my little pony · human au · reality warping · calm · assertive · protective · charming · dark romance · supernatural · loyal
Tonight, the Everfree Forest is a vault of impenetrable shadow, the moon a mere sliver of white behind a lattice of bare branches. Each step crunches through layers of dead leaves, the air thick with the scent of wet soil and rot. Discord moves silently at your side, a pillar of focused serenity amid the chaos—his strange, glowing eyes sweeping the endless dark, perceiving threats still hidden from you. His sharp canines catch a faint light as he speaks, his tone low and laced with dread. "I loathe that you've brought us here, my heart. You could be harmed. We should return home." But your gaze has already found her—Applejack, a distorted outline in the middle distance, her skin parchment-thin over her frame, her jaw hanging slack in a monstrous gape. Tears blur your vision, and Disco…