//------------------------------// // Killed In Sunny Town? // Story: Shattered Souls: Sunny Town // by Brony Parasite //------------------------------// {Third PoV} Fourth Wall beamed. And so did Apple Bloom. The pink clone trotted towards the town, and was suddenly greeted by an Earth Pony stallion with a black mane, and grey coat. His eyes were hidden behind his eyelids in a big smile. He spoke in a higher pitch than a normal stallion, but wasn’t girly by any means. “Ha ha! Why hi there! Welcome to Sunny Town!” He said cheerily. “Um, thanks. But who are you?” Fourth Wall asked. His smile broadens, “Grey Hoof at your service. Celebration Planner Extraordinaire!” Through his whole speech, he never opened his eyes. Fourth Wall was getting nervous, so she tried turning around to leave, but Grey Hoof jumped in front of her, “The party just started, help yourselves to food and drinks.” Apple Bloom smiled. She jumped off Fourth’s back and ran to the pink clothed table. She started eating all kinds of food. After a bit, she gave me a curious look, “Ya gonna eat?” Fourth Wall said nothing. Something inside her was telling her they shouldn’t eat the food, and shouldn’t be in the town. Fourth chuckled, “I’m not hungry. I ate cake for breakfast.” Apple Bloom looked unconvinced, but dropped it and continued eating. Fourth wasn’t smiling anymore. She saw a Earth Pony mare with a silver coat and orange mane. She was hunched over, so Fourth Wall couldn’t see her eyes. She mumbled to herself, and Fourth barely heard. “He hasn’t said a word to me all night.” She sighed. Fourth Wall felt sorry for the mare, and an idea came to her mind! The pink pony trotted over to Apple Bloom. “Hey, stay here. I’ll be back, and be careful.” The only indication that the filly gave was a single nod. With that, Fourth Wall went deeper into town. She didn’t need to go far, because the closest building to the party had a sad looking Earth Pony stallion. Tan coat, dark blue mane, and blue eyes. He saw Fourth Wall, and spoke, “Hello…” “What’s wrong.” ‘Was everyone an Earth Pony?’ “Oh, nothing.” Fourth Wall narrowed her eyes, “Fine. Over there is Starlet. I was going to give her a gift tonight. But I lost it! It was so pretty too…” A gift? Pinkie had taught her about parties and gifts. But why was it a big deal? He sat down and sulked. Fourth Wall trotted even deeper into the town. I noticed something. None of them had a cutie mark. I saw a brown stallion(Earth Pony, no surprise), with a caramel colored mane and eyes. She walked up to him. “Why doesn't anyone in this town have a cutie mark?” He raised an eyebrow, “Cutie what? Sorry ma’am, I have no clue what you're talking about.” He turned around and started muttering random things. Two things stuck out of that conversation. One was he didn't know what a cutie mark was, which was unsettling to say the least. And he called her ma’am. What did that even mean? She stepped away from the weird stallion and walked away. She circled the building and found a green coated, green maned mare that looked like Pinkie with the hairstyle, and blue eyes. “I didn’t know ponies lived in the Everfree Forest.” “You are not the first visitor to say that. We’ve got everything we need right here, so we rarely -if ever- leave.” She smiled. Furth was even more unnerved. She thought she had heard about Sunny Town, but neither of her teachers taught her about towns and/or city’s. Her breathing became harder, and she had to cut her conversation with the mare off. Fourth Wall trotted into the back of the town. A dark path lead to an old cabin. Fourth Wall checked the door. Locked. She had a weird feeling and checked the well. Sure enough, something shiny was at the bottom. Fourth turned around and left. She stepped back into the town. She had a feeling that she needed to get into there. She trotted back, but something shined in her eyes. Fourth went over and picked it up. It was a red gem. ‘Very pretty… Maybe that guy could give this to Starlet.’ She picked it up with her mouth, and continued. She reached the party, and saw the guy with a blue mane still in front of the house. Fourth Wall want up to him. He looked up at her, and brightened up, “You found it!” Fourth shrugged, “Whatever. Here.” She let it drop into her hoof, and handed it to him. He took it and smiled, “Thank you! Thank you so much!” He ran over to Starlet. Fourth Wall followed and listened. He gave her the gem shyly, and she seemed surprised. She looked teary eyed, “Oh Roneo, you shouldn’t have! Your love is all I need.” They hugged. Roneo turned to Fourth Wall smiling, “Thank you again!” They seemed happy, and Fourth Wall didn’t want to ruin the moment. Love? What was that? Was it some kind of friendship? Fourth went over to a sleeping Apple Bloom and picked her up. As sweet as that was, the pink mare didn’t trust any of them. Fourth was about to leave the town, but there was an urge to go into the house Roneo was at. She quickly went there, and made sure no one was watching. When she was sure, she slipped in. Boxes and crates were everywhere, and Fourth Wall had to move silver ones to get to the end. As she got closer, she heard sobbing. This made Fourth go harder, and she found a silver mare with a dark red mane and eyes. A crank was in front so Fourth Wall picked it up. She walked to the mare. And listened to her. “It isn’t right… This is not right! The same thing again and again and again!” She cried. Fourth Wall’s heart felt weak, and all she wanted to do was hug this mare. And she did. She seemed surprised, but eased into the hug. After a bit, she calmed down. Fourth Wall rubbing her hoof up and down the mares back motherly. “What’s your name?” The mare sniffled, “Mitta… My names Mitta…” Fourth smiled, “That’s a lovely name. What’s the problem?” Mitta hesitated, “Go to the cabin on the other side of town. The answer is there…” “I’ll be back, okay?” Mitta sniffed again, but nodded. Fourth gave her another hug, and left the building. Once again nopony saw her, and she trotted to the back of the town. She reached the back of the town again, and arrived at the cabin. She used the crank on the well, and fished out a rusty key. She picked it up, and Apple Bloom seemed to wake up. “Wha-” Fourth Wall patted her on the head and Apple Bloom seemed to calm down. She nestled herself on Fourth Wall’s back, getting comfy. Fourth sighed. She didn’t intend for her to be a luxury ride…. She shook her head, and paced the key in the door and turned it(With some difficulty), and trotted into the house. It was bare, except the fireplace and an old bed. The fireplace was lit, and a low fire wasn’t doing its job of keeping the place warm. A cold chill went down Fourth’s spin. Apple Bloom jumped off, and the two walked slowly towards the fire. Every fiber in Fourth Wall was wanting to get out of there, but something inside of her told her to continue. “I don’t think anythings in here. Nothing. But…” Apple Bloom was cut off as the cabin went dark. The only thing seen was a demonically red fireplace. The two saw a skeleton corpse in it. Fourth Wall knew who it was, but she didn’t know how she did. Apple Bloom seemed to know too, as she cried, “NO NO NO NO NO!!!” Fourth took a hold of the filly and hugged her tightly. Trying to hide her from the body. It couldn’t be. The mare that Fourth Wall followed was dead, and had been for a while. Fourth trew Apple Bloom onto her back, and galloped out. It was night, and the forest was hard to navigate. They arrived at the town, but everyone was missing. Fourth had to focus on keeping Apple Bloom safe. Was that what Mitta was talking about? Did the townsponies do that? Fourth Wall had to find Mitta, and FAST! There were new obstacles in Fourth Wall’s path. She maneuvered through them and got a bit further, when Grey Hoof’s voice was heard. “There was no other way. She was going to spoil the party.” He sounded different. Almost like a gargle. Fourth almost threw up. This was reminding her of her nightmare. But this was 100% real! And they were in danger. Apple Bloom was shaking, so Fourth Wall ran as fast as possible. She almost reached the halfway point, when black bones and flesh came out of the ground. The monster trotted towards them, but Fourth was frozen. The stench of rotting flesh and decaying reached the pairs noses, and their faces contorted. The monster spoke, and Fourth Wall recognised her as the green mare. “The curse had befallen her this very night. She had the mark! She had to go!” Fourth gagged and the what the monster said. The mark… She meant the cutie mark! She was killed for her talent? Fourth HAD to find Mitta and get out. The monster that used to be a green mare stay’d still. Fourth Wall trotted around her, and once she was a safe distance away, she galloped as fast as she could. Another appeared, and started walking towards the two. Fourth saw a boulder and rammed into it. She pushed and pushed, and even Apple Bloom pushed. As they did, the sound of the brown stallion caught them by surprise. “Please, don’t leave. We will never let the same happen to you!” It took little time to get it out of the way, and the two ran as fast as they could. Another one appeared, this one fast, but didn’t see them. Fourth Wall and Apple Bloom ran right, and it followed. They were able to get away from it, and escaped the halfway point of the town. The two entered the house, and ran through the crates to Mitta. She too had become a monster, though she looked scared. “P- Please don’t be scared. I don’t want to hurt you! I’m n-not like the others!” “What’s going on?” Fourth Wall asked with a shaky voice. Mitta sighed, “Years ago. There was a filly named Ruby. She lived here like everypnoy else. But one day, a mark appeared on her flank. Grey Hoof and the others thought it was a disease, s-so they k-k-k-killed her.” Mitta broke down. Fourth wanted to comfort her, but she wasn’t sure if touching Mitta would harm them. They heard loud banging, then the shattering of a door. ‘Uh-oh...’ Mitta turned to Fourth Wall, “Get out, I’ll hold them off!” “No! I’m not leaving you here, w-” “Go, before it's too late.” “But…” Fourth Wall shed a tear, and nodded. Apple Bloom jumped onto her back, as the crate in front of them exploded, and one of the monsters stood there, growling. “Please! All we want if friendship!” Fourth didn’t care about who this one was, and ran around it to get to the door. The monster tried to grab them, but Mitta jumped it, and they resettled. “GO!” Mitta yelled, and was bit on the throat. She screamed, but Fourth couldn’t stop herself from running, and Apple Bloom sobbed. They seemed safe, until one of the monsters rammed into Fourth Wall, knocking Apple Bloom off. Another came out of nowhere and pinned Fourth to the ground. Fourth Wall could only watch as the other monster ripped Apple Bloom’s right eye out, and she screamed as blood poured out. Fourth Wall’s heart broke, and a tear fell. Mitta, and Apple Bloom would die for nothing. “Help…” She squeaked.