//------------------------------// // Scarecows // Story: The Scarecrows // by 21latenighter //------------------------------// The three siblings reached the front door of the farm house and threw it open with deadly force. The noise woke up the elderly pony sleeping on the rocking chair in the living room. "Wha, who's there," came the distinct voice of Granny Smith. "Granny, there's something in the corn fields, something with glowing red eyes and a screams like a banshee," AJ said terrified to her grand mare. she was shaking to the bone with fear, and her teeth chattered even though she kept her mouth clenched shut. "It chased us back here to the house!" "And none of you thought to lock the door," Granny said as she listened to their story. "I tell ya, you young'uns do come up with some whoppers," she said as she got up slowly and hobbled to the kitchen as the three ponies locked up in fear. Granny ran into something hard, but soft at the same time. she looked up to see what appeared to be a pony scarecrow. "Oh, you were telling the truth," she said softly. The scarecrow reached out and grabbed granny by her hair and began to drag her away. Granny began to kick and hit the scarecrow as it moved, and it took the other hoof and snapped her neck. Applejack winced as she heard the bones of the old mare's neck crunch and snap, bending the pony's neck to an awkward angle. Apple Bloom screamed as her grand mare's body went limp and the scare crow began to walk back out of the house, towards the corn. They turned around to see another one standing behind them. Big mac kicked the scarecrow as hard as he could and hit it right in it's gut. It was thrown backwards into the wall where a family picture of the apple family fell onto the scarecrow and shattered. It pulled a large shard of glass out of it's neck, and blood as black as night and thick as molasses began to flow from the wound. It stood up and began to walk slowly towards them, and Big Mac readied himself again for a kick as the two fillies ran out of the house. He went to kick again, but the scarecrow swung the glass shard deep into Big Mac's flank. He fell to the floor as the wound crippled him, and watched in terror as the scarecrow removed the shard. The scarecrow brought the shard up to Big Mac's neck, and the large stallion struggled to move away from the scarecrow's death tight grip. The scarecrow then slowly moved the shard across the stallion's neck, cutting deep into his throat. He gargled as blood flowed freely from his jugular onto his red coat and his body began to twitch as it suffocated from the lack of air and blood. The scarecrow then picked up it's prize and carried it out of the house into the corn field. Apple Jack ran with her little sister out of the house and into the only place she could think of, the orchard. It was a terrible idea as the scarecrows seemed to blend in with the trees. She would see one walk past a tree behind her only to see another pass in front of her. The two began to run in circles, trying to get away from one scarecrow only to fall into the grip of another. She heard a noise behind her and turned to see all three scarecrows looking down at her and Apple Bloom. "Run Apple Bloom! and whatever you hear, don't turn around and don't stop!" AJ said to her younger sister as she kept her eyes focused solely on the scarecrows, trying to keep them still with her eyes. "But.. but.. sis, they'll get you," Apple Bloom said, tears falling from her cheeks. "Just run Apple Bloom! and don't turn back till dawn!" AJ said as one of the scarecrows began to reach for Apple Jack. She fought back and another grabbed ahold of her legs. Apple Bloom did as she was told and ran as fast as she could. She heard the screams of her sister as they dragged her off to the corn field. Apple Bloom had to save her sister. She stopped and turned around and ran towards the corn field where the scarecrows usually set. she was surprised that they didn't chase her through the field. She ran further into the field, hearing only the muffled breath of her own body. Apple Bloom was horrified when she reached the middle of the field. Her family was nailed to each of the crosses that once held the scarecrows. Apple Jack was nailed to the center cross, and began to cry as she seen Apple Bloom. "Why'd you come here Apple Bloom?" AJ asked softly, her body convulsing with tears. "You fell right into their trap." The scarecrows walked out from just behind of the rows. Each one had a large butcher knife, and they moved towards Apple Bloom one step at a time. STEP..... Each step they took they stopped, and with each step Apple Bloom began to shrink down to the ground. Step........., Step........., STEP......... STEP........ STEP................. They were right in front of her. The first one stabbed at Apple Bloom and missed, but the second struck her in the side, just behind her ribs, piercing the bottom of her lung. She screamed as the blade bit into her body. The third one then raised it's knife and plunged it deep into Apple Bloom's chest, slicing through her heart........ Apple Blooms eyes shot open, and saw instead of three scarecrows, a campfire. "You fell asleep Apple Bloom, come on, let's go to sleep in the tents," Apple Jack said as she began to walk into the single tent in the backyard of the farmhouse. Apple Bloom heard Granny Smith holler good night from the house, and a dozen or so "YEAHHH's ", come from the barn. She walked into the tent with her sister, and just as she fell asleep, a pair of glowing red eyes began to shine from the corn, silently and patiently waiting for the Apple's to go to sleep so it could kill them all...........