Pandora's Mark

Applebloom was back at her farm, her eyes going back to normal as they started to fill with tears,

"No.. that can't be true...",

Eclipse elegantly floated around Applebloom,

"Aww, the poor thing... And she never knew...",

Eclipse flew back in front of Applebloom and clapped his hands, an apple appearing in his palm, but this wasn't an ordinary apple, it had a dark blue glow around it.

"Listen to my words Applebloom. If you eat this apple, you will get your cutie mark, but somepony you know will die... You have exactly 24 hours until that apples turns back to normal and the deal is off...".

Applebloom quickly looked up,

"Wait! Eclipse!",

but it was too late, the spirit had already vanished. The dark clouds started moving out and the warm breeze returned. Applebloom silently looked at the apple on her lap and kept sobbing, she finally wiped away her tears and pulled herself together, then she had an idea, she knew what she had to do. Applebloom stood up and hid the apple behind the tree so no one could find it, then started running off, heading straight towards the Everfree Forest. She kept running, nothing could stop her from her goal, not even the monsters of the forest. She saw Zecora's house and quickly ran inside, Zecora was stirring a pot and was surprised to see Applebloom burst through the door,

"Applebloom, you look like a mess, please calm down, are you in distress?"

"Yes I am, I need a favour, do you have any of those... truth growing flower thingys?"

"Ah yes, I know of the flower you seek, I just picked some from the creek. Yes young filly, you may have one, but please will you tell me why you must-..."

Applebloom grabbed the flower and quickly left the house before Zecora could finish her sentence,

"...-run.".

She galloped like the wind out of the forest, the flower gripped tightly between her teeth, she was heading straight for Ponyville. Twilight was just stepping outside when she saw Applebloom coming right at her,

"Applebloom! Slow down!",

Twilight quickly used her magic to trap Applebloom in a bubble,

"Hey! Let me out of this Twilight!"

"What's the big rush Applebloom? You almost ran me over."

"I gotta find out something about Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo!"

"Why? What's wrong?"

"I gotta see if Eclipse was right!"

"Who's Eclipse?"

"A ghost I saw! He said he was the spirit of... something.",

Twilight smiled and started to chuckle,

"Ghost? Applebloom, there's no such thing as ghosts.".

Twilight popped the bubble,

"I'm sure whatever is really going on I can find out after your little game, but be careful not to run into anypony."

"Whatever you say Twi!",

Applebloom continued to run off.

"Eclipse, haha, the spirit of something, ooh spoooky!"

Twilight started laughing as Spike walked out the front door,

"What's with all the noise?"

"Sorry Spike, Applebloom was just telling me how she saw a ghost named Eclipse.",

Spike looked shocked,

"Eclipse?! I've heard of that name before!"

"Not you too Spike, there's no such thing as ghosts."

"No Twilight, this ghost is real!",

Spike ran back inside to grab a book off the shelf.

"Here, look!"

"Spooky Spirit Tales? Really Spike?",

Spike opened the book and skimmed through the pages,

"Right here! Look!"

"Alright fine Spike, I'll look.",

Twilight started reading about the Spirit of Envy, her smirk starting to fade into a shocked frown.

"This spirit will often trick ponies into doing... something they will deeply regret!",

Twilight grabbed Spike and ran out of the tree house, trying to find and chase down Applebloom.

"Where are we going Twilight? What's going to happen to Applebloom?"

"I don't know Spike... and I don't want to find out!"