Final Destination

by Undead Equestrian Writer

Rating: mature
Tags: Dark, Alternate Universe, Cutie Mark Crusaders, Other, Silver Spoon, Thriller, Horror, Cheerilee, Diamond Tiara, Crossover, Death, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Length: 2302

In death there are no accidents, no coincidences, no mishaps, and no escapes.

Apple Bloom, some of her classmates, and their teacher board a train on their way to Manehattan on a field trip. A little bit after boarding the train, Apple Bloom freaks out after witnessing the train derail, killing everyone on board. A little while later she is interrogated by the royal guard, due to reports of 'terroristic' activity happening. After the terrible accident, Apple Bloom's friends slowly start dying in strange mysterious ways.

Thanks to Organical for editing this story!

Published 2016-11-21 10:40:01 UTC
Last updated 2018-01-03 02:13:40 UTC

Derailed

Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle along with a few others stood at the station waiting for their train to arrive to take them to Manehattan so they could visit the Museum of Art. Sweetie Belle was talking about famous artworks such as the Mona Lisa and Starry Night. Scootaloo was too busy listening to the music Dj- Pon3 installed on her new Uphone, along with the Rainbow Dash themed headphones. Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara were currently picking on Button Mash and his propeller beanie. Cheerilee was taking swigs out of a bottle, that everypony new held alcohol in it. After Cheerilee's husband passed away she became a sad drunk who was too drunk to teach the class. Snips and Snails were being... well Snips and Snails. With Snails always Agreeing with Snips after Snips said anything. I was standing around waiting for the train to arrive so we could get this day over with and I could go home and make Zap Apple Jam with Granny Smith and Applejack.

"Hey Apple Bloom, what do you want to see when we get there," Sweetie Belle asked me as I tried to ignore the question, only to be egged on until I told her something.

"The Scream," I told her to get her to be quiet for a second. I looked in the distance and noticed the train slowly making it's way towards us. I wasn't fond of trains after what happened three years ago with the train derailing and killing about 20 ponies. The train slowed to a halt as approached the station, the train number stating a giant 180 in white paint on the sides of the engine. We began walking towards the train when I felt a cold breeze come out of nowhere and cause me to shiver. Inside, the train car was too small so Cheerilee, Snips, and Snails went into the train car behind us. I sat next to Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo sat on her own. Diamond Tiara sat next to Silver Spoon. Button Mash was all alone next to the door to the car. Sweetie Belle looked at me, and I looked back.

"What," I asked, confused as to why she was looking at me.

"You're nervous aren't you," she asked me.

"Yeah, I just hate trains," I told her.

"Don't be, it's a quick 15-minute ride and then we'll back on solid ground and not on a train," she told me, which helped liven up my mood. I looked out the window to see the station start to move away from me, replaced with rolling hills and the Everfree forest.

Meanwhile

The train rolled along the tracks like it normally would, just at a slower rate due to the antiquity of the train. About a half mile ahead of the train a giant rock fell onto the track denting the track. The train slowly rolled along, hit the snag and jolted from the broken rail.

Meanwhile

Apple Bloom's nervousness went through the roof as the train jolted, rocking slightly. Scootaloo took off her headphones in surprise, due to the shake of the train car.

"Don't worry mares and gentlecolts, just a little bump in the road," the train conductor announced over the intercom. "To fill your time, hear's some music."

After that the conductor shut off the intercom, songs started playing. It was country music, but it wasn't anything Apple Bloom had heard before. It was like Country mixed with heavy metal, and she hated it. It suddenly changed to a familiar song. Dust in the Wind. She hummed along to the song as they made their way to Manehattan.

Meanwhile

The jolt caused a rusted nail to break, causing one of the wheels to slowly loosen up. The safety gate on the doors was slowly giving way to the wear and tear.

Meanwhile

Apple Bloom was about to fall asleep when she heard a loud clank from beneath the train car that sounded like metal hitting metal. Before she could try and find an answer she watched as on of the wheels from the train car flew through the floor at around 50 miles an hour and hit Diamond Tiara straight in the face. Her head exploded on impact, the aforementioned wheel getting stuck in ceiling of the train car. The screams of Silver Spoon caused Ms. Cheerilee to come into our train car to see why she was screaming. After Ms. Cheerilee got into the train car, the broken axel hit another broken piece of railroad track and slice through the floor and straight through Silver Spoon. Since the train no longer had back tires, the trained leaned downward, causing Cheerilee to stumble and fall out of the still open door and under the train car, and getting mangled under the 30-ton train car. Button Mash wandered over to the other side of the train car and tried opening the door to the boiler room. Sweetie Belle started to hyperventilate and stood up only to fall right through the weakened flooring. Scootaloo's headphone's wire got caught on the axel that was still moving around. The hooked cord, tightened around her throat, choking her until her body slipped out of the seat, causing a lot of weight on her throat, snapping her neck killing her instantly. Her body dragged on the railroad ties below her, her left hoof caught something and her body flew under the train, except for her head which was still dangling by the headphone cord. Button Mash finally opened the door only to have the boiler be crushed by a falling boulder, which caused the boiler to explode killing Button Mash immediately, the explosion disintegrated the train, sending debris and Apple Bloom flying. After about 10-seconds Apple Bloom landed on the train axel that had killed Silver Spoon and Scootaloo. Her last moments were of watching the burning wreckage of the back half of the train fall towards the rolling hills below.

She suddenly awoke standing on the train station, with Sweetie Belle nagging her to answer her question about what she wanted to see at the museum.

"The trains going to crash, it's going to derail," I said, receiving crazed looks from everypony. I watched the train pull up and Snips and Snails, get on the train. "No, It's going to crash!"

"Shut up, blank flank," Diamond Tiara said. I watched as the station security came and took all of us away from the station.

LATER

I was sitting in an office with a view of the train tracks and where the train would derail at. I had been speaking with a detective about my 'vision'. He left after he asked about suicidal tendencies. A little while later, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, Cheerilee, Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, and Button Mash came into the small office. They were staring at me like I was crazy, and right now I believed I was. I watched as the train slowly made it's way up the track. It jolted where I believe it would have in the vision, my self-hatred turned to fear as I watched a boulder fall from the top of a mountain and fall on the boiler, causing a huge explosion, that disintegrated the front two trains, and as the third car was set alight as it derailed and rolled down a hill.

"How... How did you know," they all asked.

Jail Cell

As I sat in the prison cell that I know called my home, I stared into the eyes of my family. They were talking about how they couldn't believe that I some home set a bomb on the train and that I would do such a thing. I wanted to tell them I didn't do it and that I wasn't a terrorist and that I liked Snips and Snails, who died on the train. I just sat crying at the harsh words being thrown at me due to the belief that I had blown up the train. I watched as they left the hallway, to which I sighed in relief. I stared at the single apple that my family had left me, it was a Zap Apple. I walked over and stomped on it, seeing the apple fall to pieces under my hoof. It fell apart like my life and what was left was a sad pile that I couldn't even call an apple anymore. Like myself.

"Why don't they believe me," I asked myself. I had brought up the habit to start talking to myself so I wouldn't go crazy from the silence. I wanted to go home and play with my friends, my family, and Winona. I heard the door to the hallway screech open and the sound of hooves clopping on the ground. I looked up to see the chief of police walking over to my cell, which was the only filled one in the entire cell block. He stopped at my cell and threw me a newspaper, which had 'Ponyville Highlights' on the top in big, bold text. I looked up again and he was gone. I picked up the newspaper and started reading, it stated things that I didn't really care about like Pinkie Pie, is having a going away party for Snips and Snails and Rarity is making free clothes for the deceased ponies parents. I finally stopped flying through the pages when I saw the train horror story.

It stated that a boulder fell from atop a cliff and landed on a bomb that Apple Bloom had placed, causing a massive explosion that killed everypony on board. I once again heard the squeaking of the door and saw my ex-friends. Scootaloo had an angered yet pained expression on her face and Sweetie Belle had dried tears on her cheeks and her eyes were puffy and red.

"Why did you do it, Apple Bloom," Scootaloo asked me. I just stared at her. "ANSWER ME!"

"I didn't do it, why do my friends, who I was with all morning that day, believe I put a bomb on the train," I told them to which their expressions changed on a dime from angered, pained, and sad to a state of shame. Shamed that they followed the media. "Anyways, are either of you going to Pinkie Pie's party?"

"I can't I have to help Rarity with dresses this week, as she decided to make free dresses for everypony," Sweetie Belle told me.

"I am, and it's going to rock, as all of the main six are going to be there," she told us, while probably thinking about Rainbow Dash.

"Alright, have fun," I told them while laying down on the bed that was attached to the wall. I closed my eyes falling into a deep sleep.

DREAM

I saw Sugar Cube corner, with Fluttershy crying outside around her friends. I saw Vinyl Scratch walk outside, trying to get some peace and quiet, while also smoking a cigarette. I walked inside and saw a massive party, I saw Scootaloo hanging from the chandelier, probably drinking light cider. I didn't see any off my other friend, except twist and a few other classmates that I didn't realize. I saw Lyra sitting next to the stereo, talking to Bon Bon. I saw Carrot Top talking to some of the apple family, like Big Mac and Braeburn who for some reason was here in Ponyville instead of Appleloosa. I walked upstairs and saw Filthy Rich getting filthy with some random mare that had pitch black hair and coat, with a blond tail. I wandered around a little bit longer amongst the crowd when I felt like time itself had moved to a crawl. I looked over to see that the gas stove caught fire due to the cake staying inside the oven for too long. I watched as the gas pipeline exploded killing some ponies in the kitchen. The blast wave caused ponies to fly backward, I watched as the chandelier fell, killing Scootaloo and a few others below it. The explosion caused the walls to weaken causing the ceiling to fall above the kitchen, which was the room Filthy Rich and the random mare were in. The had fallen off the bed in the fall and landed on back, killing her but Filthy Rich landed on the bed. The wall behind him collapsed and fell on him, crushing him. Bon Bon had fallen into one of Vinyl Scratches stereos, causing it to fall and kill Carrot Top, Big Mac, and Braeburn. Lyra and Bon Bon tried to run out the front door only for the area around the door to fall and kill them and a big group of ponies. The walls finally just gave way and collapsed, killing the rest of the ponies. I had made it back outside and saw the Mane Six, Vinyl Scratch, and two other ponies, which were both dressed in nurse uniforms. I snapped awake after this.

End Of Preminition

I awoke with a start to see four police officers surrounding me and two medical ponies, who I remembered from my dream.

"Are you alright," one of the medical ponies asked me.

"Sugarcube Corner it's going to collapse," I told them.

"It was just a nightmare sweetie calm down," one of the nurse ponies told me.

"No it wasn't, it was like before I got on the train, Sugarcube Corner is gonna collapse," I yelled at them, crying while I did. Why won't they believe me?

"No, sweetie calm down, you just had a nightmare, okay," one of the medical ponies told me. I heard the door to the hall open and saw a police pony come into the cell.

"Nurse Red Heart, Nurse Tenderheart, we need you down at Sugarcube corner, something happened," the officer told them.

Therapy

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Electrocution

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