SweetieMash Minecraft Adventures : Return of the Nightmare.

by CristalGalaxy


24. Mischievous

Sweetie Belle brought a hoof to her mouth as she yawned, feeling extremely sleepy. She slowly got up, stretching to flex out her muscles and hopefully completely emerge from her slumber.
How long have we been sleeping?

It was still very dark in the cave even though their torches had remained. Sweetie could barely see a small pile of ashes in front of her.
I wonder who started the fire... Who went to sleep last? And am I the only one up?

"Guys!" she whispered, coming her mane to tame it's never-ending resistance to any straightening product she would use. She had to look good when Button woke up. It was part of 'Rarity's Rules of Colts' : 'Never wake up at the same time as your darling. Make sure you awake before him and come your mane and tail, even applying makeup if necessary. Then, simply go back to bed and wait for him to open his eyes on the beauty of his marefriend!'
It still felt like a cheating method, but Sweetie Belle wanted to look fresh.

"Cluck!" something replied to her.

"Shhh Helper!" giggled Sweetie, squinting her eyes to try and spot him. "Where are you? I can't believe you managed to get out of the backpack... There were seeds for days in there!"

She saw his little white form approach her, tainted by some dark liquid, before grabbing him in her hooves.
"Whaddup little guy? Where did you even get so dirty-"

Sweetie froze, her hooves suddenly shaking. She looked down at her chicken and he looked up at her with his big, innocent eyes. His feathers were tainted in blood. Dripping wet and sticky blood. Something twisted in her stomach and her breathing accelerated as did her heart. Her hooves were wet and sweaty, she could feel shivers run down her spine.
Slowly, very slowly, she placed Helper back on the cold stone. She didn't want to move, but something forced her to. A strong sense of fear was overtaking her.
That's when she realised everything was quiet. Much too quiet. Where were the familiar sounds of snoring? Was she surrounded by corpses? Corpses of her friends?

Her hooves moved on their own towards a form that had actually been curled up against her. That's why her back felt so... sticky.
Even though everything was silent, her ears were ringing.
She could hear up to every little droplet of water that echoed throughout the whole cave.
Ploc, ploc, ploc

Sweetie took her time to grab a torch, barely gripping onto one since her shaking had intensified. Something was stuck in her throat, she couldn't say a word.
Ploc, ploc, ploc

The light shone on some more blood, running down brown hooves, forming a neat puddle underneath the brown mass. A small object, stuck into the abdomen of the brown pony, shimmered under the light. The blood was still running down the pony's hoof as Sweetie's mouth gaped open, trembling.

Ploc.
Ploc.


Ploc.

Her voice came back.
She screamed, taking a step back and loosing the torch, slipping on blood.
She fell, still screaming in horror.
She heard suprised gasps shortly followed by cries.
She felt somepony hold her tight as she shut her eyes.
She never stopped screaming.


Rumble shuddered in revulsion as he finished moping up the blood with some nearby leaves.
"I'm done Diamond!" he yelled, taking a step back. "Do you have flint and steel so I can burn these things?"

"Uh no... I think Button had that. Give me a sec and I'll try and make one!" she replied back.

"Right..." Rumble returned to the cave and groaned. "Aw man I can't believe this happened! Did some mob do this? Maybe a silverfish?"

He saw Diamond's hoof - who was wiping Sweetie's forehead with a wet piece of leather - stop and start trembling a little.
"You don't think... You don't think somepony did this right?"

"What?" Rumble froze and forced himself to laugh. "Don't tell me you actually suppose I did it right?"

His laugh died down in his throat as Diamond didn't reply and trotted back to Button to tend to his wounds.

"Are you serious?" he snapped, getting closer.

She backed away with a weary look.

Fury overtook him and he got even closer : "The hell is your problem?"

"I just want to be sure a mob did this before doubting you..." she muttered.

"You're already doubting me!"

Rumble stomped his hooves on the ground, his ears back.
But his eyes widened and he backed away when he saw Diamond Tiara bring a hoof to her sword.

"You're really childish you know that?" Then he kneeled down next to Sweetie Belle and started licking the blood off of her to calm himself.

"Yeah, I'd prefer not getting stabbed in my sleep as well!" she replied.

Rumble's head jerked around and he jumped on her, screaming.

"You're a bloody idiot you know that?"

She grunted under his weight and desperately tried to wiggle out of his grasp in vain.
"Let me go!"

"Not until you tell me why you're acting like this..."

She struggled a little more before stopping.
To Rumble's surprise, she started crying.
Uncertain what to do, he nervously licked his lips and folded his ears back again.

Tears were streaming down Diamond's face, rolling through her fur and soaking it in salty water.
"It's... It's just that..." she cried, her words barely distinguishable through her sobs. "I don't know what to think anymore! B... Button would've died and what would we have done... What would I have done if he... he died!"
Then she covered her face with her front hooves, red taking over her soaked cheeks. "D... Don't look at me like that!" she winced.

Rumble let her go and took a few steps back, confused. "Does this mean... Does this mean that you... like Button?"

She stood up and wiped her tears away. "What if I do?! What will you do about it dummy?" she snapped, back to her usual self.

Rumble fell to his rump, stunned.
The wind blew through his mane and rustled it a little. The complete silence that reigned through the cave made the air seem heavy.
And I like Sweetie Belle...

"I propose..." he murmured. "I propose we pass a deal... For both our sakes..."

The wind continued to blow as the same idea popped in their head.