The next morning over at the Sparkle family house, Spike was still sleeping in his room and he was having a percileur dream.

The Rabbit Hole

He was in a barely lit room and could hardly see anything. However, he somehow feels that he’s not alone here. Sensing a presence, Spike turns to see a rather large feminine figure standing in the corner.

Despite it being so dark, Spike can see that the figure was female and was ten, maybe even twelve, feet tall, massive soft breasts, long hair that goes down to her knees, and heterochronic slit eyes, the left one was red while the right one is blue.

She then slowly began to approach Spike, her breasts jiggled with every step which made Spike a bit nervous. “I am the Lady of Darkness.” The figure said in a low, seductive whisper which put a shiver in Spike’s spine, “And you…” She stopped in front of the young man, placing her hands on his cheeks and leaning her face closer to his, Spike was blushing up a storm by this point, “You are mine.”

Just as the figure was about to press her lips against his, Spike was suddenly jolted awake by his alarm clock. Spike breathed heavily and his heart pounded like crazy, he looked around and saw that he still was in his room. The young man sighed and said, “I’m having that dream again…” He said to himself.

This wasn’t the first time he had a dream where he encountered this “Lady of Darkness”. He’s been having these from time to time since he was six and while he wouldn’t exactly call them nightmares per se, they do leave him waking up sweating and panting as well as having to… wash his bedding every now and then.

He then turned to his nightstand where his necklace was. Attached to it was the mysterious rock he found as a kid. Ever since Spike found it, he looked up every rock and mineral he could find but found nothing.

It was also when he found the stone did he start having those dreams about… her. Was it a coincidence or something else? It made him ponder every now and then. But he decided to shake this question off as he needed to get ready for school.

So he threw the covers off, got up, grabbed some clothes and headed over to the bathroom so he could take a quick shower.

VtM Bloodlines OST - Police Alert

Over at the Canterlot Police Station, a car was pulling in and stepping out of it was a man in his mid-twenties. In appearance, he was well built, with moderate sapphire blue hair with cerulean sapphire and dark phthalo blue hair streaks, and moderate cerulean eyes. For attire, he wore a brown overcoat over a light gray buttoned shirt, dark brown slacks, and purple shoes.

As he entered the station, he noticed a young man in his early twenties with blue hair in a police uniform approached him, “Inspector Armor?” He called out.

“What’s up officer Sentry?” Inspector Armor asked.

“You might wanna come to the morgue downstairs sir, we got something you might wanna see.” Officer Sentry replied.

Curious of what could be down at the morgue, Inspector Armor simply said, “Lead the way.”

As they made their way to the morgue, Officer Sentry spoke up, “So sir, how’s the family been doin?”

“They’re doing alright,” The inspector replied, “Flurry’s been a little firecracker as usual, today’s gonna be her first day at daycare.”

“Auntie Twilight and uncle Spike can’t look after her anymore?” Officer Sentry asked.

“Twiley is starting her new job over at the planetarium and Spike just started his last school year over at CHS a couple weeks ago.” Armor replied, “From what I hear, he recently joined a club, the newspaper club I believe.”

“Why there?”

“He wants to do paranormal journalism and he felt the newspaper club would be a good start.”

The two men have finally reached the morgue where a man in his fifties is waiting for them.

“Morning fellas.”

Morning Mr. Delver. What’ve you got for us this time?” Inspector Armor asked.

“Well, I have some bodies here you might wanna check out. The way they’re killed is very unusual.” Mr. Delver said pointing at the tarp covered bodies. “Let’s start with these guys,” He said as he removed six of the tarps. Both men nearly gagged at the sight of the corpses.

He then started explaining as points to the one with both his head and arm detached from the rest of his body, “As you can clearly see, this one had both his arm and head violently removed.”

“Weren’t they just… cut off?” Officer Sentry asked.

“That was our first guess but upon closer examination, we noticed that the head and arm were actually torn off with much excessive force.” Delver replied.

Sentry’s eyes widened, “hold up, are you telling us that they were practically yanked off of his body?!” He exclaimed.

“That’s what I’m saying,” Delver replied before turning the two men’s attention to the body whose head was twisted all the way to his back.

“Jesus, I’ve seen neck snaps before but not like this…” Officer Sentry cringed. Not helping is when Delver lifts the head to see a gouged-out eye.

“My guess is this poor bastard’s eye was plucked out before his head got twisted like a water handle.” Delver explained before going to the next body which had a gaping hole in his chest. “This one had his fist punctured through with… something.”

“Couldn’t it have just been a pipe or a crowbar?” Officer Sentry asked.

Delver shook his head before replying, “The hole is a little too wide. It has to be narrower if it was either of those things.”

Inspector Armor looked at it for a good minute before he had an epiphany. Walking over to the body, he placed his hand over the hole before clenching it into a fist, “Just as I thought…” He spoke.

“What’s up sir?” Sentry asked.

“This is a bit of a stretch, but I think someone might have punched this poor bastard through the chest.” Armor replied.

Sentry’s eyes widened, “What?! That’s crazy.”

“Maybe but I think it’s a possibility as well.” Delver said before continuing on with the rest of the bodies, starting with the one with his head smashed in, “This one had his head smashed against a brick wall,” He then went to the one where his head is completely crushed with a ripped out jaw next to him, “This one had his head splattered like watermelon but we think his jaw was torn off from him when it happened,” Lastly, he turned to the dead woman, “And this one probably choked to death judging from the finger marks around her neck. Though, we have reason to believe her neck was snapped before she completely suffocated.”

Officer Sentry takes a good look at the bodies before realizing something.

”Now that you’ve pointed it out,” Flash began. “They appeared to be the aftermath of a street brawl.”

“My thoughts exactly,” Shining Armor nodded. “Whoever the assailant is, they must’ve been a serious powerhouse to have taken them all on at once and won. Also take another good look at these people, Officer Sentry, recognize any of them?”

Looking at them again, Flash realizes what his superior was getting at, “Holy crap, these are some of Verko’s goons!”

“That’s right, Flash. Guess they picked a fight with the wrong kind of person.” Shining said, “But the question is who or what?”

“Well, there’s plenty more mutilated bodies where those came from boys.” Delver spoke up as he directed them to more bodies across the room. There were seven of them and they looked like they were torn apart by some animal.

“Jesus, I’m afraid to ask but what kind of animal did this to these guys?” Flash asked.

“Don’t know, we know it wasn’t a bear, the claw marks are a little too small, but the bite marks resemble that of a wolf. A big one I might add.” Delver explained.

“Where were they found?” Shining asked.

“On the outskirts of the city, near the woods.” Delver replied, “We got an anonymous tip from a caller and when we arrived, we found a cabin where the bodies were as well as a young man who was still alive.”

“Was he the one who tipped us off?” Flash asked.

Delver shook his head before replying, “No, the caller had a female voice, so it wasn’t him. He’s currently in a holding cell right now.”

“Why?”

“Because shortly after we found the bodies, we noticed some moonshining equipment within the cabin and the young man confessed that they were indeed moonshiners.” Delver explained further. “Plus, we have reason to believe that like the ones across from them, they too work for Verko.”

Mr. Delver then showed the two one last body. It looked like it was nearly beaten to a bloody pulp and half of the face was bitten off, “This poor bastard was found right outside of the Canterlot Hospital.” He explained.

‘Shit’ Shining said inwardly to himself as he knew exactly what happened to the guy.

Looking at the man’s face, or half of it at least, Officer Sentry instantly recognizes the man, “Wait a minute, I know this guy. Manny Sanchez, a drug lord wannabe who got caught a couple times selling meth to homeless people. Real piece of work, this one.”

Flash then turns towards Shining, “What do you think’s going on around, inspector?”

Shining just shook his head, “I don’t know Flash, but something tells me that this is just the beginning.”

After taking his shower and getting dressed, Spike went downstairs where his mom, Twilight Velvet, was humming to herself and tending to her bonsai tree.

In appearance, Velvet had moderate purple and light gray striped hair and light arctic blue eyes. For attire, she wore a light gray sundress and pink tennis shoes. She also looked like she was still in her mid-twenties despite being in her late forties. Spike always wondered how his mother managed to look that way, but he chalks it up at just keeping her body healthy.

“Morning mom.” Spike called out to her.

Velvet broke out of her concentration and looked up to her youngest child, “Oh, good morning sweetheart. Sleep well?”

“You could say that.” Spike as he prepared to make some cereal.

”And did you have any more dreams about your lovely Lady of Darkness?” Twilight Velvet nudged teasingly.

Spike just rolled his eyes at that.

It isn’t that his mom meant anything hurtful by that remark. Ever since he was a kid, he would often tell these dreams to both his parents, even his older brother and sister.

As the years go by, it came to the point that the dreams have been occurring more frequently, than regularly. And oftentimes everyone in the family would take the moment to tease Spike about his mysterious “Lady of Darkness.''

After finishing his breakfast, Spike and his mother went to the latter’s car to prepare for the day with Velvet offering her son to take him to school.

"Mom, c'mon, I'm not a little kid anymore," Spike protested. "Walking from here to school would've been fine!"

"And let my precious baby fend for himself on the streets? I don't think so," Twilight Velvet shook her head, as she started her car up.

"Then what's the story of you letting Twilight and Shining walk on their way to school? Or even take the bus?"

"They have friends."

"I have friends!"

Spike and his mom continued to protest with one another, until they arrived at the front of Canterlot High.

"Well, time for school. See ya later mom," Spike reached out to turn the door open, only to find the door's locks were still in place. "What the...mom?"

"Where's my goodbye kiss?" Twilight Velvet smiled, batting her eyelashes.

”Mom, c’mon! I gotta go!” Spike replied, continuing to deny his mom of a goodbye kiss. However, Velvet suddenly grabbed him by the collar of his shirt.

”I said, KISS YOUR MOMMY GOODBYE, OR YOU ARE GROUNDED!!!”

Twilight Velvet’s sudden outburst scared Spike so much that he immediately lost his colors and went pale as a sheet.

Scared into compliance, Spike did as he was requested and gave his mother her goodbye kiss on the cheek.

“I love you, mom,” Spike grumbled.

“I love you too, sweetie,” Twilight Velvet smiled sweetly, before she turned scary and threatened, “But neglect your mother again and it will be on the lips! Understand?”

”Yipe!” Frightened, Spike just nodded his head.

Giving his mother a goodbye kiss on the cheeks is one thing, especially in public. But on the mouth…Spike’s not entirely sure if his mom was kidding, or if she meant it. But he doesn’t want to risk it.

Still pale as a sheet, he turned to walk up the steps and entered Canterlot High.

While Spike walked into school with his fellow classmates, little did the young man know however he was being watched.

Watching from across the street, still wearing the new clothes she received from Coco, while wearing a pair of shades, is none other than Mary herself.

“After all this time, it’s here,” Mary said to herself, with her eyes on Spike’s necklace before smirking, “And Coco was right, He is kind of cute.”

As she was on her way to work, which is over at the city hospital, Velvet heard her phone rang and saw that it’s her other son, Shining Armor. Answering her phone through the car’s stereo, Velvet said, “Hey sweetie, what’s up?”

“Hey mom. Just thought I would call and let you know that we got a dead body over at the morgue that came from the hospital.” Shining explained, “I don’t wanna point fingers, but it might be the work of you-know-who.”

Velvet’s eyes widened, “Stella? Now sweetie I told this before, she doesn’t attack someone unless she’s provoked. If she killed a person, it was probably a very good reason.”

“And you're right,” Shining said, “The dead guy in question was Manny Sanchez who had a criminal record.”

“Manny? I knew there was something I didn’t like about him.” Velvet frowned.

“But yeah mom, you need to be more careful with Stella. I can’t always cover for her.”

“Don’t worry sweetie, let me, Stables and Whooves worry about Stella. We’ll check to see what Manny did that made her attack him.”

“OK mom, I’ll see you soon. Love you, bye.”

“Love you too, bye.” After that Velvet hung up before sighing, “Dammit Stella, what are we going to do with you.”

For the entire day in school, Spike had been attending his classes like the rest of his classmates.

He went through trigonometry class, to art class, P.E., and biology class.

It was during lunch when he found a table, with two other girls around his age.

“Spike! Over here!” Called a girl, with purple hair with white stripes, wearing a yellow jacket.

Sitting beside her is a girl with braided silver hair, and eyes framed by a pair of light blue glasses.

“Hey Diamond Tiara!” Spike greeted the girls. “Hi Silver Spoon! Looking forward to the newspaper club, later this afternoon.”

“Which is what we wanted to talk to you about,” Diamond Tiara spoke up.

“What do you mean?” Spike asked, getting the feeling he’s not going to like where this conversation is going.

“It’s about the article you pitched us, the other day,” Silver Spoon cringed.

“What’s wrong with it?” Spike asked.

“Well, first of all, a haunted house? Really?” Diamond Tiara asked sternly. “That’s your idea of a good story for our newspapers?”

“No offense, Spike,” Silver Spoon began. “But we’re looking for real stories. Not superstitious beliefs, or tall tales.”

“Or ghost stories,” Diamond Tiara added. “We need something that’s currently happening in our town. Something everyone would want to read.”

“Well, that’s the only interesting thing I could find at the time,” Spike said in his defense. “And besides, do any of you have anything real and interesting to add to the paper, for our school?”

Diamond Tiara wants to argue but finds herself at a loss for words.

“Touché,” Diamond Tiara sighed in defeat.

“But still, we can’t just post an article about a supposed haunted house,” Silver Spoon stated. “Not unless we have photo evidence to back up those claims.”

“What kind of photos are we talking about?” Spike asked.

“I don’t know! I’m not a ghost expert!” Diamond Tiara replied. “But if you can get a photo of something that’s really scary and isn’t someone with a white sheet over their head, then I’ll consider posting your article.”

“Then consider it done!” Spike slammed his hand on the table, much to the girls’ surprise.

“Are you serious?!” Diamond asked.

“You can’t actually be doing this,” Silver Spoon joined in.

“Like you said, you need real stories,” Spike replied. “And if I can get you photos of the mansion, and possibly catch a snapshot of a ghost, then that’s all you need for your school papers.”

“Are you sure about that?” Diamond Tiara asked again. “That means you’ll be spending an entire night there, past midnight, just for a ghost to appear.”

“And you’ll need a camera, an escape route, and maybe a new pair of underwear,” Silver added.

“I know what I’m signing up for,” Spike replied.

Little did he, or the girls know, however, was that Spike was in for a wild night. His necklace glowing is proof of it.

Author's Note

There you go folks, latest chapter released on the day of fright. Hope you all are having a good time.

Happy Halloween everyone!!!

I also like to thank Phantom-Dragon for helping me out with this chapter. I probably wouldn't have got it done in time if it wasn't for him. Be sure to give him a follow as well as a like and a fave for his stories.