//------------------------------// // Into the Everfree Forest Part 1 // Story: Police of Ponyville Episode 2: Find The Children // by Shadow Storm 44 //------------------------------// Storm woke up to the sound of a large commotion coming from outside of his house. He looked at the clock on his nightstand and saw that is was only 6:15 am. Storm rolled over and tried to fall back to sleep. He didn't think much of it because of the search party's like to start early in the morning to try to catch the lead to fillies. Just as Storm was about to draft back to sleep his radio suddenly stop playing music and a loud beep was created, a beep that is normally at the start of the emergency broadcast system. Storm still ignored it guess that it's a part of a song or the station had a problem and are just covering. The following message is transmitted by the request of the Mayor's office of Ponyville and the Police Department of Ponyville At this point Storm shoot straight up in his bed like he had awaken from a falling dream. We interrupt this broadcast for an abduction alert. Many fillies and colts were reported missing from their home's around 5:15 am this morning. The reason of the abduction is unknown at this time. These abduction are most likely linked with the abduction from yesterday. If you have any information on this abduction please call the Ponyville Police. Finally the broadcast had went off. Storm quickly got out of bed and looked outside of his window. There ponies everywhere ageing from young adults to adults looking in trees, bushes and trash cans to find their brother or sister. Storm hastily got everything he needed bolted out the door of his home and flew to the station. When he arrived the captain had called an emergency meeting for everyone. He went to the room that was normally use for morning roll call. The room was filled with officers from Ponyville before Storm had chance to look for Star Night entered the room. "Listen we need to hurry and get back out there so I'm going to make it quick." She briefly said. More foals are missing all around town and they all give the same description as the same one that took the two fillies from yesterday. We need to act now regain control of the town. Earth pony's start calming everypony down, Pegasus take to the sky and order them all to land and when that's done provide overwatch. And Unicorns get everyone inside use your riot spells if you have to just get it done." Four Hours Later Ponyville was now a ghost town everypony was inside there house, the only thing that's outside is officers. Once Storm was taken off of overwatch he found Star and told him to meet him at his house in 6 minutes. "What is going on?" Star asked. "We should be looking for the foal's." "I know that. We already search the whole town twice and found nothing. There was only one place we haven't checked." Storm pointed the the Everfree forest. "The place where it ran when I saw it." "How are we going to do that there is only two of us." "Make that eight." Said a voice that slightly angered Storm. They both turn around and saw the main 6 behind them. "Were coming with you we know that place like the back of our heads." Twilight said. "Besides I want to find the sick thing that's been doing this to this peaceful town." "We'll," Storm begin. "Safety in numbers I guess. But if you get hurt it's your own felt." "Aw would you stop already?" Applejack snared. "Were not your everyday mares here we fought bigger monsters than you think." "Yeah, sure whatever." Storm said ignoring Applejack's comment. "Anyway Star do you remember that tracking spell you learned when you worked for that prison?" Star took a moment before answering. "Yeah, I guess I could fish it out. Haven't used it in a while so I don't know if it's even going to work." "It's worth a shot." Star took a moment and got ready to clear his mind or do whatever unicorns do to when there creating or doing a spell. It took less than 2 minutes before Star's horn started glowing and revealing huge sized footprints 3 times the size of a bear and they lead to the Everfree forest. They walk the path till they were at the entrance of the forest. "So what's the plan." Rainbow Dash asked. "Easy, get in, find the kids get out alive and don't run into the thing that took them." Star answered. "Unless you had one." "Yeah, we find that thing and kick it's flank for taking all the kids." Rainbow Dash suggested. "As much as I love to do that plan I'm going to stick with Storm on this one."Twilight suggested. "We don't know who or what took them and also this is a part of the Everfree forest that none of us have been in before. Who knows what waiting for us out there." "Well me and Storm are going in. We have a job to do." Star said before walking into the forest with Storm right behind him. "Didn't you two here what I just said." Twilight nearly yelled with a bit of concern in her voice. "Yeah, we heard you." Storm acknowledged. "And you're right we have know idea what's going to be in there. But I know two things. One, there is a town full of worried parents and siblings wanting to know where their colt and filly went and two we are the only ones who what a pretty good idea of where they are and who has them." “Wait, a minute how do you know where they are?” Pinkie suddenly asked. “It’s all in this book I “found”.” “Book? What book?” Twilight asked curiously asked. After some time the 8 ponies were in the forest following Star while his spell is active following the unusual large footprints. As they continued to follow the footprints Twilight kept constantly asking questions about where the book came from, what this thing is and so on. “Darlings I’m not the one to complain but how much longer we’ve been walking for hours how much longer?” Rarity complained. “It’s been 15 minutes.” Applejack answered. “Ok, not I'm not trying to act like a jerk but why are you six even here?” Storm asked. “It’s because we have to get to the bottom of this.” Applejack said. “This thing has been causing trouble in this town for too long.” Star stopped walking. “Wait. To long?” “How long has this thing been here?” “About two months?” Pinkie answered. “Then why the hell didn’t you tell us sooner or done something about it.” Strom asked. “Well, we were but then we just thought it was some pony playing tricks on us.” Another 15 minutes of walking till they came to a fork in the trail. The path on the left had a clear lane with no trees just short cut grass on both sides on the path. The other path had more trees, but these trees are taller and it blocked out the sun even those it’s 10:50 in the afternoon. It was pitch black dark. By this time Star had to stop using to spell in order to stay conscious. “Doesn't take a genius to figure out which path we should take. Dash said. “I mean any… Before Dash finished her sentence there was a voice coming from the right path a faint voice that sounded like you were running and barely could get a voice out. “Come closer.” Everyone quickly got back everyone but Storm. He took a step closer to the path. “Storm, what are you doing get over here.” Star urged. Storm ignored Star and continued to walk closer to the voice. “Closer.” As every second passed Storm was coming closer and closer to the pitch black pathway. Star, Dash and AppleJack were 3 feet behind Storm. “Who’s there?” Storm yelled to the darkness of the path. Nothing returned but the same voice repeating closer. At this point Storm is standing on the last peace of sunlight before the he enters the path. “Don’t do it.” Fluttershy shouted. “There’s something in there.” Just as she yelled. Storm saw a silhouette the same silhouette that was outside of his house that night. By the time he first seen it he tried to jump back, but a small sliver dick with a wire attached to it before he could notice it, it was already wrapped around a neck and pulled him into the path before anyone in the group could reacted. All he could hear was the voices of his friends. Storm was now being dragged by force through the dark woods by his neck. He didn’t know what was worst. Being dragged on a dirt path with many small rocks, small broken limbs from trees or being slammed into rocks and trees every time there was a turn while being choked from the neck with the wire. Just as Storm was about to pass out. He was slammed to the ground and then wire had disappeared from around his neck. Storm slowly got to his hooves and looked around to see he was in a wide open circular field with no grass. What made it even stranger is that a six foot wall was on the border of the field almost as to keep something out or in. “Where am I?” Storm asked out loud. "I know your here." “Your trapped.” A voice answered. Storm looked around to find the source of the voice. But there was nowhere for anyone to hide besides inside the holes in the ground on the opposite side of the field Storm was on. "Show yourself coward." Storm continued to scream. Just as Storm yelled that a light humming was coming from behind Storm on top of the six foot wall. He flew up just beyond the wall to find the source of the voice, but all that was there was the same dark path that he was dragged through. A couple of minutes passed of Storm looking left and right trying to find were the voice had came from while keeping his distance not wanting to repeat the dragged through that path again. Just as Storm was about to give up and try to regroup with his friends find the missing fillies & colts and get out of the forest all fast as possible. Storm turned around and thought that if he flew higher that he could try to retrace his steps from when he was dragged through the woods. “Where did you think your going?” a voice said. Storm’s body froze in pure fear. He turned around and saw not a shadow nor the silhouette but the actual thing.