"Dad?! Daddy where did you go?!" a shrill voice shrieked out into the ghostly town. Diamond Tiara grabbed her saddlebag up off the ground and darted to the front door one of the larger houses in Ponyville that she called home. She fumbled with the doorknob, but soon realized that it was locked. In a panic, Diamond Tiara ran back down the few steps and searched through her father's saddlebag, After a few moments of digging around aimlessly, the pink filly finally found what she was looking for, and ran back up the steps to her front door. She stuck the key into the keyhole and turned to the left, then to the right. She heard a soft click in the silence, and shakily turned the doorknob to the right, scared as to what she may find.
Squeezing her eyes shut, she turned the knob all the way and walked inside cautiously. She reluctantly opened her left eye partially to see what the front room of her house now looked like, and fully opened both of her eyes immediately with a small squeak. The room before her was shocking; it seemed worse than outside, in her opinion.
Most of the wallpaper was on the floor in curls, or mostly peeled off the walls. The carpeting was torn and looked to be shredded in some places of the room. The couch and few chairs were torn and tattered. One or two of the chairs seemed to be completely broken. The two end tables had at least two of their legs torn off. Two lamps that had been sitting on separate end tables were smashed into small pieces on the ground.
As Diamond Tiara stood in the doorway, gaping at the scene before her, she rose a hoof and began fumbling for a light switch, unable to take her eyes off her normally welcoming front room. She found one, and flicked the switch upwards. She couldn't stop staring at the mess before her. She blinked a couple of times and shook her head, making herself look away.
She checked out the other rooms in the house as well.
All three bathrooms, all the hall closets, the pantry, the kitchen, the dining room all had similar damages, as well as the guest room and any other miscellaneous rooms in the house.
Diamond Tiara had been avoiding the thought of entering her room, fearful of what she would find in her own little sanctuary. I've put it off long enough... I should see what my room is like... and daddy's...
She sighed, defeated by her own thoughts, and slowly walked to her bedroom door. Slightly shaking, she reached for the doorknob and clutched it gently. Taking a deep breath, and still shaking a bit, she turned the knob to the right, and gently pushed the door open. It creaked a bit, making her jump. She reluctantly trotted through the door of her bedroom, and turned on the light. She stared at her room for a moment, taking it all in. Everything was a complete and utter disaster. Everything.
She stood in the doorway, shaking as she took in the sight before her. Her safe little sanctuary had been completely destroyed. Similar to the other rooms in the now broken house, the wallpaper was mostly off and on the floor, the carpet was shredded, furniture was broken and strewn around the floor in chunks (including her bed)... everything was completely destroyed. Diamond Tiara stood there for a moment, trying to process all of this. She quickly shut the door and darted towards her father's room. Filthy Rich's room had always been her little "hideaway" whenever she was scared. Diamond reached her father's room in mere seconds, seeing as though it was right next to her's, and just as large. The mildly scared filly opened the door, switched on the light, and hurled herself onto his bed.
Only to land in a pile of rubbish that was once her father's cozy bed.
She opened her eyes she felt impact. Diamond Tiara bolted upright and backed away to the wall quickly, her breathing quickening. The young filly was scared. No, she was beyond that point. She was petrified. Diamond Tiara was alone, scared, scarred, and empty. This was like her worst nightmare come true.
Diamond Tiara swiftly ran from the room, down a flight of stairs, and out onto the small landing at her front door. She took a deep breath...
"DADDYYYYYYYYYYY!!" the pink filly screamed as loudly as she could. "DADDYYYY!" she chanted multiple times, as loudly as her vocal chords would let her, until her throat hurt. She stood there on her doorstep, shaking and sobbing.
Diamond Tiara collapsed on her doorstep, sobbing and shaking uncontrollably. "Daddy..." she mumbled countless times in between her sobs and gasps for air.
Her town- no, her whole life has been destroyed. Everything she ever held dear to her was gone.
Her friends? Gone. Her house and sanctuary? Gone. Her home town? Gone.
Her father? Gone.
Everything and everypony she ever loved were gone like the wind.
And the worst part? The worst part was that she was alone.