Crunchy Oats sprinted down the street, his mangled leg, screaming with pain as he pushed it to run faster. He took a quick glance over his shoulder, to gain a look at his chaser. While anypony would have seen an empty street, Crunchy Oats knew better. Even though he could see nothing he could tell that his chaser had not given up. It was more like a feeling of being watched than the actual physical representation of a figure.

Despite being in Ponyville, supposedly one of the safest places in Equestria, due to the fact that the Elements of Harmony dwelled within the small village, it was utterly dumbfounding that this... thing, would attempt to murder him. He had done nothing wrong.

Why would this happen to him, him, an utter nopony with nothing special about him. Sure he had done some bad things but still almost none!.

He decided to banish these thoughts as he sprinted down an alleyway, that he knew would take him to Princess Twilight's Castle, where he could get help. As he turned the corner however, he came to an abrupt halt. There was a two pony high wall in front of him. Staring in disbelief a terrifying thought suddenly came to his head. He had taken a wrong turn. How though? He was sure that he had taken the right turn between Perfumes Galore, and Cherries Pies.

A hoofstep sounded behind him.

He didn't even hear it, as he was wrapped in terror at his mistake, his brain trying to figure out how he took the wrong turn.

The hoofstep sounded again, only closer.

He looked at the surrounding buildings on both sides, beginning to panic.

The hoofsteps creeped ever closer.

Sure enough there it was, Perfumes Galore on the left, and Cherries Pies on the right.

The hoofsteps were almost at his location.

He decided that he was losing too much blood to think straight, as his once light brown coat was splattered with the blood that had been extracted from his leg when he was attacked.

The hoofsteps had stopped right behind him, a thought came to mind. He dismissed it at first, but then after thinking about it he realized something. The hoofsteps had stopped.

He gulped as he realized what this thought meant.

He knew that his chaser was behind him, but he couldn't bring himself to look.

He then frantically looked around trying to see if he could still escape, through a back door or something. A darkness soon enveloped the buildings and the surroundings, until it was only darkness. He knew he had to turn but fear kept him rooted to the spot.

Using every ounce of his will he forced his legs to turn him around, while slowly backing away.

A pair of deep, blood red eyes stared into his, with no ounce of emotion coming from it.

Opening his shaking mouth, he forced his throat to move and speak. "What are you"

The red eyes stared into his, still with no sign of emotion. The shadows surrounding the red eyes suddenly became active, shifting around him as if they suddenly wanted to escape.

"Darkness" A voice uttered from the shadows.

Crunchy Oats, now quivering in fear thought to himself. Why am I facing DARKNESS!!! I did nothing wrong!

The shadows suddenly shifted more as if he was readying to speak, and they didn't want to be there for it.

"Liar" The darkness said, with no emotion whatsoever.

Crunchy froze. How the hell did this guy know about that time

" What are you talking about?" He said with his best smile, although he could tell he looked incredibly nervous.

"Rose Petal" The darkness said, the shadows now desperately trying to leave.

Rage suddenly filled Crunchy as the demons he had been hiding suddenly sprang to life. "So? She was just a nopony, who didn't want to marry me." He said, with crazed laughter filtering into his voice. "Instead she wanted to marry that other nopony, Baker Stick." he continued, now practically laughing his words out.

The darkness struck than as he felt a hoof sweep him off his legs, as another one came down on his chest, breaking his ribs and slamming him into the ground. He let out a pained cry at that.

He tried to swipe at the darkness with his foreleg, but found nothing there. Terror filled him as he saw the blood red eyes hovering over him. Looking around for a way out his passed by the wall. The wall. It was gone.

The darkness enveloped him, and continued to break and crush his limbs.

He was screaming by now, as blood seeped down his chest, his coat almost fully red now with blood.

The darkness had done his job and decided to end it as he drove his hoof into Crunchy Oats throat, passing through it as if it were butter.

The sudden fluttering of the wings of a pegasus caught his attention as he realized it was time to go now.

All of the darkness he had expelled from him so that Crunchy Oats couldn't escape seeped back into his body as he welcomed it back.

As the pegasus wings drew closer he quickly transported to a shadow in Canterlot, hearing the yells for help coming from the pegasus. His job was done.

Rainbow Dash awakened from her deep slumber to the screams of a pony in pain. not wanting to waste time, she flew out the window of Twilight's Castle without even trying to wake the others. She could tell however, that everypony else was already up as multiple hoofsteps could be heard running down the halls to the exit.

As she scanned the streets for the pony in trouble from her high perch on a cloud, she immediately noticed a particularly dark alley, although something was different about this one. The shadows were moving. Not from the moonlight but of their own accord. Flying as fast as she could towards it her suspicions were confirmed, as a scream emanated from the alleyway, until they were put to an abrupt stop. The shadows suddenly retreated, going into a single form.

"Over here!" Rainbow Dash yelled for the others, as she prepared to charge the attacker, but was to late as the darkness morphed into one of the natural moonlight shadows. She pulled to a halt before she hit the ground, confused. Her attention suddenly turned to a form propped up against the wall. She let out a gasp, trying not to hurl as she immediately recognized the form as a pony.

"Rainbow" A voice yelled as an alicorn entered the alley way, falling silent as she laid eyes apon the mangled pony.

Twilight didn't even try to hold it in, as she vomited her guts up.

Applejack follow the distinct sound of vomiting, Fluttershy, Rarity and Pinkie Pie by her side, as they could not get there as fast as the winged ponies could, and as Fluttershy was not a fast flyer she chose to follow Applejack and the others.

A minute later after everypony had finished throwing up and trying not to vomit, anymore.

Rarity whose coat was normally pure white, now had vomiting trailing down her chin as she looked away, in order to not vomit again.

Pinkie Pie was just staring at the body dumbfounded, her jaw hanging open.

" Well this is no longer a sleepover I guess." Pinkie Pie whispered, so silently the others could barely hear her

Everypony silently nodded their agreement.

Faint pen scratching could be heard as Rainbow explained what she saw and what happened, to Twilight as she hurriedly wrote down every detail she heard and summoned Spike who was also at the crime scene. Breathing flames onto the letter sending it away to Princess Celestia.

Why did this have to happen? Why now? Twilight thought to herself as she continued to take mental notes of the crime.

Celestia read the letter, growing more alarmed, and enraged as she read on. Pausing on the detailed picture of the body.

We are all in trouble. She thought to herself Not just Ponyville, but all of Equestria.

Author's Note

This is my first story I've actually posted on a website hope u like it

Harmony is Overrated

Old Changelings