Equestrian Nightmare

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4:00 A.M.

Applejack woke up with a scream. Fear had really gotten to her and it was not being easy on her. Ponyville had been alerted of a serial killer lurking around the village. The most recent murder was only about two houses away from Rarity's boutique. She and Rarity had been sleeping together for a while now and since the murderer appeared, Applejack had been afraid for her and Rarity's lives.

She wiped the cold sweat from her brow and forehead. She then looked to her left, seeing the marshmallow colored mare sleeping next to her. Applejack felt light sorrow as she saw her marefriend, Rarity had slowly awoken from her slumber after hearing the scream. Rarity rose to sit next to Applejack. She immediately saw something was wrong when she saw AJ shivering. She then spoke to the frightened mare.

"What's wrong, Darling?"

Applejack only turned to look at her again. Her facial expression had explained enough to her and Rarity then wrapped a foreleg around her mare and pulled her close. AJ leaned her head on Rarity's shoulder, and a single tear rolled down her face.

Four ponies had been killed already and she knew each of them.

Colgate, Lyra, Roseluck,and Dr. Whooves.

Rarity kissed the top of Applejack's head and held her close.

"It's going to be okay, Applejack," Said Rarity with a saddened frown on her face and small tears welling in her own eyes. "At least we know none of our friends are hurt. Twilight and the others are still alive, and that's what matters now. We need to remember that we also have each other. And I swear to Celestia, if that sick pony even comes near you, well, you might not want to know what I'll do."

They both chuckled at that, and Applejack looked up at Rarity, and she glanced back. They looked at each other intently, and their lips met.

About ten seconds later,the kiss broke. And Applejack began to talk "And if he or she comes near you, they'll be beggin' for mercy when I'm done with 'em."

"Well, thank you." Said Rarity with a ladylike voice, followed by a giggle from both her and AJ.

"Well Applejack, you don't have to worry about him or her, ever!! There is not a single thing I wouldn't do for you, darling." Said Rarity with a nuzzle to Applejack's neck

"So you won't even be afraid to get your hooves muddy if I got stuck in the everfree forest?" Asked Applejack in a joking voice.

Rarity rolled her eyes, smirked, and spoke" You just love to get under my skin, don't you?" AJ tried to stifle a giggle "Yep!"

"And I love you for that." Said Rarity with a smile. Applejack blushed and replied "And I love you too."

Rarity kissed AJ deeply. Applejack returned the kiss. They parted again and Rarity stroked AJ's mane. "What scared you so much though? Did you have a nightmare?"

Applejack frowned "Yeah, I don't wanna talk about it though."

"Are you sure darling? I can help you deal with whatever it was."

Applejack sighed "Well, it just ended up with you being killed and me not bein' able to do anything." Another tear rolled down Applejack's cheek. Rarity wrapped her foreleg around AJ and nuzzled her chest "Applejack, I'm sorry I brought that up, I should have dropped the subject when you said you didn't want to talk about it."

AJ sniffled "It's alright Rarity, you were just trying to see if you could help, the important thing is that I still have you, and that's all that matters to me." Her marefriend slightly smiled from hearing that.

"I just wish I could get away from it all." said AJ.

"Well, Applejack, fear is something we cannot run away from. You cannot escape fear, but you definitely can overcome and conquer it."

Applejack smiled. Rarity was right, fear isn't a thing you can escape, but you can conquer it if you put your mind to it and be brave.

"Thanks Rarity, that helps a lot."

"It's quite alright Applejack, that's one of the things a marefriend is there for, to help her mare when she is in need."

AJ then yawned. "Okay, I think it's time that we go back to bed."

"I agree. Even though tomorrow is a day off for me, I still need my beauty sleep."

"I don't get that though, you're beautiful the way you are, Rares."

"First, thank you, and second, I don't know what I mean by that either to be honest." Rarity replied with a slight chuckle.

"Alright, let's get back to sleep, g'night."

"Good night." Rarity then turned off the lamp and turned to wrap her arm around AJ.

Applejack somehow felt safer with Rarity. There was something between them that felt like it drew them closer every second they were together. And it made them truly happy.

After a little while, Applejack heard a small snore come from the white mare beside her. She then smiled, closed her eyes, and let the peaceful bliss of slumber wash over her.

[Bonus chapter]

Grin Part 2(Investigation of the Smile Dog)

Where we last left off in 'Grin'...

Silver Shade opened the door to the library and allowed Twilight to walk through the door before him. She had the picture of Smile Dog held within the aura of her magic. Shade had set a small bonfire in the front yard of the library.

"Are you sure this is a good idea, lighting in a fire in front of a tree?" Asked Silver.

"I know it seems a bit strange, but we need to destroy this photo, we can't risk anypony taking their own lives or ruining the lives of others. I don't care if the legend about this damned dog is true. I just want everypony to be safe."

She and Shade sat in front of the fire. Admiring the night sky. It had taken hours for them to look through all the books about supernatural creatures and myths, but it was all futile, so this was their last resort, to destroy the picture.

"Well, let's hope for the best." Twilight said as she stood up, photo in hoof. She then took a deep breath and dropped the photo into the flames, watching it burn.

The last thing Twilight saw of the picture was the two marble like eyes as they then burned along with the rest of it.

The two ponies extinguished the fire after their job was done. Twilight then spoke. "Alright, well I'm gonna have to go inside and close up and prepare for tomorrow."

"Yeah, I don't really want to be outside for very long, what with that killer on the loose." Shade replied "Well, bye Twilight." he said with a wave of his hoof.

"Bye, Silver. Come again soon." replied the purple mare with the same waving gesture. Twilight then closed the door and went to her bedroom. It had been a long day.

Twilight slumped onto her bed. She then pulled the covers over herself and fell asleep.