Equestrian Nightmare

(Author's note:this chapter does feature Micheal in the beginning, but this is the last chapter you see him in unless I need to bring him back, maybe I'll make him an important character, I don't know, but if you would like to see him in more chapters, tell me in the comments. And now, please enjoy the next chapter of the Equestrian Nightmare)

Micheal turned away from the black mass and started to walk home. The night had truly been...eventful. As he started his stroll, a piece of white paper caught his eye. He cocked an eyebrow, wondering if he should see what it was, so he walked to it and picked it up. He turned it around and saw one of the most horrifying sights in his life. It was a picture of a Siberian husky, with merely blank eyes(no pupils or irises), but it had an even more disturbing feature, a wide, demonic grin that made every hair on Micheal's body stand up.

Micheal turned the picture away, trying not to bring another horrible creature among him, but it was too late. As soon as he turned the picture, the dog forced it's way into his psyche, giving him a strong repetitive look of it's terrifying structure. Micheal couldn't take the nightmares and he didn't want any with that much of a traumatizing level ever again. He walked back to the hole, turned the photo away from his eyes, and dropped it into the black mass. It fell into the hole, not leaving a single sound in it's wake. Micheal's head was still scarred with the memory of that damned dog. But he felt like he could recover, so he continued to walk back home.

The photo fell through the hole and through the blue sky that followed. It fell to the huge, grassy plain. It lay there, not moving, inanimate, and still.

Two hours later, a stallion by the name of Silver Shade was taking a walk through the green meadow. He saw a piece of bright white paper lying in the grass. "Damn litterbugs,just some annoying ponies who hope to mess up the place and can't clean up after themselves." he said to himself. He picked up the paper with his hoof only to find out it was not a piece of litter, but it was a rather disturbing photo. It was the same picture that Micheal saw,but in a different form, the dog was in a darker room, the grin and eyes were more realistic, and a hand was in the corner, the hand seemed to be empty, but beckoning.

The sight of the photo sent a shiver down Silver's spine. He thought about it and wondered "maybe I should bring this back to Ponyville and ask if anypony knows what this picture is for, maybe it's some photo for some paranormal contest or whatever, but I just want to make sure." Silver Shade walked back to Ponyville, photo in hoof.

As Shade arrived in the village. He saw his friend, Caramel, standing at the Sweet Apple Acres sales cart, talking to Applejack. He started to canter towards the cart. As he got to his destination, he quickly slid to a halt. "Hey Silver." they said simultaneously. "What's got you so worked up?" asked Caramel. "T-This picture." said Silver as he hoofed the picture over to his two friends. "Whoa, where did y'all find this?" asked AJ with a raised eyebrow. "I found it in the meadows, while I was taking a walk. It was just lying there. I thought it was just some litter, but it was crisp white, and this picture really creeps me out, do either of you know anything about it?" they both shook their heads.

"Then who do you think I should ask about this?" Applejack pondered for a moment. "Hmm... ah think you should ask Fluttershy and Twilight about it, Shy is good with animals if she even knows what the hay this thing is, and if it's 'supernatural' or anythin' like that, she has books for stuff like that." Silver shrugged and nodded in agreement. "Alright, well I'm gonna go talk to Fluttershy about this, thanks for the suggestions AJ, bye!" said Shade as he trotted away with the photo. "Bye, Silver." they both said in unison. "What do you think that photo is?" asked Caramel. "Ah don't know, but I sure hope that Twi or Fluttershy know somethin' about it." replied Applejack as she hoofed an apple to a customer and took the bits in the other hoof.

Shade trotted up the path to Fluttershy's cottage. He approached the door and knocked "One second, please." came a small   voice from behind the wooden door. A few seconds later, a small, yellow pegasus opened it. "Oh, um, hello Silver Shade, what brings you here?" asked Fluttershy. "Hey, Shy, I need some help with something, do you know what this is?" he hoofed her the photo. She turned it around and her eyes widened. "Oh, um, well, I'm sorry but I'm afraid I don't know what that is, it's really scary, that's all I know about it, some weird dog is my best guess."

Silver scowled at the picture, then looked back at Fluttershy. "That's alright, Shy.I'll just go see if Twilight has any idea what this thing is. Bye, and tell Angel I said hello." said Silver as he trotted away from her cottage. "Goodbye, and will do!" replied Fluttershy as she walked back inside

Thirty minutes later...

Silver Shade arrived at the door of the Golden Oaks library. He knocked on the door and a violet aura surrounded the door nob. "Welcome, Silver. What can I do for you?" asked Twilight. "Uh,Twi, I need your help with something." he replied as Twilight gestured him to come inside. "What do you need help with? Do you need to find a certain book or something?" she asked. Shade shook his head. "No, that's not it, I need to ask you if you know anything about this photo. He hoffed it over to her. The lavender mare examined the picture and put a hoof up to her chin. "Hmmmm...I think I remember seeing this picture somewhere. Spike, Spiiiiiike." a small, purple baby dragon ran down the stairs. "Yeah, Twilight? What is it?"

"Spike, get me the book on supernatural entities." The dragon saluted, nodded, and ran into one of the hallways of the library. "Found it!" Spike exclaimed as he came running back into the room. "Thanks, Spike." Twilight opened the book to table of contents. "Hmmm...AH HA!! Demonic creatures, page 77." the mare used her horn to turn to the right page. "Let's see...AH, here it is, The Smile Dog: a demonic creature with the capability of entering and possessing one's mind with the simple view of a photo. The photo is not included in this book for safety reasons. The photo allows the creature to enter the victim's mind and mentally stalk and torture until forcing them to commit suicide, or spread the word" Twilight dropped the book and her eyes widened. "What's wrong, Twilight?" asked Silver. She didn't respond, only staring blankly at the page. Finally, she looked back up to Silver, after a few seconds, she closed the book and finally said, "There's work to be done."