It was twelve o four in Applebloom's room when the closet silently cracked open and a very cramped looking Clue Finder stumbled out. He let his eyes readjust to the light level within the room before moving over to the door and locking it, moving a dresser from the bedside over to it, and casting a strengthening spell on it all. It was a risky thing to do, due to the ability to track a unicorn by analyzing a magical "track," left behind; but Clue thought it was necessary to keep the sleeping fillies brother from entering should she make any sound.
He made his way over to the bed Applebloom lay asleep on and grinned devilishly before pulling the cleaver out of his jacket with his magic. Putting a hoof on the side of the bed for a higher vantage point, he twirled the large knife twice. His hoof slipped and he landed on the ground on all fours with a large thud. Applebloom jolted awake and flew off the side of the bed in fright. Because she rolled off the opposite side Clue Finder was on, he had to leap over the bed and covered her muzzle from screaming as she struggled to get him off of her; all the while slipping the knife back into his suit. He covered her entire muzzle so that she could not breath, and after a few seconds, she began to thrash frantically in an effort to breath again.
Loud bangs were heard as Big Mac attempted to bust the door down and get into the room. After a few more bashes, Clue was knocked off of Applebloom by something and he crashed into the opposite wall with the force of the strike. Applebloom, who had closed her eyes during the encounter with Clue Finder, opened her eyes to see a tall creature crouched on her bed. IT looked at Clue Finder with a hate filled glare and let out multiple quite clicking sounds. IT leapt over to the stallion and raised a clawed appendage before preparing to eviscerate him.
The door was finally blown off its hinges; the dresser being knocked over as Applebloom's brother, Big Mac, jumped into the room and threw the light switch on. IT disappeared in a wisp of purple-black smoke at the light's touch, and Clue Finder staggered to a stand; slightly dizzy from his meeting with the wall. Big Mac rushed at Clue, but tripped over the dresser; giving Clue Finder enough time to leap out the window, shattering it, and disappeared into the night.
Big Mac ran over to the now broken window and looked out in an attempt to find Clue's fleeing silhouette. Not seeing him, Big Mac ran over to Applebloom, who had now gotten up and was leaning against her bed for support.
"Are y'all alright?!" He asked with no small amount of concern. She could only nod, feeling numb all over. She cautiously looked around the room, searching for IT. She was faintly aware of a pain in her left hind leg, but didn't care as her senses were on high alert. She continued to sit there as Big Mac tried to comfort her.
Clue Finder stumbled into an alley in Ponyville, and slumped against one of the walls. Small trickles of blood streamed down his forelegs from little pieces of glass that had been dislodged while he had been running. He resisted the urge to slap himself.
"Stupid, Stupid, Stupid!" He mumbled. His eyes flicked quickly about the vicinity as he continued to mumble. "I should have known that stallion would have gotten in..." he paused, "what was that creature... it appeared out of nowhere..." he trailed off; his mumbling retreating within his own mind before a danger suddenly made itself known to him. A series of rapid clicking noises resounded from a little ways deeper into the alley Clue was in, and he quickly sprung to his feet; whipping himself to face the sound.
Standing tall over Clue were two pinpricks of light that belonged to the source of the clicking. IT stepped into the low light present near the alleyways entrance. Clue Finder charged his horn and sent a blast of destructive magic at IT, but IT weaved to the side; the blast only hitting IT's arm. The blast completely destroyed the black sin, and the bones underneath, and all that remained was a purple-black, wispy smoke that radiated from where the arm had been. The smoke glowed and the bones, muscle, and skin that had been destroyed were reformed completely.
"YOUr AcTiONs boTh HErE, AnD aT THe hOme, WeRE MISTAKES, PoNy." IT said with a voice that hurt his mind, and made his horn spark painfully with magic. Clue Finder gasped as he could no longer feel the normal well of magic all unicorns had. He looked fearfully at IT before his eyes narrowed and he growled. Moving swiftly, Clue grasped the handle of his knife in his mouth, and ran at IT. IT made a snorting sound before waving an arm horizontally toward Clue Finder. Clue was thrown off his hooves by an invisible force, and into the same wall he had been slouched against. Swiping the same arm the other direction, IT threw Clue into the other wall before making a grabbing motion toward Clue.
Clue Finder was lifted into the air, now covered in a purple-black magical aura, and was brought toward IT. IT looked Clue Finder over be for shaking ITS head. "WHaT a pITy." IT said, "SuCh A WaSTe Of poTenTIaL." Clue looked at IT with a pained expression; the wounds he had sustained adding up.
"W-what are y-you?" He forced through gritted teeth. IT tilted ITS head slightly before levitating him closer.
"I..." IT began, "aM Artemis." IT closed its first slightly, and Clue's bones popped and cracked under the pressure. "i... Am A Fallrite." IT clenched ITS fist, and before Clue Finder could even scream... His bones were crushed to dust... and his organs mush...