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A soft breeze blew through the darkness of the Everfree forest. The only light that shone through to the ground was the small touches of it that seeped through the trees. There were, however, still many areas where the light was prominent. For instance, an area currently filled with brightness was inhabited by a Kecha Wacha, a lemur-like monster with yellow and red fur, as well as an elephant-ques trunk and ears.

Rapidly running through the trees was another entity approaching the lemur monster. However, this was no predator monster. It was green in colour with white and brown armour all over it. Two wings sprouted out its, or rather her, body, and two emerald eyes staring right at her target. It was a Pegasus mare wearing her favourite Barioth armour set. As she slowed down to get a good look at her prey, she opened up a small box and dialed a number. Soon enough, a blue hologram of younger Unicorn mare with a curly mane greeted the green Pegasus.

"I'm guessing you found it?" the Unicorn asked.

"Yeah, I see it" the Pegasus nodded "Still not sure why the client wanted me to hunt down a low-rank Kecha Wacha. I mean, I know I'm awesome, but there are still newcomers who need the practice, right?"

"The client specifically chose you because there were also sightings of a new monster nearby" the hologram explained "He didn't want any newbie experiencing that on their first hunt, so he chose you."

"At least this pays well..." the green mare sighed "Okay, I'll call you if anything gets out of hand. See you later, Penny."

"Here when you need me, Rez" Penny nodded before deactivating the hologram and allowing her friend to prepare herself. The latter put her box away and began checking all her equipment. Potions, mega potions and antidotes were all there, not to mention her trusty Barioth sword with a white hilt and red blade, and her Barioth shield with white plating and silver fangs coming down underneath it.

"Okay, all good to-" she smiled before feeling the ground beneath her begin to feel squishy "That's... odd... This isn't the wet season of the-" she suddenly realized exactly where, or rather what, she was standing on. She flipped off just in time to see a flat green frog monster leap out of the ground. It looked just like a Gobul, long tail, flat-wide body and everything, but at the same time looked a bit different. Was this the new monster; a subspecies? It landed beside her, but paid her no mind. It instead charged right for the Kecha Wacha and ate it before it even got a chance to react, gobbling it down faster than somepony could say Amatsumagatsuchi.

"That's definitely new..." Rez looked curious at the new subspecies "But, wait, I've discovered this thing, right? That means I get to name it! Oooooh, what to call it? Hmm... Looks kinda green, has all that muddy moss growing on it..."

"Why not the Moss Gobul?" Penny popped out of her box, slightly surprising the green Pegasus before she became slightly angry.

"Oi, that was my name!" she shouted. Unfortunately, her shouting got the new monster's attention. It began staring right at the mare, still hungry for something else to snack on.

"Now you've gone and done it" Penny sighed "Sit tight and I'll try and research its attack patterns. Until then, try not to die, okay?"

"Well, haven't died yet" Rez smiled.

"Emphasis on yet..." the Unicorn muttered to herself before closing down her hologram and allowing Rez to fight the Moss Gobul. As she came into full view of it, standing right in front of it, the beast let out a ferocious roar, revealing it too, like the Gobul, could puff up and reveal spikes on its back.

"Alright, let's do this thing!" Rez shouted as she whipped out her sword and shield with her wings and rushed straight into battle. However, before she could get a hit on the Moss Gobul, it sank into the dirt and burrowed its way around the Pegasus.

"Oh, so you're one of THOSE monsters" she sighed "I wonder if you'll have the Gobul's underwater attacks while on land?"

Her question was answered when the beast popped up behind her with a sloppy wet mud noise. She turned around just in time to avoid the monster's attack of attempting to inhale her. In then sank back into the ground.

"Alright, this is getting annoying" Rez complained before taking out a silver bomb and smirking a bit "This outta do the trick. Go, sonic bomb!" she threw the bomb at the Moss Gobul and uprooted it, allowing her to attack it. She went straight for the tail and slashed the ever-living hell out of it, eventually cutting it off and forcing the creature to let out an ear-bleeding roar, clearly becoming enraged, right before digging back down into the mud.

"AHHGG! JESUS!!" the Pegasus cried out, desperately covering her ears from the splitting noise right next to her "Fine, you wanna go?! Then let's-"

"Rez, I just finished analyzing the Moss Gobul" Penny popped out of her hologram again "According to this, it dislikes living in water and-"

"Cut to the chase, Penny" Rez hastily responded "I don't know where it is, and for all I know I might be half-deaf now!"

"Oh, right, sorry" the Unicorn quickly apologized "The monster's underbelly is soft, just like the Gobul's. A few clean hits there could be fatal, but I'm still checking out its nervous system."

"It'll have to do for now. Thanks" the green mare nodded before closing the hologram and pulling out her sword again, waiting for the Gobul to appear again "Now if I was a cowardly frog monster, where would I be hiding?"

Before she could realize, the Moss Gobul jumped out of the mud and charged right for her, knocking her to the ground and making her skid through the wetness of the land. Getting up, she stared at the creature with hatred in her eyes before running around it and attacking it from the side. After hitting it a few times, she attempted to strike its belly with the little window allotted. However, the beast turned around and spat a ball of poison at her, making the Pegasus feel a bit woozy.

"OoooOOoohh..." she stumbled a bit, trying to get an antidote from her bag and drink it. Slowly, the creature crept up to its prey, hungrily awaiting to chow down on her. But in a miracle, Rez drank the antidote and hopped out of the way just before it could gobble her up.

"Not today, jackass!" the Pegasus laughed before striking it square in the face with her sword, flipping it over to try and cope with the pain. She took this time to hop on its body and stab its belly repeatedly. Blood poured out in copious amounts as each stab pierced another part of its internal system. Surprisingly, the monster actually had the strength to flip Rez off it and crawl away.

"Bro, I literally just said 'not today'. What, are you ignoring me?" the green mare felt offended right before tossing her sword upwards and striking the Moss Gobul's upper body, piercing it and doing just enough damage to finally fell it.

(Music Stop)

"And THAT is how you hunt a monster!" she laughed at the corpse of the recently discovered subspecies of Gobul "I wonder if I'll be able to make good stuff from this thing? Eh, probably, but I'll have to fight, like, 50 of them until I get a rare carve."

"Rez, you did it!" Penny popped out of her box and congratulated her friend "You technically killed the Kecha Wacha AND the Moss Gobul at the same time so... new record! Misson complete! Return to base and collect your rewards."

"Sure thing, Penny" Rez nodded before turning off her holographic communicator and going to carve her latest hunt. She put away her sword and pulled out her carving knife, retrieving a M.Gobul Spike+, and two M.Gobul Fin+'s before her knife began to wear out. She shrugged and began the long trek back home.

(Music Stop)

However, as she walked she felt a sharp pain in her head for a split second before it went away. She clutched her head and shook it around a bit before it wasn't present anymore, and continued walking. She had been having those headaches for as long as she was alive, and only happen after killing or capturing a monster. They are, unfortunately, no uncommon for her.

"Ah..." she shook her head a bit more, just for good measure "Alright, now this is getting outta hand. I gotta get to the bottom of these headaches..."

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The road back to Ponyville in the quest caravan felt like an eternity to Rez, but overall it was pretty peaceful. In all actuality, Everfree and Ponyville weren't too far apart, but anticipation got the better of her and she anxiously awaited her arrival. Once the caravan reached the large town's hunter port, the green Pegasus leaped off with her goods almost immediately and took in a deep breath of air.

"Ah... Good to be back..." she smiled before rummaging through her stuff, checking and making sure she had everything from her most recent quest.

"Razor Wind!" a familiar voice called out to the Pegasus. She looked up and saw her best friend Pendragon Quill, or Penny, running straight for her with a grin on her face. The young Unicorn had an ash grey coat and curly red and blue mane, much like how a certain dress-making hunter in town would wear it.

"Hey there, Penny" Razor greeted "Thanks for that info when I needed it. I know I was-"

"A bit rude?" Pendragon asked, an eyebrow raised.

"Um, yeah" the green mare nodded in a bit of shame before realizing something "Hey, wait, how did you know?"

"One, because you were a bit rude on this mission today," the Unicorn spoke matter-of-factually "and two, you do this every day. It's not hard to understand your pattern once you get to know, well... you."

"Oh... sorry..." Razor blushed in embarrassment "But we're still friends, right?"

"Well, I've managed to hold out this long" Penny rolled her eyes "Might as well continue on."

"Aww, thanks girl!"

"Don't mention it. Now, what did you get on your adventures?"

"Well, let's check out the reward box and see" the green Pegasus said before trotting over to the quest box and taking a peek inside "Well, it WAS a low-rank quest, so I'm not surprised..."

"Why? What's in it?" the ash grey mare asked.

"A few nullberries, Kecha Wacha fur, and... Oh, this is surprising" Rez looked through the box, generally not being impressed until she saw something interesting "Apparently, I got a king talisman on my quest. It's for gunners, though..."

"Then sell it" Penny suggested.

"Yeah, probably the best move" Rez agreed before closing the box and allowing a few felynes to carry it off "So, what's been happening while I was gone?"

"Honestly, nothing much..." the curly maned Unicorn shrugged "But that aside, wanna go and have a drink?"

"Penny, you're 16" the green Pegasus deadpanned "You can't drink yet. Only I'm allowed to- AGH!!" she clutched her head as a sharp pain entered her mind without warning.

(Music Stop)

"Razor Wind!" Pendragon cried out, desperately trying to help her friend up "Razor Wind, please be okay!"

"Ahhh..." the pain in the white maned mare's head began to fade away "I'm... I'm okay now... Maybe we should cancel that drink plan you had."

"Good idea" the younger mare nodded "Instead, we're getting you straight to the hospital and checking you out. These headaches of yours are going to be the death of you, I swear..."

"It's fine... I'm fine..." Rez denied her pain "We don't have to-"

"Rez, I'm your friend" Penny stated "I actually care if you're eaten by a Zamtrios or electrocuted by a Zinogre, and right now I care enough to realize this is getting out of hand. What did you think you were gonna do about these headaches? Find out about them yourself?"

"Actually, yes" the green mare confirmed, smirked despite the pain coursing through her mind.

"You're unbelievable..." the Unicorn shook her head in disappointment "C'mon, let's get you to the hospital."

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As soon as Razor and Penny got to Ponyville's medical centre, or rather the hospital, the latter brought her friend to the examination room where a white Earth Pony nurse with a pink mane and silvery-blue eyes came and began the session. After a few minutes, the nurse, who introduced herself as nurse Redheart, gave her diagnosis.

"Her vital signs seem normal" she said as she looked over Rez's scans before looking at her patient "You say you've had these headaches since you were a young filly? Why did you not report this sooner?"

"My dad is a hunter" Rez explained "He really cares for me, but he spends too much time away from me. He never really noticed when I had these headaches. At the time they didn't hurt as much, if at all, so I kinda just shrugged them off."

"Understandable" Redheart nodded "Well, you seem perfectly normal... I'm going to take a guess and say these headaches are just a part of you, like how Ms. Hooves over there has cross eyes" she pointed at a grey mare with a blonde mane and crossed golden eyes who waved at the three "This is common in many, many ponies, Ms. Wind. No need to feel alarmed, okay?"

"Okay..." the green mare nodded.

"However, if these headaches begin to give you extreme pain, and I mean extreme pain, report to me without question" the nurse continued "I have a feeling this may be a sign of disease, but it's too early too be sure. You are still permitted to going on hunts."

"Thanks!" Rez nodded and smiled "That means a lot."

"Don't mention it" the white mare smiled kindly "Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to attend to another of my patients. Ms. Hooves, may you please come this way?"

The cross eyed mare nodded before flying in Redheart's direction, bumping into a wall before finally flying through the examination door's room. Rez just stared for a moment.

"If I have anything like her, I don't wanna have these headaches anymore" she said.

"Razor, that's rude" Penny pointed out "But anyway, nurse Redheart said you were okay, but I still don't know..."

"Dude, it's okay" the green mare laughed before looking out a window "Eh... It's getting kinda dark... Maybe we should start heading home, eh?"

"Eh?" the ash grey mare giggled a bit "You're too Canadian for my taste... But sure, let's get back to the inn."

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It didn't take long for Rez to plop down in her bed and sleep like a log the second she got to her inn room. She and Penny stayed at an inn to accomplish quests in Ponyville, as this was not their hometown. While they stayed in different rooms, they were on the same floor in case one needed the other.

While the green mare of the two went to sleep immediately, the ash grey one stayed up for a bit longer. There was a reason she contacted Razor Wind instead of join her on hunts; she, much like Twilight Sparkle 18 years ago, wasn't much for hunting. She loved studying monsters and being the support rather than the hero. However, tonight's research was slightly different. She pulled out a large, heavy book from her desk and placed it on top of her bed. Crawling into said bed, she flicked on her reading lamp and opened the book.

"Let's see here..." she spoke to herself as she flipped through the pages, looking for something in particular "Ah, here it is! The Legend of the Great Calamity. Now, where's that paragraph... Ah, here we go!

Once, a great dragon, born of dust,
Had fell asleep, now had rust.
Two children it did bore,
Though the ashes they did soar.
The dragon of light and giver of life,
Gave peace and harmony free of strife.
The dragon of dark and bringer of doom,
From the shadows it did loom.
Sealed away for fear of power,
Atop a land of the greatest tower.
Thousand years pass with a sign to awaken,
When a chosen mind had already shaken.
From this strife will emerge a power great,
For that is what is thy fate.

"That's all that was deciphered from the stone slab in Ponyville museum" Penny remembered before focusing back on topic "No matter. After the events of today, this is beginning to... make... sense..."

She finally put two and two together. She let out a small gasp as before she began to freak out.

"Oh no... Rez's headaches, the dark dragon that killed her mom..." she panicked "This is all too like the legend! Could Rez be the one to awaken these monsters? No, the dark dragon has already been freed... Wait... The dark dragon's already been freed!! Okay, stay calm... stay calm... It hasn't appeared since the Crystal Empire attack, but that just worries me more..."

She took a look out her window and saw the beautiful night sky with the stars twinkling above her. She sighed before she rubbed her head and contemplated her thoughts.

"Where is it, and what is it planning?" she asked herself "Furthermore, if it's already awake, what role does Razor Wind have in all of this, if any? Only time will tell, I suppose..."

Suddenly, she yawned. Her day had been long, and she needed some rest. She closed the book and placed it back on her desk before flicking the reading lamp switch and hopping into bed. She sighed before she blissfully headed off to sleep.

Author's Notes:

And that was the chapter, guys! And Dark Thunder 144, I FINALLY put Derpy in! Are you happy?! Can you stop asking me about it now?! No, no, I kid, I kid. Hope you're pleased with this.

Some of you may be asking about the Moss Gobul and where I got the idea from. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with Monster Hunter X (though, a Gobul subspecies would be pretty cool). I instead got the idea from Monster Hunter Fanon. It's chock-full of great ideas and you can add your own pages whenever you want! The particular monster I used was the Moss Gobul, a very well made monster that I couldn't pass up. It was made by Imrik37.

I began playing Monster Hunter 3: Tri again on a new save, and I forgot how weak I was at the beginning of the game! Nonetheless, I'm doing great and I just killed my first... three Royal Ludroths. I forgot how much I disliked them underwater...

Until then, be sure to Like, Comment, Favourite and Follow, and happy hunting everyone!