• Member Since 19th Dec, 2022
  • offline last seen April 18th

TheInfamousFly


T

Sunburst calls his mother to the Crystal Empire with a message saying he needs her help. But the thing he needs help with turns out to be more terrible than Stellar Flare could have possibly imagined.

Created as my Horror entry for the 2023 Thousand Words Contest.

Chapters (1)
Comments ( 8 )

This reminds me of a horror movie I saw once. These two parents were trying to kill their daughter because they said she was possessed, but the cops came in and stopped them, and then the girl is given to a social worker as a foster, but then it's revealed that what the parents said about her being possessed was true and the social worker tries to kill her as well.

I truly felt the terror.

It's like The Omen.

... Yawn. Works as an AU at least. But whatever else Sombra could do, he could never do this. He would have done so otherwise.

11647891
Maybe. Not 100%. If it had Nicole Kidman in it then yes.

No sooner had Sunburst cracked open his door than he was wrapped in an orange and red embrace.

aww that is the Stellar Flare we know!

Older than the usual trivia books, these had titles like Livery d’Eibon, The King in Palomino and Nameless Colts.

love the ponified cosmic horror in-universe works canon

Sunburst shook his head. "Don't listen to him...you-you know I'm not strong enough to restrain an alicorn, even one her age. The only reason he hasn't broken free is that he hasn't gained full control over her yet. Please, Mom, I asked you to come because...I-I can't complete the exorcism by myself."

oof, what an ask!

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." She said, tenderly putting a hoof on his back. "Whatever this was, whatever comes...I promise, I won't leave you alone again."

and oof. with how decisive Stellar Flare is here with her actions, is this just her reacting to her son doing something that seems crazy or does she know more than one might expect?

Then the thing wearing Flurry's skin paused to look back at her. And smiled.

and oof! very understandable for Stellar Flare to not even believe her own son, with the optics of foalnapping Flurry Heart. and what a calculus to make, with the insane-sounding theory being true on one hoof and the horror of what following through with it and it turning out only to be an insane theory could be. being faced with that, from one’s beloved child no less, is truly a horror. thank you for writing!

The King in Palomino is a particularly great ponification.

Alas, poor Sunburst. Should’ve gone with Starlight. She’d have zapped a baby no problem. Probably would’ve torn out both souls like she was opening a stuck pickle jar for him. But no, he went with the mother who never had any faith in what he was capable of without her interference. Ah well, panic makes fools of us all.

Nicely executed little tale of misunderstandings and monstrosities, especially in leaving the consequences to the reader’s imagination. Thank you for it.

Login or register to comment