The Journey off Reality and towards Insanity

One year later

Life at the institution is pretty much the same thing for me now, I wake up for the morning check, I take any necessary medication they give me, then I wash up and begin my day. That voice hasn't returned to me, but I do hear a new voice, a voice of reasoning. The doctors and nurses find it creepy that I give this voice a name, who I now call LightningStar, it gives me hope from time to time when I need it the most. So I find it only necessary that I tell you about the life here. The institution is funded by the government, it being to most prestigious and most famous for all the patients that get cured to a point they have a normal life. That was a year ago, when I came in, patients started dying, well suicide, and they are now rank #10 in Equestria, they are also infamous for holding me, but for some reason they don't care about all the fame, they just want me. So, when I first arrived I was unconscious, and covered in blood, they ran me on a few test involving everything that had to do with my mind and body. They found nothing wrong with my physical traits, while my mind seemed completely healthy. The only mental problems they detected was my schizophrenia, anxiety issues/attacks, and my night terrors. They were dumbfounded on why they couldn't figure out why I killed all those innocent lives. So, they locked my up in solitary confinement, and I stayed there for four months before I was considered non-lethal. As soon as they did, a voice came in and squeezed into my mind.

"Hey,CrimsonBlaze, I know what you went through when you well did those actions, I wish I could of helped you, but He was far too powerful, and you lost hope already. But, don't worry! I'm here now and that's all that matters now!"

The voice was so nice and reasonable, I obviously did the silly thing and spoke to it.

"Uh, thank you, but why are you here now? Is there a reason you came now?"

The guards escorting me turned and started at me, I quickly silenced myself before we reached my doctor's office. When we got there I was greeted by many warm faces of the staff, the doctors even applauded for me, seeing that made me have hope in them, and I smiled with warm embrace. They all quieted down and finally I took a seat in front of Dr. SparkBolt. He quickly responded with a hoof sticking out towards me and I shook with him. He then said,

"Crimson, I'm so glad you finally are able to walk about the glorious institution of Manehatten's mental facility! I really hope in the next year, you will have made so so so much progress with you! Now, I will discuss over the reason why you are here, since you really didn't receive any news are information, now shall we get started on a good hoof?" I nodded and he began telling me everything I needed to know. When he got done I moved out of solitary confinement and moved into a nice looking room with a bonus, a room mate. It feels just like college again, except the whole "insane" part of this. The great thing is, it's January for me when I started my year here, so it will be easy to keep up. I waited in my new room, and seeing to inspect that every element of this room had some sorts of linking to my personality, and to whoever was going to be my room mate. I also remember hearing something about "Bird girl of Manehatten", when I was escorted here, that sounds really creepy. I also ran into a random pony by accident when the guards had to check something, she seemed to happy to be in a place like this, and I could also tell she had anxiety issues to, but I digress, there were more important matters now, and that was focusing on getting back into myself, and starting a new life. Even if it takes more then a year. As I heard the door click, my jaw dropped and I jumped out of my skin to see who it was. It was Ironjaw, and he looked like hell. He lost his colors, he looked so gray. There were long marks up his fore arms, and cuts around his throat. He was also had an extreme shade of white in his mane and tail, with only a red stripe down the middle. He immediately ran towards me and hugged me, I made it last for him, because I knew he needed this more than anything in the world.  After that touching moment, he then told me what happended to him after I was apprehended.

One Year ago

He immediately ran out of the main corridor an into my dorm room.

*"You can't escape me, just you try I'll always be right around the corner." "Shut up, you're not real, whatever you are you're not real!"*

"Oh I wish it was that easy, and Ironjaw, I'm extremely real. You're friend CrimsonBlaze also suffered from hearing me! You will never escape!"

Ironjaw began to panic, he was utterly terrified of this thing inside his mind, only because I heard it. He stood there for a minute unaware that the school counselor walked in.

"Crimson!? Are you okay is any-"

He cut himself off when he saw Ironjaw. He walked up to him and stared into his eyes, they were light-green and the size of marbles. He didn't know what to do, or how to help what was really going on in Ironjaw's mind.

*"I TOLD YOU MORTAL FOOL! THERE IS NO ESCAPE! TRY ALL YOU WANT, YOU WILL SUFFER, ALL OF YOU!,he screamed. The screams of his voice shatter his consciousness and it got into his subconscious. Ironjaw now felt what I did, insanity. He immediately ran out of the room and off campus, he didn't know where to go, just as long it was away from the campus and everyone else. What he saw was probably worse then I've seen, but I can't really know that, everyone is different in what they interpret.  So, Ironjaw ran and he kept running, far away from me and far away from anyone else, that's what the voice told him until he approached a cliff.*

"Come on, jump I know you want to. If you do, I'll promise I will leave and you will never see me again.".

Another hopeless lie was seared across his mind, and he jumped. Somehow he wasn't dead, another pony came by and jumped after him and caught him with before falling to his impalement of sharp pointy rocks. He was taken to the hospital after that and he awoken to not hearing a voice, but instead seeing something worse, a dark shadowy figure floating in front of his bed. He only watched as it floated away saying,*"A promise is a promise."*

Ironjaw was completely shocked by way happened, but somehow he felt something was wrong. He looked around, his limbs still intact and not hearing some crazy voice. He looked left when he saw the pony who tried to save him seeming to be mangled.

"HA, YOU'RE SUCH A FOOL, THOUGHT I WAS GONE DID YOU!?!? I'm sorry, but you're stuck with me, unless we can strike a deal? Care to try you're luck?

Present Time

"So, what was the deal? What did he want, huh?", I said.

"I'm sorry Blaze, wish I could tell you, but it scares me thinking about it, besides I declined it anyway, wasn't worth it.", Ironjaw said.

"Wow, you gave up you're freedom even after all you been through, Ironjaw, you got guts.", I said that as I nudged him in the gut.

"Heh, thanks man, being here with you makes me feel well, normal I guess, since we was both caught in the same predicament."

"Yeah I guess so, it has some sorts of us meeting for the first time, well I guess we can meet again.", Asia said that an announcement came up,Attention all members of Manehatten Asylum, we are expecting technical difficulties, please round up everyone and prepare them for lights outs. T-minus thirty minutes."****

"Well, I guess we can save this for later, let's get to bed okay.", I said.

"Yeah sounds good, well goodnight Crimson.", he said as I also said goodnight. The only thing that was on my mind was that deal Ironjaw declined, why did he declined his freedom? It makes no sense, I'm starting to get a feeling that Ironjaw may seem untruthful in a way. It's also weird how he was paired up with me in this place.