Disappearances

A light violet filly laid in her bed, her chest rising and falling with an even rhythm as she slept peacefully. Her ear twitched softly before she opened her ice blue eyes and looked out her window up at the moon, with another twitch of her ear she raised her head. She yawned into her hoof before sitting up and perking her ears forward, a faint and sweet melody flowing into her ears as she sat straight. “Who in their right pony mind would still be up and singing at this time of night.” She yawned once more and rubbed one eye, looking at her windowsill with weary eyes. “Kinda creepy, maybe I can bring it up to Yellow Rose tomorrow in class.” She shut her eyes and laid against her fluffy and welcoming mattress before her eyes slipped shut. The melody continued to flow into her ears before she opened her eyes once more. “Is that Octavia?” She slipped out of her bed and walked to the window, jumping out of it and landing on her hooves in the dirt outside. She looked around the empty town of Ponyville and started to walk with her head low. “If any pony catches me I’m good as dead but I gotta know who is singing. I just gotta.” She tossed her dark blue mane from her eyes and walked through the silent town, her ears perked forward as she followed the soothing song until she found herself at the edge of the everfree forest. She stepped back a pace or two from fear before shaking her head and charging into the forest blindly following the song. She stopped in a clearing where the song was loudest and looked around as her ears fell against her head. “This is not Octavia, that's for sure..” She looked around her and called out loudly. “Who is singing?! Your racket is keeping me awake!” She stood tall for a moment before yelling at the rustling of a bush and backing into a tree, causing her to swing around. “Wait, I came from this way!” Her eyes grew full of fear as the song stopped. “W-what’s going on?!”

“Don’t be afraid little filly.” She swiftly turned around and listened, the voice was distant but there.

“W..who is there? I-if you hurt me my friends will come-”

“Hurt you? Why would I do that precious one?” She laid her ears back against her head once more, the voice was unfamiliar to her and she knew most everypony around the forest area and Ponyville.

“Who are you and where are you hiding? Were you the one singing?” She trotted into the middle of the clearing and perked her ears up. “I really liked it, can you sing some more for me?”

“Why of course small filly.” The filly smiled sweetly and sat on her rear, shutting her eyes as the melody began once more, the lyrics were fuzzy to her but she did enjoy the melody very much. As the song progressed she found her head falling forward, the melody beginning to put her to sleep again but she lifted her head once more and opened her eyes as it stopped.

“Why did you stop?” She mumbled and yawned into her hoof but she became a bit more alert at the silence that greeted her, she looked around and was still entirely enclosed by thick brush and trees but the moonlight above her head lit up the area around her well. “Hello?” She lowered her head softly, her hooves shaking in fear. “Please don’t go I don’t know how to get home..” She shut her eyes tight, feeling tears burning them. “Oh no...how do I get home? Is this a dream?” She lifted her head at the sound of rustling brush, she turned to meet the noise and jumped up. “Is that you?!” She stared at the still brush before turning around, her eyes widened and she let out a scream as a shadow like figure launched itself at her. Her screams echoed throughout the forest but no sound greeted them, and after a moment the forest fell silent once more. The fillies last sight was a shadow blotting out the moon before her pale and limp body fell to the forest floor. The figure licked it’s lips and turned, walking out of the clearing entrance that the filly had blindly run into before it vanished into the shadows of the forest.