🎶Oh we come from a World in a faraway realm, where only magic and friendship roam...🎶

🎶Where it’s grand and pleasant, and they tame many pheasants, it’s pleasing and it’s a great home...🎶

🎶As you walk through woods, and you come from a town, and you stroll a starry night...🎶

🎶Feel free time join me and my friends, where friendship never ends, and you can see love and light...🎶

🎶Equestria like a many good land, is a place where friendship and families expand...🎶

🎶Equestria neath Serena’s Moon, a traveler from far, finds his or her star with Luna’s tune🎶

“Ah, hello and good morning to you, my young friend...”

“Welcome to Equestria, world of magical ponies, fire-breathing dragons, shapeshifting changelings, and many more creatures that are yet to be found...”

“You may be wondering, why are we here? What is this old unicorn going to tell us about today? And why is he wasting our time talking?”

“Well, do not worry my young travelers, I can promise you that this will be more than worth your time, if you are willing to give me a chance...”

“As you may know, Equestria is filled magic and friendship, but not all magic is safe as you may learn... There is also magic of darkness and harm, as you have learned from King Sombra and Queen Chrysalis...

“But there is no magic in this any universe that ever compare... to this...

The Narrotor makes a canister of this strange living ooze appear.

“Do not be fooled by the appearance of this fatal concoction. This may seem like a harmless living slime blop, but this is only a sample of the most dangerous power in this and any other universe. It is not magic at all, it is an ancient power that existed long before magic itself...”

”The Devoid, or more specifically for this one... the Eldroblyt.”

“You may wonder, how did this unicorn come across something so dangerous and corruptive?”

“Well... It begins on a bright afternoon...”

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“Where I was on a simple harvest, until I made a strange discovery...”

In the woods of the Everfree Forest, an old unicorn was simply gathering apples in his basket.

This unicorn had emerald green fur and an emerald green horn. His eyes were a derp magenta, his mane and tail were ash grey and he had a light grey beard. He had the cutie mark of a scroll surrounded by magenta magic and white stars. He also wore a camouflage cloak over himself to not be seen by any predators or creatures.

He was plucking apples off of the trees and putting them within a basket.

When he plucked another apple, he turned to see a manticore growling at him.

The unicorn simply charged his horn, revealing that the magic was a torques blue.

The manticore suddenly felt a sleeping notion come over him. He yawned and collapsed to the floor.

The uniformed simply chuckled, “Sleep tight, Manticore.” His voice was old but gentle.

He was about to resume his apple-picking, but he saw a hive in the tree. He used his magic and ever so carefully removed it from the full apple tree and moved it to an empty apple tree.

He looked cautiously at the hive and carefully resumed his apple plucking.

Out of the hive came a blue parasprite who secretly smiled at the unicorn for being ever so careful and went back in.

2 Hours Later...

The unicorn finished his apple plucking and sighed with satisfaction. He turned and was about to head back, until heard rustling in the bushes. He stopped and narrowed his eyes. After a few more rustles, he spoke.

“There are many things one would be afraid, but i fear very little things...” He began.

Suddenly, Timberwolves jumped out of the bushes and snarled.

“And you only reach the 9th of my list,” The unicorn finished as he charged his horn.

The timberwolves were about to pounce at the unicorn, until they saw something that all creatures feared. They backed away slowly, and then they whimpered and whined as they retreated.

Confused, the unicorn looked in the direction the timbers ran from and saw something on the ground.

It seemed to be some kind of strange oozy tendril with an eye that had a maroon slit pupil in the middle.

The unicorn looked at the tendril confused, and then it slowly started to retreat as it kept its gaze on the green unicorn.

The unicorn was a little reluctant, but he had to know why those timberwolves were frightened of this eye. So, he followed.

13 Miles Later...

The unicorn came upon a large variety of creatures during his travel with the eye.

Manticores, cragadiles, chimeras, mostly the smalls and the mediums.

He kept on going until he saw that eye entered into a cave. He was now concerned about going in to further investigate, but if this was anything serious, he had to know...

24 Minutes Later...

The unicorn came into the cave and was about to take another step, until something inside of him told him to stop.

He charged his horn and illuminated some light. On the ground he saw the same ooze. He also saw it all around the cave.

The ooze was metallically black with blood red spores and snowy white bulges, black stems and twigs growing with red spores as well, and black crystals with red auras and leaky cracks of black liquid.

The unicorn stared at this strange corruption as if it were familiar somehow. He extracted a vail and placed a latex casing over his horn. He scooped up some of the ooze and placed it in his basket.

After a few steps back, he heard raspy and ethereal breathing within the cave.

Cautiously, he began his depart without wanting to know what was making that sound.

Little did he know, the same eye was still watching him as he left.

Once the unicorn got out of the cave, he looked into the direction of Canterlot.

“I must take this strange substance to Princess Celestia...” He said as he prepared for his journey back.

And with that, he departed.

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