*Yukan*

Walking into room revealed a room full of ice and shadows. Sweetie Belle looks around the room with astonishment. She couldn't believe at how wonderful this all look. She would squeal in delight if she could.

"Damn... What a place huh? Can't say I've ever seen a place like this." Yūkan says popping his knuckles.

Sweetie nods her head and takes a step into the room and immediately regrets it. The ice splits towards the ceiling and stalactites fall near them. The both jump back in fear as the frozen hazard falls way through the ice into the darkness below them.

"Well shit..." Yūkan says looking into the hole to see nothing but darkness.

He looks around the room for something that might help gain knowledge on what to do here. Maybe if they back tracked they could get somewhere new.

"Think we should head back?"

Sweetie nods her head eagerly not wanting to deal with this type of hazard. The two turn around and walk through the way they came to end up in a long hallway.

"Well it sure is better than walking on thin ice..."

The two begin walking down the hallway that seemed to go on forever. Yūkan turns around to see the entrance right behind them.

"The hell? S.B I want you to mark the dirt to the right of us."

Sweetie complies and does so picking up her rock that she had been keeping beside her by kicking it around. She would've put it in the bag she brought but it some what mysteriously disappeared after being in the cave for a while. They begin walking again but Yūkan puts all his focus on the mark for a while before turning around and watching the right side of the wall.

"Nooo." He groans as they walk to a point where the mark is there.

Sweetie Belle sees what his disappointment is about and realizes its either going the one way or continue the ever for going of this loop. They walk back and re-enter the frozen room that still has the long crack in it.

"There has to been a reason for this room. Though almost this place seems like a place to kill all intruders every trap has their fail point..."

Yūkan sits down and stares at the ice thinking while Sweetie looks around for any context clues. Sweetie finds something and quickly runs back nudging him to follow. He gets up and follows her to marking on the wall masked by stalactites and stalagmites. It seems to be indicating a hand. Sweetie does her best to use her rock to point at Yūkan's hands. He seems to get the meeting and walks over to the wall and touches the ice. To a surprise nothing happens. Sweetie looks defeated while Yūkan scratches his head. He couldn't quite put two and two together but he had a feeling that he was getting close to solving the problem.

He examines the gloves on his hands.

Maybe...

He looks at the left glove with the three gems. He touches the black one and instantly the room goes dark. Scampering can be heard followed by what sounds like a gargled scream. He quickly presses it again to find nothing to happen. He presses the yellow one finding out quick he can see in the dark after a bit of time and the room fills with light again to find Sweetie Belle pressed against a stalactite scared out of her wits.

"Its okay S.B its my gloves that did that... Apparently they change the attributes around me..."

So black and darkness, yellow is light, red might be fire, blue must be water, white is ice and green... what is green?

He shrugs and says, "Okay S.B I'm going to see something. I need you to be brave okay."

Calming down a bit a shaking Sweetie Belle walks forwards towards him ears pressed flat nodding her head slowly.

"Don't worry It'll be safe I promise! Plus I promise when we get out of this I'll get ya something for being brave!"

Sweetie with the thoughts of stuff she wants give a small smile and nods. Sweetie first re-finds her rock and hands it to Yūkan which he puts into his pocket. He touches the white gem an the gloves go from a yellow color to a white color that seems to being wafting cold air from it. The room also dims down a bit. They walk over to the fragile part of the ice and Yūkan places a hand on it. The hole reminds it self and the crack disappears almost as if it wasn't there to begin with.

"Well I be damned!" Yūkan yells surprised that something actually works right.

Sweetie stares at the gloved hand in wonderment. Such magic was beyond her thinking and it seemed to require no thinking or exert from him what so ever. How great it would be to be able to have the power of the gloves.

"Alright you go across first Sweet. I'll see you on the other side."

Sweetie nods her head and slowly makes her way across. The ice creaks and groans but never gives way. She makes it to the other side of the frozen land where the ice is more solid and waits.

"Okay... just got to slide across and leave my hand on the ice... Easy enough..."

Yūkan slowly but surly slides on his belly across the ice. Thanks to his clothes he barely felt the water start to chill him from sliding. Once they made it to the other side and quickly gets up and starts squeezing the water out of his shirt hoping not to catch a cold.

"Alright S.B I think it should be smooth sailing from here."

They walk through the entrance way to see a long hallway.

"Or just a long hallway..." He says sighing.

*Tsumetai*

He sighs and sits down on the ground leaning against the wall. The filly finally wakes up and snuggles close to the human. He knows that he shouldn't get to comfy with the creatures down here but he couldn't help feel sorry for this one.

"So Scootaloo right?"

She nods her head enjoying the warmth that he gives off.

"What do you think about all this?"

"I'm scared... I can't see anything and my head still hurts..." She says slowly.

"Its a good thing I found ya when I did." He says with a yawn.

"Oh I'm sorry... I didn't mean to keep you up with you carrying me..."

"Nah its good. With your sense of sight now gone all your other senses should be heightened. So just keep an ear out so I can sleep okay?"

Scootaloo nods her head and sits there listening to the sounds of sleep and the sounds of the tunnel being a guard for Tsumetai.

*Elza*

The two trek down the hallway in silence. In another unknown portion of the cave wandering the halls of some man's illusion has never been a great thing. They keep both of their ears open for anything that might sound like the end of them.

"Are we really going to listen to this man?" Applebloom asks breaking the silence.

Elza sighs.

"At this point if we don't we might just die faster." She says in a dark tone.

After what feels like hours they come to a door of metal, one of wood, and one of plastic. The man walks out from the plastic room.

"Well hello there weary travelers! Can I introduce you to a room to say in for the night?" He says motioning at the doors around him, "I a sure you that the beds are quite comfortable and let me tell you once you sleep on them you really do sleep on them."

The way he says sleep the second time sends shivers down both the girls' spines. They looks at one another and shake their heads.

"But what if we're not tired?" Elza asks getting a bit scared.

The man chuckles, "Once you step into a room you'll find that you are much more tired than you realized.

"What if we just turn back?" Applebloom pipes up not wanting to go into those room.

"Well than my friend will be waiting for you."

They both don't want to meet his friend especially the way he says it so they give in and decide to pick a door.

"Great! Now this door behind me is chipper than you can believe!"

"But we have no money..." Elza says groaning.

"Oh don't worry about that cause wooden't you like to be laid to bed by the most comfortable bed ever under a nice tree in the shades."

"I think I would rather not... If its an outside room on the surface where I can run away and probably go find help than yea."

The man rolls his eyes and motions to the left.

"So right through this metal door is something of a magical resting place! You go to sleep and when you awake you'll feel the most rested you have ever felt along with a few benefits too!"

"I like the sound of that!" Applebloom says cheerfully.

Elza didn't. She was no fool. She was listening close to the man's words. The way he was talking about the rooms sounded more like if they went in they would die except for the wooden so far. She only could think about what he would say about the plastic door.

If it comes down to it I'll pick the metal door...

"Now behind the plastic door is something only the imagination could come with. Once you lay down you'll want to stick to the bed like glue! I've never slept in such a more wondrous bed in my life! Trust me its to die for!"

Well blunt words for such an extreme picking...

Did he really just say...

"So now ladies choose a room you would like to stay in!"

Every room, except the wooden one, felt like that could kill them. Applebloom was still excited about the metal door when Elza turned her around so they could talk.

"Okay so Applebloom what do you think?"

"Well... I really like the sound of the metal door. The wooden one seems like the only safe one so I really don't want to go through that one."

"My thoughts exactly. Now the plastic door might be safer than the metal one..."

"But I have a good feeling about the metal door. Plus us together I'm sure we'll be alright! He never said we would die right?"

"True..."

Elza sighs and turns around to the man.

"The metal door."

He opens the door and motions the girls in the other two doors disappearing. They walk towards the door and look in. Nothing but darkness. They hesitate to enter but the man didn't care. A quick shove of his shoes and hands sent the two into the room and the door slams behind them. Elza was expecting a long fall to their death but found she only hit dirt a few second later.

"Oww..." Appplebloom groans.

"You okay?" Elza asks sitting up.

"Yea.... just landed on my face is all..." She says sitting up and rubbing her snout.

"Well... he didn't promise beds behind this door either... he just said sleep and and rest.

The two sigh and decide to do just as the man said both of them irritated about this whole mess. Elza leans against the wall and Applebloom climbs into her lap.

"Hey I'm sure we'll be fine here. After all it seems nothing can ever separate us!"

"Sure does Applebloom." Elza replies with a yawn, "Sure does."

*Twilight and Rarity*

So far the walk has been... less than peaceful. Twilight had to listen to Rarity brag about things she had never experienced with such a royal snootiness. Whatever happened back there and what could of happened she kind of wish it did. She shakes her head surprised by the thought that just went through her head.

Why would I ever think that way about my friend?

She couldn't quite put it together but after being in that room she felt stranger more unlike herself. Rarity continued to gabble on until they reach another open room with a door on the other side. Between them and the exit lies a sleeping beast that sent chills down their spines. The beast has smooth shinny scales, black tendrils running from almost every part of its body across the floor, two long horns rising from its giant head as well as two short spikes coming off of his great maw, his tail spiked down the middle of it lies very close to the exit, he body bigger than any creature that they've both seen, and a book lies in front of him open to a page Twilight could barely make out called shadow walk.

"Okay..." Twilight whispered to Rarity, "We got to cross the room carefully. Make sure you take care not to wake this thing."

Rarity nodded and started her slow trek across the room while Twilight started her slow trek towards the middle of the room. Her ever growing curiosity for the book made her do this. If something bad happened she hoped that her magic would allow her to escape. As Rarity makes it half way through the room Twilight reaches the book and takes it by both hooves. A tendril wrap around her body holding her in place. The head moves and looks her in the eyes.

"Curiosity is a great thing isn't it."

Rarity at this point has taken off running towards the exit which she successfully makes it to. She runs out into the tunnels forgetting about her friend. Now alone with his mighty beast Twilight squirms underneath its grasp as her horn ignites. A tendril around her horn tightens around it as the magic disappears and a sharp pain flows through her.

"Now what would happen if I broke that horn to prevent you from escaping? Would it hurt or would you feel nothing? Hmmm curious." The beast says chuckling.

"Who are you!?" Twilight ask frantically hoping to get the beasts mind off of her horn.

"I don't need a name."

"Well than what are you!?"

"I'm something of an failed experiment for the most part. They never gave what I am a name so I have nothing to tell you."

"What do you do?" Twilight asks calming down a bit as the tendrils loosens its grip on her horn.

"As you can see I'm a protector of this book as well as a creature that haunts this very place."

"No, I mean what as a creature do you do."

"If you test me you'll find out." He says with a great powerful chuckle.

This is horrible! Come on think quick Twilight! What can you do to get out of here!

"So what book are you reading?" Twilight asks trying to keep up the small talk.

"Well this book is called the book of shadows. I'm pretty fine with telling you about the book since you'll die when I feel like it."

As to prove his point a tendril tightened itself around her throat. She felt more scared than anything. She didn't know what to do. The only thing she could keep running was her mind and her mouth.

"Well do you mind if I have a look see inside of it before I die?"

Maybe it will provide some insights...

"That'll bring upon your death quicker. I would rather have fun with my new prey."

No no no no no no no

"Well let me prove you wrong! Books can't be dangerous! I saw you reading it so I'm sure its fine for me to read it!"

The creatures rolls its eyes saying, "That's because I have great magic stored in my body to withstand what comes from the book. A creature as small as you would never live long enough through five words!"

Twilight scoffs.

"Don't take me lightly good sir! I've capable of a lot more than you think!

The tendrils slide off of her but stay near her just in case. The dragon hold up the book for her saying, "Be my guess."

Twilight levitated the book in front of her and opened it. A sense of dread, fear, and darkness creeped across ever fiber of her being. She wanted to close the book so bad but she wanted to prove the beast wrong even more. She lays on the ground and begins to read.

*Rainbowdash*

With caution to the wind she flies through the ever winding tunnels. She slows down and stop inside of a room. The room was so crazy she couldn't believe it. Fire blazed on the right side. A giant tsunami was on the left mountains were on the ceiling and lighting cracked beneath her feet.

"What a heck of a room." Rainbowdash practically yelled ever the sound.

Yea can't say there doesn't to be anything that can be done here though.

Rainbowdash flies towards the mountain and touches one and immediately regrets it. She feels her whole body twist and churn and her vision goes black. Her vision returns and she finds herself hovering above fields of mountains.

"Whoa..."

Well this is a new one!

The last thing she sees before blacking out is a giant smile beaming down at her.

"Oh no the tunnels have already changed..." The filly says stopping her right hoof, "Oh well I guess we'll leave it up to luck now."

Fluttershy nods her head following close behind. She's become quite used to the one sided conversations of the filly. Even as they walked through the tunnels Fluttershy still haven't asked for the fillies name. She figured when the time arise she'll ask.

"So Fluttershy tell me about about your self will ya." The filly says taking a more comfortable means of flying upside down facing her in a laid back position.

"I'm nothing to special..." She replies hiding behind her hair.

"No your blood taste really pure the purest I've tasted in a really long time! So there has to be something at least special about you!"

"Well I hold the element of kindness inside of me."

"Element of kindness? Huh okay anything else? You know we're kind of linked because of the bite whole master and serf system and I picked up bits of your mind about animals and I mean a lot of them too."

"Well I do love animals. They fill me with so much happiness. I spent much more time caring for the animals than anything else."

"Well than! A really animal lover! If they want to show their love back I'm sure they won't mind sacrifficing a fellow animal or two for us!" The filly says giggling before turning around and landing on her hooves.

Still walking Fluttershy has the look of horror on her face.

"Wha...what are you talking about! I.. I can't do that to my animal friends!" Fluttershy stammers out rapidly picking up her pace.

"What do you mean? You take care of the animals and they'll take care of you. Seems pretty fair to me." The filly says nonchalantly.

"Well I... I..." She stammers off as they walk into a room with candles lighting all along the walls.

"Ahhh!" The filly says stretching her body out as a bipedal creature lifts off of a black throne wearing black armor stands, "Shy I'm about to teach you a few things about vampires okay? Now pay attention."

The creatures runs forward and swings his sword at the filly who is no longer there by the time the sword makes contact with the ground. To Fluttershy the filly looked to be moving at normal speed and it seemed the creature had slowed down. The filly running forward grabs the creatures leg and flips it on its back. She than grabs the helmet and rips it off. The creature under it look reptilian in nature and had two long spike on the side of his head. The filly bares her teeth and sink her teeth into the creatures next.

Fluttershy could almost smell the aroma from he blood and she wanted some. She shakes her head about going over to the filly and asking. Something in the back of her mind telling her to let the master feed first. As she began to drink she realizes everything is starting to sync back in. She could hear the yelling of the creature as it fumbled for its sword. It grabs it and is about to swing for filly. Fluttershy moves faster than she ever thought possible and slams a hoof down onto the creatures wrist severing the connection with it with a sound of many pops and cranks.

The filly pulls up with blood drenching her face and teeth. She licks around the muzzle and points towards the creature. She wanted Fluttershy to finish him off. Fluttershy wasn't to keen to it but when she saw the blood coming out... she was at the neck faster than anything else sucking up all the blood she could till the creature was dry.

"Good Fluttershy. Drink up you'll need the strength." The filly says smiling with glee seeing Fluttershy's natural vampony instincts kick in.

Fluttershy didn't care about anything right now. The only thing that mattered was her and the body beneath her. She wanted to feed so bad. She needed every single last drop. Before she knew it no more came out and she pulls up blood drenching her muzzle as well. She looks at the filly who nods her head at Fluttershy.

"Its great that part of you understands your new abilities. Now tell me did you notice anything in the fight."

Fluttershy sheepishly shook her head. The filly flies up and pats her on the head.

"Its alright but when you are in a situation that requires you to defend or kill than you'll have a boost of speed faster than the eye can see unless your another vampony. But be warned it only lasts a certain amount of time."

"But how could you do it so easily I was moving so fast!?" Fluttershy asks thinking back to the wrist.

"You just have to practice with it till you can just activate it on your own. But I'm sure you'll get the hang of it."

Fluttershy nods her head and looks at the pale creature. She knew it was dead because of her and it filled her with disgust, but at the same time it filled her with pride. Something that she didn't want as she is.

*Pinkie and Applejack*

Applejack marches on with Pinkie hopping behind her.

"Applejack!" She calls, "Slow down silly billy! We don't even know where we are going!"

Applejack comes to a stop as Pinkie hops beside her and asks, "What are we going to do now?"

"Keep looking and never give up!" Applejack says with determination, "We just got to figure out where to go..."

Applejack stares off into the darkness that she has gotten pretty used to. It seemed that the area around her is always light but when she tried to look down the tunnels she couldn't see a darn thing. She gives a huff and looks at Pinkie.

"So what do you think we should do than pinkie?" Applejack asks distressed.

"Well we should keep an open eye and ask around for directions when we can silly!" She says starting to bounce forward.

"And who in the world are we going to ask?" Applejack asks following behind Pinkie.

"Her!" She says pointing forward to see a girl carrying a backpack on her back and seems to be floating around in a skipping motion through the tunnel.

"I don't know Pinkie... this doesn't seem right..." Applejack asks concerned but it falls to deaf ears as Pinkie is already up to the girl.

"Hi-ya!" Pinkie says in her friendly way, "Have you seen our friends roaming around here? There just like us except different colors and sizes and and mane styles and cutie marks and personality and now that I think about it we're actually not really much like each other are we? We all might be ponies but there is a lot of things different about us so I guess that phrase doesn't really make since. Than why would some many ponies use such a silly phrase when it doesn't even mffrrggg!!"

Applejack covers Pinkie's mouth before she can mumble even about what she is talking about before she gets too off topic.

"Sorry about my friend she has good intentions but she tends to ramble on, but I can't help but ask you if you seen anymore pony folk around her."

"No can't say I have really." The girls says standing there with a big grin plastered on her face.

"Well shoot alright sorry to bother you." Applejack says dragging Pinkie with her.

"Well I wouldn't go that way don't you see the giant spider?" Applejack freaks out and jumps backwards looking down the tunnel to see absolutely nothing.

After her shock the girl is laughing along with Pinkie Pie.

"She got you good Applejack!" Pinkie say snorting.

Applejack's face turns red and she flattens her ears.

"Okay okay hahaha play a joke on Applejack day now come on Pinks we got to keep moving."

Pinkie stands up and hops after Applejack who has her head down ad is still red at the face. The girl waves at them and heads the other direction down the tunnel.

Author's Note

Should I continue the whole ** thing or should I drop since you kind of get the feel for how the chapters work.