Rainbow's Secret
Chapter Two: Strange Happenings
A cyan Pegasus made her way through the navy blue, darkening night sky. She couldn't quite remember how she had found the place, so she just flew around looking for any familiar landmarks. Finally, she saw shadowed trees far away from any civilization. Looking around, she noticed that the forest was in the far back part of the Everfree forest, and nopony had ever gone near that far into the forest before. Suspicions rose in Rainbow Dash's mind, but she brushed them away. She closed her wings and zoomed towards to looming three-story home. She opened her wings just in time to glide in through the place where the door used to be. She crash-landed on the musty carpeting. When she stood, she noticed that more furniture had been placed in the main room. A black leather couch sat against the far wall, and a small TV was set up in the corner by a cocoa brown recliner. A dark cherry wood coffee table sat by the couch, and a much more worn-down looking black loveseat sat opposite.
"Hello? Lunar Eclipse?" Rainbow looked around. The hamper where her stange unicorn-Pegasus friend had been hiding before was gone. A small table sat in its place. Rainbow, not knowing what else to do, took a seat on the recliner and waited. After a few minutes, she turned the TV on. The only channel it was receiving wasn't coming from any network in Equestria. What's going on here? Rainbow hurridly turned the TV off and started to look around. Most rooms were boarded off. Everything was dusty and covered in dirt. Rainbow trotted up the creaky stairs and looked around. There was nothing but a long stretch of hallway that led to another staircase. As she trotted along it, Rainbow Dash noticed that there were five rooms. Two of them were boarded off. Maybe they're boarded off because they're just not safe. She didn't want to imagine the worst, so she continued along. One of the rooms was completely open and inviting. Upon trotting inside, Rainbow noticed that there was nothing but a dusty old table with some papers on it.
What are these papers? She thought. They were wrinkled and stained with something scarlet. Blood? Rainbow thought. Nah, it must be marker ink or something. She trotted out. One of the rooms was empty, and the other one was locked. A sign hung on it that read "Princess Luna's bedroom Nightmare Moon's bedroom Lunar Eclipse's bedroom" but Rainbow couldn't make out what the crossed out words said. She managed to break into the room. A bed with a black quilt spead across it sat in the corner. Faded pictures hung on the walls. Rainbow wandered inside. What is this? She saw a cracked picture frame that had been scribbled all over laying on the ground. She picked it up and pulled the picture from it. Upon dusting it off, she noticed that it was a picture of the Princess. No wait, there were two ponies. One of them was Princess Celestia, but next to her sat a dark blue pony that looked similar to Lunar Eclipse. Princess Luna?
Rainbow left the room, rolling up the photo and tucking it behind her ear. She continued up the stairs. There were only three rooms there. One was right at the top of the stairs, and the door was cracked. Inside, a shadow moved. Rainbow Dash didn't think that Lunar Eclipse would be too happy with her freely exploring the house. She snuck into the room to the left of the stairs. It was empty. She darted into the room to the right of the stairs. It wsa also empty. Suddenly, a dark navy horse made her way from the room and down the stairs. Rainbow Dash ducked into the room. She stopped dead in her tracks when she noticed a scarlet liquid, similar to the one she had seen on the letter, dripping from the wall. Blood? Rainbow gasped. It was blood. "BLOOD!" She screamed, falling backwards. In the fall, she crushed her wing. She heard hoofsteps coming up the stairs. What am I going to do?