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Twilight, Pinkie Pie, and Spike were now free falling into eternal darkness, or at least that's what they thought. It was then when they finally crashed landed onto a cold hard stoned floor. "Uugh... W-where are we?" Spike asked painfully.
"I-I don't know?" Twilight replied, slowly getting to her hoofs, Pinkie Pie was already up and bouncing around. "Whee! What a neat playhouse this has been and it's even better since we've found the basement!"
Spike and Twilight jerked around at the pink ponies words. "DID YOU SAY BASEMENT!?" They both exploded at once, horror and complete terror filling their eyes.
Pinkie only giggled. "Yeah why?" "So... If we're in the basement then... Then..." Twilight was lost for words on what was happening. This can't be happening! It just can't be! Why would the Princess do such a thing!?
Hope was fading in Twilight faster than you could say 'magic'. She didn't know what to believe anymore. Maybe everypony else was right and it wasn't Princess Celestia who sent the note?
Twilight sighed as she followed Pinkie Pie and Spike around the room looking for an escape. Twilight shone her horn all around the room until there was a small staircase that led to a large wooden door. "Looky looky!" Pinkie squealed, bouncing up the stairs. "It's a door!" "Great! Maybe now I'll go outside! After all it was Twilight who brought it up!" Spike exclaimed in a grim tone. Pinkie pushed on the door... But it wouldn't budge. "Huh?"
She pushed harder but... Nothing. "What's wrong with this door? Maintenance needs to come and fix this fun house!" Pinkie whined.
Twilight pushed her way to the front. "I'm gonna see if I can kick it down." With that she bucked at the door and the door echoed with a large banging noise but nothing. "Great! Just great!" Spike groaned. "We're stuck! Probably forever!"
"Maybe I can use a spell?" Twilight asked frantically. She knew she was growing desperate... Extremely desperate.
"Ok! Go ahead!" Pinkie agreed, and stood back to watch the action. Twilight began concentrating very hardly. Come on come on!
As a few sparks bolted from her horn there came a deep growling noise that came from behind them. Pinkie Pie slowly turned around. "Uh... Twilight?"
"Uuuuugggghhh..." Twilight moaned as the power grew more intense in her horn but that was also when she heard the growling from behind. "W-who's behind us?" "I don't really know..." Pinkie admitted as two red eyes beamed from the shadows just a few feet away. "H-hurry up with that spell Twilight!" Spike practically screamed. "Almost... There..."
Suddenly a powerful purple magic shot out from Twilight's horn hitting the door, and causing the door to flip taking Twilight and Spike onto the other side to safety but leaving... Pinkie Pie behind.
Rarity now hung on the ceiling bonded and tied by ropes. "Will ya hurry it up darling?" Rarity demanded.
Fluttershy trotted under Rarity but... Couldn't fly oddly. "Oh my... My wings aren't... cooperating." The yellow pegasus tried lifting them and flapping them but they just wouldn't. "Maybe I'm just a little scared right now..." "BUT YOU'RE ALWAYS SCARED FLUTTERSHY!" Rarity screeched. "NOW GET ME DOWN BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENS!" Right at that moment a chair in the other room began moving in their direction. Both pony's eyes grew wide in horror, especially... Fluttershy's.
"I-I-I-It's a g-g-ghost!" Fluttershy squeaked very very softly.
"Fluttershy!" Rarity whispered frantically. "Hurry and untie me so we can-" Rarity was cut off by total terror as a white thin whisp was seen floating behind the scooting chair just inches away from the room they were in.
Fluttershy felt like she was gonna be sick from all the horror in front of her. Suddenly Rarity's horn flickered out by a cold breeze and the two pony's now stood (Or in Rarity's case hung) alone in the pitch black room, listening as the chair inched closer through the darkness.
Fluttershy couldn't take it no more. "I'm sorry Rarity I've gotta go." There was a horrified gasp that came from the unicorn. "Dearie you don't have to go! You can stay and hep me!" "And do what!? Sacrifice myself for your life? We both will get killed if I stay but if I don't, only one of us will..." Tears burned Fluttershy's eyes from saying all of this right in front of one of her best friends... But it was the sad truth.
"N-no but you can't!" Rarity screamed through the darkness as the noise of the chair indicated that it had finally reached their room.
"I'm sorry..." Fluttershy whispered as she hesitantly took off into the darkened furnished room and down a hall. Faster and faster she went but she was just far enough to hear Rarity's high pitched scream. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Applejack stood over a wounded and bleeding Rainbow Dash. "Are you alright Dashie?"
There was nothing but silence but Applejack could see that her friend was seething... But with what? Anger? Pain? Sorrow?...
It soon hit her faster than lightning as the cyan pegasus tumbled to her hooves and whipped around, glaring Applejack straight in the eye. "DO NOT CALL ME DASHIE!" Applejack was taken aback from the scene that she had just witnessed. Rainbow Dash didn't seem at all hurt but only hurt by the name she had just called her... A small evil smirk stretched onto Applejack's face. "Why? Does it bother you?" The pegasus only glared at the earth pony even more. "You better stop it AJ!" "Hmph! Make me?" Applejack tossed back at her.
Rainbow Dash growled in pure hatred when suddenly something caught both of their eye. Walking down the flicking stairwell was a shadow with red glowing eyes that stared straight ahead. It was a figure not in the shape of a pony but something else...
Either way, both ponies were now shaking in their own skin. "H-hey! W-who are you!?" Applejack asked aloud, trying to answer both of their question. The figure made a low mumbling sound as it now sped toward them. "Uh AJ?... I think you made it angry..." Rainbow Dash informed, eyes wide with horror. Applejack couldn't believe it either, the figure was speeding down the stair-well in an attempt to get towards the two ponies. Both of them whipped around, and bolted for the door but it instantly slammed shut. Hooves skidding against the sleek yet dusty floor, they turned and bolted towards the side of the walls but... The only exit was blocked other than the stair-well. "What are we gonna do!?" Applejack gasped frantically as the figure was now off the stairs and on the floor heading for them.
"We're... Gonna... Um... errrr..." Rainbow Dash began sweating in thinking of any possible way to escape this fate.
The figure was only five feet away from them when they instantly had the same idea and shot in different directions. Rainbow Dash went left, and Applejack went right. They raced around the dark figure and leaped up the stair-well, yet that was when the sound of triggers went off underneath them again. "HURRY!" Rainbow gasped as they galloped up the stairs and took the left side of the parted stair-case leading to a balcony that lead to a main corridor and into another hall. Both ponies zipped and ran as fast as they could not EVER daring to look back.