising a performance for Nightmare Night." she said before she grew an excited smile. "I love Matt's band and I just totally had to be here. You guys were awesome, by the way." She said to me.

I smiled at her. "Thanks Zelga, I'm glad you both were able to make it."

Suddenly, Discord appeared in front of us in a flash of light. "Matt, Jeff keeps touching my drums! Tell him to knock it off." He said like a whiny child.

I rolled my eyes. "Discord, not in front of our new friend." I said.

Discord then grew a look of interest before he looked down at Zelga, she waved her hoof up at him. "Oh, so this is Zelga, the new pony everyone keeps talking about." he said.

Zelga instantly remembered Discord. She remembered freeing him alongside Thorn, she remembered trying to kill him in the Town Hall fire, she remembered everything and her teeth clench. However, she was able to control her anger and smiled. "Yes, I am. Pleased to meet you…Discord, is it?" Zelga said.

"The one and only." Discord said before he noticed something about Zelga, he lowered his head down to her and looked at her closer. "Say, do I know you from somewhere? You seem familiar." He said.

Zelga smiled nervously. "Urr…no, we've never met. You must be mistaken." She said.

Discord gave her a suspicious look before he smiled. "Alright then, just making sure." He said before he returned his attention to me. "Now then, Matt, about Jeff and my drums." He said.

Zelga let out a quiet sigh of relief.

I rolled my eyes again before I turned my head around to the stage, where Jeff was standing on top of one of Discord's drums. "Jeff, quite messing with Discord's drums!" I said firmly.

Jeff looked at me and flew off the drum. "Alright, I'm off, I'm off." He said before he flew back over to Peewee.

I turned my attention to everyone else before I looked at Pinkie and Zelga. "Sorry about that, anyway, what do you two have planned for the day?" I asked curiously.

Pinkie stepped forward. "Zelga and I were gonna catch a movie at the theatre in half-an-hour. Zelga's picked the movie we're gonna watch and it really sounds interesting." She said before she pulled out a movie poster from nowhere and showed it to me.

I then looked at the poster to see what it was. The background was white and there was a pony's face in the middle of the picture. From the looks of the small white dots on the character's face, the white background was supposed to be some kind of snow theme. I looked at the title at the bottom of the poster and it read 'The Dim'.

Twilight looked at the poster in confusion. "The Dim?"

Pinkie placed the poster down in front of us and nodded. "Yeah, it has thrill, suspense, Timberwolves, loads of things." she said.

Rarity looked at Zelga. "It seems a bit high rated, Zelga. Why would you want to watch something like…this." She asked as she pointed her hoof down at the poster.

Zelga shrugged. "I have a thing for movies with suspense. Gives you a bit of a thrill." She answered before she smiled. "Any of you guys wanna join us? We have enough bits for a few more guests." She said.

Rarity shook her head. "Sorry, but this movie sounds rather uncouth for my liking. I'm afraid I'm going to have to pass on that offer." She said.

"I can't come either, sorry. I have to clean out my chicken coop. Plus, it doesn't seem like my kind of movie." Fluttershy said nervously with her ears down.

Zelga sighed before she looked over to Applejack and Rainbow Dash. "What about you two?" she asked.

"I can't go. I'm helpin' Fluttershy clean her chicken coop, then I have some work to get back to on the farm. I've already used a lot of my time comin' here." Applejack stated.

"Yeah, and I can't come because I have some work to d-…I mean, I have to study for-…I mean, I…*sigh*…You know what? I'm gonna be honest, I just don't want to go." Rainbow Dash said before she shot off into the sky and disappeared above the puffy clouds.

Zelga huffed before she looked at us. "Well, that just leaves you guys. Up for a movie?" she asked.

Twilight and I were unsure about it. We looked at each other with the same look on our faces. "I'm up for it if you are." I said.

Twilight thought about it for a moment before she looked at Zelga. "I suppose we could. I mean, we've haven't been to the movie theatres that much, it could be fun." She said with a weak smile.

Zelga smiled at her answer. "Awesome, this evening just got a lot better!" she said with joy.

Suddenly, Discord's head rose up beside her. "Can I come, I've never been to the movies before, and this movie sounds like my type of thing." he said before he gave her a big begging smile.

Zelga rolled her eyes. "Fine." She said through her teeth. "But the point about the movies is to be as quiet as possible so everyone can hear it." she said.

Discord hovered away from her to give himself some space. "Of course, I'll be as quiet as a mouse." He said as he turned himself into a giant mouse.

Zelga ignored him and looked over to Spike, Jeff and Peewee. "Hey guys, you wanna come with us?" she asked.

Spike, Jeff and Peewee then came over to us and Spike stopped beside me while Jeff and Peewee stayed in mid-air. "Sure Zelga." Zelga said with a kind smile.

"Nah, we're good. We need to watch the library. Besides, the movie doesn't look that good." Jeff said with Peewee nodding in agreement.

"Good, not only will it mean less bits for us to spend, but it means I won't have to listen to your flapping beak all evening." Zelga thought before she responded. "Ok, I understand."

"So is that it? Should we get going?" Pinkie asked as she getting more and more excited.

I was about to answer before I remembered Vinyl Scratch. "Oh wait a minute." I said before I turned my head around look back at Vinyl. "Hey Vinyl, do you want to come with us to the mo-"

I didn't get a chance to finish my sentence as Vinyl answered by shaking her head; saying no.

"She doesn't talk much, does she?" I said under my breath before I turned my head back around to face the others. "Alright, I guess we're set to go." I said.

Jeff then hovered down to me. "Urr, dude, aren't you forgetting about the stage, instalments and everything else? We can't just leave it in the open like this, especially in this weather." He stated.

I realized her was right. "Oh yeah, thanks." I said before I looked up at Discord. "Discord, apply the stage cover." I said.

Discord saluted with his talon-hand. "Yes sir." He said before he snapped his fingers.

At that moment, a giant blue cover appeared in a flash of light above the stage and started lowering itself down to it. Vinyl barely had time to get off the stage before it covered the entire stage and nailed itself to the snow-covered ground; protecting it from any bad weather.

Once that was done, Zelga and Pinkie smiled at us. "Ok, now that's done, let's get moving. I'm just dying to see this movie." Zelga said with excitement.

"Sure, let's get going." I said.

With that, Zelga & Pinkie turned around and started making their way towards the path that led back to town, everyone else followed them.

But as I began to follow as-well, a force grabbed my tail and stopped me. I turned my head around and saw Twilight was holding my tail in a magic grip. "Matt, can I talk to you for a second?" she asked as her horn stopped glowing and released my tail from her magic.

"Sure Twi." I said before I turned around to face her properly. "What's on your mind?" I asked.

Twilight gave me an unsure look, just like the one she always give me. "Matt…I'm not sure this is a good idea." She said.

"Why? We're just going to the movies with some friends, nothing we wouldn't normally do if the opportunity came up." I stated.

"It's not that." Twilight said before she moved a bit closer to me. "I'm just not sure we should go with Zelga." she said in a whisper.

"Twilight, I know you don't feel right about her, but you said you'd try to get on with her." I said calmly.

"That was weeks ago. Listen, it's not just me, the others think the same way about her. They said she's rude and over proud." Twilight said, still whispering.

I turned my head around to look back at everyone as they walked away. "You mean…Fluttershy, Rarity, Applejack, all of them feel the same way about her?" I asked as I turned to face Twilight again.

Twilight nodded. "Yeah, something just doesn't feel right. It's like…every time I'm around her, all the happiness goes away…she…she frightens me." she admitted.

I couldn't help but feel a bit bad for her. I moved beside Twilight and wrapped my wing around her. "Hey…listen…if you don't want to come, all you need to do is say so. I'll tell Zelga you had some work to do for the Princess." I said kindly.

Twilight gave me a kind smile. "Thanks Matt, but…I've been avoiding her for the last few days, anymore will cause suspicion and…I really don't want to make enemies with her. I mean, yeah she gives me the creeps, but that could be me." she said.

"Are you sure, sweet-heart?" I asked.

Twilight nodded again. "Yeah…besides, the movie doesn't sound that bad. Who knows, maybe we'll enjoy it." she said.

I smiled at her. "Ok Twi." I said.

Suddenly, Discord appeared in front of us in a flash of light wearing a cowboy outfit. "Giddy-up, slow pokes. What's the hold up?" he asked.

We both looked up at him. "Nothing Discord, we're coming now." Twilight answered.

With that, the three of us caught up with the others and followed them back to town.

Later on: Inside the Movie Theatre

While everyone else went home, the rest of us went to the theatre and were now in one of the rooms watching The Dim.

Me, Twilight, Spike, Pinkie, Discord and Zelga were sitting in a row of seats while our eyes were glued to the scream with both suspense and disbelief.

So far, I understood the movie. A group of stallions were in the cold North and had just survived a nasty train crash. Now they had to make their way back to civilization, surviving the freezing weather while also being chased by a pack of aggressive Timberwolves. It was early in the film and one of the characters has already been killed by the wolves. The death scene really felt some of us, including me, in a stunned state.

However, Discord was watching the movie in awe. "Where has this thing been all my life." he said while eating a box of popcorn.

Just then, a pony sitting behind Discord tapped his back. "Hey buddy." he said. Discord turned his head around to see the firm look on the pony's face. "Down in front, I can't see the movie." He said.

Discord then magically shrunk himself to a very small size so the pony could see the full screen. "Sorry." Discord said in a high-pitched voice before they both went back to watching the movie.

Meanwhile, I was sitting between Twilight and Zelga. I was watching the movie with small interest while Twilight and Zelga watched it with suspense and a bit of fear.

Spike was sitting beside Pinkie with his hands over his eyes, quivering in fear. I would've comforted him, but because of the distance between us, I didn't notice.

When a scary jumpy moment came, everyone reacted. Some let out a small yell while others just jumped.

Twilight reacted by wrapping her arms around me and hiding her face in my neck. However, she soon noticed something that shocked her. Zelga was doing the same, she had her hooves wrapped around me and was hiding her face in my neck.

While Zelga was doing this, Twilight gave her a growling look and waited for me to say something to her, but because I was so focused on the movie, I didn't even notice them holding on to me.

Eventually, they both released me and went back to watching the movie. At some points, Twilight would look at Zelga to make sure she wasn't doing anything funny.

-A while later-

Once the movie was over, we all came out of the room and left the theatre. Spike, Pinkie, Zelga and Twilight were in a shaky mess from all the things they just saw. "Wow…that was disturbing." Twilight said.

"More like depressing." Spike said before he looked up at Pinkie. "Why did you want to watch that so much?" he asked.

Pinkie then looked down at him. "I didn't know it was gonna be like that. I thought it was a winter movie about a few guys and Timberwolves." She stated.

"Did you even bother to look at the rating before you chose it?" Zelga asked.

Discord and I were the only ones not disturbed by the movie. There were a lot of violent and heart-breaking scenes, mostly involving some of the characters being killed by the Timberwolves or environment. We both looked at them. "Guys, it was just a movie. I know how you feel, it left me a bit depressed myself, but none of it was real." I stated.

Twilight looked at me. "Still, I'm starting to wish I hadn't watched it." she said.

"Same here." Spike added.

"Well I for one enjoyed it. It had everything, suspense, thrill, conflict, everything I wanted in a movie. And I especially loved the ending where the main character was about to fight the alpha Timberwolf, did he win, or did the creature finish him off? A question that my never be answered." Discord said.

Spike's eyes widened. "Oh my gosh, he's right. That just makes things worse." He said.

Discord slithered up beside him and patted his head with his talon-hand. "Well, what are you going to do?" he said before he hovered away from him.

Twilight walked up to me. "I think it's time for us to go home." She said.

I nodded in agreement. "Yeah, it's getting a bit late, we better get back to the library." I said.

But just as we were about to walk away, I felt someone place their hoof on my back. I turned my head around to see ti was Zelga with a frightened look on my face. "Matt, can you walk me home?" she asked.

Twilight's eyes widened with shock. "No!...I mean, no he can't, he has some work to do at home." She said.

I looked at Twilight in confusion. "I do?" I asked curiously before Twilight then hit me in the chest with her elbow. I grunted before I looked at Zelga again. "Yeah, I do." I said weakly.

Zelga gave me a begging look. "Please…that movie really creeped me out. It said that Timberwolves seek revenge, and after what you did to the ones that attacked me, they're probably out looking for us. They might come into town and attack me again." she said.

Twilight rolled her eyes. "I load of nonsense." She growled in her head.

However, I thought differently, I figured Zelga might be right. Those Timberwolves I fought off didn't exactly back away, they kept coming for us. If I hadn't of flown us out of there, we probably would've ended up as wooden wolf-chow. I looked at Twilight with my ears down. "Urr…Twi…I think I should just walk her home. I don't think we should take the chance of those Timberwolves showing up again." I said.

Twilight looked at me with surprise. "Matt, I-" she said before she pulled me away from Zelga so we could talk with her hearing us. "I can't believe you're buying that act. She's not scared of Timberwolves, she just wants to be with you." she said in an angry whisper.

"What are you talking about?" I asked in confusion.

"You rescued her from those Timberwolves weeks ago, last month, if they were after her, don't you think they would've come by now?" Twilight questioned.

"Well maybe they're buying their time until the right moment. You know, just like the Element Thief did. We didn't see him for ages, then he just popped up and stole Rarity's Element. Now he's gone again and might strike again at any moment." I said.

"This is a completely different matter. We're talking about wild animals that live their own lives, not intelligent ponies out to steal important artefacts. She's just being over dramatic." Twilight said strongly.

"Twilight, I understand what you're saying, but…I'd rather be safe than sorry. Besides, I won't be long, I'll just walk her to her house and then come straight back to the library. You'll barely know I'm gone." I said with a small smile.

Twilight huffed as she thought about it. After a second, she spoke. "Fine, you can walk her home to make sure she's safe." She said before she gave me a frim look. "But if you're gone for more than an hour, you better hope it doesn't rain tonight, because you won't be sleeping with me, you'll be sleeping on a small cloud. Got it?" she said.

I was a little surprised by Twilight sudden firmness, but I nodded my head. "Yeah…I get it." I said in a quiet voice with my ears low.

Twilight noticed this and suddenly realized how she just sounded. Once this happed, quilt overtook her. "Matt…I…"

But before she could say anything, Zelga came over to us. "Is there a problem?" she asked curiously.

We both looked at her. "N-No…we'll go now, Zelga." I said before I looked at Twilight. "See ya when I get how, Twi." I said before I turned and walked away from her.

Twilight had her hoof over her mouth with a slightly upset look on her face, she couldn't believe how she just spoke to me. Zelga looked at her and smiled. "See ya, Twilight. Safe walk home." She said before she followed me; leaving Twilight alone with Discord and Spike.

As Twilight watched us walk away, Spike walked up to her and placed his hand on one of her front-legs. "Twilight, are you alright?" he asked.

Twilight looked down at him. "Yeah…I…I just want to go home." She said with her ears down.

Discord noticed the upset look on her face and gave her a small smile. "Hey…how about I save you both the walk and just send you home. With me, it only takes a snap." He said.

Twilight and Spike looked up at him and smiled. "Thanks Discord, we'd like that." Twilight said.

With that, Discord snapped his fingers and Twilight & Spike disappeared in a flash of light.

Once they were gone, Discord flew up to one of the clouds above and rode it back up to Canterlot.

A few minutes later: Zelga's cottage

After arriving at Zelga's cottage, I looked around at her home. She had a big cottage and a big garden in front of it. She had a flowerbed, a small pond with a fountain, and what looked like a bat-house. She wasn't kidding when she said she liked bats.

We walked through the garden and approached the front-door. Once we reached it, Zelga opened it and went into her house with me following behind.

"Thanks for walking me home, Matt. Feel free to look around for a moment, I've been dying to show you guys my place." Zelga said.

I looked around at her big front room in awe. There was a soft carpet, a nice cushiony sofa, a big round table in the other room (most likely the dining room), a bunch of shelves with small fancy antiques, a large bookcase with a load of books and what looked like an arcade game near the North-Easy corner of the room.

"Wow Zelga…you've got a nice place." I said while looking around.

Zelga turned her head around to face me and smiled. "Thanks. And this is just the front-room." she said before she gave me a sly smile. "If you want to see something really amazing, follow me." she said before she walked into the other room.

I didn't ask why, I just followed.

She led me down the hallway to a pair of double-doors. Once we reached them, Zelga turned around to me and grinned. "Now Matt, get ready to be amazed by my most cherished possession." She said before she turned back around and pushed the doors open with her left front-hoof.

Once they were open, I looked inside and was stunned by what I saw. It was a hot-tub that made to look like a small lagoon. Water trickled down from rock to rock until pouring into the warm bubbling water where someone would be relaxing. It looked so realistic, it was as if Zelga had taken it from a beautiful forest and placed it in her house.

"No one else knows I have this. If they did, everyone would be knocking on my door asking if they could use it." Zelga said before she walked over to her the edge of the hot-tub and went into the water.

She swam to the other side of the tub before she turned around to look at me. "Care to join me, the water is really warm and relaxing." She said with a small grin.

I gulped hard before I shook my head to shake off the thoughts I was having. "Umm…thanks Zelga, but no thanks. I mean, I'd like to, it really looks relaxing…but I have to get back to home." I said.

Zelga laughed. "Haha, Matt, you won't be cheating on your wife if you come in my hot-tub." she said with the grin still on her face.

I chuckled. "Yeah, but I would be upsetting her. Twilight said if I was longer than an hour, I'd have to sleep on a cloud tonight." I said.

Zelga gave me a surprised look. "Really? That's kinda mean." She said.

I shrugged. "Well, she's…she's going through a lot at the moment." I said before I turned around and without taking my eyes off Zelga. "I really should be getting back. Thanks for the evening, by the way. Take it easy, Zelga." I said before I started making my way down the hallway.

Zelga sat up in the bubbling water and watched me walk away. "You know…if I was your wife, I'd never talk to you that way." She said.

I stopped where I was a puzzled for a moment. I then turned my head around to face Zelga and gave her a small smile. "Well…then one day, you'll make a stallion very happy." I said before I turned my head back around and continued to walk down the hallway.

After I left the cottage, Zelga hit the water with her hoof in anger. "Dang it! I almost had him! His stubborn loyalty to Twilight is really starting to boil me up!" she growled as the bubbles in the water grew wild from the heat her body was giving off.

Zelga then took some deep breaths to calm down. "It's fine…it's fine…from the sound of it, Matt and Twilight's little love train is starting to go off course, I just need to break the tracks a little more." She said before she got out of the hot-tub and shook the water off.

Zelga then went out to the back garden and looked up at the starry sky. "But just to spice things up, I'll give Matt another taste of my power." She said with a devious grin as her horn appeared in a small bolt of purple flames.

A while later: Library

After arriving back at the library, I entered it and went up the stairs to my room. I then saw Spike, Jeff and Peewee sleeping in the basket and Twilight sleeping in our bed. I quietly walked over to my side of the bed and climbed into it.

But as I got comfy, I suddenly heard a small moaning, it was Twilight waking up. She opened her eyes a little and looked at me. "Matt…have you just got home?" she asked.

I looked at her and smiled weakly. "Yeah…but I wasn't gone long, I've definitely not been an hour, I had eleven minutes left." I said.

Twilight gave me an amused smile before it went away. "Hey Matt, listen…I'm sorry for how I acted back at the theatre. It's just…I've been feeling a bit stressed lately and it's making me feel sick. I have a headache and everything." She stated.

At that moment, I placed my hoof on her head and felt a bit of a temperature. "You do feel warm. Maybe we should take you to a doctor tomorrow, see if they can give you anything." I said.

Twilight gave me a small smile. "Thanks Matt…and again, sorry for how I spoke, it was wrong of me." she said.

"It's alright, Twi." I said before I kissed her cheek and gently laid her down on the bed. "Just try and get some rest, it'll make you feel better." I said.

"Ok." Twilight said before she rested her head on the pillow. "Goodnight Matt, love you." she said as she closed her eyes.

"Love you too, Twi." I said before I laid down in the bed and rested my head on the pillow. I closed my eyes and soon joined everyone in a peaceful sleep.

Dream realm: Northern Equestria

Unlike many of my dreams where I was in Ponyville or Canterlot, I was now in a cold land covered with deep snow. The blizzard made it very hard to see where I was or where I was going. It was like I was on the snow planet on Dead Space 3.

"Hello?!" I called out. I got no answer, all I could here was my echo growing quieter the further away it got.

I then decided to make my way through the winter land to find civilization. I pushed myself through the strong blizzard, I almost couldn't see because off all the snow flowing into my face. I didn't know how long I've been walking or how far I got from where I was.

After a few minutes, I suddenly heard a growl noise. I turned in the direction it came from and was stunned by what I saw. It was a large Timberwolf, snarling it's wooden teeth and drooling sap.

I back away from it, but was stopped by the sound of another growl. I looked to where it came from and saw another Timberwolf, then another, then another, then another, all stepping out from the thick blurry wall of the blizzard.

I was surrounded, they were all approaching me with the jaws snapping viciously.

I was getting ready to fight until I heard a strange noise in the rushing wind. At that moment, a cloud of snow started spinning in mid-air until it formed a face, a face that looked exactly like Nightmare Moon. He eyes lowed red as she laughed evilly.

I was both shocked and frightened by this.

While I was staring up at the wicked face above me, one of the Timberwolves pounced at me and landed on my back.

It bit my neck hard and I yelled in pain before I grabbed its head with my front-hooves. I then pulled it over my shoulder and slammed it down on the ground in front of me.

I then noticed another one preparing to pounce. So with the other Timberwolf's head still in my grasp, I spun it around to the pouncing and they smacked into each other; causing more damage to the wolf in my hooves and knocking the other wolf away.

Two of the other Timberwolves then ran towards me together. Once I noticed this, I quickly flew up into the air and they ran into each other. As soon as that happened, I dropped back down to them and smashed them both upon impact.

As I fought off the Timberwolves, the Nightmare Moon head watched until she blew a strong wind at me. The wind was so cold I could barely move, I almost didn't want to.

I fought off the Timberwolves as long as I could before I submitted, the cold was too much for me to bear any longer. Frozen in place with the remaining Timberwolves ready to tear me apart, it looked like it was all over for me.

But suddenly, from out of nowhere, something jumped through the blizzard and landed in front of it. It stood in a fighting pose in front of the Timberwolves.

I weakly looked up and saw it. It was a short figure in a cloak holding a long staff, I couldn't see his face because he was facing the other way, and having his hood up didn't help.

The Timberwolves started barking and snapping their jaws at the figure. When they came to close, the figure would swing it staff and make them back off.

He did this 3 more times before used some sort of magic in his left-hand to push the Timberwolves with great force. They eventually took the hint and ran off until they were out of sight; leaving only the Nightmare Moon face in the wind to deal with.

The Nightmare Moon face growled down at him before it opened its sharp teeth-filled jaws and shot down towards us.

The figure then held his staff with both hands and held it up above his head. "You will not cause any fear tonight, demon!" it said before he slammed the bottom of the staff down on the ground.

At that moment, the Nightmare Moon face disappeared and the entire world around us changed. Instead of a cold snowy nowhere, we were now in a warm spring-like land filled with flowers and birds.

I lied on the grass while shaking from the coldness. I stayed there until the new warm weather melted this feeling. Just then, the figure walked up to me and stroked my head with his hand. As he did this, I could feel he had some form of claws for fingers. "It's alright, Matthew. The danger is gone…for now." the figure said in an elderly-man voice.

I weakly looked up at him to see his face, but because the sun was right behind him, I couldn't. "Wh-…Who are you?" I asked.

The figure continued to stroke my head. "Someone who you must meet as soon as possible. What I am about to tell you is important. You must find me out, find me in the Ever Free Forest and we'll talk more there." he said before he stopped stroking my head.

"What?" I said in confusion as I stood up.

"Something dark is afoot, Matthew, something very dark indeed. You have to find me so I can teach you how to fight it, I can teach you many things that the Princesses can't. I know this all seems a bit rushed, but there isn't much time for me to explain." The figure said.

Just then, I noticed he was fading away. "Hey, what going on? You're disappearing!" I said.

The figure looked down at himself before he looked back up at me. "Yes, this is what I mean. I only have a limited amount of time in this realm, and using my magic a minute ago just shortened it." he said before he sighed. "Listen, I don't have any more time left, so just ask Celestia or Luna where I am." he said.

"Celestia and Luna? You know them?" I said before I got to the more important question. "Wait, hold on, you want me to ask them where you are? I don't know you, I don't even know your name, how am I supposed to ask them that?" I asked in a frustrated tone.

"Just do your best, boy!" The figure said before he took his staff and whacked me over the head with it.

Reality: Library

Upon feeling the figure hit me on the head with his staff, I fell off the bed and landed hard on the wooden floor. "OW! Bustard!" I said in pain as I held my hoof against my head.

The sound of me landing on the floor and my shouting instantly woke up Twilight and she leaned up on the bed. "Matt! Are you aright?" she asked in concern.

I stood up and continued to rub my head with my hoof. "Y-Yeah…I just had another one of those nightmares and fell off the bed." I explained.

Twilight looked at me with confusion. "Your nightmares never did that before." She said.

I climbed back into the bed and looked at her. "I know, but this one was…really wired." I said before I showed Twilight my head. "By the way, is my head bleeding?" I asked.

Twilight looked at my head before she looked me in the eyes and shook her head. "No, you're fine." She said.

I was relieved by this. "Good, the last thing I need is to get an injury form falling out of the bed. Good God, Rainbow Dash would never let me forget it." I said in amusement before I lied back down in the bed with my head on the pillow.

"It's a good thing you didn't then." Twilight added before she did the same. "Now just try and get back to sleep. Goodnight Matt." she said before she closed her eyes to go back to sleep.

"Goodnight Twi." I said before I did the same.

As I drifted back to sleep, I couldn't help but think about the figure in my dream. Why did he save me? Why did he want me to meet him? Why in Celestia's name did he hit me with his stick? According to what the figure said, these were questions that would have to be answered by Celestia or Luna…and fast.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter.

The song I used in this chapter is called "Monster" by "Skillet". I don't own anything.

Well guys, this'll be the last you'll hear from me for a while. I'm going on holiday, I'll be spending the next 2 weeks in sunny Gran Canaria and I won't be doing any writing while I'm there, I'll be relaxing by the poolside with my Dead Island novel and doing all kinds of other things.

I might still be able to talk through PMs, but that's only if I get a good Wi-Fi signal there, here's hoping I do.

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Next chapter will be up sometime after the next chapter of Skylanders Beginnings. Which like I said, won't be for a while., but you can still talk to me thought PMs.