November 6th, 1983
Ponyville, Equestria
Ponyville National Laboratory
Equestria Department of Energy
In the small town of Ponyville, on the night of November 6th, in a shady laboratory late one night, an event was occurring. Deep in the sub basement of the lab there were a series of Hallways dotted with large iron doors. The hallways were quiet and the lights were blinking rapidly. And there was no sign of life in the hall, until suddenly, one iron door flew open, and the alarm began to blare.
A stallion wearing a lab coat darted from the door and down the hall, moving as fast as his legs could carry him, he turned a few corners before skidding to a halt in front of a large door, he raised his hoof and began rapidly pressing the elevator call button. He glanced back at the blinking hallway behind him for a second and continued to hammer the call button until the elevator door opened.
He heard the ding sound and the door opened. He quickly stepped inside and once again rapidly pressed one of the buttons before standing in the center of the elevator and staring back at the blinking hallway in front of him. Terror filled his eyes and he was short of breath.
For the briefest of moments, he thought he was safe from whatever it was that was pursuing him, that is until, he heard it. An unholy noise that sent a shiver up his back, and it came from directly above him. He slowly lifted his head until it came into his sight, he barely had enough time to scream before it grabbed him and pulled him up out of the elevator, just as the doors closed.

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Meanwhile, at an average and normal looking house over in Ponyville, one with a sprinkler out front, four fillies were down in the basement of the house, playing their favorite game, Ogres and Oubliettes.
Something is coming, something hungry for blood, A shadow grows on the wall behind you, swallowing you in darkness. It is almost here." The dungeon mare Sweetie Bell stated in a deep voice she usually used for the game sessions with her friends. "What is it?" asked Applebloom, a yellow earth pony who sat directly across from Sweetie Bell. "What if it's the Demogorgon?" asked Dinky, and purple unicorn with blonde hair who sat to the right of Sweetie bell. "We are in so much trouble if it's the Demogorgon!" Dinky said in a panicked voice. "It's not the Demogorgon!" shouted the fourth filly at the table, Scootaloo, an orange pegasus with purple hair.
Sweetie Bell, the white unicorn dungeon mare quickly used her magic to levitate a figurine from a box next to her and slammed it onto the table. "An army of troglodytes charge into the chamber." She shouted. "Troglodytes?" Dinky asked in a sarcastic tone. "Told ya." Scootaloo added before chuckling. Sweetie Bell then went quiet and her smile faded, regaining her immersion. "Wait a minute, did you hear that?" she asked in a voice quieter than usual, "That sound, boom, boom, BOOM!" she said, slamming her hoof on the table with the final boom, startling the other 3 fillies. "That didn't come from the troglodytes, no, that cam from something else." She said quietly before slamming another piece onto the table. "The Demogorgon!" The shouted.

The others all groaned at the sight of the beasts figurine, "We're in deep trouble." Dinky stated in an annoyed tone. "Applebloom your action!" Sweetie shouted across the table to the earth pony. "I don't know what to do!" Applebloom said. "Fireball it!" Scootaloo shouted. "But I have to roll a thirteen or higher." Applebloom shouted back. "That's too risky, cast a protection spell." Dinky told Applebloom. Sweetie slammed the table again. "The Demogorgon is sick of your silly pony bickering, it stomps toward you!" Sweetie began saying boom again as Dinky and Scootaloo argued about what Applebloom should do and eventually she made a decision. "Fireball!" Applebloom shouted tossing the dice onto the table, only for it to roll off it and onto the shag carpet below.

The 4 fillies immediately stood up and began searching the floor for the dice, all except for Dinky, who was panicking. This continued until Sweetie Bell's mother, a pink Unicorn came down the basement stairs. "Sweetie Bell!" She shouted from the stairs. "Mom, we're in the middle of a campaign." Sweetie argued. "You mean the end?" Her mother replied, "fifteen after." Sweetie Bell abandoned the search for the dice and went upstairs, her mom was in the kitchen and her dad was in the living room trying to fix the TV antenna. "Please Mom, just 20 more minutes?" Sweetie pleaded. "It's a school night Sweetie, I just put Jewel to bed, you can finish next weekend." Sweetie's mother stated. "But that'll ruin the flow, the campaign took 2 weeks to plan, how was I supposed to know it was going to take ten hours?" Sweetie pleaded, her mother's eyes widened, "You've been playing for ten hours?!" she shouted. Sweetie opened her mouth to protest further, but knew it was no use. She then turned to her father, "Dad, please just 20 more minutes?" Sweetie asked, "I think you should listen to your mother." He responded in a monotone voice, as if he wasn't paying attention as he smacked the TV for not working.

In the basement, Applebloom finally found the dice and showed it to the other 2. "I found it, does a seven count?" She asked Scootaloo. "Did Sweetie see it?" Scootalloo asked back, Applebloom simply shook her head. "Then it doesn't count." Scootaloo said as she grabbed her saddle back and started up the stairs with Applebloom following. "Wait guys!" Dinky said before the other 2 left, "Any of you want this?" She questioned holding up a pizza box containing only 1 slice left. "No thanks." the other 2 said simultaneously. Dinky decided to try to give the last slice to Sweetie Bell's older sister Rarity, so she went up to the second floor and stopped in front of Rarity's open door. Rarity was lying on her bed talking on the phone, completely oblivious to the filly in the doorway, Dinky finally knocked to get her attention. "Hey Rarity, want this? It's Sausage and pepperoni!" Dinky asked in a sweet voice. Rarity got up from the bed and walked over, "Dinky, that's so thoughtful but, I'm on a diet." Rarity said as she glanced at the slice of cold pizza before shutting the door.

In the garage, the fillies were getting their bikes ready to go back to their houses. "There's something wrong with your sister." Dinky said to Sweetie Bell, "What are you talking about?" Sweetie asked back. "She's got a stick up her butt." Dinky replied, "Yeah" Scootaloo added. " It's because she's been dating that douchebag Thunderlane." "Yeah, She's turning into a real jerk." Dinky said. "She's always been a real jerk." Sweetie stated. "Nuh-uh, she used to be cool, remember that time she dressed up like a Manticore for our Everfree campaign?" Dinky replied. "Four years ago!" Sweetie shouted as Dinky and Scootaloo began to peddle away on their bikes. "Later." Scootaloo said to Sweetie Bell before leaving.

It was a seven." Applebloom said to Sweetie Bell, "The roll was a seven, the Demogorgon got me." Sweetie gave Applebloom a soft smile and was proud of her honesty. "Well, see ya tomorrow!" Applebloom said before peddling off after Dinky and Scootaloo. Sweetie Bell watched as her friends rode away while standing in the garage, when suddenly the lights flickered, she thought nothing of it and shut the garage door.

The other 3 fillies rode their way home through the dark roads of Ponyville, eventually they rode past Scootaloo's house and she turned off. "Good night girls!" Scootallo said as she pulled into her driveway. "Goodnight Scoots!" Dinky said back. "Wanna race back to my house?" Dinky asked Applebloom, "Winner gets a comic." "Any comic?" Applebloom asked. Dinky nodded and as soon as she did, Applebloom sped off ahead of her. "Hey, I didn't say go! Get back here." Dinky shouted speeding up herself. "I'll take your X-Mares 134!" Applebloom shouted back, leaving Dinky in the dust. Eventually Dinky had to stop to catch her breath.

Applebloom continued down the dark roads on her way to her family's isolated house. She usually biked home alone so she wasn't scared. She eventually got to the road that passed the Ponyville National Laboratory. As she rode down it, the headlight on her bike began to flicker, and when it lit up again, Applebloom saw the silhouette of some sort of creature in the road in front of her. This startled her and she swerved into a ditch. When she got up from the crash and looked back at the road, she saw the creature approaching, she wasted no time and took off through the woods. She knew the area well enough that she managed to get back to her house. She opened the front door and locked it behind her. Her dog, Winona, was barking up a storm. She frantically searched the one story house for her family. "Mom! Big Mac!" She called out to her mother and older brother, but neither of them were home. Applebloom ran to the front window and peered out and saw the creature again over by the clothesline. She ran back to the kitchen and picked up the phone. She dialed the number for the Ponyville police department and waited, when the phone on the other end picked up, she spoke, "Hello?" but the only answer she got was a high pitched growling sound, she then heard the same sound at the front door. She peered around the corner at the front door, and saw a shadow pass by the window on the door, then the door unlocked by itself. Applebloom dropped the phone in terror.

She burst out the back door and ran for the only place left, the backyard shed. Once inside, she grabbed the hunting rifle off the wall and the box of ammo. Her family kept it for emergencies, and this was definitely an emergency. She loaded the rifles magazine full, put the magazine into the rifle and bolted it. She then trained it at the shed's door and waited. She was panting and physically shaking, she was terrified. Then she heard the growling noise again, this time from right behind her, she turned and saw it rise above her, but instead of screaming or shooting, she stood there, frozen with fear, unable to to anything as the shed light glowed brighter and brighter, until.../p

silence...silence descended upon the shed, and the light was normal again, but Applebloom and the monster were both gone, like they were never there in the first place...