With the video camera rolling, a little brown filly is seen playing with 6 other fillies on a playground during their first month of summer.

In the midst of their giggling and laughing, they happened to be none other than Scootaloo, Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Button Mash. Before then, they all used to be rivals and bullies trying to compete with each other in games of cat and mouse but with Diamond coming to her senses after her stern talk with her mother, they were able to make amends as they started having a birthday party for Sweetiee Belle.

With Button Mash holding his video camera, he was able to have on of his own from his father's hand-me downs. In a test drive, Button is now filming the recording with his girlfriend Sweetie Belle and her friends in it.

Before any filly could say anything, Diamond was the first to announce herself.

"So Sweetie Belle, did you enjoy camping with your friends and your big sister Rarity?" Diamond asked.

"I do, literally." Sweetie grinned cutely.

"Is there still any other place that you haven't camped out yet?" Silver Spoon asked as she stood in front of Diamond abruptly.

"Not that I know of." Sweetie Belle said nervously.

"Well, there was this one time when my sister Applejack and her family once visited this one Campsite that used to be an ancient Bison burial ground." Applebloom said out loud. "Though, it only during the time when Applejack was my age. It's already been years since any pony visited that campsite."

"Oooo. That sounds thrilling." Scootaloo wooed in excitement. "Maybe we can meet the Buffaloo Cheiftain to see what we can cover up from that place."

"I want to see if we can spend one night at the campsite, errr.." Diamond said with interest before changing the subject. "What is the campsite you were talking about, Applebloom?"

"It is known as Camp Bloodhoof! It was named after a Bison blood ritual that took place during the ancient times dating back long before the Rift of the Two Royal Sisters." Applebloom spoke in a grimacing tone. "Legend used to say that it was during the time when small Bison tribes used to wage rival wars spilling each other's blood as they were fighting over territories all over the south. To honor their dead warriors during the funerals after each fight, the Bisons take the blood of their fallen brethren and place smears of it on their stone tablets before burying them underneath the sand, all of it taking place in their burial grounds. They do this so that the warrior spirits of their fellow Bison can support them from the afterlife. But now that the Bison tribal wars have ended, their blood ritual is only a thing of the past."

"Oh really?" Silver Spoon chuckled. "Well, I'd like to see their ghosts at Camp Bloodhoof, if there are any."

"I'm not finished!!!" Applebloom shouted, making Silver remain silent as the earth farm pony continues with her story. "Applejack did warned me that the Bison blood ritual was left unchecked after the Bison tribal wars came to an end. She and her family barely made it out alive. Apart from my family, there were other ponies that made camp here but none of them were seen again. Rumor has it, that the spirits of the dead Bison warriors remain restless as they became hostile to any pony that foolishly ventures into to Camp Bloodhoof. While others say that the last Bison shaman that performed the blood ritual accidentally left behind a mysterious, terrible curse. It was then that Camp Bloodhoof has been sealed off during to a massive string of mysterious pony disappearances happening there. For that, Applejack told me not to go there for any reason or any visit."

"That sounds encouraging. I do still want to see this Camp Bloodhoof myself, wouldn't you agree Silver Spoon?" Diamond Tiara said with interest.

"Likely so. If we were able to survive there, maybe we can become legends just like our rich parents." Silver Spoon smiled.

"What about you guys?" Diamond asked, referring the CMC and to Button Mash who is still holding onto the recording camera. "Do you all want to see Camp Bloodhoof too?"

"No." The CMC all said in unison.

"Come on, you scaredy fillies you want to prove your sisters and your idol that you're not babies anymore do you?!" Diamond said with encouragement. "What about you Button Mash, do you want to come too?"

"Maybe, well I have to talk to my mom first." Button said. "Though, if Sweetie Belle isn't going then I probably shouldn't."

"Hahahah!! You are all scared!!" Diamond teased, much to everyone but Silver's annoyance.

"NO WE'RE NOT!!!" The CMC and Burron all shouted back in unison.

"Well if so, you might as well meet me at the entrance of Camp Bloodhoof tomorrow at 3pm to prove your worthiness." Diamond Tiara announced. "If not, then me and Silver will start without you."

The was the last thing Diamond said before Button turned off the camera as he and the CMC went on home to discuss about their choice for camping tomorrow.

Next day at 2:50pm....

As Button Mash's camera turned back on, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Applebloom are now seen wearing backpacks for their camping trip. With the CMC walking up front, they marched in a single file line towards the streets of Dodge Junction before they meet with four stallions, all of them seeing with reins attached to their backs. Most of the time, the stallions are meant to carry their stagecoach anywhere as their personal transportation.

With Applebloom giving them a bag full of 500 bits, she whispered to one of them in the ear so that no pony else would eavesdrop. In a sudden shock, the stallion felt silent for a bit until he replied with a chilling response.

"Young lady, I'm not sure its even worth it. What would your parents say about it? You can't think that lying to them is going to play out for the better."

"This is Sweetie's birthday after all. Besides, we have two other ponies that we need to meet up just to prove our worth of young bravery."

"I don't think this is a good idea, your families would sue us for this!!" The Stallion continued, feeling nervous on where this is getting at.

"Pretty please, it's just only one night." Applebloom begged as her ears bend backwards while smiling sheepishly. "How about 1,000 bits then?"

"Okay, okay. But you mustn't tell any pony else afterwards. Once we drop you off, we'll come back first thing early in the morning." The Stallion reluctantly said as Applebloom added 500 more bits to him from another bag.

As Applebloom turned towards the camera, she waves for Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Button Mash to climb onboard the stagecoach.

After 10 minutes of traveling through the southern desert, they finally reached Camp Bloodhoof. As soon as the CMC and Button Mash got off the stagecoach, along with their camping backpacks, he looks through the camera to see a mountain from a distance away. Though in the next minute thereafter, Button turned his camera to see a tall, wooden sign written in blood that says "Camp Bloodhoof" on it. Below the bloodied writing, there is also a small description as well. It says."Any pony that enters this campground will be your last."

"Guys, I have a bad feeling about this?" Button spoke as he approached Sweetie Belle with the camera holstered up to his shoulder.

"Come on, Button. Think about this as our date." Sweetie said as she blinked a few times while smiling in a pretty demeanor. "You would've requested the same too if it were to be your birthday too, right?!"

"Oh sure, whatever you say my sweet." Button said, as he walked behind his marefriend.

*THUMP!!*

Up ahead, Applebloom was seen before she tripped forward onto her hooves by something buried underneath the sand.

"Applebloom, are you okay?" Sweetie Belle gasped as she galloped towards the earth filly before helping her up.

"Ouch, I think I tripped over something." Applebloom grunted as she tried to get up.

Before long, the sand got blown away a bit by the wind revealing a half-buried pony skull coming out of the ground.

"EEEEEKKKKKKK!!!" Sweetie and Applebloom shrieked as they collapsed on their backs, making Button startled.

At the same time, Button almost dropped his camera. No matter, he still held onto it while Sweetie Belle got Applebloom back on her hooves.

"W-w-what was that??" Scootaloo gasped as she went up to Sweetie and Applebloom.

"I-I-I-I don't know, this thing just came out of nowhere and........" Applebloom gasped, hyperventilating before hearing a laugh coming from behind.

As Button turns his camera towards the source of the laughter, he sees that Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon appeared from behind the group, both of the carrying camping backpacks of their own.

"Sweet Celestia, Sweetie Belle. It's just an inanimate skeleton." Diamond cackled. "You girls should've seen the look on all your faces."

Before they could say anything back, Button could hear a ghostly whispered entering into his ear.

"Get out of here!!!"

"What? Did you girls hear that??" Button Mash, feeling confused and nervous about that he just heard.

"Hear what?? Your imagination??" Silver Spoon snickered. "I'm pretty sure its just the wind."

"As if, I could hardly feel any wind up here." Applebloom said disgruntled.

"Anyway, it's getting dark. We might as well find a good place to camp in there." Sweetie Belle said as she pointed her hoof to the right.

When Button turned his camera towards the direction of Sweetie Belle's hoof, she sees several stone building ruins that have lots of shade in them. But Button stills sees dried bloodstains on its stone walls. He doesn't know what to make of it, but he still hears another ominous voice inside his ear in the next minute.

"If you and your friends don't leave now, you will belong to us!!!"

Button did his best to ignore the ominous voice echoing inside his head as he put his camera on the sand before it shows him and his friends setting up their tents for the night.

At night, with all tents setup, Button takes the camera again to continue showing footage of the CMC, Diamond Tiara, and Silver Spoon sitting all around a campfire as they trade stories of their recent achievements back in Ponyville.

In the next minute, Sweetie Belle makes her speech in front of the group of fillies.

"So as of now, Rarity continues with her boutique chain all over Dodge Junction with the aid of Applejack. And I was her lovely, little assistant indeed." Sweetie said, ending her story of success with her sister.

"Well then, who's next for a bedtime story?" Diamond asked, only to realize that every pony is feeling tired.

Before any filly could respond, a sudden gust of wind immediately puts out the campfire. The next thing any filly knew, they heard something heavy landed several feet right behind Silver Spoon.

*CRASH!!!*

"WHAT THE HAY??" Applebloom freaked out as she jumped out of her hooves.

For every pony else, they got an immediate wake-up call after hearing the crashing noise. The next thing they knew, Silver turns around to see her tent get completely smashed like a pancake by a massive falling rubble of stone that came down from a ruined structure behind her tent.

"EEEEEEKKKKK. MY BEAUTIFUL TENT!!!" Silver screamed in shock. "WHO DID THIS?? WHO'S OUT THERE???"

"YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE!!!!"

"Diamond, this isn't funny. Everything I had was inside that tent!!!" Silver replied in anger as she turned her attention towards her best filly friend.

"What?? I didn't say anything, Silver!!" Diamond gasped in confusion.

"Uh guys?? Where's Scootaloo??" Sweetie Belle asked as her voice spoke offscreen from Button's camera.

"I thought she was sitting next to you!!!" Button replied.

"Scootaloo!! WHERE ARE YOU??" Applebloom and Sweetie shouted in unison.

"I don't like this. May be I should've thought twice before going to camp here." Diamond said in fear.

"YOU SHOULD HAVE!!!" Sweetie Belle screamed in anger. "I didn't ask for this!!!"

"Sweetie, please calm down. I think we're all way in over our heads here." Button said, before his camera spotted something coming down from the sky.

In the next second, a brown filly's head landed right in front of Diamond. It was Scootaloo's severed head!!!"

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Diamond screamed as filly's head landed right in front of her hooves.

"EEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKK!!! SCOOTALOO NO!!!" Sweetie and Applebloom screamed in fright.

For Silver Spoon, she ran like a bat out of hell into the darkness past her fallen tent and out of sight.

In a blind fright, Diamond took off towards where Silver ran while Sweetie and Applebloom ran the opposite direction!!! With his camera facing the back of Sweetie Belle, Button ran towards her direction.

"Sweetie Belle wait up."

"NOOOOOO!! I WANT RARITY!!!" Sweetie Belle wailed.

"OUR SACRED GROUND IS NOT MEANT FOR CAMPERS OR SQUATTERS!!!" A ghastly voice boomed from within dead, night sky.

*RRRRRUMBLE!!!*

Feeling the sandy ground shaken, stone tablets started to emerge from the sandy ground revealing bloodied writings lit up in an alarming, flashing red. The next thing Button could barely see from his running footage was when bolts of red lighting started shooting up straight into the sky, creating ruptures before a giant red eye starts to look down onto the ground.

*SSSSSSSSSCCCCCCCCCCRACK!!!*

*BOOM!*

"W-W-WHAT'S HAPPENING!!!" Applebloom screamed in terror and confusion.

"JUST RUN!!!!" Button Mash yelled back, while holding onto the camera as it continues to see his marefriend and Applebloom kept running into a nearby tunnel.

Once inside the cave, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Button Mash held themselves up in a hidden alcove while trying to catch their breath.

"Did you see where did Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon ran off too?" Sweetie Belle asked, feeling exhausted from all that screaming and running.

"No, I haven't." Button Mash replied as he is catching his breath.

"Me neither." Applebloom.

"I swear, this is all your fault Apple Bloom." Sweetie Belle said as she is drowning herself in anger towards her earth filly friend.

"What do you mean, my fault??" Apple Bloom said, feeling confused.

"If you didn't mentioned to Diamond Tiara about this place, we wouldn't be in this mess!!" Sweetie Belle growled. "Scootaloo would be alive if we didn't came here!!"

"Guys, quiet!! I heard some creature coming!!" Button ordered as he directed the two mares to hide behind the walls of the alcove.

The moment to two fillies went up against the walls, Button's camera makes a small peak from the corner.

From his camera, he sees a figure of a red ghostly bison walk towards further down the tunnel. It's wearing an Indian headdress and his thumping its hooves menacingly with every step. After seeing the red ghost disappear, Button turns towards Sweetie Belle and AppleBloom before making a whispering remark.

"We may got carried away in picking a bad place for a camp night on Sweetie Belle's birthday, but arguing over our friend's loss isn't going to get us out of this mess. We can still escape this place."

"Well, if this is over, we are going to have a long talk with Diamond and Silver only if there still alive." Sweetie said, feeling ashamed of what they all got themselves into.

"I hope we can do this, otherwise I won't forgive myself." Applebloom said quietly.

"Are we ready to escape??" Button asked as he is about to make his first move out of the alcove.

"Yes!!" Sweetie and AppleBloom whispered in unison.

"Good, let's get out while we still could." Button said as he cautiously walked out of the alcove.

While his camera is facing towards the exit of the cave, he could feel Sweetie Belle and Applebloom right behind him as they slowly make their way out. However, in the next 2 minutes, all three fillies could hear a rock crumble from behind. The moment Button turned his camera around, it shows a huge ghostly Bison Apparation appeared before them.

Just as the camera footage adjusts itself, the ghost made a loud ghastly screech, with its eyes and mouth turning into a demonic black facial look of fright.

"AHHH!! RUN!!!!" Button screamed as he, Sweetie Belle, and Applebloom made a made dash towards the entrance of the cave.

In such panicked scampering, they just barely ran out of the tunnel only for Button to look back with his camera to see Applebloom get impaled by the ghost bison's horns.

"NO!! APPLEBLOOM!!!" Sweetie screamed as tears came down her eyes.

"A-A-A-Applejack, p-p-please forgive me." Applebloom gurgled as she uttered her last words before being drowned in her own blood.

The ghost bison reached out its ghastly hooves from behind as it tore a dead Applebloom apart, ripping her body in two as it watered the sand and stone with a fountain of her blood and bones.

"Keep running, Sweetie Belle!!!" Button screamed.

With more red thunderbolts shooting up into the sky, more red ghostly bison figures came out of the blood-written tablets, glaring at the two running fillies with anger in their demonic, bloodshot eyes.

"THERE IS NO ESCAPE!!!"

As Button and Sweetie ran back where their tents are at, Button sees a screaming Diamond Tiara getting ripped apart by a bison ghost. At the same time, Sweetie shrieked once again as she sees a bloodied, mangled corpse of Silver Spoon lying on the dirt with only her upper half showing; with her lower half missing.

Just as soon as they're about to reach the sign at the entrance of the camp, Button sees though the camera that a charging bison ghost came up behind Sweetie Belle before it tossed her into the air.

"AAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!" Sweetie Belle screamed as she is sent flying against her own will.

When Sweetie Belle came back down, she crashed into a stone tablet, breaking most of her bones as the poor mare is unable to move, with the back of her head bleeding out.

"Sweetie Belle!! NO!!!" Button wailed as he put the camera down right at the camp's entrance, letting it face himself, his marefriend, and the approaching buffalo ghosts.

"Oh, Sweetie Belle. I'm so sorry!!" Button cried as he held his dying marefriend in his hooves. "I'm so sorry!!!"

After Sweetie slowly died from blood loss, Button turned to face the ghost bison one more time.

"Do you swear to never come back here?!"

"I swear!! For the love of Celestia and Luna, I SWEAR I'LL NEVER COME BACK HERE AGAIN. EVER. I'm sorry okay." Button shouted out loud, crying as he started begging for his life. "THIS WASN'T MY IDEA!!!! I didn't want to come here, honest. But this was supposed to be Sweetie Belle's 13th birthday!!!"

In just a few minutes, one of the ghost bison came closer to Button Mash before making his response.

"WRONG ANSWER!!"

The next thing Button see is that the ghost turned demonic once again before it lunged at the poor colt, knocking him down. While off-screen, Button starts screaming while being ripped apart in a squelching, blood gushing sound effect. As Button falls silent, his blood is last seen spewing out in a long stream across his camera footage.

*The Camera footage ends.*

Author's Note

The image posted in this chapter was created by WH189, which is already paid for.