The Last House on the Left
The Last house on the left
A purplish grey-blonde filly giggled to herself as the showering water began to hit her coat, matting it down and sliding down her tail. She couldn’t help but smile for the day ahead, it was her birthday after all, her 14th to be precise. For her that meant so many new things ahead in her life, high school, dating, new responsibilities, and most importantly for her... a cutie mark. She smiled to herself as she used a little bit of her magic to lift some soap and a brush to carefully wash the trio of question marks that adorned her young flank.
A trio of question marks, something quite weird to be sure and something that baffled her friends when she showed it off. Some of them thought it was because she was a mystery to those who didn’t know her, while her mother said it’s because she has a great talent in thinking outside the box. Dinky smiled softly to herself as she lowered the brush to her lower legs and scrubbed quickly. All those theories were technically correct, but she knew better. The mark was because she loved to search and look for the secrets of the world that nopony else would look at. She chuckled to herself as she rubbed her belly softly in an attempt to not tickle herself with her brush as she began to think of how she discovered her talent for searching the supernatural.
While it was true that magical things happened all the time in Equestria, there were still mysteries in this world that seemed to defy the logic of both magic and science. This was what she loved to investigate and solve. Granted, the mystery that earned her mark was just the local baker trying out a new type of cake that seemed to sound like a wolf, it was still something that she was proud of solving. She smiled as she stood under the shower and let the water wash her face while she smoothed out her mane, the feeling of getting her mark was just as refreshing as the water that hit her face, and she couldn’t wait to figure out what else to do with it. She had her whole life ahead of her after all.
Stepping out of the shower with a little skip and a hop, the young teen looked in the mirror in front of her and began to comb her mane. For a few moments, she thought about combing her mane and cutting it to look like her mother’s. but the decided against it. She liked the way her short golden mane rested just above her yellow eyes. Putting down her brush she walked out the bathroom and towards the stairs, listening to her mother sing from within the kitchen.
Hey Jude
Don’t make it bad
Take a sad song
And make it better
Making her way to the last step, she looked to her singing mother and smiled. It wasn’t a kind smile, but a smile of devilish trickery. Creeping ever closer to her pegasus mother, with all the intent to tackle her, she listened to her mother sing a little more of the song.
Don’t be afraid
You were born to
Go and get her
I know you’re behind me
Dinky.
“Wait, what?” The blonde unicorn asked before she was tackle-glomped to the ground by her mother.
“And what were you thinking of doing, my little muffin,” Derpy asked, her blond mane hanging down as she looked at the unicorn beneath her.
“Uhh, planning on giving a big hug to the bestest mommy in the world,” Dinky responded.
“Surrrre you were. and I was born yesterday,” Derpy said as she lowered her head and rubbed her daughter’s nose with her own. Getting off of her daughter and flittering back to the baking pan she was working on. She looked to Dinky as she got some muffins from the fridge, “ So, what are your plans for your big day?”
“Well, I was thinking of heading out with Moonshadow,” Dinky said, taking a few bites out of her muffin, “Then coming back home to have cake. After, of course, I do drugs and do horrible things that you are afraid of me doing now that I am a teenager.”
Derpy turned her head immediately in shock and horror, “WHAT?”
“Kidding mom,” Dinky said with a roll of her eyes, “Wouldn’t dream of missing out on the birthday muffin and getting presents.” She then got off the table and gave her mom a hug and a kiss when she heard the doorbell ring,”That’s Moonshadow, talk to you later, mom.”
“Bye muffin,” Derpy said, giving her daughter one quick hug as Dinky ran to the door, “Don’t forget, back at 8:00!”
“Don’t worry Mrs. Hooves, I promise I’ll bring her back at that time... can’t guarantee that she’ll be a virgin though,” the light blue unicorn said, as she took the young unicorn away.”
“WHAT?” Yelled Derpy.
“She’s kidding mom!” Dinky said as she went out with her new friend.
Somewhere, just outside of Ponyville, three earth ponies began to run towards and old abandoned house. The older one, with a shaggy mane and a goatee listened to the radio as he tried to hide behind the house, “And the last trace of him was some fur that looked like it belonged to a wolf. And in other news, noted serial killer, “Krug” broke out of the Manehatten prison and was seen escaping after killing a police dog and severely injuring two police officers. He is seen traveling with his mate, Sadie, and noted partner Weasle. It is said that they were seen heading towards Ponyville and are dangerous.”
The leader of the group just looked at the condemned and broken house before him and smiled sinisterly. The house, located just outside of the town, looked abandoned, with broken windows and falling shingles. To anypony that wanted to hide from the outside world, this place had made the most sense. Walking softly and quickly, the three ponies went into the house.
“So, have you figured it out?” asked Moonshadow as she walked to a small rock outcrop overlooking a lake, turning to her friend.
“Figured what out?” Dinky asked.
“What you are going to do after school is over and with your cutie mark,” Moonshadow asked, nudging her head over to the black moon on her flank, “I mean, solving mysteries is kind of a small field. You can either be a detective, or a PI.”
Dinky looked at her friend and laid on the rock, putting her head on her legs, “Those do sound pretty interesting,” she sighed, “but to tell the truth, I’m just not interested in those types of mysteries. I’d rather look into things that other ponies just won’t have the guts to look for, you know... the really horrifying things.”
“What, like vampires and ghost type of things? Moonshadow asked, looking at her friend with an arched eyebrow.
“Well, maybe, but I was thinking more like those old houses that parents tell you not to go into, or those old rotten houses that everypony says are haunted.” As Dinky said this, her head rose up, “ Hey I have an idea. You know the Torn Clock house?”
“That old one one the left, the last house before you leave Ponyville,” Asked Moonshadow, as she got up and looked to the town.
“Yeah, that one!” Dinky said, getting up with a jump in her step in excitement at the thought of the mystery, “They say it’s haunted by a bunch of phantoms and ghost. So much so, that whoever has tried to tear it down or go inside has never been heard from again. I want to check it out!”
“You want to check out a place that could potentially have pony-killing ghosts inside?” Moonshadow asked, “WHY NOT!”
“Great!” Dinky said as she walked away, the sun slowly setting behind her, “Let’s go!”
Though they started off with great confidence, as they approached the house, that confidence began to fade from the light blue unicorn. Moonshadow couldn’t help but tremble a little at the sight of the old and broken house that seemed to rot by the second. The way that the wooden boards along the side of the house began to crack and break, revealing parts of the inside, while the windows were broken in a way that looked like small guilioteens, ready for the kill. The fact that it was night did not help to quell her fears. Looking to her friend, she watched in shock as the little teen walked slowly on the moss-covered stones, “Dinky, are you sure about this?” Moonshadow asked, trembling.
“Yes, I’m sure,” Dinky said, beckoning her friend up the stairs and to the front door, “All those ghost stories about this place are probably just about ponies who got lost in the house. Or got killed by maniacs and this is just the ponies’ way of handling it.”
“It’s the murders I’m worried about,” Moonshadow said, hearing the creaks of the floorboards as the two ponies walked to the threshold.
Dinky could only roll her eyes in disbelief as she pushed the door open slowly with her hoof. As the old oak door slowly opened to reveal the dark insides of the house, a low moan could be heard, “Probably just a part of the house settling.” Dinky said, before thinking about it and smiling, “or it isn’t and it’s actually a ghost that needs to be put to bed. Oh, this is going to be so cool,” Dinky said cheerfully as she put her hoof to her mouth and called out to the darkness, “Hello? Anypony there?”
The two fillies only stood there at the threshold, looking deep into the dark and hearing nothing but the creaking of the house. Taking a small chance, the two mares made a step into the house, letting their eyes adjust to the darkness. Taking a few quick sweeps of the house, their eyes could not see anything but the small light of Luna’s moon through the windows. Taking two more steps into the house, they were suddenly set upon by a pair of dark hooves that grabbed them and dragged them into the house before they could let out a scream.
The blonde-maned pegasus slept soundly on the couch, her grey hoof hanging over the edge as she snored. Feeling the light of the warm sun hitting her eyes, she woke up with a few snorts and took a quick look at the time. A feeling of dread struck her heart as she saw that it was 8:00 in the morning, several hours past the time that her daughter was supposed to get home. Putting a hoof to her mouth, several different thoughts began to roam through her head about what could’ve happened to her daughter and what made her late. Taking a quick look back at the front door, her first thought was to run upstairs to see if Dinky came in late and just didn’t wake her. Opening the door to her daughter’s room revealed nothing but an unmade bed and a closed window. Her heart racing faster with fear, she flew down the stairs as fast as she could to the front door, opening it up hard. Then she breathed a sigh of relief as she looked at the figure in the doorway,” Dinky, there you are... thank goodness,” Derpy let out sigh of relief and put her hoof to her chest. Then she immediately went into protective mother mode, “And where have you been all night, young lady! I was waiting all night for you to come home. Who knows what could’ve happened to you, and I wouldn’t have been there to help protect you!”
“I’m sorry mom,” Dinky said as she ran a hoof through her messy mane, trying her best to hide some cuts that were on her neck, “Me and Moonshadow decided to have a camping trip and we forgot to tell you about it. I’ll head up to my room and stay there for the rest of the day as punishment.”
As Dinky walked by Derpy, the pegasus noticed several scratches and cut marks laying across Dinky’s backside and legs, “And what happened to you? Why are you so cut up?”
“Oh, that?” Dinky responded with a chuckle as she made her way to the stairs, “I fell into a briar bush when I was getting out of the forest. Don’t worry, I’ll get some disinfectant and clean up. See you later, mom.”
Derpy watched the sight of her daughter walk up the stairs with an air of both worry and confusion. It was even more troubling for her when her daughter seemed to sleep throughout the entire day and well into the night. Becoming steadily worried about her little girl, the pegasus walked up slowly to her daughter’s room with a tray of muffins in one hoof, “Dinky, are you ok?”
“M... mother,” Dinky said, a pained tone in her voice.
“DINKY?!” Derpy said, throwing the door open and taking a look inside at her little girl. What she saw made her drop her plate to the ground.
The small unicorn looked up to her mother in fear and horror as she opened her mouth to speak, “Mother, what’s happening to me?” she asked as she bared rows of several sharp fangs, her flat teeth now laying around her in a bloody pile, “ I feel different,” she moaned as her once golden eyes turned blood red.
“Oh, Celestia no,” Derpy said as she put her hoof to mouth as she looked at her vampiric daughter, “DINKY!!”
Just outside of Ponyville, deep in the Whitetail woods, strode a massive and imposing black impala, pulling a black chariot. Within this black chariot rode two tan earth ponies with light brown manes and tails. The pony on the right hand of the chariot was a little bit older than the pony next to him, his face looking like he had been through several fights with things that went beyond the imagination. His mane was cut very short, showing off more of his rugged face and green eyes. On his flank was a crossbow cutie mark that seemed to compliment the warrior look of the elder pony.
As a stark contrast to the pony on the right, was the pony on the left who’s face was a lot younger, almost foal-like. His face seemed to show a youthful temperament and a hopeful outlook on life; however, if one were to look into his young eyes, they would see a soul ravaged by tragedy. To compliment his youthful and almost foal features was his hair and tail, both of which were left cut in such a way that they rode along on his face and flank, almost covering his eyes and the holy water cutie mark that adorned his flank. Closely, he looked at the stallion riding next to him and then down to the Ponyville gazette, which was reporting an attack that had left a pony drained of her blood. He then took a look back up at the stallion that rode next to him, who then gave a confident smirk back.
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I lol'd at the 'black impala'. Good start.
But you should have linked to Carry On My Wayward Son
At first, I thought she was being sarcastic.
I will play this song at the beginning of every chapter know.3393888
Their description at the end of this chapter clashes a lot with their images in the cover art.