Canterlot City has always been one of the most busiest cities for who knows how long. The streets would be packed with traffic jams and the stores would be flowing with customers. The city seemed like a somewhat peaceful place to be in. But everyone knows that it isn't always the case. Sometimes in life, people in the past or the present lose their lives and for some unknown reason, their restless spirits can't seem to find eternal rest whether they're lost and can't find their way or have a serious grudge and refuse to leave.
But there are some cases when human spirits are not always the cause of these paranormal hauntings and moreso with even darker entities who wish to bring harm and destroy humankind and won't rest or leave until they've fulfilled their cold dark quest. In times like these, people have nowhere to turn to and isolate themselves into a state of panic and torture. In cases like these, there's only so much that the law can do to keep the citizens safe from harm. How can they hope to protect if their culprits are not alive or if it's even a human at all?
There's only one group in all of Canterlot City that can save the people from such entities. And that group is known as the Canterlot City Paranormal Research Society (or the C.C.P.R.S). It has been one year since the group was formed and two years since the owners Sunset Shimmer, Twilight Sparkle and Anonymous graduated from Canterlot High School. For a whole year, they've made a living off their newest business, but it wasn't enough to pay the bills, so they all took some side jobs just to survive.
But because they couldn't open up their business in a public place, they had to resort to putting up fliers all over the city and opened up their business at their house. As of right now, Twilight was sitting in the living room, drinking some coffee with Sunset Shimmer. Anon was in the kitchen on his laptop, finishing up his latest report on the case of this abandoned orphanage he and the girls investigated.
"Ugh, I feel like crap." Sunset groans. "I'm tired of having to wake up every morning with sweat running down my pajama shirt collar. I wish I wouldn't have nightmares all the time."
"Tell me about it. But what choice do we have? Being paranormal investigators comes with the consequence of having trouble sleeping at night." Twilight says. "It just takes time for the nightmares to wear off and eventually we'll be able to sleep better."
"Except that's usually on the night before we end up having a client call us!" said a male voice. Twilight and Sunset's eyes turned to the ground where a purple and green dog was laying on his own personal doggie bed and had a doggie treat under his paw. This dog was named Spike. "Plus, why do you guys want me to tag along if you're always gonna end up driving out ghosts?"
"Here's a few questions you might be able to answer, Spike." Anon called out from the kitchen. He walks into the living room and takes a seat on the couch. "Can you see ghosts?" he asks.
"I don't just see ghosts, I hear and sometimes sense them. But does that have to do with me being a part of your group if it's mostly people investigating?"
"Because the truth is that animals are more sensitive to the paranormal world than people. They have the ability to see what the naked eye can't see. And in certain cases that we've solved, you always know if any of the places are haunted or not judging by those random growls and barks of yours." Anon explains.
"Okay, then how come you can see sense spirits?" Spike asks.
"Because Anon was born with these enhanced psychic abilities to see ghosts. Sometimes, when he was young, he'd end up causing poltergeist hauntings around people who bullied him. Because of this, the people around him, even his own parents were scared of him. He had no one to turn to as a friend so he always remained that quiet and creepy kid that no one ever talks to." Twilight says.
"But then, during his 3rd and 4th year in high school, we gave him a chance to actually have friends. He might not look be like other people, but that doesn't mean he's not human." Sunset says.
"Thanks." Anon says, plainly.
Before their conversation could go any further, the phone on the coffee table rang.
"I got it!" Sunset says, grabbing the phone. She puts it close to her ear. "Hello, this is Sunset Shimmer, co-owner of C.C.P.R.S is there anything we can do to help you?"
"Uh, yeah hi, my name is Crimson Pit. I found your flier on a notice board and I was wondering if you guys would stop by the house and help us. Something's wrong with our house. A lot of strange activity's been happening over here and I don't know what to do." he says over the phone.
"Okay, tell me exactly what's going on right now so we'll have a better grasp on the situation."
"Well, every night when me and my fiance are sleeping, we'd always wake up and hear these loud thuds from the rooms down the hallways from ours and hear distorted voices. We check the whole house to see if anyone broke in but there's no one to be found. My fiance's really freaking out about it. Do you think you can come over to the house and take a look at it if you got time?"
"Sure, this is what we're here for. Just tell us where we can meet up with you and your fiance and we'll be over there as fast as we can."
Crimson agreed and gave Sunset the address and tells her to hurry before hanging up. Sunset puts the phone down and stands up. "Okay everyone, we gotta get the van ready." she says.
"What's going on? Is it something bad?" Spike asks.
"Afraid so, Spike. This one might something to do with vengeful spirit or possibly a demon."
"In that case, I want you girls to help gather up all of the equiptment and load the stuff up in the van while I get a few things from my room. Now let's hurry. There's no telling what'll happen if we're too late." Anon says. He gets up from the couch and walks up the stair with the girls following him close behind.
Once at the 2nd floor, Sunset and Twilight went into the guest room where the equiptment was stashed and grabbed them one by one while Anon went into his room and grabbed a few items out of his drawer, mostly items that are used to drive away hostile entities. Everyone got the equiptment and loaded them into the back of the van outside, which was parked in the driveway.
Twilight went back inside the house and hooked Spike's leash onto his collar and walked back out before locking up the house and climbing into the van. Everyone else climbs in afterwards. Sunset starts the engine and drives off, following the GPS on her cell phone.
10 minutes later, the gang finally arrives at their destination. It was a one story house with a few vines on some of the edges and on the left of the house was a giant tree. Sunset, Twilight and Anon all got a chilling vibe just from looking at it, and it also got to Spike. His eyes immediately locked onto one of the open windows and he begins to growl like there's something there that he doesn't like.
Anon felt it too and glared at the same window Spike was growling at.
"Is it me, or does anybody feel like we're not suppose to be here?" Twilight asks, not taking her eyes off the house like she can't look away.
"I feel it, too. But we can't let this affect us! We've got a job to do and we won't allow it go undone. Now come on and let's unload everything off the van!" Sunset says. She and Twilight step out of the van and walk over to the back of it, opening the rear doors. Anon got out and took some of the big equiptment with him and allowed the girls to take the smaller ones. They walked up to the front door and Twilight knocked on it.
It opens, showing a young man and woman. The man was at least 6 feet tall and had red eyes and wore a thin black hoodie and had pale white skin. The woman next to him had beautiful blue eyes dark purple long hair with both a pink and light purple stripe. She wore a dark pink dress and had the same skin color as the man.
"You guys sure know how to make good time. I should probably introduce myself. I'm Crimson Pit, the guy who called you all earlier. This is my fiance, Agent Fluffy." he says.
"I'm Sunset Shimmer. And these are my friends, Twilight Sparkle, Spike and Anon. May we all come in now?" Sunset asks.
"Sure, come on in and I'll fetch you something to drink." Crimson insists. The gang all steps in and soon, Spike already starts growling and feels his hair standing on end. When Crimson closes the door, Twilight takes Spike's leash off and allows him to walk free. But Spike only chose to move his head in different directions, growling at whatever was in there and hunching back in self defense.
"Mr. Pit, hold on a second. We need you to stay with us for a while. There's just a few questions we need to ask the both of you before we can begin our investigation." Anon says.
"O-Okay?" Crimson sounded unsure. "But you don't need to be formal. Just call me Crimson."
"My apologies. Just a habit of mine. But anyways, I need to ask you two some questions regarding the incidents that have been occurring in your house."
"Alright then." Crimson and Fluffy walk back into the living room and the others all walk over to the couch and take their seats, ready to go over the incidents.
"Now, tell us, when exactly did you move into this house?" Anon asked
"Fluffy and I moved into this house just 3 months ago. We were saving up to move out of our old apartment because we barely had enough space to walk and one day start a new family. You see, me and Fluffy are planning on getting married pretty soon."
"Okay, first off, congradulations and second, when exactly did the activity start?"
"It was about a week after we moved here. Whenever me and Crimson would come home from work, we'd find some of our pictures hanging upside-down. When I say some, I mean any picture that had the holy cross and of course, the kitchen cabinets and cupboards would all be wide open."
"Has anything else happened here?" Twilight asks.
"Yes. Late at night, sometimes Fluffy would wake up screaming in the night. I always jumped up with my heart beating fast when that happens. As if things weren't bad enough around here, everything's been getting worse when I saw these scratch marks on her."
"I see. Look, I know this might sound like an odd request, but Fluffy, would you be so kind as to show me the scratch marks your fiance mentioned?" Anon asks.
"I... I guess." Fluffy replied. She turns around and lifts the back of her shirt. Twilight, Sunset, and Spike all gasped while Anon gazed at the marks with a suspicious look. She had four slashes going down her back and it looked like it bled at one time but the blood dried up some time.
"Oh my god! That's horrible!" Spike shouted in shock.
"Alright, you can put it down now." Fluffy nodded and let go of her shirt and turned to face the group, still feeling very afraid about all of this. "Then one last thing, where does most of the activity occur so we can get a better grasp on where we can find and corner this entity?" Anon asks again.
"It mostly takes place in our bedroom at the end of the hall. Other times in the bathroom and then there's the activity in the kitchen and living room." Fluffy says.
"Good. That's all we need to know. Sunset, Twilight. Let's set up our base camp right here in the living room and then install the cameras up in the places Fluffy mentioned and make sure there's no blindspots so we'll have some cold hard evidence on who's causing all this!" Anon orders.
Sunset and Twilight nodded and took the equiptment they already brought inside and went into the different rooms to install them. Anon ran back to the van and got the rest of the equiptment out. But just then, he feels like something from inside the house is watching him. He turns and sees a pair of glowing red eyes coming from the left window where it had black curtains.
Anon didn't take his eyes off whatever was looking at him. He just knew that there's a strange vibe coming from inside the house and it didn't want him or the girls there. His head began to feel a jolt of pain rush through it and he gripped his head with a grunt.
"I know why you're here." says a dark voice. "You'll never stop me from taking her. Soon nobody will ever come near me or him ever again!" those were the last words Anon heard before his headache just vanished completely and he was able to think more clearly.
"Okay, that sort of felt like it escalated quickly." Anon says to himself. He takes the rest of the equiptment out of the van before closing the back doors. He walks back into the house with the equiptment in hand and set them down near in the living room. Anon looks around and sees a few of the video and thermal cameras installed all around the rooms that had the most activity.
"Your friends work really fast when it comes to stuff like this." Fluffy says.
"I couldn't ask for better friends. By the way, I was wondering how long has it been since you and Crimson finally decided to get engaged?" Anon asks.
"We've been engaged for about 3 weeks. It happened one night when we were out enjoying a little time on this little hill, watching the sun set. He confessed about how we've been together for so many months that he pulled out this little box with a ring and just went and asked me to marry him." Fluffy says.
"I'm guessing you said yes, huh?."
"Mhm. It was the most amazing night of my life."
"That's interesting."
"Yeah. He just makes me feel so protected."
"Well, after my team and I finish up driving out whatever is here, I'm sure you'll have a wonderful wedding." Anon says, smiling at her. He gets up and says, "Okay, back to work." He grabs the equiptment and walks down the hall into the master bedroom, setting up the video and thermal camera.
"Hey, what are those camera's for?" Crimson asks, walking into the room. Anon turns around.
"This video camera is equipped with night vision so this way it can be able to detect things normal video cameras can't see in the middle of the night. But this thermal camera records and captures the temperature of the room and can detect if there's a change in the temperature. If it gets too cold or too hot, then it's a definite possibility that something is in this whole house." Anon explains.
"What if they don't show up?"
"We can always use the other equiptment we've packed for the trip. Come on, I'll show you."
"Uhh... no thanks, I'll just let you do your job. Here, I'll just get you and the others something to drink."
"Alright, suit yourself." Crimson nods and walks out of the room and lets Anon finish setting up the cameras and positioned them in places where there were no blind spots. After that, he starts walking out of the room until by the time he's at the entrance when he gets pushed forward and he falls onto the ground floor. He lands on his stomach hard and grunts loudly and hears the door behind him slam shut. He lifts his head up off the ground and stares at the closed door and says, "I can't wait to send you back to hell."
"Anon! Are you alright? What happened?" Twilight asks, running over to him and helping him up.
"Twilight, it would appear that... we have a guest." Anon replies. "Have you and Sunset finished setting up the cameras in the designated areas?"
"Yes. Everything's all set and ready to go."
"Good, then have Crimson and Fluffy meet us all in the living room and we'll begin the investigation."
"Alright."
Twilight took Anon by the hand and walked him over to the living room where Sunset, Spike, Fluffy and Crimson were sitting on the couch. The monitors were all set up in the middle of the living room and all had perfect views of the rooms where the activity took place the most.
Anon and Twilight both sat on the couches. Twilight reached for two of the equiptment, one of them was digital recorder and the other was an EMF reader.
"What are those for?" Fluffy asks.
"The digital recorder is used to capture EVP, or Electronic Voice Pheonomena. It allows us to capture the voices of any wandering spirits in the house. The EMF, or Electro-Magnetic Field reader is sort of like a motion sensor which helps us find out where ghosts are." Twilight explains.
"So, what exactly can we do to help?" Crimson asks.
"You and Fluffy should just go ahead spend your days like you usually do and we'll keep watch over the house through the cameras we set up. But when night falls, be careful. There are lots of cases when ghosts won't be active until it's nighttime." Anon implies.
"Right, okay. And thanks for offering to help us." Crimson says.
"Just doing our job." Sunset says. An hour roles by and so far, Fluffy and Crimson went about their daily lives while Anon and the girls kept watch over the monitors. Spike was sitting on Twilight's lap, bored out of his mind until he lifted one of his ears and turned to look at the hallway and growled.
"Spike, what is it?" Twilight asks. Spike didn't answer, he just kept growling at the hallway. Anon got out his camera and ran to take a shot of what he was growling at. He took the picture and looked it over on his camera and saw what looked like a face in a mist. It looked like it was shouting.
"Twilight! The digital recorder! Hurry!" Anon orders. Twilight grabs the recorder and hands it to Anon as quick as she could before he pressed record. "Who are you and why are you torturing this couple?" he asked. He waited for a few seconds and asked again. "What have they done to make you mad?" There was nothing but silence throughout the house and after a few seconds, Anon hit the stop button. He walked back to the living room with Twilight and sat back down on the couch.
"What was that?" Fluffy asks, feeling a bit scared.
"I don't know. But I think we got an EVP." Anon says. He presses the play button and listens.
"Who are you and why are you torturing this couple?"
".. .. .."
"What have they done to make you mad?"
".. .. GET .. HER .. OUT .. .." said a gargled voice out of the recorder. Fluffy clinged to Crimson and got scared. Anon turned off the recorder and couldn't stop glaring at it.
"What the hell was that?!" Crimson asks.
"That, Crimson Pit, was the sound of the ghost. I suggest that you and Fluffy stay close together. My hunch is telling me that he's after one of the girls. I'm guessing it's Fluffy."
"But why? Why me?" Fluffy asks.
"We don't know for sure, but we still strongly suggest you stay together until we sort this whole thing out. Who knows what'll happen if the ghost'll end up doing." Sunset says.
"Guys! I can hear the ghost! He doesn't sound happy!" Spike says, more terrified now.
"What is it, Spike, what is it saying?" Twilight asks all worried.
"It's saying... "You're going to die! I'll kill you and curse you to hell! No one takes my family away!" Spike finishes with fear and clings to Twilight, whimpering.
"Is that so? Well then, we'll just see about that. We're not leaving until this spirit is driven away. And remember you two, don't go anywhere inside your house alone. This one means business." Anon says.
Fluffy and Crimson nodded and took Anon's advise. With a vengeful spirit that's probably out to get Fluffy, the gang must do all they can to save them from this living hell. Even if it means die trying.