Apple Dumpling's POV

I got home, and Applejack grabs us both me and Apple Bloom.

"Are you two alright? Please tell me you're alright."

As good as it was to be loved, it was embarrassing to be hugged this tight. I lightly shoved Applejack away.

"I'm fine, Applejack. Don't worry."

I was about to head to my room, when somepony knocked on the door. I answered it, and Mike's red brother was there.

"Are you Diamond Tiara?"

I replied with a yes, and he told me to follow him. We walked for a few miles, and I was really nervous. When we got to some sort of graveyard, he told me to stop. His horn glowed, and he stepped through some invisible wall, disappearing. Seconds later, he came back out.

"It's safe." He beckoned me in, and I followed. I found myself in some sort of underworld area. I felt the ground beneath me, but I couldn't tell. It looked like there was no ground, only wavy colors. Ghost, ghouls, spirits, skeletons, and bodies were scattered everywhere.

He led me to the corpse of my former friend, Silver Spoon. But she looked different. She was normally an earth pony, but when I looked closer, I saw she had wings and a horn. I was taken aback.

"Wait, she was always—"

"An alicorn? Yes. A threat? No."

"Whaddya mean threat?"

His horn glowed, and suddenly, the scenery changed. We were at somepony's house.

"This was Silver Spoon's house, before she lived in it. It was inhabited by other ponies, but they were all murderers." Dozens of ponies were displayed with different murder weapons.

"Each one was known for their crimes. However, only once every fifth generation, the inhabitant was an alicorn." Suddenly, a bunch of them were darkened to reveal the alicorns.

"Each of them disguised themselves as a more common race, for the princesses were the only ones to never kill, and everypony knew it." Suddenly, there was a scene. Everypony turned towards Celestia and Luna showed contentment and joy, while those turned towards the other alicorns showed hatred and anger.

"Since they disguised themselves, nopony knew what they were hiding. And your friend Silver Spoon was an alicorn, so she was hiding as well."

"Wait, why was it only those that lived in that one house?"

"Because, Apple Dumpling, there is a spirit who broke loose from the bonds that keep other spirits here. And he decided to manifest the building so that he could take over anypony who went through any severe stress. When you left Silver Spoon, that was an example. In fact, one of the biggest."

"So the house is basically haunted?"

"...if you prefer to put it that way, then yes. The house is haunted."

I let it sink in. This was a lot to take in. Because I abandoned her, she became a serial killer. Plus, she was a race known for its harmful actions.

"So what'll happen to her?"

He looked at me emotionlessly. "We may have to arrest her, and try to extract the demon. You see, the spirit has been around for so long AND affected so many ponies that it has evolved into a demon. Unfortunately, if we do manage to extract it, Silver Spoon may no longer be with us."

I recoiled in horror. "What?! How?!"

"It appears that, over time, the demon has learned how to almost completely take over a pony, erasing the soul originally controlling it."

"*sputter* I don't believe it."

"You better believe it."

"Hold on. If this is a corpse, then who's up there?"

"That, young Apple Dumpling, would be the demon. It has taken over your friend, and discarded the body."

I let that sink in. "So, basically, we're all screwed."

"Unless we can purge the demon from existence altogether, then yep, we're pretty much screwed. Come on, let's go back."

I followed him back to the living world, and I felt sick. Apparently, I would advise against looking at bright vivid colors and then looking at a graveyard. Just a heads up. He told me that this was to be told to nopony.

"Do you promise?"

"Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my—ow! I still don't get how Pinkie Pie does it."

"At least were on the same page. By the way, I'm Connor." He stuck out his hoof.

"Nice to meetcha, Connor." I grabbed and shook it.