“Scamp! It’s so good to see you!” Twilight said as she opened the door for me as I fought to keep Shayla in my grip, the little hellspawn growling and thrashing about as she tried to get free.

“Oh yeah! Good to see you, Twilight!” I said through gritted teeth as my daughter hit me repeatedly in the face with the back of her fist.

“Wow, she’s a lively little filly tonight isn’t she?” She chuckled as she allowed me to step into the house.

I force a laugh as she finally head butts me in the snout, causing me to lose my grip on her. She hit the ground and took off sprinting up the stairs leading to the second floor.

“You don’t have any small animals, do you?” I ask with a sheepish smile.

“Just Kara, but she can handle herself… oh and Louie’s staying here right now,” Twilight said with a smile as she walked through the living room heading for the kitchen.

“Oh,” I say, looking upstairs. “… they should be fine.”

Spark sat on his bed video chatting with Starlight, his longtime marefriend who had moved to Manehatten a few years back.

“I heard it was thirty colts,” she teased as she smirked at him as he rolled his eyes.

“It was six, your friends are feeding you lies,” he said back, chuckling as he cracked a soda open and took a drink.

She giggled as she fixed her hot pink mane with white streaks in it, tying it back so it would stop falling in front of her white face. “I don’t know, I think it’s kind of hot to beat thirty colts all on your own.”

“It was thirty six actually,” he says with a smirk as they both giggle at one another.

His door creaked open slightly, causing him to look up, but nobody walked in. “Huh…”

“What?” she asked, raising an eyebrow at him.

“My door opened a bit,” he leaned forward and looked at the floor. “Louie? You in here?”

He heard something skittering under his bed, causing his eyes to go wide as he heard Scamp talking down stairs.

“Oh no… but this is my safe space!” he yelped sitting up and pulling his legs to his body as Starlight stared at him with a worried look.

“Eh, Spark?”

“She’s here,” he said as his eyes darted all over his room, jumping at every shadow.

“Who’s there?” Starlight asked, starting to look panicked.

“A demon,” he whispered as he leaned down close to the screen. “Starlight, remember the little filly I told you about? My Sensei’s kid?”

“Yeah? You said she’s a little monster who loves tormenting you,” she said, smirking. “She’s in your room, isn’t she?”

“Yes!” he hissed.

She started to laugh, but the video feed started to glitch, then cut out completely.

“Starlight?!” he whispered as he refreshed the app, only for it to display no internet connection. Looking to the internet modem on his desk, his eyes went wide as he saw the wires leading to the wall had been chewed through. “Oh my Celestia, she’s learning…”

A bark came from the doorway as Louie stuck his little dog head around the corner, looking annoyed as his little computer device dangled from his mouth.

“Louie run!” Spark hissed at him, but Louie just pointed at the modem and growled, wanting to know why the internet went out.

Then he cocked his head as he saw two little eyes staring at him from under the bed.

“Louie, run!” Spark yelled as he saw the little blur of Shayla dash out from under the bed.

As she neared the stunned Louie, Spark landed on top of her with a laundry basket. The little filly went feral as she slammed into the walls around her, screaming bloody murder as she did so.

“Louie, you gotta get out of here! She eats small animals!” Spark yelled, trying to get him to run, but he just raised an eyebrow at him. “Small animals like you!”

Louie’s eyes went wide as a claw cut a hole in the basket and a little wide eye peered out at him, followed by the creepiest laugh he’d ever heard. As she began to tear the hole open, he took off running, yelping like a scared puppy.

“NO!” Spark yelled as she broke out and he tried to grab her tail, but she was too slippery as she slid through his grasp and took off after the fleeing old dog.

“Shayla! NO! Bad lizard pony!” he yelled as he chased after them.

Louie tried to run down the stairs, but she landed in front of him as he was halfway down them, causing him to run back up the stairs. As she gave chase, Spark jumped in front of her and blocked her path.

She narrowed her eyes as she jumped onto the wall and ran along it at top speed. As she neared him, she pounced off of it and slammed into his face, sending him flying back into the wall, smashing through the wood and falling into the bathroom beyond it.

“How are you so strong?!” he yelled as he began to try and drag himself out of the mess of wood and beams.

Meanwhile, Louie was hiding in a pile of laundry, trying to control his breathing. The light in the room was off, which he was thankful for.

Outside of his little pile, he saw the little demon stalk into the room, sniffing at the air with her snout as the light from the hallway poured in around her.

Louie shifted a bit, causing her head to snap towards him, her little eyes seeming to glow in the darkness as a little smile appeared on her face.

A sock fell over his peep hole, causing him to lose sight of her, but when he made another hole to see out of, she was gone. This only caused his breathing to pick up as he knew she knew where he was.

Should he stay? Should he risk it and run? What was the right answer?!

His mind was made up for him as something dived into the pile with him, biting down onto his tail. He let out a high pitched yelp and exploded out of the pile of laundry, sending clothes flying in all directions.

As he ran, he felt her dragging behind him as she held onto his tail.

He barked hysterically as he sprinted down the hall, just as Spark freed himself from all the debris of the wall he’d been thrown through.

“To me, Louie!” he yelled as Louie sprinted straight at him. As the little dog ran between his legs, he reached down and snatched the little ravenous filly, causing her to finally let go of the poor dog's tail.

She screamed with rage as she fought against him, but he did his best to hold her to himself.

Louie stood behind him, barking loudly and pointing to his now bald tail.

“I’m sorry, Louie!” Spark yelled as he fought against the impossibly strong filly. “I thought they’d keep her downstairs when they were here!”

She suddenly let out a war cry and head butted him in the snout, and pushed off of him, kicking him in the jaw hard enough to knock him out.

With a kick, she launched herself off of the collapsing Spark and landed on the wall, attaching herself with her claws. She then twisted her neck to look at the small dog, licking her lips as she stared at him.

Louie whimpered as he began to back up slowly. Then the little filly began to climb along the wall, heading for the roof and flying across it towards him.

Yelping like mad, he ran for Sparks room and pushed the door closed, just as she slammed into it at the ceiling.

He backed up from the door as she screamed in rage on the other side. She than began to slam into the door, causing it to creak with each hit.

Looking around in a panic, he saw Spark’s phone and ran to it, navigating through the menu till he found Lance’s number. Hitting Call, he waited as it rang.

“Everything alright up there, Spark?” Lance asked over the phone.

Louie began to frantically bark into the phone, the door to the room starting to crack.

“I bet, Louie!” Lance laughed. “Just do me a favor, tone it down please.”

Barking more desperately, he tried to portray that they needed help. But Lance just laughed and hung up the phone, just as a large crack shot up the door.

Whimpering loudly, Louie scanned the room for anything that could save him, but anything that looked useful was way out of his reach.

With a final crash, the door split down the middle and the little demon spawn blew through it, landing in the middle of the room with a devilish grin on her little face. Her eyes locked onto Louie immediately.

She stalked towards him as he backed up, till his butt hit the wall. With nowhere left to go, he glared at the evil filly and lowered himself as he began to growl at her as viciously as he could.

“What is going on up here?!” Twilight called out as she saw the destruction in the hallway. “Spark?!”

Then she stepped up to the destroyed door, looking extremely pissed.

“That is enough! You three are playing too rough! Spark is unconscious and you’ve destroyed my house!”

Louie began to bark frantically to her as Shayla turned to face her, still lowered in a pouncing stance.

“Young filly!” Twilight said sternly as she stepped through the split in half door. “I don’t know how things work at your house, but here, in MY HOUSE, we abide by MY rules! You can not destroy everything you see in MY HOUSE!”

Shayla just hissed at her as her tail twitched around. Louie began to inch around her, wanting to get out of the room.

Twilight’s eyes narrowed as she watched the little filly glare up at her. “Don’t even think about it.”

A sly grin graced the fillies mouth as she took a single step towards Twilight.

Narrowing her eyes, her horn began to glow. “I may not be your mother, but I’m not going to let you bully me or my kids in my own house!”

With a psycho level laugh, she dashed forward as Twilight's horn flashed.

“Thanks for inviting me over you two,” I said as I sat down at the dining room table.

“Well it’s been a while since you’ve been over, Scamp,” Lance said as he messed with his computer.

“Lance, no devices at the table!” Twilight said as she levitated out all the food she’d prepared, placing it all down on the table. “I made extra for you, Scamp,” she said with a wide smile as she took her own seat.

“Oh, you didn’t have too!” I exclaimed as I took a fork in my left paw and began to eat like a normal pony, and not like I usually do.

“It was no problem,” she said with a beaming smile. “Lance! Computer off the table!”

He frowned and picked it up and placed it aside. “Well the internet just went out, so I was going to put it down anyway.”

She rolled her eyes at him as they started eating as well.

“So, how's things been between you and this Vicar character,” Twilight asked politely.

I shrug a bit, “I don’t know to be honest. It’s weird, he has like a weird obsession with me, and seems to know a little too much about all of us.”

“I looked into him a bit,” Lance said as he ate. “Very hard to get anything about his past, but what I do know is he’s putting a lot of money into funding all kinds of brand new projects around Equestria. Like helping Manehattan improve their power grids, and helping the school systems around the country with their funding. He’s all over the place, like he’s trying to be seen as the most generous pony alive.”

“Well it’s a sham,” I mutter as loud barking could be heard upstairs. “I should go check on them.”

“No no, let them play,” Twilight chuckled.

“Yeah, Shayla’s kind of playing is why I’m worried,” I said as I started to stand up, but she waved for me to sit back down.

A loud crash was suddenly heard, followed by even more barking.

“Spark’s a big boy, he can handle her. He’s babysat her three times so far, so trust him,” she stated, smiling as she ate.

As the barking stopped, I frowned, “Twilight, Shayla is a… very special little filly. Very very aggressive to others. She gets along with Spark, but he’s not the one I’m worried about. Louie may not be safe up there with her.”

Loud yelps of fear could be heard now, causing Twilight’s smile to falter.

“Lance, what do you think?” she asked as she turned to him.

He looked up from his food, looking like he hadn’t been paying attention. “I think we do what Twilight is saying we do.”

“It’s settled then,” she said with a smile as she went back to eating.

I frowned at Lance as he looked at me, blinking in confusion.

“What are we talking about?”

“Anyway!” Twilight said as the sounds of something being slammed into could be heard from upstairs. “Outside of all of this Dojo nonsense, what are you and Mallogory planning to do over the summer?”

“Well… nothing really,” I admitted as Lance’s phone began to ring.

He pulled it out and raised an eyebrow as he answered it, “Everything alright up there, Spark?”

Loud barking could be heard over the phone and from upstairs.

Lance just chuckled as he rolled his eyes. “I bet, Louie!” He laughed, getting a glare from Twilight. He cleared his throat as he put the phone back to his ear, “Just do me a favor, tone it down please.”

Twilight nodded with a wide smile as Louie continued to bark into the phone. Lance just chuckled and hung up.

“I never know what he’s trying to say,” he said as he went back to eating. The sounds upstairs only getting more aggressive.

“I really should go check on them,” I say, standing up again.

But Twilight sighs and stands up, gesturing for me to sit down. “I’ll go check on them if it’ll make you feel better.”

I nod and sit down, “it would help, thank you.”

Above us, a very loud crash was heard, causing her to start heading for the stairs.

I sighed as I went back to eating as Lance chuckled.

“What?” I asked, looking at him.

“Nothing,” he replied as he put a fork full of food in his mouth. “I’m just enjoying the moment is all.”

I roll my eyes as we hear Twilight start yelling above us.

“Back to Vicar,” Lance said as we listened to all the yelling above us. “Did you know Jelly Bean joined his Dojo today?”

“Yeah, Greg told me,” I said with a sigh. “I don’t get it. She’s such a good filly, why would she join those assholes?”

“Well I’ve spoken to her myself,” he said as it sounded like a warzone above us, with small explosions and stuff being thrown around. The house shook hard a few times, but we didn’t react too much. “She said he’s actually a really nice guy, to his students at least. And Greg said she’s more confident now.”

“More confident? After a single class? That’s not how that works,” I say with a frown as I hear the war cries of Shayla, followed by the house shaking even harder, stuff falling off of the walls around us.

“I couldn’t get anymore out of her, and she’s just so happy now, according to Greg. She’s more talkative too, which if you know Jelly Bean, is a big deal,” he said as a beam of magic blew a chunk of the ceiling away above us. I looked up and saw Shayla’s little legs dangling for a second before she pulled herself back up into the room above and screamed angrily. More explosions followed as I heard Twilight yelling obscenities.

“There’s something up with this guy,” I say as I take another bite. “He’s raising his kid just to rival my daughter.”

“I heard about that,” Lance muttered as the house groaned as it shook again, then everything went quiet.

I blinked, waiting for something else to happen, but everything was quiet.

Then I saw Louie walking very carefully into the living room, walking towards us with wide eyes.

“Hey, Lou!” Lance called, causing him to shake his head quickly, looking scared for his life.

Behind him, I saw Shayla’s little head peak out around the corner at the top of the ceiling.

I smiled and held out my legs to her, “Come to mommy, baby!”

She let out a squeal of delight and jumped from the ceiling and flew directly at me. Roughly, she landed in my grasp and cuddled into me, yawning cutely.

“You can fly and say the name of your favorite character and Spark, but you can’t say mommy?! You’re just messing with me at this point!” I said as I rocked her, Lance laughing behind me.

“Momma,” she said softly, causing my eye to go wide.

“Aww! She said-” Lance started, but my wing shot up, silencing him.

“Shut up, don’t ruin this,” I said as a tear formed in my eye. “This is the second greatest moment of my life…”

“Momma,” she said again as she curled up in my grasp.

“Oh fuck yeah,” I whisper as I hold her close, rocking her back and forth.

Louie looked at us with a dumbfounded look as he backed up and ran for the front door.

Spark walked around the corner a moment later, looking completely dazed as he stumbled into the dinning room and collapsed into a chair, staring at me and Shayla with awe.

“You good, son?” Lance asked, raising an eyebrow.

“We don’t have a second floor anymore,” he said simply, running a hoof through his mane.

“What?!” Lance yelled as Twilight stumbled into view, looking like she’d gone through a war zone, covered in drywall and paint, her mane a complete mess, with scratches all over her face and legs. “Twi?!”

“That kid is not normal…” she said in an exhausted voice as she returned to her seat and collapsed into it, staring at me and the sleeping Shayla with a dumbstruck stare.

“She’s a one of a kind,” I say with a sheepish smile. They just keep staring at me in disbelief. “I mean, I DID warn you and try to go myself.”

Twilight just slumped further into her chair, groaning, “I can’t feel my horn anymore after that…”

Lance looked between all of us, “well, it can’t be that bad up there, right?”

“Lance, I can’t handle your enthusiasm right now,” Twilight groaned, rubbing her face.

“Dad, it’s bad up there,” Spark said as he also slumped down in his chair. “My room is gone…”

I let out a nervous laugh, “I’ll cover any damages.”

Twilight just turned her attention to me, frowning, “no, I’ll handle it. It was my doing. I should have listened to you, but I wanted you to have a relaxing night where you didn’t have to worry about anything.”

I blink at her and then just laugh loudly, almost waking up Shayla as she groans and squirmed for a moment before going back to sleep. “Twilight,” I say quietly, “you don’t need to worry about things like that, I love every day of my life right now. Shayla and Mallogory keep me going, I don’t need others trying to help me relax. If I want to relax,I just go to the Dojo. But you are amazing for thinking of me and trying to help. I just wish my little hell spawn didn’t cause you guys so much trouble.”

Twilight chuckles, giving me a little nod, “she’s not that bad, I guess. Just a young foal who doesn’t know better. But I will say this; she’s way too skilled and knowledgeable for her age. She acted like a competent mare up there earlier.”

“Yeah, she can be like that,” I chuckled, nuzzling her cheek as she grunted and pushed my face away from hers. “Thanks for putting up with us you guys.”

“Hey, you’re family,” Lance said, reaching over and patting my shoulder. “All of you, and we put up with each other,” he smirks, “I mean, you somehow put up with me during the whole Eternal Plains adventure, and I know I wasn’t in the right state of mind a few times there.”

“Trust me, you weren’t easy to put up with,” I say with a smirk.

He rolled his eyes and sat back, “so! What about desert?”

I smile as Shayla jerks and wakes up, sitting up and looking around with wide eyes.

“Oh no,” Twilight said as the little filly smirked and took to the air. “She’s active!”

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