Fluttershy crawled through the hole, squrming her way through the little space. As she hauled herself through, She heard Tavi struggling along behind her.
"Engh ... How much .. FURTHER!?" She called tiredly.
"I .. don't .. know" Futter said between breaths.
"I see a light!" Flutter called as a blinding white light shone from ahead.
Fluttershy and Octavia continued to crawl through the hole, until the end.
As fluttershy examined the other end of the hole, she let out a defeated sigh as she realized where they ended back up.
"Where does it lead to?" Octy called.
"Tartus" Fluttershy sighed.
"Really?"
"Yea"
Fluttershy squirmed through the hole, and landed with a thud on the heated ground. Octavia followed shortly after her.
"Well, where to next?" Octy asked.
"I'm not to sure myself" Fluttershy said quietly.
"Well, lets jsut head this way" Octavia said, walking forward.
Fluttershy groaned, trailing after the mare.
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The heat underhoof was comforting to Fluttershy, but the texture was .. somewhat distrubing. It was kind of like a gritty sandy feeling to it, and a couple times the yellow pegasus would feel a sharp edge digging into her hoof. It kind of seemed impossble, since the ground seemed to be made of a red stone.
As Fluttershy drifted off into thought, Octavias voice snapped her back to reality
"F-Fluttershy?"
"Yes?"
"I-Is that .." Octy stuttered. Her eyes were shrunken down to a seed size, and as Fluttershy noticed, Tavi was shaking the slightest.
Flutter followed Octavias gaze straight ahead. Just a few feet ahead of them was the dark alicorn Fluttershy met before.
Its broken horn glowed a red, as it spread its hole-filled wings to fly. Just then, Octavia screamed. Fluttershy shoved her hoof into the other mares mouth, but it was too late. The demon turned to face the mares.
Its red eyes glowed a blood red as its mouth turned up into an unormal smile.
"O-O-Octavia?" Fluttershy said weakly, but the gray-brown mare had already fainted.
The demon started to walk slowly towards them, keeping the smile up.
Fluttershy took a step back.
The demon began to pick up the pace, without moving his legs faster
Fluttershy turned her back and darted, with Octavia on her back.
Now the demon was in full sprint towards her.
Fluttershy took large gulps of breath as the demon strided behind her. It was a game of cat and mouse. Except she was the mouse.
The yellow pony unfurled her wings and took to the sky, flying through the orange sky.
A familiar pony too, was in the air.
"H-Hurricane?" Fluttershy called.
"FLUTTERSHY!" Hurricane replied, looking at her.
"Fly .. FLY AWAY THERES A DEMON BEHIND ME" Fluttershy screamed, knocking him over.
"What demon?" He asked, studying the landscape behind the frightened pony.
Fluttershys head whipped around. It was just her, him and Octavia.
Fluttershy sighed and broke out into tears.
"The weathers sure nice isn't it ... Blue sky ... " Hurrican started.
"N-no .. Hurricane ... T-this isn't what you think" Fluttershy sobbed.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"We're in Tartos" Fluttershy said quietly.
"B-but I dont see anything, silly filly" Hurricane laughed.
"W-wait lemme try something" Fluttershy stood up, taking a steady breath, she bashed her head into the stallions.
He then fell over, unconsiouse.