The Night of Unusual Frights

Chapter 1- Paranoia

Fluttershy Walked down the road toward Town, the River were the Crusaders were camping was along the edge of town, so it should not take that long to get there.

[Why did Angel seam so worried?] Thought Fluttershy, [He is not usually so worried about  things, oh, what if he was having a nightmare! Wait, you can't have nightmares awake, can you?]

Despite this, she went across the bridge, and was about to walk off onto a trial next to the small river, went she heard something.

“**o f**h* m*...” Said the almost quite voice.

“What? Wh-who was that???” Said Fluttershy, “Were are you??”

She stopped right there, and froze for a bit, looking around, but heard nothing else. She took a step forward, and Jumped at the wind blowing.

“Calm down Fluttershy, It's Okay, just go on, it was nothing.”

She then walked down into the path a bit, but was much more scared. As she crept forward, she kept a close eye on everything, and it seamed that there were no other animals around. She would have liked it if there some animal friends around, but she knew the Crusaders were somewhere nearby.

“Oh my! What if it was something?! I have to check on the Crusaders quickly!”

She quickly starting going faster, and felt there was something racing her. She looked to her side, but saw nothing, and her Heart started beating at an uncontrollable rate.

Fluttershy continued faster, and then to a run, and she went faster and faster, as a fearful excitement filled her Body.

"Girls?  Girls?  Gir--!"  Fluttershy's frantic calls cut off with a squeak of pain as she slammed into the tree.  She tumbled backward for a moment, stars sparkling in her eyes as she struggled to right herself.  The terrified pegasus realized she was completely off the path.

[Ouch! Ow! My head! Ow!] thought Fluttershy, as the pain in her head slowly got worse.

She then realized she was still shaking, and a bit dizzy, despite her best efforts to calm down. Her vision was going blurry and back, and she heard another voice...

“**o W**l **t Th** *o*!”

“EEK!” she yelled as she hid, “What is that?? it sounded close, Too close!”

Her Shivering only got worse, and she wiped some sweet off her head as she tried to come to her senses.

“Wer-Were is the path? I have to get back! I can't believe I ran so far off it. I must be getting para-AHH!” She jumped back as something swooped down and grabbed her.

There was a loud ruckus as many violent sounds could be heard...

---------------At Twilight's house---------------

“Pinkie, how long are you planning on keeping me up?” asked twilight with a yawn.

Pinkie quickly replied “As long as it takes for you to agree to ask Princess Celestia to make National Talk like a Pirate day official in Equestria! ARRRG!”

Twilight sighed, and said “I am her top student, but that does not make me a lobbyist!”

Pinkie then replied “I don't want you to Lobby! That is a horrible dance! I just want you to get down of all hooves and beg for her to make Talk Like a Pirate day official!”

Twilight was beginning to regret letting Pinkie 'Manage' her two mare slumber party. Somehow the spastic earth pony had used her position to turn the entire so-called party into a 'Talk Like a Pirate Day' advocacy seminar. Where had Pinkie even come up with the idea like-- no wait, Twilight knew the answer to that one. The answer was 'Pinkie Pie,' and exploring beyond that explanation would be like staring into a pink-maned, blue-eyed abyss.

Suddenly, Spike came down stares yawning.

“Oh, did we wake you up?” asked Twilight.

“No, *yawn* Owlowiscious was making noise upstairs with some other birds.” said Spike

“What? I did not know he had friends.” replied Twilight “Maybe I should check it out.”

Twilight then went up stairs, but as she got there, Her nighttime assistant flew out the window with some other owls and eagles of sorts.

“Well that is weird.” said Twilight, “I better go after him!”

Pinkie then said “Ooh! Can I come! Can I Co-”

She was cut off bye her sudden dousy of a shutter, which she recognized from when Twilight was trying to figure out about her abilities.

“What was that?” asked Twilight.

Pinkie looked around, and replied, “I don't know, I usually don't get twitches at ni-”

She was cut off again by a fast short shutter.

Pinkie than said, “Yup, that's a dousy alright! Second one ever! Maybe we should...”

Twilight cut her off and asked, “Do you know were this 'Dousy', is going to happen? Does it have something to do with Owlowiscious?”

Pinkie Replied, “Umm, I think near the river at the edge of town, not too far from the Everfree, but I can't tell much mo-”

She shutter a again, and little harder this time.

Twilight then said, “We should probably check this out, Spike...”

She stopped as she noticed Spike was already asleep again, How birds fluttering around woke him, but he slept soundly through ponies chatter seamed odd. Besides this, she let him be, and grabbed a bag of quick emergency tools and the 'Unicorns guide to Emergencies and wounds'.

With that, she and Pinkie pie headed out toward the small river at the edge of town.

--------------The Crusaders camp--------------

“I have got the frame set! Sweetie Belle, were is the twine you said you had?” said Applebloom.

SweetieBelle replied “Not necessarily twine, but this fancy rope of my sisters should work well!”

Scootaloo then said, “I have got the poster done! And I have our torches almost ready!”

Then the girls started tying the frame of their makeshift pontoon together, while setting up the decorations and roof. After some time, it began to look a bit respectable, unlike what they had made before with Fluttershy's table. The one thing though, that was holding them back now, was what to call it.

“It should be the Conqueror of the Crusaders!” Argued Scootaloo.

Applebloom replied “The SS Cutie Mark would be much better!” argued Applebloom.

SweetieBelle then butted in “Maybe we should call it the Talent Drifter!”

Scootaloo replied “What kind of name is that? My idea is way cooler!”

Applebloom then said “Mine is about 20% cooler than yours!”

Scootaloo replied in a harsh tone “No it is NOT!”

And the bickering continued, until they heard a distant but loud ruckus.

“What was that?” asked SweetieBelle.

“Sounded like some pony is in trouble!” replied Scootaloo.

“We should help!” Said Applebloom.

“What about the pontoon?” asked SweetieBelle.

“it should be fine” Replied Scootaloo, “No one else knows were it is.”

“Come on! Maybe this is a sign for our special talents!” said Applebloom

“LET'S GO!” yelled the three, and they grabbed their capes and bags and ran into the woods.

----------------Fluttershy-----------

The Ruckus seamed to last a few seconds to her, as she barely knew what was happening.

She started feeling angry, and could only make out a bit of the excitement.

Suddenly, she felt pain in her head again, and her vision slightly reformed, and she began to realize she had Two of her Eagles under her hoofs.

She had to force herself to blink, and then she got a bit of surprise out of what just happened, and realized she was about to hurt her eagle friends.

“Oh! OH MY! I am so sorry! Ugg, Wha, what is going on!” said Fluttershy, recollecting her thoughts.

The two Birds started getting over a bit of shock and hopped up onto their feet, and looked at each other and back at Fluttershy.

“Wait? Why did you try to grab me? What are you all doing, you should be back in bed.”

Fluttershy knew she should feel relived to be around some of her animal friends, but she could not help but to feel anger. With this, she started shaking again, and sat down due to lightheaded ness.

Then, the two Eagles started flying, and seamed to be urging her back to her cottage.

She than said, “I wish I could come back, but, what was I doing? Oh! I need to find the girls! I think there is a monster out of the Everfree, I need to make sure they are okay!”

The eagles just flew closure to her and she knew they were trying to reassure her they would be fine, but for some reason they really beckoned her to follow them.

But right then, her focus went to behind them, as she saw a shadow of sorts, look back at her, and head in the direction of the river!

“Oh no! I have to help them!” She said as she followed the direction it went.

The Eagles than looked at each other a bit confused, and Followed her over the trees...

______________Authors Note__________________

Again, thank Fernin for some good story writing advice and edits.