The Black Tree

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Black.

Void.

Emptiness.

Nonexistence.

That was all that Applejack saw.

An empty black void of nothingness. Nothing to be seen. No light, yet it seemed as if there was no darkness either.

'Strange..' she thought.

And strange was the perfect word to describe it. For at that moment, a light came on, except it was not even a light, but instead just the ability to see her actual surroundings.

She seemed to be floating in some sort of black sphere. Two sharp spikes were jammed directly into her flesh, but she felt no pain.

One of the spikes was flashing red. Then it suddenly stopped. It retracted leaving a small hole in her side, but it was not bleeding.

She pondered this for a moment, but a voice interrupted.

"KyUuUuUuUuMyYy"

Applejack realized what was happening.

This thing, whatever it was, was drinking her blood.

She looked back to the hole in her side, only to find it missing, completely filled in, as if the hole was never there.

Suddenly, a purple glow spread through the void.

"NuH-kYo" the voice said.

outside the tree, which was now three quarters the size of the Great Deku Tree from LoZ:OoT

Five ponies stood outside the tree. Two of them, a white unicorn and a yellow pegasus had fainted. Twilight was casting spells on it, while the other two, Pinkie Pie, and a pegasus named Rainbow Dash were just sitting behind her, watching the tree eat passing bugs.

"Did it just talk?"  asked Rainbow Dash.

"I think so, but it could have been something else," Twilight said, trying to cast nullifying spells on the tree "But then again, it is moving and eating insects."

"But what if it ate Applejack?" Asked Pinkie Pie

"ShewasntatherhouseorthebarnandwhatifthismeanieweaniepantsateherforeverandshellbegoneandIllhavelostafriendandthisisthemostterriblething *Gasp* EVER!!!!!"

"Don't worry Pinkie," Twilight said "Even if it has eaten her, we could get her out before she's digested, if this thing can even digest."

The white unicorn, Rarity, who was just waking up, heard the word 'digested', and fell unconcious again.

Twilight shot the tree with another blast of magic, and an orange figure fell out.

"APPLEJACK!!" The three ponies who were awake yelled out and rushed over to the yellow maned mare who had been rendered unconcious.