What do you get when the Winchesters, Castiel and Bobby get trapped in Equestria? Time to find out!
Sam and Dean Winchester, along with Bobby Singer and the angel, Castiel escape into a tunnel that transfers them to the world of Equestria. Things are odd at first. Everyone is so different from what they're used to. Once they start to fit in, even Derpy Hooves would be able to see that something sinister was happening. The four newcomers to Equestria and the mane six are summoned by Celestia and Luna. They hire all 10 of them to hunt down whatever is raising hell in the world of ponies. The mane 6 soon find out, the 4 ponies who just came into their lives are not what they seem. And the world of Equestria has many dark entities that are now rearing their heads more often.
It was a dark, seemingly-silent night on highway 71 in Cleveland, Ohio. Two brothers, an angel, and the owner of an auto parts store were speeding desperately in a black 1967 Chevy Impala. They were trying to escape from a couple of pissed-off demons sent by Crowley, The King of Hell. Sam and Dean Winchester are quite infamous in the world of angels and demons. Not to mention Castiel and Bobby.
"Dammit! They're gaining on us!" Dean screamed in frustration.
"Stay calm Dean. You may do better if you focus." Castiel reassured him, with no success might I add.
"Shut it Cass! We ain't gettin' anywhere anytime soon, and the highways nearly at it's frickin' end! Unless you have a good idea, don't judge!"
"Well, Oh! Dean! Look! There's a tunnel up ahead!"
" Yes, but there's a railing! I'm not drivin' my baby off a railing! She'll get hurt! Again!"
"Dean, it's either your 'baby' or us. Your car can be repaired. After Crowley's henchmen catch us, we'll be beyond repair."
"DO IT DAMMIT!!!" Bobby Singer demanded.
" Ugh. Fine."Dean hesitantly drove of the rail, and into the tunnel where, upon entering, were met with a light similar to the one angels use to kill. Soon, the group came to a stop in a strange new place. After recovering from the blinding light, everyone was met with an odd change.
"Sam."
"Dean."
"Why is there an anti-possession tattoo on my ass? Why are there two on my ass? Why the hell do I have stylish hair comin' outta my ass?!"
"Dean."
"Castiel."
"We're ponies."
"Fuuuuuuuuuu-"
"Ummm . . . can I help you?!" Asked a purple mare who just had a Chevy Impala crash through her Library.
The four friends stare at the purple mare standing paralyzed in front of the black, stylish car that just crashed into her home.
" Uuuhh . . . why does that horse have a horn, and why is she . . . purple?"Asked Sam.
"I'm not sure." Replied Castiel. "I seem to have a horn too."
"Lets not forget your wings! Am I the only one who noticed?"
"Ah, c'mon!" Dean complained. " Why does Cass get a horn and wings?"
"Excuse me!" shouted the purple, horned pony. "In case you four hadn't noticed, YOU JUST CRASHED A-A, WHATEVER THAT IS, INTO MY HOUSE!!!" The group took a long look at their surroundings. The supposed living room had bookshelves circling the room(All nearly overflowing), with a small table in the middle. The centerpiece was a tall statue of a zebra's head. Probably about a third of the bookshelves had been destroyed by Dean's Impala.
"Dean." Sam said. "I think she's a unicorn."
"Unicorns don't exist Sam. You know that."
"Then what do you call a horse with a magical horn coming out of it's forehead." Sam replied.
"Well a . . . a unicorn! How the hell is this possible?!"
"EXCUSE ME!!!!" Yelled the frustrated pony. "I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A SINGLE APOLOGY!!! YOU FOUR HAVE HARDLY SEEMED TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY EXISTENCE!!! ESPECIALLY YOUR FRIEND IN THE BACK!! THE EARTH PONY WITH A SHOTGUN FOR A CUTIE MARK!!!!" After the unknown unicorn said this, Sam, Dean, Castiel and Bobby got out of the car. They stumbled for a bit, trying to get used to their brand new anatomy. Twilight was momentarily paralyzed(just for a few seconds) when she saw Castiel. He was an Alicorn and that race seems to be reserved for royalty. Her shock quickly diminished. There were other things to worry about.
"We apologize miss . . ." Castiel began.
"Twilight Sparkle."
"What the hell kind of name is that?! You've gotta be lyin'," Bobby groaned.
"Hold up Bobby." Dean said. "This is really weird in case you haven't noticed. As far as we know, that name is normal around here."
"I assume Mr. Shotgun McSkeptic over here's name is Bobby. Now, what about the rest of you oddballs?" Twilight demanded.
"I'm Sam, and this is my brother Dean."
"And I'm Castiel." With this knowledge, Twilight moved to another topic.
"Where did you come from, and WHAT is that? A carriage?"
"This, my uneducated unicorn friend, is a 1967 Chevy Impala. Isn't she beautiful?" Dean replied.
"She?"
"Don't ask." Castiel said bluntly.
"Twilight. You can call me Twilight."
"Okay. Would like us to assist you in cleaning your library?
"Please do. You can start with the-"
"Before we begin, I want to ask a question." Sam interrupted.
"Okay. First of all, watch the language. Second, how do you NOT know what a cutie mark is. You have to be pulling my leg!" Twilight told Sam.
"Sooooo . . . this . . . tattoo on my, uhh, flank, is called a cutie mark?" Sam asked.
"YES!!! Who are you strange ponies?!"
"That doesn't really matter, but . . ." Sam began.
"Oh, it DOES matter!! It matters more than anything right now!!"
"Listen. Could you just show us around, whatever this place is . . ."
"Ponyville."
"Could you just show us around PONYVILLE after the library's all patched up."
"*Sigh*.Okay. I'm always happy to show new ponies around. No matter how, odd, they are." Twilight agreed. Sam, Dean, Bobby, Castiel, and Twilight began to tidy up the library. They started with removing Dean's Impala, which the elder Winchester struggled to park. Soon enough, all that was left was to fix the gaping hole that Dean punctured in the library. They needed wood, so beginning the tour was the smartest idea they could come up with. Stopping by to get wood on the way was the plan.
"Here's the town hall, where Mayor Mare does all of her . . . mayor . . . stuff. I don't know exactly what she does in there, but if you need something like a certificate, search warrant, or anything along the lines of that, she's your pony." Twilight said.
"Good to know." Castiel told her. They soon moved onto the next leg of their tour.
"Here's Carousel Boutique. This is where you can get everything that's in style. It's owned by a good friend of mine, Rarity."
"I'm goin' in!" Yelled Dean excitedly. He then proceeded to head into the boutique, and the rest of them followed. When the five entered, they were greeted by a white Unicorn.
"Hello, and welcome to the Carousel Boutique, where everything is, OH DEAR SWEET CELESTIA! AN ALICORN!!" Rarity gasped. She had never seen,or heard of this pony. She found it strange; all Alicorns are royalty. How could she NOT know of a fourth Alicorn?
"Umm . . . what is an Ali-"Castiel began.
"What would you like?! It's on the house! Don't worry sir!"Rarity said excitedly.
"I apologize . . . Ms. Rarity?"
"That's my name!"
"Alright. I apologize Ms. Rarity, but I am no royalty. I am an Angel of the Lord."
"What's an Angel, and who's 'The Lord'?" Rarity asked.
"Never mind" Castiel replied, " The point is, I am no royalty. I am a normal pony with a normal life. As such, I would like to pay normal price for whatever clothing I may decide to purchase."
"Okay. What would you four like?" They looked around and saw nothing but work-in-progress dresses.
"Sorry Ms. Rarity, but I don't see anythin' but unfinished dresses." Dean remarked
"Yes, that's normal. You have to request a piece of clothing for me to put together. You can call me Rarity by the way, umm, what's your name?"
"Dean."
"Dean. I like it. Hee hee!" Rarity blushed.
"Hmm?"
"OOOOooohhh, nothing. Just rambling to myself, heh heh!"
"Alright. I'll just have a standard navy blue jacket with a white undershirt." Dean ordered.
"And I would like a tan trench coat with a white undershirt." Castiel said.
"I'm good." Bobby said
"Same as Dean, but make the jacket a dark brown" Sam told her.
"Boy, these ponies have no sense of fashion." Rarity thought.
"That will be 12 bits!"
"Umm, bits?" Dean asked.
"Yes. Bits. You know, our currency." Rarity said.
"Dammit. Were broke!"
"Oh, it's okay Dean. May I call you Dean? It's free." Rarity told him. She was turning a bright red.
"Thank you Rarity!" Dean happily replied to her generous offer.
"They should be ready by a week at most." With this, they continued with their tour. Next stop, Sugercube Corner.
When they arrived at the town bakery, Dean made a smart remark regarding Hansel and Gretel.
"I don't get it."Twilight said. "Anyway, this is Surgercube Corner, the town bakery."
"Awesome! I'm famished!"
"Dean wait!" Sam yelled. " We don't have any money, aaaaaand he's gone."
"HOOO BOY!" Dean yelled when he entered. "I'm frickin' hungry!"
-GAAAAAASSSP-. A pink pony had her mouth open. She immediately pulled out her party cannon, seemingly from nowhere.
"I'll have a-"Dean began. The party cannon exploded; out came confetti, streamers, a banner that says "Welcome to Ponyville", and other festive decoration.
" Welcome, welcome, welcome! Welcome to our town! Welcome to a place, where nopony seems to frown!" The pink pony sang.
"OH JESUS! EVERYONE GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE! SHE'S GONNA BLOW!!!!!!" Dean screamed with a look of indescribable terror plastered on his ponified face. The four new ponies(except for Castiel) began to scram. They stumbled, tripped, and Sam crashed into one of the tables. All this occurred while Pinkie was singing the rest of her new and possibly improved "Welcome to Ponyville" song; Twilight bobbed her head, nearly perfectly in sync with the song's beat. By the time Sam, Dean, and Bobby reached the door, Pinkie Pie had finished her song, and started the party. Dean was extremely unhappy, but it quickly passed once he saw a cherry pie on the buffet table that Pinkie set up unnaturally fast.
"PIE!!! I CALL EVERY PIECE BITCHES!" Dean called out in sheer excitement. Dean rushed to the pie and hastily snatched it off the table, while the others scanned the buffet table for something they liked.
"Wow! This pie is delicious! The best one I've ever had!" Dean exclaimed. "Thanks a whole bunch! Umm. Sorry, what's your name?"
"The name's Pinkie Pie! Resident party thrower and expert pastry chef along with Mr. and Mrs. Cake! What's yours?"
"My name's Dean Winchester. The one with the long hair is my brother Sam. The old man over there is Bobby Singer, and the Alicorn over there is Castiel."
"Oh! So the old guy is a singer, you Winchesters are treasure hunters, and Castiel controls the constellations!" Pinkie theorized.
"Wh-wha-what? No. None of us do anything similar to any of those things. Except for Castiel. Maybe. No." A confused Sam told her.
"Listen, Pinkie, we would love to stay, but I'm giving these four a tour of the town." Twilight said.
"Well, I'll come along! I've been working a lot lately and I can take a day off. Mrs. Cake said so!"
"Why not?" Castiel said with a shrug. " The more the merrier. Plus, you seem to throw a lot welcome parties. I bet you know everyone in this town. This can be a helpful asset to us getting acquainted."
"You baked that epic pie! Of course you can come along!" Dean said excitedly. They all agreed Pinkie Pie would join them, and soon moved on to their next destination.
"Alright! This is Sweet Apple Acres. Pretty much all of our food comes from this place. It's owned by an amazing pony named Applejack."
"You mean like the cereal?" Castiel asked.
"What cereal?"
"Oh, it's nothing." Castiel replied.
"Applejack is out right now, but if you get hungry for an apple, the rest of the Apple Family can always help."
"Finally, this is Fluttershy's cottage. Fluttershy cares for all the woodland creatures, and despite her shy nature, she's the kindest pony I've ever met." Twilight informed them. "Here, we can gather wood." The ponies trotted up to the front porch and knocked on Fluttershy's door. "Fluttershy! It's Twilight! I've brought some new townsfolk here on their tour, and we were wondering if you could give us some wood!" About half a minute passed until the cottage door creaked open. "Hi Fluttershy!"
"Hello Twilight. I presume these stallions are the new residents you were talking about."
"You betcha! Those two are the brothers, Sam and Dean Winchester. The old pony over there is Bobby Singer, and the Alicorn is Castiel."
"Oh, um, an Alicorn."
"Don't worry Fluttershy. He isn't royalty."
"Oh. Okay. So you were looking for wood?"
"We sure were Fluttershy!! Wood wood wood! Please get it if you would! Wood wood wood! We'll use 'cause we should!" Pinkie butted in. They had nearly forgotten she was with them. It's odd. She didn't speak the whole way.
"Alright then. I'll be right back." Fluttershy retreated into her house and later came back with a cart of wood. "Here you go. Now you four remember, if you want a pet, or need anything pet-related or not, I'll be here." Fluttershy assured them.
"We will keep that in mind Ms. Fluttershy." Castiel said.
"Well, that's pretty much everypony you need to know! Now let's go back to the library. We have some work to do." Twilight ordered. With this, they were off.
Sam, Dean, Bobby, Castiel, and Twilight finally finished repairing the library. They were all tired, exhausted, and proud of a job well done.
"Hoo boy!" Said Dean enthusiastically. "That was refreshing! Looks like everybo- excuse me, everyPONY needs to do some hard work every once-in-a-while. Well, it's gettin' late. You got any hotels in this place?"
"In fact, we do! There's one over by the town hall. Sorry I didn't mention it. I assumed you four at least rented a place before coming here."
"It's alright." Castiel told her. " Just wondering, do we have to pay for a room?"
"Yes you do, but I'll give you some bits. About enough to live here for a week. You'll probably be able to find a job by then."
"Thank you very much. I suppose it's time we head that way. Goodbye Twilight."
"Bye."
"See ya."
"Later."
"Bye guys!" Twilight waved them goodbye and the four newcomers trotted off towards the hotel. Dean slapped three bits on the front desk and lead the rest of group towards the room(211).
The next morning, Sam and Castiel heard a knock on the door. Sam woke up early and Castiel never sleeps.
"Dean, Bobby wake up." Sam said. No response. "Dean! Bobby! Wake up!" No response. Sam inhaled. "DEAN!! BOBBY!! WAKE THE HELL UP DAMMIT!"'
"AAAAHHH!! WHAT THE F-" Dean began.
"Someone's knocking."
"Oh."
"That's no reason to wake us up you God damn idgit!" Bobby yelled. Sam rolled his eyes at this and headed toward the door. He opened it(with a bit of an astonished look when he defied the laws of physics by opening the door with his hoof) and found Twilight Sparkle, levitating a letter.
"Here. Read this. It's important." Ordered the purple Unicorn with a very serious expression. She opened it and let Sam read it.
Dear Twilight, my faithful student,
I've noticed you have some new residents in Ponyville. They appeared seemingly out of nowhere inside a strange carriage if I am not mistaken. It may not seem like it, but these ponies are very important. They have been led here by destiny so that they could assist us. Something strange is going on in Equestria, and they are the only ponies that can help. You and your friends must bring them to Luna, Candance, and me in Canterlot. We need to speak to all ten of you. Please come as soon as possible.
Princess Celestia
"Well, guys. Pack up. We're heading to Canterlot." Sam ordered.
"Sam. Where's Canterlot?" Dean asked.
Twilight told Sam, Dean, Bobby, and Castiel to meet at the train station at 1:00 p.m. on the dot. Sam suggested they leave earlier than they originally intended; Twilight never showed them where the station is. She most likely assumed that they came on train and borrowed the Impala from someone in Ponyville. She didn't know anyone who would own such an item, but then again, she didn't know ALL the ponies in Ponyville.
The four foreign ponies found the train station and arrived just about when Twilight told them to. The purple Unicorn and the rest of her friends were waiting for them.
"THEY'RE HERE! THEY'RE HERE! HI GUYS!" Pinkie Pie yelled as soon as she witnessed Sam's front hoof come into view. The Mane 6 immediately turned to where Pinkie's hoof directed.
"So. That's what they look like." Applejack stated with a somewhat disgusted look on her face.
"Applejack, why did you say that with 'that' look on your face? Show some respect!" Rarity said angrily.
"No, no. They look fine. It's just . . . their cutie marks. They're so gosh darn weird."
"I'd have to agree." Fluttershy muttered, just loud enough for her friends to barely hear. "Bobby has a shotgun, Sam and Dean have the same cutie mark, and I don't even know what it's supposed to mean or what it is. And don't even get me started on Castiel. His personality and his cutie mark are more mysterious than Derpy's mind, and that thing is odd."
"SHH!" Rainbow Dash shushed. "They're almost here! We can worry about this later, and I thought Zecora taught us a LONG time ago to 'Not judge the cover of the book'. Don't throw that out the friggin' window!" Soon after Rainbow gave her piece of wisdom for the day, the four reached the train station, and introduced themselves to the ponies they had not met during the tour. They talked about what Canterlot is like, what the trains are like, and what the ponies there are like. Soon, the train arrived and the ten ponies boarded.
Everypony finally arrived at Canterlot. The ride went fairly quickly for Dean considering he was still tired and went to sleep.
"This is Canterlot, boys!" Twilight shouted with her right, front hoof raised and moving side to side. Sam, Dean, Bobby, and Castiel looked around at the big city. They didn't have much time, so everypony stopped staring and headed out towards the castle.
By sunset, all ten of them had entered the large, towering building, where they were graciously welcomed by the royal guard. Their captain and Twilight's brother, Shining Armor, escorted them to where three princesses resided.
"We're glad you could make it." Celestia, Luna, and Cadance said in unison.
"It's no problem at all!" Twilight said with a gargantuan smile plastered on her face. "Why did you call us and these four here?"
"Well, it's complicated. First I will explain it in a language only these newcomers understand." Celestia told her.
"Princess Celestia, forgive me for my rudeness, but we all speak the same language." Castiel informed.
"She doesn't mean it like that Cass." Dean said, rolling his eyes. "Now let's here 'er out."
"Well, you see. Lately there have been some, odd, occurrences in Equestria. The murder rate has increased dramatically as of late. This may not seem strange at first, trust me, I didn't think much of it. Heck, at first it all seemed like an animal attack, and it looked like it. The Baltimare Police Department(BPD) labeled it as one, but Luna and I knew better. There were no animal tracks. There were no tracks at all in fact. There have been four deaths. So, what do you think?"
"Well." Dean said with eyes wide open. "We have some more questions to ask. If we're going to figure out what did this. So, from what I've heard, I can ask some specific questions. First, did they have some sort of dream job, or got rich, or somethin' like that?"
"Yes. All of them had something amazing happen to them." Cadance butted in and answered.
"Okay, second, how long ago did these events occur?" Sam asked.
"About ten years ago." Luna answered.
"Great. Now, final question, is there some kind of secluded area near Baltimare?" Dean asked.
"Yes. There is a forest to the north of it." Celestia answered.
"Awesome. You thinkin' what I'm thinkin' Sam?"
"Well, Dean, if you're thinkin' crossroads demon, then yes."
"Even an idgit could figure that one out."
"It is most definitely a crossroads demon."
"Uh, guys." Rainbow Dash said to get their attention. "What's a crossroads demon?"
"Oh, shit." Sam and Dean said at the same time, with same expression of sudden realization of something bad. With all that they heard, there would be some trouble with the Mane 6. This, was going to be an interesting job.
"We'll explain later." Sam assured them. "But right now, off to Baltimare."
Twilight and her friends followed four ponies to the train station. Why? They didn't know. These ponies seemed so odd to them, especially with all the talk of crossroads demons. These oddballs just barged into Ponyville without any explanation of why or how they got there, yet something was making the Mane 6 just follow them, trust them. There was something about these ponies that made Twilight and her friends feel protected, safe. Something made them feel like these four can and will do what they can to save lives. From killing a monster to defending the world from the apocalypse, these four seemed like the world's heroes. They all feel it. Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, even Pinkie admits she feels safe next to Bobby, Castiel, and the Winchesters. They also admit to not knowing why, but the bearers of the Elements Of Harmony intend to find out.
"Alright! Let's get movin'!" Bobby exclaimed.
"What're you all happy about?" Dean asked.
"Well, we're finally back on a good ol' fashioned case together! Despite it bein' under undesirable circumstances, and us being tiny horses, I'd say it's somethin' worth gettin' excited about!" That statement put a smile on Dean's face as they trotted into the train.
The train ride took at least 6 hours, and the new ponies had rested up for their first job as Equestrian citizens. While hopefully their last, the 4 were determined to make the most of it. They arrived at baltimare and stepped out of the train to get a glimpse of the glorious city
"Hello, Baltimare." Sam said. "Our first Equestrian case."
"Okay, cool." Dean remarked without seeming to have payed any attention. "I'm off to gather info." Dean trotted towards a random pony. "Hey, I'm new here, and I was wondering if I could ask you some questions." He asked the mare. She happily obliged and told Dean to ask away. "Great! One, do you have a morgue here, and if so, where is it?"
"We do!" She replied. "Take a left up at this first intersection, then on the second turn on that street, turn left again. Not right, but left. The morgue is on the right side of that street."
The ten ponies arrived at the morgue, where they were greeted by the manager.
"Hello! Welcome to the morgue. Bringin' in the dead I presume." She said.
"Nope. We were sent here by Princess Celestia to investigate the recent deaths here." Dean and Sam told her in unison.
"Alright then! I'm glad you came. The name's Shiny Coin."
"Nice to meet you. We're glad you can help." Castiel said.
"Oh yeah, no problem. These deaths are mysterious. They look like an animal attack, most likely a wild dog. The problem is, there were no tracks. The BPD just left it as some strange 'thing', but I don't think so." The manager just kept on talking about what Princess Celestia told them.
"We know. Princess Celestia explained it all." Dean stated.
"the group reached the bodies. Shiny coin pulled out the corpses with magic.
"Here they are." She said. "Here are three of them. This one is Steel Shell, that one is Tool Box, and that's Silk Weave. They all died around the same time." Sam and Dean put some nearby medical gloves on and began examining Steel Shell.
"Eewwww! That's disgusting!" Rarity said.
"Yeah. I don't like it!" Rainbow agreed. Fluttershy barfed.
"Why are y'all pokin' around in there?! Aren't ya feelin' at least a little sick?" Applejack asked.
"Nope." Dean responded. "We do this all the time. It's part of our job."
"And what would that job be?!" Twilight asked with a raised eyebrow.
"No sense hiding it now. We're hunters. We track down, and kill supernatural beings. It's a constant thing." Sam replied.
"All the time?!" Rainbow Dash gasped. "How could you POSSIBLY do this all the time?!"
"Hey!" Dean yelled. "If you don't like it, leave! This is the job! We see death every day! From guys we know, to our family and friends, every God damn day is a blood bath! If you can't handle it, don't help us! Go home! Go live a normal life! If you stay with us on this job, you won't be able to escape! If you help us kill this crossroads demon, news will spread to hell! Hell will find you, and target you! After one job, you're a hunter! You can't help it, and you can't escape it! Even in death! So if you can't handle this, you can't handle anything! So either you stay and become hunters, or you screw off, not become hunters, and wait until hell breaks loose in Ponyville! What the hell is your choice?! Choose now, or leave!" The six ponies sat there, contemplating on whether they should stay or go, and taking in what Dean had said. They discussed and reached a consensus.
"We're all staying." Twilight said. "From what we've heard, there are odd things in Equestria. Things kept secret by the Princesses and royal guard. Things that are now appearing more often. Things that someone needs to control and take care of. That job is the job of a hunter, and we now know that. We may not be cut out for it. After all, we're just 6 ponies from a small little rural town that are really good at making friendships. Still, there's a job to do. You guys may be the ones truly cut out for it, but we can and will help as much as physically possible. We've been willing to die for Equestria. We still are, but it's now time for us to fight for it in a different way. If this is as big as a threat as it's said to be, you 4 are going to need to add to your numbers." Each group stared at each other for a while until Sam finally spoke up.
"I'm glad. I'm glad you ponies are willing to help. I just want you to know that this will NOT be a cakewalk. This whole thing won't end happy, and you'll be a changed pony when you get out of this. If you get out of this. Are you still willing to join us in this mission?"
"Yes." They said in unison.
"Good. Anyway, it's about time you learn about a crossroads demon. A crossroads demon is a demon who lives at a crossroads In a secluded area. People will come by, call for the demon and make a deal. The time is always at midnight. The person gets whatever they ask of the demon, and the demon gives a certain number of years that person has to live. Typically ten. After those ten years are up, the crossroads demon sends an invisible being called a hellhound after them to take their soul."
"Hey, I think I might know who the next target is!" Shiny Coin spoke up.
"Really?!" Dean exclaimed. "Who?"
"My husband, Midnight Sky. Ten years ago, we got together. I had miraculously fell in love with him. I didn't really like him at all beforehand, but suddenly I just . . . loved him. Couldn't live without him. Tomorrow is the anniversary of when we first got together. I assume he made the deal the day before, so he'll be hunted tonight!"
"Alright, well we're gonna have to hurry. Bobby, Castiel, Pinkie, Fluttershy, and Rarity. You guys go over to Midnight Sky's place and protect him. Me, Sam, Applejack, Rainbow, and Twilight will go to the forest and handle the demon."
"You guys ready?" Sam asked. "Let's gank this bitch."
Sam, Dean, Applejack, Twilight, and Rainbow Dash sprinted towards the forest. It was all the way across town and a little further. The group of five did their best to not cause disruptions in the town, but traffic was too bad. Applejack and Dean nearly got hit by taxis three times.
"Ugh." Rainbow grumbled. "This is taking forever! Why can't I just go ahead and stop this thing myself?!"
"Because you don't know how to handle these things." Twilight told her. "I don't know either, but I'm pretty sure a kick to the face won't do the trick. This is a crossroads DEMON we're dealing with here. It's already died once, it can't die again."
"Well, that's not necessarily true." Sam informed her. The three native ponies gave him a confused stare. "We have a special knife that has the ability to kill demons. We can also trap the crossroads demon and send it back to Hell."
"Alright, so where is this knife?" Twilight asked.
"We can't use it. We're not Unicorns or Alicorns. Castiel is, and I gave him the knife. He'll need it. They're probably already at Midnight's place by now. Anyway, we're planning on sneaking up on it and using method number two."
"Hey guys, we're here!" Applejack shouted. Sam and Twilight turned their heads back in front of them to see a large forest. The trees went up further than the clouds.
"Holy shit! Look at those trees! How did they even grow that much?!" Dean shouted.
"I don't know, but that doesn't really matter. Something about this forest is really rubbing me the wrong way." Rainbow said.
"I'd have ta agree sugarcube, but we don't have much time ta worry 'bout that." Applejack said. "This forest definitely looks like someplace a low down, undead varmint would hide out in, and I have ta say, this here forest definitely is givin' off all the wrong vibes, but we don't have much of a choice here. We have to suck it up, and get on with this 'hunt' or whatever ya call it."
"Applejack is right." Twilight said. "We need to move on." With this, they entered.
Inside the forest were a number of twists and turns made out by the trees. Barely any sunlight was able to break through the thick ceiling made by the treetops. The group of five stood there, horrified. Terrified expressions were frozen on their faces, and their mouths limply hung open. Legs and torsos were hung up on the tree branches. Some with skin, some without. The path and trees were bloodstained. Eyeballs were nailed to the trees in what looked like a poor attempt at making them look alive. The whole place looked like the home of a homicidal psychopath.
"Wha-wha-what the hay?" A.J. muttered. "How could anypony handle this place?! Much less go through it!"
"This isn't like any crossroads demon case we've seen before!" Sam said. Just then, Sam thought of something. "Dean."
"Yeah, Sam?"
"Do you think it could be possible for monsters here to be different from the ones back home? Still undoubtedly similar, but different n someways?"
"I'd think so. This place isn't exactly the same as our world, so I guess the things living in it could be different."
"That's not good. If monsters here are different from the ones we know and encounter, we're going to have a very difficult ti-"
-GGGGGGRRRRRRR-.
"Sam, what the hell was that?!" Dean asked.
"I think we just found another difference." Sam said, horrified.
"What do you mean another difference? What is it?" Rainbow asked.
"Well, guys. I think we have a hellhound."
"What's a hellhound?" Twilight asked worriedly.
"The monsters crossroads demons keep as pets. If someone makes a deal with a crossroads demon, they'll have ten years before it will send a hellhound after them. The hellhound won't, and can't stop unless killed from that special knife, which, as you know, I left with Castiel." Dean told her. "The thing is, in this world, it looks like crossroads demons don't have to be summoned. It probably claimed this forest as it's home, made a maze out of it, and now that demon knows we're here, and sent a hellhound after us. Hell, it might have sent multiple! Also, they're invisible."
"INVISIBLE?!" Rainbow exclaimed. "HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO FIGHT A CREATURE THAT'S INVISIBLE?! HOW IS CASTIEL SUPPOSED TO FIGHT A CREATURE THAT'S INVISIBLE?!"
"We don't fight it Rainbow." Sam said. "We run from it. You'll be able to tell about where the general direction of it is by it's incessant growling. By the way, Castiel is an angel back in our world. It appears angels in our world are Alicorns in this world. The point is, Castiel can see them because he's an Alicorn. We also need to stick together. This place is a labyrinth, and if we meet a dead end, the hellhound will catch up to us for sure, and when it does that, you can't survive without the knife. We might be able to afford a few dead ends, but not many. Hellhounds are fast, vicious, and merciless. We have to find the crossroads demon qui-"
-GGRRRRRROOOOAAAR- -GGGGGGRRRRRR-.
"WE NEED TO HURRY! IT'S GETTING CLOSER, AND COMING FROM THE FRONT! WE NEED TO GO FAST, AND FIND A TURN!" Dean yelled.The five ponies quickly began their perilous trek through the crossroads demon's forest labyrinth. They ran for about a minute before arriving at the first turn.
"LEFT OR FORWARD?!" Applejack asked.
-GGGGRRRRRRRR-
"FORWARD! FORWARD!" Rainbow yelled. They went forward. The hellhound reached the turn, found the scent and went to it's left. Soon the group of five reached an intersection.
"WHERE DO WE GO?! WHERE DO WE GO?!!!" Twilight yelled.
-GGGRRRRRR-
"IT'S GAINING ON US!" Dean said. "GO RIGHT!" They did. The hellhound followed. This kind of thing went on for a while. Turn after turn. Go forward, right, left. They got one dead end, which nearly killed them all.
"Hey guys, I have an idea!" Rainbow said. "How about I fly up and check out the path. If I do that, we'll know exactly where to go!"
"No, don't do it!" Sam said. "The forest is denser than your and Pinkie's head tripled and put together."
"Alright, but the hellhound can't fly, right? I can just avoid him in the air. " Rainbow proposed.
"Yeah, that's great for you, but the rest of us can't fly, and I know you can't carry all of us." Dean told her while rolling his eyes.
"Oh, yeah." Rainbow sighed."Wait a minute . . . did you just imply that I have a thick head?"
"Yup." Sam said. They kept moving. For ten minutes, all they did was run. They're legs were killing them, but they knew stopping meant certain death. The hellhound was getting closer. It seemed they couldn't outrun it for much longer.
"Hey, fellas! That hellhound is right on our tails!" Applejack pointed out. "If we don't reach the end right quick, we're done for! There has ta be a way ta get to the enda this place soon! It's like we're runnin' in circles, there don't seem ta be no end to this hellhole!"
"She's right." Dean said. "This labyrinth is goin' on forever, we can't run any faster than we're runnin', and if we keep this up for too much longer, we'll be mauled by a demons best friend!"
"Well, we can't do much about it Dean!" Twilight yelled. " Does it look like we're getting anywhere closer to the end? No, but we can't do anything about that but keep running! If we stop we die! If we turn around, we head straight to our grave! If we keep running, we either reach the end, or give out and give the hellhound a free dinner! There's only one action that has a chance of getting us to the end! DO you want to know why there are no shortcuts? Because it's a maze! The demon chose a maze for her home so that no hunters could leave the place! It has fun with this Dean! It has fun with this Applejack! It's not like I can just teleport us all to the en-. Wait. I think I can! If I can use my horn to lock on to that crossroads demon, I can teleport us all to it. Well, I might be able to teleport ALL of us. Doing that could result in failure, and no matter what, I'll lose magic power and tire out. It's really risky."
"We'll take the risk!" Dean said. Everypony else agreed.
"If you all say so." Twilight said unsure of how this would go down. Her horn began to spark. A magical, pink aura began to resonate from it. She began to set her teleportation spell into action, and split her focus on herself, and the rest on them. It was difficult to do. Not to mention while running. Soon, the aura grew, and gained a second layer. It began to fluctuate in size, and
failure.
"NO! It failed!" Twilight screamed."I can't believe it failed!"
"Twilight." Sam said .
"What?" She sobbed.
"You need to try again."
"Try again? TRY AGAIN?! I'm already feeling woozy, and my magic power is extremely low! How do you expect me to try again?!"
"Because you need to." Sam told her. Twilight looked at him in confusion. "I don't know much about this world.It's economy, it's culture, it's government, it's food. But I do know one thing. It's that the ponies here are all extraordinary. There are Unicorns, Pegasi, Earth Ponies, and Alicorns. Each race may have the same biology, but no one pony is like the other. Some are cooks, some are doctors, some are bakers, some are farmers, and some, like you Twilight, are masters of magic. I've never believed in magic, but here, I know it exists. Like I said Twilight, you are a master of magic. Judging by your cutie mark, and what I, and the rest of us, have seen you do. Dean and I may have only seen you levitate, and attempt a teleportation spell, but your friends have seen more. Due to this, we know, you can pull this off, if you try again."
"We believe in ya Twilight." Applejack said.
"We sure do!" Rainbow butted in.
"Sam, that was sappy as hell, but what you said is true."
"Alright then." Twilight sighed. " You know, I think you guys are right. I can do this." With this, Twilight began the process again. Everything went like it was supposed to.
"Come on, Twilight. You've almost got it!" Rainbow encouraged.
"Almost there! Come on Twilight! I know you can save our asses!"
-GGGGGGGRRRRRRRR-
"Oh no!" Sam said. "It's gaining on us! Come on Twilight! You've got to hurry!"
"I don't think I can do it in time guys!"
"Nah, Twilight! You've got this! Don't doubt yerself! It'll only hold ya back!" A.J. informed Twilight. She was getting closer and closer aaaannnd.
She did it! A cloud of purple smoke appeared over the group, and they were instantly sent to the crossroads demon.
"Where. The hell. Are they." The hellhound thought as it whimpered. "They. Were right here. Now. What. The. Fu-"
-PPOOOOMMMFFF- The group of five appeared at a crossroads in a cloud of purple smoke. What stood before them, was a grey stallion, with black hair, red eyes, stubble, and a fiery crown for a cutie mark.
"What do you mean 'meh'?" Rainbow shouted with a smug look. "That beast failed to catch us! We were too awesome for it!"
"Oh, Rainbow. Ignorant Miss Rainbow Dash. You seem to think he was my only line of defense. His pride may be hurt for a while, but other than that, you four have come no closer to me."
"Shut it Crowley!" Dean yelled.
"Getting feisty Dean?"
"You have SO much explaining to do!"
"That doesn't mean I have to do that explaining now."
"Ugh. I thought we were the only ones sent to Equestria."
"Oh, not by a long shot Dean. I'll answer this question, because despite me being the 'oh so evil' King of Hell, I believe an explanation IS in order. You see, when you traveled through that cave, you broke the boundaries between our world and this one. This had mixed effects. When you broke the border, you didn't make a portal. You made a vacuum that sucked many creatures to Equestria, including me, my demons, and other monsters such as vampires. Anyway, I overthrew the Equestrian King of Hell-ahem- TARTARUS, and I helped set a little someone free that might give you some hard time in the future. Hopefully I'll still be here when he reaches full power. The souls would be endless. Oh, I'm rambling. The point is, it wasn't a portal. As I said, it was a vacuum. Have fun here in Equestria. I've outstayed my welcome. I'll go collect my other hellhound. He should be finished with that Midnight Sky fellow by now. Hopefully, those Castiel and his little posse didn't give her much trouble. I just got her, you know. Well, I must be off. Now that I've finished with getting back to my roots and all that. Oh, and Twilight, I wouldn't recommend trying to teleport to me. Unless you enjoy falling to your death, or burning in the fires of He-Tartarus. I'm never going to get used to that." Leaving the group of five stranded in his forest labyrinth, Crowley used an advanced version of the teleportation spell to depart.
"W-w-well." Applejack stuttered. "I suppose it's time for us to ask some questions. One, who was that?"
"That was Crowley." Dean replied. "He's the King of Hell, or Tartarus."
"Alright, two. What was all that 'vacuum to Equestria' crap he was talkin' 'bout? 'You broke the boundaries between our world and this one.'. What the hay does that mean?"
"It's nothing. Crowley can be a bit of a kook sometimes. Spouting nonsense about multiple dimensions. "
"I can't really accept that as an answer! He DEFINITELY knew what he was talkin' 'bout."
"He didn't."
"Yes, he did! Somethin's wierd's goin' on here, and we have the right to know."
"There's nothing important going on that has to do with alternate dimensions and that kind of thing."
"Ugh. fine." Applejack gave in. "He's hidin' somethin'. There's somethin' bigger than supernatural monsters happenin' here, and I'm gunna find out what." She thought.
"Lastly, how did he know our names?"
"He's the King of Hell. It's part of his job to know everyone in the world."
"Hey, do any of you have an idea on how to get out of here?" Rainbow asked.
"That's a good question." Twilight replied. "How DO we escape? Normally, going back the way we came would work, buuuuut . . ."
"We don't know our way back, and Crowley's hellhound might still be in there." Rainbow said disappointingly.
"Yes, yes. How do we escape?" Sam began to wonder. He thought for about thirty minutes. "Aha! I know exactly how to escape!" Everypony quickly darted their gazes to Sam Winchester. "Twilight, we need your help again. We need your teleportation spell. . . again. I know, I know, it barely worked the last time, but I have a idea. Correct me if I'm wrong Twilight, but you teleport by locking on to large signals of energy?"
"Yes, that's right Sam."
"Good, good. Now, do important pubic authorities like, I don't know, mayors have strong energy?"
"Yes, that's one of the things used to determine the ro- . . . oh. Alright! It sounds possible and plausible! I'll try!" Twilight agreed. She immediately began channeling her magic into her horn. Once that was done, she attempted to pinpoint her target. "Alright . . . let's see here . . . got it!" Twilight had locked on to the Mayor of Baltimare. She then distributed her teleportation magic across her friends. "Hold on guys. This'll be a bumpy ride." Twilight pushed her energy up to the surface of her horn, and released it. A purple cloud of smoke appeared in their place.
-PPoooommf- The ponies arrived.
"Welcome. What can I do for you?" A male Unicorn said sarcastically.
"Uuuuuuhhh." Twilight stammered. " We . . . just needed toooooo . . . um . . . get here . . . quicker and . . . safer." She smiled nervously.
"Ugh. Ponies these days. Just can't even comprehend the thought of exercise." The mayor muttered gruffly. "Alright. Move along now. I have business to take care of. Unless you need something else." Twilight shook her head and left with the rest of the group.
"I wonder how the others are doin'" A.J. said. "I hope they didn't run inta much trouble."
"They'll be fine." Dean stated with a smug look. "I know Bobby and Castiel, and I also know that it was a piece of cake. Those two took care of it."
"Are ya sure?"
"I'm positive."
"I guess you made a lot of women positive too Dean?" Sam joked.
"Shut up bitch!"
"Jerk." The two chuckled a bit before going off to find the other five ponies they sent to Midnight's home, in order to protect him from the dangers Crowley sent his way.
"If it involves blood, no. It doesn't does it?" Rarity asked.
"No promises." Bobby told her.
"Okey Dokey Lokey!"
"Oh,um. I suppose."
"Good. Let's move." With this command, the ponies set off to Midnight's apartment. Luckily, Bit Butt gave them a map to her and Midnight's place.
The second five-pony group raced to Midnight Sky's home. It wasn't that long of a trip to the apartment building he lived in, buuuuuut . . .
"Come on!" Bobby exclaimed. "Why does this 'Midnight Sky' have to live so damn high?! Fer God's sake! He's a famous astrologist, and he couldn't afford a nice spot on the first floor?"
"You seem to be complaining a lot lately." Castiel pointed out. "Is everything alright?"
"Hell no it ain't! I'm on a job, as a pony, which means no fingers or thumbs! Not ta mention we're stuck here! Why, the hell, are you so calm?!"
"Well, I try to keep a positive attitude. It seems there is no heaven here. I like it. No angels. I like it. Bobby, our world is filled with so many horrible things. This world, it appears to have less. Less panic, less monsters, less "end of the world" deals, less bad. This is a place, that I would love to stay behind in. Live in. Die in. We may not have fingers or thumbs, but there is no need to grasp at whatever you hold onto. The world holds it, so you don't have to.
*sigh* "Yer right Cass. This place is so much better than our place. I'd happily spend mah life here. Get a home, a job. Maybe a wife. Maybe kids. The life I've been lookin' and dreamin' for fer far too long. The life I always wanted." At this, Pinkie shed a tear. Well, more than a tear( more like a fountain). And Rarity and Fluttershy felt touched by this. They could clearly tell that these ponies, had gone through tough times, and just wanted to settle down. Of course, they were overdramatic. Especially Rarity.
"I'm glad you see it my way Bobby. Now, let's go up those stairs. There may be many, but there are worse things."
"You got it Cass." With this, Bobby, Castiel, Pinkie, Rarity, and Fluttershy began their trek up 40 flights of stairs.
It was dark by the time they reached the top. The group took many breaks on their way towards Midnight's apartment. When everypony came up to MIdnight Sky's door, they checked their equipment.
"Hey, Cass. You got the knife?"
"Yes. It's right here."
"Darling, whatever would you need that for?" Rarity asked.
"It's to kill the hellhound." Castiel replied.
"KILL IT?!" Fluttershy yelled. Everypony stumbled back; nopony would've expected that out of Fluttershy.
"Yeah. We're gonna kill the damn thing." Bobby said.
"Why would you kill it?!" Flutters asked.
"Because it's existence endangers the lives of many." Castiel replied.
"You only need to show it a little kindness!"
"Kindness wouldn't do it. These creatures are nothing but ruthless killing machines. They're hardly even alive. Hellhounds are demon pets; they have no soul."
"Well, I bet-"
"No!" Castiel interrupted. "We have to kill it! Otherwise, Midnight Sky WILL die! I'm sorry Fluttershy but we have to do it!"
"Oh . . . okay . . ." Fluttershy lightly sobbed. "I guess it's alright. Considering it doesn't have a soul, and is a ruthless killing machine, and probably could change if somepony were just kind to it!" Her light sobbing was getting a little louder."
"Don't worry Fluttershy." Pinkie Pie said in a comforting voice. "This is just part of the job I guess. You can look away."
"Okay. Thank you Pink-"
"Excuse me?" Interrupted a strange pony that came through the door. "I heard voices out here. Can I help you with anything?" Everyone was dormant. The stallion in front of them staring at them; confused. "Well, if you five are just here to stand here gawking at me, I'm just going to go back inside. Oh, by the way, if you guys aren't out of here in five minutes, I'm calling the Baltimare Police Department."
"Wait a second." Bobby broke the silence. "We need to talk to you about somethin'."
"Aaaaand you didn't think of telling me this when I opened the door?"
"We were surprised you weren't . . . nervous."
"Why would I be nervous, and why are you surprised I'm not?"
"AH!" Midnight jumped. Bobby gave Castiel a glare. That glare when you know what's going on.
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah. I'm fine. Just, the neighbor's dog."
"I heard no dog." Castiel said.
"Uuuummmm. Just, just, answer my questions." Midnight gave a nervous smile.
"Not too subtle is he?" Bobby whispered to Castiel.
"We can explain. You're this Midnight Sky pony right?"
"Yeeeeessss."
"Well, we need to talk about something very important. Very, very important. As in, yer life depends on this shit."
"Umm, alright." Midnight said, very unsure about the situation. "Come right in. Let's . . . talk." At this command, Midnight Sky showed the five strangers into his house. Unsure of what could happen he got a paralyzation spell ready. " Alrighty then. What is SO important that you needed to interrupt me during my important constellation mapping? Well, first, I need to ask you who you are."
"My name is Castiel, the stallion next to me is Bobby, the pink one is Pinkie Pie, the yellow one is Fluttershy, and the white one is Rarity."
"The white one?!" Rarity exclaimed, clearly offended.
"Fine. The white one with purple mane." Castiel said. "And we're here to discuss a little something that happened ten years ago." Midnight's eyes widened. "If we're not mistaken, you made a deal back then. A certain deal that, oh . . . I dunno, helped you fall in love with Shiny Coin?"
"Uuuuuuuuhhhh."
"A certain deal that guaranteed your untimely death that's supposed to come at, hmm, I dunnnooooo, mid . . . night?"
"Uuuuuuuuhhhh."
"Ring any bells?"
"Fine. I'll tell yo-"
GONG GONG GONG GONG
GONG GONG GONG GONG
"That was the grandfather clock." MIdnight said in a horrified tone. "It struck twelve."
The hellhound began stomping it's way up the building, growling all the way.. It was moving considerably faster than Bobby and the rest had.
"Honey, what was that?" Said a voice coming from the bedroom. "What's going on?"
"Oh, umm. Nothing Shiny! Everything's fine, just stay there. I'll be back soon." Midnight responded.
"Shiny Coin. You need to stay in the bedroom."
"Castiel? What are-. . . Oh no. It's time isn't it."
"Yes. Now please stay in there."
CRRREEEEAAAKK
"The hell was that?" Bobby wondered aloud.
"The closet door. Looks like we have some more company!" Castiel said.
"What do you mean?" Bobby asked while running to the kitchen for salt.
"This apartment building is haunted." Replied Midnight Sky.
"Hauted?!" Fluttershy gasped.
"Yeah.Well, isn't that just fine and dandy! Hey Midnight, where do you keep the salt in this place?"
"This is hardly a time for condiment searching!"
"Just tell me ya idgit!"
"Don't worry!" Pinkie Pie yelled as she flung her fluffy pink mane into a drawer and brought out the salt. "C'mon everypony! Huddle up like it's halftime at a hoofball game!" They did as they were told, and Pinkie spread the salt in a circle around the ponies.
"How did you know how to do that Pinkie?" Castiel inquired.
"Twilight had a book on this kind of thing. It fell on my head one time, and I read it!"
"Really?"
"Yeah! Twilight has a book on everything!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!!" A scream came in through the bedroom.
"Shiny!" Midnight shouted.
"Hold on!" Bobby said.
"I'm coming with you!" Rarity told him.
"Are you sure?"
"Absolutely, darling!" Rarity responded. Bobby and her then proceeded into the bedroom where a strange mare stood over Shiny Coin's limp, unconscious body. She had frazzled, lavender mane, and grey fur. The mare's insane smile revealed a gruelling set of sharp, bloody teeth.
"A vampire. Just what we need to deal with right now." Bobby said sarcastically. He then reached for an axe, or some kind of tool, but he soon remembered, he doesn't have a bag,or fingers. "Great! Just great! I don't have any weapons on me." The vampire proceeded to attacks Bobby and Rarity, lunging at them from afar. "Gee, vampires are much more . . . primitive here."
"Do you have any knives or something like that in your bag?" (Yes, Rarity bought a bag).
"Yes, I bought a large cleaver at the store."
"When?"
"Remember when I said I needed to go somewhere?"
"Yes."
"Well, now you know. Where do I cut?"
"You need to decapitate a vampire to kill it."
"Alright." The two had been racing around the room while talking. The vampire was quick and ruthless. Reaching for whatever possible opportunity to at least scratch one of the two ponies. Once they had finished talking, Rarity took out her meat cleaver. Why they had this in Equestria? For the Griffons. Rarity swung the cleaver after swiftly dodging one of the attacks. Due to her inexperience, she just scratched the vampire. "Bobby, do you think you could hold her down?"
"It would be difficult, but I'll try. "Bobby's first attempt at grabbing the deadly mare ended in failure, and a scratched shoulder. The second time was just as unsuccessful. Finally, he got ahold of the vampire. She hissed at him while struggling to be released from his grasp."Alright Rarity. Make this mare kick her bucket!"
"Will it involve blood?"
"Of course it will!"
"Oh, umm,."
"Of course, there will be plenty more blood if you don't!"
"Alright fine." Rarity began levitating the meat cleaver. She trotted over to where Bobby had now pinned her to the bed. She brought up the cleaver, and struck(Bobby quickly dodging before it could hit him instead of the vampire). Blood sprayed onto Rarity's face as she hacked a couple more times. Finally, the deed was done. The vampire was dead. The two then trotted to the unconscious Shiny Coin. Bobby inspected the body.
"Rarity."
"Yes?"
"I need you to do something. It probably goes against nearly all yer morals, but it's absolutely necessary."
"What is it Bobby?"
"I need you to chop off Shiny Coin's head."
"Wh-wh-wha-why?"
"Because. Shiny Coin has been turned into a vampire. If we don't kill her now, she'll wake up, and become a bloodthirsty beast."
"How do you know?"
"Because, it always does. If these vampires are like the vampires I've fought, she won't be a beast at first, but she will be a vampire. She'll hunger for blood, but she will resist. Eventually, the lust for blood will get to her, and she'll take the first bite. After that, she'll become a full fledged vampire. Ponies will be in danger if we let her live, Rarity. Either she dies, or a hell of a lot of ponies die. Got it?"
*heavy sigh* "Yes. I understand. She's innocent now, but not for long. I'll do it." Rarity threw her cleaver into the air, then brought it down on the unsuspecting mare. The blood of the innocent sprayed on Rarity as she hacked. It made her feel horrible. Tears streamed down her face.
Bobby and Rarity had just retreated into the bedroom in response to a scream. Pinkie, Castiel, and Fluttershy were surrounded by a circle of salt. A hellhound furiously dashing up the stairs, and a ghost flashing towards them. It was small and pale, with lavender mane, silver fur, and maroon eyes. She was attempting to bypass the salt circle. Fluttershy was cowering on the ground.
"Hey Midnight!" Pinkie Pie said.
"Yes?" He responded.
"You seem familiar with the ghost! Haaaaaass this gruff, ghastly ghoul been showin' up a lot?"
"Umm, well. . ." Midnight began. He was interrupted by the soft tone of a little filly
"Midnight . . ."
"Umm. . . ."
"Midnight . . ."
"How does she know your name?" Castiel asked. "For that matter, how is she speaking? Spirits must be different here."
"Well, that doesn't matter, just . . . how do we stop it?" Midnight stuttered.
"The only way to kill a ghost is to bury it's bones."
"What?!"
"I said-"
"I know what you said! The thing is, it's impossible to bury this things bones!"
"Why?"
"Umm, I . . . don't know where they are!" Castiel raised an eyebrow at this.
"No! Really!"
"Midnight! Tell the truth!"
"I am!"
"Even I can tell he's hiding something!" Pinkie butted in. "And that's saying a lot!"
"Ditto." Fluttershy said. The ghost began attempting to move Midnight's furnature. It was struggling but the chair was moving. Inch by inch.
"Does this really have to be explained now?!" Midnight asked.
"Of course silly! How ELSE are we going to find some interesting info on this ghoul?" Said Pinkie.
"Either you empty the contents of your mind, or I find out and do it for you!" Castiel threatened.
*Heavy sigh* "Fine."
"It all started in my early days as an astronomer." Midnight began. "I wasn't famous, talented, or anything like that. Just a pony with nothing to offer in the world. It was one day that it all changed. A little filly stumbled into my shop. She wandered about the store, amazed at my work. Just the day before, I had put my old telescope up for sale. The filly stared at it, eyes twinkling at the sight. The filly grabbed the telescope and asked if she could buy it. I told her to go ahead, and she set ten bits on the counter. The telescope was only four bits, so I told her I only needed that much. She told me to keep them for when she comes back to buy a constellation map. I chuckled a bit at this amazing little filly who seemed to appreciate astrology as much as I did. It warmed my heart. Just then, I realized something. Something that wasn't there before. It was the filly's cutie mark. I said to her ' Listen closely now, I have something to show you.'. The filly asked what it was. I pointed to her flank. She was immediately overcome with joy. The filly was happy, and that made me happy. She went 'home'. Later that night, I went out to the pub with my friends Neon Lights, and Coco Pommel who had just moved in from Manehatten. We all got drunk as hell. We were so wasted, that Neon began projectile vomiting. We had a blast. I took the two home(I used to be a taxi driver for extra pay)after that. Barely having made it to those two's houses, I set off to my old apartment. It didn't go smoothely. On the way there, I fell, and the carriage flipped over. It launched off my back into a thick alleyway. I stumbled over and lifted it with my magic when I realized something. The carriage landed on somepony. I sat there, horrified at the mangled, unidentifiable corpse. There was nothing. No bone, no skull. No organs. Just a large, blood splatter. I was about to just clean up the carriage and leave when I saw something. My old telescope. Tears began streaming down my face. I decided to clean the carriage. After that was done, I left for home with the telescope. I felt that I should bring something to remember the sweet, homeless filly who had earned her cutie mark in my shop that day."
Fluttershy had fainted at the vague description of the filly's death.
"Midnight." Castiel got his attention.
"What?" Midnight responded softly.
"Where is the telescope?"
"It's in the office room."
"I'm going to need to burn it. That is the last remenance of this filly. If the telescope burns, she does too." Castiel's eyes lit up.
"Wait!" Pinkie yelled. "You need to hold on!"
"What is it Pinkie? We don't have much time!"
"Let me take care of it!"
"But-"
"Come on Castiel! I know EXACTLY what to do!"
"Alright. Go on Pinkie." Pinkie then directed her attention to the spirit of the filly.
"Hi little filly! What's your name?" Pinkie asked. The spirit only gave her a menacing stare. "Okay . . . what are you doing here?"
Revenge
"Okay. Alright-y then. Why?"
Was . . . . . . . . . killlled . . . . . . byyy. The filly pointed at Midnight.
"Mhm mhm. Why should that bother you?" The filly glared harder.
He's . . . . . . done . . . . . . wrong.
"But what about the good stuff he did? What about the time you went into his store? Do you remember that?" She nodded. "Great! Do you remember what happened there? Do you remember how you got your cutie mark there?" She nodded. "Great!"
It . . . . . doesn't . . . . . . . . matter!
"What?" The spirit became even angrier, and moved the chair straight across the room. This broke the salt barrier and the filly began to strangle Midnight Sky.
"Pinkie! It's a vengeful spirit! We can't put it's soul to rest, ecause it has a restless soul! It's too far gone. No matter what you say, or what it remembers, nothing will stop it from killing. Except for burning the telescope."
"Can't we try anything else?!"
"NO!!" Castiel shouted. "I have to do it!" His eyes then began to glow, and his horn began to pulse. The combination of an ignition spell and an Angel's power made the telescope go up in flames. Fire engulfed the filly too as she tried to escape. Inch by inch the flames took over her, and eventually, she was gone.
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Pinkie's hair deflated until only a little bit of fluff was there.
"Is it over?! IS IT OVER?!!" Midnight asked frantically.
"Yes." Castiel responded.
"Castiel?" Pinkie said.
"Yes Pinkie?"
"I-i-is she okay?"
"No." Castiel responded. "She's gone. The very last trace of her was the vengeful spirit you saw. Now, she is lost. No part of her exists anymore. There is no remenance of her anywhere. "
"So, it's like she never even existed?"
"Only in memory." Pinkie sank down to the floor. She can make the crabbiest of ponies smile. Not this time though. She couldn't save the filly. She couldn't even make her smile. These were all thoughts that went through Pinkie's head.
"Pinkie. I know what you're thinking. You couldn't have saved her, she was long gone. Hunters don't like it any more than you do, and I can say that I'm no fan of this. But if you're going to be a hunter. This is what you have to do.
"Y-yes she's fine. Unconcious at the m-moment, but fine nonetheless."
"Let's get focused." Castiel said. "There's a raging hellhound that should be nearly upstairs. Our only plan to kill it is to use a demon knife. That's extremely risky. It's the only thing Dean and I could think of on such short notice. It's not an instant kill no matter where I stab it, and the hellhound could easily pummel me. We ust try to think of something better."
"Can we just wait it out until dawn?" Midnight suggested.
"No. The salt barrier isn't strong enough. The hellhound can break through in a minute or two." Castiel said.
"I can handle it!" Fluttershy said. Everypony jumped a bit and directed their attention towards her. "I'll convince the hellhound to leave us alone!"
"Fluttershy I told you-"
"I know what you told me Castiel." Flutters interrupted. "I know exactly what you told me, but I don't care. I'm going to confront that hellhound whether you like it or not!" Castiel only stared. "I don't care what you say about hellhounds. They're still hounds! And I'll be a daughter of Discord if I can't convince that hellhound to back off!" Everypony was utterly speechless at this display. After what must have been a solid minute of silence, Castiel spoke up.
"Fluttershy. I know now that I can't stop you. I'm sorry you think this way Fluttershy. I'm sorry about what thought may go through you when you have tried and failed. I'm sorry Fluttershy. But I do not believe in you." Fluttershy only lightly scowled an waited for the hellhound.
"What do you mean you don't believe in her?!" Pinkie huffed.
"I meant exactly what I said. I wan't to believe in her, but I know she can't do it. Hellhounds aren't living beings. Just matter. Horrid, monstrous, invisible, matter. She can't tame it." Everyone stayed silent after this. They just waited for the hellhound to arrive.
The door burst open. Furious growling filling the room. Fluttershy stood tall and readied herself for the upcoming task. The hellhound, although not seen, positioned itself in front of the salt circle. Futters soon lowered herself.
"Hey little guy." -grrrrrr- " I can't see you silly, but I know you're there." -grrrrrr- "I just want to talk. I hear you've been sent on a little mission." -grrrrrrrrr-" "Yes, I know, but I don't want you to do that. Murder is bad. It's not right to kill another living being like Midnight!" -ggrrrrrrr- "Please leave, and don't kill anypony. I'm asking you nicely." -grrrrrr-*BARK* *BARK* "Alright. Looks like we'll have to do this the hard way." Fluttershy glared menacingly at the hellhound. This glare is also known as "The Stare", a special technique that's unique to Fluttershy. *BARK* *BARK* *BARK* *BARK* Fluttershy gasped. "I-i-it didn't work?" Castiel trotted next to her, then put his hoof on her shoulder.
"Fluttershy. I'm sorry to say that I told you it wouldn't work. You definitely have a unique talent with animals, that could be used in gathering information on a case. The problem is, that's all you can do with that as a hunter. I know you don't want him to die Fluttershy, but it has to be done. Hard decisions come with being a hunter." Castiel then readied the knife, but before he could strike the hellhound broke the salt barrier, and ran. It then tackled Midnight and began it's dark work. Tearing every piece of flesh in front of it. The hellhound wwas merciless. Going at the right spots so he would stay concious, but still be in so much pain. Soon, the hellhound fully exposed the insides.
"Castiel!! You have to stop it!!!" Rarity yelled.
"I can't hellhounds are too swift. If I stabbed it, the damned thing would just kill me too."
"We can't just let it do this!" Pinkie butted in.
"I'm afraid it's over for Midnight. His fate was sealed the moment broke the salt circle."
"At least he'll be in a better place." Fluttershy said.
"I'm afraid that's not true. Midnight signed a deal with a demon. He will writhe in Hell for eternity. Nonstop pain and agony is what's next for him." The hellhound just continued to kill.
"Alright, alright that's enough." Ordered a voice from behind. The hellhound ran towards the voice. Everypony turned around to see Crowley standing in front of the front door. "Bobby! Castiel! Welcome to Equestria. What do you think? Too colorfull?"
"Shut it, Crowley." Bobby said. He then began to trot towards Crowley.
"Hold on, Bobby." Castiel ordered. "Crowley, how are you here? I thought Sam, Dean, Bobby and I were the only ones who came." What followed the same overall thing Crowley had told Sam and Dean. He then left with the hellhound. Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy questioned them afterward, but it went pretty much the same as Twilight, Rainbow, and Applejack's questioning. The five ponies then left the apartment and went down the stairs. Once they reached the bottom, they set off to the Baltimare Train Station, where Dean told Castiel to meet them when he gave them the knife.
The two groups of ponies dashed towards the train station. Bobby, Castiel, Sam and Dean, met up first.
"You'll never believe it, we saw Crowley!" The four said in unison.
Sam, Dean, Bobby, and Castiel had arrived at the train station with the mane 6. They relized that both groups had a similar experience with Crowley. They talked a bit about it before boarding the train. Why Crowley was here, how he gor here, and all the stuff he told them. They also talked about what kind of monsters were here, and how many had come. Not to mention how many were already here. Eventually, they boarded the train from Baltimare to Ponyville.
"What are we going to do?" Twilight asked.
"What do you mean?" Sam inquired.
"Well, obviously, this 'Crowley' is bad news. How do we find him, and stop him from doing something even more evil?"
"I'm not sure. Crowley's a slippery one. Very hard to find, and especially kill. He's the King of Hell. He won't just give us a straight path to follow."
"I suppose you're right, but we need to do something!"
"I know. Crowley does need to be stopped. I don't care if he's killed or imprisoned, or anything. As long as he can't hurt anyone else. We'll find out what we need to do tomorrow. Right now, we just need to get back to Ponyville, and get a good sleep."
"Alright." Everypony was silent from then on. The train arrived at Ponyvillle right on time, 20:15. Everyone went to their espective homes. Sam, Dean, Bobby, and Castiel went quickly to the hotel. Sam, Dean, and Bobby slept restlessly. What they had learned today troubled them. Especially Castiel who didn't sleep. What was Crowley planning? What did he have in store for the hunters, and ore importantly, Equestria. Who knows? They'd talk about it in the morning.
