Never Go In The Dark

"Howdy Twilight!" Applebloom entered Twilight's house. "Oh hello there, Applebloom! I don't remember the last time you've been in the library with me." Twilight said, searching for a dictionary. "Well.. Is it okay if me, Sweetie Belle, an' Scootaloo go on an adventure?" Applebloom asked. "Will you repeat that again, Applebloom? I was too carried away trying to find my dictionary." Twilight turned around to face Applebloom. "Well.. Ah asked if me, Sweetie Belle, an' Scootaloo could go on an adventure, an' Ah didn't know if that was okay for mah big sis, or the other ponies. Sweetie Belle wanted me to talk to Rarity about this kind o' adventure but I figured out that it was much more easier to talk to ya," Applebloom explained. "Oh, okay. I'll tell all of the other ponies, okay?" Twilight put a bright smile on her face. "Okay, see ya Twi!" Applebloom trotted to the door as Twilight used her magic to open it. "Thanks ya Twi!"

"Ugh! When is Applebloom gonna come already! It's been about A WHOLE HOUR." Scootaloo complained, playing with her hooves. "Oh come on Scoo, she might be coming in a second!" Sweetie Belle brushed her hair. It went straight, but curly again. "Hey! That's the third time you called me "Scoo" and it's getting PRETTY annoying," Scootaloo stomped on the grass. "Taloo, we are sitting under a tree, waiting for Applebloom. She's gonna be here in a second, just wait." Sweetie Belle laughed. "Here she goes again.." Scootaloo mumbled, listening to pony sounds on her Ponypad. "Dear Celestia! I can see a park over there!" Sweetie Belle jumped in excitement. "Hey, I thought we were waiting for Applebloom!" Scootaloo turned off her Ponypad. "Well, we can at least wait for her while playing in the park!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed, eyes twinkling at the sight of the park. "What if she can't see us, huh?" Scootaloo leaned her back to the tree. "Whatever, I'll just leave you there. See you!" Sweetie Belle winked. "Hey guys, I'm back! And anyways.. Ah told.." Applebloom walked in the street, seeing the figure of Scootaloo under the tree, but Sweetie Belle trotting to a park. "Twi.."

"Hiya Applebloom!" Scootaloo shook hooves with the red haired pony. "Heya Scootaloo." Applebloom replied, also shaking hooves with the pink haired pony.

"I'm so worried, Spike!" Twilight hugged the baby-looking dragon. "Chill out Twilight!" Spike struggled to get out of Twilight's reach. "Bleh!"

Suddenly, Twilight remembered. "Oh right, I have work to do. I have to tell the other ponies," Twilight accidentally dropped Spike on the floor. "Ouch!" Spike made a mad face at Twilight. "Oops! I'm so sorry Spike!" Twilight giggled. "You.. you owe me!" Spike pointed at Twilight. In a flick, Twilight was gone as the door closed.

"I hate losing." Rainbow Dash turned her head from another direction, not facing the other orange pony. "Aw Rainbow, you're a good sport! Ah'm just better." Applejack laughed. "Grrr! Don't get used to it AJ," Rainbow Dash walked angrily with Applejack. Applejack kind of ignored Rainbow Dash, proud of herself. "Hey girls! I need to tell you something!" Twilight walked politely with her hooves, almost near Dash and Applejack. "Howdy Twi," Applejack lifted her hat off her head. "Um, Applejack? Your sister asked me that she and her friends wanted to go on an adventure." Twilight embarrassingly smiled. "What is this Twilight, some kind of joke?" Rainbow weirdly exclaimed, doing a weird blah blah blah face of her own. "No, and also Rainbow, Scootaloo is also going on an adventure," Twilight sighed in tiredness. "Squirt? I think she can handle it on her own, with this orange pony nerd's sister. And also Rarity's sister," Rainbow flipped her rainbow mane. "Hey! Ah'm not a nerd, you are!" Applejack angrily kicked at Dash, but missed. "Ha ha!" Rainbow flew into the sky. Soon, she went down again and motioned for AJ to catch her. Applejack did, but always missed. "See? Pony nerds can't catch me!" Rainbow Dash went close to AJ. Dash suddenly stuck her tongue at AJ's face, THEN, actually, her tongue hit AJ's face. "Gross Rainbow!" AJ wiped her face on the ground. "Hahah!" Rainbow Dash laughed. Twilight stared in shock. "Dear Celestia Rainbow, YOU ARE WEIRD as horsecolors!" Twilight grabbed her book. "I'll see you guys later."

Soon, Twilight had told Rarity, Fluttershy, of course Applejack, and of course Rainbow Dash, but not Pinkie Pie. Twilight had seen the reaction of Rarity, with a so pathetic look on her face. She walked to Sugarcube Corner, and finally saw Mrs. and Mr. Cake at the counter. "Why hello there Twilight, would you like anything? A cake or a cupcake?" Mrs. Cake exclaimed when she saw the purple pony. "I'm fine, but may I ask you where is Pinkie? I have to tell her something." Twilight smiled at the two, as the two returned a sincere smile. "She's up in her room, dear." Mrs. Cake smiled, returning the favor. "Thanks!" Twilight ran quickly up to Pinkie's room. She knocked quickly on the pink candy door. "Pinkie?" she asked. The door opened with a party decoration. "OH HI TWILIGHT! I was just making party decorations, because I totally knew that you were coming!" Pinkie Pie smiled. "Cool! But um Pinkie..?" Twilight asked. "Oooh! And I also have cupcakes, and why gingerbread ponies, and a gingerbread hou-" Pinkie jumped up and down. "Pinkie, I have to talk to you! Well actually, shh! But the cutie mark crusaders are going on an adventure, and I just wanted to tell you," Twilight whispered. "Well shh to you too, Twilight!" Pinkie copied Twilight. "Argh, goodbye now Pinkie!" Twilight opened the door with her magic.

"So Sweetie Belle was going up that ruins park?" Applebloom asked. "Exactly," Scootaloo replied. "That's a mighty weird, Ah'd say." Applebloom replied. "I know." Scootaloo commented, bucking a tree also. "I thought we would never talk about THAT again," Sweetie Belle looked mysteriously at the two. "Oh, us? We weren't talking about your little walky to that ruined park." Scootaloo did a baby talk, and Applebloom giggled. Sweetie Belle probably ignored the two, because she just listened to the rustling of leaves on their walk to find a very weird place. Sweetie Belle never even talked to them ever again after that event. What seemingly sounded to be true..

After what seemed to be a town, the three followed the view, and saw a..

Ruined view. It was pale brown and black and white, containing all of the houses and objects. Even the whole sky was blue. But this town was exactly familiar to Ponyville. "What in the hay?" Scootaloo yelled, looking for a background that had color. But they were too far, and even her voice did not echo like in Ponyville. "Ahem, Sweetie Belle, ah must ask, do ya even know anything about this ruins-colored town?" Applebloom asked, digging her hoof in the ground. The unicorn shook her head, not knowing anything about this weird colored town. "Then, it's time for exploration, am I right?" A pale blue pegasus that had a pale rainbow-like mane exclaimed. She exactly looked like Rainbow Dash, but much paler. "Ra..Rainbow.. D-dash?" Scootaloo ran to the pale blue pegasus, hugging her. Scootaloo thought Rainbow Dash would hug her back, but to her surprise, the pegasus exclaimed a sentence without feelings or affection. "Welcome back, Squirt." The pale blue pony responded, no feelings or affection. Scootaloo quickly broke the hug, her face in shock. "What do you mean welcome back? I've never been here before." Scootaloo stared in shock at what she thought was her idol, Rainbow Dash. "You've never been here, oh come on Squirt. Don't act like that to your idol." Rainbow Dash flew around the town, dropping somewhere the ponies couldn't see her. "What's the matter with Rainbow Dash? She's never acted like that before.." Scootaloo spit into both her hooves, making them like what Applejack and Rainbow Dash did. "She does remember ya, but she ain't actin' the right way," Applebloom put a ponyband on her reddish-pink mane. Sweetie Belle opened her mouth to say something, but instead her jaws dropped open in shock when she thought she saw Applejack walking around in the same direction where Dash was. But the way she wore her hat, her smile was almost a crooked grin, and how her teeth were very sharp. They looked like sharp razor blades. Her pupils, weird, one very small, and one regular size. Sweetie Belle had fainted seeing the sight, and as soon as Sweetie Belle had, Applejack had waved goodbye to Rainbow Dash. Sweetie Belle, after a few minutes woke up. She stood up tall. Applebloom bit her lip, looking at Sweetie Belle. "Are y'all okay? Ya don't look fine.." she said worriedly that she and Scootaloo would be left on the trip. "Leave me alone.." groaned Sweetie Belle. Scootaloo turned around. "Why are you telling us to leave you alone, Sweetie Belle? We're your friends, right?" Scootaloo scratched her mane with her right hoof. Her mane got tangled up. "Not," Sweetie Belle replied in a faint voice as she drifted back to sleep again. "Whadda ya think we should do, Scootaloo? Should we collect some fresh cherry apples for Sweetie Belle, or should we explore this town a bit then come back to Sweetie Belle?" Applebloom asked. "Um, it's pretty hard to make a decision, but I think we should get some apples for Sweetie Belle," Scootaloo sighed. "Okay," Applebloom walked to a picnic basket, but it was black and white. She picked it up with her teeth, and gave it to Scootaloo. The two walked to everything and hoped to find a red apple hanging around on one of the trees. They searched until they gave up, but after the long search, they noticed themselves getting deeper and deeper into what seemed to be the Everfree forest! But after not noticing that it seemed to be the Everfree forest, they saw a big cherry apple tree that was colored, but not black and white.

"Scootaloo? Applebloom?" Sweetie Belle snuggled up to the blanket she had been laying on. She slept for a few more minutes, but was very worried. Had her friends left her alone because of her rudeness? Tears rolled on her cheeks. Where are my friends? She thought. She soon awoke, not being able to sleep. Her heart was thudding against her chest, until she saw a pink figure around her. It looked like four figures of the pink pony was surrounding her, but she soon noticed it was Pinkie Pie, her hair very unusual from what it was before. It was straight, and it had no curls at all.