//------------------------------// // An Un-fur-tunate Day // Story: Beyond My Grave: Nightlight // by AnnEldest //------------------------------// The horizon gave way to the warm coming sun. The moon retreated from its place in the sky and into its slumbers. As the light rush passed the land of Equestria it came across and into a particular room. Most creature's rooms at that time would be filled with toys or books with a bed with a pony waking up to meet the day. This particular room however had nothing but the hair, hair, and more hair. A giant shaver appeared and ate up all of the hair on the draconequus and the earth pony beside him. Discord stretched and yawned as a day's worth of hard work was finally over. "Well now isn't that a million times better?" Discord snapped his fingers and covered the shaved hair with a bowl. He took a deep breath and blew pink candy on the bowl. The candy melted the bowl and the floor under it. "Now it's all taken care of." "Nope," the hairless Big Mac said. "Discord," Spike gasped in annoyance. "Quit fooling around." "Oh come on, we've been at this forever-ever now. I'm not missing an opportunity to finally just let loose. I already feel myself becoming less chaotic because of all this ghost business." Discord fainted as a couch appeared for him to fall on. Spike rolled his eyes as he continued. He opened the book and quietly began reading it to himself. They had spent so much time and effort on getting a spell perfect and now it was the time that they finally put into action. "This is bad," Caper whispered. "Ya no shit, tell me something I don't know." The to Cat's phone themselves in a 2 front war. On one side was the Brown-haired pony instill pursuit of them. On the other side with 2 other ponies who Shira had identified as the creatures. They continued forward in fixed succession trying desperately to get away. Shira paused as the two ponies in front of them blocked their path. Capper turned around to see the situation of their other path only to see the brown-haired Pony only a couple of feet behind them. Shira looked around for any escape routes. Capper quickly grabbed Shira and pulled her into the street. Many carriages stopped abruptly as ponies yelled in anger. The group of ponies followed in Pursuit / stop by the cluster carriages in their way. The two cats continue down the Street in erratic movements. "Where the heck are we going?" Capper asked. "Honestly I have no idea." Shira looked back as she turned around the corner. "I'm kind of just going along with it." "Well, we can't just keep running around like this like we're headless chickens." Capper looked around at the stores around them. " we got to have some kind of plan to make it through this." "Well right now the plan is to simply not die," Shira smirked at him as she walked away. "Oh boy, how original." Shira froze as her attention was brought to something in front of them. "Shit," she whispered. Capper looked ahead to see a large muscular earth pony with a black mane and a white coat walked towards them. "Oh shit." "What do we do?" Capper asked as he went back to back with Shira. "We run!" Shira threw a small metal ball on the ground. The three ponies all stared blankly at the metal sphere before taking off in a dead Sprint. Shira without hesitation grab Capper and ran. The metal sphere went out in combustion that cracked the ground beneath. A blinding flash flooded the buildings around it. Ponies screamed in Terror as they all ran away from the unknown disturbance. Some have even gotten thrown back from the explosion. "What the hell was that?!" Capper shouted above the crowd. "A little party crasher," Shira chuckled. "I keep it for emergencies." The two ran off into the panicked crowd of the three ponies followed them. The muscular black hair Pony eventually caught up to capper and grabbed him by the neck. He screamed as the ponies hooves turned into black sharp talons. Shaira came running and lunge forward with all 10 claws out. The creatures screeched as her claws dug into his face and one that even caught his eye. A flash began to deteriorate as a black hide began to emerge. Capper gasp for air as he stood up still in shock. His vision was blurry and he almost stumbled as he struggled to find a balance. Shira continued to run without much concern and Capper took off after her, still dizzy. He could feel blood staining his fur with three large stretches present. The brown-haired Pony theme from the side and tackle Shira to the ground. Capper looked around to see if any Pony had noticed but most were too much in a panic to pay attention. The bomb Shira had set off had caused some of the nearby building's signs to collapse and shook the ground. The pony's Hooves turn to a black bony hand as he choked the life on the black cat. Shira dug her claws into the creature's arms and tried clawing his face. The creature picked her up in frustration and slammed her against the ground. Capper bent over and jumped on the creature's back, not quite sure what to do. He punched the creature in the back of the head several times has he wrapped his arm around its neck. The creature reach back and tried to grab him. Capper duct as he avoided the large claws. The cat's physical paralysis was no match for the Beast and his punches did not affect. He retracted his claws and drove it into the side of the creature's neck. Its neck began to sizzle as he could hear its flesh burn off. The creature stumbled a little bit and once again try to grab the cat to no avail. Capper took his claws out and dug him in again. He did it over and over because the creature finally let go of his friend and stood up straight. The creatures continue to struggle to try to get the feline off his back. Capper was ripped off the creatures back By white muscular Pony. The Pony dragged the cat and threw him down a dark alley. The white pony then retracted its black sharp talons from its hooves. Its jaw grew and became misshapen as overgrown teeth came out of them. Capper up and ran down the alley. She could hear the pony and laugh followed by a loud gust of wind. The pony landed right in front of the cat and grabbed him by the head. He lifted the cat off the ground before dropping the cat onto his butt. Capper looked at the item that had fallen between his legs, it was the pony's hand. The pony froze and stared at the severed limb before it looked up in awe. "I'm sorry mam is this guy bothering you?" Capper smiled as his hero stood above him. Arch did a quick backflip and kicked the pony on the top of his head. The other creature entered the alley with bleeding and beaten Shira in his claws. Arch turned and threw a glowing knife that met its target. The creature fell back and went on its knees. The knife had lodged into its eye socket. Shira crawled away as the creature struggled to its feet. Arch the helped Capper to his feet and turned him to the alley entrance. "I'm getting the heck out of Dodge, I suggest you do the same Kid," Arch said as he jumped up to a roof and disappeared. Capper turned and lifted Shira off the ground. "Come on, let's get the hell out of here." They rejoined the crowd of ponies and mixed them into them undisturbed. No one had seemed to notice what had happened to them as they were too scared of the explosion. "Sweet Celestia," A yellow hair pony said as he walked up to the cats. "Do you need help, sir? Are you two alright?" Capper walked past the pony not even making eye contact. "Now we're fine, but thanks for the offer." "I can walk," Shira groaned as she rolled off of his arms. She landed on her knees as she coughed up a little blood. Capper could see that the back of her head was bleeding violently and she stumbled around as she stood up. "I'm starting to see stars," Shira said. "That's probably a good sign." "You're bleeding pretty bad. We sho…" "I'm fine, I'll live." Shira continued to limp forward as she stumbled from side to side. Capper did not argue as he realized it would be no use. He walked forward and slowly blended into the crowd. He looked over his shoulder to see no signs of either of the creatures. It seemed for the moment they had escaped death. After such a long time with sorting and weaving the trio of hair sorters, we're almost done with their mission. The little dragon had everything set up as Discord sat surrounded by the bowls of hair. Big Mac stood there as a bystander only to watch. Each bowl had to be filled with a specific ingredient. Anywhere from pepper and salt to Mystical ingredients only found in the Everfree forest. Discord waited patiently for his instructions. By that time he had become very used to the routine of going into a dream. Usually, dreams were calm and simple or complex and scary. He was a combination of both. They were far more lifelike and were always scary. He never really got a break from them but instead of resenting it, he had started to just brace for instead. He laid down his back and mentally prepared himself. The little Dragon Force echoed through the room but not inside his head. Spike's voice seemed to be muffled to him as all he could think about was his dreams, all of them. Spike Lit all the Bowls on fire as Big Mac arranged them in a pattern around Discord. They were a trio of Madness, supernatural madness. Discord did the daily routine and close his eyes and took a deep breath. He wasn't just ready to dream or face two fears and horrors, he was ready to find Silver Blitz. Discord stood up as the atmosphere around him became thick and heavily covered in fog. He could hear screaming and crying far off into the distance. This was the Nether, a truly forgotten place. He stood up and looked around the room to see Spike and Big Mac staring at his lifeless body. With one deep breath, he set out into the fast world of the unknown. When he opened the door, that in the waking world would have led into the hallway, he was in a forest with old Splintered trees that hung down over the path. The sun shined bright over the trees but cannot penetrate the thick splintered Bark. This left the path of dark mystery. He slowly crept his way into the darkness as the trees swayed in the Wind. Their old wood cracked and creaked as they swayed back and forth. He could hear shouting and screaming and even heard someone cry out for help. It was nothing new for him, it was a feeling he knew all too well, so he continued walking. He sighed to himself as he realizes how accustomed he had become to it. When he came across a door sitting blankly in the middle of space, he knew he had reached his destination. He stood up straight and puffed his chest out. He took a deep breath in and let it all out. He then marched forward and put his hand on the handle. With one quick turn, he opened the door and walked through it without even looking at what was beyond it.