The darkness of the Everfree forest surrounded Starlight. Everywhere the terrified mare looked, it was just black trees for miles. She looked down at her hooves to see a light grey fog wraping around her legs. The moon and the stars were absent from the black sky, and their were no sounds of crickets or any wildlife.

The Forest was dead.

Starlight kept running at a fast pace. The only sound that could be heard was her heavy breathing, and the sound of twigs snapping from under her hooves. She looked around in every direction, and when she did, all she saw was the mysterious dark figure that was chasing her, peeking out behind the trees. It was like a shadow that moved with Starlight. It was one with the darkness.

The Figure was a very tall skinny creature, with white eyes and a white mouth. Ontop of his head rested a fedora, and clutched in his hand was a tall, rusty scythe.

Starlight couldn't make out any of the mysterious figures features, due to it being so dark. But she knew exactly what it looked like and what it was capable of.

After what felt like an eternity of running, Starlight tripped over a root from a tree that was sticking out of the ground. She tumbled face first in the dirt, but quickly rolled over and sat up as her head beamed in all directions.

Silence...nothing but silence

Her ear twitched from the sound of twigs snapping from behind her, as she quickly turned her head around to wherever the source of the sound was coming from. Then, in a completely opposite direction, she heard the sound of a metal blade being sharpened.

Starlights horn glowed, as she was prepared to fire a magic blast at whatever was making the sound. Her heart began to race and sweat poured down her face as she wore a terrified expression. The sound of twigs snapping and metal sharpening started coming from all directions, which caused Starlights horn to grow brighter. She was beyond terrified at this point. Until all the sounds came to an end.

Starlight just sat there breathing heavily, as her horn was still fully lit. Soon, the sound of twigs snapping came from within the blackness of the forest. This time it sounded as if it was heading towards her.

Snap..snap.....snap...snap

Starlights chest began beating hard, as if her heart wanted to just break out of her chest. Her horn was now fully lit, as she stared at the direction where the sound was coming from.

Right when whatever was making the noise was about to reveal itself from the darkness of the forest, it stopped.

Starlights heart stopped beating when she heard the sound of a deep, dark, terrifying chuckle.

"Hehehe....my dear, you of all creatures should know, that you're magic is worthless against me", The creature said in a surprisingly calm, but very menacing voice.

The light on Starlights horn immediately gave out, which caused her to start hyperventilating.

"I..I..I told you the...the....deals off" Starlight pathetically whimpered. Her eyes widened in terror as she saw two white eyes and a white smile protruding from the darkness of the forest, followed by a much louder menacing laugh.

"You stupid Ponies....you know damn well no deal goes off with me". The creature exited the darkness, and looked exactly as how Starlight had remembered him. It had no features. It was just a black shadowy ghost like creature. Even if Starlight already knew what it looked like, she still trembled in absolute fear.

The creature approached her closer, and closer, until he was standing right over Starlight.

"Look up at me", the creature ordered in the same calm but menacing voice. Starlight just stood still, shaking rapidly in fear. The creature placed the tip of its scythe under Starlights chin, and carefully lifted her head up towards him. Tears began streaming from her eyes and down her cheeks, as she shuttered in fear. Her eyes locked on with the creatures empty, plain white eye sockets.

"Now listen carefully my dear, you're going to complete your end of the deal. Or else I'll take away everything you love until you end up insane. Then I'll make sure you die a slow and painful death". When it said the last line, Starlight could swear she heard its voice become more demonic.

"N..N...NO"! A shred of confidence was in Starlights voice, but it immediately faded away upon hearing the demonic laughter.

"Oh you poor fool...then may the Devil have mercy on your soul". The dark entity rose its scythe, and then dropped the tip of the blade down at Starlight. But right before he could slice through Starlights skull, a wave of dark blue magic penetrated the entity's chest, and made it fly into a tree.

Starlight turned around, only to see a dark blue Alicorn princess exiting the shadows.

"..L..L..Luna"? Starlight managed to say, as her breathing slowed down and she became a lot more calmer.

Luna slolwy walked towards Starlight. Her long translucent hair and tail blew with the breeze. Her body was producing a shining light, that surrounded her. She seemed like an angel to Starlight.

Luna walked over to the still dazed mare, and helped her to her hooves.

"Listen my child" Luna began saying. "You must awake, you're life is in terrible danger". Starlight slolwy nodded in understanding. Both Mares turned their heads to the sound of a demonic laughter.

"Oh...Oh you sons of bitches". The dark entity's voice was no longer the calm voice that Starlight heard. No, this time it was a loud, terrifying voice, that sounded as if it had come straight from the depths of hell. It was a voice nopony should ever have to hear.

"I'M GOING TO SLIT YOUR STOMACH OPEN, AND FORCE YOUR LOVED ONES TO CONSUME YOUR INSIDES"! The creature grew larger in size, as if it were only a shadow. The large hole were Luna shot through was beginning to heal.

"STARLIGHT RUN"! Princess Luna ordered. As she began zapping at the entity. She managed to slow it down, but it rapidly healed itself.

A light blue portal opened behind Starlight. She looked at Luna in fear, then at the giant sized entity.

"GO"! Luna shouted, as she continued using all of her magic to shoot at the growing threat.

Starlight winced, and without hesitation, she leaped through the portal.

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"AGHHH" Starlight yelled, as she sat up from her bed. She was drenched in sweat and was breathing heavily. She started looking around in every direction and began touching her face.

"Only a dream" she said as she tried to reassure herself. "But Princess Luna had no control over it". The thought of it made Starlight worried again.

"ARE YOU ALRIGHT"? The door to Starlights bedroom swung open, and spike ran in with a concerned look.

"AGHH" Starlight screamed at the sudden surprise as she rolled off the bed and onto the ground.

"SHHHH, geez you almost woke Twilight up and.....hey.....are you ok"? Spike asked with genuine concern when he saw just how scared Starlight was.

"Wha...oh I'm fine, it was just a bad dream, that's all". Starlight began relaxing her breathing as she got up from the floor. Spike just stared at her for a couple of seconds, then sighed and turned to the door.

"Alright, well try to get back to bed" he said with a yawn before exiting the room and closing the door. Starlight sighed, as she turned to her window and trotted towards it. She opened it up to take in the light breeze. The moon and the stars shined over ponyville, which made Starlight relax. She took in another deep breath, and just kept staring. She definitely wouldn't be going back to bed anytime soon.

"Oh sweet Celestia".

Author's Note

So I stopped writing a previous story I was doing (mainly because I didn't really enjoy writing it and it wasn't really going anywhere) and decided this should be my first story. Even if the story's not good, I like writing horror type stuff, and it gives me something to look forward to after coming home from another shitty day of school. Hopefully you'll enjoy it and if not then that's cool too. Any advice would be appreciated since..well I'm kind of a noob when it comes to story writing. Anyways hope you enjoy it.