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// Beyond the Acres 
// Story: The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight 
// by Xx-Sniper_Masters-xX 
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It was midnight. I was half asleep and I was starving. I hadn't eaten dinner at all. But soon I would find the one who was vandalizing my property. Then in the distance I saw one of the trees fall down to the ground and I saw multiple figures near it.

"Gotcha." I then rushed over to the tree. I expected to see some ponies or animals but what I saw were scarecrows. That's right I saw about 3 scarecrows near the tree. Last time I checked they don't walk. One of the scarecrows turned around and started to move towards me.

"Oh no! Get away from me!" I started to run towards the house but tripped on a rock and fell face first into the ground.

"Applejack... Applejack... Applejack..." The scarecrows said as they got closer.

"No. NO!" I shielded myself before they could hurt me. But then I heard a familiar voice.

"Applejack! Applejack!" Applebloom was shaking me.

"Huh? Wha? What happened?" I got up and looked around. I was in the same spot where I was waiting for those jokers.

"Must have been a dream." I couldn't really move much so Applebloom helped me get over to the house.

"Hey sis, so how did it go?" Big Mac asked.

"Terrible. I fell asleep before I got the chance to see them." I went over to Mac to see what he was doing. He was reading some book...

"Applejack. Applebloom is calling you." Big Mac pointed behind me. I turned around to see Applebloom at the stairs.

"Applejack please I want to talk with you." So I followed Applebloom to her room.

"Ok so what's wrong? Monster in the closet?" I figured she was just scared of the dark so I wasn't really taking Applebloom seriously.

"No it's the scarecrows. Every night at midnight the scarecrows come alive and destroy the trees and steal the apples." Applebloom then went over to the window. I looked at what she was looking at.

"That scarecrow over there wasn't there before. It was in the middle of the field now it's near the trees." I checked and Applebloom was right. But I knew that what I saw was just a dream so I went out there and this time Big Mac joined me.




(Midnight)


"So sis tell me again why we are sitting next to a tree in the middle of the night?" Big Mac was real irritated since he hadn't eaten his dinner yet.

"To catch the crooks that are cutting down the trees and stealing the apples." I then payed my attention on the scarecrows. They hadn't moved at all.

"What is it?" Big Mac asked.

"Do you ever get the feeling that those scarecrows are alive?" Mac shook his head so I kept watching the trees.

"Hey sis do you see that?" Big Mac was pointing to the trees in the distance. You could see the outline of a body.

"...Applebloom?" I ran up to Applebloom who was shivering.

"Applebloom what are you doing here?" I picked her up and went over Big Mac who had fallen asleep.

"I saw the scarecrows moving. One of them saw me so I got scared..." I hugged Applebloom and did my best to calm her down.

"Well your safe now. Nothing can get you." I held Applebloom tight and kept watch over her while I looked over the trees.


(3:00 A.M.)


It was late and I knew it. There would be no way I would find the criminals now. So I took Applebloom to the house. Big Mac lazily got up and walked to the house with me. We almost got to our house when I noticed that there were a couple of scarecrows near the door.

"This is not normal." I stared at the scarecrows for a while before going inside. Big Mac didn't really pay attention to it much and just went inside.

I put Applebloom in bed and went to my own room. Mac went to his room to catch up on his sleep. I laid in bed and looked at the ceiling thinking about what had happened in the past days. Trees being cut down isn't normal. Nor is scarecrows moving by themselves. But I ignored it and went to sleep to get ready for the day ahead.