Up in Flames 2: In the Ashes

Canterlot Medical …

Golden Flames POV

I weakly got up but someone pushed me back down onto the covers. I smiled weakly and promptly fell asleep.

A few hours later …

Golden Flames POV

I began to sit up, a bit stronger than before, and I looked around. I saw that I was back in Canterlot Medical. Jamie, Lulu, even Starcover was there.

“How ya feelin’ love?”

“Eh, a little bit better.” He nodded and sat back.

“So … what happened?” Lulu asked. I recounted the mind-sickening tale of what I’d been through, especially the part about the shaking Discord statue. After I told it Starcover sat straight up and bolted out of the room.

“Where’s he going?” They both shrugged.

Starcover’s POV

I bolted out of the room after I heard Golden Flames’ tale. I quickly ran to Luna and recounted everything that had happened, especially the part about the shaking Discord statue.

“Hmm, this is grave news. I’ll have to tell my sister this.” She raised a hoof to stop my protests. “Even though you don’t trust her, you have every reason not to, but I have to as she is the elder sister and therefore has more power than me.” I simply nodded and went back to Golden Flames bed.

Golden Flames POV

I feel like I’ve been through a blender, twice. My head pounded. ‘Heh heh heh. Thought you could get rid of me did ya?’ ‘Oh no. He’s back.’ I told everyone I had to go to the toilet and I bolted to it. I ended up in a cubicle and clutched my head with my hoofs.

“Why are you doing this?” I said aloud. He materialised I front of me, but it was a sort of hazy materialisation.

“I’m doing this because it’s fun and because you just happened to run by when I started to shake.”

“So all this pain is just because of some stupid coincidence?” He nodded.

“Okay,” He teleported us to the same psychiatrist’s room we went to last time. I whimpered. “Oh, don’t be like that, this will be fun. I promise.” I saw in the mirror behind him that he crossed his fingers behind his back.

“Please don’t do this to me.” He grimaced and teleported us to the centre of the hedge maze again, where he promptly disappeared. I fearfully looked around to see where he got to and I heard his voice again inside my head. ‘You thought you could just walk away huh? Well you CAN’T!’ he shouted in my head. My head started to throb. I moaned with the pain. I could see darkness start to creep into my vision. “Don’t black out, don’t black out.” I repeated this to myself quietly. Eventually the darkness clouded my whole vision and I blacked out.

A few hours later …

Golden Flames POV

I shuddered as a cold feeling went up my spine. I looked around and I saw the centre of the hedge maze, again. “When will this end?” I wearily got up and walked to the edge. I jumped and I saw that bottomless black hole again. ‘No no no no no. this cannot be happening.’ I quickly backed away in terror and I found that same hiding spot. ‘Hello dearie, so, we meet again. Just let me do all the talking. Your mind is a dangerous place, I like it.’ Good. What am I thinking? “I love Jamie.” I repeated this to myself. An explosion sounded inside my head.

“JAMMIIE!” I shouted. I then blacked out.