Children of the night
Based off Stephen kings children of the corn and ' come little children/Luna'
Darkness had fallen for too long. It was but a week since the sun had
neglected to rise. The mane 6 had gotten worried that something had happened to princess Luna. Or worse, she had done something with celestia. Twilight packed a day bag just in case. She was sure she wouldn't need it. " twilight, don't worry about the princess. She is probably fine." Said spike. " spike, the night doesn't usually last 7 days. Something is obviously wrong. " twilight responded. " I doubt it." Spike retorted, with masked hope and worry. " just come back safe alright."
He said. " don't worry. I should be back in a few days. " twilight then closed her saddlebags, lifted them onto her back and then headed for the door. " goodbye spike! See you in a few days." Twilight said before shutting her door. Unknown to spike, those were the last words he would ever hear twilight say.
" come on darling! We must not be late." Chirped rarity, who looked like she was about to go to the most expensive hotel in equestria, with about 20 suitcases stuffed to the brim with fine dresses. Twilight reached the train station to meet up with her friends. All of them were ready, with bags packed and minds set on fixing the problem ahead. Rainbow dash only packed half of a bag with a few sandwiches and some canteens of water. Fluttershy had two saddle bags full of water and food. Pinkie pie ( astoundingly) packed a party, complete with streamers, confetti, cake and balloons. She also packed her party cannon with her( " i never leave home with out it!") and water. Apple jack had just enough food to last three days, and water. They were all ready to go.
On the platform also stood the whole town of pony ville waiting to celebrate their heroes trip to canterlot to fix the everlasting darkness. There was even a full band playing for them. " let's go!" Shouted pinkie obnoxiously. " hold on, pinkie. We have to wait for the train." Said twilight. Pinkie looked down in embarrassment then tried to occupy herself elsewhere. After a while the train pulled into station, and the elements of harmony boarded. " let's go, lets go, LET'S GO!" Screamed pinkie as she bounced happily into the train. A week later, the train will come back. Empty.
" this jus' don't look right." Apple jack said, staring at the canterlot ghost town. The windows were boarded up and the streets were empty. " hello!" Shouted pinkie pie. " this is weird. First the eternal darkness, now this? That's just creepy." Remarked rainbow dash, who was hovering right next to twilight. " I don't under stand. Maybe they left?" Twilight reasoned. " the whole town?" Rainbow said. " but then why is there lights in those windows!" Rarity said looking at a pale blue building, with three lights flickering in the windows. The 6 friends walked over to the building. But when they were in 10 feet away from the door, the lights shut off. " creepy." Spoke rainbow dash. And as soon as they left, Those lights turned on. From the room with the dimmest light, three heads, belonging to a body that could be none other than that of a child, stared down at the bearers of the elements. Then they receded back into the house.
" twilight, I think we're being watched. " fluttershy murmured. " there is a shadow that disappears every time I look at it." And she was right. Some pony, or something was following them. Every once in a while they could hear a hoof step in the darkness. Who or what they were being followed by could not be made out. Sometimes the shadow looked like a filly. Other times it was an alicorn, but mostly it remained a blob of blackness against the faint moonlight. " all right every pony. We are not being followed. There is nothing wrong. Something just happened and the citizens just closed shop. That's it. That's all it is." Twilight said, trying to calm down the other ponies. But she knew she was just lying to herself. There was something wrong and something was following the group. " twilight? I don' think that some thing bad could not 'ave happened." Apple jack said in response to the group of friends. " look we just need to get to the castle and then we should be able to find the princesses. " suddenly a breeze rolled through, carrying the scent of distant fire. " ah smell fire." Apple jack spoke. " so do I. There must be some pony alive out here." Rarity said. " why don't we split up into two groups. One group investigates the fire while the others search the castle. " twilight said. And so they agreed. Apple jack, fluttershy and pinkie pie would search out the origin of the fire, while twilight, rainbow dash and rarity would go to the palace. They did not see, how ever, the fillies listening in on there conversation. They then sneaked back away from the mane 6, to go to places I can not describe right now. What they were plotting shall not be know now, but I can tell you it was sinister. Soon the mane 6 will realize why the night didnt end.
