Wicker: Story of a Haunting

by AtrocityEquine

Rating: everyone
Tags: Dark
Length: 2134

There's something in this house..

Inspired by the hauntings in the US and the Infamous story of 'Canitas'(Straws) by Carlos Trejo.

(If anybody HAS heard of Canitas and sees some similarities, let me know and I'll change the story up.)

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Three years ago, Rainbow Dash and her friends moved in together in an old house on the Street of Wicker in Ponyville. What followed was a series of events that are unexplainable to everypony in Equestria, leaving Rainbow Dash to tell the story to a reporter earth pony named Lights, wanting her to tell of what happened in that house.

What did happen in the house?What is watching them from inside..?

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2011-10-20 03:49:27 UTC

Prologue

Wicker: Story of a Haunting.

by Anti Cosmic Wolf-Pony of Darkness.

~*~

The following story is inspired by hauntings in the US and inspired by the events of the book 'Cañitas'(Straws in Spanish) by Carlos Trejo.

For any My Little Pony fan,don't take this story too seriously.It's a fan fiction and shouldn't be taken so seriously.

~*~

All houses are haunted. All persons are haunted. Throngs of spirits follow us everywhere. We are never alone.

Barney Sarecky

~*~

The young black mare entered the pegasus's home in the skies of Ponyville.She recieved a very cryptic letter from her, leaving her very interested of it's meaning.As she entered,she didn't see anybody around.

"Ms.Rainbow Dash?",she cried out.

She then heard a soft whisper,"Over here..".She turned to see Rainbow Dash, looking like she hadn't slept in a long while, staring at the window,looking down at Ponyville."I'm glad you made it Light.",she said,not looking back.

Light sat down on the chair infront of Dash as she turned towards her, her rainbow hair now a dull color, her mane all lightish blue and her wings slowly stretching.She looked at Lights with her light dark magenta eyes.

"I see you did come for my story,did you?"she asked.

Lights nodded.Lights was a reporter for the Canterlot Newspaper, and had been wanting to find a hit story to release.When she had recieved the letter of Rainbow Dash, It was only a short message saying:

"I have a story to tell.The truth to be told.Wicker.."

Rainbow Dash.

At first,she didn't seem interested, thinking it was another stupid fraud of a story like last time with the case of so called 'Another Amityhoof' haunting' or a 'Canterlot east castle haunting'.But the word 'Wicker' caught her attention.She remembered hearing it before.It sounded familar...

Lights's very thoughts where stopped by Dash's voice interupting them.'Hello?Ms.Lights?"she asked.Lights looked up at her, shaking her head."Sorry,I was thinking..",she said.Dash nodded and looked at her hoofs."It's okay.You did come to hear the story right?".Lights nodded and said,"Yes,I did.I'm wondering...was Wicker ever some phenomenon around Equestria?".

Dash's smile slowly disappeared and tilted her head slowly."You don't remember Ms.Lights?The story of Wicker?".Lights shook her head.Rainbow Dash sighed and put a right hoove on her left one,looking out the window."It was only three years ago..'Satanic House' they called it...I was the only one to ever talk about it to this day...and remember that horrible tragedy..".

When Rainbow Dash said 'Satanic House',it all ran back to Lights and her eyes widen and looked at Dash."..Y-you...you were the one of the occupance of Wicker house in Ponyville!",she exclaimed.She nodded and looked at her, her eyes full of angish and sadness."It's a horrible story to remember..",she looked away,wiping a small tear from her eyes.Lights put a hoove on Rainbow Dash's arm, sighing softly."You don't need to tell me Rainbow if it pains you.."

Dash nodded for no and looked up,her eyes all red from the the tears."I need you to know this tale..please..everypony needs to know..",she whispered.Lights looked down slowly for  two minutes or so before looking up again, nodding.Dash nodded back and motioned her to sit back down.As she sat back down,Dash began to speak.

"It's been three years since the events at the House of Wicker.I lost every single one of my friends to a series of events that layed conntected to that home of evil..I should have known something was wrong..but...I guess it was just planned for all of us...This is what happened..".

And thus,she began the tale of Wicker.

Chapter I: It Begins

Chapter I -  It Begins.

"It happened three years ago..it started with an idea about moving in together.At first, we thought it wouldn't be possible as none of us had enough money to afford a house.Mostly because half of the houses in Ponyville were occupied.But..as if some sort of 'stroke of luck' as you may call it, we found a house..."

Three Years Earlier.

Rainbow Dash had finished putting her stuff in her bedroom. She still didn't believe that she now lived in a two-story house-tree with her best friends.It was perfect house to begin with: Three floors, four bathroom, six bedrooms.It was amazing, yet it was strange the place was only sold for a small amount of money.Why did a house of two floors and such elegant stature be sold so cheap?

Her thoughts were interupted by a voice,the voice of Twilight Sparkle.

"Oh hey Rainbow Dash!"

Dashie turned around to see Twilight,all with smiles,outside of her door,she smiled too and walked towards her,finished with her work.

"Hey,Twi.What's up?"

"Oh nothing,finished putting everything in the room.I still can't believe we have this house.",she said,looking around in awe,looking down the hall as it lead to the other two rooms and a window at the end of it.Rainbow Dash nodded,

"Yeah.I'd expect it to cost ALOT more."

The two ponies left the room and went downstairs,Pinkie Pie was making cupcakes in the kitchen,Fluttershy was putting items in their place in the living room and Rarity was putting new curtains up. Dash looked around,she noticed that Spike and Applejack weren't around."Hey,where's Applejack and Spike?",she asked.

"Oh deary,they're helping out to get more of our belongings out of our homes into this one.",said Rarity, using her horn to put the lavish curtain up.

Dash nodded and looked at Fluttershy.She noticed that Fluttershy looked from side to side, and then shook her head.Rainbow Dash tilted her head and walked up to her.

"What's wrong Fluttershy?",she asked.

She looked at Dashie and shook her head."It's nothing..just...thought I heard something.."

Dash raised an eyebrow.Heard something?

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A week had passed after moving into the Wicker House. Everypony was inside, sleeping soundly, the wind from outside echoed through the trees, the house itself was silent however.Fluttershy was sleeping durably, with Angel next to her. As she slept, a voice echoed in her ear, leading her to wake up.She looked from side to side, thinking it was either her friends pranking her.

"Girls..is that you?",she called out in her quiet tone.

There was an eerie silence for about three minutes before the voice was heard again.This time, It was very vivid.

"No.."

Fluttershy jumped and curled up more in her bed,making Angel wake up, give his grumpy look at Fluttershy before curling back up and drifiting to sleep.Poor Fluttershy trembled and called out again.

"Pinkie Pie,is that you?",she said, thinking it was her friend doing her usual pranks.

Before she could get an answer, she heard the floor creak next to her. As she turned, she could clearly see, a white Earth Pony, it's mane all dull and almost ebony, covering half of her face, it's eyes deep blue and bloodshot. Fluttershy screamed in horror and shock,waking Angel up again. Her friends ran into the room and turned on the lights, running to her.Rainbow Dash was the first one to trot quickly and calm her down.

"Whoa whoa!Calm down Fluttershy,it's just me and the others!What's wrong!?".

Fluttershy calmed down slowly before crying on Dashie's chest."I-i saw something..i-it was staring a-at me..".Rarity looked at her with abashed. "Who was deary?What could you have possibly seen?",she asked, concerned.Fluttershy sniffed and looked at her, "I-it was a pony..she was staring at me right there..", she said, pointing at the spot she saw the figure.Twilight put her hoof on Fluttershy's and looked at her. "Fluttershy, nothing was there.You probably imagined it, After all, the dark can do that."

The scared pegasus looked down at her hooves,along with Twilight's hoof before looking up and nodding. "I guess you're right Twilight..". Rainbow Dash petted her friend's head and said, "Come on Fluttershy, you can sleep with me if you want". Fluttershy nodded and smiled, "Thanks..", she got up as Rainbow took her to her room, with Angel following. Twilight turned off the light of Fluttershy's room before going to join the others for bed.

After that, Fluttershy didn't see or hear anything after that.

....for now at least.

Chapter II: A Presence

Chapter II: A Presence.

It was a strange expirence what happened to Fluttershy.We didn't know what to think that night.Fluttershy couldn't sleep till probably 4 am, she kept going on and on how she saw the 'white pony'. I felt like just putting it behind my back and just move on for tonight, I figured she was imagining things.I mean, we did just move in after all.But..something happened the next day..with Twilight..

~*~

Twilight scanned her books and levitated her feather pen on her scrolls as she continued reading through her books. She felt bad for rejecting her friends's offer to go out for lunch, but she had to finish her studies and send her report on friendship to Princess Celestia. She poundered more into it as she finished on the 4th book. She sighed and put it down,putting the scroll and book in their place. She walked out of her room, stretching her body, before hearing a soft 'click' sound,making her ears perk up.

"Guys,Is that you?",she yelled out, walking through the hall, before turning her head to the right, seeing the door to the sole room of the third floor opened. Twilight grumbled and used her horn to close it again. "This is the 5th time this week.."

The 3rd floor door had kept opening since they moved into the house. It wasn't really anything special about it, it bassicly was just a single room with just a chair there.Nobody took it as their own, as it was very cold up there,nobody knew why, as the windows were always shut.

Twilight trotted downstairs of the house to the living room,walking to kitchen to make some tea. As she used her horn to make the soothing drink, she began to hear something, it was really hard to understand, it was very vague. The unicorn turned her head and looked, horn still glowing.

"Hello?Spike is that you?", she asked, but she knew that wasn't Spike, as he went to do some work at Canterlot for Princess Luna. She slowly shrugged it off, thinking she was probably imagining things after so much studying. She finished making her tea and walked into the living room and sat down on the couch. As she began to drink the hot liquid, she slowly began to drift. Twilight yawned and put her cup on the table before fading into her thoughts..

~*~

She woke up finding herself in her bedroom, the smell of fire and smoke filling her lungs. She coughed and got up, the floor was engulfed by the flames, burning everything. She didn't see her friends or her baby dragon. Infact..she didn't see the furniture her fashionista friend placed in the house. All she saw was strange pentagrams and spray canned undescribable writing all over the walls. She rushed downstairs, only to see the fires running throughout the house. The smoke entered her lungs once more, making it harder to breathe.She couldn't escape, everything was blocked on the bottom floor.The entrance was blocked by a fallen piece of the 2nd floor  as was the back door also. She ran to the bay window and felt her body crash onto the glass before slamming onto the pavement of the street. The shards stabbing her sides made her cringe in pain. She looked up to see the house engulfed in flames, seeing a figure staring at her from the window..

~*~

"Twilight..Twilight..TWILIGHT!"

Twilight woke up with a jolt,looking to see her friends staring at her with concern.It was Applejack who was calling her name. She stroked the unicorn's mane with a firm look. "Twi, you alright?You were jumping and coughing like a crazy. Ah, along with the others were getting worried..",she said.

Twilight shook her head, the dream felt so real..the house on fire, the symbols..that figure..She looked up at Applejack and gave a forced smile. "It was just a bad dream.It's nothing to worry about."

Pinkie tilted her head. 'It must have been ONE messed up one!",she said,giving her goofy smile. The group chuckled,Twilight getting up and stretching. "How was lunch?",she asked.As the girls talked among themselves, Pinkie Pie, however, trotted upstairs, wanting to just simply check on Gummy. As she walked into the hall to her room, she noticed the 3rd room door open yet again. Her eyes furrowed and walked towards it,tilting her head.

"Why is this door always open?",she asked, before closing it shut. As she walked into her room, it opened quietly and slowly..

~*~

Lights looked at Rainbow with a off look. "She never told you bout this dream?",she asked.Dash nodded her head for no. "She ended up telling it to us a week later. She told us it wasn't serious when it happened that day...that was until..",she sighed. "Until it became more noticeable that there was something in that house.."

Dash looked down dismally and began again.