Camp of the lost

The perspective switches to an abandoned bunker.

The camera operator sets up the camera to face in front of him, revealing him to be Jackpot from earlier.

He finally spoke. "Ok, here it goes. Hello every pony my name is jackpot, i'm a friend of Blaze Camper and Swift Blade. And you may be wondering why am I in an abandoned bunker? Well Blaze and I just heard something in the camp, maybe a timber wolf or a bear, I don't know. And I'll use the surveillance cameras all over the bunker to find out!

These cameras have night vision fitted, so that we can see what's going on in these rooms. So without any further a due I'll go set up a surveillance cameras in each room, hiding them in someplace where the creature cannot see it."

The footage cuts to each surveillance cameras in each room. Eight displays can be seen at once; Jackpot is visible on CAM 4.

"This display shows all the linked cameras. Slightly more importantly, I now know what that creature is.

I'll go set bear traps in each rooms and hallway so I can catch it. I'ts probably a bear, So I'll set up some meat.

I'd better get back to the laptop, I'll see you later."

10 minutes later, CAM 1 spots a pony shaped creature outside through the window, which then disappears.

The footage cuts to Jackpot, who looks to be in a state of panic.

"OK, looks like I was wrong. That thing isn't a Timberwolf, or a bear. It's some sort of...pony, made partially of Candy!"

CAM 7 activates, showing the Candymare trying to recover a piece of meat. The bear trap activates, trapping (and successfully removing) some of her mane).

However, the Candymare succeeds in retrieving the meat, and consumes it. Then she runs off.

The footage cuts to the camera operator walking towards the closed bear trap outside, and points at the closed bear trap.

"I.. I'm serious I never see that thing do that before. Did that thing go through the bear trap, and pull the meat out? I mean what the Tartarus?"

The film cuts to the camera now laying on a table. 5 minutes elapse, then suddenly a brief thump can be heard. The stallion looked up with a jolt, as footsteps can be heard from the ceiling.

"Ooooh buck!" The camera operator grabs the camera and runs to the next room, hiding behind the cupboard doors inside.

The footage cuts to the surveillance cameras inside the bunker. CAM 5 catches the Candymare through the hallways, and the creature is again visible on CAM 4.

The creature rifles through some drawers, but wanders away after a few moments.

Jackpot is briefly visible in CAM 4. Then he runs back to the laptop.

The next section of footage shows Jackpot speaking to the camera.

"By Celestia, I have no idea what that creature is. How can we fight it?"

He sobs with his hooves on his face, for 2 minutes.

"SOMEPONY COME GET US!! The location is-"

A scratching sound echoes through the bunker, stopping just as suddenly.

He grabs the camera and finds the source of the sound.

The film cuts to the camera operator running towards the room which was the source of the sound. A chalkboard with random letters can be seen on the wall.

"J ibwf zpvs gsjfoe, dpnf hfu ijn. If jt jo uif upxfs boe Uif dpncp jtqmbz."

He puts the camera on the desk, and walks to the chalk board away from the camera.

"w... why is it all gibberish? Wait."

He examines it, and thinks for a moment.

"that's not gibberish, it's a message!"

He looks at the camera with widened eyes.

Then the footage cuts to the laptop.

"Yah yah, the.. the alphabet code um.... the translation is..."

The laptop decodes the text, and the camera operator reads out the result.

"I have your friend, come get him. He is in the tower and the combo is...

It's play.

It's play!

The tower combination is play!!!"

The footage cuts to the camera operator running out the door, running through the woods. The candymare's roar can be heard, from right behind him.

The Candymare's voice is briefly audible. "Your gonna be iiiiit!"

The camera swings around, showing the Candymare approaching from behind.

"Oooohhh crap! crap! crap! crap! crap! crap! crap! crap! crap!"

Then he jumps up the tree, and climbs to the top, looking at the abandoned tower, with a broken window at the top of the tower.

"Don't worry Blaze, Jackpot's coming."

The camera shakes. It glances down to show the Candymare cutting at the tree with its foreleg, know sharp like an axe.

The camera operator jumps onto another tree before it starts to fall.

"TIMBERRRR!" a voice can be heard saying, believed to be that of the Candymare.

This process repeats for a few minutes, until the operator picks up a large rock.

"Get away you monster!"

The rock flies through the air, hitting the creature in the head, knocking her out.

The footage cuts to the camera operator running towards the back door of the tower, and unlocking the door.

"Yes! I'm in, I'm in! Don't worry Blaze, I'm coming!"

The display shows another pony, a unicorn, wrapped up in liquorice, not similar to a Changeling hive.

Jackpot cuts the bonds free with a knife.

"Blaze! Thank Celestia! You're okay!"

He hugged Blaze Camper, and Blaze returns the favour.

"I'm glad you came back." Blaze is briefly heard speaking, his voice distorted.

"Please, what happened in there? Did that thing get you?"

"Yes it did... all it did was cough this black smoke at me. I don't feel to good, but hopefully we can get out of here.

The childish laughing can be heard from the back door.

"How did she get here!? I knocked her out!"

" I don't know Jackpot, but I don't feel so good."

Blaze vomits and starts bleeding, the camera hitting the floor as it does so.

Jackpot drops the camera laying on it's side.

The sequence is impossible to describe, as the footage distorts badly and jams constantly. What little of the footage was recovered is eerily similar to that in the first tapes recovered.

The camera eventually corrects, showing us the subject.

The Candymare can clearly be seen, as well as another creature that wouldn't look out of place in an H.P. Hoofcraft novel.

The camera starts moving backwards.

The camera rushes toward the cliff edge, and it suddenly hits the ground, facing whatever is pursuing. The sound of an object falling can be heard behind it.

Then the footage cuts to black.