Ectoplasm

by Neobreaker10

Stand against the shadows

Back above ground Spike paced outside the school, “ooh, I hope she’s okay” he stammered, but regardless, he was thankful that he hadn’t been taken by the creature. Suddenly a bright flash of light appeared in the sky causing Spike to shield his eyes, when he looked back he breathed a sigh of relief, Celestia had arrived.

“I apologize for my delay, something was blocking my magic, now what was this about a dark creature, and where’s Twilight?” She asked with a worried look on her face,

“Well, a few days ago ponies started disappearing, Twilight and I went down to a strange forest to find the source. I stayed outside of the forest so Twilight could find her way out, but when she did she was in a state of panic. We ran back here to find that a dark creature had invaded and filled the town with fog, it lured us to ponyville elementary where Twilight and I got separated, and now she’s stuck in a network of tunnels.” Spike gasped for air after finishing,

“Then we must hurry” Celestia and Spike looked over to the school and went inside.

Down in the cavern Twilight trotted up to the shrine and called into the fog, “alright, you’ve got me here, now what do you want?” She listened through the fog and heard what she was waiting for, the voice of the creature.

“Well, well, well, this is the first time somepony actually came to look for me. I'm flattered really" it sourly remarked, Twilight searched the cave with her eyes but could not see anything,

“Where are you” She shouted. A chortle echoed through the cavern and the creatures shape appeared in the mist on the shrine, “it ends here you monster” Twilight reared back and fired a magic bolt at the creature, but much to her dismay the bolt went right through without harming it,

“Is that all?” the creature sported a menacing tone, “my turn” in an instant it’s 4 tentacles extended beating Twilight senseless, afterwards it launched a ghostly fire dead into her chest. Twilight gasped and curled up shivering with pain,

“Y-you c-can’t win” she was struggling to speak and let out a gasp of air with each word, “I won’t *gasp* give up” Twilight struggled to stand up but managed it, her body protested and she felt a stinging pain in her rear leg “it must be broken” she thought. Twilight gasped again as one of the creatures tentacles slammed into her chest causing her to spit up blood, the creature walked up to her motionless body and leaned down next to her head,

“Goodnight” it cackled before fading into the fog. Twilight tried to move, tried to do something, but she couldn’t do anything but lie there as her vision faded; drifting into unconsciousness, she began to dream.