Everyone ran through the halls in terror.
The school had changed; what were once decorations had now turned into the real thing. Rarity screamed as she ran into a spider web with a bunch of tiny spiders on it. Lockers were slamming and shutting all on their own and former puppets were now reaching out and grabbing at them.
"Rainbow Dash! What did you do!?" Rarity screamed.
"I-I don't know!" Rainbow said as she ran.
Finally, the group came to a calm hallway and stopped for breath.
"I didn't mean for this to happen! It was that stupid spell's fault! I only wanted this place to feel more scary; not actually become scary!" Rainbow tried to explain.
"Did you actually read the full inscription of the spell before you used it!?" Rarity accused.
"...No. Whatever! All we have to do is call Celestia or Luna and they can-"
A terrified scream filled the air and they turned and saw Pip being dragged towards a locker by a monstrous arm emerging from it!
Pinkie immediately stomped on the arm with her foot, causing it to let go of Pip and retract in pain. Pinkie used the opportunity to forcefully shut the locker then comfort Pip.
"It's ok little guy, we'll get out of here soon..."
A moan down the hall caused all of them to jump. Coming slowly towards them were a group of zombies! Their rotting green flesh brought with it the unmistakable smell of death.
"Come on!" Rainbow commanded, leading everyone away.
Eventually, they came upon one of the few undecorated classrooms and decided to hide out there for the time being.
"What are gonna do now!?" Pinkie asked.
Rainbow looked at all the terrified faced huddled near the back of the room.
"...I don't know."
On the other side of the school....
Luna, followed by Twilight and Applejack, cautiously made their way down a hallway.
"Alright girls, be quiet and be on the lookout. We don't know what exactly that spell did to the school.
The two girls nodded and followed orders....until Twilight tripped and fell against the lockers, creating a very loud bang that echoed throughout the halls.
AJ and Luna stared at her.
"Sorry..." Twilight whispered.
Suddenly, Luna pulled AJ and Twilight to the ground as a swarm of bats flew above their heads!
Once they were gone, they got back on their feet and dusted themselves up.
"...Well, there goes our element of surprise." Luna said. "Let's keep looking."
A groaning sound made itself known.
"What was that!?" AJ whispered.
The moaning happened again, louder this time. Luna and AJ looked around, ready to fight while Twilight's eyes widened in realization.
"It sounds like...." She looked at her bag still on the floor and leaned down to open it.
Luna and AJ got their magic ready to fire when...
"Ugh, what happened?" Spike said, rubbing his eyes.
"Spike!" Twilight quickly scooped up and hugged him. "I am so sorry! I forgot I still had you in there!"
"Don't worry about it." Spike said casually. "I must've fallen asleep on the ride over. It's more comfy in there than you'd think." He looked around the school, noting the creepy atmosphere and changed outlook. "Woah, what happened here?"
Twilight gave the best quick recap she could before addressing the issue at hand. "I can't believe I brought you in! I have to get you out of here!"
Luna shook her head. "I'm afraid that's just not possible at the moment. The barrier is preventing teleportation and I don't have time to draw another circle."
"Don't worry Twi!" Spike jumped down from his owner's arms and onto the floor. "I'll be fine! I can use my expert tracking skills to help find the others."
Twilight playfully rolled her eyes at the word 'expert' but conceded. "Alright, lead the way Spike." With that, Spike put his nose to the floor and took a few quick sniffs before declaring "This way!" and lead the group through the school.
The group kept going. After a few hallways, AJ felt a tap on her shoulder.
"Twilight, stop that. If you want to say somethin', just say it."
"Uhh...Applejack....."
AJ looked up and a very much in front her Twilight who, like Spike and Luna, bore of look of fear and dread as she looked beyond Applejack.
AJ's eyes widened as she slowly turned her head.
There, standing right behind her, was a mummy. It's rotting bandages were partially falling off, revealing the rotted flesh beneath.
A few seconds of silence passed before the mummy made a sound.
"Uggghhh-"
The mummy was only mid way through it's moaning before AJ wordlessly suckered punched it in the gut; creating a large hole which resulted in the mummy spontaneously turning into dust.
For a moment, all anyone could do was blink.
"Well...I guess we have an idea of what we're facing now." Twilight said.
The sound of hoof steps brought their attention to further down the hall, where a horse and it's rider approached. The fact that a horse somehow got into the school without anyone noticing was override when they saw the rider.
It was a tall and muscular man in warrior gear. The only odd thing was that he was missing something...
"THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN!" Twilight screamed.
Oh yeah, that.
With a rear of his horse, he quickly galloped towards them.
In the face of this terrifying monstrosity, they did the only logical thing they could think of.
"RUN!" AJ cried.
And that's exactly what they did.
Back in the classroom.
Pinkie, Rainbow and Rarity were trying to come up with a plan.
"Can't you just reverse it!?" Rarity asked.
Rainbow was rapidly flipping through the book. "I'm trying! Why are spell books always so big? And why do they have so many words instead of pictures!?"
Pinkie tried using her cell phone to call for help. "There's no signal."
Rainbow rolled her eyes. "Of course their isn't. Cell phones never work in horror movies."
Before Rarity and Pinkie could berate her further the sound of screaming came from the halls.
Pinkie gasped. "Oh no! Did we leave anyone behind!?"
"That sounded like Applejack and Twilight!" Rainbow said.
Rarity just stared at her. "How are so good at identifying people by their scream?"
Rainbow just shrugged. "It's a gift. And I watch a lot of horror movies. Now let's go! They need out help!" She turned to the others. "Stay here and barricade the door until we get back!"
Spell book in hand, they went out to rescue their friends from the terrors that lurked.