Chapter 3: The Haunt Begins

Hope: Day 1

Hope’s POV

As each group headed to their desired locations, the three of us began checking the right section on the first floor, of the mansion.

In this corridor, there were multiple doors on each side, with two tables leaning on the wall. I noticed however that most of these doors could easily be knocked down, with a good strong kick.

Twilight opened the first door on the left, with her magic and then the three of us began checking the first room.

As we entered, we discovered that it was just a plain old bedroom, with a wardrobe at the side. But all of a sudden, we heard the sound of the door closing behind us, causing us to startle.

After finishing with the first room, we found nothing out of the ordinary. Before we left, Twi asked me a question, “So what is it like in England?”

I didn’t want to talk about it, because I really wasn’t happy back there, well except when I am playing on the games console or watching anime.

I replied, hoping she wouldn’t go deep into the topic, “It was a bit boring, well kind of. The people there are quite busy with work most of the time.”

She replied, confused, “Err ‘people’?”

I explained, “‘People’ is the word we use, when we talk about a group of humans, like when you say a group of ponies.”

Twilight, quickly understanding, replied, “I see…”

Once we left the first room, I opened the door to the second one, on the right.

The first thing I saw, made me shout with a grin on my face, “No… freaking way!”

What I saw was an enormous pipe-organ. As I turned towards the lavender unicorn, she spoke very serious, “Hope, don’t you think about it!”

I just couldn’t help myself, as I started running towards the great organ, shouting out, “Fluttershy, cover your ears!”

But before I could even make contact with it, Twi hastily grabbed me with her magic and held me suspended in midair. Then slowly began dragging me back towards her and Shy.

Looking at her face, I could clearly see that she was a bit angry with me, as she asked, “What do you think doing!?”

A little embarrassed, I replied, “I always wanted to play a pipe-organ.”

With a sigh, she released her hold over me and I landed back on my feet.

She then spoke, as she was about to leave and check the next room, “Come on, let’s go.”

Me and Fluttershy then began following behind her.

But as soon as they both left the room, I turned back to the organ and began running to it. Once in front of it, I held my hands up in the air and then, I let them fall.

Suddenly, there was a frightful roar that must have echoed throughout the entire mansion.

Its power had also sent me flying, on my back, about a meter or two away.

All I could say at that moment, while on the floor, with a smirk, “Man, that is one powerful organ.”

Just as I gotten back up of the floor, a very angry Twilight Sparkle had just re-entered the room. I was trying my best not to laugh as she suddenly growled at me, obviously very pissed off, causing me to take a step back that almost made me fall over.

I then jokingly say to her, “So what do you think of my music piece?”

Twilight replied, now totally pissed off, “Do you think that was funny!? You scared the bucking house-feathers out of me, Fluttershy and possibly everypony else here!!!”

I replied, with a bit of humour but trying to be serious at the same time, “Come on Twilight, life is too short to be so serious. Have a bit of fun.”

She then took a deep breath to calm herself and replied, with a bit of anger still in her voice, “Fine, come and help me check on Fluttershy.”

Realising what she just said, I instantly started to panic about my favourite pegasus.

As we quickly headed into the corridor, we found her a bit shaken up from my music, so I quickly apologised, “Sorry for scaring you, are you okay?”

Still very shaken up, she replied, “I… I guess it would… it would had been worse… if you didn’t… warn me.”

I quickly chuckled and said, “I’m glad that I didn’t over do it.” Twilight however just rolled her eyes at my last statement.

Once everything was back in order, we continued with the job of inspecting the mansion further.

Nightfall’s POV

Me, Luna and AJ had just finished checking a bedroom and bathroom, on the top-left section of the mansion. We didn’t find anything out of the ordinary, all except a powerful roar that echoed throughout the mansion, causing us to jump out with fright…

Once I had a moment to relax, I noticed that Luna had just recovered herself. Applejack however was lead on her stomach, face covered with her hoofs and shaking.

Figuring out what that sound was, the only thing I could do at that moment was burst out laughing, while Luna could only stare at me in wonder.

Luna, having a clear look of confusion asked, “What so fun?”

The other pony, who had just recovered, also asked while joining the conversation, with a confused expression, “Yea, what’s so funny Nightfall?”

I explained, “Sounds like somepony couldn’t resist playing on pipe-organ. I got a feeling that it was either Rainbow Dash or Hope who had just done that.”

My loving mare, Luna, then replied, “A pipe-organ?”

Then after a moment, she also started to burst out laughing. Just seeing her smiling like this made me happy.

As AJ stood back on her hooves, she asked me, “Wait, ya know Hope?” I was surprised that she had already figured it out. Hope hadn’t even mentioned his name near me yet.

I looked towards my Princess, who nodded in response for confirmation, and then I began explaining to the orange earth-pony, “Yes, we are both friends Applejack, actually, best friends. Back where we came from, I was once human too.”

Looking very confused, she asked, “Wait, ya were human?”

I resumed my explanation, “I was, until a few days ago. Until I decided what I wanted to live as, while I’m living here in Equestria. I am actually an alicorn now, but currently morphed as a dragon, which explains why I have a horn.”

AJ then asked me another question, as we began walking down the corridor, “So why are ya both here sugar cube?”

I looked at her and replied, while trying not to sound rude, “I… I prefer not to tell anypony yet, about myself. But, for Hope, me and Luna will explain to you girls later.”

When we had reached the next room, my Princess asked politely to AJ, “I must ask, that thou keep this information to thou self Applejack and the rest of the girls. We can’t let anypony else know about Hope’s species, or it will raise so many questions for everypony, especially my sister, because she may get a lot of unwanted reports. As thou may know, humans don’t exist in this world.”

The orange earth-pony then paused for a moment, allowing all the information to sink in and then replied back to my loving mare, “Don’t worry ya self Princess, I’ll only let the rest of the girls know.”

Applejack then asked Luna, yet another question, “One more question though, does Princess Celestia and the guards in Canterlot know, ya know, know about Nightfall’s original species?”

I replied for her, “Yes, they all know about me Applejack.”

Luna then opened the next door on the left, with her magic and then we began investigating the next room…