Dear Princess Twilight Sparkle,

I found a mysterious, unmarked package on my doorstep recently. There was no indication of who it could have been from. Upon opening it, I found a single CD, which I found to be loaded with audio and video files. Intrigued, I made a backup copy. This turned out to be quite fortunate, for as soon as I had finished transcribing the audio from the first video file, the original corrupted.
I noticed something strange about the video file, the entirety of it has nothing but black, but the audio seems to be untouched.

The nature of the audio is… very odd, to say the least. I leave it to you to decide what you think of it.

-s this thing on? Hello? Ah, sweet, it’s working! Oh, shoot, I didn’t do my- Ah, well, I can edit this out later.

ahem Hello! This is Buttons64Gamer! It’s Trot Fifth, and I’m doing my very first V-log! I got a brand-new video camera for my birthday! It’s got this wireless microphone, too, see? Isn’t this an awesome-looking headset?

Let’s see, what was I- Oh! Right! So, there’s this like, cool abandoned house in the Everfree forest, like, it’s ginormous! Seriously! My friend Pip told me about it. He said it’d be cool to go in and explore it, but he kinda got sick. I said, hey! I can go explore it, and bring my camera so you can see everything too! And he said that would be awesome!

So, that’s what I’m gonna be doing today. It’s Saturday, so I can be out late in case the place is super big inside and takes forever to see everything. I better turn these off for now, I don’t want the batteries to die while I’m in there.

I think it was this button, shoot, it’s too dark in he- oh, it’s already on! Awesome!

Hi, Buttons64Gamer again, I just got to the house. Look at this place! It’s huge! It’s way bigger than I thought it was gonna be, I might have to come back again tomorrow to see everything, wow!

Man, how old is this place? It’s, like, a thousand years old or something! I hope I can get the door open, if it’s locked I might have to go through a window.

creeeeak

Huh? Woah, the door just opened by itself! Wow, I bet the lock’s probably busted, being a zillion years old and all. I guess the wind blew it open or something. All right, viewers, you ready? Here we go, into the darkness! Muahahaha! Don’t be scared!

Aaa-tchu! Wow, everything’s like, super dusty in here. I bet nopony’s cleaned in here since before Princess Luna went to the moon, yeesh. And I can't see any lights! *gasp* What if there’s no electricity? That means they wouldn’t have any video games! Noooo!

SLAM

Huh? What was that? Oh, looks like the wind blew the door shut again. Man, with it opening and shutting in the wind all the time, that thing’s probably gonna fall off the hinges eventually. I should probably prop it open so it doesn’t get- Well, shoot, it’s stuck. Darn. Well, that’s what windows are for. I’ll just get it later. Time to explore!

Good thing I brought a flashlight. Let’s see… Ah, here’s the tape! One second… There! My brilliance is amazing! I should patent this! Huh, I wonder if there’s a patent already for a flashlight taped to a saddlebag… Well, I’ll figure that out later. Ooh, this staircase is ginormous!

Woah, this hallway looks like it goes on forever! And geez, take a look at all the creepy paintings. Muahaha, you scared yet, viewers? Woooo~ their eyyyess are fooolllllowiinng yoooouuu… haha! Just kidding!

creak

Huh? That’s weird, why’d that door open? There must be an open window or something… Let’s check it out! Maybe there’s something cool in here!

Woah… It’s burning up in here. Wow, it’s really, really hot, whew! That’s weird… It’s not summertime yet. Trot isn’t supposed to be a hot month… It shouldn’t even get too warm until Neighpril.

Well, I guess it is the Everfree forest… Still…

creak… creak… creak…

Woah, what was that? Almost sounded like… like somepony was walking… but I didn’t hear the door open! Oh, shoot, what if it’s a timberwolf or something? Maybe I’d better go… I don’t wanna disappoint Pip, but I don’t wanna get eaten, either! Hm… I can come back with more ponies next time, then it’d be safe!

Welp, sorry viewers, I guess this’ll be the end of it for today, signing off, I’ll see you a- What was that?! I thought I just saw something in the camera… Shoot, I can’t rewind while it’s recording. Better turn it-

SLAM!

G-guys, I dunno what that was, but that wasn’t any wind… Maybe I’d better stay in here and hide…

SLAM!

Ahaha… It’s getting closer. Oh, joy… Please don’t be a timberwolf…

SLAM!

Ah! Okay, that’s way too close! I don’t care what’s out there, I’m getting out of here!

I don’t see anything along the hall… Looks like all the doors are closed, so whatever it is must be downstai- aah!

Oh, phew. I thought I felt somepony touch my tail. It must have caught on… Oh. There’s nothing…nothing it could have caught on… ahaha… I’m done with this place. Forget coming back. You ain’t gonna catch me here again!

…It looks like the downstairs is clear, for now… I better make a run for it before whatever that was comes back…

…too late…

Aah! W-who’s there?! This isn’t funny! Stop it!

…foolish child…

H-hey! That’s not nice! W-who are you? Where are you?!

…you’re mine…

Wh-whaaaaugh! Wha-what’s- Hey! Who’s got my tail?! What’s going on?! Stop it, just stop!

thunk

Mooooomm!!

The recording ended here… Some of it was indistinct, and I gave my best guess, but I believe I have it nearly exact. The… odd voice at the end in particular was hardest to make out.

I dearly hope that this is all an elaborate prank. I thought that you should know about this, however, in case you wished to investigate. I will continue to review and transcribe these recordings, in hopes that it will shed newer light, proving that these events were staged. I suppose that everything is possible, but if it is…

Celestia help us.

Yours,

H. A. Quill

Author's Note

I got this idea while weedeating, funnily enough.
I'm uncertain how often I can post, so be patient.
Oh, and y'know what? I'll give a prize to anypony that can guess what H. A. Quill stands for. ^-~