Children of the night ch 2
As pinkies group searched pout the fire, three little fillies followed them. When the mares went over a bridge, the stealthy children ran underneath. And when the group passed by a large house, three fillies watched from a window. It wasn't before long when pinkie pie abruptly stopped, turned around and said. " we're being followed." Her voice was drained of all happiness and excitement. " are ya sure? Ah don't see anypony out here." Applejack said. She looked over shoulder then turned back to face pinkie. " I know someponies following us. The people reading this story already know that three foals are following us, hunting us down, to slaughter us. They don't call this fanfiction a grimdark for nothing." Pinkie smiled while saying that. Applejack looked puzzled. " the hay is a fan fiction?"
" it's a story humans write about us that is made up, like the one were in. "
" humans?" Fluttershy whispered. " what are they?"
" that's not important right now! We're being followed. "
As she led her group onward, twilights group arrived at the castle gates. " alright every pony, we need to go in and find the princesses. We need to figure out the purpose behind the everlasting darkness. " twilight then led them all in. As rarity passed through the halls, her mind was quickly filling up with memories. ' like the night at the the grand galloping gala, ohh, or the time we faced discord. The time I was allowed a room here, as well.' She was able to bring a smile to her face. But that was soon wiped clean away at the next spectacle.
At first sight, it appeared to be a alicorn. But as soon as the 3 ponies got closer, it was clearly not an alicorn. It was a regular earth pony that was brutally murdered with the skin from his backside, stretched over his rib bones that had been pulled from him, to create wings and the horn was a spike driven upward through the roof of his mouth. The most disturbing thing, however, was the way his eyes had been ripped from his head and the skin had been sewn shut. Twilight was both offended ( she was a alicorn after all) and disturbed. Rainbow dash was shocked and had to turn away from the disgusting sight. Rarity simply and quickly threw up what ever had been in her stomach. " who would do such a thing?" Rainbow said, still shocked. " I don't know. It's too evil and vile for a pony to do. Even discord wouldn't do this. " twilight said. Rainbow then randomly questioned, in her mind, where discord happened to be. Soon the group left the corpse on the wall. It wasn't until long that they discovered more mutilated corpses. They were completely oblivious of the three children following their every movements. Soon the three elements arrived at the throne room. they silently passed the stained glass in the darkness, the light from twilight'a and rarity's horns the only illumination. It was deathly quiet as well, the only sound was the scuffling of hoofs on marble making a clip-clop sound that resonated in the darkness. The ponies were quite creeped out from the lack of light and sound. Rainbow dash tried to focus on the sound of her own hoofs to distract herself from the creepy scene around her. clip-clop clip-clop clip-clop. The sound echoed throughout the room and into the night air. A dark presence was then alerted to the sound of hoof steps. It stopped whatever it was doing and smiled realizing who was coming for it.
Pinkie pie was bouncing and laughing like nothing was wrong. Apple jack was worried about her friend. " ah don't think pinkies in a good state o mind. She seems tah be getting a little scary these past few seconds." She said to fluttershy. " I noticed. She is too happy for a time like this." Fluttershy responded quietly. " I think it might be that we are being followed like she said earlier. Not to mention weird things the lights do when we get near em." Apple jack spoke. And as if to prove her point, the house they just passed by turned its lights off the moment they got within three feet of the fence surrounding it. " it's getting cold. We need to find that fire fast. " fluttershy said. They then remains in uneasy silence for the next couple hours. Then just as they turned a corner into the middle of a few houses they arrived at a maze of mansions and factories, all abandoned. As they went in only fluttershy seemed to notice that something was amiss. " uh girls, the way we just came in is blocked." The shy pony whispered. " what was that fluttershy?" Then apple jack noticed the houses blocking the way they came in. " that's just bizarre. Only pony able to do that would be... Discord?" Apple jack worked her mind to decide if discord should be called a pony or not. Well he was the one out of two entities that could pull that off and the other was taken care of long after. Celestia and Luna made sure of it. As the group walked along the silent streets, three pairs of eyes kept watching them. What felt like hours had started to take its toll on the three ponies. They began to get as they felt their hooves start to get heavier, as if they were slowly turning into rocks. Soon pinkie pie stopped the group at a circle of houses. " pinkie? This don't look familiar tag what ah saw last time we was in caunterlot. Ah don't remember this part of it." Apple jack said, slightly scared. " oh it's just the thing that wants us dead. It can manipulate the area around us. " pinkie pie happily said. " it also put the burnt out fire there to trick us into coming into its trap to brutally murder us." She added. " uhh pinkie? Who would want to do something like that?" Fluttershy softly said. " ohh just them." Pinkie pie pointed to space between two buildings that was pitch black. Slowly walking out were three young ponies, each armed with a lethal looking weapon. Suddenly the first one brought out a long piece of rope and threw it at apple jack. Her screams rang out like a bombing raid siren as she was then ca. She was then pulled into the darkness. Then a second rope flew out and caught fluttershy and pulled her into the darkness. Pinkie pie was left. She just smiled and stared at the darkness awaiting the rope to pull her into the abyss. It came.
Unlike apple jack and fluttershy, pinkie practically jumped for joy in the ropes, as they were pulled off to a place that has yet to be revealed. Only a brutal death awaits them.
At the castle, twilights group just kept on going through the hallways. As every second passed, the ponies could swear that they were going in circles. Every hall way looked the same as the one before it. Soon they had To stop to get there bearings straight. " uhh, twilight? I think we've been down here before. " rainbow said uncertainly. " I know. It seems like we're just going around and around." Twilight said." And it can't be a spell. I checked for any magic put over the castle and there aren't any. " twilight reassured. " well twilight, I think we could try going through those doors. " rarity said. " we could try." And so they did. When they went in the spark of excitement burnt out of the ponies. The room was a dead end. No doors, windows or air vent. It was bare and small. And as soon aesthetic stepped in, how ever, rainbow saw a door appear right before her eyes on the back wall. " guys? I think you should see this." Rainbow said. As the other two mares entered the room, the door behind them shut and then disappeared. Rainbow tried to open the door in front of her but quickly discovered that it was locked. The three tried their best to stay calm but soon they began to get claustrophobic and their breathing grew shallow. To them it felt like the room was slowly becoming a vacuum. Rarity tried to scream but was unable to. The walls looked as if they were closing in on the trapped ponies. Then the door opened. The three mares stopped their struggling and stared in shock as a thin mist crept out of the door. When they inhaled it, they began to sleep. Soon they all were out cold. Then three fillies entered the room and dragged them all out. This would be their last sleep that they would wake up from.