Fear's Fun

Twilight woke up and stretched, yawning as she did so. She blinked the sleep from her eyes as she slid out of bed... only to feel her hooves make a squishy sound as she touched the floor. Confused, she looked down... and found herself standing in the ripped-open ribcage of a pony.

Shrieking in disgust and horror, Twilight threw herself back onto the bed, leaving red streaks across the sheets as she stared at the corpse, starting to hyperventilate.

A thump from beside the bed caused her head to snap towards the sound, seeing another body having slumped out of a dresser she'd recently gotten. She shrieked in fear again, curling up on herself as she lay in a fetal position and closed her eyes, just in case her bedroom held any more unwelcome surprises.

"Okay Twilight, what do you want for break- TWILIGHT!?" Spike's voice asked before rising into a shout of terror. "A-are you alright?!"

Twilight raised her head to ask Spike if everything looked okay... only to blink in confusion. Spike was standing where the body had been just a minute ago, but there was nothing there. The unicorn spun around and looked at the dresser - completely clean and body-free.

Her head snapped around again as she heard a chuckle. Standing in the doorway was a familiar black stallion, the sight of which brought back the memories of yesterday's events.

Twilight glared at Deimos as he smiled. "Something wrong?" He asked, an innocent grin on his face.

"What did you do to Twilight?!" Spike demanded, rounding on Deimos. The embodiment of fear chuckled again.

"Just gave her a wake-up scare, nothing to worry about." He said, waving his hoof nonchalantly. "Besides, I got some breakfast of my own out of it." He added with yet another chuckle before turning to head downstairs.

Grumbling, Twilight got out of bed again and stomped over to the bathroom to wash up.