When I arrived back home after another work venture I decided to go into my word documents to do some editing.  What I found made me yell out in absolute shock.  I made it into the previous chapter to find a series of sentences I had not written yet, the creature wasn’t supposed to know the girls had been in the clearing.  It was supposed to take longer for it to find them, at least three more chapters to say the least.  I was soon flustered as I attempted erase the words, but the remained upon the page.  Several hours were spent attempting to delete them and each attempt was met with utter failure.  I gave up with a sigh and submitted the chapter; I then hunkered down and got to work on number 3.

*

The woods that the ponies trekked through were dense and dark.  The sun overhead bore down upon them as they soon reached the borders of the treeline and gazed out before them.  Before them lay a massive expanse of desert known as The Glimmering Sands, its name arose due to the fact that the sand seemed to glimmer in the sunlight.  Twilight nodded with a smile and checked the distance as best as she could.  Ahead was blurry with a heat haze, but they trekked ever onward.  Some ponies would ask why they didn’t use the train to get to The Empire faster, the answer was simple.  The trains had been shut down due to a series of massive earthquakes.  

Rarity looked around and sighed, “Please tell me there is an end to this desert or at LEAST a swimming pool.”

Twilight gazed at the map, “We’ll be reaching the empire soon, we just have to keep heading north and we’ll hit the Equestrian Tundra in no time flat.”

Rainbow Dash landed beside her friends and grumbled, “Out of the frying pan and into the freezer, great.”

Applejack shook her head, “We’ve been through worse.  Say Fluttershy, do we still have any food left?”

Fluttershy checked their supplies, “Yes, we have enough for a few more days.”

Pinkie Pie gasped, “A few more days?! We better hurry then!”

Twilight raised an eyebrow, “Pinkie, Fluttershy just said-“

Pinkie cut her off, “I know, I meant we better hurry if we want to out run that thing.”

Pinkie then pointed to the sky behind them and all the ponies collectively gasped.  The sky was coated in black seething clouds that seemed to wash over everything above like a dark flood.  It was steadily moving toward them and with it came strong gale winds and trembling earth.  Sand was being hurled to and fro.  Trees and brush were being ripped from the ground and blown away as fast as they took flight.  The ponies eyes shrunk to dots as they all ran and flew as fast as they could away from the massive winds and tremors.

Twilight yelled out over the roaring winds, “THIS MUST BE THE CAPRICORN!!”

Rainbow Dash beat her wings hard, “GEE YA THINK!?”

Pinkie Pie then yelled, “I DON’T KNOW WHAT WE’RE YELLING ABOUT!!”

Everypony then fell silent as they continued to run.

“Alright, time for the first piece of dramatic tension,” I said.  For all intents and purposes I thought taking out Applejack would work best.  How wrong I was.

Applejack then lost her footing as a tremor swept through the entire desert.  She dropped hard and fast.  The Capricorn swept through the skies as the wind picked up hard.  The farm pony grasped at a nearby vine in vain with her mouth.  The vine began to yank itself free of the ground, Applejack yelled out in absolute terror…then surprise.  Out of nowhere came Fluttershy whom had grabbed the farm pony and hurled her into Rainbow Dash.

“Wait, What!?” I shouted louder than intended.

Fluttershy smiled at her friends as her wings began to fail her against the winds, “Go girls, don’t worry about me!”

Twilight telekinetically grasped Fluttershy but began to feel something pushing against her spell, “Fluttershy! I won’t let you go!!”

Twilight then pulled Fluttershybndciwmxsniabnixm,oc.cv./….

I looked at my keyboard and attempted to write the sentence again only to be met with the same result.

Twilight yelled out, “Fluttershy!!”

“Why is this happening!?” I yelled frustration.

Fluttershy blinked back tears and looked toward the storm, “It’s okay.”

Twilight’s spell flickered off and Fluttershy was soon sucked into the wind and soon vanished from view.

A cry of anguish mixed with one of anger was heard throughout the area, “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”

The ponies looked around for their friend and despaired.  They then all turned tail and ran.

*

I smacked my head against the keyboard a few times and went back to read the death scene once more.  It wasn’t supposed to happen that way.  I shook my head as I ran a virus scan, none were found.  I then called a friend of mine to ask if there were any viruses that could reword a Word Document, he said no.  I gave a frustrated moan and went back to the grind.

*

Three days had passed when the ponies had finally made it to the crystal empire.  Everypony was solemn when they entered the gates.  News had spread that most of Equestria’s eastern and western section were and had been devastated by The Capricorn, which was now public knowledge.  Many crystal ponies were either off the street or in the process of battening down the hatches.  Twilight and her remaining friends entered the palace and were greeted with a darkened throne room.  Cadance was silently staring into space and didn’t notice their entry.

Twilight gazed around, “Cadance? What’s wrong?”

Cadance noticed Twilight as a small smile crept onto her face, “Twilight, it’s good to see you.  Where is Fluttershy?”

Twilight looked to the side and Cadance understood immediately, “I’m sorry for your loss.”

Twilight looked around once more, “Where’s Shining Armor?”

Cadance looked away sadly, “He isn’t with me.”

Twilight’s eyes filled with tears, “What?”

Cadance sobbed in sorrow, “He went to Appleloosa to aid in an evacuation effort before The Capricorn hit and it did, there were no survivors.”

Twilight broke down immediately as her friends comforted both sobbing mares.  The Crystal Empire then began to shake once more.

“Wait a minute, it’s too soon!” I stated.

Twilight and her friends yelled out as the sky slowly began to darken.

Cadance beckoned them, “Follow me, and hurry!”

All the ponies rushed with the crystal princess up many stairs.  Soon they reached a platform that overlooked the now steadily vanishing Crystal Empire.  The Capricorn had come in from the east whereas they had come from the south, The Capricorn would have reached the empire sooner or later.

Twilight looked to Cadance, “We need to get to-“

Cadance nodded quickly, “The Equestrian Oracle, I am aware.  I can send you there but I must hurry.”

Twilight quickly placed a hoof on her shoulder and pleaded, “Come with us please.”

Cadance smiled but seemed to ignore the question as she spoke with authority, “You will be tested when you arrive, be wary of everything.  I myself haven’t visited The Oracle so I am afraid that is all I can tell you.”

Cadance’s horn then glowed bright as the five ponies were soon engulfed in light.  Twilight yelled out Cadance’s name as they vanished.

*

I was infuriated to say the least, whatever this was would get me crap for sloppy writing.  I looked at the clock and cursed.  I had other matters to attend to and didn't want to be delayed further.  I turned off my computer and walked out of the room.  But all the while i felt horrible, why though?  It's not that i killed two actual characters, Fic writiers always do stuff like that to canon characters.  But what bothered me was that i felt the same feeling of emptiness and sadness when someone loses a person they had known for a while and had just gotten back from the funeral.  But it's ridiculous, there just fictional...right?