Slender Pony

Applejack could see a small sliver of light in the vast sea of darkness she had woken up in. Every step towards the light made an echoing clop sound, which was the only noise. The light seemed to get farther away with every step.

In a second, four things happened. One, the light vanished completely, leaving Applejack in the dark. Two, she felt as though she was going to through up. Three, for a split second the light came back on, and instead of just darkness around her, Applejack saw a tall pony standing infront of her. His face was covered in shadows, so she couldn't see it. Man was he/she TALL! Taller then her brother, and her put on top of each other. Four, the light went off again. Now she was never afraid of the dark, but knowing that there was something in the darkness WITH her.... It scared the hell out of her.

"Hello, my little pony..." A whispering voice said. What freaked her out the most is it was the same voice that the hooded pony, that knocked her out, had.

Applejack woke up, for the second time, in a hospital bed. A green colored pony with a brown mane sat at the edge of the bed. The pony was a mare, and she had a hospital staff outfit on.

"Ah, you're awake! Applejack right?" The doctor, or nurse asked.

"Yes, mah name's Applejack," Applejack confirmed. The pony looked down at the note, then back to Applejack.

"Are you feeling alright, Applejack? You took a massive blow to the head!" The doctor/nurse asked. Applejack hadn't actually noticed the bandage around her forhead until the pony pointed them out, probably because her whole body was numb.

"Ahm feelin' fine... Are there ponies waiting for me to wake up?" Applejack asked, noticing the lable "Waiting Room" on a door on the other side of the room. The pony jotted down a note before answering.

"Your family, and your friends are waiting for you to wake up. I'll go and tell them that you're awake!" The pony smiled warmly, and trotted to the waiting room. She opened the door, and stuck her head in. She only said two words before a very worried looking Fluttershy bursted through the door, "She's awake!"

Fluttershy stood  next her bed bombarding her with questions. Her normal calm, and quiet voice was... Still quiet, but was very quick, and shaky.

"Are you O.K.?" "Who, or what did this to you?"  And a few more questions.

She was followed by Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applebloom, and Granny Smith. They all looked extremely worried.

"So... How long was I out?" Applejack asked.

"Two days, and we've been camping out in the waiting room, just for you!" Pinkie Pie said happily, as if everything was completely normal.

"Big Mac found you bleeding from your head in the field, and brought you here," Twilight Sparkle said, pointing her purple hoof at Applejack's brother.

"Are you okay?" Rainbow Dash asked, her normally confident, and raspy voice was filled with worry.

"Ahm fine, Dash..." Applejack said rolling her eyes.

"So how'd this happen, Dr. Greene said the wound was made by a buck, who bucked you?" Rarity asked.

"Ah don't know, some stallion who was wearing a hoodie, Ah could tell that he had a black tail, and black fur, but ah didn't see his mane..."  Applejack said, images of the stallion flashed through her head. The group of ponies gasped.

"Who could do such a thing?" Rarity asked no one in particular.

"Ah don't know, but there arn't many stallions in Ponyville, he should be easy to find" Applejack reassured the group of ponies.

The group chatted until it was dark, then, one by one, they went to their homes, but not without promising to return in the morning.

Before going to sleep, Applejack could almost swear that there was a shadow in the corner of the room, that was the exact size of the tall pony in her dream.