Chapter 4
Fluttecry
Still Tuesday
That night at dinner, everpony got really worried when Fluttershy did not show up to dinner. They all had gotten used to Twillight skipping dinner since sometime during week two, but the fact that Fluttershy was was gone made everpony uneasy. It just wasn't like her to skip a meal, especially with friends. Rarity decided to leave dinner early to go check up on her missing, with half her food still remaining on her plate. When everpony else was finished eating, they decidend to go look for Fluttershy to see if she was all right.
Rarity was very concerned when she knocked on Fluttershy's room and was greeted back by utter silence. This can't be good. she thought. She tried a few more times, but again only the voice she heard was the echoing of her knocks.
Meanwhile, the others were searching every corner of the hotel. Applejack and Pinky Pie searched inside wile
Rainbow Dash flew around outside. She circled the building, scanning each room for any sight of her lost friend. Eventually she caught a glimpse of her pink mane huddled in a tiny ball in the hedge maze. She flew up to the window where she spotted Rarity moments before
"I found her, she's in the maze."
"The maze," said Rairity "Why in Equestria would she be there. Isn't it supposed to snow soon. I'll go tell the others. Please see if she is alright. You're the only one who can get to her in time."
Without a moments thought Rainbow sped towards the maze, leaving behind a trade make trail of colors. She hovered over the maze and gazed down at her long time friend. He descended to about 3 inches above the ground. Now that she was closer to her friend, she could hear Fluttershy was crying softly. Dash couldn't hear it before because Fluttershys voice was often extremely low priced.
"Yo Fluttershy, is everything ok." said Rainbow in as gentle a voice as she could muster so as to not upset her any further.
Slowly Fluttershy turned her head and gazed up at blue Pegasus. What Dash saw made her gasp as she examined Fluttershys face. Her eyes had become bloodshot red from crying for four house straight. Also her wings damp and wrinkled, for she had been using them as tissues. Lastly, her face had become so pale that you could see it threw her yellow fur. Slowly her mouth began to move, desperately trying to form words. However, the words wouldn't come.
"O my gosh what the hay happened to you Fluttershy, come on lets find Twilight, maybe she can-"
As soon as the Rainbow mentioned Twilight, Fluttershy began to cry louder. The others, who were now outside the hotel, could hear her sob. Rarity called out and, rushed into the maze. She tried using her magic to open up a short cut, but for some weird reason her horn would not glow. She was tor worried about Fluttershy to notice this however.
"Please speak to me Fluttershy, what's wrong?"
As if something had been triggered inside Fluttershys mind, she immediately stopped crying. For a moment she just sat on her flank and stated and Rainbow Dash. Eventually she opened her mouth and spoke firmly.
"This hotel is wrong Rainbow. Everything about this place is wrong. At first I thought this place was so lovely, but it tricked me. Its done something to Twilight. The real Twilight would never say any of those horrible things. This place is evil."
After she said that her body felt numb and she began to faint. Rainbow caught her gently in her hooves before her body could hit the ground. Slowly she began to ascend, making sure not to drop Fluttershy. The others saw them and exited the maze. As they the five ponies made their way back to the hotel, a pair of purple eyes watched them from the lounge window. Twilight stood there frozen expression on her face, not once stopping to blink. Every muscle on her face was locked in place.
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While the others attended to Flutteshy, Spike decided to take a ride on his tricycle again. He had to get his mind off the hotel. After hearing Rainbow Dash repeated what Fluttershy had said, he was sure that he wasn't going insane after all. He now knew that he wasn't the only one who could feel that something was horrifically wrong with this place. The part that bothered him the most was the part about Twilight.
What did she mean about Twilight. She still the same as she was when she got here. Besides this isn't the first time shed worked herself up over something, or even the first Tuesday. Man what is it with Twilight and Tuesdays. Like the time when she was afraid of being tardy, or that whole message from the future bit .
As Spike pondered this peculiar patter in Twilights behavior, he turned another corner only to find two familiar apparitions standing before him. Two blue fillies with brown manes stood at the very end of the hall about 8 feet away from him. His body became frozen with fear as he saw the menacing smile on their faces. In unison, the figures spoke.
"Come play with us Spikey. They whispered
He gasped in horror
"Come play with us."
Why is this happening to me. Somepony make it stop
"Come and play with us Spikey, Forever"
For a moment the figures vanished and in their place were two mutilated corpses. Blood covered both the floor and the walls of the hallway. The bodies layed there lifelessly until suddenly they vanished along with the blood. The fillies from before were now back in the hallway.
"And Ever,"
They vanished again and the corpses were now back in the hallway, only to be replaced moments later by the two blue mares.
"And Ever,"
Again they were swapped out and replaced with the bodies again only to reappear for a third time
"And Ever."
As the creatures swapped themselves with their mutated counterparts, Spike put his claws to his eyes and prayed for the demons to leave him. When he poked out one of his eyes the, apparitionswere gone. He sat on his tricycle feeling both relieved and horrified. After recovering from his shock, he began to pedal towards the safety of his room. As he did so, a voice in his head reassured him that what he saw wasn't real. Spike thought the things Zack had told him about his gift. Was all of this the result of the sparkling?
Outside the hotel, an evil older than the Celestia herself lurked outside as the first drops of snow began to fall. A loud howl could be heard amongst the clouds. The evil circled the area surrounding the hotel, attracted by the hatred and suffering that still lingered there. The beings and the hotel had a symbiotic relationship with each other with each other. The hotel would supply the evil with hate, and beings would provide the storm. The windgos howled again, exited for the meal to come and violence that would soon be unleashed.
AN: I am back ladies and gentlemen. I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I am now done with the first year of college. With the stress of school out of the way. I can now focus on this story. I want to again thank everyone who has been following this story and for the helpful criticism.