Sam, Dean, Applejack, Twilight, and Rainbow Dash sprinted towards the forest. It was all the way across town and a little further. The group of five did their best to not cause disruptions in the town, but traffic was too bad. Applejack and Dean nearly got hit by taxis three times.
"Ugh." Rainbow grumbled. "This is taking forever! Why can't I just go ahead and stop this thing myself?!"
"Because you don't know how to handle these things." Twilight told her. "I don't know either, but I'm pretty sure a kick to the face won't do the trick. This is a crossroads DEMON we're dealing with here. It's already died once, it can't die again."
"Well, that's not necessarily true." Sam informed her. The three native ponies gave him a confused stare. "We have a special knife that has the ability to kill demons. We can also trap the crossroads demon and send it back to Hell."
"Alright, so where is this knife?" Twilight asked.
"We can't use it. We're not Unicorns or Alicorns. Castiel is, and I gave him the knife. He'll need it. They're probably already at Midnight's place by now. Anyway, we're planning on sneaking up on it and using method number two."
"Hey guys, we're here!" Applejack shouted. Sam and Twilight turned their heads back in front of them to see a large forest. The trees went up further than the clouds.
"Holy shit! Look at those trees! How did they even grow that much?!" Dean shouted.
"I don't know, but that doesn't really matter. Something about this forest is really rubbing me the wrong way." Rainbow said.
"I'd have ta agree sugarcube, but we don't have much time ta worry 'bout that." Applejack said. "This forest definitely looks like someplace a low down, undead varmint would hide out in, and I have ta say, this here forest definitely is givin' off all the wrong vibes, but we don't have much of a choice here. We have to suck it up, and get on with this 'hunt' or whatever ya call it."
"Applejack is right." Twilight said. "We need to move on." With this, they entered.
Inside the forest were a number of twists and turns made out by the trees. Barely any sunlight was able to break through the thick ceiling made by the treetops. The group of five stood there, horrified. Terrified expressions were frozen on their faces, and their mouths limply hung open. Legs and torsos were hung up on the tree branches. Some with skin, some without. The path and trees were bloodstained. Eyeballs were nailed to the trees in what looked like a poor attempt at making them look alive. The whole place looked like the home of a homicidal psychopath.
"Wha-wha-what the hay?" A.J. muttered. "How could anypony handle this place?! Much less go through it!"
"This isn't like any crossroads demon case we've seen before!" Sam said. Just then, Sam thought of something. "Dean."
"Yeah, Sam?"
"Do you think it could be possible for monsters here to be different from the ones back home? Still undoubtedly similar, but different n someways?"
"I'd think so. This place isn't exactly the same as our world, so I guess the things living in it could be different."
"That's not good. If monsters here are different from the ones we know and encounter, we're going to have a very difficult ti-"
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"Sam, what the hell was that?!" Dean asked.
"I think we just found another difference." Sam said, horrified.
"What do you mean another difference? What is it?" Rainbow asked.
"Well, guys. I think we have a hellhound."
"What's a hellhound?" Twilight asked worriedly.
"The monsters crossroads demons keep as pets. If someone makes a deal with a crossroads demon, they'll have ten years before it will send a hellhound after them. The hellhound won't, and can't stop unless killed from that special knife, which, as you know, I left with Castiel." Dean told her. "The thing is, in this world, it looks like crossroads demons don't have to be summoned. It probably claimed this forest as it's home, made a maze out of it, and now that demon knows we're here, and sent a hellhound after us. Hell, it might have sent multiple! Also, they're invisible."
"INVISIBLE?!" Rainbow exclaimed. "HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO FIGHT A CREATURE THAT'S INVISIBLE?! HOW IS CASTIEL SUPPOSED TO FIGHT A CREATURE THAT'S INVISIBLE?!"
"We don't fight it Rainbow." Sam said. "We run from it. You'll be able to tell about where the general direction of it is by it's incessant growling. By the way, Castiel is an angel back in our world. It appears angels in our world are Alicorns in this world. The point is, Castiel can see them because he's an Alicorn. We also need to stick together. This place is a labyrinth, and if we meet a dead end, the hellhound will catch up to us for sure, and when it does that, you can't survive without the knife. We might be able to afford a few dead ends, but not many. Hellhounds are fast, vicious, and merciless. We have to find the crossroads demon qui-"
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"WE NEED TO HURRY! IT'S GETTING CLOSER, AND COMING FROM THE FRONT! WE NEED TO GO FAST, AND FIND A TURN!" Dean yelled.The five ponies quickly began their perilous trek through the crossroads demon's forest labyrinth. They ran for about a minute before arriving at the first turn.
"LEFT OR FORWARD?!" Applejack asked.
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"FORWARD! FORWARD!" Rainbow yelled. They went forward. The hellhound reached the turn, found the scent and went to it's left. Soon the group of five reached an intersection.
"WHERE DO WE GO?! WHERE DO WE GO?!!!" Twilight yelled.
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"IT'S GAINING ON US!" Dean said. "GO RIGHT!" They did. The hellhound followed. This kind of thing went on for a while. Turn after turn. Go forward, right, left. They got one dead end, which nearly killed them all.
"Hey guys, I have an idea!" Rainbow said. "How about I fly up and check out the path. If I do that, we'll know exactly where to go!"
"No, don't do it!" Sam said. "The forest is denser than your and Pinkie's head tripled and put together."
"Alright, but the hellhound can't fly, right? I can just avoid him in the air. " Rainbow proposed.
"Yeah, that's great for you, but the rest of us can't fly, and I know you can't carry all of us." Dean told her while rolling his eyes.
"Oh, yeah." Rainbow sighed."Wait a minute . . . did you just imply that I have a thick head?"
"Yup." Sam said. They kept moving. For ten minutes, all they did was run. They're legs were killing them, but they knew stopping meant certain death. The hellhound was getting closer. It seemed they couldn't outrun it for much longer.
"Hey, fellas! That hellhound is right on our tails!" Applejack pointed out. "If we don't reach the end right quick, we're done for! There has ta be a way ta get to the enda this place soon! It's like we're runnin' in circles, there don't seem ta be no end to this hellhole!"
"She's right." Dean said. "This labyrinth is goin' on forever, we can't run any faster than we're runnin', and if we keep this up for too much longer, we'll be mauled by a demons best friend!"
"Well, we can't do much about it Dean!" Twilight yelled. " Does it look like we're getting anywhere closer to the end? No, but we can't do anything about that but keep running! If we stop we die! If we turn around, we head straight to our grave! If we keep running, we either reach the end, or give out and give the hellhound a free dinner! There's only one action that has a chance of getting us to the end! DO you want to know why there are no shortcuts? Because it's a maze! The demon chose a maze for her home so that no hunters could leave the place! It has fun with this Dean! It has fun with this Applejack! It's not like I can just teleport us all to the en-. Wait. I think I can! If I can use my horn to lock on to that crossroads demon, I can teleport us all to it. Well, I might be able to teleport ALL of us. Doing that could result in failure, and no matter what, I'll lose magic power and tire out. It's really risky."
"We'll take the risk!" Dean said. Everypony else agreed.
"If you all say so." Twilight said unsure of how this would go down. Her horn began to spark. A magical, pink aura began to resonate from it. She began to set her teleportation spell into action, and split her focus on herself, and the rest on them. It was difficult to do. Not to mention while running. Soon, the aura grew, and gained a second layer. It began to fluctuate in size, and
failure.
"NO! It failed!" Twilight screamed."I can't believe it failed!"
"Twilight." Sam said .
"What?" She sobbed.
"You need to try again."
"Try again? TRY AGAIN?! I'm already feeling woozy, and my magic power is extremely low! How do you expect me to try again?!"
"Because you need to." Sam told her. Twilight looked at him in confusion. "I don't know much about this world.It's economy, it's culture, it's government, it's food. But I do know one thing. It's that the ponies here are all extraordinary. There are Unicorns, Pegasi, Earth Ponies, and Alicorns. Each race may have the same biology, but no one pony is like the other. Some are cooks, some are doctors, some are bakers, some are farmers, and some, like you Twilight, are masters of magic. I've never believed in magic, but here, I know it exists. Like I said Twilight, you are a master of magic. Judging by your cutie mark, and what I, and the rest of us, have seen you do. Dean and I may have only seen you levitate, and attempt a teleportation spell, but your friends have seen more. Due to this, we know, you can pull this off, if you try again."
"We believe in ya Twilight." Applejack said.
"We sure do!" Rainbow butted in.
"Sam, that was sappy as hell, but what you said is true."
"Alright then." Twilight sighed. " You know, I think you guys are right. I can do this." With this, Twilight began the process again. Everything went like it was supposed to.
"Come on, Twilight. You've almost got it!" Rainbow encouraged.
"Almost there! Come on Twilight! I know you can save our asses!"
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"Oh no!" Sam said. "It's gaining on us! Come on Twilight! You've got to hurry!"
"I don't think I can do it in time guys!"
"Nah, Twilight! You've got this! Don't doubt yerself! It'll only hold ya back!" A.J. informed Twilight. She was getting closer and closer aaaannnd.
She did it! A cloud of purple smoke appeared over the group, and they were instantly sent to the crossroads demon.
"Where. The hell. Are they." The hellhound thought as it whimpered. "They. Were right here. Now. What. The. Fu-"
-PPOOOOMMMFFF- The group of five appeared at a crossroads in a cloud of purple smoke. What stood before them, was a grey stallion, with black hair, red eyes, stubble, and a fiery crown for a cutie mark.
"Well, well, well. 'Ello boys."