Hope,Determination and Kindness

Star,Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle looked at the instrument on the ground with shock. She however had an idea. She had noticed Sans freeze when he had seen the violin, the same Apple Bloom had done. It was clear he recognised the object and she was going to find out how and why. She turned, ready to confront Sans but he wasn't there. If he had teleported like Sweetie had claimed he could or if he had just walked away she wasn't sure. What she did know was that she had to hunt him down.

Sweetie meanwhile picked up the Charming Violin and weighed it in her magic. With a satisfied nod, her horn brightened and the object disappeared. This caught Apple Bloom's attention.

"Sweetie! What in tarination were you doing with that? And, more importantly, where's it gone?"

"I put it in my box and I bought that violin in the shop."

"Alright,then who's that and what are you doing here with him?"

"The name's Star and she's looking after me till we can find my sister."

"You're sister? Mysterious cat? Purple? Gold eyes?"

"Mysterious cat? Seriously? That's what you call her?"

"Well what do you call her?"

"I call her Amy but that's just a nickname..."

"Good enough for me, but what's her name then?"

"If she hasn't told you yet she must have a good reason not to."

"She said something about 'Readers' but that makes no sense at all." Scoots spoke up.

"Oh..."And after that Star burst out laughing, falling onto the floor and rolling around in the snow. As he tried to get up, the fact he was still laughing made it impossible to do so.

"Oh, ha ha, real funny," Apple Bloom rolled her eyes and turned to the darkening sky."Wait, it's night time, how does that work?"

"BECAUSE, APPLE BLOOM, THE CRYSTALS DOWN HERE MAKE LIGHT WHICH WHEN THE NIGHT IS ON THE SURFACE THEY DIM DOWN. IT'S ALL VERY SCIENCY, YOU SHOULD REALLY ASK DOCTOR ALPHYS ABOUT IT." She jumped as Papyrus' voice came from behind them. "I CAME OUT HERE BECAUSE SANS TELLS ME YOU ARE STILL IN TOWN WITH NO PLACE TO SLEEP. YOU HAVE A SLEEPOVER AT OUR HOUSE IF YOU WISHED TO."

The girls looked at each other, silently telling each other to tell Papyrus the answer. Finally Apple Bloom spoke up.

"Sure Papyrus, lead the way."

They arrived at the skele-bros house in no time, just as the last sliver of light disappeared. As they walked in they saw Sans asleep on the couch. As the door slammed shut he stirred, his face relaxing when he saw it was just them.

"SLEEP WHEREVER YOU WANT FRIENDS, ASK SANS IF YOU ARE UNSURE, I WILL BE NEXT DOOR."Papyrus walked up the stairs and went into what they assumed was his room.

"hey, what did you do with the instrument?" He tried to ask casually but it had a slight note of panic. The violin was either A: really important to him or B: really important to someone he knew. Apple Charm perhaps? That was her bet either way.

"I put it in my pocket dimension."

"oh, that's good..." He visibly relaxed before sitting up., panicking" i mean, for you, obviously, that you didn't loose it or something." Star rolled his eyes and jumped onto the top of the couch, settling down on the arm rest. He purred and was within seconds sound asleep.

"He's not hard to satisfy, is he?" She sighed and rolled her eyes, settling herself next to the crimson kitten. She to fell asleep within seconds, the sounds around her fading into nothingness...

"Hello Scootaloo, yes I know you're name, how could I not? I have lived within you from the beginning, from that first worthless frogitt. I want you to do me one small favour. Listen to my voice and heed my words. Do you remember the feeling of fulfillment when you brought that silly little skeletons health down to 1? Or the feeling of rage and anger as you jumped at him to kill him? That was me. Didn't it feel just right? You want to do it again don't you? To feel that power once more! Oh and also, don't trust the older skeleton. He might seem friendly but he won't hesitate to kill you. He killed Apple Charm and Big Apple, you're best friends parents, without any hesitation so don't trust him or he'll do the same to you."

"I don't believe you, whoever you are." She stated into the darkness.

The voice laughed."You don't believe me, huh? Well then, I'll show what he's capable of..." The darkness brightened and colour flooded the place, she felt herself falling before hitting something solid. She groaned."Oh and don't try to talk to any of them, they won't see or hear you at all." Scootaloo looked around, a long corridor stretching out before her. While trying to figure out what was happening she felt something pass through her. It was a weird sensation, definitely not one she would like to repeat in a hurry.

She tried to figure out who it was and followed her. The mare who had passed through her. Her cutie mark a Apple surrounded by 3 blossoms... Apple Charm. She walked slowly, a black hat carefully balanced on her head, a bow slung on her back as well as a few arrows in a quiver. Her hoofsteps echoed around the room as she carefully made her way to the end. She froze and so did Scootaloo who had been following her. A figure had blocked her path, a blue scarf around his neck, a dark blue hood covering his head. It was clear who he was however, Sans.

Apple Charm paused, thinking on her options, she said something but the words were blurred out. Sans cocked his head, the hood falling off revealing a face of a 17 year old. It wasn't yet stuck in it's permanent grin. In fact he was frowning, forcing himself to stand where he was.

"you aren't going to fight me? you're going to spare me? why? ponies are violent creatures aren't they?" Apple Charm shook her head, speaking once more, the words muted out. Her weapons dropped to the ground. Sans shrugged and stepped forward, saying something as the world around her shredded into darkness once more. She hadn't been proven anything.

"What was that?"

"You don't want to see somepony die do you?" the voice replied after a moment of hesitation. It was lying.She knew it.

"Why would you care?"

"You wanna hear someone die? Sure!"

A male scream reverberated around the darkness, a groan of pain and a cry heard underneath it all. It was too much, too much...

She awoke screaming again. Star and Sans' eyes flew open and they looked at her as she calmed down. One thing was for sure, she would not be mentioning any of that to Apple Bloom.