Up in Flames 2: In the Ashes

Sweet Apple Acres …

Golden Flames POV

I watched Applejack buck the trees and Applebloom catch them in the bucket on her head.

“Hey Applejack!” I yelled out.

“What d’ya want?”

“Have you seen Twilight around?” She shook her head and continued bucking the apple trees. I left them to it and wondered where Twilight was. Hmmm. I concentrated and I teleported back to Twilight’s library. I knocked on the door and Spike answered.

“Uh, hi.” I glared at him.

“Don’t look at me like that! I can’t take it! Twilight’s gone to see Princess Celestia about something!” He closed the door and I went off to Canterlot Castle.

A few hours later …

At Canterlot Castle …

Golden Flames POV

I startled the Royal Guards.

“Why are you here?”

“To see Twilight of course” They visibly sighed in relief.

“She’s not here.” Okay. Now I’m furious. I ran out and past the Discord statue in the castle gardens. As I ran past it, it started to shake. I didn’t give it a second thought I was so furious. I eventually ran into the hedge maze at the centre of the garden. I wasn’t watching where I was going and I accidently bashed through hedge after hedge until I got to the centre of the maze. I was covered in brambles and scratches but I didn’t care. I looked behind me and I saw hole after hole after hole. I cringed and hid around a corner to calm down.

I checked back around the corner and there weren’t any holes there. I got up and walked over to where I thought the hole was. I then looked up at the sky to scream but the sky wasn’t even there. ‘Huh?’ I walked around and I managed to jump just high enough so that I could get a glimpse over the hedge. There was nothing there, just a bottomless black hole. I started to hyperventilate. ‘Okay, okay. Calm down. You’re just hallucinating. But how can I be? I’m not even taking drugs.” An evil, menacing voice started to chuckle.

“Who’s there?” I said fearfully. I found a hiding spot and I cowered in it.

“I’m not here. In fact I’m nowhere at all. I’m in your mind …” The voice faded but it didn’t entirely go away. I whimpered. I gingerly rached out and touched the spot where I thought the hole was. It went right through the hedge! I sighed in relief and I tried to go through the hedge but something stopped me.

“Ah, ah, ah, ah. Naughty, naughty. You’re not going anywhere. I have complete control over you.” That’s when I screamed.

In Ponyville …

Twilight’s POV

There was a knock at the door. Spike opened it and somepony came clopping in.

“Who is it?”

“It’s me mate, Jamie.” I got down and he sagged to the ground

“Are you okay?”

“No. I’ve been running frantic all over Ponyville looking for my girl.”

“Goldy?” He nodded. I thought I heard somepony knock a couple of times. I looked over at Spike, who was munching on a gem.

“What?”

“Spike, did someone knock at the door?” He shook his head, a definite no. Hmmm. I quickly ran back up to my room and got something. When I came back down I waved an unusually large sapphire in front of his face.

“Ohhh ….” He moaned.

“Now, I’ll ask you again. Did somepony come to the door?” He said no. I knew he was telling the truth then.

Starcover’s POV

I heard a scream in my head. It sounded like Melissa. ‘What was that?’ I shook my head to clear it and went back to sleep.