A Brony Life
Chapter 11: Ghosts, Monsters, and Loose Doorknobs!
Previous Chapter Next ChapterWelcome viewers, to a chapter of horror! Coming at ya from beyond the grave, and before October! It will be filled with screams, scares, and near death experiences! At least, for the ponies that is. Now, I'm not good at suspenseful chapters or have ever really made any, so I'm sorry if it's a little boring to read the scares in this chapter! Also, this chapter we will be going to look at multiple groups instead of just following Blitz.
Well, enough of that boring intro that most of you probably don't even read. Let's move on with the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own any MLP, obviously.
Twilight POV
Ow... Where am I? As I got up to look around, I noticed that none of the others were around me. And if they were I wouldn't be able to tell anyway since there was no source of light anywhere. I quickly used my magic to make a small light emit from my horn, allowing me to see again.
"Okay Twilight, everything's fine. Your just in an old basement." I assured myself. I looked around for a staircase or some way to get back up to the first floor. I was in a slightly small room with just one door. Since it was underground it made since why there was no window, or why there was no sound of thunder.
When I found the only door in the room however, I was met with a scary sight. A moving white figure that wasn't hovering over the ground.
"Who's there?!" I asked, panicking slightly more than I should. This definantly wasn't one of my friends. The only one of them with a similar coat was Rarity, and she couldn't fly or stay suspended in air.
... Silence. The figure didn't make one sound. "I said who's there!" I yelled out, getting more and more impatient and scared with the silence.
Fluttershy's POV
"This isn't good, this isn't good, this is not good! That terrifying thunder made my heart jump out of my chest! I'm alone in the dark and none of my friends are around me!" I looked around and only had some light coming from the cracked window, and that was it!
I took one step forward, knowing I had to find one of my friends. "It's okay Fluttershy... Just stay quiet and calm, quiet and calm, quiet and-""CREEEEEEEK!" "EEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" I screamed out, scared of whatever that horrible noise was!
Twilight's POV
What was that?! After I heard that terrifying scream, the white figure went towards me at an alarming rate! "S-Stay back!" I yelled out, using my magic to grab the closest thing that was near me, in this case a broken lantern, and threw it at the white figure.
As soon as it hit the white floating figure, it fell limp to the ground. I sighed in relief as I slid to the ground, slowing down my heart rate.
Fluttershy's POV
"Fluttershy, don't scream so loudly! I'm right here!" That was Spike's voice.
"Spike?! Oh I'm so glad your here!" I said hugging him, overjoyed that I wasn't alone in the dark.
"Well you did kinda run into me when you came in here." Spike said as he looked at me.
"Oh, I did? I'm really sorry Spike." I apologized. I didn't mean to hurt him, I was just scared from the loud thunder.
"It's okay Fluttershy. But we should probably get out of here soon." Spike said, looking scared too.
"Yeah, but how do we get out of here?" I asked, looking around. I couldn't see much since the window didn't let me see much.
"We'll let's just go back the way you came." Spike suggested.
"Okay." I agreed. That's when another bolt of thunder came down. "EEEEEE!" I screamed, jumping behind a potted plant to hide. That noise is terrifying!
Rainbow Dash's POV
"Uh... What is that?" I asked out loud, waking up to a loud scream. When I went through the roof I was sent flying into the roof of the second floor. Man did that hurt!
"Where am I?" I asked out loud again. I didn't care if anypony heard me. Actually, it would probably be a good thing if they did since only my friends were around.
"Hello? Twilight? Blitz? Applejack? Anypony?" Just then, a bolt of thunder struck the lightning rod on top of the house. Let me tell you, that was loud! At least I was able to see what was around me from it. There was a bed, a night stand. A few other things you'd find in a bedroom. Okay, at least I knew where I was.
Also from the lightning I saw where the door was. I went to it and opened the door when another bolt of lightning lit up the room and what was right outside the door, which was not fun to look at. The lightning showed a shadow of a freaky looking monster with fur pointing everywhere, vicious fangs, and angry eyes that glared right at me!
"AHH!" I yelled as I flew back in the room, trying to get away from the thing in front of me.
I ran into the window behind me. I could either go out the window, where I would be struck by lightning the moment I got outside, or face the monster in front of me! Talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place!
As the monster inched closer towards me, I was forced to do the one thing I did not like doing at all. Beg. "Please don't come any closer! Please! Oh, I'm sorry about everything I ever said about Old Mare Crankle, just please go away!"
It was the only thing I could think of. The room was too small to fly away from it. It was in the way of the only exit, and to top it all off, the ceiling was just barely to low for me to fly out of its reach. I was doomed!
Another flash of lightning showed the monster again, except it showed what the monster itself looked like instead of its shadow. And what I saw, I had to facehoof at. It was just a mouse! I was scared of a stupid mouse?! Even Fluttershy wouldn't be scared of that!
"I can't believe this!" I yelled out, angry. I simply flew over it and flew out of the room, wanting to forget the whole dumb thing!
Applejack's POV
Alrighty then, this should be easy. All we gotta do is move an empty bookshelf. With my strength, Rarity's magic, and Pinkie Pie's help, it shouldn't be a problem right? "Okay. Rarity? Can you use yer magic to move some of the shelves? They look loose enough." I asked.
Rarity nodded and used her magic to levitate the shelves. At least now it's a little easier to move. "Alrighty. Now Pinkie, help me move this gosh darn bookshelf." I said.
"Okey-dokey-lokey!" Pinkie said. She got over and we pushed the bookshelf out-of-the-way. Well, it was easy enough, and now to get Fluttershy.
"Uh, Applejack? Aren't doors supposed to have doorknobs too?" Pinkie Pie asked
"Uh, yes. Why are you askin Sugarcube?" Now what kind of question was that?
"Because that door doesn't have one." She said matter a factly as she pointed to the door.
"Oh great, now how are we supposed to get through now?" Rarity asked.
"Well, I can't just kick it down, who else knows what'll come down with it." I noted. "Lets just look fer the doorknob. It's gotta be 'round here." I said.
After a little bit of looking, Pinkie Pie spoke up. "OH! Found it, found it!" She said, pointing to the doorknob which was a few steps away from the door. Guess it fell off when the bookshelf came down on top of it. "I'll get it!" Pinkie said as she skipped over to it, humming to herself.
When I looked at the doorknob some more, I saw it was right next to a hole in the floorboards. "Pinkie hang on! There's a hole!" I yelled at her.
"What? There's a mole?" Pinkie asked, not hearing me. When she landed next to the hole and doorknob, it fell through the hole. "Oh, hole! You said hole!" She said, realizing what I was trying to say.
I sighed, knowing we weren't getting that back without going to the basement. "Oh, I just hope wherever that door handle landed, Twilight'll find it." I said. If she won't find it, will have to just hope we can break down the door without breaking down the rest of the house with us.
Twilight's POV
As I knocked out the figure, I sat in place and just looked at it. What did I just do? I knocked it unconscious, or worse, that's what I did! Just then, something snapped me out of being in shock. I looked over and saw a door handle landing from what seemed like no where. I looked around, then looked up, seeing a bit of pink coming from a hole in the floor above. Pinkie Pie!
"Pinkie Pie! Pinkie, is that you?!" I asked, hoping it was instead of some trick my mind was playing on me to keep me sane.
"WOW! Rarity, Applejack, this floor knows who I am!" I heard Pinkie Pie say.
"No! No Pinkie, it's Twilight!" I said, hoping she would realize it.
I heard a loud gasp and saw her mouth come through the hole. "You ate Twilight?! Just wait until I find a giant hammer you evil floor!" She yelled at me. I sighed. Oh I hope somepony else is up there.
"Pinkie, I think that is Twilight." I heard Rarity say. Pinkie's mouth moved from the hole and I saw a blue colored eye looking down at me. "It is! Twilight? Are you alright down there?" I heard her ask.
"Yeah, I'm fine. For now." I didn't want them worrying about the figure I just protected myself against, so I didn't talk about it. "What's with the door handle? What's been happening since I fell through the hole? Where are the others?" I asked. I needed to know what was going on.
"Well," I heard Applejack say as I saw Rarity move from the hole and Applejack look through it. "Rainbow Dash went through the roof, kinda like you did with the floor. Fluttershy up and ran off after some thunder boomed, and that doorknob leads to where she ended up. Finally, Blitz told me, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity to get ta Fluttershy while he went upstairs to get Rainbow Dash. That's about it." Applejack summed up.
Well, good. Even though we all got a little separated, at least we all have plans to get to the others. "Okay. Well, I'll bring the door handle with me. It might fit into any other door I find along the way." I told them.
"Alrighty then. Good luck Twilight." Applejack told me. I might just need it too. I turned to start walking and when I turned around I was shocked.
The white figure was gone.
Blitz's POV
Okay stairs. Stairs, stairs, stairs. If I were some stairs where would I be? I thought as I went through the house. I had to fly slowly since I couldn't see five feet in front of me, with only the flashes of thunder giving me light. So basically, I was blind.
Eventually, I ran into something. I felt what it was and finally found the stairs! Thank God and Celestia! I slowly started to fly my way up them, not wanting to fall through them.
When I got to the top I felt a door handle. Wasting no time, I opened it up and another flash of lightning showed me the room. It was just a dusty old storage room with boxes, barrels, some pieces of furniture, and a lantern.
Wait, a lantern! Perfect! I went over to it and picked it up, looking at it. It had a candle in it, along with a handle on the top. Now all I have to do is find some way to light it. But how am I supposed to do that without a lighter or a match?
The idea struck me just as some more lightning flashed. That's it! I'll light it with lightning! As dumb as the idea sounded, it was clear in my head. I put down the lantern next to the door and positioned the tip of my tail so it was touching the candle tip. "I hope there's a potted plant or something in here." I said out loud,
I then opened the window, letting a powerful gust of wind come in. It was freezing, but I would be fine. Oddly enough the clouds weren't raining, they were just thundering and lightening.
I wasted no time caring and just stuck my mechanical arm outside the window. A few seconds later I was met with a lightning bolt to the arm. It was probably the dumbest thing I had ever done too. As I expected though, the lightning went throughout my whole body and the tip of my tail was coursing with electricity too. I was burning hot to the touch with the live plasma going through me and I predicted, the tip of my tail was so hot that it lit the candle up!
"Yes! Score one for me!" I yelled out, enjoying my smart moment. Wow, I never thought Science class could be so useful!
To keep myself from freezing anymore, I closed the window and picked up the lantern in one quick motion. With the lightning going through me, I couldn't help but move what seemed like ten ties faster. I looked around and saw a small some vase with dying plants coming out of it. I bolted over there, no pun intended, and touched my hoof with the dirt, making all the electricity go away. That's the way lightning rods go. As long as there connected with any kind of ground, the lightning will just go right through it.
It made me calm down from the lightning rush. It really just felt like I was on a sugar rush even stronger than Pinkie's. That is, if her craziness was a sugar rush. I positioned the lantern handle on the top of my tail, and it stayed there. "Wait until the others here about this." I continued to boast. I then headed outside the storage room, ready to find Rainbow Dash, get back to the others, and get everyone out of here.
Well there's the individual groups discovered. With Blitz and a lantern, will things get easier or harder? Will Fluttershy be able to walk ten feet without running in fear from the lightning? What was that mystery white figure Twilight pwnd? These questions wrapped up next chapter!
Question of the Chapter: How long do you think you would last in this haunted house without being scared in some way?