Author's Note

This was written all throughout my BCT and almost at the end of my AIT. I wrote it by hand in a notebook that a bought to pass the time. Enjoy, and tell me what you think!

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I changed the ending in the hopes that it makes it more interesting.

Beauty and The Blank Flank (edit)

On a dock somewhere in the Bostallion Harbor, there is a young filly and a young colt. They're both looking up at the stars and talking about how they'll have a home out in some country town like Ponyville and live off the fat of the land. And have a cage for rabbits.

Both the filly and the colt are eleven years of age, the filly is a unicorn with an almost glittery pearl white coat, a shining blonde mane, and beautiful golden eyes. Her name is Krása, and some would say that she'll grow up to be a gorgeous mare. Krása is really something, but the colt isn't. The colt's name is Chimney Smoke, and he's an earth pony with a grease black mane, a dirty brown coat, and smokey grey eyes. Most think that Chimney Smoke won't make it far, but Krása disagrees. Krása believes that Chimney Smoke will become somepony very successful in life, even though he hasn't even found his cutie mark yet. Chimney Smoke has grown to appreciate Krása's kindness and how much time they spend together.

The dock remains ever so silent, and Chimney Smoke realizes that it's getting pretty late as he gets up and looks around.

"I think we should start going home," Chimney Smoke says, "Turn are gonna think that we're doing things that we shouldn't be if we stay too long."

"Such as," Krása asks, gains mischievous smile.

"You know, that adult stuff that our parents told us about," Chimney Smoke reminds.

"So..." Krása says as she gets up and close to Chimney Smoke, "Stuff like this," Krása kisses Chimney Smoke on his cheek, causing the young to blush profusely. The colt nervously brings his head to the filly's cheek, but he chickens out.

"Don't worry Smoke, I want this," Krása says, stripping the young colt of all his fears. Chimney Smoke wraps his forelegs around Krása's neck and pulls her close.

"I don't ever want to lose you," Chimney Smoke says, holding Krása tightly...

And as the two held each other, both parents of the children walk over with shame on their faces.

"Krása, we told you that you can go for somepony better than that worthless blank flank," Krása's parents say, ashamed of their daughter.

"Chimney Smoke," Smoke's parents yell, "We don't need those dumb rich fuckers in our lives! They've never worked a solid day!"

"Excuse me!?" Krása's mom cries out in shock, "I'll have you know that I've worked day and night to get as far as we've gone!"

"Oh, yeah," Smoke's dad spits, "Working for PNN and whoring for a new story every other day!"

"And what do you do for a living," Krása's dad asks mockingly.

"Mom! Dad! Stop," Krása pleads. Chimney Smoke only curls up into a ball next to Krása.

heh heh heh heh heh heh

"I'm a construction worker," Smoke's dad yells, "I know hard work!"

"And I run a five-star restaurant," Krása's dad yells, "I've had rough days too!"

"Why, too much spice in the soup," A rough voice asks from the shadow of a docked ship. A figure with burnt flesh in a red and green striped sweater and a brown fedora walks out from the shadow. The figure walks on its hind legs and has nasty looking claws on its right arm.

"Are these four troubling you," The hideous creature asks, "Don't worry... I'll just take care of the problems."

The creature raises its claws and stabs Krása's mother in the back of the head with the other parents also seeming to be affected like they've been too. As the bodies drop, they all show four distinct stab wounds in the backs of their heads.

Krása gasps in horror at what she just witnessed while the creature disappears back into the shadow of the docked ship.

Heh heh heh heh heh heh

"Smoke, we need to go," Krása says, fear flowing through her being, "Something just killed our parents and I think it wants us next!"

Smoke shakily gets out of his ball and onto his hooves before the two start running to the end of the dock. The two continue to run, but the dock seems endless. Smoke looks behind himself and discovers that the harbor has disappeared. He stops, with Krása also stopping and looking at the now missing harbor.

"W-what happened to the harbor," Smoke asks, fearing that the two are stuck.

Krása looks behind herself to see that the harbor is back, but there is a fenced-off path that leads to an old boiler building that wasn't there before.

"I don't think we can go any other way," Krása says.

"I-I'm not going there," Smoke says, "I say that we-" The dock ends again, only the creature from before is standing there, "O-o-or not."

Krása and Chimney Smoke begin to walk to the old boiler building, following the chainlink fenced path leading to it. Smoke looks over to the left as he walks and spots three bone white fillies in white dresses playing jump rope. And they're singing a strange tune that's quietly echoed through the harbor:

"One, Two
Freddy's Comin' For You
Three, Four
Better Lock Your Door
Five, Six
Grab Your Crucifix
Seven, Eight
Gonna Stay Up Late
Nine, Ten
Never Sleep Again"

"Hey Smoke," Krása says, "Look at those three fillies."

"What are they chanting," Smoke asks.

"I don't know, but it's creeping me out."

"I-I think this happened to the kids in Charliehorseton."

"Wait, I thought that was only happening in the Whitetail Woods? Timberwolves can't possibly be in Bostallion; we live in a city, not a forest."

W-what if what killed all those children wasn't Timberwolves? M-maybe this is Discord's chaos magic?"

"If it is Discord, then who are those three chanting about," Krása asks. But as she asks, the white fillies disappear and become replaced by a single white filly that is looking right at Krása and Chimney Smoke.

"His name is Freddy Krueger," The white filly says, "And he wants to play with you. He wants to play with everyone in Equestria."

A set of metal claws come out of the ground and disembowel the white filly.

Heh Heh Heh Heh Heh Heh

Krása and Chimney Smoke look back the way they came, only to find the path to be closed in. There's no way back now. The filly and the colt can only move forward through the path.

The two proceed through the path until they see a metal door that appears to be a back-entrance. The kind of door a janitor or maintenance pony would use. Smoke looks behind himself to see the path behind him. The time, the path is gone, along with the building and warehouses that were there less than a second ago. Smoke looks over to Krása with scared eyes, Krása having both fear and understanding in her own eyes.

Together, the two enter the boiler building, completing the path made for them to follow. Inside, the building is filled with red light, metal pathways, and pipes along with a humid heat that made it uncomfortable in there. Krása and Smoke make their way deeper into the boiler building with escape looking look like it will never happen. The air holds its own deep hopelessness that sits heavier that the heat and humidity, only worsening the dreadful appeal of the place. A place that looks like the last thing you see before a horrific end.

"Aw, aren't you two cute together," The voice of a demented soul echoes.

"What do you want with us," Krása asks, bravery and determination in her voice.

"I want a little fun," The voice echoes, "And you both looked like the perfect playmates..."

Chimney Smoke shakes as he backs into a locker behind him, the locker opening with claws slashing Smoke's flank.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!" Smoke cries before proceeding to shed tears over the pain.

"What Was That For, You Monster," Krása yells out, angered by the attack on her best friend.

"I thought he could use a cutie mark," The voice echoes, "Now he's more useful. His special talent is to feel pain!"

Suddenly, Smoke's other flank receives the same slash marks on his unslashed flank, only feeling more pain.

HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH

As the chuckling echoes through the boiler building, the sweater-wearing creature from before steps out of the locker, a smile upon his burnt face.

"You are both my children now," The burnt fleshed creature says, his clawed hand resting against an overhead pipe filled with hot steam, "You may look nothing like me, but I can fix that."

The creature gashes the pipe, causing hot steam to engulf Krása. The filly jumps out in time to not get injured, but the steam still managed to leave a stinging pain across her skin. The monster jumps through the hot steam and slashes at Krása, the filly narrowly dodging the attack. The creature then stabs the ground below him, causing giant claws to emerge under Krása and just miss her. The little filly looks up at the burnt monster with fear filled eyes.

"Welcome to my world, bitch," The monster says, "This playdate only gets better from here."

"Wh-who are you," Krása asks, trembling like a young puppy.

The monster hangs his head, but only low enough so that the filly could still see his evil smile. He lifts his clawed hand and uses a single claw to etch a name into the metal wall next to him. The name is "Freddy Krueger". The spelling of the name morphs to "The Springwood Slasher", then to "The Dream Master", and then the spelling ends on "Your Last Nightmare"...

If the filly wasn't shaking before, she is now shaking almost violently with her scent reeking of fear.

"I-I-If you w-want t-to kill a-anypony, k-kill me a-and leave Chimney Smoke alone," Krása pleads.

"You two keep getting cuter and cuter," Freddy points out, "Too bad your friend is feeling a little... Flat right now."

The gashed pipe begins to shake and come loose over Chimney Smoke, the colt looking up and becoming too scared to move. Smoke then looks over at Krása.

"I love you," Chimney Smoke says before being crushed by a steel pipe.

The sight before Krása leaves her the most touched and horrified she has ever been. There was always a mutual love between Krása and Chimney Smoke, anypony could figure that out. But neither of the two have ever said it directly, they always implied their love. And Chimney Smoke just admitted his love for Krása as he died I front of her.

Krása runs to the remains of her dead love to feel sorrow for her loss as the monster moves closer to her.

"Please, stop this!" Krása begs with tears in her eyes, "I don't want to play whatever this is!"

"Oh, so you're not enjoying our little playdate?” The burnt, sweater-wearing creature says as he stands over the filly, "Too bad I make the rules around here. But don't worry," The monster picks the filly up by Her mane, "I'm feeling a little generous tonight."

“Your generosity ends here, demon!” A midnight blue cloud announces, leaving out of a cracked pipe.

“Aw, the pony princess has come to save the day.” The demon says, tossing Krása at the cloud, “I’ll let you have this one, Moonbitch. Just remember that I killed her boyfriend already. Oh!” The monster swishes a claw in Krása’s direction, only for nothing to happen, “Damn... Well, anyway. Time to wake up, my sweet princesses.”

With that said, the dream demon snaps his fingers.

Krása opens her eyes to a horrifying sight. The crushed dead body of the young colt who admitted his love to his best friend is directly next to her. Krása slowly stands up and looks down at the horror in front of her, the cloud from the dream directly behind her.

The cloud collects itself to reveal Princess Luna, who is just as horrified at the sight of Chimney Smoke as Krása is. The Princess steps closer to the body to examine it, shocked at its condition.

“I-I thought y-you couldn’t d-die in your dreams?” Krása asks, as confused as she is terrified.

“That wasn’t a dream.” Luna states, “That was a place between The Dream Realm and Reality. Such a place can only be made by something with abilities like my own. But that would be impossible, as our world is blocked off to others at Tartarus…”

Luna then remembers when it was reported that Cerberus left Tartarus, and some of the dangerous monsters imprisoned were freed because of his absence. However, his lack of presence wouldn't explain how otherworldly things were able to enter Equestria.

Unless if one of the monsters within Tartarus was being haunted by whatever this thing is. Luna thought to herself.

You’re gettin’ warm.

What!? Luna yelled in her own head, looking out in front of herself to see the demon standing there.

“See ya later, Moonbitch.” The monster says before burning away. Luna only stands there with an expressionless face, Krása looking up at her princess with concern and worry.

“P-princess, w-what did you see?” Krása asks with audible fear in her voice.

“I saw it.” Luna answers blankly, “And it needs to be stopped. Did it tell you its name?”

“It did. Its name is-“ Krása is interrupted by the clawed glove of the demon reaching out and pulling the young filly into the ground below her.

No spoilers, my little pony.

Luna finds herself standing on a dock in Bostallion Harbor next to the dead bodies of two young children. They are the bodies of Chimney Smoke and Krása, only they're both covered by claw marks and have chunks of their bodies missing. Luna’s mouth hangs open at the sight in front of her and begins to back away as a sailor on a ship tied to the dock flashes a flashlight down on Luna.

“Your majesty, what are you doing!?” The sailor yells out. Another sailor rushes up to see the same sight.

“I told you I wasn't a conspiracy theorist! Those recent deaths are Luna’s fault!” The other sailor proclaims, “Look! She still eats fillies and colts when she thinks we're not looking!”

Luna looks up to the sailors, her mouth still hanging open.

“By Celestia, you're right! Look, she still has fangs!”

“She still must be Nightmare Moon! We have to let the Royal Guard know!”

Luna only sheds a single tear before she blows away as a cloud of vapor.