Equestrian Horror Story: Hotel Le Trot

"Okay, you two ready?" Deadpan asked the the mares behind her.

"As ready as we'll ever be." Starlight replied.

"No, but I feel it doesn't really matter." Trixie gulped.

Deadpan put the key in the hole and unlocked the door. "Well, here we go." She chuckled nervously.

The ponies slowly and cautiously entered the room and were surprised by what they saw . Instead of a sterotypical office was a room that looked more like a private study.

"Wow, this is different." Starlight exclaimed.

"And kinda creepy." Trixie added.

"Yea, the boss pretty much lives in his office. Only makes sense he'd want it to be comfey, and messy." She said kicking a piece of rolled up parchment across the floor.

The two continued to look around and take in the room before both their eyes met on the old pitch black grandmare clock in the center, its red numbers glistening under the candlelight.

"I don't have to be able to use my magic to tell that thing is evil." Starlight hissed.

"And even creepier than the rest of the room." Trixie meeped

"Yea, that's the old lady. Gold Key's prized possesion. I swear I hear him talking to it sometimes." Deadpan laughed.

"Ugg, thats even creepier!" Trixie moaned.

"Tell you what, i'll stand by the clock and make sure it doesn't do anything funny while you two look around." Deadpan snickered.

The two nooded in agreement. "I"ll go look at the desk on the right and you take the bookshelves on the left." Starlight said.

Trixie was somewhat reluctant but agreed.

As soon as Starlight got to the desk she noticed it wasn't quite as chaotic and disorganized as he had first believed. The ink was fresh and quills were lined up side by side. Blank parchment to the left and used parchment to the right. In the middle old pages seemingly ripped from books. Starlight looked down and read the titles.

Nature of the Outer Gods by H.P. Poncraft

Integrating Yak-Yakian runes into Ponish Architectute by O.G. Abadeer

So You Accidentally Summoned A Shadow Demon by Baron Brimstone

"Huh, well.... thats an interesting choice of articles." Starlight nervously told herself.

"Starlight I think I found something!" She heard Trixie shout from across the room.

Starlight looked over and saw Trixie slowly climbing down from the top of one of the bookshelves. "Look at this" Trixie squeed holding up the thick dusty old book that said in gold letters Property of G.K.

"G.K.? G.K.! Gold Key! Trixie this must be his journal! You're amazing!"

"Ha, I know." Trixie smirked. "Now lets open this baby up and put an end to this mystery!"

Starlight grabbed the journal from Trixie and made her way back to the desk.

"OK, lets do this!"

Entry #000
My name is Gold Key and I am writing this journal for posterity should anything ever happen to me. Incase I fail at my duty to protect this hotel from harm. Incase I fail to protect her from harming others. Let it be known I did what I did out of love. I do not regret my actions but I apologize to the citizens of Equestria if those reading this have been made victims of her wrath. I did my best to contain her, to please her, but I guess it wasn't enough.

Journal Entry #001

I guess the only place to start is the beggining. My great great grandcolt built this hotel with his bare hooves along with his friends. For so long it was the pride of Manehattan and every year he held a grand ball for our family and the families of his friends that helped bring his dream to life. And that year, when I was still just a young foal, no older than six or seven, I first met her. The most adorable little earth filly I had ever met. She told me her name was Moonflower and we became fast friends. We would run and hide & play throughout the hotel. The maids and bellhops called us the most adorable little things they had ever seen. On the last day of the reunion however Moonflower was nowhere to be found. Eventually I went to her room and her mother told me that she was sick I asked why and her mother told me of her condition, how she was meek, not born with the natural strength or resistance of most Earth ponies, but that despite that she still often over exherted herself and she needed rest. I felt sorry for my new friend and rushed to her side. I found her in one of the beds coughing between sips of water. She saw me and blushed and told me she was sorry she could'nt play. That she wished she were strong like her mom & dad. I just laughed and told her not to worry because our friendship would make her strong. I promised.

"Aww. That's so sweet." Trixie cooed.

"Yea, maybe. But something tells me this story won't have a happy ending." Starlight replied as she read on

Journal Entry #002
Years passed and my friendship with Moonflower grew & grew until it became true love. On the 75th annual Le Trot Ball I met-up with Moonflower. We had both just turned 18 and there was passion as strong as the fire that burns in a dragon's belly. I swept her off her feet at the dance and near the end of her favorite song I asked for her hoof in marriage once again promising her our love would keep us strong. She cried, I cried and there were tears of happiness as she said yes and embraced me with the tightest hug I had ever felt her give.

"Its like a faity tail." Trixie interupted

"You know most origional versions of those don't have happy endings" Starlight scoffed. "Now stop interupting!"

Journal Entry #003
After my great great grandcolt passed away he left the Le Trot and a small dowery to my father, however he had no interest in the hotel and gladly gifted the property and money to me. Moonflower and I gladly accepted and we used the funds to make the proper repairs and to start a small flower shop in the building across the street as it had always been a dream of hers. And life was good, until....until it wasn't.

"Uh, oh" Trixie gulped.

"Seriously if you don't stop interrupting i'm putting the journal up." Starlight huffed.

"Fine, geez, your just as bad as Twilight when it comes to books." Trixie pouted.

Moonflower got sick. Real sick. Runing a shop and helping me run a hotel was just too much I guess. I told her everything would be ok though. I told her she just needed rest, that my love would always be there to keep her strong. I was wrong. I brought in the best doctors in Equestria. I even had some brought in from Zafrica and Abnysia. I even tried everything I could think of but they all told me there was nothing I could do. Nothing but be there for her until the end. But I..... I refused to accept that.

Journal Entry #004
I got as many books as I could find on anything I could think of, healing magic, theoretical immortality, dark magic tomes, the works of Equestria & Griffonstone's top cultists and eventually I found what I needed. A rudimentary crossroads summoning spell. I knew it was dark magic. I knew it was wrong but I would do anything to save my beloved Moonflower's life. Though nothing could prepare me for what was to come.

I set-up the spell. I thought I had everything perfect, but I was wrong. I used to much batwing, too much blood. What I got was no mere crossroads demon. But something much more vile. I had awoken one of the 8 eldrich's that slumbered in the darkness beneath the world. He introduced himself as Phaster: The God of fear and asked what I wanted of him. I did'nt hesitate to tell him my story and to my surprise he agreed to help. I know I should have questioned this but I did not. I accepted his help, I had to save my Moonflower no matter what!

The two mares just looked at each other and gulped. They were terrified by what they had just read but they knew they had to brave on.

Journal Entry #005
I took the creature to my room, to where my life, my love, my Moonflower slept looking so peacful despite being in such pain. The beast limped over to her and I heard it whisper to her how her pain would end and she would be free as it's long black claw stabbed her through the heart and I could do nothing as I heard her scream out in horror. I whailed in agony and anger as I saw my beloved in pain but the roon filled with pitch black dark and when the light returned they were gone. No sign of the monster or the mare I loved. I was scared, I was confused and I was mad. I ran back to my office to get a candle deadset on burning things down but when I opened the door I saw a mysterious black grandmare clock now in the center and its mere presence both terrified & soothed me. On my desk a black key.

Journal Entry #006
It started small. I would see something out of the corner of my eye. Sense her presence. I would hear her laugh. And then one day I finally saw her again, not in flesh but in spirit. She looked just as beautiful as ever. Despite the lack of a physical form. I asked her where she had been and she didn't know. But she did know she was hungry. I asked her for what she said she did'nt know but it was something she knew she needed. The years passed and I quickly found what it was as more and more guests left the hotel, fleeing in the dead of night, terror in their eyes. She was feeding on their fear. It was just gotten worse and her apperance has changed from beautiful to terrifying. I have tried to appease her, contain her with additional magic & runes. But I fear someday, just as my love failed to save her, my efforts will fail to contain her. And the darkness infecting her will be freed."

Trixie & Starlight closed the journal and backed away. Terrified by what they had read, but even more terrified by the hoofsteps they heard behind them.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN HERE!" Gold Key shouted.