AH PROMISE

Or: A Cold Embrace on a Warm Spring Night

Introduction: A Starry, Starry Night...

The stars shone high above the orchard, the moon illuminating the world below. There were no clouds blocking the celestial views of the starry night, the pegasi had made sure of that. A gentle summer breeze whistled through the branches and brought the sweet scent of a million ripe apples through the clearing. It was one of the most beautiful nights that Apple Bloom had ever witnessed. It shouldn’t have been like that.

Nights like this were supposed to be happy, joyful. Bad things were only supposed to happen on cold, lonely nights, in the middle of a thunderstorm, not on a warm spring night like that one. The relaxing atmosphere surrounding the two sisters only made it even more unrealistic. It just wasn’t feasible. Apple Bloom blinked, hoping to wake from this nightmare, hoping that the blood was simply a cold sweat, that the fear was just a bellyache.