Darkness Falling

I stare out my window. The policepony, who is still here after about 2 hours of me explaining my nightmare, paces in front of the door. He looks deep in thought. Abruptly, he turns to me and speaks.

"Princess Twilight, I think it would be best if we took you into protective custody," he says curtly.

"But... But why?" I ask, my eyes widening. I shuffle my wings restlessly.

"Because you are the Princess of Friendship, one of the Elements of Harmony, and you may be in danger," he responds. "Are you going to come willingly, or will I have to arrest you?"

I stare at the hoofcuffs he holds, my heart racing. I don't understand why I'm scared of being taken into custody. I look at him, a pleading expression on my face.

"If you do not come willingly within the next minute, I will arrest you and you will be charged with resisting arrest," he says quietly. "And neither I nor you want to go through that, do we, Princess Twilight?"

I stare at the table, wishing fervently that I was anywhere but here. The policepony looks at me, then at the clock.

"Thirty seconds, Princess. Make your choice," he says.

I open my mouth to speak before a sudden tremor goes through the ground. I watch, horrified, as everything begins to shake.

"Princess, we need to get you out of here before it's too late," says the policepony in an urgent tone.

I nod, getting up. As I walk towards the policepony, several books are thrown off the shelves by the quake. I trip on a table, slamming my head into the ground, nearly blacking out. I get up, looking at the policepony, then my eyes widen in terror.

"Look out!" I scream. He turns around too late. The ground ruptures as the black tentacles that had been poking out of the ground come fully out. The policepony backs up, shaking.

"T-T-Take this camera... Re-Record this n-now..." he stammers , handing me a video recorder without looking back. I recognize the camera as the one he had on his waist when we were speaking. I notice it's still on. He must've been recording me as I was talking about my dream.

I turn the camera to the tentacles obediently. The policepony speaks to the tentacles.

"Who or what are you? What business do you have here?" he asks, trying to sound confident and failing.

The tentacles wave violently as the world begins to twist. I see some sort of creature walking slowly towards the policepony. The air ripples as if a fire was in the house, invisible save for the heat at its' tip.

"Whatever you are, stay back," he warns the creature, his tranquilizer gun at the ready.

I hear a laugh unlike any I had ever heard before. The creature rushes towards the policepony, who shoots wildly. The tentacles grab him and rip him... rip him apart. It disappears and all that's left is a pile of smoking bones.

I begin to scream.