Equestria Girls: Hunting Season

There was fire, lots of it. It roared endlessly covering so much of the landscape, a true inferno some might call it. blazing in the distance like a hellish storm. Lightning cracked with a furiousity that shook you to the bone. Miasma in the air burned at your lungs and the smell of sulfur was everywhere. Yet despite all this there were trees, not just a hand full of them either, but an entire forest of them. They peaked the heavens loosing themselves in the clouds. The fire held back by an invisible force around them and because of this the forest seemed to be a tropical oasis in the middle of hell. Looking back you noticed that the only thing you could see in the distance was more scorched earth, fire tornado's, and an everlasting storm. That's when you heard the voice calling from the deep dark trenches of the woods. It had no words but yet it held a message very clear. "Come" It was not much of an ultimatum in this case taking in the situation.

Without anywhere else to go and no clear path you braced yourself through the fire and into the evergreen. The first thing you noticed was an intense cold and wet atmosphere. Shivering slightly you rubbed your arms and looked around. There were vines everywhere hanging off of the massive trunks. The ground was moist and rotting, the tree bases covered almost completely with mushrooms, and scurrying around them were various tiny mammals that almost looked like flying squirrels. Running around picking at the spore plants most likely carrying them to their burrows. The only light to guide them coming from some slightly luminescent plants that seemed to be growing with abandon. Letting out a breath you didn't know you were holding the affect was almost instant. All the little critters ran skirting away into the dark holds of the forest. Then came the silence, without the movement it was almost haunting. Seeing your breath form in front of you, you decided to make your way towards the voice. Making your way among the undergrowth and fog you looked up to get your barrings, the only problem was that because of the height of the trees and the low hanging fog you couldn't even see the lowest branches.

You had been walking for several minutes the only company being the occasional sound of a bird further within, that being the only sign of other life since the critters. Eventually you came across a rather large fallen tree, it appeared to be blocking your path so you made your way over it wanting to stay in a straight line towards the voice. It took awhile but you managed to get to the other side and what you saw made you catch your breath. It was a lake almost a mile long, glistening with an un earthly glow. Taking a few steps toward it you tripped falling in. The cold water stung your senses and you broke the surface swimming ashore. Hacking up water and taking a moment to warm yourself back up you continued around the large lake being cautious of it as you could not tell how deep it was.

Once on the other side you continued on your journey, you had entered the woods once more and walked for awhile. You started to wonder how long it had been since the lake. Time seemed to be drifting by you without warning and before long you came to the base of a hill. The slope was pretty staggering but not one to be thwarted you climbed. Climbing higher and higher for who knows how long, until you reached what appeared to be a tree branch from one of the enormous tree not to far from the hill. Realizing how high you must be you looked back to see nothing but clouds. The haunting thought of this being a path to heaven going through your mind, shaking your head of the ridiculous thought you continued on.

Several minutes had passed since you had gone past the branch, or at least it felt like minutes, and the air was thinning making breathing a lot harder. The lighting seemed to flash more violently wherever you were heading making you second guess yourself but that's when you noticed it. The top of the hill had come into view. Sprinting the last bit of distance you came to the top right before making a halting stop, the hill had turned into a cliff. Catching your breath and backing up a bit you looked down into the giant cloud of mist that formed in the middle of what seemed to be a massive crater.

It was an intense feeling looking into the mist, almost like if you leapt you would never hit the bottom. Nursing that thought you decided it would be a good idea to go back down the hill. Turning as to leave you heard something that made you stop in place. The voice had spoke again but this time much much closer. The vibration from it shook the ground and nearly sent you flying into the abyss. falling onto your rear you scooted away from the cliff as fast as you could right before a massive dragons head rose from it. In almost an instant it made eye contact with you making your blood feel like ice. The look in its eyes was so intense it felt like the world stopped moving. Then without even moving its mouth it spoke two words. "Find me."

Village In

Without warning eight hunters were woke without warning that night, from an impending nightmare that would turn reality.