Ponyville Paranormal Society

Twilight, Rainbow, and Applejack put on vests that will carry the extra cameras, video tapes, and recorders that they’ll need during the investigation. They gathered around their ‘base camp’ Twilight and Applejack set up earlier with lights and monitors.

“Alright AJ what do we have?” Rainbow asked.

“We got eight cameras set up with four cameras’ feedback on each monitor. We have one camera coverin’ this hallway.
Two others are in the dinin room area; one in the corner gettin coverage of the whole room and another set up facing a few tables since the Princess told us that reports of silver ware an chairs being lifted on their own. Only one camera’s upstairs and that’s just viewing the hallway since not much activity has been reported there. Last but not least, the Princess’s room is loaded with four cameras. One’s facin her bed because of her report that her bed was shakin like crazy from last night. Two are pointed at each door, one at the entrance door and the other at the closet since she’s heard doors close on their own as well. And the last one’s on top of the bookshelf giving a full view of the whole room.” Applejack pointed at each camera angle on the monitor as she explained.”

“Okay it looks like we’re good to start.” Twilight began. “Applejack you stay here and keep watch on the monitors and report to us if you see anything on them. After about an hour we’ll switch shifts and Applejack will be with me. After that if nothing’s seen on the cameras, we can all join together. And let’s be careful. We don’t know if we’re dealing with just spirits or something evil. Sound like a plan?”

“You betcha’” Applejack replied.

As Rainbow’s camera has been running the whole time, Twilight finally turned hers on. They grabbed walkee talkees and made their way down the hallway.

“Alright Rainbow, let’s start in the dining room.” Twilight said.

“Got it.” She replied. “See ya in an hour AJ!”

“You two be careful.” Applejack cautioned them.

“We got it covered.” Rainbow boasted.

It’s been over a year since their first encounter with the paranormal. She didn’t know why, but Applejack had an uneasy feeling in her like something bad was going to happen tonight; almost like a sixth sense. She shook her head and stuck to the thought she was just nervous being all alone in the huge castle that was supposedly haunted. Never the less, the feeling never seemed to have an end as time drew on.

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Before Twilight and Rainbow entered the dining room, Twilight turned to face Rainbow’s camera. “Now to anypony who’s new at watching our investigations, you’re probably thinking we can see fine. The thing is, well we can’t. It’s completely pitch black in here. The only way we’re able to see is through the small screens on these night vision cameras. Go ahead and show them Rainbow.” Twilight said as they would soon be showing this investigation to friends at their local theater.

Rainbow reached to turn off the night vision. “You see anything? Well you should only see black because that’s what we’re seeing without the night vision.” She quickly turned it back on.

They both turned the corner and entered the dining room. They took a moment to look around. Even with Princess Luna’s moon out bright, it seemed to be rather dark in the room. Especially in the corner near the kitchen.

“Wow Rainbow you feel that?” Twilight whispered.

“Feel what?” she replied, slowly scanning around the room.

“I don’t know it just feels like something’s watching us.” Twilight answered, staring at the dark corner where she believed it’s originated.

“Let’s do an EVP session then.” Rainbow suggested.

“Alright.” Twilight began. “Let’s use yours first. I’ll use mine in the Princess’s quarters.”

Rainbow nodded and reached into a pocket in her vest and pulled out her recorder. She clicked the record button. “Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle EVP session, dining room.”

“Is there anypony in this room that would like to speak with us?” Twilight said louder. She waited a few seconds before speaking again, “We hear that somepony’s lifting chairs and silver ware scaring some of the workers here, is that you doing so?”

About 10 seconds after asking her last question, Rainbow heard what sounded like a faint exhale.

“Did you hear that?” She asked.

“Yeah I heard. What was that?”

“I don’t know but let’s find out.”

Rainbow rewound the recorder and played the last question Twilight asked. “We hear that somepony’s lifting chairs and silver ware scaring some of the workers here, is that you doing so?.......Yesss.”

Twilight’s eyes widened after hearing it. “That sounded like a stallion!”

“That’s an intelligent response!” Rainbow added. “C’mon, let’s see if we can get it to answer again.”

“Was that you who just answered us?” Rainbow asked. “If it was you can you give us a sign that it was?”

After her question there was a loud crash in the kitchen that made both mares jump.

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Applejack has been sitting at the monitors for the past half hour. Only 30 more minutes and Ah can soon get in on this investigation. She thought.

She turned to look at camera one and saw what appeared to be something thrown in the kitchen near the back. “What they hay…” She said aloud as she reached for her walkee talkee.

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“What the buck was that?!” Rainbow half shouted.

“I don’t know.” Twilight replied, breathing heavily. “It sounded like pots and pans being thrown.”

The silence broke as Applejack’s voice entered through the radio, “Uh you gals doin’ alright?” She asked.

“Yeah we’re fine. We just got the shit scared out of us but we’re good.” Rainbow replied sarcastically.

“Ah’m not foolin ‘round ladies but just a few moments ago, Ah saw an object near the kitchen on camera #1 just fly across the countertop. Ah heard the crash from back here.”

“We definitely heard it but didn’t see what it was.” Twilight added.

“It sounded like a pan or something but we’re not exactly sure that’s what it was.” Rainbow questioned.

“Go check it out and see if it could be somthin’ else. AJ out.”

“Copy that.” Twilight said.

Rainbow and Twilight slowly made their way to the rear of the room near the kitchen. As they entered the kitchen, Rainbow turned her flashlight on and scanned the small area, noticing many pans were laying on the floor. “Well it definitely was pots and pans being flown around. But how did it happen?”

“I have an idea.” Twilight said as she left the kitchen. Rainbow followed. She walked to the center of the room and moved a few tables out of the way. “Hand me your flashlight.” Rainbow did as she was told and watched as Twilight worked. She began to unscrew the back a little and tapped the back.

“What exactly is it that you’re doing Twi?” Rainbow asked a little confused.

“I’ve been experimenting on different methods and discovered this one while interacting with the events going on at my home. I unscrew the back of this flashlight a tad and all that it needs to be turned on is to tap the back.” She replied while setting the light on the floor.

“Hmm. It sounds like a good idea but wouldn’t vibrations be able to turn it on as well?”

“Nope.” Twilight replied as she tapped the area around the flashlight. To prove her point further she jump and slammed her hooves near it, which didn’t turn it on.

“Well that’s pretty effective.” Rainbow said surprised.

“Now all we gotta do now is see if it’ll interact.”

Rainbow looked at her recorder and set it down in front of the flashlight. “You’ve been showing us well that you’re here but can you do one more thing for us? Can you tap the back of that flashlight and make it turn on?”

A few seconds later, the light turned on.

“Works every time.” Twilight said. “Thank you. Now can you turn it off for us?”

As expected, it turned off.

Rainbow couldn’t help but smile. “This is awesome! Already 50 minutes into the investigation and we’re already getting plenty of evidence.”

“Rainbow look.” Twilight quickly said as she pointed toward the flashlight which was now being rolled in circles. The two couldn’t help but watch as it stood up straight as if a magnet was underneath the floor boards. After about a good 5-10 seconds, it plopped flat and rolled to a stop.

“Are you still here?” Rainbow asked.

After 5 minutes with no answer, the two picked up the flashlight and recorder.

Twilight looked at her watch on her vest. “Hey it’s been an hour. We should go back and switch you and Applejack out.”

“Sounds good to me.” Rainbow replied.

They made their way back to base camp to find Applejack’s eyes glued to the monitors.

“Hey AJ!” Rainbow said. “It’s been an hour. Time for us to switch out.”

When Applejack turned to face them, her face looked to be filled with amazement. “You gals are not gonna believe this! When you two left the dinin room, camera #2 pointed at the one table near the back caught one of the silver ware items float in the air and tossed against the wall. And a few seconds later one of the chairs slid back a few hoofs.”

“Wow we didn’t even hear it. Are you sure?” Twilight asked.

“Oh yes Ah’m sure.” She stated. “Lemme show y’all.” She rewound camera #2’s footage and showed them.

Twilight gasped while Rainbow said, “That’s beeeasst!”

“Ah don’t know ‘bout you Twilight but Ah wanna go to that dining room and investigate a little bit. Especially in that kitchen.”

“I agree. I want to see if whatever it was is still back in there.” Twilight replied. “And once we’re done, all three of us are going to the Princess’s quarters. I know you wouldn’t want to miss that one Rainbow.

“You bet your sexy flank I wanna investigate that room!” Rainbow said.

Applejack laughed. “C’mon Twi let’s get goin’. And if you keep blushin’ like that, you’ll be able to lighten up a whole room.” She teased.

While they made their way to the dining room, Twilight got lost in her thoughts. Rainbow always teased about things like that but this time it didn’t sound like she was teasing, it sounded like… She interrupted her thoughts and shook her head. Come on Twilight, keep your head in the game.

Applejack turned her head slightly and noticed Twilight shaking her head. “You alright sugarcube?”

“Hmm? Oh yeah I’m fine. I just got lost in thought.” She replied.

“Oh okay. Well we’re here.”

They turned into the dining area and consciously made their way to the back to the kitchen. Before entering the kitchen, they walked to the table where the chair slid back and silver ware thrown against the wall. Applejack picked up the spoon as Twilight moved the chair back to its original position. They then walked to the kitchen.

As they entered, Applejack set the spoon in the sink and took a look around. She was surprised. “Mighty small for such a big dinin’ area.”

“I agree.” Twilight said.

“Do y’all have the thermal camera with you?” Applejack asked.

“Thermal cam-…. Oh yeah I have it right here.” Twilight replied reaching in her back pack and handed it to Applejack

“Thank ya Twi.” She said. “ Ah just wanna do a quick sweep of this area.”

For a few minutes, Applejack walked throughout the whole dining area looking for any unusual activity. Before long, she gave up.

“Ah got nothing on here. Anyways let’s get things started in here.”

They walked into the middle of the kitchen and sat down on their haunches. Applejack took her recorder out and turned it on. “AJ and Twilight EVP session dinin’ room kitchen.” She waited a few seconds before continuing. “Now is there anypony in this room right now with us? Can you give us a sign that y’all here?”

About 30 seconds passed before she felt a tug on her ponytail.

“Uh AJ?” It sounded like Rainbow.

“Darn it Rainbow you’re s’pposed to be watchin’ the moni-…” She turned around and saw that nopony was there.

“Um Applejack, Rainbow is at base camp.” Twilight said.

“But Ah just heard her right behind me and tug on my ponytail!” She reached for her walkee talkee. “AJ to Rainbow.”

“RD responding. You alright in there?”

“Yeah we’re doin’ might fine. Listen Rainbow; were you in here a few seconds ago?”

“Uh no I’ve been here the whole time why you ask?”

“Don’t y’all lie to me now, Ah’m serious.” Applejack replied.

“No I swear I’ve been here the whole time. Why what happened?”

“Nothin’ Ah’ll explain later. AJ out.” Applejack turned to Twilight. “Didn’t y’all here anypony say anything?”

“No not at all. I saw your ponytail move but I figured that was you doing it.” Twilight answered.

Applejack grunted, disappointed that she didn’t hear it too. “Well let’s continue.”

“Was that you who tugged on Applejack’s ponytail? Can you tell us your name?” Twilight asked aloud. A few seconds later they heard a faint voice.

“Did y’all here that?” AJ asked.

“Play the recorder back and see if it was caught on there.”

Applejack pressed the rewind button and played back the previous question. “Was that you who tugged on Applejack’s ponytail? Can you tell us your name?....... Help me!”

Applejack and Twilight’s eyes widened.

“You gotta be shittin’ me! Did this thing just scream ‘help me’??” Applejack said surprised.

“I don’t know but the hairs all over my body are standing straight up. Look at this.” Twilight said while Applejack to her flashlight and shined it around Twilight’s body.

“Wow you weren’t kiddin’.” She replied. “Woah, woah! It just got all cold all a’ sudden. You feel that?”

“Oh yeah I feel that! What the hay’s going on?”

Just then, they heard Rainbow over the radio, “Uh AJ, Twi come in.”

“Twilight here.”

“Uh yeah um can you two come back here ASAP?”

Twilight turned to Applejack. “She sounds kind of shaky.” Then she talked into the radio, “Rainbow you sound kind of scared, and is everything okay over there?”

“Can you two just run over here? Please?” She sounded desperate.

“Yeah sure we’re on our way.” She replied. She stood up then turned to Applejack, “Something’s got to be wrong.
Rainbow’s never acted like that on an investigation before. Grab the recorder and flashlight.”

“On it.” Applejack answered.

After they picked up all their gear, they quickly trotted back to base camp to find a shaking Rainbow Dash sitting in the corner under the tables.

Twilight ran towards her and placed her hooves on her shoulders, snapping her back to reality. “Rainbow it’s me, Twilight. It’s alright we’re here now.” She held her close. Throughout the whole time she’s known Rainbow Dash, she’s never seen her so shaken up. She looked to be more scared than that time at the young flier’s competition.

Rainbow looked straight into Twilight’s purple eyes. Twilight noticed tears were welding up inside her friends’ eyes.

“Rainbow, what happened?” Twilight asked.

She wiped her eyes and took a deep breath. “I was just sitting here watching the monitors and after Applejack asked if I tugged on her ponytail, I felt somepony breathing heavily on the back of my neck. I turned around and saw nothing. At first I thought it was my imagination but it just kept doing it. Then after that I heard this laugh. But this wasn’t a ‘haha’ type of laugh, no this was like a deep evilish laugh. I swear to Celestia I’ve never been that creeped out ever.”

Twilight and Applejack just looked at each other. They didn’t know what to do to help their friend. So they just stood there while Rainbow tried to calm down.

Applejack was the first to break the silence. “Ah think it’s time we took a break.” They all nodded in agreement.

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After about a 15 minute break, Rainbow seemed to be back to her normal self. Within that time, they each ate a small snack they packed along and drank some water. Feeling satisfied with the short rest they had, Twilight felt it was time to start in Celestia’s quarters.

“You girls ready for this?” Twilight asked.

“You got it!” Rainbow replied, feeling much better.

Applejack just nodded and gave a weak smile. That bad feeling was coming back on her again. She shook it off as they made their way down the hall.

The three opened the door to Celestia’s quarters and while Twilight and Applejack stepped inside to the middle, Rainbow took the thermal camera and done a quick sweep around the room. It wasn’t before long she caught something.

“Uh Twi, AJ? Come here real quick I think I caught something on here.”

The two quickly made their way to her side. “What did you catch?” Twilight questioned.

She pointed to the bed. “You see that? It looks like there is a pit as if somepony’s sitting on it. And the temperature on that spot is low. Go touch it AJ.”

She swallowed and nervously made her way to the bed. She placed a hoof in the pit. “Your right. It’s mighty cold.”

Twilight too walked over to see for herself and was surprised as well. “Oh wow you’re right!”

Suddenly the bed started to shake erratically. Taking a few steps back, the two positioned their cameras on it. After a few seconds it stopped.

They took a deep breath and never thought they were happy to hear silence. But that was short lived as a low evil sounding disembodied voice was clearly heard within the room.

“You’re not supposed to be here!”

The three looked at each other wide eyes. They couldn’t believe what they just heard. Thinking that it would speak again, Rainbow reached for her voice recorder. Turning it on, she asked: “Are we not supposed to be here? Is that it, are we intruding here?” Silence.

Seconds turned to minutes as Rainbow began to get frustrated. She couldn’t wait any longer. “Are you a coward? Is that why you don’t wanna say something is because you’re weak? Show yourself you bucking loser!” She shouted.

“Rainbow!” Twilight called. “We said no confrontations like this. We don’t know what we’re dealing with.”

Rainbow just sat there staring at Twilight about to speak when all of a sudden a loud bang that was heard throughout the building. All three screamed.

“What the buck was that?!” Rainbow shouted.

“Ah don’t know.” Applejack answered. “Twi, hand me that camera. Ah’m gonna see what it was.”

“No Applejack don’t!” Twilight pleaded. “Stay here.”

“Dontcha fillies worry.” Applejack replied. “Ah can handle this.” Without further questions, Applejack left the room.

Rainbow and Twilight sat in the middle of the room, trying to make sense of what just happened. It’s been about 15 minutes since Applejack left. Twilight was the first to speak.

“What the heck was that?” Twilight asked.

“I don’t-… wait!” She began.

“What?”

“The recorders! Are they still recording?”

“Umm… Uhh…” Twilight began as she reached for her recorder. “Uh yeah! Yeah mine’s still running.”

“Well rewind it to the part where the crash happened. I swear it sounded like an explosion.”

It took a while to rewind back the 15 minutes of audio. Once there, Twilight clicked play.

Silence followed after Twilight stopped talking. All of a sudden, they heard a deep loud growl over the recorder. Following that was the bang they heard earlier.

Twilight dropped the recorder. “We… we didn’t even hear that!”

Rainbow couldn’t speak she was stunned.

Twilight rubbed her temples and paced around the room. “Ohhh Applejack should be here by now!” Where could she be?”

“I don’t know but let’s just calm down and-…” She was interrupted by a bloodcurdling scream from outside the room.

“Ahh!! Twilight! Rainbow! Heeelp!!!”

“Applejack!” They both shouted and ran toward the door. They were stopped by a growl and the door slamming closed. Rainbow tried to open, but it was firmly held shut and wasn’t budging.

“Let us out!” Twilight screamed.

As Rainbow continued to try and pry the door open, an evil laugh sounded within the room behind them.

Twilight had enough. She began to hyperventilate and was shaking uncontrollably.

Rainbow turned to her and placed her hooves on her cheeks and looked in her eyes. “Twilight look at me, no look at me. I know you’re scared. I’m scared too. But you need to calm down and take control. I need you to do that; can you do that for me?

Her breathing slowed as she nodded. The laughing again was heard.

Rainbow turned with her rump facing the door. With all the strength she could muster, she kicked the door off its hinges. “Come on let’s go!” She shouted to Twilight who followed her outside the doorway.

“Applejack! Applejack!!” They called. No answer.

They ran down the hall to their base camp. They noticed that it was trashed. The monitors’ screens were shattered with the tables scattered upside down. The lights the set up were shattered and laying on their sides.

Twilight’s heart rate began to quicken as she glanced near the corner. “R-Rainbow, look at this. Is that- is that blood?”

Rainbow turned on her flashlight and shined it at the corner. In that corner was a pool of blood.Turning slightly to the left, it looked as if somepony was dragged through it as a trail was left behind. A few hoofs in the trail, was a camera. Applejack's camera

Twilight started to breathe heavily again. “What the buck is going on?!” She screamed.