Red Clouds

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Nothing was right for this young alicorn. Nothing at all.

It seemed like she had something that she'd never tell about.

And that thing was her second self.

Her darkest secret.

It was the most dreadful secret anypony would imagine.

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It was dawn of a new day. A yellow alicorn woke up in a joyful but tired yawn. She looked over at her alarm clock on a little bedside table. 8:31 A.M. Quite earlier than she'd usually wake up, which would normally be at 9 or 10 A.M.

Color Clouds got out of bed and trotted downstairs where she could smell a fresh smell of warm pancakes cooking on the stove.

She was staying at her mother's home. The home of which Color had grown up in. It was a small little house in Canterlot, just nearby the corner of a street. A comfy yet old home was the place which Color Clouds knew best, and loved best.

"Good morning mother." Color Clouds piped up in a happy tone.

"Oh why good morning my little sunshine!" Her mother turned to see her delighted daughter.

"Makin' pancakes huh?" Color Clouds looked over the pegasus' shoulder to see a pancake cooking up on the stove.

"Uh huh! I was making yours just now!" a joyful Autumn Sunset smiled.

"Great!" Color walked to a glass table and sat on a soft cushion chair.

The purple maned alicorn looked out a large window next to the table, only to be surprised to see how many clouds were slowly piling up.

"It sure is getting cloudy out there." Color Clouds spoke while watching birds fly high in the cloudy sky.

"It is isn't it! I heard that there's supposed to be a severe storm later today." Autumn Sunset recalled.

"Well I wouldn't be surprised. The clouds already look like they're gettin' darker." Clouds looked over to her mother.

"Well, here is your pancake sweetie. Fresh and warm!" Autumn gave Color Clouds a plate with a large and thick pancake splatted onto it.

After Color had finished eating, she left the table and ran to her room. She looked outside, watching the storm slowly moving in.

Her mother busted into her room five minutes later.

"Sweetie, I'm leaving to do some errands. You're old enough to stay here so I'm leaving you here by yourself. Is that alright with you, or would you want to come along with?" her mother asked quickly.

Color Clouds turned around, surprised to see her mother in her doorway.

"Yeah I'll be fine by myself. How long will you be gone?" Color wondered.

"A few hours or so." Autumn answered.

The alicorn stood up, trotted to her mother and gave her a hug. Her mother hugged her back, and then kissed her forehead.

"Alright sweetheart, I'll be back soon. Goodbye!" Her mother turned around and closed the door, then left the house in a hurry.

Clouds looked around her dark room. She was too lazy to turn on the lights, and instead watched as the clouds moved along the sky.

Minutes later she glanced at her clock.

9:34 A.M.

It seems like time passes quickly for the little alicorn. She shook her head and continued to watch the clouds.

Moments later, she got bored of watching the clouds and decided to take a break. She walked over to her mirror that hangs on her wall and levitated a diamond brush to fix her mane.

The diamond brush. It was the most prettiest gift she's ever received. Color Clouds received the brush as a gift for her 10th birthday from her mother and father. The mare loved the brush. Even though it wasn't much of a big gift-like a porcelain pony doll, a golden heart necklace, or a giant teddy bear, the brush meant everything to her. Sapphires border the edges of the brush, while a fascinating crystal diamond took over most of the back of the brush.

After she had finished brushing her mane, she levitated the brush on a little table nearby the mirror, and stared at her reflection.

Color wasn't feeling right. Continuously the mare stared motionless at the her mirror. The filly had no idea of what was going on throughout herself, but she knew that it wasn't right. A flash of lightning struck. She saw blood all over her mirror and nearly fell over. After a second flash, she saw the blood no longer. She backed off from the mirror, trembling all over.

A strange feeling of insanity came quickly through her. At the same time, a bolt of lightning shone throughout her dark room. Every flash of lightning, she would see herself through her eyes...but not just her normal self...it would be a killer.

On a large bolt of lightning, after the sight of seeing a killer through her eyes, she gasped, and got out of her trance. She looked around the room, and could've sworn she saw blood splattered all over the walls. But that only happened within the flashes of lightning.

The alicorn stood up, then tumbled onto her bed, afraid at the sights she were seeing.

A flash of lightning struck, the light going throughout her room. Color could've sworn that time she saw the killer figure of herself standing motionless in the right corner of her room.

"It's only a dream...It's only a dream..." the frightened yellow pony kept repeating to herself.

She then got under her covers, afraid, scared, and worried. Clouds closed her eyes, the words of "It's only a dream..." still wondered in her head. The scared pony fell fast asleep, only then to be afraid no longer.

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"Wake up.........." a voice called.

"Wake up.........." the same voice kept repeating.

Color Clouds opened her eyes slowly, a blurred image of blood filled her eyes. That's when she was in disbelief.

She sat up, and looked around. Clouds was on the floor of her bedroom instead of her bed.

"Hell-o? Hello? Who's in h-here?" Color Clouds looked around shaking all over.

"Only her..." the anonymous voice was heard again.

"What do you mean?" Color looked all over the room, still sitting in the corner of her room.

"Open the door..." the voice commanded.

Color Clouds froze. She felt dizzy and scared. She then nervously took a deep breath and let it out, standing up and heading to the door.

"I'm not a coward...I'm not a coward..." The trembling alicorn repeated in her head.

She opened the door slowly, carefully, all the way, but nopony was in the doorway.

Color Clouds sighed with relief, then backed up from the door.

But before she took notice, her face appeared right in front of her, scaring the filly to death. Clouds fell to the floor, crawling back across the floor, staring at the frightening figure who gave a stare that would be left in her mind forever.

"P-P-Please...d-don't hurt me-" But before the sweet alicorn could finish her sentence, her evil self leaped onto her, holding her down with her bloody hoofs. The evil alicorn laughed maniacally.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA! I'VE FINALLY GOT YOU....now you ready to meet death?" Color Clouds the Insane laughed.

"N-N-STOP! PLEASE! WHOEVER YOU A-ARE, PLEASE JUST S-STOP!" Color Clouds tried to struggle out of her grasp.

"What's that? You don't know who I am?! I'm your inner self...your outer self is you...Me? I'm your inner. Does that make sense?!?!" she yelled at the scared alicorn.

"H-How can you do that? How can you get out of me just like that?!" Color Clouds hollered, still struggling.

" I'm a living spirit...I can do anything I want!" the insane mare spoke up louder.

Just then, the insane one took a knife that was nearby her, lifted it, aiming towards Color Cloud's heart. The yellow alicorn fought, screaming, and wondered why nopony nearby was hearing her frightened screams.

Color the insane one stabbed the innocent filly's chest once, then pulled the bloody knife out of her chest. Blood dripped from Clouds' chest onto her bedroom floor, creating a puddle of red.

"AAAUGH! STOP!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAUGH!!!" Color Clouds cried, tears rolling down her cheek.

Color tried to use her magic to fight against the demon, but whenever she was hurt, nervous, or anything in the category of scared, her magic would weaken and not use spells properly.

Thats when insane Color leaned down towards her ear and whispered,

"This is how your life ends....Color Clouds..."

Color was feared by her inner self, who was the spirit of death. She never knew till now that she was in her body.

Thanks when the afrad alicorn took her chance to fight her hardest. Fidgeting around, trying her best, she finally got one hoof out of the devil mare's grasp, and then the other one. She punched the insane one by her cheek, then again.

"YOU SNITCH! THINK YOU'LL GET A DAMN WAY TO GET OUT OF MY TRAP? YOU'RE WRONG!" snarled the gory alicorn.

Color continued to fight her demon that was within herself, kicking her, punching her, tears and blood rolling down her body.

But the poor filly was beginning to grow weak. Her little hoofs could fight no longer, and she gave up. Color Clouds the insane held her down once again, then leaned her head closer to her body, until she was literally on top of her chest, breathing heavily, insanely. Clouds moved her head to the right, seeing the gory knife just inches away. Trying to use her magic to levitate it closer was a challenge, the knife only moved centimeter by centimeter. Then her magic suddenly grew stronger, and the knife swung towards the imposter self's sides. Screams filled the bedroom, as well as blood.

"WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM?!" yelled the bloody alicorn in anger.

"What's the hell is your problem?!" Color sassed back.

"Oh you little bucker...just wanna screw up my life don't you?!" shouted Insane Clouds

"You don't have a life...you're a demon. A spirit. A ghost." Color Clouds stated.

Suddenly insane Color Clouds grabbed her knife  and lifted it again, this time aiming towards her left wing. She struck the knife into the wing, then brought the knife back up to strike it again.

Color Clouds shrieked, then used her magic again to get the knife from her hoof. Again it was no use, her magic was weakening.

"STOP IT YOU DEMON! I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU KILL MYSELF!" yelped Color Clouds in pain.

Then the anonymous demon started singing a frightening yet soothing lullaby. It was a mystery why she was doing so.

"Do not fear little filly....everything will be all right~"

"You shall never be afraid of the dark again...for soon you will see the light~"

The gentle lullaby was beautiful sounds to Clouds' ears. She was weary, sunken, damaged, afraid.

Her eyes began to close, leaving the blurry image of her insane self to rest in her mind forever...

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Death is never the happiest thing. Never.

But in some point of our lives, it must happen to us.

And we never know when or how it will happen.

All that we do know is...

it will happen to us all.

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