He slowly pushed the door open, revealing the dead body of Bon Bon lying on her side with a large pool of blood around her. He flinched and looked down at the dead corpse. The smell was gruesome. Something he would never want to ever smell again.

"Lyra, are you here?" He asked

A scratching sound was heard from the far corner.  His eyes skimmed over the room. It was very dark. The scratching sound was still heard.

"Lyra? Is that you?"

A he saw the outlines of a pony standing up in the corner. It turned and started walking towards him.

He took up a battle stance and stared at the pony. The pony was lit up by afternoon sun through the window.

What he saw.... was a monstrosity. On its teal head sat a fleshy crab looking creature, with the upper part stabbed straight through by the pony's horn The underside of the pony hang open with some various organs hanging out. The hooves had long fleshy claws out in all directions.

"GUUURGLR!" The thing made gurgling noises

"Woah!" Jericho jumped back at the sight of this thing

Looking around, he saw a set of kitchen knives beside the sink. He focused his magic and pulled the knives out of the protective knife rest. Quickly sending two of the five knives flying towards the monster. One of them jamming into the side of the jaw, making it scream in pain. The other flew out the kitchen window, breaking it.

The monster started slowly walking towards him. He moved the knives into a triangle around the monster's head, then sending them flying all at once.

*STAB*

The knives had impaled the head of it, one of them square through the... Headcrab?. The monster began to wobble, then fell to the side, hitting its head on the sink, knocking off the headcrab. The pony lay there on the floor with the headcrab beside it. Jericho jumped at the sight. Its skull and brain in full view. He looked back at its cutiemark. It was a lyre. It hit him like a train.

"Oh My God! Lyra!"

He went pale. His mind trying to plow over the thought that he had just killed one of his best friends, who in turn had killed one of his other friends. He lay down, looking at the floor. His eyes started watering. Tears began falling. He lay on the floor for a few minutes weeping. He suddenly stood up, wiped his eyes and ran outside. He didn't know who to tell. There were a few ponies walking about, minding their own business until he screamed out.

"Lyra and Bon Bon are dead!" His tears causing a flood on the ground below him.

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Twilight was laying on her bed in her temporary room. Her mind was set on figuring out the clue the man with the blue suit had left them.

"Prepare for unforeseen consequences. What is is supposed to mean?"

"Consequences.... Does it mean that we are going to do something that will have some devastating consequences?"

A loud knocking came from the door. She went and opened it, and outside stood a royal guard with a neutral expression.

"Princess Celestia has requested that you go to the throne room." He said, still wearing the neutral expression.

"Thank you, I will go there immediately." Twilight responded

"Your welcome, Ma'am." He said, then trotting off in the corridor.

She closed the door and walked over to the mirror. Using a quick spell, she straightened out her mane, then leaving for the door. She closed the door and walked out into the endless maze of corridors.

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Jericho was sitting in a carriage flying towards Canterlot Castle. His eyes had dried up, but were bloodshot. He was almost suffering a mental breakdown. His mind replaying the event over and over again. He could see the knives tearing into Lyra's head. His eyes were watering up again, but he blinked away the tears. He had his head in his hooves.

His head jerked upwards as the carriage stopped. He hadn't even noticed that they were in Canterlot already. He stood reluctantly up on his hooves and hopped out of the carriage.

A squad of royal guards surrounded him. Four of them, forming a square around him. He walked up the steps towards the throne room.

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The elements were gathered in the throne room.

"What do you mean there is someone with some sad news, Princess?" Twilight asked

"He should be arriving sho..." Celestia was interrupted as the doors to the throne room was opened.

A squad came walking with a gray colt in the middle. The elements realized who it was and ran forward to him. He looked up and focused his sight onto the elements eyes. They saw that his were bloodshot and red. Probably from crying.

"What has happened, darling?" Rarity asked

He inhaled a large portion of air and began to speak.

"Bon Bon and Lyra.... They are...." He couldn't bring himself to say the final word, but the elements seemed to understand. They brought their eyes to the floor. Pinkie's mane had lost its fluffiness and was hanging straight down. Her eyes fixed on the floor. Tears ran down her face.

Princess Celestia walked down from her throne and over to the weeping ponies. She hugged each and everyone of them in order. She then said.

"Do not fret, my little ponies. They are in a better place now."

After a while, all the elements had excused themselves, except Twilight, who was comforting Jericho, as he told her what had happened.

"Thats horrible." Twilight said with pity while he was explaining the creature.

Celestia has been listening in during the entire time.

"What did you say the creature on her head looked like?" Celestia suddenly asked

"It-t.. Was sort of fleshy. I don't know why but it reminded me of a crab. It had four legs, but no head." Jericho answered

"Is it what i think it is, Princess?" Twilight asked

"It is, Twilight. A creature of Xen. It is a parasite with the ability to take over bodies of other beings." Celestia answered

"What do you mean "Xen"?" Jericho looked up and asked

"Twilight will tell you. Guard!" She ordered

Instantly, two guards came up beside her.

"Lead this gentlecolt (Gentlemen?) to one of the spare guest rooms."

The guards walked over to Jericho.

Jericho just nodded and started following them, with Twilight at his flank.

The walk there was quiet. Jericho had stopped crying. His head hanged low as his mind raced through the memories of this scary day he was experiencing.

They reached the room.

"Here we are. Have a good night," The guards said and left

Jericho pushed the door open and stepped inside. The room was circular and was lit by magical lanterns hanging around the room.

"Are you going to be alright?" Twilight asked

He jumped as he had forgot that he was being accompanied by Twilight.

"Y-yeah... I'll be fine." He answered back

"I will return in the morning, when you are rested." She said.

He quickly closed the door rudely, but Twilight understood that he wanted to be alone.

She walked off into the corridor, her mind being once again set hard on the clue.

He however threw himself onto the bed. His memories were going berserk. Flashes of Bon Bon and Lyra's faces bounced around in his head. He felt the tears resurfacing again and started to roll down his cheeks.

"Life will never be the same." He said out loud.

A/U

Sorry for taking such a long time. Ive been combating sleep lately. Playing all night with friends are a pain in the flank when trying to get back into your sleep cycles. Mainly because i have school tomorrow xD