Chapter 2: The greeter.

Twiligh was confused now more than ever before, why did she remember that? what did that memory had to do with anything? everything was so confusing, but she couldn't just stay there to find out, she needed to move on in order to escape this nightmare, maybe that way she can remember what happened and why did she remember that.

Twilight snapped out of her thoughts when she heard strange noises around her, and decided that moving on would be best, maybe she wasn't safe in the staircase either, so, with a lot of fear inside her heart, Twilight crossed the door in front of her.

And then, there were two,
the old follower and someone new.

When Twilight crossed the line, she saw that this corridor was really similar to the previous one, the grey walls, the low light, the disembodied pony parts, but the corridor had some differences, first, the floor was longer than the first one, second, there were more corridors and hallways to the right and the left, and third, the floor was scarier than the first one, there was more blood on the walls, there were more parts from ponies, the low lights in the ceiling were even lower now and the ambient was more silent and spooky.

She didn't want to think about this, Twilight began searching for the recording tape she had promised to leave for herself, and Twilight found it on the floor, just like the first one, with curiosity, Twilight pressed the button to play it:

Okay, this is myself again, I managed to stay alive long enough to figure out this floor, this is even harder now, the weird version of Spike keeps following me... But there's someone new in here, and it looks like a weird, really distorted version of Apple Bloom, she is not like Spike, she doesn't follow me, she just appears in multiple passages at the same time somehow, and whenever I pass by her side she kills me instantly!... I tried everything to avoid her, I tried running, avoiding her, disappearing, but none of those worked, the only thing that seemed to work was when I flashed her in the face when I was about to pass her, she didn't seem to like the light, maybe none of them like it, but that's good for me, I'll just go ahead and try to pass the floor, who knows what'll happen after this one?

Twilight took a moment to process the information she had received, now there are two of them, this won't be easy, but the other Twilight left a hint behind, maybe that's the key to beat this whole thing, maybe she needed to trust... herself to pass this nightmare.

But there was something else that bothered Twilight, why herself? was it really true? was she really the one leaving the hints? if that were true, how can she be dying and coming back? this had no sense at all, but maybe she can figure it out later, there was something fishy about this, that's for sure, but right now she had to escape this place, she wouldn't want to be kille-

There was a strange noise behind her, this had scared her, she turned around and saw the follower, getting ready to jump on top of her, she wasted no time and flashed it with her horn, the creature screamed in pain, Twilight just made another run for it, but she had to slow down when she reached the first passage, she remembered her own advice warning her about the othercreature, and she decided to wait for a little bit before passing by the passage.

Nothing happened.

The follower was already starting to run after her, Twilight turned around and flashed the creature, the creature screamed again, and it backed off, Twilight passed the first passage and saw that nothing was in it, when she got near the second passage, she saw that something wasn't right, maybe she needed to light her horn here, and when she did, she knew that she was right, he heard a creature scream in pain again, but there was something different about this scream, the voice sounded awfully familiar to a filly friend of hers; after the scream, Twilight looked at the passage and saw it...

The creature was backing off, and it sure looked like a pony, but it was grotesque, it had yellow fur, red mane and a pink bow on her head, just like the leader of the crusaders, but it had really dark eyes, it almost looked like it had no eyes, its coat was really messy and covered in dust, her mane was really messy too, and its bow was ripped in some parts, but the true horror came from its face and legs, besides from the dark eyes, it had a mouth similar to the follower's, it was a long mouth that had lots and lots of teeth, sharp as the ones from a shark, the creature had two horns coming out of her ears, and its legs? its hooves were replaced by sharp claws that rivaled the claws of a dragon in the mode of the sharpness, its claws could make you a ton of piled meat with just one slice.

Twilight's thoughts were interrupted when she heard the follower behind her, it was getting angrier, Twilight flashed her light to the creature, which backed off again, Twilight ran until the next passage, luckily, it was the last one, she flashed her horn to see nothing on the other side, she wasted no time and crossed the exit door before the follower could reach her.

Twilight got down the stairs and sighed, this was going to be a long night, when she reached the ext door, she saw another photo of herself and her friends, this time, the photo had Spike and the CMC in it, but something happened to the photo, Spike and the CMC were crossed out, like somepony wanted them to disappear.

Then, out of nowhere, Twilight had another migrane, she looked at the photo and saw her friends, then, she remembered:

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It was tuesday aftenoon, Twilight was reading a book, as usual, and she heard a knock on the door, she got down and opened it, on the other side was Spike, with a very worried expression on his face.

"Spike? What happened? Why are you so worried?" Asked Twiight.

"I'm worried for Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, first, we heard that Scootaloo had disappeared, her parents were looking for her, so, Sweetes, Bloomie and me started crusading on our own, we were walking on the village, and we split up because we were playing hide and seek, sweetie was the seeker, but when Apple Bloom and I hid, Sweetie didn't come looking for us, we approached the place where Sweetie Belle was supposed to be counting, but she wasn't there, Apple Bloom and I were scared for our lifes, so, she went galloping towards Sweet Apple Acres and I ran all the way here, I hope nothing happened to them." Said Spike, almost tearing up, by the looks of it, Spike was right, if he wasn't almost crying, Twilight would've believed that it was a lie or a prank.

"Okay, Spike, and Rarity and Rainbow Dash know about this?" Asked Twilight.

"Uh, I don't think so, why?" Replied Spike.

"Well, for one, Rarity is Sweetie Belle's sister, and while RD isn't Scootaloo's sister, she also cares deeply for her, and second, they are ponies with a great influence on ponie, I bet Rarity could get every stallion to look after her sister, and Rainbow Dash could get the pegasi to cover the skies to search for Scootaloo." Said Twilight, confident in her friends.

"Hmm, I think you're right." Said Spike, he got down and started going towards the door, Twilight teleported down and stopped Spike.

"Hey, where are you going, mister? you know it's dangerous out there, don't you?" Said Twilight, glaring at Spike.

"Yes, I know, but I was on my way to get Rarity, maybe she could get RD, and if things get too dangerous out there, then I can stay in her place for the night." Said Spike.

Twilight thought about it for a moment. "Ugh, fine, but be careful! I don't want anything to happen to you!" Said Twilight.

"Don't worry, Twi, I will." With that, Spike gave Twilight a little kiss on the cheek and got out the door towards Rarity's.

"I hope nothing happens to him." Said Twilight to herself.

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Author's Note

You're still in time to quit reading this.

Seriously, the next chapter will be the darkest one so far.

No, I mean it, right now I'm writing it and I want to puke.

But if you're a daredevil, or if you can tolerate gorey stuff, go ahead.

I'm not daring you, but I can assure you that it won't be easy to read.