Ponies Lost Tapes: Flesh Eater
The following story is inspired by the possibility of there existence. Some readers may find the material to be incredibly graphic and disturbing. Reader discretion is advised.
The camera turns on and points at Lyra who is running fast through a Bayou of sorts.
“Help!” She yells. “My friends are dead and I’m being chased down by something!”
GRR
“W-where is it?” She says, “Why is this happening to me? What did I do to get this?”
GRR
“I don’t know if anypony will find this,” She says looking at the camera, “But if you do, know that the stories are true and there is something here!”
GRR
“It’s looking for me and it won’t stop until I’m dead and I-” A creature jumps from the bushes behind Lyra and grabs her. “AUGH!” She drops the camera and it focuses on the foot of the monster while it is ripping her apart.
Lyra continues to scream out for help. The screaming stops and a pool of blood makes its way to the camera. The monster stops, realizing that the pony is now dead, and moves its foot away from the camera. The camera picks up the sound of its feet, dragging along the ground and into the bayou.
There are creatures science refuses to recognise. But new technology But makes us question what is real. If our eyes see it. If our cameras capture it. Does it exist? Enter a realm where fact meets fiction. Science meets legend. Where nightmares come to life. do you believe?
Ponies Lost
Tapes
Flesh Eater.
The door to the main office open as two of the Wonderbolts, Soarin and Fleetfoot, walk in. “You wanted to see us?” Soarin asks.
“Yes I did.” Spitfire says.
“What for?”
Spitfire walks over to the two with a mini camera attached to her head. “Suit up, we got a mission.”
Fleetfoot then asks, “What mission?”
“Well,” Spitfire takes out a map of Equestria, “There have been multiple disappearances of ponies here.” She points to a spot on the map that says The Bloody Bayou. “Apparently it has been going on for quite a while, but nopony really noticed until just a few days ago.”
“Why?” Asks Fleetfoot.
“Well four mares went in and none of them have come out.” Spitfire replies, “And some ponies say they heard one of them screaming.”
“Ok but why are we going?”
“Because we are the closest thing to a military around here.” Spitfire answers.
“That can’t be.” Soarin asks.
“But it is.” Spitfire says. “Anyways, get ready. We are leaving in ten minutes to this Bloody Bayou.”
“The Bloody Bayou? Who came up with such a stupid name.” Fleetfoot grumbles, “That sounds like something a pre-schooler made up!”
In late Fall 2013, three Wonderbolts, Spitfire, Soarin, and Fleetfoot, set out to find out what was going on at the Bloody Bayou. What they got, was what they were searching for. But worse than they had hoped it would be.
These, are their tapes.
“Here we are.” Spitfire says as the three of them fly into the town near the bayou.
“And theres not a drop of blood anywhere.” Fleetfoot jokes.
“Well we haven’t entered it yet.” Spitfire shakes her head smiling at the joke.
“That’s odd, look at the town.” Soarin says, “I don’t see anypony”
“Hey theres somepony over there!” Fleetfoot replies, “Let’s ask him what's going on.”
The three of them run over to the pegasus.
“Hey, why is nopony outside?” Spitfire asks the stallion.
“You must be new here.” He answers, “Why have you come here?”
“We came to find out why ponies are disappearing.” Fleetfoot replies.
“Not a good idea. You don’t want to go in there.” He says, “And everypony here knows why they are.”
“Great, so can you tell us?” Soarin asks.
“No, you have no need to.” He replies as he starts to walk away
“Well that was pointless.” Spitfire says “I guess we’ll have to go into bayou if we want to-”
“WHAT?!” the stallion yells the hairs on his green coat were standing on end, his blue and golden main was frized up and his eyes had shrunk to the size of a needle, “You can’t be serious!” He yells at them, “Going in that place, do you want to die?”
“Um, no.” Soarin replies.
“Then don’t go in that bayou!” He says.
“But we have to.” Spitfire answers.
“You're just like those mares.” He shouts, “I tried to tell them that it was a bad idea to go in there but they wouldn’t listen and now they're all dead!”
“Hey we don’t know that! They c-” Spitfire was cut off by the stallion.
“No, I know they're dead. They were most likely killed by one of those-” He hesitates for a few seconds, “Flesh Eaters.”
Now it was Fleetfoot’s tern to yell. “FLESH EATERS!!! You. Have. Got. To. Be. Kidding! WHO COMES UP WITH THESE STUPID NAMES?! If I hear one more stupid name I am going to lose it!”
“What’s the name of this town?” Soarin asks.
The stallion hesitates, but after some time says “Bayou Town.”
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!” Fleetfoot screams.
“Ok. Well, I’m going to do something else.” The stallion replies, “Just don’t go into the bayou or,” The stallion sighs, “You’ll never come out.”
The three Wonderbolts are standing at the entrance to The Bloody Bayou
“Well I guess we aren’t going to get much information from the townsfolk” Spitfire says “So we'll have to go in.”
“I don’t think that’s a good idea.” Soarin replies. “What if what that guy said is true, and there is a monster that eats ponies, and-”
SLAP
“WILL YOU SHUT UP!!” Fleetfoot yells, “There is nothing here. That guy was crazy!”
“But what if-”
“BUT NOTHING! We have a job to do. So you are going to go in there and find out why ponies are disappearing and never say another word about that monster.”
Spitfire and Soarin were left speechless.
“Ok then.” Spitfire says, “Let’s just go in.”
“Alright,” Soarin replies rubbing his face from the slap Fleetfoot gave him, “Let’s get this over with. It’s getting pretty dark.”
They walk through the bayou for a while.
“Yuck! Bayou water.” Soarin complains.
“Oh quit complaining ya panzy! You have wings!” Spitfire reminds him.
“This water is getting deep. It’s already up to my cutie mark!”
“Go fly up a tree, or something! See if you can spot anything.” Spitfire orders.
“Yes ma’m.” Soarin obeys.
“Do you see anything?” Spitfire asks.
“No, just a lot of trees and water.” Soarin says, “ Wait, I think I see some land and, WHAT WAS THAT?!”
“What happened? What did you see?”
“I don’t know but whatever it was it was moving fast and I think it was green.”
“Well I guess we got to go find out what it was.” Spitfire replies as they all fly over to the island.
“Alright I don’t see anything are you sure you saw anything?” Fleetfoot asks Soarin.
“Yes it went over here” Soarin replies
“There’s nothing here! Whatever you saw is gone now.”
“No! It has to still be here, maybe it went behind those bushes.” Soarin says as he goes behind the bushes “Fleetfoot. I think I found out why this place is called the Bloody Bayou.”
Fleetfoot walked behind the bushes to punish Soarin for saying that stupid name, but stops when she saw what Soarin was talking about.
There were marks that said there was a fight that happened, blood was everywhere along with bit of flesh, and drag marks going away for the mess the only other thing that was left was a pair of blood stained purple sunglasses.
Fleetfloot stands there shocked, “Oh my Celestia.”
Spitfire looks out on the bayou, “Well somepony had to do this and we have to find out who or what is doing this. Look around the place, see if you can spot anything.”
Two days earlier
“Why are we here?” Octavia asks.
“I want to see if these Flesh Eaters are real.” Lyra replies.
“I don’t think this is a good idea!” Bon Bon adds, “What that guy said in that town makes me afraid to come in here.”
“What the worst that could happen?” Vinyl laughs.
“Still, that look he gave us when we said we were going in here was terrifying!”
“Oh come on it’s not like theres any thing in here.” Octavia says.
“But there might-” Lyra gets cut of
“NO LYRA THERE IS NOTHING HERE! IT’S JUST A STORY!!!”
“Well excuse me, I didn’t drag you down here. You came on your own will!”
“But I didn’t think we would go into the bayou.”
“Well, when Lyra said she was going to go look for the Flesh Eaters, going into the bayou was implied.” Bon Bon adds
“See? Bon Bon agrees with me.” Lyra says.
“I didn’t say that.”
“Well it was implied.”
“No it wasn’t!”
“Hey, I think I see something.” Vinyl adds but goes unnoticed by the ongoing fight.
“Did you think it was a good idea to bring all of us in to this place?” Octavia yells.
“Yes.” Lyra replies.
“Did you think of what would happen if one of us got sick?”
“Um. No?”
“See? You are completely unprepared for what could happen!”
“Hey you could have said no when I asked you to come here!”
“There’s something moving over there.” Vinyl tries to tell her friends but is once again ignored.
“Will you two please calm down.” Bon Bon says.
“You calm down!” Lyra yells.
“I am calm! It’s you and Octavia who are yelling.”
“But you're not helping.”
“Buck it. I’m going to go check it out.” Vinyl tells her friends before going farther into the bayou.
“I fail to see why we are in here to look for a monster that’s in a story.” Octavia grumbles.
“Because it might be real!” Lyra replies.
“But it’s in a story!”
“So was Nightmare Moon and she was real.”
“Yes but-” Octavia gets cut off.
“WILL YOU TWO BE QUITE?!” Bon Bon yells.
The two other mares shut up.
“Good.” Bon Bon says, “Hey where did Vinyl go?”
“I think she said something about a moving bucket.” Lyra replies.
“That doesn't make-’”
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
The three mares froze before realizing that the scream came from there friend.
“Come on! We have to help her.” Bon Bon yells
The three of them run deeper into the bayou looking for their lost friend.
“Come on, I think the scream came from behind those bushes.”
They jump over the bushes but what they see makes their stomachs turn.
A massive pool of fresh blood along with chunks of flesh and a set of bloody sunglasses.
The three friend can only stand there looking at what was once their friend.
“Urgh! We’re never going to find anything out here!” Soarin complains.
“You are a trained Wonderbolt!” Spitfire argues, “A part of the military! Start acting like one!”
“Are we going to leave some day? It’s past midnight.”
“We will leave when we find out what happened.”
“Hey look at this!” Fleetfoot says, “There some hoof prints over here.”
The other two walk over to her, “Where?” Spitfire asks.
“Right here.” Fleetfoot points to a bloody hoof marking on the wet ground.
“Where would you suppose they came from?” Spitfire examines them.
“Guys.” Soarin tries to get their attention.
“What?” Spitfire asks.
“I saw something in the water.”
Spitfire turns to Fleetfoot, “Go check it out.”
Fleetfoot walks over to the water and grumbles something that the camera can’t understand.
She gets into the water and looks around, “There is nothing here-” Just then she had been grabbed and flung into the deeper parts of the water.
“FLEETFOOT!” Both Soarin and Spitfire scream.
Two days earlier
The three friends still stand at the spot their friend died.
“I-is that?” Octavia utters, finally breaking the silence
“I think so.” Bon Bon replies.
“No. There’s no way that’s her, there’s no way that this could happen to her this fast.”
“But thats her sunglasses and you know she never takes them off.”
“What happen to her?” Lyra asks.
“I don’t know.” Bon Bon answers.
GRRRR
“But what ever did it is still here, RUN!!!” Bon Bon yells.
They all take off running
“I think it’s chasing us!” Lyra says
They continue to run as the thing that is chasing them gets closer and closer to them, but suddenly the sounds stop.
“I think... I think it stopped.” Lyra says out of breath.
“I guess so.” Octavia replies.
“But why would it stop?” Bon Bon questions.
“What do you mean?”
“Well this thing likes to eat meat so why did it stop when it could get more?”
“Well maybe it-”
GROWL
“Not again!” Lyra yells as she takes off running with Bon Bon close behind.
But after a little bit they realize that nothing is going after them and stop to look around only to see.
Octavia is nowhere to be found.
Soarin and Spitfire are now flying through the bayou. “Keep flying Soarin!” Spitfire orders.
“I can’t keep up!” Soarin flaps his wings as hard as he can.
“You have to!” Spitfire yells.
“What do we do when we get out of here?”
“We get the princesses permission to nuke the place!” She flies faster.
Something then hits Spitfires side and she starts to spin out of control, plummetting to the ground.
“Pull up!” Soarin shouts.
Spitfire lands wing first into the ground. “Augh!”
Soarin flies down to her aid. “Are you alright?”
“I broke my wing!”
“C’mon! It might be right behind us!” Soarin says helping Spitfire up.
“I can’t fly! Great!” Spitfire looks around to see if the thing was near.
They start to run off.
Until Soarin trips on something.
“Omphf!”
“You ok?” Spitfire asks.
“Ya.” Soarin replies, “Just don’t know what I tripped on.”
He looks for what made him trip and suddenly gaps at something
‘What is it”
“I think I found what I tripped on.” he says as he shows Spitfire a bloody, decaying, grey hoof. Not to far from it was a pink bowtie.
Two days earlier
“URGH! How big is this place?!” Lyra shouts frustrated.
“HELP!” Bon bon cries out.
“Be quiet!” Lyra hisses “Do you want that thing to find us?”
“No.”
“Then shut up!”
They continue to run and they hear the sound of moving water next to them, and some tree tops shaking.
“HURRY!” Lyra shouts.
Lyra looks around to see if the creature is there.
“Where did it go?” Bon Bon asks.
“No idea.” Lyra stops and Bon Bon passes her a bit and then stops herself.
“All of our friends are dead.” Bon Bon starts to cry.
“Not all of them.” Lyra says trying to cheer Bon Bon up by putting a hoof on her shoulder, “And who knows, they could be alive.”
A leech like creature jumps out of the tree’s next to them. It grabs Bon Bon and hurries off before Lyra can make anything of it.
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Lyra screams.
Lyra grabs her sense of reality and runs off into the bayou.
The two surviving Wonderbolts are still trying to get out of the bayou
“How far are we away from the exit?” Soarin asks
“I have no idea.” Spitfire replies
They proceed to run deeper into the bayou until they come acrossed a bloody drag mark
“Sweet Celestia what happen here?” Soarin says
“I don’t know but after all I’ve seen I really don’t want to” Spitfire adds.
They start running but soon find another bloody mess this time however there was a camera laying in the pool of blood
“Do you think it still works?” Spitfire asks
“Ya it just needs some batteries.” Soarin replies, “Look more drag marks”
“So?”
“Where are they going?” Soarin says as he sniffs the air “And what’s that smell?”
“I don’t know but it’s coming from behind those trees.” Spitfire replies as she covers her nose.
Soarin walks behind the tree .
“DEAR SWEET CELESTIA!!!!!” He yells
“What happened?” Spitfire asks as she goes behind the trees makes her jaw drop.
There were dead bodies of many types of animals but what shocked her the most were four dead ponies,one pony had her neck bit open and was missing a hoof, another looked like she had been dragged through the bayou,another had most of her back torn off, and all that was left of the last one was the pony’s blue mane
And as Spitfire looked around she saw one more dead pony this one and been dead for a few hours and there was no mistaking this pony
It was Fleetfoot
“Sweet Celestia.” Spitfire says
“It’s a nest!” Soarin yells, “This thing killed them and dragged them back here!”
“Why?”
“I don’t know” Soarin looks over his shoulder “Hey, what’s that yellow orb”
GROWL
“RUN!!!!!!!!” Spitfire yells
The two Wonderbolts start to run as the monster follows them
“LOOK IT’S THE EXIT” Spitfire screams
The exit was no more than 800 feet from them.
They start to run towers the exit but the monster keeps up with them.
The exit was now 400 feet from them.
The sounds of the monster starts to fade away Spitfire was sure the two of them were going to make it.
The exit was 200 feet from her.
The monster must have stopped chasing her as the sounds coming from it were far away.
The exit now only 50 feet away.
Spitfire jumps out of the bayou and runs to the town she doesn't stop until she runs into the stallion she saw earlier.
“Whoa now, why are you running like that?” He asks.
“We went into the bayou and-” Spitfire gets cut off
.
“YOU WENT INTO THE BAYOU!?” He yells, “I TOLD YOU NOT TOO!”
“I know.” Spitfire says, “But at least the two of us got out of there.”
“Two of us?”
“Yes me and-” Spitfire looks around for Soarin but can’t find him “ SOARIN!?”
“Um miss, your the only one here.”
“But he was right behind me there’s no way-” Spitfire gets cut off.
“Was one of those things chasing you?”
“Yes.”
“Then he’s dead.”
“N-no he can’t be.”
“Those thing don’t give up a hunt until they get some meat.”
“WE HAVE TO BURN THAT PLACE DOWN WITH ALL THOSE MONSTERS INSIDE!” Spitfire yells
“Like that will do anything.” The stallion says.
“What do you mean?”
“There bayous and swamps all over this planet and in most of them ponies go missing in the same way they do here.”
“So you're saying,” Spitfire stops hoping the stallion doesn’t say what she thinks he will
“That the Flesh Eaters are there to.”
“So what do we do?”
“Just leave them alone they won’t hunt you if you don’t get in there view.”
“But ponies will still go into these places.”
“Yes, but maybe what you recorded might stop some of them some will say it’s fake and go in anyway to put it simply.” He stops for a few seconds before he says
“Theres no way to stop them.”
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After returning from her mission Spitfire sent the tapes she had to the princesses and vowed never to enter a bayou or swamp again.Fleetfoot, Soarin, and the four other mares, were said to have been killed by alligators, the case was then closed and never mention again.But still in bayous and swamps all over the world ponies still go missing.
Leaving us all to wonder
Do they live among us?
