The Foalsitter

by TorontoFCBrony

The Foalsitter

"Thank you so much for foalsitting on such short notice, Scootaloo," said a thankful Mr. Cake while he finished putting on his tie.

"No worries, Mr. Cake. What happened to Pinkie Pie anyway?"

"I don't know. She went out last night with her friends but never came back. We're assuming she's just sleeping over at Twilight's without telling us. You know Pinkie Pie!"

"You ready to go, dear?" asked a dressed up Mrs. Cake as she came into the room.

"I sure am!" Mr. Cake replied. He then turned to the filly and said, "Nothing to worry about, Scootaloo. It should be a quiet night."

Mrs. Cake added, "The foals are just getting over colds, and it's taken forever to put them to sleep, so please don't wake them. It's probably the easiest job you've ever had. Just read a book or something. Help yourself to anything in the fridge. We'll only be a few hours."

"Thanks!" Scootaloo replied excitedly.

"We really have to go now, dear," the Cake mother reminded her husband.

"All right. Take care, Scootaloo. Thanks again," Mr. Cake said.

"Have fun, you two!"

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Scootaloo sat on the couch inside the family room in the back side of Sugar Cube Corner. She curled up on the couch to read the newest Daring Do book, featuring her own hero, Rainbow Dash. She lit a fire in the fireplace and curled up under a blanket.

The cold autumn wind blew the leafless trees outside. It was a quiet night, perfect for the young filly to have some alone time, all the while getting paid.

"'Daring Do and Rainbow Dash, glancing directly at the abyss underneath them, navigated their way along the dark canyon, hoping to find the cave where the gems awaited them.'"

Tick... Tick... Tick...

"Huh?" the young pegasus asked as she heard a soft click sound coming from the outside of the house, almost like a hoof tapping on glass.

She looked out to the sliding glass doors leading to the backyard. All was quiet. The moon was full and shined brightly. The backyard was smooth and white from the light snowfall earlier in the day, with the single tree in the yard being the only thing in sight.

With a shrug, the filly continued to read her book. "Must've been the wind."

Some time passed. Noises continued occasionally, but all houses make noise from time to time. Especially an older house like the one she was in.

Scootaloo continued to read her story, getting deeper and deeper into the plot.

"'Daring and Dash, tied up together, hanging above the lake of lava beneath them-' what was that?"

The filly felt uneasy. The ticking sound from earlier returned, but this time there were many more ticks, and it was much faster. And this time she felt like she was being watched.

Scootaloo reluctantly glanced above her book and over to the glass doors.

"Eek!" she squealed as she flew up momentarily and hid behind the couch.

With her little body shaking, her teeth chattering in fear, she slowly stood up to take a look, making sure that what she saw was actually there.

Nothing. There was nothing there. She got up and trotted slowly to the doors. The backyard was as it always was.

"I saw it. I know I did," she muttered to herself as she stared out to the darkness. She didn't know what 'It' was, but it was there, and it was big. She only saw it's shadow. A large pony-like figure, with wings like a bat.

She looked around the backyard. There were no hoof prints in the fresh snow. Everything was normal.

"Common, Scoots. Don't be a scaredy-filly. There's nothing there."

She sat back down on the couch, continuing the story from where she left off.

Ring. Ring. Ring.

"You've got to be joking," Scootaloo said as she got up, trying to find the location of the ringing phone.

"Hello?" she asked when she finally located it picked up. "Hello? What? What'd you want?"

Breathing. Shallow, high pitched breaths.

"Ummmm... helloooo?"

More breathing. Faster, shallower breaths.

Click.

"Uh, okay," the young filly said as she put the phone down. "Now, where was I?" she asked as she picked up her book once again.

Grumble.

The growing pegasus was hungry. "Well, the Cakes did say that I could help myself to food," she reminded herself as she got up and went into the kitchen.

As expected of a couple who baked for a living, the fridge was full of treats. Cupcakes, pies, cookies, you name it.

She grabbed a cupcake and two cookies on a plate, and brought it back to the couch.

As Mr. Cake warned her, it was a quiet night. Too quiet. Scootaloo decided to turn on the radio to her favourite station, Ponyville Rock 99.5.

As the music played, and the fire crackled, she ate her light snack.

"That was The Rolling Toms with their newest single, Wild Ponies," said DJ Pon-3 from the station. "But before we play the next song, there is a special announcement from the police department. Be on the lookout for a large bat-like pegasus who has been seen stalking ponies at their homes. Nothing else is known at this time."

Scootaloo felt a shiver. "B-b-batpony?"

Ring. Ring. Ring.

She screamed and flew up in the air in fear as the phone rang again, her wings working just fine this time.

"H-hello?"

Breathing again, but this time it was different.

"Whoever is prank calling me this isn't-"

"Scootaloo?"

"Twilight?"

"Yeah. I've been trying to reach Pinkie Pie. Haven't seen her today. Have you heard from her?"

"Uh, no. In fact, I'm foalsitting for her because she hasn't returned since last night."

"Weird. I haven't been able to find Fluttershy either. I wonder what she's been doing lately at night. It's been hard finding her ever since that weird night a month ago. I hope everything is okay. Is everything good with you?"

"Oh yeah. No worries. It's all quiet here."

"Okay. Well, tell me if you need anything. Good night."

"Good night, Twilight."

Click.

Grumble.

"Still?" Scootaloo asked her stomach. She had just finished her snack, but she was still hungry. The radio played the next song as she got up to get another snack.

As she trotted over to the kitchen, she saw a nice, plump, juicy red apple sitting on the counter. She picked it up with her wing, bringing it back to the couch. What she didn't realise was that she wasn't the only one coveting that tasty snack.

She sunk her teeth into the juicy fruit, her tongue tasting the fresh goodness of it.

The young pegasus moved her ears up to listen to what song was playing on the radio.

Nothing. The radio was turned off.

"I didn't do that..."

She took one more bite of the apple. She felt a chill once again, but saw no reason for fear.

She took another bite. Heard the same ticking that she heard before, almost as if somepony was trying to get her attention.

Her little heart starting beating faster.

Yet another bite. Her breathing became shorter and faster. "Stop being a chicken, Scootaloo. There's no reason to be scared."

She took one final bite. The unwarranted feeling of fear she had become stronger and stronger. A drop of sweat fell along her cheek.

The fire in the fireplace blew out. She was now in complete darkness.

Shivering, scared, and alone, she needed to find some sort of light so that she could find her way around.

The only source of light was coming from the glass doors. Two glowing red eyes.

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Sweetie Belle and Rarity were spending some time together later that night, listening to the radio and drawing pictures.

Suddenly, a song was interrupted for a news bulletin. "Be on the lookout for a large bat-like pegasus, who has been seen stalking ponies at their homes. One mare from Ponyville is missing, and one victim has already been confirmed."

Tick... Tick... Tick...

Comments

[Cobrawolf_Meiji2012]

Scootaloo became a snack

[Prince Fullmoon]

this story scared the living SHIT OUT OF ME

[TorontoFCBrony]

3705111 Dude, really? Awesome! Well, it means I did my job

[Kanga]

3705119 When are You gonna finish Til Kingdom come?

[TorontoFCBrony]

3705228 Lol. People ask me that constantly. To be honest, I'm being patient with that one, because it has to be executed perfectly. I'm constantly writing down the ideas and changing it as I go along, but I'm not going to post any new chapters until I'm happy with it. I'd rather rush it than post something crap.

Maybe next month. We'll see. And that's just for a new chapter. I'm not expecting to finish any time soon because I want it to be pretty long.

[Shrinky Frod]

I will mention that it should be stalking, not stocking.

[TorontoFCBrony]

3705242 Oh, you're right. Thanks.

[Shrinky Frod]

No problem. Other than that, nicely done, nicely creepy!

[TorontoFCBrony]

3705280 Thank you ^.^

[Namara]

Reminds me a bit of the Angel SCP I heard Cry read a while back. Two Creepypasta, he called it. I find it a lil bit strange that literally like all my bros here are getting into darkfics and stuff as soon as I am, but that's cool. Bring more, sonnyboy who is older than me, bring more

[TorontoFCBrony]

3705722 I'm not really getting into it, I must say. I just wanted to try it out. I'm also making a superhero story to widen my scope, but that one is going to be amazing and really long.

[Namara]

3705740 Like Avengers amazing? Or The Dark Knight amazing? It'll be somewhere between those two tiers of awesome.
And I just found it interesting that as soon as I start a non-pony grimdark and upload one that is pony that you publish one as well.

[TorontoFCBrony]

3705856 That is interesting. Kind of like a mix between The Dark Knight, and the new Spider-Man movie. Very deep, but based off of Spike going on his own adventure in an enchanted comic book, where he has to finish the story to get out, but there are two crazy twists in it. Might not be done for a while, though. I want to upload it when I'm finished.

[Namara]

3705894 Haha, I know that feel. I'm doing a Fallout (my friend finally got it so I can "borrow" it from her) crossover for another fandom that I'm only uploading when it's done because I don't want to leave it at a cliffhanger for a year like with a certain fanfic I've written. Also, I plan on using a French-Canadian character and I should probably know
more than the first semester of French II for.t

[TorontoFCBrony]

3705977 Nice :D

[TorontoFCBrony]

3705228 You'll be happy to know that a new chapter is in the works and is going very well so far

[Wonderbolt_Dashie]

Well I'm officially terrified of a tapping on windows now

[Kanga]

3713197 YAYYY

[TorontoFCBrony]

3713461 Always watch your back, because you are never truly alone. Mwahahaha!
Thanks for reading!

[Sarcasmo]

I have to say, there were a bit too much horror movie clichés for my taste to legitametly scare me (The ringing phone for instance).

Also regarding the author's note: I feel like the radio news at the end destroys more unambiguity than it creates.

[TorontoFCBrony]

3717197 I guess so, but I kind of wanted it to be a stereotypical story of this type. Scary stories aren't really original nowadays.

[Slendermare]

Good story first time someone tried to make a scary flutterbat thing besides red juice

[Fluttercheer]

Terrifying story......
For a story that is intended as a story that is told by kids to younger kids, this is very scary!
You nailed the horror atmosphere well!
I hope Scoots' isn't the victim.....

[Fluttercheer]

3717214

It's all about the atmosphere, not so much the idea.

[TorontoFCBrony]

3801217 Thank you! When A Stranger Calls is quite scary but started off as a story kids would tell each other :)
Maybe we Canadians are just weird.

[theultimatebrony]

3713461 Tap, Tap, Tap

[Shadow_Wolf]

Nicely done. Loved the atmospheric elements

[TorontoFCBrony]

3822205 Thanks

[Raichu]

Oooooo! Creepy! Love it though!

[TorontoFCBrony]

5101035 Glad to hear

[xStellar_Bubbles]

Creepy and cool, love it!

[TorontoFCBrony]

5787153 Yay