"There is a story about evil spirits taking the forms of scare crows and killing every pony on a farm..... but you're too young for it Apple Bloom", Apple Jack said as she walked back to her tent in the forest by Sweet apple acres.
"Ahm old enough Applejack, I even have mah own tent here in the Everfree forest, and there's all kinds of evil creatures in it", Apple Bloom pleaded with her sister.
The two ponies had decided to camp out in the forest after Big Mac had invited a bunch of hardcore hoof ball players to the farm for a rough weekend of training, which would include the bucking of apple trees and shucking corn from the fields, he had called it the patented Big Mac Farm Stallion workout. Apple Jack didn't want to have twenty stallions hitting on her all weekend, so she decided to leave and Apple Bloom had mentioned the Everfree forest. Apple Jack, not wanting to be outdone by her little sister, had accepted the challenge to stay the whole weekend in the forest. A twig snapped as she stepped down, and She felt a weight come upon her back.
"Now what was that bout you being fearless and all?" AJ asked as she shoved Apple Bloom off her back to the ground. Her sister rolled over onto her hooves and shot back up.
"What do ya mean, I meant to do that", Apple Bloom said as she put up her best cool face. AJ just shook her head and started to walk back to her tent. "Ok...., ok, ahm a little scared, could we just call it a night and go back to the treehouse instead", Apple bloom said as another twig snapped.
"I guess so Apple Bloom, let's get these tents tore down," AJ said with a quiet chuckle. Apple Bloom took down the tents with a Speed that would make Pinkie Pie jealous.
"All done let's go," Apple Bloom said quickly as she strapped her tent into her saddlebag.
The two sisters began to walk back to the farm where the treehouse was located. As they passed one of the corn fields by the farm that had not been taken down Apple Bloom went pale as a ghost.
"What's wrong Apple Bloom, you look like you just seen a ghost?" Apple Jack asked as she walked by the field.
"There were red eyes staring at me from the Corn field sis," Apple Bloom squeaked out as she cowered by her sister.
"Ah shucks, your just seeing things...."Apple Jack started, but watched as two red beams looked towards her from the corn, watching without blinking, without emotion. Applejack began to back away slowly, her eyes fixed upon the two staring back at her. She began to shake with fear as the eyes began to move up and down, as if they were moving with a body towards her own. "Let's get moving and hope that they don't follow us," she whispered as she pick up her speed to a trot.
They could hear a noise like a scythe being drug across the ground as they hurried to the farm house. Then they began to hear the screams, a banshee or something worse, the headless horse. They began to full out run and the screams grew louder and another seemed to join in, calling to the other.
"Faster Apple Bloom! FASTER! Come on sis run! we gotta get back to the house!" Apple Jack yelled with a touch of fear in her voice as she ran. Apple Bloom began to fall behind her as her legs were shorter.
"Ahm running as fast as I can sis! it's gonna get me!" Apple Bloom screamed in terror as she ran as fast as her small legs could take her.
Just then, one of the screams ended in a "Eeyup," and Apple Jack stopped dead in her tracks.
"BIG MAC! WHAT IN THE HAY ARE YOU DOING!!!" Apple Jack screamed at the top of her lungs.
"Just wanted to scare ya sis," the big red stallion said, taking off a mask with glowing red eyes. "I knew you couldn't resist coming back home, so I thought I would scare ya", he said shyly.
"DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID TO US BIG MAC, YOU NEARLY GAVE APPLE BLOOM A HEART ATTACK!" Apple Jack screamed as she trotted to Bic Mac, socking him right in the jaw. "AND WHERE ARE YOUR FRIENDS HIDING IN THE FEILD CALLING BACK TO YOU!" she screamed again.
"ow...., I deserved that one...., and they already went home, why?" Big Mac said as he rubbed his throbbing jaw.
"Then who was calling back to you?" Apple Jack asked Just over a whisper.
Another scream was heard from the field, this time alone and far away.
The three ponies jumped and turned to see glowing red eyes staring at them from the center of the field, where the scare crows were located. They screamed in unison and ran for the house. The scream of the first was answered by another and that by a third.
Then the sound of three distinct thuds.
Thud........
Thud........
Thud................
Three screams resound as the scarecrows begin their hunt...........
The three siblings reached the front door of the farm house and threw it open with deadly force. The noise woke up the elderly pony sleeping on the rocking chair in the living room.
"Wha, who's there," came the distinct voice of Granny Smith.
"Granny, there's something in the corn fields, something with glowing red eyes and a screams like a banshee," AJ said terrified to her grand mare. she was shaking to the bone with fear, and her teeth chattered even though she kept her mouth clenched shut. "It chased us back here to the house!"
"And none of you thought to lock the door," Granny said as she listened to their story. "I tell ya, you young'uns do come up with some whoppers," she said as she got up slowly and hobbled to the kitchen as the three ponies locked up in fear. Granny ran into something hard, but soft at the same time. she looked up to see what appeared to be a pony scarecrow. "Oh, you were telling the truth," she said softly.
The scarecrow reached out and grabbed granny by her hair and began to drag her away. Granny began to kick and hit the scarecrow as it moved, and it took the other hoof and snapped her neck. Applejack winced as she heard the bones of the old mare's neck crunch and snap, bending the pony's neck to an awkward angle. Apple Bloom screamed as her grand mare's body went limp and the scare crow began to walk back out of the house, towards the corn. They turned around to see another one standing behind them.
Big mac kicked the scarecrow as hard as he could and hit it right in it's gut. It was thrown backwards into the wall where a family picture of the apple family fell onto the scarecrow and shattered. It pulled a large shard of glass out of it's neck, and blood as black as night and thick as molasses began to flow from the wound. It stood up and began to walk slowly towards them, and Big Mac readied himself again for a kick as the two fillies ran out of the house. He went to kick again, but the scarecrow swung the glass shard deep into Big Mac's flank. He fell to the floor as the wound crippled him, and watched in terror as the scarecrow removed the shard. The scarecrow brought the shard up to Big Mac's neck, and the large stallion struggled to move away from the scarecrow's death tight grip. The scarecrow then slowly moved the shard across the stallion's neck, cutting deep into his throat. He gargled as blood flowed freely from his jugular onto his red coat and his body began to twitch as it suffocated from the lack of air and blood. The scarecrow then picked up it's prize and carried it out of the house into the corn field.
Apple Jack ran with her little sister out of the house and into the only place she could think of, the orchard. It was a terrible idea as the scarecrows seemed to blend in with the trees. She would see one walk past a tree behind her only to see another pass in front of her. The two began to run in circles, trying to get away from one scarecrow only to fall into the grip of another. She heard a noise behind her and turned to see all three scarecrows looking down at her and Apple Bloom. "Run Apple Bloom! and whatever you hear, don't turn around and don't stop!" AJ said to her younger sister as she kept her eyes focused solely on the scarecrows, trying to keep them still with her eyes.
"But.. but.. sis, they'll get you," Apple Bloom said, tears falling from her cheeks.
"Just run Apple Bloom! and don't turn back till dawn!" AJ said as one of the scarecrows began to reach for Apple Jack. She fought back and another grabbed ahold of her legs. Apple Bloom did as she was told and ran as fast as she could. She heard the screams of her sister as they dragged her off to the corn field.
Apple Bloom had to save her sister. She stopped and turned around and ran towards the corn field where the scarecrows usually set. she was surprised that they didn't chase her through the field. She ran further into the field, hearing only the muffled breath of her own body. Apple Bloom was horrified when she reached the middle of the field. Her family was nailed to each of the crosses that once held the scarecrows. Apple Jack was nailed to the center cross, and began to cry as she seen Apple Bloom. "Why'd you come here Apple Bloom?" AJ asked softly, her body convulsing with tears. "You fell right into their trap."
The scarecrows walked out from just behind of the rows. Each one had a large butcher knife, and they moved towards Apple Bloom one step at a time. STEP..... Each step they took they stopped, and with each step Apple Bloom began to shrink down to the ground.
Step.........,
Step.........,
STEP.........
STEP........
STEP.................
They were right in front of her. The first one stabbed at Apple Bloom and missed, but the second struck her in the side, just behind her ribs, piercing the bottom of her lung. She screamed as the blade bit into her body. The third one then raised it's knife and plunged it deep into Apple Bloom's chest, slicing through her heart........
Apple Blooms eyes shot open, and saw instead of three scarecrows, a campfire.
"You fell asleep Apple Bloom, come on, let's go to sleep in the tents," Apple Jack said as she began to walk into the single tent in the backyard of the farmhouse. Apple Bloom heard Granny Smith holler good night from the house, and a dozen or so "YEAHHH's ", come from the barn. She walked into the tent with her sister, and just as she fell asleep, a pair of glowing red eyes began to shine from the corn, silently and patiently waiting for the Apple's to go to sleep so it could kill them all...........
Author's Note
did my dark fic's improve any?