Into The Dark

A very tired Applebloom sat impatiently in her room with her blanket wrapped around her. Far too worried, about what would happen if she slept, to sleep . That probably isn't a good thing, she thought. The whole house had taken a darker atmosphere. It seemed that the disappearance of the sun and the rising of Luna's moon had sucked all happiness from the usually bustling household. Her hands tightened around the handle of the heavy weapon as the clock struck midnight and rung loudly throughout the hollow building. But then the lights went out. "Whajuhapehn!?" Said Applebloom. Clearly unable to form a word. After a while her senses kicked in. Power cuts were common, this far from the newfangled Equestria power plant  She leaped from her bed and proceeded to run down the stairs to find a torch. Leaving the axe all they way up in her bedroom.

"Man, this is eerie!" Applebloom said to nobody in particular, walking into the store room. There was so much in here; tools, nails ,batteries, and would you believe it  apples. There in the drawer a few ma torch lay a literal beacon of light in the darkness. She flicked the torch on. Nothing happened. That's strange! Knowing this house like the back of her hand was helpful when it came to fumbling in the dark. She grabbed one of those huge lantern batteries and swapped it with the current one. Another try failed. The colour drained from her face. Oh..... Dear. She slowly drew the curtain to see the street lamps down the drive, frighteningly, on. She started to panic as she bolted for the front door.It was stuck. "Ooohhhh fu-" The breath was knocked out of her as a object hit her in the stomach and she fell to the ground. She turned her head to see the dreaded figure from last night. IT tilted it's head as if to say hello there, miss me? She creamed as if she thought it would get rid of it again. Oh, how wrong she was. The scream seemed to annoy it. IT must have flinched a bit but it just seemed to get stronger. Applebloom ran. *BOOF*  She ran straight into a wall. Her ears rang. This was not good... She bolted for the stairs. Running up the stairs Applebloom tripped in the dark. The creature seemed to see this as an  opportunity and she heard it jumped forward, threateningly close to her. She picked herself up and stumbled back. "NO! NO DON'T YOU DARE." Applebloom tried to swing the nonexistent axe. Oh great! She thought, I left it in my room... She flipped around and ran for them weapon in her bedroom, but it grabbed her and swung her hard against the wall. *CRACK*! Pain shot through her head. The creature was unimaginably strong. She again, got up but fell straight back down. Blood was now gushing from her head wound (As they do). her hand went up to it to try and stifle the bleeding. The walls were spinning as the creature approached her and she stumbled into her room. There, the axe lay. She picked it up and swung it at the monster. *Plink*. The axe bounced harmlessly off it and landed, now dulled. "No!" She screamed desperation filling her voice. it grabbed her throat and picked her up a metre off the ground. up against the wall she tried to struggle but it was futile. It had got her. "No... please? I don't want to die...".. It tightened it's grip, crushing her throat. It's other hand reached toward her stomach and it started to to push her more fully against the wall. It then pulled with all it's might against her throat.

In Applebloom's world time seemed to slow down to a halt, the pain in her head and lungs were overpowering  causing her to gasp for what little air she could get. Then out of nowhere an intense tearing pain appeared in her throat. It's going to tear my throat out... She thought sadly. Coming to terms with her inevitable doom. The pain intensified as the tear got bigger and bigger until it was completely away from her neck. Her vision failed as Applebloom tried to scream in pain but all she could do was gurgle pitifully.Her eyes glazed over asher life slipped away. The creature that hated her so much, simply faded away...

End