The Relics of the Past

Baeburn patted Strong Heart's back gently. "Drink up little lady, you look like you just ran all across Equestria non stop!" Baeburn watched as Strong Heart drank the water deeply, before turning back to Baeburn.

"I need to get to Canterlot!" Strong Heart cried out, giving Baeburn a pleading look. "My Father....My father and the rest of Tribe are holding back a great evil that is heading here!"

"What?!" Baeburn stared at her, startled at what she just said. "Great Evil?! Heading here?"

"I....Father told me to head here and warn Appleloosa of the coming danger, then head to Canterlot to warn the Celestial sisters!" Strong Heart was looked deep into Baeburn's eyes, practically begging him to believe her. Baeburn got to know Strong Heart over the past few months and has never know her to lie.

"I'm sorry Strong Heart, but the last train left to Canterlot left almost 2 hours ago and won't be back until nightfall." Baeburn gave a sigh, shaking his head at the situation.

"Then we must warn the town of the coming-*AAAAHHHHH*!" Strong Heart and Baeburn jerked their heads in surprise when a scream echoed out. Strong Heart gave Baeburn a fearful look, Baeburn only snorted and took off, trying to find the source.

They found several ponies fleeing the area, screaming in fear as they past Baeburn and Strong Heart. They skidded to a stop before a dead body. Standing before them in the middle of the road, was strange looking statue. Strong Heart took a step away, she smelled blood and death all over the statue.

"What in tarnation is that thing?" Baeburn took a step closer, but was stopped by Strong Heart. "What?"

"Death surrounds us..." Baeburn gave Strong Heart a confused look, before taking in his surrounding. He paled when he saw at least 6 other dead ponies in the area. He turn back to look at the statue, jumping a bit when the statue's head was now looking at them.

"What do we do?" Baeburn asked, but Strong Heart only shrugged, keeping her eyes on the still statue.

"I don't know, but it hasn't moved."

"That is were you are wrong. That dang thing looking at us..." Baeburn turn his head to see if any other ponies were in the area, before a gasp came from his side. "Wha-HOLY CELESTIA!"

The statue was now standing right in front of them, both pony and buffalo scampered backwards, their backs hitting a door. "W-w-when did it move! I thought you were keeping an eyes on it!?"

"I only blinked!" Strong Heart was trying desperately to keep her heart in her chest. "I...I think this thing here can only move if no pony is looking at it."

"Well, isn't that just swell..." Baeburn's eyes were beginning to burn from the strain. "We need to get inside the store, at least until we figure a way to stop that thing."

"If it is here...Then my father is..." Strong Heart wanted to cry, but with held the tears. "We need the Princesses."

Baeburn only nodded his head in agreement. "Sure do. But right now we need to keep that thing away from us." He began to knock on the door with his hind leg. "Hey! Open the door!"

"NO!" A shrill cry came from behind the door, causing both Baeburn and Strong Heart to wince from the pitch. They gasped in fear as the statue was now standing before them.

"Please sugercube. I don't want my friend here to die. Please open the door."

"That-that monster is out there."

"Believe me sugercube, I know that. I am looking at it." Baeburn blinked, giving a mental sigh of relief when it didn't move. "We figured out how to stop it... temporarily. But we can't keep this up before long. We need to tell the town folks, please!"

Dread settled into their gut when they heard only silence. Strong Heart began to pray, praying for her father, her tribe, herself and Baeburn. Baeburn only gritted his teeth before muttering to Strong Heart. "Okay, the first thing we are-WHOA!" The door jerked open, causing both of them to tumble in backwards. Both look up to see the statue standing just before the doorway before the door slammed shut. Both of them jerked back when the door began to bang loudly, shaking nearly the entire wall from the blows before it finally fell silent.

Both turn to see the a unicorn mare, fear etched on her face. "I'm sorry!" She cried, hugging both of them. "I was so scared!"

"Its okay, you saved us. Now tell me sugercube, do you have an attic?" Baeburn asked, getting to his hooves. The mare nodded her head and led them to the stairs. The sounds of screams began to echo out from outside, causing all three to shiver in fear, especially when that scream was cut off in mid scream.

"What is that monster." the mare whimpered.

"Lady, I wish I knew." Baeburn muttered. "Okay, we need to yell out to the townsfolk. But we need to keep our eyes open in case this thing can climb to the roof."

The mare led them to attic, Baeburn gave a sigh of relief when he saw the attic had a window. He gently forced the window open, right in time to hear a scream from across the town. "Okay, we got a minute at least before it comes back here."

"Are you sure?" Strong Heart gave him a long look. "It moves faster than a pony on a sugar high." Baeburn only grimaced, but leaned out.

"LISTEN UP!" Baeburn could see some windows curtains opening up a bit as he bellowed out. "WE FIGURE A WAY OUT TO STOP IT! BUT ONLY FOR A FEW MINUTES AT BEST! IF YOU SEE THAT THING, DO NOT BLINK, DO NOT TURN AWAY FROM IT, AND ESPECIALLY DON'T SHUT YOUR EYES! IT CAN'T MOVE IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT! TRY TO GET TOGETHER AND MAKE YOUR WAY TOWARDS TOWN HALL! DO NOT LEAVE ANYPONY BEHIND! PASS THE MESSAGE, BUT BE CAREFUL!"

Baeburn closed the window and turn to see Strong Heart and the mare looking at him.

"We...We're not going out there, are we?" The mare shivered at the thought.

"I am afraid so. We need as many eyes keeping a look out for that thing." Baeburn look outside to see 4 ponies making their way way to the town hall, looking in all directions as they walked, flank to flank.

"And besides..." Baeburn turn to the slowly setting sun. "We only got about 4 hours left before the sun is out and we are in darkness. I got the feeling that we be in mighty trouble when that happens."

"I will take the lead." Strong Heart step forward, nodding her head to Baeburn, earning a bright smile from him. "Um..." She turn to look at the frighten unicorn mare.

"Maple Gem." The mare whispered.

"Maple Gem, you will be in the middle, and Baeburn will come up from behind. We need to stick close to the wall, it will be easier for us that way." Strong Heart finished.

"Why?"

"We can't look in all directions, Gem." Baeburn lead them downstairs.

"We need to limit the amount of directions it can attack us from." Strong Heart explained to Gem. Gem slowly nodded her head in understanding.

"O-Okay." Gem stuttered out. Strong Heart gave her a small smile before leaning against the wall next to the door.

"Alright, Gem. Open her up nice and slow. Heart, if you see the fella, just give a shake of the head, if not, a nod would do." Baeburn whispered to her. Gem's horn glowed and the door slowly opened. Gaining a nod of the head from Strong Heart, Gem slowly open the door the rest of the way. Baeburn, who leaned against the open door to get a view of the opposite side of the door, gave the all clear sign. "Alright ladies, lets be safe about this okay?"

Slowly they made their way out, practically gluing themselves to the wall as they made their way to Town Hall, they only went a few houses down before they joined up with a larger group. They all cringed as screams went up into the air, before violently being cut off just as fast. By the time the group had made it, the small group of three had swelled to 15.

Baeburn slowly made his way inside, stopping only to look up at the sun. He gave a sigh before muttering under his breath. "Well...The easy part was done...Now the hard part. Surviving the coming night."

SCP Catalog

SCP-173
Status: Functional
Object Class: Euclid

Discord Notes: I hate this thing. Some how, it managed to get out along with SCP-106. Its amazing that a single D-Class manged to get out at all. Still, he did have help with SCP-914 and such. Props for that guy. I heard they made him into an Agent, probation period and all that jazz.

Still, I hate this damn statue. Me and Tia went in and more or less level an entire section of the building and it still kept coming! It tried to snap my neck more than 3 times before it finally gave up on that and tried to rip my head off instead. Good thing Tia managed to finally subdue that Old Man with some sort of mind spell that gave the idiot what he thinks is a injured human.

I give it a week before he wakes up pissed and..."hungry?"

Anyways, I was getting tired of my head trying to get ripped off before Tia finally showed up from her fight and managed to encased the damn thing in a metal box. My magic was really wonky that day and my neck is sore, so I am more or less in a foul mood.

Tia told me that I need to calm down.

Ha, she didn't have her head twisted around in knots.

I need chocolate milk. I wonder if can use SCP-294 and get the perfect chocolate milk shake?