Screams In The Dark

by Dj vinyls

Rating: teen
Tags: Tragedy, Applejack, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Cutie Mark Crusaders, Nurse Redheart, Other
Length: 1768

After being abducted, Scootaloo is slowly dying. But doctors cant figure out why. She seemed perfectly fine until a week after the abduction.

After being abducted, Scootaloo is slowly dying. But doctors cant figure out why. She seemed perfectly fine until a week after the abduction. Within a few days of being home she is slowly regaining her memory. But will she remember what happened in time? Or will she die?

Published 2013-12-01 19:00:03 UTC
Last updated 2013-12-01 19:00:03 UTC

Messages From A Friend

I look over at my nightstand to see a note and a plate. I carefully drag myself towards the nightstand. My side hurts badly and I bite my lip to keep from blacking out again. On the sake of my curiosity I reach my nightstand and reach for the note. I grab it and read who its from. Mom. The note reads:

Hey sweetie. Sorry for what happened to you last night. I left you a plate
of fresh cookies. Theres also a bottle of painkillers for if the pain
becomes unbearable. Take it easy this week. The doctor says that you
should be able to move a bit easier in a few days, but until then rest up.
Love,

Mom

I look back up at the nightstand. My mom left a glass of water next to the pills. I take a few and carefully crawl back into my bed. I close my eyes hoping that the nightmare won't come back. Thankfully it doesn't. I sleep for a few hours. Letting the painkillers kick in and soothe me. When i wake up the pain is gone. I slide out of my bed and over to my laptop. I have tons of messages. Mainly from my friends. But I ignore most of them. I'm only worried about two of them. One of the two is from my bestie. She has sent five messages. Most were sent around 2pm. I look at the clock for the first time today. Its 6:37pm. She must be waiting for an answer. I open up her log and read all the messages from her.

-SweetieBelle-
2:16: Hey!!! Are u up yet???
2:39: Hey scoots. Are you ok?
2:43: Did you get my package yet?
3:08: Can I come over? I wanna make sure ur ok!!
3:23: Let me know when u read this.

I read through them. What happened to me last night? Why is everyone so worried? It must have been pretty bad if Sweetie Belle is getting worked up over it. I reply to her messages and she answers instantly.

-Scootaloo-
6:43: Hey sweetie, whats up?
6:44: OMG SCOOTS YOUR OK!!!!
6:45: Not exactly. I'm in really bad pain. What happened to me last night?
6:46: You mean you don't remember? Thats odd. Anyways. You were found walking down a road. You almost got hit by a cart!!! The ponies inside tried to convince you to let them take you to the hospital… but you wouldn't let them… so they brought you home.
6:46: Ok, but does anyone know why I was walking along the road? And how long I was there for? Oh and who was in the cart?
6:47: Nope, thats why we were waiting for you to wake up! No one knows anything about what happened. You weren't gone for long though. You disappeared after school and were found at midnight. So I guess you probably started to walk along the road at about 11. But that means you were missing for about 8 hours before you got dumped. Do you remember anything at all?
6:48: Not really, although when I blacked out earlier I had a strange nightmare. Maybe it was a flash of my memory returning?
6:49: Possibly…. what all did you see???
6:50: I was in a dark room… and i was chained to the wall… there was a chair in the corner of the room… and a big metal door. all that happened was the door flew open and revealed light. then i woke up and i was back in my room again.
6:52: Hmm interesting…. well its possible that it was a flashback… or it was just a nightmare like you said.
6:54: Maybe… well ima go now. gotta make sure apple knows i'm fine…..kinda….and im probly gonna go work on my new scooter… if its here... its gotta be built.
6:55: Ok!! See Ya later alligator!
-SweetieBelle- Has signed out

-Laptop- Power off?

I turn my laptop off and lazily walk back to the nightstand. I grab a few cookies and head out into the hallway. I look down the stairs, thinking whether I should attempt them or not. I decide to atleast try one step. As soon as my foot lifts off the ground I knew it was a mistake. I miss the step and trip. My head begins to spin and I feel my consciousness begin to fade. I hear my head slam against the wood steps on my way down.

Author's Note

Big thanks to my editor/co-author for stepping in to make this story a bit more.... I guess u could say dark.

New Scooter

"Where.. Where am I?" I weakly ask as my eyes open.
"Oh crap.." I mutter as I realize I'm no longer in my own house. I'm back in the nightmare, right where it left off. The door opens and a shadow crosses the room. A figure steps in and closes the door, leaving the room again in darkness. A rag is pressed against my nose and mouth. A voice I know yet can't place whispers to me,
"Sleep child"
I'm back at the bottom of my steps, but now I have a splicing headache. I get up, and walk into the kitchen to look in the fridge for some milk. Just my luck, We’re out. Great fresh cookies without a refreshing glass of milk to dunk them into. Oh well…. Guess ill have to manage. I eat my cookies and head over to the door. Sweetie Belle mentioned something about a package. If there is any they'd be out on the porch. So i open the door and look outside. There's two big boxes and a few envelopes. I drag it all into the living room. I look at the labels on the mail. There's a bill for mom. But the rest are for me. I toss the bill on the table and get to work opening the boxes. The first one i open is the one from sweetie. Inside is a new customized helmet. There's also a note.

Get better soon Scoots!!! This is something i ordered for you.
I thought that now that you have a new scooter coming you'd
want a new shiny helmet to go with it.

Sincerely,

Sweetie Belle

I admire my new helmet, and try it out for size. It fits perfectly. Sweetie decorated it with spikes and a pair of wing stickers. Its perfect! I set the helmet aside and grab the other box. Its from the place that i bought my scooter from. I tear this box open ten times faster than the other and pull everything out of it. There's so many pieces, but hard work always ends in awesomeness. So I better get started. I work on my scooter for a few hours. When its finally done I decide to go outside and try it out. I headed towards Apple Blooms house. Shes probably worried sick about me. So I went as fast as I could. Luckily my new scooter was a motor scooter. So i could go ten times the speed I used to be able to go. I'm at apples house quicker than I would have imagined to be possible. I jump off my scooter and run up to her door. I knock and wait for an answer. Apple Jack opens the door. She looks me over, like I'm some kinda freak, before saying anything.

"Howdy Scootaloo. You look pretty good for what happened last night" she said unsure of her words.

"I guess... is Apple Bloom home?" I asked quickly.

Apple Jack nodded and went inside. I heard her yell and seconds later Apple Bloom was at the door. She stared at me for a few minutes before moving. When she finally did something, she ran out the door and squished me into a hug. I try to push her off because she is hurting me. But she keeps on hugging me. After awhile she lets go and keeps staring at me. We start to walk out into the orchard. Its almost harvesting season so all of the trees have apples on them. We sit under the biggest tree in sight. After about an hour of chatting she stands up to show me how she's been practicing on getting the apples out of trees. She turned around and kicked the trunk of the tree, causing the apples to fall of. Me not paying attention I get nailed in the head with one of them and get knocked unconscious.

First Memory

I open my eyes to blinding light. Looking around, I notice I'm in my room. My head keeps turning to survey my surroundings. On the desk across the room sits my laptop. The screen has dimmed from not being used for awhile. All of a sudden, as if on cue, the screen lights up to reveal a chat log. My friend has messaged me. As I try to get out of bed, I feel a sharp pain in my side. The pain is so bad it causes me to collapse. I look at my side to see a bandage wrapped around me. I try to move again but the pain is too much, causing me to black out.

I feel the cold floor underneath my body. I'm not in my room anymore, and now when I try to move, there is no pain. How is this possible? Just seconds ago I was in unbearable pain. Am I dead? Was the pain too much for my heart to handle? Or is this a dream? No, not a dream... but maybe a nightmare. The room I'm in is dark, but there's just enough light to see a few things. In the corner sits a chair. On the wall in front of me there's a large metal door, covered in locks. All of a sudden the door opens and light pours into the room. I stand up and try to reach the door, only to discover a chain around my leg. I look back up towards the light and it gets brighter, causing me to wince. The light becomes so bright that it momentarily blinds me. I close my eyes trying to regain my sight, but when i open them back up, I'm in my room again. The pain has also returned.

Author's Note

Some of the words are italicized. This is just to emphasize them. Nothing important. Just making them pop out and make my readers (you) think about what is to come.