Wake up Luna, it's time to wake up...

Luna suddenly opened her eyes a shot upright in her bed, checking around her room for the source of the voice. When she found nopony but herself in the room she calmed down, taking a deep breath the wake herself up, before noticing the time. It was still early, she didn't have to be up for another few hours, so why was she awake. Did she have a nightmare? Is that even possible? She was the princess of the night after all, she did have a special power over dreams, which means in all her years of being alive she has never had a single nightmare, but then again...

Are you awake yet Luna?

"Who's there?!" Luna shouted, the voice's return causing her to jump.

Oh you know who I am...

"Grey Hoof?" Luna whispered, afraid to speak his name.

Bingo!

"How are you talking to me, I'm nowhere near the forest" Luna asked as she looked out her window towards the forest, it's darkness giving her a chill down her spine.

Remember when Applebloom bit you? Well that was supposed to kill you, but instead it allows me to talk with you the way I do with the Blanks

"But why are you talking to me, you could just leave me alone" Luna said as she moved towards her bed, getting back in in the hopes that Grey Hoof was just a hallucination.

Oh it's quite simple princess, I want to annoy you to no end!. Grey Hoof began to laugh loudly, and when Luna tried to cover her ears nothing happened, she could still hear him laughing from inside her head. After a few minutes the laughing stopped, but every time Luna tried to close her eyes and go back to sleep she was woken by Grey Hoof's insane laughter. Eventually Celestia made her way into Luna's chambers, hoping to wake her to raise the moon, only to find her curled up in fear on her bed.

"Sister, are you alright?" Celestia asked as she put a hoof on Luna's shoulder.

"DON'T TOUCH ME!" Luna shouted, swatting away Celestia's hoof with a pillow. At first Celestia was surprised at Luna's actions, but very soon after she was terrified. What if she was going to become Nightmare Moon again? What if she was cracking under pressure from having to raise the moon every night? What if-

"Sister, I want you to leave" Luna ordered from her bed as she gave Celestia a deadpan stare, watching her every move.

"Sister, are you-"

"I SAID LEAVE!" Luna shouted, drowning out her sister's voice with her own. Celestia started to go towards the door when she heard Luna mumbled something from her bed.

"Why won't he just leave me alone?"

"Who won't leave you alone?" Celestia asked, quickly turning back to Luna.

"I thought I told you to leave?" Luna said coldly as she glared at Celestia.

"You did, but it is my job as your older sister to make sure you are alright" Celestia said in an authoritative tone.

"I don't need your help, I can deal with it on my own!" Luna shouted back, throwing one of her pillows at Celestia.

"I'm your sister, just let me help you!" Celestia said angrily, throwing the pillow back, hitting Luna right on the nose. At that Luna picked up the rest of her pillows and threw them all at Celestia at the same time, giving her no time to react. As Celestia was pelted by pillows she managed to throw a few back, and very quickly Luna's bedroom turned into a war zone, pillows flying back and forth across the room. Every now and then you could hear a muffled cry from one of them as a pillow collided with their faces, and occasionally a pillow would be thrown in such a way that it was impaled on their horns. In the end there were feathers everywhere and both Celestia and Luna passed out from exhaustion. A few hours later Luna woke up and rose the moon and left Canterlot, making sure not to wake Celestia as she left.

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It was an average day at the Ponyville school, except for one thing. All the kids were following Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon around like pets, waiting on their every beck and call. This wasn't extremely out of the ordinary, the pair usually sucked some poor colt into carrying their things, but today the entire school was their slave. Even Miss Cheerilee had started following them around hoping to find out what was going on with them. At lunch break the two of them called everypony over to the swing set and they began to talk.

"So you all know how the blank flanks went missing right?" Silver Spoon said as the crowd nodded in unison.

"Well we overheard Sweatty Butts sister talking to her friends, and apparently they got lost out in the forest" Diamond Tiara said, followed by a chorus of "Ooh"s from the crowd.

"Today we're going to go out there and find them, just to laugh at them one more time" Diamond Tiara said, getting a few disgusted looks from everypony, including Silver Spoon. Although Diamond Tiara didn't notice as she continued to talk.

"We're going to need some brave colts to come with us to protect us, and if you do" Diamond Tiara said while making a kissing face, causing a few of the kids to make gagging noises as a joke. After a few minutes the kids dispersed, realizing the pair had nothing else to say, but one colt stuck around, looking at the two of them intently.

"Are you going to protect us?" Diamond Tiara said in a fake voice, making herself sound weak.

"No, I just wanted to say that you two are disgusting, wanting to laugh at somepony who might be dead" the colt said coldly before walking away to play with his friends.

"Well that was rude of everypony, not wanting to protect us, and him!" Diamond Tiara said angrily, raising her chin up at the colt that told her off. He happened to look over when she did it and he quickly stuck his tongue out at her, making her even angrier. Next to the fuming Diamond Tiara was a very sad Silver Spoon. After what she heard Diamond Tiara and the colt say she realized that going out there was wrong, and that she should be ashamed of herself for  evne thinking it was a good idea.

After school the pair of fillies made their way towards the Everfree, both of them shaking slightly from fear because they had heard the stories of what was inside, but had never been inside themselves. They hadn't talked to each other since lunch, so when Diamond Tiara starting to go off the path Silver Spoon stayed behind, too afraid to venture into the unknown. As Diamond Tiara continued on she eventually heard Applebloom and Sweetie Belle talking to each other about their plans for the camp.

"Do you think we should add a fire pit?" Sweetie Belle asked, pointing at the center of the clearing.

"I don't know, maybe we should deal with the inside first, since winter is coming in a few months" Applebloom said as she looked at the cart, which wouldn't be able to keep them warm for an extended period of time. As the two fillies began to think Diamond Tiara popped out of the bushes, hoping to scare them, only to be seen by Scootaloo, who was on the roof of the cart.

"What are you doing out here?" Scootaloo asked, completely confused as to why the most pampered filly in Ponyville would wander out into the forest alone.

"Me and Silver Spoon came here to find your bodies and laugh at you, but since you're still alive" Diamond Tiara said, pointing one of her hoofs in then general direction of the group and started to laugh. As she laughed Scootaloo noticed Applebloom and Sweetie Belle had started to shake violently, both of them slowly turning into monsters. Since they had never really cared for Diamond Tiara in any way it was extremely hard for them to keep the monster inside them back, but they couldn't hold it back anymore.

Before Diamond Tiara stopped laughing they lunged forwards, pinning her to the ground. Her laughter stopped as they began to bite at her legs. Scootaloo could only watch in horror as her two friends slowly pulled Diamond Tiara apart, her blood curdling screams making her cover her ears. After a few minutes all that was left of Diamond Tiara, their former bully, was a bit of bone and a pool of blood. The two fillies came back as they turned away from the pool of blood, turning around only to run into the cart in fear. They didn't like Diamond Tiara, but it didn't mean they wanted to kill her. For the rest of the night Applebloom and Sweetie Belle just laid on their beds in silence, and Scootaloo stayed on the roof to try and forget what she saw.

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As Silver Spoon walked along the path she heard loud cries coming from nearby, causing her to start running. After a few minutes she arrived outside a house that somepony had built inside a tree, and when she knocked on the door a Zebra came to the door. She didn't say anything as she let Silver Spoon inside, who noticed a rather large bugle on the Zebra's stomach.

"Are you pregnant?" Silver Spoon asked sheepishly. The Zebra nodded in return, and quickly grabbed a pen and paper. She quickly wrote something down and handed it to Silver Spoon.

Young filly, as you have noticed I am pregnant, but because of nausea I am feeling from the baby I will not speak

"If you're pregnant where is the father?" Silver Spoon asked, only to be quickly handed another sheet of paper.

He lives in Ponyville, but does not know I am pregnant yet, and wouldn't be able to stay to help me due to his career

"Why don't you move in with him then?" Silver asked again, being handed yet another sheet.

His life on a farm does not suit me, and I much prefer my home here. May I ask why you are out in the forest?

"I came out here with a friend, but she wandered off after we got into the forest, I don't know where she is" Silver Spoon said sadly, a small tear falling from her face. When she looked up Zecora had written another note.

If you come with me I will take you home, and I will keep a look out for your friend

"Okay, I guess" Silver Spoon said quietly, following after Zecora who had begun to make her way out of the house. After a few minutes of walking they noticed a squirrel running past them with a bloody tiara in it's mouth. Silver Spoon quickly walked ahead of Zecora, and as soon as she saw the end of the forest she ran, tears flowing out of her eyes. If Diamond Tiara hadn't been so stupid she'd still be alive, and Silver Spoon wouldn't be alone without her best friend. Behind her Zecora continued to walk slowly, the nausea causing her to sway back and forth. Eventually she fell the the ground, passed out from exhaustion, but luckily Big Mac was coming into the forest to see her just as she fell. He felt bad for what happened, and wanted to see if she was going to be okay, or if she happened to have gotten pregnant. As soon as he saw her passed out with a bulge on her stomach he was both ecstatic, and afraid.

He quickly hefted her onto his back and ran into Ponyville, heading straight for the hospital. It was his fault she was like this, and with the death of his sisters he wasn't planning on loosing Zecora or his child due to his own neglegence. When he arrived at the hospital Zecora was quickly admitted and he ran back to the Everfree. He was going to pay his respects to his sisters no matter what happened. Next Chapter: Zombie Mac Estimated time remaining: 48 Minutes