My Little Dream Home

Octavia knew why now..Why she was being followed by the mare. Octavia had a baby and the mare's was taken from her when she died... but why would she bother Octavia's foal? That was the question that really needed to be answered...

Vinyl was fast asleep as Octavia paced their room, thinking, waiting...maybe something would happen tonight, maybe not..All Octavia knew is that she wanted this freakish nightmare to end. They're had to be answers to the new questions she has, but where to look for them?

Octavia wanted to rest, but her complete fear for what might happen to her, shied her away from the cloud-like comfort of the bed. Though, she yearned for it's sweet, cottony softness..the down-feather pillow and blankets..it's all she needed to make her drift into a deep, restful sleep.She gave in to the temptation and plowed her head right next to vinyl's, straight into a fluffy pillow. She sighed with the soft touch of Vinyl's body next to hers and basked into the perfect warmth. Octavia let her eyes close and she slowly fell asleep, unaware of what would awaken her.

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A sharp screaming awoke Vinyl from a deep sleep. She sat up as quickly as possible and turned to Octavia who was wincing in pain." Octy! What's wrong?!" Vinyl yelled as she tried to calm Octavia. " Vinyl, it's the foal!" Screamed Octavia, who was holding her stomach and gritting her teeth. Vinyl rushed into the bathroom and grabbed tons of towels. She positioned one under Octavia and the rest around her. "Just breathe Octy, okay? That's all you need to do right now." Vinyl instructed her.

Octavia took deep, labored breaths as she reached for Vinyl's hoof, which soon, wrapped around hers. Vinyl kissed Octavia's hoof and took off into the next room to call the hospital for Octavia. She dialed 9-1-1, but the phone was mysteriously shut off. She looked to where Octavia was and saw a dark, broken shadow standing over her, touching her belly. Vinyl rushed to where the shadow stood and tried to push it away, only to get shoved into the mirror on the wall.

Vinyl was knocked unconscious and fell to the floor in a heap. Octavia stared up at the mare above her..the grey hair, her permanent smile and the cold chill the surrounded her, letting Octavia know that this was no dream. Her stomach was lined with towels and was hurting so much. The mare was running her gnarled fore-hooves over it slowly and to Octavia's surprise, numbing the pain. Then came the worst part.

There was pain that flooded Octavia's vision. "M-My stomach..." Octavia mumbled to herself. Though the mare had numbed the pain that came from labor, she couldn't stop the sickening crunch of Octavia's spine. Octavia was now paralyzed..not just with pain now...she tried to reach for her foal, but she couldn't move a muscle.

The mare stared at Octavia's stomach with pure joy. She'd finally get the child that was taken from her. She kept rubbing Octavia's stomach, not trying to help Octavia, but to help the foal find it's way out of her.

Octavia whimpered and thought to herself asking "Why does it hurt so much? Why can't it just stop right here?!" She felt as if her stomach was being pushed from the inside, but it couldn't be...right? There was just no possible way, but there it was..she felt it, then she heard the ripping..the horrible, pain ridden, ripping.

She felt it all at once..her stomach being ripped apart from the inside, the blood running down her sides, and then, nothing..it was all numb. She couldn't breathe, think ,or feel. Though her vision was blurred, she saw whatever it was..something that wasn't her foal, moved out of her and into the dead mare's arms. The mare lifted the filly to her chest and laughed a slight, gurgled laugh.

Octavia's breath shallowed and stopped..It was the end of her. The mare was delighted that she'd gotten her foal back..and she left, along with Octavia and Vinyl's baby..They were gone.

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Vinyl's eyes opened to a horrorific scene. The body of her Octy lay motionless on the bed, her stomach torn apart, and her body covered in blood. The crooked shadow that was there before she passed out, was gone and so was the filly.

She stood up and trotted to the bed. She gently touched Octavia's face and let her tears fall silently. Never once has Vinyl cried, but now every tear she had fell onto Octavia's cold and forever resting body. She wondered where their child had gone, but right now, she was too heart broken to care. She didn't want her Filly if Octy wouldn't be there..still, she had no idea what to do about the missing foal.

3 days later, they held Octavia's funeral. Each and every pony stopped just before her coffin and lay a single white rose on the top along with several baby-related tribute.

The pastor started talking " Today is not only a day of mourning the loss of Octavia, a great musician and wife, but also the loss of her foal, the one that never made it through. Though we have lost both, we all know they are in a better place.." The pastor started the saddening music and allowed Vinyl to get one last look at Octy.

As Vinylstood there, an unfamiliar pony came and stood beside her. " I'm sorry for your loss.." she said idly. "She was a great inspiration to many ponies. My name is Maple, in case you were wondering..."

Vinyl turned to the pony in anger, but before she said a word, she looked at Maple's features. She was pretty, you could say.. She had gorgeous green hair and the biggest blue eyes. In her hooves she held a small new born foal the looked like her.

" A loss of this size must be a huge impact on you.." Maple said in a whisper as she gave Vinyl a tight hug. " Don't worry though..it won't last long." She sneered to herself and Vinyl gasped. As Maple backed away, she slid the rusted knife out of Vinyl's chest and got splattered with blood.

Maple cackled and fell to her knees in a crawling position, facing Vinyl. " You don't recognize me?! ahaha!! Why don't you ask your little wife when you meet her in hell!!!" Maple laughed uncontrollably as Vinyl's eyes shut tight. Vinyl knew..She knew that there was nothing she could do now, but sit and wait for the pain to end. Her world turned empty and numb as she realized it was all over now. Her cursed life..her loneliness..gone.

Vinyl opened her eyes to Octavia standing above her " Hey sleepy head, nice of you to join me" Chirped Octy in her accented voice. Vinyl sighed in relief that it was all a dream and jumped up to hug Octavia. " Oh Octy, I'm so glad you're here, I'm glad i was just dreaming!" Vinyl said to Octavia, tears forming in the corners of her eyes. " Well, yeah....What was your dream, Vinyl?" Octy asked as she smiled and hugged Vinyl back. Vinyl replied "It's too complicated to explain."

Vinyl let go of Octavia and looked around that their home and smiled, everything was the same and it was definitely not haunted. She grabbed Octavia's hand and led her to the bedroom to unpack everything.

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The new tenant looked at the old antebellum home with uncertainty. He knew the house's history, but wanted to move in right away. He knew of the murders of the Scratch couple and the one before, yet something about it invited him in. He walked into his new house and set everything down. He had to see what his home had in store, so he trotted slowly around the house. He heard a slight creaking and followed the noise. He stopped right before a hallway and stared down it, there was an eeriness about it as he stared unknowingly at the single room at the end....