As the sun began to set once again, the four remaining ponies woke up, preparing themselves for the upcoming night.

"Do you think we're going to lose anypony tonight?" Rainbow Dash asked, looking for the seeing tool.

"Hopefully not. And are you looking for this?" Twilight Sparkle said, holding up the seeing tool. Rainbow Dash grabbed it and opened it up, looking around for anything. She hadn't had a chance to check before resting. She saw a few things, even words on the ground saying "safe house".

"Well, we better stick together. But not too closely. That's how Fluttershy and Applejack were caught somehow." Twilight said, leaning over Rainbow Dash's shoulder to see what she was looking at. Rarity looked at herself in a nearby cracked mirror and sighed.

"I would be more concerned about my hair and makeup if we weren't here and there weren't monsters trying to kill us or even turn us into them." she said, running a hoof down her frazzled and messy mane.

"Well, we have to deal with this. Possibly forever if we're caught." Twilight said, practicing a few harmless spells in the room.

20 minutes later...

As the sun disappeared into the horizon once again, the grandfather clock chimed. The wind seemed louder and wilder than yesterday. No one could hear the motion detector. Because it wasn't chiming.

"Do you think it's a good idea to stay here? I mean, it says safe house in invisible ink EVERYWHERE in this room." Rainbow Dash said, taking out the seeing tool and showing everypony what she meant.

"Can't they just come in?" Pinkie Pie asked, grabbing a snack from out of her hair.

"Safe houses are the safest place in any place with monsters." Rainbow Dash said, putting the seeing tool away.
"And right now isn't the time to be eating a snack," she said, pointing to the bag Pinkie was holding.

Pinkie Pie shrugged and continued eating. Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes and walked over to the door. She put her hoof on the handle and Twilight immediately stopped her. Rainbow Dash jerked her hoof up, flinging Twilights off of hers. Twilight shook her head no and Rainbow Dash glared at her. Rainbow Dash opened the door and Twilight used her magic to close it. Rainbow Dash aggressively spread her wings and growled. This actually startled Twilight, for the growl was very unpony like. Twilight jumped back, unsure of what to do, and Rainbow Dash reopened the door, leaving the room.

"Did anypony else notice how that growl sounded?" Twilight asked, watching Rainbow Dash as she flew away.

"It sounded quite off coming from a pony." Rarity said, brushing off some crumbs that had gotten on her from Pinkie Pie's chips.

"I know. And it didn't sound like any growl I've ever heard. I found that oddly weird and the fact Rainbow Dash would just run away."
"Darling. I know you're concerned, but she's the only one who might make it. The rest of us... are goners." Rarity said, trying to untangle a knot in her hair.
"You're right. But we can't lose anyone else."
"Twilight. We know you're concerned, but we can't just go out there on a major chase again. My hooves are still tired and hurting. Aren't yours?"
Twilight sighed and finally realized that. She sat down and closed the door, trying not to think about the worst.

"COME GET ME BITCHES!!!" Rainbow Dash yelled, taunting Fluttershy and Applejack. They both sprinted after her and Rainbow Dash flew in front of them, going backward.

"Hey there!" she said. Applejack pounced at her and Rainbow Dash flew back up, looking forward again. There was a broken beam ahead and she took the chance to give herself a little boost. Her front hooves latched onto the top of the beam and Rainbow Dash flung herself forward, launching herself further down the hallway. She took a sharp right turn and quickly hid in the shadows above, landing on a high beam with more than enough room for her. Fluttershy and Applejack growled, wondering where Rainbow had gone. Fluttershy ran ahead while Applejack searched around below.

As soon as Fluttershy was out of sight, Rainbow smiled and lunged down at Applejack. She tackled the earth pony to the ground and furiously snapped one of her hooves. Applejack howled and attempted to buck the pegasus off of her but Rainbow Dash backflipped off of her, spreading her wings in the process. She grinned and crouched down, ready to defend herself. Applejack got back up and growled. She ran over with a big limp in her steps, her broken hoof slowing her down. She jumped up, her fine hoof stretched out. Rainbow Dash flew above her and went down, her back hooves connecting with Applejack's spine, throwing the earth pony to the ground with enough force that should've shattered her spine, but it just barely made a crack.

Applejack howled and Fluttershy immediately jumped around the corner, tackling Rainbow Dash to the ground. Rainbow slipped out from under her, giving her a hard kick to the face afterward. While Fluttershy was busy, Rainbow Dash leaped onto her back and flung the pegasus across the room. Rainbow felt something drip onto her back and she looked up.

"Oh shit," she said. The monster dropped down from the ceiling and roared in her face, splattering ink and blood onto her face. Rainbow Dash covered herself with her wings and as soon as the monster was done, she flew above, him, hiding in the shadows. Fluttershy and Applejack got up, growling. Rainbow Dash flew away and back to the safehouse. she opened the door and heard Rarity yelp, followed by something dropping.

"It's okay. it's just me." Rainbow said, walking in and closing the door. Twilight immediately grabbed her by the shoulders and flung her to the ground.

"WHAT were you THINKING?!?! Running off when ANYTHING could hurt you?!?!" Twilight yelled. Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes and got out from under Twi, using an old nearby comb to get as much of the ink, dust, and blood off of her as she could.

"Look. I'm fine. I've been in worse situations." Rainbow Dash said. It was half true, but it was also kind of a lie.

"I DON'T CARE!!! I'M NOT LOSING ANYPONY ELSE!!!" Twilight screamed. Pinkie Pie and Rarity huddled together. Rainbow Dash let in a sharp breath through clenched teeth and turned to Twilight.

"I'm pretty sure NONE of us wants to lose anypony else." Dash Said, trying to stay calm.

"Then WHY DID YOU LEAVE, JUST TO LEAVE YOURSELF VULNERABLE?!?!"
"If I was vulnerable, I would be DEAD. I wouldn't be here. We wouldn't be here if I hadn't distracted Fluttershy." She paused for a moment.
"Twilight... WE WOULDN'T EVEN BE HERE IF YOU WEREN'T SO DAMN FASCINATED BY A 'HAUNTED MANSION' THAT YOU WOULD'VE HEARD RUMORS OF IF YOU WERE OUTSIDE MORE."
Twilight flinched at how loud and furious Rainbow Dash's tone was. Rainbow Dash closed her wings and flicked a blob of the ink off of her before going into the room next door, cursing at Twilight under her breath. Twilight watched her, clearly upset.

"I-I..." Twilight turned around and sat down. Rarity and Pinkie Pie walked over and hugged Twilight.

"I'm sorry..." Twi said, burying her face in her hooves.

"Darling. You have nothing to be sorry about. She's just mad." Rarity said, wiping a tear that had began to roll down Twilight's cheek.

"But-"
"Stop making excuses to make yourself guilty."
Twilight breathed in and sighed. She nodded and looked behind at the door to the next room.

"Come on. Just wait. We'll have to leave again eventually." Rarity said. Rainbow Dash peeked out from the doorway and sighed.

"Look. If you seriously are that unhappy, we can just GO RISK IT AGAIN right now. Plus, there's a limited amount of time you can stay in a safe house before they're allowed to enter. Five minutes left. So we'll have to leave anyway." Twilight looked up at a nearby table. 4:57 is what it read. She looked at a clock that read 12:20 AM. Twilight sighed and got up.

"Alright. Let's get ready to leave again," she said, avoiding Rainbow Dash's gaze. Rainbow huffed and slammed the door, leaning against the door.

"I guess she's still mad." she heard Rarity say from the other room. Rainbow Dash crossed her hooves and waited, watching as the clock slowly ticked by.

It had been five minutes. Rainbow Dash got up and opened the door. The group was waiting for her.

"Let's go," Rainbow said. Twilight opened the door and walked out.

"Alright. Be cautious. Anything could happen." Twilight said. At that moment, Rainbow Dash leaped in front of the group and shoved someone aside, backhanding(backhoofing?) the other. Twilight grabbed Pinkie Pie's hoof and ran, Rarity following behind. Rainbow Dash launched herself after the group.

"Who knew Fluttershy and Applejack would be here already?" Rainbow Dash said, dodging a beam in her path. The black, inky monster suddenly appeared in front of the group seemingly out of nowhere, and lunged at them. They immediately tried to run in the opposite direction, but it managed to grab Rarity. Twilight attempted to blast it, but it barely did any damage and served to just make it angrier. Rainbow Dash flew near the ceiling and grabbed onto the next beam ahead and swung on top of it.

She watched the ink creature run by and once it passed, she flew down behind and attempted to grab Rarity, but as soon as the creature saw her, it attempted to hit her. It missed, but a blob of ink was flung onto her left wing. The huge ink blob that covered almost half of her left wing made it hard to fly and she faltered. Using her other wing and what she could, she grabbed a broken beam on a wall and tried to climb it. As soon as she was high enough, she leaped off of it, grabbing onto the nearest beam on the ceiling. Rainbow Dash got on top of it and cleaned off her wing. The monster ran away in the direction it came from, Rarity screaming. Rainbow Dash quickly got as much ink as she could off and flew after the other two.

"Twilight! Pinkie Pie!" she called. Pinkie popped her head out from a door and Rainbow flew over, quickly going inside.

"Why did you risk your life again!?!?" Twilight whisper-screamed.

"I'd rather risk my life than lose anyone else's!" Rainbow Dash whisper-exclaimed.

"You have to live to tell the tale!"
"Live to tell the tale?"
"Yes! You must live to tell Equestria about this!"
"And risk having the chaos that day happen again? No!"
"If that does happen, burn down the place yourself."
"And have everyone think I'm a psychopath from burning down some of the forest as well. Good idea."
"It's better than anyone else dying here."
"You would rather have everyone think I'm a psychopath for thinking this place killed ponies? That there were monsters? For thinking that they converted others into monsters or spirits? For thinking that burning down a mansion like this would be for their own good? You would rather have that, than having this place remain?"
"I..."
"Twilight. I appreciate your concern an all, but you can't always save everyone."
"You're right. But if you ever make it out, at least bring all the records of the past as proof."
"Uh-huh. And if it gets destroyed, no one will know crap about this place when they enter."
"Just that one diary back at the entrance."
"Fine."
There was a rumbling outside and someone bucked the door down.

"Oh shit." Rainbow Dash said. Right outside the door was Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, and the monster.

Author's Note

DAMMIT! I COULD'VE REACHED 2,000 WORDS IF I HADN'T RUN OUT OF IDEAS!!!
I WAS THIS CLOSE TO GETTING THERE!!!
Also, if you know what Bendy and the Ink Machine is, no that monster is not friking Beast Bendy, though the description sounds awfully similar to him, no it's not him. I should've said that earlier :/