Twilight had called the police in the afternoon. She was with her friends at sugarcube corner, who were trying to cheer up the sobbing Twilight. "It's okay, sugarcube" Applejack told the broken unicorn reassuringly. This did little to help her. What had Spike done to deserve what happend to him. But then she remembered the something from last night. "The book!" She shouted, louder than she thought she did. "What book darling?" Rarity asked. "One second! I will be right back" Twilight said wiping away the tears.
She galloped as fast as she could to her house, which had a couple police cars surrounding it. She went inside and looked for the book. It was now behind one of the bookshelves, caked in blood. She almost vomited again but forced herself to lift it with her magic and gallop back to her friends. Upon entering the store again and showing the blood covered book to her friends they gasped. "I found this book the night in which Spike passed away" Twilight said opening it to its one page "It has a check list with the names of multiple ponies... and Spike. Spike's name has been checked. I think it is because of his death."
"A book with names of victims does sound suspicious." Rarity noted. "Who's next on the list?"
"You..."
Rarity gasped. "Twilight can i stay over at your house?" She asked, her voice full of fear.
"Girls, girls" Rainbow Dash said chuckling "How do we know this book isn't just another one of Twilight's checklists. And am I the only one that thinks Spike committed suicide?"
Everypony looked at her, stunned by her suggestion.
"Rainbow, his eyes were missing from their sockets and his stomach was ripped open. That couldn't have been suicide. Why would you even assume such a thing?!" Twilight asked angrily.
"Whatever. Lets let the day pass. I bet you nothing will happen to Rarity."
***
It was a Sunday evening. Rarity had insisted to stay close to Twilight all day. The sun was starting to touch the horizon and Rarity was getting nervous. Twilight noticed this and asked "You want to go back to my house right now?"
"Yes please."
The streets were empty so they're voices echoed around the area. Rarity even got more nervous as she thought she saw something out of the corner of her eye. They held through until they got inside Twilight's. The police had cleaned up and left as the Library was Twilights home. They had informed her that there was no evidence of murder and that it was probably suicide. She knew better
"Oh Celestia I thought I wouldn't make it through the day" Rarity sighed, relieved. "Thank you Twilight"
"No problem" She said. She looked out the door to see the sun was setting fast. We should get some sleep. A part of Rarity shuddered at the thought. The two mares walked up stairs and into the bedroom. Twilight's bed was fairly small and she had another bed a few feet away but Rarity insisted she sleep with her. So they snuggled in. Twilight has falling asleep when she saw the glimpse of a grey pony with glowing yellow eyes out of the window.
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"TWILIGHT HELP ME!"
The lavender unicorn jumped awake and saw her friend being dragged down the stairs. "RARITY!"
She ran after her but whatever was doing this to her was too fast. By the time she got down stairs. She was greeted by the horrifying image of some... thing ripping her friends flesh apart. "Ahh... Please... Stop" Rarity's last words. She slipped to the ground with a massive hole in her body. The creature faded into the darkness. She walked to her friends corpse and weeped. "Rarity! I'm so sorry! It's all my fault!" She cried and cried. She knew she had to send a letter to the princess about this but now that Spike was dead that wasn't an option. She cried herself to sleep.
Twilight was walking back home at midnight. Pinkie Pie had had a late party but Twilight had to get back home to study. As she got near the library she could've sword she saw something in the shadows moving away from her home. A slight uneasiness struck her. She heard whispers. Faint but consistent. They were saying her name Twilight.... Scared, the mare galloped into her home. "Spike?" She called. No response. He must be asleep... she thought. She noticed a strange book fallen from the shelf. Thats strange... I've never seen this book before. It had a picture of a grey, stone-like pony with glowing yellow eyes. "That's ominous" She said to herself. She had dismissed the whispering and the thing in the shadow as some sort of hallucination caused by having no sleep. The mare. opened the book which seemed to have one page no matter how many she flipped through. It was just three lines at the top of the page. Do not run. Do not hide. Go to sleep. She looked at the bottom to some sort of check list with a bunch of names. Names of her friends and people she knew. It was in an order. Spike, Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkamena Diane Pie--- If it has Pinkie's full name, it must've been someone close to her that wrote this Twilight though. She kept reading. Fluttershy, Twilight Sparkle. Each name had a box next to it. Spike's was the only one with a check. Suddenly fear struck her. Had something happened to Spike. She ran upstairs quickly in her half asleep state. After going upstairs she saw Spike underneath his blanket. She collapsed on to her bed.
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Twilight woke up yawning. She ran over to her bedside and sighed as she saw Spike's shape still underneath his blanket. "Spike! wake up!" She shook him. She sighed and pulled down his blanket. She puked. Spike was lying in his bed with his eyes ripped out, blood pouring. His entrails were gone from a gap in his body. Twilight broke down sobbing.
