Ponies Souls

Twilight sprinted up the stairs as fast as she could, Oscar now following closely behind. He barely had time to react when Twilight suddenly stopped, Oscar stumbled and dove past Twilight to avoid barreling through her. He landed on his back with a long groan.

"Why'd you stop! I could have hurt you." He looked up at the princess who now had a face of pure shock, her eyes were as wide as they could go and her mouth hung wide open.

"Whats wrong?" Oscar stated moving to stand up when Twilight raised her hand, her finger pointing towards the area in front of her. Ahead of the two was a gruesome sight, several bodies, all hollows, littered the ground. Their heads were smashed in and blood was everywhere. Twilight gagged and turned away trying to stop herself from throwing up, but failing.

As she heaved on the steps, Oscar moved forward to the bodies, as he drew closer the sound from earlier hit him again as he saw another hollow drop down the the steps ahead of him, its face completely dented in. Oscar raised his shield in case whatever caused this and looked up the stairs.

"Who are you? Ya'll arent like the others 'round here." Oscar looked to where the voice came from, up the stairs and was taken aback. At the top of the steps stood a woman, wielding a very bloody club and wearing only a pair of leather leggings and a cloth wrap over her torso. Dark tanned skin that, like the club, had a crimson covering. A feminine yet strong face topped off with a vibrant blonde ponytail, freckles covered her face but wheres eyes should have been were dark sockets with an orange glow, but it seemed to gaze through Oscar, sending a shiver down his back.

"Answer me, or so help me I'll cave your head in with the rest!" She pointed the club at Oscar and prepared to charge. Before Oscar could speak though, Twilight shot in front of him with her hands raised towards the aggressive woman.

"AppleJack, stop! He's with me! There's no need to attack anyone!" The woman gasped, taking a few steps back and lowering her club.

"Tw...Twilight? Is it really you?" Twilight nodded in response. Oscar started to lower his shield as AppleJack kept stepping away from the two.

"No, it isn't you. It can't be." Applejack turned and started to run, leaving the princess in even more shock then before. Oscar stepped forward and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"I'm afraid your friend has already started to hollow Twilight, did you not see her eyes?" Twilight's eyes started watering as she trembled at the thought of one of her best friends becoming one of these mindless things. Oscar was about to say more to try and help the princess but he barely had time to react when Twilight suddenly burst forward in a full sprint.

"You're wrong! She can be saved!" Oscar cursed and started to run after her, following her voice as she called out her friends name. Twilight sprinted past many more dead hollows, knowing Applejack had to have killed them to get through. She kept calling her friends name as she moved past doors and ladders and staircases. Eventually leading to a staircase going up to what looked like a several story tower. She took a step forward but was pulled back by a powerful force and was lifted off of her feet to be eye level with Oscar.

"What the hell is wrong with you!" His voice echoed through the entire area and Twilight cringed from his voice, not hearing this level of anger from him. His anger seemed to radiate, causing the princess to try and pry herself loose, overcome with fear from the knight.

"I thought I could help her, keep her from changing into a hollow." Tears flowed from her eyes as she kept struggling with Oscars grasp. The knight faltered and let go of Twilight, looking down at the ground.

"There is no way to help her, she has already started hollowing." The knight stood above Twilight, who now stared up at the knight, tears still flowing freely. A moment of silence passed between the two before Twilight stood up and sprinted off after Applejack again.

"Your'e wrong! She can be saved!" Twilight reached the top of the stairs and ran into a tower after Applejack. Oscar ran after her, still a bit winded from the last sprint. Twilight ran up the spiral staircase, passing by barrels and rubble. She got halfway up the second flight of stairs, she saw Applejack enter a fog covered door, the last thing passing through the gate was the blonde pony tail.

Twilight charged up and almost ran through the gate when Oscars armored hand pulled Twilight back. Twilight tried to fight back but Oscars arms wrapped around her and kept her still.

"Stop, think about where you were going for a second." Oscars voice calmed Twilight enough for her to see the fog gate itself.

"There's a demon past there, I can feel it." Twilight shuddered and tried to worm her way out of Oscars grasp. He let go of her and the two locked gazes.

"I will help you try to save her, but we must be cautious. We dont know what is past there." Twilight nodded slowly and turned to face the fog gate, trying to steel herself for what might come after she enters.