The Equestrian Dead

"Come on girls! We're almost there!" called out Twilight to her friends. They were walking through the deep Everfree Forest, on their toes for any sign of danger.

"Oh, of all places to take a holiday, why a crusty old cabin?!" called out Rarity, rubbing her aching hooves.

"A cabin?" asked Applejack, "Ah was born in a cabin! This'll be a piece of pie! Cabins are nice."

Just outside of their view, a long rustle was heard in the bushes.

Fluttershy jumped, "EEE! I... I feel something...dark here girls....".

The darkness watched over them ominously as Rainbow Dash assured Fluttershy, "Oh, feather brain! There's nothing here." she stopped and exclaimed, "COME GET US!! There. It won't bother us anymore."

"Oh, well, if you say so Rainbow..." Fluttershy said unconvinced.

"So, where is this run down mill, Twilight?" asked Rarity.

"Oh, it should be around here somewhere." answered Twilight, "Celestia we needed a break from all of this work, says I'm supposed to 'Lighten up'. Well, the pony that's renting it says it's an old place, little run down, but it's right up in the mountains- totally secluded. Best part is, we get it so cheap!".

"Wait, wait, wait, wait." said Rarity, "You have not even SEEN the place yet?!", she sighed and fainted.

"Well, not exactly..." confessed Twilight, blushing, "It might be really nice, you know? Like Applejack said, it's different. Oh look! We're here girls!"

The cabin was a run down shack, one story high, and a shed in the back. Surrounding it were massive, dark trees.

"The trees come pretty close to the cabin, don't you think?" asked Dash.

"Ahh, don't be like that Dashie! Trees don't bite!" Applejack said and patted Dash on the back.

"Oh my, this place, it's so beautiful!" cried Fluttershy, observing all the trees and wildlife.

Rarity confessed, "Hmm, well, I suppose it isn't TOO bad..."

Twilight opened the door and stepped inside.The interior of the cabin was completely dark. Twilight stood silhouetted in the doorway for a moment, then entered to find the light switch.The illumination revealed floors, walls, and ceilings made of cedar. There were two small bedrooms, a kitchen, and the main room which contains a stone fireplace set into the wall. An old grandfather clock stood silently in one corner, partially hidden in the shadows. A door in the rear of the cabin lead to a small work shed, containing a work bench and an assortment of tools upon the wall, including a chainsaw. Located centrally in the main room was a trap door leading to the cellar. This caught Twilight's attention.

"Check this out girls! This place has a dungeon."

The others came to Twilight and saw the trap door. Twilight unlocked the lock and tried to open it.

"It's nailed shut..." she grumbled.

"W-well..." Fluttershy stammered, "It's probably j-just garbage....".

"Come on Flutters!" said Dash, "You don't lock garbage in a cellar! I bet it's something really awesome! What if....what if there's...dead ponies?".

Fluttershy yelped and Dash began to laugh. She said, "Oh, relax Flutters! You know I'm just teasing!"

Rarity sat alone in the living room. She was drawing sketches of dress ideas. As she worked, the ticking of the clock stopped. Rarity put down her pencil and looked up to the clock. It stood silently in the corner with its hands frozen in position. There was a rustling from the woods. Rarity looked out the window but could see only the trees. Something was moving outside, yet remained hidden within the forest.

A gust of wind filled the room. Rarity glanced down at her horn. It turned a pale white and began to shake and jerk about uncontrollably. She stared on incredulously as her horn, guided by some unseen force picked up the pencil and begins to sketch a figure upon her pad. The wind blew through the open window but died down slowly as her hand completed the drawing.

"Wha...What is this?!"

Rarity began to holler as she failed to maintain control. Whatever was at the edge of the woods has now retreated further into them. Her horn lost the pale cast and was back under her control. Rarity picked up her pad of paper. The likeness of a book with some form of ancient writing on its cover had been sketched. She looked to the woods which were now silent. A snapping of wood was heard from the cellar. Rarity quickly turned to the trap door still nailed shut in the floor. Possibly just a mouse, she imagined, but she fixed her gaze upon it. Another sound, almost like faint breathing came from the cellar. Fluttershy and Applejack walked over to Rarity.

"What happened?"asked Applejack, while Fluttershy noticed her drawing,

"Ooo. Rarity. That looks nice. What is it?"

Rarity looked towards the cellar. "I...don't know..." she said, puzzled.

Pinkie turned her attention to the cellar, wondering why Rarity was so focused on it. She saw it move and let out aloud gasp.

Applejack chuckled and said, "Well, guess you like her drawings 'Shy!" unaware of the sudden movement. "Imma check on dinner!" she said as she trotted towards the kitchen. Rarity and Fluttershy remained, becoming paranoid of the cellar trap door.

The ponies were sitting around the dinner table chattering over Twilight blender, making blood red smoothies. Once finished, Twilight passed them out to each pony.

Dash took a sip, grinned,and leaned over to Fluttershy and Rarity, muttering, "Dead ponies' bodies in the cellar..."

"Oh, please, Dash, won't you stop?" shouted Rarity.

"Hey, come on. Take a joke." Dash said chuckling. Rarity lifted Dash's glass and poured it all over her. Dash smiled, "Oh, I WILL get you back.". Their cheering was cut short as aloud crash was heard in the living room.

"What the hay?" Applejack said as the ponies left to investigate.

The trap door was ripped open, nails torn off. The cellar was wide open. Rarity and Fluttershy began to tremble.

Slowly, Applejack asked, "...What is this?".

Twilight said, "Whatever it was it must be down there still.".

Fluttershy said anxiously, "Oh, let's just close it back up. Maybe it was just an animal...?".

Dash laughed, "Oh, come on! I'm going in to see." and trotted down into the cellar. She disappeared from their views.

Applejack bent down into the cellar, "HEY DASH!" She called, "YA SEE ANYTHING?!"

No response. Applejack called out again. Nothing.

"Is she....kidding...?" asked Fluttershy trembling. Still no sound.

"That's it!" called Applejack as she marched into the cellar.

She went deep inside, the cellar nearly pitch black. Water from leaking pipes above cast a long echo as they dripped. Applejack saw a door, opened slightly. She moved into there and saw a shadow move.

"DASH?!" she called.She broke into a cold sweat and baked away, only to be grasped by hooves.She screamed and turned to see Dash laughing. "What the fuck, Rainbow? Ya had us scared stiff!" scolded Applejack, "Well, did ya at least find sumthin'?".

Dash nodded and headed for a table. On it was a sawn off shotgun, papers and a strange looking book. It appeared to be bounded in an animal hide.

"Let's take it upstairs!" she said excitedly. They came back up to the living room, where Rarity and Fluttershy sighed with relief.

"Twilight!" called out Applejack, "Look at this!" and tossed the book to her.

"Oh my," she said, "This, language, I know it. It dates back to before even Celestia! A dead language spoken by a strange tribe of ponies!" She opened it up and read aloud. "'Naturan Demanto', Book of the Dead. I HAVE heard of this! They say it was sacred to the tribe ponies. Legend says it is bound in flesh and written in blood..."

Fluttershy cried, "B-B-BLOOD?! EEP!".

"Relax Fluttershy..." Twilight cautioned, "It's just an old mare's tale. But wow is this a great replica!". She continued to translate the book, as the other ponies sat mesmerized. Twilight said, "So, This particular volume deals with demons and demon resurrection. These are of the Katardi family, meaning those forces believed to inhabit the jungles and woods of man's domain. The first few pages that I have translated warn that these demons are dangerous, everpresent, and exist primarily through this book. As legend has it, only the sacred high priests of the Ca'n Dar tribe could possess these books, for they alone could properly control the resurrected demons. It is only through the act of reciting the resurrection passage that these demons would be able to posses the living..."

Fluttershy couldn't take anymore. "STOP STOP STOP!" she cried.

Twilight reminded Fluttershy, "Of course this isn't real Fluttershy. If it was, Celestia would have stopped it long ago."

"Yeah!" said Dash, "Come on! It was just getting good!".

As Twilight began to read the chant, all noise faded away and the bright autumn colors faded to a dark grey. She began,"Tantir-ah-mis-trobeen-ha-zar-ta! Tantir-man-ov-mis-hazen-sober!". Suddenly, thunder was heard, as the blue sky was completely overtaken by a dark ferocious storm. Twilight didn't notice. She was too engrossed in her reading. She continued, "Makunda! Estrandara! Mantoaser! Kanda!"

Deep within the woods, the ground began to split apart. Smoke filled the woods. Evil was awakened.

"KANDA!"

The wind raged through the cabin. Fluttershy was crying. Rarity turned to Twilight.

"Stop, Twilight!"

Thunder struck the cabin and caused Fluttershy to lose control of herself. She shook Twilight.

"Twilight! Please s-s-stop!"

Twilight realized and apologized. Suddenly, one of the windows shattered as a tree branch crashed through it. "Remember Fluttershy, this is all make believe. Pure coincidence!Let's go to sleep, and everything will be normal again." reassured Twilight.

"Oh, some rest would be nice..." muttered Fluttershy as everypony went into their rooms. She sighed and looked out of the window. Suddenly, she heard the same noise as from the cellar, a slight breathing. The trees around her died as the wind intensified. Fluttershy looked out of the cabin. She trembled and muttered, "Um, excuse me. I know somepony is here... Please, don't be afraid to come out... Come now. Are you scared? There's nothing to be scared of.". She stepped out of the cabin and heard rustling and a faint moan. The wind began to surround her, almost as if caressing her. She gulped, "Umm, hello?" she called, this time louder. "Don't do this to me, please... I'm scared...".

There was no reply.

Fluttershy got furious and shouted, "That is enough! COME OUT!". She slammed her hoof down on the ground, only to quickly discover a long thorn covered branch began to constrict it. It dug into her skin and pinned her to the ground "Whaa, no, NOOO!". She cried as more branches surrounded her entire body.

They pierced into her like barbed wire, blood pouring from the wounds. They began to whisk her away deep into the Everfree, getting bruised and sliced by the forest floor. She was screaming bloody murder until more branches dug into her throat, slicing her tongue. Eventually, from her tear soaked eyes, she saw that she had stopped in front of a demonic-faced tree. The branches pulled her blood and tear drenched body up in front of it. It sent more branches to pin her down on the ground. Her head and front hooves were low as her pelvis began to rise and the branches pull her legs apart, exposing her privates. Her molesters formed almost a barrier around her, rubbing her body in all sorts of areas.

She let out a muffled shriek, as two prickly branches were shoved straight into her vagina and began swishing and cutting her insides. She lost all power to scream and only cried silently as blood poured out of her molested area. She was writhing, but since the thorns were so deep in her, every movement only led to more pain and blood. The crying stopped soon after, as she began to moan out loud as the vines penetrated deeper and deeper.

Fluttershy suddenly regained her senses and began shaking until the branches snapped off of her. She sprinted back towards the cabin screeching and ripping the thorns off of her, crippled by her terrible rape. The Evil followed her right behind, an unseen demon, beckoning her back. She ran to the cabin door and furiously pounded on it.

"HELP! PLEASE!" she yelled. She turned behind her and felt the Evil creeping onto her. She cried again, "TWILIGHT! RARITY! HELP!". Her poundings on the door brought down the keys hidden on top of the door. Frantically, she tried each key, one by one, the Evil creeping ever more up with each key. She dropped them and pounded on the door just as Twilight opened the door, let her in, and slammed it shut. The ponies all woke and were disgusted at Fluttershy's grostique wounds.

Dash finally spoke, "What...the...Tartaru-"

"THE TREES," Fluttershy yelled, "THE TREES WERE ALIVE. THEY....THEY TRIED TO KILL ME!". She grabbed Rainbow Dash and exclaimed, "THERE IS EVIL HERE! THE WOODS, THE TREES...a-alive...." and fainted.

"This is nonsense..." Twilight reasoned, "Trees cant come to life and do...THIS.". She turned to Applejack, "Applejack, you think you can get Fluttershy out of here? She needs help."

"Why, of course..." said Applejack in disbelief. "Ya don't think...Fluttershy is r-right...? About the woods...?".

"Y-yeah..." Dash chipped in, "YOU were reading that...that... VOODOO MUMBO JUMBO! And Applejack.... If it is true... Don''t you see?! IT WON'T LET US LEAVE! We're trapped..." and began to get hysterical. Applejack patted Dash.

"Calm yerself missey," she said, "We'll be fine!". She pulled Fluttershy onto her back and trotted outside.

Applejack stumbled in the misty woods, balancing the unconscious Fluttershy on her back. Fluttershy slowly came to. She looked around and almost screamed, until she realized she Applejack was taking her away from the cabin. Suddenly, Applejack stopped, staring ahead in disbelief.

"Wh-why'd you stop, Applejack...?" asked Fluttershy.

"No..." Applejack said, "No, this...can't be!".

Fluttershy looked ahead and saw what caught Applejack so off guard. Everything beyond the Everfree Forest vanished. Nothing but black mist bordered the Everfree from an endless dark void. Fluttershy was crying.

"Applejack!" she screamed, "WE CAN'T LEAVE IT!".

"Now, now..." said Applejack unsure, "W-we'll find a way. But we have to go back..."

Fluttershy stopped and said, "A-alright....". They trotted back to the cabin and met up with Twilight and the rest of the ponies.

Fluttershy sat on a stool, staring into the woods. She was drinking tea, her hoof shaking. Rainbow Dash saw her and tried to calm her down.

"It's alright Flutters." Dash said, "We'll find another path or something...". Rainbow got up and entered the kitchen, where the rest of the ponies were.

"This is...impossible..." Twilight said pacing back and forth. "We're....isolated..."

Dash stepped up, "Well, it might seem impossible, but it's happening, and that is what we need to worry about. Let's think real. COULD it be an attack by Discord? Or Trixie's 'new revenge scheme'."

"OR," Rarity intervened, "It's that....vile BOOK! You read from it, Twilight! Don't you understand it?"

"Hm, well, I suppose I can read more, just to see if we can figure all of this out." said Twilight.

She grabbed the monstrous book and opened it. It was then that she noticed someone wrote over the blood letters in it with black ink.

"Wait girls. These notes look like they belong to the original owner. This ought to clear things up.". She began to read them, "March 12th. Suzanne came after me and almost murdered me. My own wife. The mare of my world. At first I thought it was a mental or physical disorder because of what had happened to her eyes, but I was only fooling myself. I knew what it was. Her eyes were clear white, blood flowing from their sockets. She was not my wife, but a product of Tartarus on Earth. Three days have passed since that thing has been down there. I was hoping to weaken it without food or water. Nothing worked. Finally, in desperation I dragged her out to the shed and dismembered her so that whatever it was could not get up again. There is only one way to end the suffering, bodily dismemberment. I should never have read from this book, the Book of the Dead, the Necronomicon. Bounded in pony flesh and scribed in blood. Celestia have mercy on my soul."

"THAT'S IT!" Rarity screamed, "WE'RE DEAD! OH THE HORROR!"

Applejack slapped Rarity.

"Calm down! We don't know, yet..."

Twilight sat petrified, her mind trying to process the circumstances. It suddenly dawned on her.

"Wh-where's...Fluttershy...?"

The rest of the ponies realized and rushed to the living room. Fluttershy was lying on the floor moaning. Surrounding her was a black pussy fluid, flowing from all openings of her body. Her body was pale and her skin was broken. She began grunting, louder and louder. She swiftly stood and turned to the ponies. Sharp jagged teeth were piercing out of her lips. Black blood flowing from her eyes. Her eyes appeared to be rolled back, a foggy white. A hideous voice spoke, a warped demonic voice, not that of Fluttershy's.

"YOU!" it exclaimed pointing at the ponies, "YOU DISTURB OUR ANCIENT SLUMBER?! DIE! DIE! WE WILL ALL DIE! ONE BY ONE, DEAD BY DAWN!" As fast as she stood she now collapsed onto the floor motionless.

They stood silent, petrified.

Finally, Rainbow Dash muttered, "What the fuck is this? Is this..real...?"

Rarity vomited.

Twilight said in a guilt filled voice, "Her eyes... I need to inspect her..."

Twilight knelt down and put her hoof on Fluttershy's forehead. Suddenly, Fluttershy's eyes opened. She grabbed Twilight's hoof and began to savagely tear it apart. Her tendons snapped. Teeth penetrated through her entire hoof. Blood poured out of the open wound as Twilight's shriek's filled the cabin. Applejack charged at Fluttershy, but Fluttershy turned to her and threw her across the room into a bookcase. It toppled and trapped Applejack. Fluttershy flew to her and began to bite the air around her. Twilight stumbled up, rage in her eyes. She grabbed an ax mounted on the wall and limped to Fluttershy.

"THAT. IS. ENOUGH!" she exclaimed and smashed Fluttershy's jaw with the handle. She stumbled and fell into the open cellar. She began to climb up but Twilight slammed the trap door shut, crushing her hoof as Twilight began to hit Fluttershy's protruding hoof with the ax's handle. She let out demented screams and moans as she retracted her hoof, allowing the trap door to close fully and lock.

Later that night, the ponies sat around a fire, thinking, as Fluttershy's evil sobs, laughter, and screams flooded from the cellar.

"There," Twilight said, "There HAS to be some logical reasoning... She said trees attacked her? Maybe this is just VERY bad poison joke...?" and rubbed her wound.

Applejack shrugged and said, "We still got us a few hours before suntime..."

Rarity interrupted, "I CAN'T wait that long! Why does it not make sense to you all! There is EVIL here! THE WORST. POSSIBLE. THING!"

"We have to, Rarity!" Twilight yelled, "And YOUR attitude is NOT helping us out at all! Now, in the morning, we'll find a way out of this chasm or whatever we are trapped in."

Even Pinkie Pie could not bring joy to the somber group, only saying, "Twilight...are you sure about this...?"

Twilight sighed and said, "No."

Fluttershy watched in the cellar, grinning as a dark yellow fluid drooled out of her parting lips. She knew they were next.

The ponies decided to retreat back to their rooms and solve everything in the morning. Rarity and Twilight were in their room getting ready for sleep. Rarity was looking out the window, watching. An unseeable Evil lurked just outside, watching, waiting. Rarity shivered.

"Twilight," she said, "I feel like something awful is surrounding this cabin."

Twilight looked out the window. The force began to rush to her, but she pulled her head back right before it could reach her. She assured Rarity nothing was outside.

"Everything will be okay." she said, "Applejack and I will stay up and watch...Fluttershy."

Twilight went back to the living room with Applejack, as they sat around a fire, hearing nothing but disgusting breathing from the cellar.

Rarity began to dress into her silk pajamas, alone in her room. The Evil was still lurking, and rushed at tremendous speed at the window. It burst through and Rarity finally saw the incomprehensible horror. A scream stifled in her throat, but it was a useless cause.

Twilight stood up in the living room.

"Applejack!" she called, "You heard that too?"

"Eeyup." Applejack agreed nervously.

"Right." said Twilight, "I'll go check on Rarity. Knowing her..." and chuckled nervously.

Rarity's room was dark, and Twilight could not see through the shadows. She limped though it, calling Rarity's name, but only heard an echo. Her window was shattered and a gust blew through the room. Twilight entered the bathroom and saw that the shower curtain was drawn. She stopped, gulped, and slowly pulled back the curtain, relieved there was nothing hiding.

She turned around and was grabbed by a possessed Rarity. She looked like Fluttershy, pale, bleeding,white eyes, and grinning with horrible sharp rotten teeth showing.

"I've got something to show you, sweetie...." her terrible possessed voiced cackled.

She let go of Twilight and began biting her own hoof off. Black pus emerged as she finally ripped it off, and out with a hiss burst a bloody pulsating flesh claw with long curved nails at the end. Twilight stumbled back screaming as Rarity began slicing at her. Twilight ran to the living room, where Applejack stood up and watched in horror, while Fluttershy cheered below and ripped her hooves off, growing long claws as well. Twilight used magic to grab Rarity and fling her into the fireplace. She began screeching as her face and flesh melted in the flames. She pulled herself up and grabbed Twilight. Her face was gone and only bloody scarred tissue remained, her left eyeball hanging out of its socket, blood flowing through it.

In a raspy voice, she said, "You ruined our pretty face! Our skin!". Rarity began to caress Twilight with her claws. "You have pretty skin..." she said, "GIVE IT TO US!". She grabbed Twilight's neck and began to shake her violently. Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash woke up and ran to the living room, but took a step back at this site. Rarity stopped shaking, looked at the ponies and shouted, "YOU'RE NEXT!".

Rarity glared at Twilight. She began to moan and ran her nails on her face.

Twilight gurgled, "Please...don't..." as she began to silently weep.

Rarity screeched like a banshee and threw Twilight on the ground. Dash and Applejack charged at her, but Rarity's magic sent them flying back. She stood on top of Twilight and raised her claws.

She and Fluttershy chanted, "JOIN US! JOIN US!" and brought the claws straight into Twilight's eyeballs. Twilight screamed in agony. Rarity ripped them out and swallowed them whole. "LET'S SEE HOW THE REST OF YOU TASTES, DARLING!" she shouted, "I'M SO GENEROUS, I WILL KEEP YOU ALIVE BY EATING THE LESS VITAL ORGANS!".She forced her claws into Twilight's face and ripped it apart. She licked at the open flesh and she cut her stomach open and sliced the hide away. Twilight couldn't even scream; she was too weak. Rarity ripped her kidneys out and poured the dark fluids all over herself. Her tongue grew long and pointed as she bent down and slurped Twilight's insides while her claws tore Twilight's limbs off. At last, she ripped out Twilight's heart, as it lay in her hand still beating. She chanted a satanic chant as the heart burst into flames and shot blood out from all directions. More blood than can even be found in a pony's body. Rarity was laughing and bent her neck back, snapping it, as she gulped the red fluids down her throat.

It was time for Pinkie Pie to get serious. "NOPONY-DEMON-THINGY MESSES WITH MY FRIENDS!" she exclaimed as she charged to Rarity.. She rode on her like a bronco, using her horn as a handle. Rarity tried to shake her off, but the horn kept her steady. Rarity became enraged and ripped the horn off of her, throwing Pinkie back. She tried to use magic, but failed. Pinkie got up and smirked as she wiped the blood off of her face. "Haha,silly!" she cried out, "You can't use magic without your horn! Here, I'll give it back!". She threw her hoof back, wound up, and threw the horn right at Rarity's head with impossible velocity. It penetrated through her brain and out her head. Rarity levitated as terrible hissing flowed out of her. From the open gap a tidal wave of blood, brain chunks, and pus spewed forth as her body feel limp and lifeless on the floor.

Pinkie Pie stood, breathing heavily, eyeing the mess she made. Applejack and Rainbow Dash stared astonished. Pinkie slurped some blood off of her face.

"MHHHM!"she called out, "This tastes pretty good! A little salty, but a little sweet!" and licked her hooves clean.

Dash shuddered at this behavior, but shrugged after she realized it wasn't an evil devil, it was just Pinkie Pie.

"Pinkie..." Applejack said, "Ya did it...."

"I did?" said Pinkie. She looked at Rarity's rotting corpse. "Oh yeah!" she cheered, "I DID! I DID! I DID!"

She bounced all over the room, but as soon as her hoof touched the floor in front of the trap door, Fluttershy seized it. The chain broke as Fluttershy's upper torso came up and began to drag Pinkie down with her.

"NO! THIS ISN'T FUNNN!" cried Pinkie.

"JOIN US PINKIE!" Fluttershy cried out. She dug her claws into Pinkie's flank. Applejack charged towards Fluttershy and bucked her in the face. Fluttershy toppled down into the cellar again as Dash flew Pinkie back up and Applejack slammed the trap door down, re-adjusting the lock.

"You alright Pinkie?" Applejack said. Pinkie tried to get up, but collapsed.

"Oh, I'm fine Applejack!"Pinkie Pie lied, "Remember, I'm Pinkie Pie!" she said with a fake smile.

"No. You need rest!" stated Dash. She flew Pinkie back to her bed. "Now, you just relax here. Applejack and I will figure things out." she said.

Pinkie agreed and immediately dozed away.

She flew back to Applejack, and they both sit in the living room, thinking.

"Alright," said Rainbow Dash finally, "When we were flying here, I saw an old hiking trail. But, I don't even know if its still in tact anymore."

"Well, only one way to find out..." Applejack said. "Right. Ah'll take care of Pinkie. You follow that trail, and then head back here."

Rainbow Dash prepared to step out of the cabin, which reaked of blood and rotting flesh.

"Look," she turned to Applejack, "If I find a path, I'll come here. If I don't come back in a few hours...well, you just gotta take Pinkie, flank and all,and just book it. Get the Tartarus out of here. I don't even know if its safe out there...". They shook hoofs.

"Dash," Applejack smiled, "Ya take care now. Yer a good mare."

Dash smirked and boasted, "You kidding?I'm the best!"and trotted away into the dark fog.

In the cellar, Fluttershy began to silently laugh.

"What's so fucking funny Fluttershy?!" raged Applejack.

Fluttershy smiled, "Cute. You still call us that... Fluttershy is dead. Her soul locked away in TARTARUS! Hehehehe... Soon, you ALL will die, you will JOIN US! THEN, who will lock YOU up in the cellar?! HehehehAHAHAHAHA!" and raged against the locks of the trap door.

Disgusted, Applejack left to check on Pinkie Pie. She was still asleep in her bed. Applejack quietly lifted the blankets to see Pinkie's wounded flank. He removed the bandages placed on it to see the scarred flank. As she did this, hundreds of black lines began to infect it, circle it, and dart in many directions. Applejack looked at Pinkie, who had been watching her the whole time with bone white giant eyes and an evil grimace on her face. She began to growl at Applejack. Applejack jolted backwards and bolted to the front door. She stepped out, only to realize everything beyond the cabin was pitch black. She felt something wet and warm grab her hooves. She screamed and looked to barely see Rainbow Dash, clinging onto Applejack. She dragged Dash inside and got a better look at her. She was covered in blood. Her wings were ripped off, and the torn areas were already infected. A massive black eye impaired her vision. Many teeth were ripped out, and her jaw was out of place. Bones were dislocated and exposed in her legs. She was literally mutilated and ripped to shreds, but alive, barely. She tried to call Applejack's name, but was too weak. Applejack lied Rainbow onto the sofa, where she sat throbbing from lack of blood,while a possessed Pinkie shuffled to the corner and was twitching and giggling.

"Jack..." she said, "I'm...dying....This is...it. We're all...going to die..."

Applejack said determined, "No, no. Yer gonna be fine. Just you see. Yer a tuff mare!"

Dash cried and with a raspy coughing voice said the cold truth, "It won't...let us leave, 'Jack... Fluttershy...was right. All gonna die...All...of...us..."

"NO! NO! NO! WE AIN''T GONNA DIE!" shouted Applejack as she shook Rainbow violently.

"Don't leave me...Applejack. I don't..want to die..." cried Rainbow Dash.

Fluttershy mocked, "And NOW, NOW YOU HAVE REASON?! OH NO! WE WILL DIE! OH NO! BOO HOO! AHHUAHAHAHAHAH!".

Rainbow looked at Applejack, "There is a way...but the trees...THEY'RE ALIV-AUUUGH!" and she buckled, grabbing her stomach. Blood poured from her nose and ears.

Pinkie started to laugh hysterically. Applejack stomped to her and yelled to shut up. Pinkie continued, and Applejack slapped her, but she continued. Applejack grabbed the shotgun brought up from the cellar and pointed both barrels at Pinkie's head.

"Celestia forgive me..." she said.

The laughing stopped. Pinkie appeared normal.

"Applejack!" she called out, "Please, help me...". She hugged Applejack, "Don't let It take me Applejack! Please!" and began to sob. Applejack began to cry and hugged her back.

Fluttershy's voice came from the cellar once more, except now, it was her soft timid voice, "I'm alright now too, Applejack.".

Applejack sat in front of the trap door. She began to unlock it but stopped. "....Fluttershy...?" she called. She put her ear to the floor to listen for any noise.

Then, Fluttershy's arms burst through the trap door and grabbed Applejack's head. She broke though and backed away from the cellar. She heard laughter behind her, and turned to realize Pinkie was just pretending to not be possessed and was laughing hysterically.

"Ya bastards!" she cried, "Why are ya doing this? Why?!" With newfound courage, she grabbed Pinkie and threw her out of the cabin.

"USELESS!" Pinkie cried out, "YOU WILL DIE!"

Applejack left her in the woods and ran back inside the cabin. Dash was coughing over all of the cackling.

"Applejack..." she begged, "Kill me..."

Applejack shook her head, "Y-Ya know ah can't...do that..."

Dash groaned and said, "It's up to you Applejack. You have to...you have to murder Pinkie. Fluttershy too.For Celestia's sake, don't die...". Applejack cried, "But Rainbow. There WILL be a tomorrow, you, me, and-uh, well, we'll be fine...". She poured some water into Rainbow Dash's mouth, but only saw it flow out. Rainbow Dash was dead.

Applejack heard laughter. She turned around and saw Pinkie crawling up to her. She was holding a rusty dagger and was licking her lips. She lunged at Applejack but Applejack jumped out of the way. Pinkie stood up, began to laugh hysterically, and brought the knife to her own face. She began to savagely slice her cheeks apart from her lips, making an unnaturally long smile. Black blood flowed through the gaping holes. Pinkie, fast as light, cornered Applejack and held the knife in front of her face.

"ISN'T THIS FUN?!" she shouted as she brought the knife into her own mouth, rolled out her stretched pointed tongue, and dug the knife straight down the middle, hissing as gore penetrated through.

Applejack knew the line had finally been crossed. With a rage-fueled yell, she kicked Pinkie in the stomach, crashing her into the wall. Applejack sprinted to the tool shed, where she found the chainsaw that caught her attention when they first arrived. She saw Pinkie running up to her from afar.

Applejack yelled, "YA WANT FUN?! AH'LL GIVE YA FUN!" and turned on the chainsaw with a loud roar.

Pinkie jumped onto Applejack, making her fall on her back, Pinkie on top staring into her eyes. She sliced at Applejack's chest with the knife as Applejack screamed in fury bringing the roaring chainsaw straight into Pinkie's stomach. Blood and gore splattered the entire cabin, as her intestines were liquefied by the sharp blade.

Pinkie laughed as the saw slowly ate away at her. Blood and bits of her intestines flowed onto Applejack's face. Her mouth was open from her rage-induced yells and was left wide open for the gore. Pinkie's laugh slowly began to die and finally, her lifeless body limped over Applejack. Her thrashed, bloody, and scarred face directly on Applejack's. Applejack switched off the chainsaw and groaned in distaste. An evening mist began to surround the cabin, and Applejack dragged Pinkie's body out of the shed to bury it. Fluttershy watched from her prison and pounded on the trapdoor, slowly loosening the bolts. Applejack was so focused on digging she did not hear this or the faint chuckle Pinkie gave off as one of her pale eyes opened.

Applejack pushed Pinkie's body into the ditch and began to bury her. As She finished the final touches, Pinkie's black, bloodied hoof burst out of the grave and grabbed her hoof. She tried to run, but Pinkie's grip was too tight. She used Applejack to pull herself out of her grave and with her claws, dug into Applejack's lower leg. Screaming, she pulled her leg up and kicked it out as hard as she could. Pinkie flew off and Applejack stood over her, senselessly pounding her over and over in the face. Pinkie grabbed Applejack and flung her way back, hitting the ground with tremendous force.

She smiled, black blood oozing from her broken face, and said, "Silly, silly pony. You shouldn't have done that..."

"Pinkie...please..." Applejack begged, backing away, "If yer still there, please don't do this. Yer all I have left..."

Pinkie laughed and lunged towards her. Applejack screamed and lifted the chainsaw up in the air once more. It decapitated Pinkie, her head flying off, but her body falling onto Applejack. A river of filthy blood oozed from the neck stump, and a loud hissing was coming out of it. Disgusted, Applejack limped back to the shed, not looking back. She put the chainsaw down and found a hunting rifle mounted on the wall. She took it and stalked back into the cabin. She entered the cabin and saw the trap door was ripped off, Fluttershy missing.

"Oh, fuck..." Applejack groaned as she followed the blood prints on the floor to find her, gun pointed ahead. The blood stopped at a window. Applejack peered out of it and up popped Fluttershy, laughing in a warped voice, for a brief second as she sprinted towards the entrance. "THE DOOR!" shouted Applejack as she made a run for it. She slammed the door on Fluttershy's claws and hit them with the butt of the rifle. Fluttershy retracted and fled for another entrance. Applejack scurried across the cabin, securing all doors and windows.

She pumped her rifle, preparing for the attack. Everything was silent until the grandfather clock near the fireplace began to tick again, backwards. Applejack was spinning, keeping an eye on all windows as the ticking grew louder and louder.

She shouted, "QUIT TORTURIN' ME AND JUST DO IT!". The ticking stopped, and Applejack sighed in relief. Then, Fluttershy's arms burst through the wall behind her and grabbed her. Applejack shook them off and glared into the holes in the wall. Fluttershy showed her grotesque face and Applejack shot at it. Screaming horribly and clutching her face, Fluttershy jolted away.

Applejack trotted to the dresser where Dash's body was leaning on and dragged it away to cover the holes. Suddenly, Dash stood up, eyes white and bleeding. Applejack turned and gasped. She aimed the gun but Dash threw it away and knocked Applejack aside a nightstand. Desperate, Applejack grabbed the nightstand's lamp and smashed it on Dash's head. The light socket jammed into Dash's eye, sending violent electrodes through her body. Applejack picked up a small table upon which was the Book Of The Dead. Se threw it at Dash. This did not affect her, and she advanced closer. The Book Of The Dead landed near the fireplace and edges of the paper darkened from the heat. Rainbow Dash picked up Applejack and began to throttle her as if she were a rag doll.

The front door began to give under Fluttershy's pounding. Applejack brought her hooves to Dash's eyes. With a crash, Fluttershy broke through the front door and began to push the dresser away. Pages from the Book Of The Dead were smoldering now. Applejack jammed her hooves into Dash's eyes and slipped from her grip. Dash clutched her eye sockets and her back began to smolder. Applejack now saw the book. Its pages burned at the edge. Fluttershy toppled the dresser and entered the room. Her face was torn and bloodied from the gun blast. Applejack rushed to throw the book onto the burning logs, but Fluttershy, catching on fire, gave her a backhand blow across the head, and Applejack was sent sprawling to the floor. She grabbed a fireplace poker with her crushed fingers and turned back to Applejack who was crawling toward the fireplace.

When Applejack almost in reach of the book, Dash, also burning, grabbed her leg and began to pull Applejack backward. Fluttershy approached writing in her melting skin and slammed Applejack across the back with her poker. Applejack screamed. She kept creeping forwards, desperate to end this terrible curse. Dash pulled her back once more as Applejack pushed the book farther ahead into the fire with her hooves. Fluttershy raises the poker for the final blow.

"WE TOLD YOU! DIE! DIE! WE ALL DIE!" she screamed, but Applejack finally pushed the entire Necronomicon into the fire.

The flames turned bright green and Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash froze. Smoke poured from their bodies as demons in the woods began to moan. Fluttershy dropped the poker onto the floor, piercing the ground right next to Applejack's face. Suddenly, the silence stopped. Ear piercing shrieking exerted from Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash. They feel to the floor, twitching. Applejack stood, grasping her back as she watched in horror. Their eyes rolled out of their body and cooked like eggs on the floor. Their skin peeled and their flesh decayed. Faces were caved in and bugs crawled out of their eye sockets. They wound their backs so far they snapped as blood burst in every direction. Blood, blood, an ocean of blood. Applejack fell into the blood and nearly drowned in it. The blood suddenly turned into a disgusting black paste, waste from Tartarus itself. The rotting corpses of the dead horses slowly deteriorated away into the dark blood. The devils in the cabin forcibly retreated out of it shrieking.

Applejack stood up from it. She looked around. The sky was clear and blue. Beautiful Autumn colors surrounded the cabin. Birds were chirping. The grandfather clock began to tick, normally. Applejack looked in wonder. She cried of joy and screamed to the heavens. She was victorious. However, she felt extreme remorse for her fallen friends, knowing their souls had been locked away deep in the fires underneath. She wadded to the front door, opened it, and let the blood flow out. It evaporated the second it touched the sunshine. Slowly, she began to limp out of the cabin. She was in the clearing when she heard a noise. She turned around and shrieked as the Evil came from behind and possessed her.