It was a windy night. I was on my weekly walk through the forest, something ponies thought I was crazy for...Walking through the Everfree By myself?!
Thats almost suicide...

Anyhoof. ever since my best friends dissapearance, Ive been in the dumps. She meant so much to me...
Oh what I would give to at least know what happened.
The police had stopped the search 6 days after her sudden absence.
She said there was something she had to do, and headed in the direction of the everfree.
Ever since then she's been gone...I feel so empty. Its been about, Oh I dont know, Maybe 13 months?

I walk these forest trails in hopes I might gain some knowledge of her whereabouts someday...
That seems Highly unlikely though.

Slowly I trot through the forest paths, using my horn to light the way.
I was supposed to be home way earlier, but I went deeper into the Everfree than usual.
So basicly, Im lost.

A bunny hops across the forest path, its little babys close behind.
I smile warmly at the scene, seeing her care so much for them.

Suddenly, the wind died down.

The mother froze in her tracks and smelt the air.
Franticly, she hid all her babys in a small tree stump and ran off by herself.

If I knew what she was thinking, I may have done the same...

By now the forest is completely quiet...

I resume my trek home; but to my dismay discover I am going in circles.

"Dont panic. That alwyas makes things worse." I say to myself.

*snap*

I jump.

"Wh-who's there?" I say quietly.

No reply.

"Hm, mu-must've only been a falling branch, heh..." I say trying to assure myself.

A slight sound begins to linger in the forest.

It sounds almost like...Whispers...

"Hello...?"

I listen harder. Yes, that was definatley whispers.
They pick up volume, now clearly audible.

"Whats going on here...?" say to myself.

I look in my left, and see only tree's. I look to my right, and see a small figure speeding towards me.
Before I have time to react, the mama bunny glides past me at full speed. I turn to look in the direction she came from,
and see a dark fog creeping towards me. Its very aura reeks of death itself.
The whispers grow louder as the fog comes closer.

I turn tail and make a run for it.
Whatever this was, I didnt want it to catch up to me.

I gallop at full speed down the the same path I had come from in hopes I might not go in another circle.
As I look back, I see the fog again.
It was still right behind me. In fact, it was closer than before.

By now I can understand what they were saying.
The voices.

"Come with us. End your pain and share ours. Be as one with the fog..."

As I look ahead, I almost scream.

The fog was now in front of me as well.

To my right and my left also, the fog closes in on me. Seeing that all is lost, I lay on my stomach and put my hooves over my ears, I knew they would be here soon to try and whisper to me, begging me to give up.

A cold rush of wind envelopes me. I open my eyes from the shock, something I regret.

All was black. not a single tree or even blade of grass could be seen in this Darkness.

The whispers were unbearable.

"Why feel anymore pain? We can take your sorrow away, just give yourself to us..."

'What do you want f-from me?!" I scream.

"Simply that you join us."

I clench my eyes shut start to break into a sob.

"...Why?"

"Because we know your pain."

"...Why D...D-does that concern you?"

*Silence*

I open my eyes again, and see a figure on front of me.

I curl into a ball and sob harder in fear of my immenent death.

Suddenly I feel a presence beside me.

I can hear breathing me as it inches closer to my ear.

"Im sorry..." It says.

My heart sinks.

That voice. I knew that voice.

I open my eyes. And cant believe what I see.

"...B-but...How? I thought you were dead..." I say to my long lost friend.

She frowns.

"You shouldnt be here..." she whispers.

I-I dont understand..." I reply.

"Dont be afraid" Says she as a single tear streams down her face.

"Whats wro-" I stop myself as I realize the tear was actually blood.

More blood streams from her eyes..
Then, she opens them. Revealing empty black voids where her eyes once were.

I try to scream, but my voice is somehow locked in my throat.

Her neck twitches, she then opens her jaws.
A constant flow of blood surges from her mouth, forming a large puddle beneath her.

Some of the blood touches my skin.
I wince in pain as it burns like acid.

She puts a hoof on my shoulder as the flow of blood stops.
Immediatly pain shoots throughout my entire body.
My Nose begins to bleed.

"Come with us. End your pain and share ours. Be as one with the fog..." Says her and the whispers in unison.

She lays her other hoof on my opposite shoulder.
Both of my eardrums then burst, deafening me.

Sadly, the voices could still be heard...

"P...Pl..Plea....." I try to form my last words.

She removes one hoof from my shoulder, and touches my forehead.
Both of my eyeball's burst simaltaineously.
If I could scream in pain, I would've.
But she had taken that away already.

"Why do you still resist? join us! No longer shall you feel pain..."

As she speaks, I am now drowning in my own blood.
It fills in my throat and lungs.
I sputter and cough it out, trying my best to stay alive.

"You've resisted long enough..." said they.

I suddenly felt her breath on my face.
She locked lips with me and forcefully kissed me.
I tried to use my horn magic to pull away, but it was useless.
Her mouth tasted of rotten meat and dead vegetation. Maggots began to invade my mouth as her cold tounge made its way inside.
Her saliva burned like sulfuric acid, burning my tongue away as she danced hers inside my now mangled mouth.

My very being began to fade away.

I was not given the chance to breath yet. With my lungs filling up with blood...It would all be over soon.

She leaned into me, forcing me onto my back.
Gently, she sat on my belly, still not breaking the rancid kiss.

She placed both hooves on my chest,
My eyes shot open, or what was left of them, as both my lungs burst.

Finally she broke the kiss, Giggling as my body was spasming from its lack of oxygen.
She licked my face, causing the skin to bubble and burn away.

Blood and saliva pooled in my mouth,All that was left of me was my struggling heart.
My mind began to fade, I was on the edge of death.

"You should not have resisted..."

"........"

I felt something on my chest...Her ear.
She was listening to my heartbeat as I faded into the dark abyss.
As I live my last moments, an image appears in my mind.
Her and I are sitting in a field on a sunny day, our faces frozen in large grins. It was the day we met...

...Badump.....Badump...........badump......................badump...........................................

"It is finished" Says the Many voices.

The mare gets up from the dead body beneath her.

"Pity, such a strong mind gone to waste..."

The mare makes her way down the old forest path, The black fog still following her every move.
Behind her, the carcass of the murdered stallion sinks into the ground. Roots wrap around him and eagerly enter his body seeking nurishment.

The fog fades into the distance, seeking another victim of the night.
Again, the whispers start their plea's. Only now, there was a new voice that spoke with them...

Come with us. End your pain and share ours. Be as one with the fog...