The life of Whaehonah

Whaehonah couldn’t go without smoking for the entire trip to Sunny Town. Twilight was visibly shaking for the entire trip, but as soon as they turned at the poison joke patch, she knew that she had to be strong due to what she had read in the books that Whaehonah had checked out at Canterlot library. The books said that fear will feed most malevolent spirits and make her vulnerable to an attack in certain situations. They arrived at Sunny Town and they both knew that the night ahead of them was gonna be long and rough. Whaehonah parked the car in front of the old store, grabbed the book and they both got out of the car.

“What does it say we need to do first?” Twilight asked

“First we need to place five crosses in a circle formation.” She replied

“Do we have any crosses?” Twilight asked

“No but I saw some in the first house I looked in. Follow me and keep this spell ready.” She replied before heading into the house

As soon as Whaehonah stepped hoof into the old house, they heard a loud crash. It was a bookshelf that had been thrown against a fireplace, luckily there was a cross next to it. Whaehonah walked over and picked up the cross then put it in her saddle bag.

“This place is giving me some bad feelings.” Twilight said, visibly shaking

“I know, that’s why we’re here to do this.” Whaehonah said before going to the room where she saw another cross

The second Whaehonah started to go up the stairs, a large rocking chair started flying at her. Twilight managed to catch the chair with her magic and put it next to the bookshelf before it could hit Whaehonah.

“Thanks Twilight.” She said

“You’re welcome.” Twilight responded

“It’s almost night and we still have four crosses to collect.” She replied

“Well let’s get to it.” Said Twilight

Whaehonah proceeded to the top floor and walked down the hallway to the back room. She grabbed the cross and placed it in her saddle bag, but when she turned around to walk out of the room, she noticed the closet door slowly opening. Whaehonah booked it for the door to leave the room, but it slammed shut, the closet door was still slowly opening. Whaehonah began kicking the door, but it wouldn’t budge, she bowed up and bucked the door as hard as she could. After three attempts to break down the door and the closet door nearly open, Whaehonah heard Twilight on the other side.

“Get out of the way!” Twilight shouted

Whaehonah didn’t hesitate and jumped out of the way before a loud blast of magic erupted finally disintegrating the door. Whaehonah flew out of the room and they both left the house, not even looking back to see what may have come out of the closet. Whaehonah motioned for the car, they got in and Whaehonah decked it.

“What happened back there?” Twilight asked

“I grabbed the cross from the dresser, the door slammed shut and the next thing I know, the closet door is creaking open. I’m gonna go buy the last three crosses, because I don’t want to spend anymore time being put in danger.” She explained

“Well I didn’t hear a door slam, I just looked over and saw the doorway being blocked by some black figure.” Twilight explained

Whaehonah didn’t even bother asking how any of that was possible and just continued her trip to the antique shop in Ponyville. The shop owner was just closing when they arrived.

“Wait wait wait. I need to get something.!” She exclaimed

“We’re closed mam, you’ll have to come back in the morning.” The pony said turning the sign around to closed

At this point, Twilight stepped out of the car and walked up to him.

“Sir, I know it’s nearly dusk, but it’s urgent that we come in and purchase three equestrian crosses, please.” Twilight asked

“Equestrian crosses eh. Well if it’s that important, I suppose I can spare a few minutes to go get them for you two.” Said the pony

“Yes, there’s some horrible spiritual activity going on in an old town and it would be terrible if somepony went there and got hurt by this or even worse, possessed by something evil.” Twilight explained.

“That would be horrible, I’ll go get them and you can have them for free.” Said the pony

“I’ll pay you sir, no need to just give them to us.” Whaehonah said, grabbing a bag of bits out of her saddle bag.

The pony went inside, grabbed a box of ancient crosses and brought it to Whaehonah and Twilight.
Whaehonah gave the pony the bag of bits, took the crosses and ran back to the car before the pony could give the bits back. Twilight got back in the car, but the pony knocked on the window, Twilight pushed the button to put the window down. Once the window was open, the pony went to give some bits back, but Whaehonah refused to take anything back and put her hoof up to signify her decision.

“Before we head back, what else is needed?” Twilight asked

“It says that we need a cup of water from something called the mirror pond.” She read

“The mirror pond? But I sealed it off.” Twilight replied

“Well where is it?” She asked

“I’ll take us there. I’ve watched you and know how to operate this.” Twilight said

Whaehonah jumped in the back seat and Twilight started the car and drove to the mirror pond. The drive wasn’t too long, but it did take some time for them to find the place, Twilight looked around and found the hole which had been uncovered. Neither of them had time to figure out who opened the cave, Whaehonah grabbed a cup out from the back of the car and they walked in.

“Before you scoop some water, I must tell you, do not touch this water, it might still work without the rhyme.” Said Twilight

“Well noted.” Whaehonah said, grabbing a ladle from her bag.

She dipped some water out of the pond and poured it into the cup. Twilight cast a spell on the cup so that the water wouldn’t spill out before they got back to the old town.

“What’s next?” Twilight asked

“It says we need to draw an octagon in the circle of crosses to place the cup in.” She read before driving back to the old town

When they got back to Sunny Town, things immediately picked up, they both started hearing voices that were chanting one phrase.

“We are yee naaldlooshii.” The voices continued to say

Whaehonah began preparing the ritual while Twilight kept the defense spell ready. It was hard for Whaehonah to focus on the preparations with all the chanting going on around them, but after a few minutes, the set up was complete.

“It’s done Twilight.” She said

“What’s the next step?” Twilight asked

“We need to get inside the circle of crosses.” She said

Twilight did not hesitate and jumped into the circle.

“It says that the crosses are to show the spirits and to protect us while one chants this and the unicorn casts this spell to contain the spirits in the mirror pond water.” Whaehonah read before passing the book to Twilight

Whaehonah began chanting, and Twilight got the spell ready for battle.

“wóshdę́ę́” She chanted repeatedly

The spirits began swarming them, Twilight didn’t think she could do this for long, there were more spirits than bodies.

“How is it possible that there are so many of them?” Twilight asked herself

Three hours passed, Twilight and Whaehonah were getting tired and exhausted both physically and mentally. The last of the spirits were approaching them, Twilight readied the spell but dropped to ground from exhaustion. The spirits were right next to the circle and ready to attack when something grabbed them and pulled them underground.

“Down to hell with you three!” A voice yelled out

“Who’s there?” Whaehonah asked

“I am no threat to you mam.” The voice said

“Who or what are you?” She asked

A figure arose from the ground and approached her right after she asked that. It was an undead pony.

“I’m one of few who attempted this ritual but failed.” Said the pony

Whaehonah backed away.

“No no, no need to fear me madam, I’m just a pony who tried to get rid of this years ago.” The pony said reassuring Whaehonah

Whaehonah decided to test him. She walked out of the circle and stood right in front of the decaying stallion. He didn’t even groan at her, but Whaehonah wasn’t about to let her guard down that easily.

“My name is Planter.” Said the pony introducing himself

“I’m Whaehonah. How come you’re showing up just now, why didn’t you rise up and take them out earlier?” She asked

“I couldn’t, the ones that killed me hadn’t been destroyed until recently.” Planter explained

“Do you at least know what they were saying?” She asked

“Yes, they were saying I am skinwalker.” Said Planter

Something about that made Whaehonah quiver. She had read about skinwalkers and she had learned that they were nothing but raw evil.

“I’ve read about them and I can’t believe that something like that actually exists.” She said

“Well that’s what possessed the ponies of this town to do what they did. At least now that the five skinwalkers who killed me are dead, I will finally be able to restin peace.” Planter explained

“I’m glad we could help.” She said

“Let me help you back to your, um, thing over there.” Said Planter

“It’s a car.” She said

“Oh okay, I’ll carry her.” Said Planter

They brought Twilight to the car and packed the rest of the stuff in the back.

“Where are you from if you don’t mind me asking?” She asked

“I’m from Ponyville.” Said Planter

“Would you at least like to say goodbye to any family members?” She asked

“Sure.” Planter said, getting into the car