User blog:Digdux/An old Zebra's tale

I was considering getting into this and so I did some thinking, and then some writing and then this happened.

Where a bad acorn taken root

Or was it a tree, the point is moot

Yet here we are our story began

By this unremarkable piece of land



A clever pony approached this plot

Worried by what this place would wrought

To the tree he nailed a sign

<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">And drank from the pool, which tasted like wine

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">And so he left the place that day

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Pulling his cart in the very same way

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Unknown to him what chaos would make

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Of the things he left in his wake

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Around the nail ‘merged a queen anew

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Within that tree her army grew and grew

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Until they were finally ready to clash

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">As they were going to turn the land to ash

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Yet chaos has a way of working things out

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">As from of the cart, an egg did fall out

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Into this pool this egg did splash

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">And so it was gone quick as a flash

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Sometime later the queen and her crew

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Left to hunt for victims new

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823"> During this time the egg did hatch

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">The creature was gone before the changelings could catch

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">It was a phoenix dark as night

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">But it was still a sorry sight

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Warmth it could not find in the sun or moon

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Nor in fires that would bloom

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">And so it flew on wings of starlight

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Searching for something to make things right

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">After much time has passed

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">She came upon some ponies at last

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Undetectable she crept upon

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">So they had no idea what was going on

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">And yet they had no need to fear

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Because what she found brought her cheer

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Warmth came to her fast

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Basking in the feelings of ponies past

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Their passions warmed her chilly heart

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Even their fears caused her to start

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">She stayed with them for a day and a night

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Always undetectable, out of sight

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Shortly after some changelings attacked

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">And left her party out of whack

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Once day has passed she felt some pain

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">As she realized warmth she could not gain

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Her party was but empty husks

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">And so she began her hunt at dusk

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Undetectable was she, invisible to sight

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">And swiftly she flew to chase the blight

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Once they were found and rent asunder

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">She quickly worked to loot her plunder

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Much warmth she found, but it faded fast

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">So she found her party where it would last

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">She gave them her warmth and watched them renew

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Until they were almost the very same crew

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Exhausted was she from such an act

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">And so she hid in a pack to nap

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Within that day they reached a city

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Yet for all the stone it was rather pretty

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Up she flew searching for a tower

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">For which to claim her bower

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">She found a pony, crazy he be

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">With a long white beard down to his knee

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">It turns out he could see her, try as she might

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">To hide from his blind eyesight

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Fun they had for however a brief time

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Until it became time for that pony to die

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Nasty it was, a thing of chills

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">A murderer who wanted to pay his bills

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">A theft it was, “gone wrong” they said

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Yet it didn’t matter because the poor pony was dead

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Greif she felt, and anger that too

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">She plummeted through the tower, her hunt began anew

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Walls could not hide him from her talons she knew

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Within her heart, a fell darkness grew

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">She found him quickly and delighted in his fear

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">As he knew she would rip him ear from ear

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">And yet something she found that made her pause

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">And lose faith in her only cause

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">A foal there was, asleep in a crib, unaware of her presence therein

<p class="MsoNormal">''<span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Should this creature suffer for the poor pony’s sin? ''

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Gone was the phoenix from the home that night

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">And yet outside there was a terrible fight

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Bones mend when they break

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">But a life one does not idly take

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">She found her calling there at last

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">Stopping monsters of the past

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">So that there will be warmth you see

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#141823">For ponies like you and me

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Let this serve as a cautionary tale <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">If against justice you do rail

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">As comfort you can never take

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0in;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;">If evil follows in your wake