The Pony and the shadows

It was a nice sunny day, and Epic had a bad feeling, a very bad feeling indeed, and when ever he had a bad feeling, you should be wary of what could have caused it...

The sun was shining brightly and the animals were frolicking in the forest, grasslands and the rest of the wilderness, but today Epic and Gilia were tasked with the job of cleaning out an abandoned house leftover after the era of Discord. Epic wasn't scared, on the outside, on the inside he was EVEN LESS SCARED. So he was just worried about the house falling down on them--oh wait, IT'S A FRECKING MANNER HOUSE?! Well... OK then ether way he was just wondering if the safety of both of them is certain.

"Um Gilia? This place doesn't look safe..." Epic said.

"What? Are you scared? Hmm by that expression I'd say no. But the building? I don't know... Maybe? Just follow me and fix what you can." Gilia said.

"I don't know what to do with fixing a broken broom, how can I fix a manner?" Epic replyed.

Gilia got out the key to the front door, and opened it, and a loud sqeek came from the door as it open. The hous had plants growing everywhere the walls were decades old and wall paper peeling off there where cracks everywhere and the windows looked like they ether needed a good cleaning, or be replaced entirely. This house was very obviously built for pegesi, because there was only one set of stairs off to the side to get to the second to third floor. The doors on all sided of the room were very obviously ancient, the wood looked like it would break if you touched it.

"I have a bad feeling about this, Gilia, can I go back please?" Epic said, wishing the creepy vibe he was getting would go away.

"We need to fix this place up, ghosts or ghouls, pony or demon, I hope you understand," Gilia said with resolve to go into the creepy manner.

"I do, I just have a bad feeling about this," he said as they walked into the manner, the door creaked shut with a loud bang, Epic jumped at the loud noise, but just continued.

Some time later, Gilia was cutting down ivy that was growing on the walls and Epic was eating any plant that looked edible, "Epic, tell me why you had a bad feeling earlier? There's nothing that went wrong yet an-" Gilia said but fell down a hole hidden underneath the plants.

"Why did you tempt fate? Gilia, fly back up if you aren't unconscious!" Epic told his friend.

"Agh! My wing broke! Ahh! Jump down here! Help me!" Gilia yelled.

"I'd just end up like you! I'll look for another way down, sit tight!" Epic called out to his injured friend.

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Three hours later...

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After three hours of searching, Epic was literally worrying himself ragged, just running from room to room, looking for a staircase or balcony down, but nothing, no stairs, no balcony and no holes down without plants, jagged edges, or were just too small for his wingspan... And he was just getting more and more worked up over it. "Oh, where have I not checked?! The living room, the kitchen, the dining room... WHERE IS A WAY DOWN?!" Epic was starting to sweat, and he needed to find his friend quickly to be able to start to calm down.

"Epic..." A voice said off in the distance, "where are you Epic? I just want to be your friend..."

"NOPE, no, no, no, no, NO!" Epic said before running in the other direction to the voice, that was a very distinctly masculine voice.

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Over to Gilia...

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{Where is that pony? it's been over three hours now! I just hope he hasn't abandoned me...} Gilia thought to herself, she didn't dare move from that spot, in hopes that Epic would eventually find her, {it won't be so bad when he gets here, this place IS starting to creep me out...}

"GiLiA... Where are you? I'm coming to protect you..." A disembodied voice called out from the darkness, "LeT Me HoLd YoU WhIlE YoU SlEeP..." {I'm out of here!}

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Back to Epic...

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Epic managed to lose his chaser, but no sign of a way down or Gilia. Epic was starting to get paranoid, thinking of impossible situations that could be happening right now... {Ok stop freaking the frick out! Just calm down and concentrate, every thing is ok, just cool off...}

But, obviously, it didn't work and he just ceapt freaking out, and he just wanted a calm time, but, NO he can't have that, not now not ever. As he walked around, Epic started wondering what was up with this house, for some odd reason he couldn't find a way down. No stars, balconies, or even safe ish hols to fall or fly down. Very suspicious, yet strangely straight forward.

"Ok, this is not working, maybe there is a secret passage or something..." Epic said to himself. And with an unprecedented amount of luck, he found the secret passage in five seconds. 5 seconds flat. Just five hole second... "I think they get it." (Stop that!) "Sorry."

"Huh, well then, that was convenient. I'm happy, my strangely extreme luck struck again!" Epic said and walked down the stairs, down into the deep dark depths of the spooky house of terror. "Seriously?" (Stop it.)

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Some time later...

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The room was pitch black, no light what so ever, and Epic Pony was looking for a light source. When a girls voice called out, "anyone there? I'm lost in this dark, dark world that I once lived in..." That line cause Epic to stop searching and look around in confusion, but enevetably seeing nothing, than she said, "I was used by my family, killed by my friends, and curced by my village... I'm so alone... Yet all I want is REVENGE. To kill those who betrayed me, to end my suffering, by ending them. But I need HeLp, and I sense a sole in my illusion hous, but another is twisting the house..."

"Who were you?" Epic asked out of curiosity... Which was a terrible idea.

"Oh? A mortal within my home so close to me? Ohohoh! Let's see how far I can push you before you are MINE."

Darkness... You know what I mean...

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With Gilia again...

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Gilia was running for hours and saw light coming from some up stairs, which took her to a living room. And freedom, she ran straight for the front door and burst out. Something was wrong. There was a black void all around the building. That manner was a trap. And they took the bate. "Oh no... I need to find Epic, I think he may be able to find a way out!" Gilia then ran back into the manner and started running around looking for Epic in order to find a way out with him...

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Back to Epic...

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Epic came to in a huge hall, pillars on each side and light poring in though glass pains on the walls, and because of the light everything looked a shade of orange. {This place is creepy. I should probably get moving.} Then he started moving down the seemingly endless hallway, searching for the way out. But the farther he went in the light slowly faded and he eventually saw a small filly on her stomach, crying.

"How... How are you so strong?! No matter how many things I did your mind resisted... What are you, no pony can stop my magic! I'm a alicorn's spirit... Yet a living pony can resist my power?!" the filly said.

"I don't know half of what I do before I do it. But I just roll with it... But there's one thing that I am certain about, I am incorruptible... Dark spells that try to corrupt me always fizzled when they hit me..." He awserd, "and I use my strength to protect those I love. I will protect my friends to my final breath. I may run, I may cry, but I will protect my friends, my family, everyone I keep close to my heart."

The hall fizzled and then faded away... Then Gilia and Epic were face to face were the house once stood and Epic heard one thing before he was jumped, "we'll see about that..."