Author's Note

Gonna try to finish this story in time for Halloween, hope y'all enjoy.

Part 1

A throbbing headache is what first wakes Fluttershy up, then the pain in the middle of her back. She moaned in pain and slowly sat up to find that she was in a cell. Scared and confused she very shakily walks to the bars that confined her within its grasp. Careful as not to further infuriate the pain that she has come to terms with. Examining the bars she notices that one of the bars was coming loose and had a piece of it missing. Taking the misshapen bar and wiggled it with her hoof; close but not ready to come off just yet. Fluttershy furrowed her eyebrows a bit but confirming in her head that it will come off with a little more force. She turned back to where she was once laying and saw a pool of- her own blood? She shuddered, sending a zap of pain on her back and regretting it greatly.

“I-I gotta find some ban-bandages, th-there must be some a-around h-here somewhere.” She whispered to herself.

She looked around the cell finding a single tinderbox, and a small skinny bottle of an unknown liquid, and some stray rubble. She looked around the cell some more and found a note she hadn’t seen when she did her first sweep.

“ My name is Little Oak, and the day is October 1st I believe, and I don’t remember what year it is. I have been stuck in this dungeon for- Celestia’s sake I don’t know about 8 months now, I was grabbed in the middle of the night by an unknown thing, or creature whatever. It had a malformed face and it’s long metal arm.”

Fluttershy stopped for a second, she thought of the creature that caught her roaming the halls. The note must be referring to it. She continued to read the note.

“ I tried to fight back but…, sweet Jesus all it took was a single swoop from it and I was down for the count. The last thing I saw before blacking out was 2 more creatures coming towards me both had the same malformed face but they had claws instead of metal arms…”

There were more? Fluttershy trembled in fear.

“...one of them had a bag assuming to put me in. The next thing I remember was waking in this hellhole. Hearing moans of pain and quiet screams coming from my fellow ponies who were also trapped in here with me. Oh… oh no, they’re coming for me, if anypony reads this GET OU-”

Fluttershy couldn’t read the rest because it was covered in dried blood. She decides to take the mysterious pony’s advice and get out. Grabbing the largest piece of rubble and holding it between her hooves pounded on the loose metal.

Success!

The metal came off with a clang, she took the metal quickly and waited or any signs of the monsters being around. She was met with deathly silence except for the rattling of chains. Taking this opportunity she squeezed through the cell wall. Now that she was out she started looking for an exit. Passing by the empty cells; absent of ponies unless skeletons count. She whimpered and trotted faster then a sudden twinge of pain tore through the pegasus and caused her to stop.

“Ow…”

She needed something that would help her with this back problem; Oh! That bottle with the liquid maybe. She took the bottle and examined it closer, and read a label that said Laudanum.
She had no absolute clue what that was.

“Oh… maybe this helps with something? Maybe I have to drink it… but what about if its poison?” She whispered to herself. So many thoughts ran through her head. But ultimately she decides to...

“W-whatever with it!” She took the bottle top off with her teeth and drank the whole bottle.

“I hope I don’t regret that..”

She carefully walked towards a cell door and opened it carefully opened it. In front of her was a staircase leading towards an elevator. To the left was a beautiful ornate door with a lion as the doorknob. To the right was a wooden door with some barrels surrounding it with a sign overhead reading: Storage. Maybe she can find something to help light up the place other than her single tinderbox. She heads towards the wooden door and opened it.

“Great it’s still dark in here,” Fluttershy muttered to herself. The room had no lit candles or torches. But plenty of large barrels containing wine and other chemicals, selves of wines, and tables lined with various tools and other equipment.

“T-There must be a flashlight or anything that could light my way.”

There were plenty of cobwebs in the storage space, maybe there were some spiders to help her out. She walked down the long flight of stairs, she reached the bottom of the stairs. And a cracking sound then collapse. Welp, there goes the way back up.

“Oh f-fluff me…” Fluttershy shouted.

“...Maybe I can find a latter or another way up. Hopefully..”

She heads over to the table with equipment and searched; nothing. She checked the wine selves nothing but there was a tinderbox. Maybe there was, yep another door. She walked towards the door and opened it. Well at least this room, was well it or supply closet was. The single torch was like a safe haven, a single blessing. But now was not the time bask in the light
Unless it was the morning sun when she was out of this place. She open the lone closet in the tiny room and found a lantern.

Picked up Lantern.

And there was some oil too.

Picked up Large Oil Potion.

She filled up the lantern with oil and went out of the room to test the lantern. She took the lantern between her teeth and turn the knob. It worked! She sighed in relief.

“At least I have somethin-” There was a moaning sound the sound of footsteps.

“Oh no..”

She has to hide. She ran back to the supply closet shut the door, got into the closet and shut that door and turn off her lantern. Now she waits. The grunts came closer and closer.

* Bang *

Fluttershy closes her eyes and prays it would go away.

* Bang *

* Bang *

* Bang *

The door collapse under the creature constant pounding, It entered the room. Fluttershy held her breath as if the sound could let it to her location. The creature loitered about looking for the mare making strangled noises here and there. Then as suddenly as it came, it left taking its harmful intentions with it. Fluttershy sat in the closet for a while longer just to be sure. She opens the closet door and sneaks her way to the now open doorway. Peaking her head out in the doorway she scanned the area for any signs of the creature. It was indeed gone, but it left another open doorway. With no other options, she heads for it.