The violet mares hoofsteps clacked on the marble floor beneath her, one of the only sounds in the large room she had just entered. she looked around sheepishly, hoping she didn't come at a bad time.

Twilight Sparkle was greeted by the sight of princess and her long time mentor, Princess Celestia, who sat on her throne at the end of the large throne room, in all her greatness, her long colorful mane and tail waving and billowing, without the aid of any breeze. the sight was enough to take anypony's breath away, to see the princess, who's beauty was only matched by her fairness and love for her people.

''Twilight, this is an unexpected surprise, I didn't expect you to be back so soon, did the meeting go well?'' Celestia smiled warmly, her smile was brighter than the sun she raised at the end of Luna's nights. the sun princess was slightly concerned however, Twilight didn't usually come to her directly to deliver a report, especially since her student became an Alicorn princess.

Twilight slowly approached, bowing slightly as she stopped a few hoofsteps away from the throne. ''Sorry to come to you directly princess, but I had to tell you in pony.''

Celestia's brow furrowed, and her face lost its smile and began to show the signs of worry she was feeling. ''I take it didn't go well then?''

lowering her head, Twilight responded with as straight a face as she could, but her eyes revealed the truth. she was sad, she was scared, and she had seen something that nopony should ever had to witness.

''No princess, the meeting didn't happen at all.''

Celestia's eyes narrowed slightly, ''What happened?''

the violet Alicorn below slowly looked up, her eyes tearing up. ''The creator, he's...he's dead...''

Her eyes dilated, as Celestia's mind began to race, this couldn't be, he was supposed to be retired after he gave Starlight Glimmer his position, who would have wanted to kill him? ''How did it happen? where did you find him?''

''After we arrived...''

Twilight and Rainbow Dash slowly made their way down the dirt path. Rainbow kept perking her ears, as her head swept back and forth, keeping an eye out for any danger. such as one of the Everfree's many beasts.

''It should be just up ahead, so you can calm down Rainbow. Anyway, this area of the forest is clear of monsters.'' Twilight looked over at the nervous flyer, and put on her best confident face, trying to place a little reassurance in her friend.

The cyan Pegasus sighed, ''I know Twi, its just... this whole thing seems crazy, I mean, we're going to talk with the stallion who made robot versions of us.''

Sighing, Twilight stopped in front of rainbow and gave her a stern look. ''I know its slightly creepy, but it was all for a good cause, their going to make so many little filly's and colts happy. So try to show some respect please?''

The Element of Loyalty groaned, but nodded her head.
''Fine egghead, but just because this means a lot to you.''

Twilight smiled, and patted Dash on the back, ''Come on, lets go then.''

They resumed cantering down the trail, listening to the sounds of the strange birds in the trees around them sing their songs, before Rainbow broke the silence again.
''Twilight, why couldn't we have just flown there?''

Twilight stared at her friend, slightly annoyed now.
''I'm still getting used to these wings Dash, and I doubt even if I could use them properly I could keep up with you.''

''What about you teleporting us there?''

''It wouldn't be the best idea, since I don't know exactly where this place is, not to mention if I did, it would be kind of rude to suddenly appear out of nowhere inside his house.'' Twilight responded, returning to watching the dirt path they walked on.

Rainbow sighed again, and followed suit. After trudging down the path for a few more minutes, Twilight started to see the shape of a house just up ahead, she grinned, ''Rainbow! there it is!''

The young Alicorn began galloping towards the house, a big smile stretching across her face, almost Pinkie sized.

Rainbow Dash groaned, she doubted she would ever understand Twilights love of science, but the map had told them that she had to go too, so there must be some reason as to why she was there. she lifted off the ground and sped off after Twilight, her wings flapping slowly as to not completely blow by the excited princess.

Twilight approached the front double doors, and knocked on them with a hoof, smiling warmly. Rainbow landed next to her friend and stared at the door, slightly hoping nopony would answer.

Silence.

Knocking again, Twilight kept her smile. still silence, there were no sounds from inside the building. The violet alicorn's brows furrowed, and she knocked a little louder.

''Hello? Mr. Tech?''

No response. The silence was becoming unnerving for Twilight, so in one last attempt, the Alicorn knocked on the door as hard as she could.

''Mr. Tech?! are you in there!? say something?!''

Suddenly Dash shoved Twilight aside gently, giving her friend a pat on the shoulder, ''I got this Twilight.''

Before the Alicorn could respond, the cyan Pegasus rose off the ground with a few beats of her powerful wings, and slammed into the doors, hooves connecting with the wood. the sudden impact caused both doors to slam against both sides of the doorway. Rainbow Dash landed on the ground with a smirk, before turning to look at Twilight.

''Told you.''

The young princess glared slightly at her rainbow colored friend, before motioning for them to enter the building.

It was dark inside, the curtains were brought up, blocking any light from Celestia's beautiful sun. All the candle holders and chandeliers had candles that looked like they hadn't been lit in days. Twilight lit up her horn, the magenta glow chasing the darkness around them away.

''Come on Rainbow, lets look around.''

Rainbow glanced around, slightly nervous, now that they were inside. The dark house was starting to creep her out, but she followed anyway. There was no way she was going to let her friend down. Plus she had to keep up her tough demeanor. ''Alright.''

The clopping of their hooves echoed down the long halls, increasing the feeling of unease. Both ponies could feel an unsettling presence in the house, but neither of them dared to speak.

''This place is...like a Celestia damned maze, where should we even look first?'' The cyan Pegasus asked, looking from the hallway they were trotting down, to another one to her left. Twilight thought for a few seconds, before her horn brightened and a glowing trail appeared before them, leading into the hall to Dash's left. ''This way.'' she pointed at the trail, and began trotting after the trail, Rainbow Dash following close behind.

The glowing trail led the two mares through several more dark halls, and past small shelves of books and withering potted plants, before finally fading away in front of two large doors, which stood slightly ajar.

Pushing open the double doors, the two Elements of Harmony entered the room, gazes sweeping over the room. It was a small study, with a large closet standing on one side near the back, and a desk with many objects sitting on it at the back in front of a large window. the curtains were drawn back, letting just enough light to see. On the left side of the room was a single door, leading out of the study. Nothing about this room really stood out to the two ponies. that is, until they noticed the blood stain that coated the window.

Twilight gasped, and Rainbow's eyes dilated. Rainbow Dash nudged the Alicorn to follow, and quickly advanced towards the desk. They were met with one of the most gruesome sights they had ever seen, causing Twilight to scream and back up, while Dash let out a tiny gasp, her wings flaring up in the air in shock and horror.

The mangled, gory, bloody heap that lay against the wall next to a swivel chair, was a sight that would make even the toughest ponies vomit.

blood lay in pools around the corpse and splattered all over the walls. The mutilated appeared to have been gutted, and the now dead pony's face had been beaten in beyond recognition.

The corpses blue coat had been stained to the point where it almost looked natural. it was also bleeding from where the pony's mane had once been.

While it was possible that the corpse could have been anypony, there was only one way to find out their true identity.

the smell of death and decay wafted through the air and made its way into Twilight's muzzle, making her gag. ''R-Rainbow? c-could you...move the large and s-small intestines out of the way of his f-flank?''

The thought of holding a dead pony's innards in her hooves made the rainbow maned Pegasus want to vomit, but she hesitantly nodded. The gut wrenching feeling in Rainbow's stomach only grew as she got closer to the bloody mess. Hesitantly, Rainbow Dash wrapped her hooves around the squishy flesh of the corpses intestines, trying her hardest not to spew her own guts.

Slowly, she raised the organs up, allowing a view of the corpses cutie mark, some gore smeared over it, but Twilight could still see what it was.

Two large gears and a computer chip sat on the pony's flank, revealing to Twilight who it had once been.

Rainbow Dash suddenly let go of the intestines she had been holding up, the organs colliding with the corpse again with a sickening splat. The cyan Pegasus landed on the ground, staring at nothing for a few seconds, before emptying the contents of her stomach. The violet Alicorn watched, feeling her own bile rise her throat, ''What in Celestia's name could have done this?'' she thought to herself, fighting her urge to throw up.

Dash wiped her mouth with a hoof, looking down once again at the revolting sight before her. The rainbow mare turned back to her friend.

''Twi, who is it?'' she asked with a mixture of fear and fatigue in her voice.

''its...its Tech nology, the creator...''

''Oh...oh shit...'' Rainbow replied with a shake of her head.

Moving closer, trying not to wince at the sight, Twilight stared at the dead stallion, trying to determine what had happened to him. ''What could have done this to him...there's no way any of the intelligent races could have done this, not with bare hooves anyway...'' she tried to think of a race that could have done this. A griffon? A dragon?

No. None of those were right. The way he had been torn to pieces was all wrong, she just couldn't figure it out. Even though the job looked like it had been done by something possibly from the Everfree itself, there were no signs of forced entry, so just what could it be?

A noise startled the Alicorn and she whirled around, looking around for the source. Rainbow was already on her hind legs, front ones up, ready to fight. ''What was that?'' Twilight hissed, glancing around.

''The door just opened by itself! ALRIGHT COME OUT! SHOW YOURSELF!'' the cyan mare called out, ready to take down whatever monster was watching the two mares, but nothing happened, silence was the only answer.

''I-Is...is anypony there?'' Twilight quietly called out, fear creeping up her spine. No answer. ''Dash...? Keep an eye out, I'm going to keep investigating...''

The Alicorn turned back to Tech's mangled body, eyes moving towards the shattered lantern lying a few hoofsteps away. ''He had been using it, possibly while on his chair, and dropped it, but...why?'' she murmured to herself, turning to look at his desk.

An old computer, fan, telephone, and a small lamp sat on the desk. Twilight stared at the lamp, attempting to turn it on. However, when it failed to turn on, she realized that the bulb had burned out, meaning that he had been killed while the lamp was on, which meant whatever killed him had struck during the night. The lamp wouldn't have been needed otherwise, and since there were no papers anywhere, he hadn't been reading and needed the light.

Next, she examined the computer. the computer activated with a low humming sound with the help of Twilight's magic. However, instead of showing any sort of loading or home screen, there was only static that floated down the screen endlessly. ''That's weird.'' she murmured to herself once more.

Shutting down the device, the Alicorn moved to the phone, her gaze moved over it, before she tapped ''playback'' on the answering machine. The machine whirred and clicked, before the robotic mares voice announced, ''message one'' and the messages began to play, causing Dash to turn around to listen as well.

(See the prequel ''The Joy Of Creation'' to hear the messages.)

After the final messaged ended, Twilight looked shocked, ''No, this cant be... who would want to do this, and what was this decision the mare had mentioned?''

''That mares voice sounded really familiar...'' Rainbow put a hoof up to her chin, trying to think.

Twilight turned to her rainbow maned friend, ''You're right Dash, but instead of simply accusing whoever might sound like the mare on the phone, we should get the out of here, this is way over our heads, we need to get princess Celestia, or the royal guard!''

''You may be right, lets get the buck out of here and find out what's going on, away from here!'' Dash spoke quickly, trying to get them out of there faster. Dash was a brave pony, able to deal with all sorts of monsters and horrors, but this was to much for her, she had never seen anything this gory in her life.

A low noise echoed from somewhere in the house, causing Twilight to jump, ''Yeah, lets go!''

Moving quickly, the two friends made their way out of the building, then, spreading their wings wide, they flew, the sound echoing in the forest behind them again. Slowly, the Everfree faded away behind them, as the two ponies flew, heading for Canterlot, and help.

''And that's what happened...'' Twilight finished, tears beginning to well in her eyes.

Celestia looked shocked, this was terrible. This couldn't be true, but she knew her student, she didn't lie, nor did she play jokes of this caliber. ''If Rainbow Dash was with you, where is she right now?''

The violet Alicorn smiled slightly, ''She's fine, she's just outside of the castle right now.''

Celestia exhaled, and stood up, ''We must deal with this immediately, I WANT ALL GUARDS AVAILABLE ON THIS CASE'' her voice rose to her royal one.

The four guards who had stood motionless and almost unnoticed all spoke as one, ''Yes, your highness'' and galloped out of the room to spread the news.

Twilight watched the stallions leave, before turning back to her mentor, ''What about the others...? Should we inform the citizens?''

Celestia shook her head, ''No, until we figure out what's going on, and who, or what is responsible for this, it would be best if nopony were to find out.'' she stared out at nothing, ''Who would do this...?''

Twilight lowered her head, ''What should I do princess? Should I...Should I help with the investigation?'' The thought of going back to that house, even with the royal guard with her, terrified her.

''No, I can tell what you saw there scared you, you should head back to Ponyville for now. I'll let you know if there's anything you can do to help.'' The white Alicorn's gaze turned back to her student, letting her know she was dismissed.Twilight nodded her head, and began making her way out of the room, only for Celestia's voice to stop her.

''Hold on my faithful student, there may be one way you can help for now...''

Twilight turned back to her mentor, her gaze slightly hopeful, ''Really? What?''

''If you figure out anything, send me a message as soon as you can.''

Twilight nodded, and started to leave again, but suddenly stopped herself, ''Wait, if I'm not going to be the one to get hooves on with this, who is?''

Celestia smiled sadly, ''I'm afraid that's something I can't tell you right now my faithful student. I know you might be worried that the pony I plan to ask might not be up to the task, nor able to figure anything out, but I assure you Twilight, this pony will get the job done.''

Twilight nodded, and began trotting her way out of the throne room. However, a couple things nagged at her, ''Who could have done all this? What had gone wrong with the animatronics? Who was the pony Celestia spoke of? For now, she would have to get Dash to not mention anything to the others, and head back to Ponyville, as much as she wanted to help directly, she knew the princess wouldn't want her in harms way.

Unfortunately for the young Alicorn, she was going to get thrown right into the fray whether she liked it or not.

The figure approached the castle around 3 P.M. an hour after Twilight had left with Dash and he had been summoned. when the guards spotted the cloaked figure, two spears came up by reflex, barring the cloaked figure entrance, the rest pointed their weapons at the stranger.

They couldn't make out much about the figure. He appeared to be an earth pony stallion, but that was all they could make out. The rest of his body was covered by the cloak, covering his body. the hood was pulled up over his head, and the shadows from inside the hood blocked any sight of his face.

The guards tensed up when the stallion raised a fore leg and brought it back to his flank, pulling some of the cloak away, revealing a blue coat beneath, a elegant longsword sat on his flank. Upon seeing the cutie mark, the guards quickly withdrew their spears, allowing the pony entry.

The clop of his hooves announced his presence, making princess Celestia look up from the scroll she had been writing on, ''Ah'' she mused, ''I see you've come. I have a very important job for you.''

The cloaked stallion nodded, ''What do you need me to do?''

''Something terrible has happened, and I need you to help investigate. Have you ever heard of Pinkie Pie's Pizzeria?''

''Yes Your Majesty, I've heard of it.''

The Princess sighed, ''It involves the creator, a pony called Tech Nology...''

Somewhere in the Everfree Forest, something moved. It's almost robotic steps echoing through the tree's. It's eyes burned with rage, and fury. The being wanted revenge. Behind it, three more followed close behind, adding to the sound of rusted metal rubbing against rusted metal.

Their need for revenge had been ignited.

They were headed for Ponyville.

Author's Note

that's chapter one, if your slightly confused about what's going on, read the prequel, The Joy Of Creation, to get pieces of the story that weren't mentioned here.

this horror story/ FNAF crossover, will have way more movement in it, and more detective work going on, hope you keep enjoying my work.