Can Princess Molly Be Stopped?

She opens the door to find Twilight standing on the other side.

"AH! Princess you startled me."

"Oh my gosh Twilight thank the Heavens you are here" Molly cries out to Twilight as she hugs her.

"Um, Princess, where is everypony?" Twilight asked with a concerned look on her face.

"I have no idea dear, I woke up and the palace was like this. Quick, follow me"

They both head off down the hallway to the throne room. They get to the throne room and Twilight looks around with a perplexed look on her face.

"This is where it starts" Molly says with a slight hint of fear in her voice.

"Where what starts, Princess?"

"Just wait and listen, it will start soon" Molly states while fighting back the shivers that are starting up in her.

Twilight faces Molly and says "Princess nothing is going to happ-".

Just then the sound of hoof steps start up again this time louder and can be heard reverberating through the hallway.

"There, see, I told you" Molly yelps.

Twilight opens the door to the hallway and starts to head down it.

"Wait!" Molly cries out as she runs to Twilight's side.

"Princess, you aren't scared are you?" Twilight asks with a coy look on her face.

"Any other time Twilight and I would have pounced on you for making that face but right now, ugh!" she thinks to herself before stating, "Who, me? No, never. I'm just worried about everypony that's all", as she puts on a brave face.

They continue down the hallway following the sounds of the hooves but never seem to get closer. They get to a corridor that splits off into two hallways.

"We should split up here Princess" Twilight states as she turns to face Molly.

"Um, how about...no. Lets just stick together" Molly replies fighting back the fear.

"Look Princess we need to cover more ground if we are going to find out where this noise is coming from."

"Okay. Fine, but we meet back up at the throne room in one hour okay?"

"Sure thing Princess" Twilight replies as she heads down the left corridor.

Molly is standing there alone now facing down the dark hallway. The storm outside is getting stronger and lightning is flashing lighting up the hallway with strange shadows. Molly begins to walk down the hallway with her head held low in fear. As she comes across a door to one of the storage rooms she feels a breeze of air rush past her.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" she screeched as she took off running down the hallway with her eyes closed in fear.

She slams into a wall and falls on her plot.

"Ouch, that's smarts". She looks down the hallway where she felt the rush of air and sees a window open with wind whipping in. "Again Molly you are letting your imagination get the better of you", she says out loud to herself as she gets up off the floor.

She looks around to try to get her bearings on where she was at and noticed she hasn't been down in this part of the palace in probably centuries.

"Wow, this painting is still here? I thought I had it destroyed along with all the other ones. Hmm, it is very pleasing to my eyes. My plot was huge back then, lots of area to grip. Those were some rough nights for the guards back then." She giggles as she continues down the hallway.

"I don't know why I was so scared, all these noises are from the storm outside. Silly me overreacting to simple thi-"

She hears a loud thud right behind her.

"Okay, that wasn't from the storm", she whimpers as she starts to shake from the fear setting in. She turns around and nothing is there.

Then she hears Twilight screaming off in the distance. "Help! Princess! Help me! AAAaahhhhh-"

"Twilight!" Molly cries out as she rushes down the hallways, knocking over sculptures and sliding into walls on the way to were the screams came from.

She gets to where Twilight should be and finds her crown on the floor with scratch marks from her hooves as she tried to fight being dragged into a dark room.

Molly rushes in without a second thought of what could be in there.