Subject #105531

Something terrible was going down at Sweet Apple Acers, as ponies could hear frightful screams, and various animals shouting far off in the distance, as if a horrible nightmare was occurring. And because of these cries and screams, Rainbow Dash and the rest of her friends were making their way to the farm as fast as they could, spurred on by the continuous cries of distress, and the painful wailings.

“I don’t know what’s going on down there, but I really hope Applejack and the others are okay!” Pinkie Pie said as she gallops as fast as her legs can carry her.

“If its some kind of monster that causing all the ruckus, I’ll make sure to send it running for the hills!” Rainbow says as she speeds up a little.

Let’s focus on figuring out what is causing all the ruckus, and then we’ll—”

Whatever Twilight was about to say got stuck in her throat as she, the others came a screeching halt as they reached the front gate to the farm, and found the source of the horrible cries. All of the animals of the farm were running around, faces showing absolute terror as they cried out in horrible pain and fright, while crashing into each other. cows and large pigs were tramping over chickens and flattening them, sheep were also running around ramming into each other, and getting under the cows tripping them when the bovines legs get tangled up with the body.

But what frighten the five mares were the sight of seeing the members of the Apple family, running around in their home through the open door. They could not only hear Big Mac, Granny Smith and Applejack scream and shout in terrors, occasionally screaming something that was incoherent over the rest of the noises, but they could see them bash into things in the house, including each other. the five mares ran towards the house to see if they can help the Apple family, dodging past any of the rampant farm animals. But as the group got close to the house, Fluttershy stopped in mid-flight as she spotted something in the corner of her eye, something laying on the ground amongst the dust being kicked up by the panicking animals.

“What is that?” the pegasus muttered as she floated over to the object in the dust, but when she saw what was on the floor she nearly dropped out of the sky.

Laying curled up on the floor, covered in some kicked up dirt, and small prints from pigs, chickens, and sheep, was a frail looking creature. The poor thing was basically skin and bones, with wounds that looked to be treated, but the ruckus from the rampaging animals seem to have to have caused some to become worst, while also creating new wounds. When the pegasus landed next to the creature, she was able to hear that the creature was mumbling something, but the mare couldn’t tell what exactly what the poor thing was mumbling. Fluttershy also noticed that the creature was using its claws to cover its face, quite tightly as the pegasus can see the nails of the creatures digits digging into the skin on the side of the face.

“Fluttershy!” the pegasus perked up when she heard Twilight’s voice call out her name.

“Where are you?!” looking down at the poor creature the pegasus gave it a gentle pat on its shoulder as she spoke to it.

“I’ll be right back.” Giving the creature a few more comforting pats, and making sure that none of the farm animals would com tramping over it, Fluttershy quickly made her way to the farm house.

Where upon entering the building, found Twilight using her magic to pin Big Mac down to the floor, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie trying to keep Applejack pinned, and Rarity managing to keep Granny Smith confined to her rocking chair. The only Apple that didn’t need to be watched over was Apple Bloom as she seemed to be just, laying on the floor, a look of pure terror etched onto her face. As Fluttershy stepped over to the collapsed filly, she also noticed that the other members of the Apples stopped their shrilling cries, but it was due more to Twilight’s magic surrounding the three ponies heads.

“Twilight, what’s going on?”

“I don’t know, we’ve tried talking to them, but they don’t seem to be able to answer us.” Twilight said as she keeps Big Mac pinned.

“Fluttershy, fly back to the library, and have Spike send Celestia a message. Maybe she can figure out what is going on.”

“Alright.” Fluttershy took to the air flew as fast as she could for the Golden Oaks Library, while her friends try to keep the other ponies pinned. Flying as fast as she could the pegasus made her way back to town, and to the library.

~~???~~

Deep done in the darkness of wherever, where hardily any light was visible except for small luminance mushrooms, allowing shapes to be seen. Humanoid body shapes…but not fully human. the light from the mushrooms revealed that while the figures in the dark had the forms of men and women, there were parts of them that were not human.

One had the upper body of a man, perfectly normal with nothing unusual. But looking down to the man’s lower section, showed a body that is long like a lizards, and has six insectoid like legs sticking out on each side. Another unusual human was a woman whose entire body seems to be normal, but the light of glowing mushroom show that her head is anything but normal, as a writhing mass of tendrils surround the head, only showing a pair of glowing blue eyes amongst them.

Within the darkness of wherever these individuals resided in, there were a total of eight of them, four men and four woman. Each one having their own deformities. And they all seem to be talking frantically about something.

“We have to…help new comer…he won’t survive…on his own.” A woman with a distorted voice said as her long arms and legs shift around.

“But we can’t leave the ruins.” A man with a body so thick and ripped with muscles that borders on grotesque, said to his peers. “If the ponies see us…no I can’t!”

“So what are we suppose to do?! Leave him!” the woman with head of tendrils said to the others, her ‘hair’ writhing about like octopus tentacles.

The other members of the darkness continued to banter with one another, as they all tried to come up with someway to help the new human that was brought to this world. But they kept being side tracked by others saying their plan wasn’t good enough, or being fearful of causing unnecessary pain to the ponies.

“Calm yourselves~”

The group of seven mishappened humans ceased their bantering, and wild discussions, as they heard a gentle and soothing female voice speak directly into their minds. Looking to the back of their little dwelling where the eighth member of the group is, the leader of this band of forgotten failures and monsters. Attached to the stonewall of the dwelling and surrounded by luminous mushrooms and glowing vines, a tall woman with roots growing from her body stitches her to the wall, leaves, moss, and other various types of vegetation. Her skin was like human skin, but it was also like petrified bark, and while her eyes were closed the other deformed humans could feel her gaze upon them.

“We will not abandon our newest brother to suffer alone, like we did.” The voice of the petrified woman spoke, calming the rattled minds of the denizens of the dark.

“But Evangelion, we cannot traverse the world in daylight, otherwise the ponies might see us…” a man covered in viscous black slime said, his words slightly blubbered because of slime oozing from his head.

“Not if we act quickly.” Evangelion said as her voice echoed in their minds.

“Johnson.” The human male with the long serpentine body and insectoid legs stepped forth, as the petrified woman’s head slowly turned to face him, pieces of her bark like skin chipping off. “With your speed and agility, you should be able to retrieve our new brother, and with Adam’s help you should be able to about without being seen.”

The monstrous man and the one covered in black sludge looked at each other, before looking back to Evangelion and giving her a nod. The petrified woman’s closed eyes then started to emit a faint pale green glow, which the eyes of the two men started to glow the same color, visions of where the newest cursed human who was brought to this world is, laying on the ground. Raving animals still running around in frightful panic.

“Bring him home to us, before more pain is brought upon him…and the poor little ponies who should never witness our horrors.”

~~Sweet Apple Acers~~

At the front gate of the Apple’s farm, a burst of golden magic occurred where Celestia and Fluttershy appeared a second later. Upon arriving at the farm the alicorn could tell, that something wrong was at hoof here. The shy pegasus of kindness then guided the alicorn to the farmstead, where the rest of her friends were still keeping the Apple Family pinned down.

“What has happened here?” Celestia muttered in disbelief, as she could feel a sense of magic, dark and twisted magic at work.

“Princess! Please help us, we can’t snap Applejack and the others out of whatever is happening to them!” Twilight said with worry in voice, as well as a twinge of heartbreaking pain, pain at seeing her friends in such horrible states and unable to do anything about it.

Celestia took a step into the house, but her hoof brushed against something small and rigged. Looking down Celestia’s heart ached, as she looked at a catatonic Apple Bloom, a look of pure horror on her face. But the alicorn could see more. Whatever has befallen the poor filly, was still plaguing her, as well as the other members of the family. Igniting her horn Celestia tried to use her magic to peer into the minds of the Apple Family, to see what it is that is terrifying them…but the moment she did her eyes nearly popped out of her head. she only got a glimpse at what they all were seeing, but it was enough to cause the aged mare to scuttle back, and literally fall to her sizable flank.

“Princess!” all of the five mares said in unison, their grips on the Apples waiting for a moment, which was enough for the earth ponies to wriggle free and continue to gallop about. And free to scream their lungs out without being silenced by Twilight’s magic.

“Quickly, grab them before they hurt themselves!” Rarity said as she was about to leap at her panicking farm friend.

But before the mare, or her friends could do anything, the three family members were all surrounded in a golden aura. Looking to the doorway the mare’s saw that Celestia has recovered from her shock, but still looked slightly disturbed by whatever it was she saw.

“Celestia, are you alright?” Twilight asked as she trotted up to her mentor.

“I’m…I’m fine. But what was the cause of all this?” the alicorn asked the five ponies.

“We don’t know princess.” Pinkie said as she wipes the small amount of tears in her eyes away. “We all heard the screams, cries and other horrible noises from town, and when we came to see what was happening—”

“This is what we found!” Rainbow finished as she gestured at the members of the Apple family.

“Can you help them princess, I can’t bare to see them like this.” Rarity bemoaned as she pleaded to the princess.

“I doubt I can on my own.” Celestia said as she brought the four Apple’s outside. “Whatever has caused this has powerful magic, very potent magic. I will need Luna’s help in this matter, she’s more than adept in dealing with the mind.”

As the princess brought the ponies outside, Twilight and her friends followed in suit, but that’s when all five mare’s noticed that Fluttershy wasn’t anywhere near the house. However it didn’t take them long to find the pegasus, as she was only a stones throw away from the house, but what surprised the ponies was what she was doing. The pegasus was sitting on the floor, cradling a bizarre thing, and when they got closer they saw that the thing was some gangly creature that was more skin and bones, with various wounds that appeared to be recently treated. But there were clear signs of new injures in the form of hoof marks, and scuffs on its body. When the group were a foot from the pair, they could hear Fluttershy muttering something while seeing her gently pet the creatures head, who seems to be very weakly trying to get out of her embrace while making shallow snarls and chitters.

“Fluttershy what is this thing?” Rarity asked as she looked to poor thing over.

“I don’t know, I found it among the farms panicking animals, but it’s in horrible shape.” Fluttershy said as she continues to try and calm the creature. “I can’t leave it like this.”

“Then we'll just have to take it with us.”

Celestia’s horn grew brighter as she focused her magic, and in an instant she, the five ponies along with the Apple Family, and the strange creature vanished. Leaving the farm in its own chaotic state. A minute after the whole group has vanished from the farm, a thin layer of what looks like black smoke or fog started to pool into the farm grounds.

On the outskirts of the farm, where the apple orchard and the boarders of the Everfree forest meet, a tall bipedal figure stood. Its body covered in a think black sludge, with the surface of the vicious substance around the figures face bubbling, and releasing the black fog out into the farm. Once the farm was covered in enough fog, something came bolting out of the forest with great speed, easily traversing the orchard to the farms household in a minute. When the bizarrely shaped creature reached the house, dodging the animals as it raced around the property, looking for something. Stopping in front of the structure, the creature lets out a wailing screech as its long reptilian tail slams onto the ground.

After crying out in defeat, the creature raced back to where the other creature was, who has stopped creating the black fog and started talking to the other monstrous being. The two chittered, snarled and growled at each other for a moment, before they went back into the Everfree, heading back to wherever they resided in the dark and wild forest.