The dark legends of Equestria

Chapter 3: Scootaloo's tales.

"You! Scootaloo!" Said Apple Bloom , surprising everyone.

"Apple Bloom, Why did you yell?" Said Scootaloo, still in a little bit of shock from the previous story.

"Oh, Did I yell? I am so sorry, I meant to say that maybe you should go next." Said Apple Bloom, trying to shrug off the nervousness she had at the moment.

Scootaloo just shrugged and said: "Okay, still don't know why you yelled, because you didn't answer my question, but anyways, prepare for a real fright!"

You would think that Ponyville is the safest place you could ever be in, Right? well, it isn't, I lived here in Ponyville my entire life, and when you have lots of mature friends, you learn some of the things that happened here years ago...

For example, many years ago, before we were born, in a house near the ends of Ponyville lived two sisters, one was really smart and studious, and the other one wasn't, they were getting ready for their final exam tomorrow, but at the same time, one of their companions was throwing a party in his house, to celebrate the end of their school days.

As usual, the studious one didn't want to go, because she needed to get ready, but the other one didn't agree with her sister, she wanted to have fun with her companions one last time, she even tried to convince her sister to go, but it was no use, her sister was far too determined to study, so, the other one went to the party without her sister, she understood, she knew her sister was right, in fact, she was more than smart, so, she had to pass the exam to keep studying and keep moving forward.

The other sister had the time of her life in the party, she drank, she danced, and before dawn she went to her house to get some sleep before the exam, the streets of Ponyville were loney, the lights were turned on and not a single soul could be heard in the night.

She opened the door carefully, she was a good sister, so, she didn't turn the lights on, her sister was doing some weird sounds, this could probably mean that she isn't asleep, but no one turned the lights on, so, she wasn't awake either, the irresponsable one laid on her bed and she drifted off to sleep.

The next morning, the sister that had gone to the party woke up, and went to her sister's room to see if she was awake, but she froze in terror when she saw her sister: She had her body covered in blood, she had her stomach open, her face was deformed, and she had various cuts in her entire body, but what made her sister scream in horror was the fact that in the wall, there was something written in her sister's blood, in it, you could read: Aren't you happy you didn't turn on the lights?

The notice was really scary on its days of glory, but other events could have the same effect of terror in you, like other time when a similar pony was studying on the same school, but she was minor than the two sisters, she suffered of a severe case of bullying, four colts always abused her, always were her nightmares, always treated her badly.

But they crossed the line when they pushed the pony in a deep hole on the ground, the pony didn't know how to land, and she broke her neck when she hit the ground. The damn colts were frightened when they noticed the pony they just pushed didn't came back, and they agreed to say that they saw her falling down the hole and it was too late for them to save her. Everypony believed them.

But the furious spirit of that pony wasn't going to stay calm, and, since that day, all of Ponyville received letters from an anonymous pony, with just three words inside it: She was pushed. If you spread the word, nothing bad will happen to you, but if you stay silent like the four colts that pushed her, her spirit will appear on your door, and you don't want to know what happens if she captures you...

As you can see, Ponyville is not a very safe place, and it was even less on medieval times, before I continue, I havt to warn you that this is 100% REAL and it has happened SEVERE TIMES, you see, there is a weird disease called "Primary hypersomnia" and this disease makes you fall under a deep sleep, your vital signs slow down, like your breathing and yout heart, today, anypony can have that thing and all the doctors can detect it, but in medieval times you couldn't know if a pony that had this disease was dead or not, so, they instantly declared them dead.

To make manners worse, in those times the body wasn't prepared enough, and the ceremonies were excluded, and the body, or in this case: "The supposed bodies" were put inside coffins and were buried just like that, various ponies awoke to face a nightmare much worse than any nightmare they could ever dream of, being buried alive is something caused by a bad written medical condition, and for it being real, it still terrifies a lot of ponies, doesn't matter if they are still foals or if they are mares or stallions, these fatal errors still frighten a lot of ponies, just be grateful that you weren't born in those times, because they wouldn't care about you if you were born deformed or if you were a simple villager.

But still, be grateful for everything that you have, for the family that is nice to you, for the quiet little mountain town you know, and pray for mercy, because if the devils of Ponyville trap you, you won't end well.

When Scootaloo stopped talking, she looked at the rest of the crew, Sweetie Belle was shaking violently and Apple Bloom and Spike were hugging each other while shaking too.

"Hah! Told ya I could tell a story scarier than you!" Said Scootaloo sounding triumphant.

"Now, hold it there, that doesn't count, you told three stories and it was supposed to be only one" Said Spike while he stopped shaking.

"Yeah, and why did you take so little time for each one? That makes it unvalid." Said Apple Bloom, pointing at Scootaloo.

"Hey, I still scared you and that makes them valid" Said Scootaloo shrugging.

Sweetie Belle stopped shaking, and with a little bit of fear, she asked: "And, well, who is next?"