Occult Rising

As they attempted to navigate the maze of a city, they couldn't shake the feeling that someone or something was watching them.

"Man, are we ever going to find our way out of here?" Pinkie said after several minutes.

"Calm down Pinkie. I'm sure it's only a matter of time." Dash said trying to reassure her friend.

They continued to walk until they reached what appeared to be a town square. It was a circular clearing that had a golden statue of an unnamed pony in the center and several old shops circling around it. The clearing split off into four directions.

"Which way do we go?" Pinkie asked.

"Hmm. Well, I think the old church was off to the East. So, this way?" Wind said as she pointed to one of the paths.

They headed down the path she picked. After several more minutes of walking, they came to yet another cross-roads.

"Hey! Isn't that the same statue from before?" Pinkie asked.

"Nonsense Pinkie. That'd be impossible." Dash said.

She took a closer look at the statue.

"She's right. We just went in a circle." Dash said.

"But, that's impossible. We went in a straight line." Wind said.

"What if we try a different path?" Applespice suggested.

"I guess it's worth a try." Dash said as she lead them down a different path.

They walked for several more minutes before coming to the same cross-roads.

"What the hell?!" Dash yelled.

"Calm down mom. One of these paths has to lead out of here." Wind said as they tried yet another path.

Again, it just led back to the same statue.

"Ok. This is getting really fucking old!" Dash screamed.

"It's ok mom. We'll figure this out. There's gotta be some kind of pattern. We only have one more path to try. Come on." Wind said as they tried the last path.

Again, it led to the same cross-roads. Except one thing was different.

"Hey, where did that weird statue go?" Pinkie asked as if reading everyone's minds.

Wind approached the base of the statue and examined it.

"I'm not sure. That's weird." Wind said.

Just then, there was laugh that echoed across the courtyard.

"Who's there? Show yourself!" Wind yelled.

"I could already be showing myself and you'd never know." The mysterious voice said.

"Who are you?" Wind asked.

"Wouldn't you like to know." The voice said.

"Grr! Show yourself or else!" Wind said.

"Or else what? Are you going to hurt me? How can you hurt what you can't see?" The voice taunted.

"Alright. I'll play your game." Wind said as she closed her eyes and listened.

"Good. I love when people play my games." The voice said.

Wind pinpointed the voice to a store awning just to her left. She hurled her sword and heard it connect with something solid.

"Gah! How did you do that? You cheated!" It screamed as a golden unicorn came into view as if from nowhere.

Wind walked over to her and put a little pressure on the hilt of the sword that stuck out from her chest.

"Now, I'm assuming you know something about how to get out of here." Wind said.

"You'll never get it out of me!" The golden unicorn yelled.

Wind put more pressure on the sword.

"Tell me or you die." Wind said.

"Ha! You couldn't kill me if you tried! The only thing that can hurt me is a metric ton of force!" The golden unicorn screamed.

"Really? Thanks for that info. Pinkie..." Wind said as she moved away and let Pinkie step in.

Pinkie put her hands on either side of the golden unicorns head and began to squeeze. The golden unicorn screamed as her head began to be compacted.

"I'll never tell you!" She screamed as Pinkie continued to squeeze.

After about a minute, the golden unicorn was silenced.

"Well, so much for that. Now what do we do?" Pinkie asked.

Before anyone could answer, the ground shook and the building that the golden unicorn had been pinned to disappeared. The newly opened path lead straight to the old church.

"That's more like it. Let's go rescue dad." Wind said as she led the group down the new path.