The Black Fog

Pinkie was just randomly bouncing around the others of the Main 6 while they were talking about The Black Fog, like she always does. Then Pinkie Pie stepped on a patch of leaves and fell down a hole that the leaves had been concealing.

"PINKIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" they all screeched simultaneously.

"I'm okay!!!!" came the excited voice from below. "Hey, you should all come down here. It's really spooky," she added in a playful tone. Twilight and the others shared a look of uncertainty and Twilight shrugged and they all jumped into the hole. Inside the hole it was cold and damp unlike how warm and sunny it was two feet above them.

"Celestia's death, it's cold down here!" Rarity exclaimed.

"Also, your right Pinkie." Rainbow told her, "It is spooky here. I feeling like something is watching us......." her voice trailed away and Rainbow gasped as if in pain. The others followed her gaze but couldn't see anything. Rainbow started to shake uncontrollably. "Those eyes!" she croaked before falling limply to the floor.

"Rainbow!!!!" Fluttershy darted forward to their friends side. After thoroughly checking Rainbow Dash over she concluded, "I think she'll be okay. But she won't be able to go any further." she added with a waver to her voice. The rest of them looked at the two pegasi with concern.

"Okay," Twilight said quietly, "But under one condition," Twilight paused and Fluttershy nodding telling Twilight that she would accept the condition. "Both of you have to leave this hole," stated firmly.

"Alright," Fluttershy sighed. Then Twilight carefully levitated Rainbow Dash through the hole and Fluttershy flew up after while casting a reluctant glance at her friends that were still in the hole. Twilight watched them leave and then shook herself like she had a flea in her fur and trotted down the tunnel with the rest of them following her.

After walking for what they guessed was ten minutes the four ponies heard pained shrieking from up ahead, accompanied with the sound of a rope hitting flesh. Twilight motioned for them to be extra quiet and slowly crept forward until she could see what was happening. As soon as the mares saw the scene in front of them they couldn't believe their eyes. Just ten yards in front of them, a chestnut colored pony held a lash in one hoof and was hitting another pony while snarling harshly. The four mares eyes widen when they recognized that the pony the chestnut stallion was hitting was The Black Fog. The Black Fog let out another anguished wail as the rope connected with flesh yet again. Twilight could tell that this wasn't a trick and The Black Fog was really in a lot of pain. The chestnut stallion kept lashing The Black Fog until his screams lowered to whimpers and until The Black Fog finally went unconscious. The mares felt like they were going to be sick as the stallion whispered in The Black Fog's ear.

"Good slave," he muttered, "You can never escape the grasp, of Dammau." he added menacingly. The four mares backed away until Dummau couldn't hear them and they all fled back to the hole where they could get out. When they finally pulled up under the hole, breathless, Twilight spoke what they were all thinking.

"The Black Fog isn't actually evil," she murmured in a low voice, "He's being mind controlled by Dummau." then she added, "And there's nothing we can do about it........"