Forest Act I

Deep within the Everfree Forest, Scootaloo slowly traversed the dark forest hoping that Rainbow Dash was okay and not fatally injured from whatever attacked her in this place, as she traveled deeper into the forest, she started to notice that the forest sounded quieter than usual only the steps she made on the forest floor, at first Scootaloo thought that whatever attack Rainbow didn't want to cross paths with it so left the area before she got there and yet she knows what monsters live here and they could put up a fight before considering leaving the area as well, but as Scootaloo continued to figure out why it was so quiet a faint metallic smell crossed her nose stopping her thoughts as she sniffed the air, she paled a bit know that this was blood and the smell was getting stronger as she moved closer to its source, but as she got closer she started to feel like she was being watched looking around she couldn't see the creature anywhere so continued moving unaware of the crimson red eyes watching her and soon a faint chuckle could be heard as the orange pegasus filly shrieked in fear.

Scootaloo's eyes widen to the bloodied animal corpses strewn on the forest floor around her with them being still fresh, her heart rate started to speed up knowing if these bodies are still fresh then the monster that did it is still lurking somewhere and is possibly already stalking her and ready to strike and kill her too, but Scootaloo pulled enough courage and continued to move through the bloody path which looked like it leads to a clearing, she struggled to keep her lunch in as the state of the corpses got worse and worse as she continued passing by till she finally made it the clearing's entrance and sure enough saw Rainbow standing right there in the center as Scootaloo smiled in joy and relief as she was okay.

"Hey Rainbow, am I glad to see you alive and not... dead?" Scootaloo trailed off as Rainbow didn't respond to her calling her name nor did she even dash toward her to hug her or anything like that, thinking that she was lost in thought Scootaloo slowly walked up to her but as she approached the cyan pegasus an uneasy feeling started to grow inside of her.

"R-rainbow, are you okay?" she stuttered as she raised her hoof to tap her on her foreleg, just as her hoof made contact Rainbow turned around with a smile on her face which seemed to calm Scootaloo down and hugged her seeing that she was alive and okay.

"Hey there squirt, fancy seeing you here in the Everfree what brings you here all alone?" Rainbow asked Scootaloo while eyeing her continuously as her smile briefly turned to a grin as Scootaloo told her that she heard her scream.

"And then I dashed into the forest wanting to make sure that you were okay and still alive but as I got here, I saw those dead animals strewn everywhere on the forest floor and they were still fresh, I think that monster that attacked you and those animals is still here" Scootaloo explained as fear crawled up her spine once again while keeping a close eye on her surroundings.

"Well, if that's the case then we best be on our way out of this place before that monster gets back here and tries to add us on the chopping block, my wings are a little sore when it attacked me so well have to walk quickly ok kid?" Rainbow exclaimed as she started to head forward to the path Scootaloo took to get here, as Scootaloo started to follow Rainbow she stopped after noticing red covering Rainbow's hooves paling a bit.

"R-rainbow, is that blood on your hooves?" Scootaloo asked as Rainbow looked at her hoof seeing that she still has the blood of those animals she killed eyes widening as she quickly prepares to think of a lie to tell her before she could run seeing Scootaloo slowly back away.

"Uhm, the monster bled a bit w-when I hit it in the eye m-must have not noticed it till you pointed it out just now, but I can wash them once we get out of this forest so until then, please follow close behind me okay Scoots?" Rainbow lied hoping that Scootaloo would believe her fib, but just as Scootaloo was about to answer a brief image of her getting gutted by Rainbow flashed in her vision while a voice whispers in her ears.

If you wish to live and warn your friends, then escape from her

Scootaloo was taken aback, what was that and why did that voice warn her about Rainbow knowing full well that Rainbow wouldn't hurt and or kill her, but the image was crystal clear, and that voice didn't sound like it was lying to her plus, the blood on Rainbow's hooves it felt like she did more damage to that creature and the injuries on those woodland critters looked like only a pony could make, not wanting to tempt fate she replied.

"O-okay Rainbow I'll stay close so you can protect me once we get out of here" she lied, but it looked like it worked as Rainbow nodded after breathing a sigh of relief as she walks out of the clearing, but just as Rainbow was far enough away, Scootaloo dashed in the opposite direction of the clearing with a look of fear on her face wishing that if Rainbow was the monster and was impersonating her idol then the real Rainbow must be still out there somewhere in this forest and she was going to save her and get her out of here, but as she ran deeper into the forest she heard several branches snap behind but before she could turn around Rainbow charged straight at her and upon tackling her they both teleported away.

Overseeing the event, a dark blue hedgehog smiles at Exelon's attempts to harvest as many souls as possible so he could overthrow him, he opens a ring portal back to his world as his eyes glow red as he enters the portal all while rooting for the ponies to beat him knowing of the trauma and horror that they will face.

"The fight for this world begins, lets hope that the ponies put up a fight before he kills them" said Sonic.Exe as the portal closes.

Author's Note

Too explain Exelon's character: Exelon is a Hedgehog similar to Sonic.Exe himself, and in my Sonic.Exe AU he wants to overthrow Sonic.Exe and conquer other worlds while Sonic.Exe wanted to control the human world and enslave humanity.

Originally, Lord X was going to be the leader of Hellzone but it sounded too cliche for me, so I went for Sonic.Exe instead.

next chapter, I'll explain what Hellzone is and other non-MLP characters of my AU so until then, please out