//------------------------------// // 1: Abandoned // Story: Tall, White, and Faceless // by TheGamingBrony //------------------------------// Celestia’s sun glew brightly above everypony in town. It was a ordinary day in Ponyville, all the ponies were in the streets attending to their needs and wants. Some ponies were in a hurry to be somewhere while others were just chatting with friends. Yet, near the edge of the Everfree Forest were three little fillies staring into the darkness of the forest. It was of course the Cutie Mark Crusaders Applebloom,Scootaloo,and Sweetie Belle. Each looked into the forest with unsettling eyes. Scootaloo shook her head and looked at the other two fillies. “You girls ready” She asked nervously. “Y-yeah l-lets get to it” Studdard Applebloom. Sweetie Belle just nodded as they entered the forest. The three fillies kept close to each other making their way through the dangerous forest even more difficult. Their hoofsteps were slow but they managed to get to their destination. In front of them was a old abandoned house. Vines and plants grew along the side of the stone walls and the roof had many holes in it. The home looked like it had been deserted for quite awhile. Scootaloo detached herself from the rest of the group. “ Today we get are cutie marks in investigation” Exclaimed Scootaloo. With that Scootaloo ran into the house. “ Scootaloo wait for us” Applebloom yelled to her friend, leaving a scared stiff Sweetie Belle all alone. “ Appleblo-” Sweetie Belle was cut off by a rustling in a nearby shrub. She backed away from it before running towards the run down house. The house wasn't any better on the inside. Cobwebs covered the corners of the house and dust had settled on everything else. “Girls” yelled Sweetie Belle. No response Sweetie Belle looked at the stairs. The stairs looked sturdy enough to hold a filly like her but not a full grown pony like Rarity and or Applejack. Sweetie Belle slowly inched her way to the stairs and put her front hoof on it. She slowly applied pressure to the step,It let out a long and quite creaking noise that unnerved Sweetie Belle but held itself up. She began to climb up the stairs, testing each of them on the way up. she was near the top step when she came face to face with Scootaloo. “BOO” Yelled Scootaloo. The white unicorn screamed as she began to fall backwards. Before she could fall, Scootaloo grabbed her flailing hoof. “ Heh heh ….. sorry” Scootaloo said embarrassedly. Sweetie Belle just scowled at her. “ Hey ya girls, come an check this out” Applebloom yelled from a room down the hall. Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle walked over to the room. The room was dirty and dusty like the rest of the house. There was a torn up bed in one of the corners and a makeup table with its mirror broken into tiny little bits. Applebloom was over in the corner looking at something on the wall. Scootaloo walked over to Applebloom while Sweetie Belle was fixated on a picture frame. The picture was of a stallion,a mare,and a filly. the filly had a light green coat with a light blue mane and tail. her eyes were also light blue. “ Sweetie Belle, Come check this out.” said Scootaloo. Sweetie Belle looked over at her two friends and left to join them. Sweetie Belle looked at the wall. On it was some sort of carving. It looked like a circle with a “X” through it. She put her hoof against the stone. The stone was strangely warm like somepony had been here recently. “ Do you girls know the legend of this house” asked Scootaloo with a evil grin on her face. The other two fillies looked at her with a look of fear and confusion. “N-no wh-what about it?” asked Sweetie Belle. Scootaloo looked at her. “ They say a monster lurks in the shadows of this house. I’ve heard that the family that use to live here was attacked by this monster and before the police could even reach the front door, they were gone. Never to be heard from again” Scootaloo yelled the last word, scaring both fillies. Scootaloo laughed. Just then they heard hoofsteps coming from down the hall. “Did you hear that?” asked a now scared Scootaloo. The three fillies huddled together as the hoofsteps started to get louder and closer. The hoofsteps stopped abruptly and the entrance of the room. Sweetie Belle nudged her two friends and made a motion to the bed. The three fillies quietly as possible slid under the bed just in time. The door slowly creaked open, The three fillies held their breaths. For the longest time, nothing had happened. After what seemed like hours,Scootaloo silently crawled out from under the bed. She inched her way to the door and looked into the hallway. She looked at her friends. “There's nothing out he-” She was stopped by a black tentacle that wrapped around her foreleg and dragged her into the hallway, closing the door behind her. The other two fillies leapt out from under the bed in a panic and sprinted to the door. Applebloom swung the door open, there was nothing in the hallway. No sign of Scootaloo, No sign of what abducted her, there was absolutely nothing. “ SCOOTALOO” yelled Applebloom. No response. “ SCOOTALOO” Applebloom yelled again. Again no response. Tears began to form on the sides of Applebloom’s face. Sweetie Belle grabbed Applebloom and began to run towards the stairs. She ran out the front door with Applebloom still behind her sobbing silently. Sweetie Belle suddenly looked back at the house. In the door way was a very tall and skinny pony that wore a black suit and a blood red tie. What Sweetie Belle found more horrifying was the creature's face or the lack of his face. He had no eyes, no nose, no mouth. Sweetie Belle watched as it tilted its head slightly before disappearing into the house. Sweetie Belle and Applebloom kept running and didn't stop till there were in the middle of Ponyville where they collapsed and sobbed together silently. . . . Author's Note: ‘Ello Everypony! Hope you enjoy this chapter. If you're wondering I will still finish “A War Fueled By Revenge” which only has one chapter left. So anyway thanks again for reading and please, if I made any spelling errors please leave a comment and I will fix it. - Night Jester