The Journey off Reality and towards Insanity

I was awakened with such force that I ended up in the floor. Ironjaw had kicked me out of my bed.

"Ironjaw are you crazy!? What's wrong?"

"Look I didn't want to do that, but you wasn't waking up when I tried to be gentle, and we need to get to the main auditorium. Dr. SparkBolt called everyone there just a couple of minutes ago, he said it was an emergency. What does he suppose it means?"

I quickly stood up and responded, "well if it's emergency it can't be good, something must of happen during the later hours while everyone was asleep."

"What makes you think that?", he quickly resounded as we exit our room and walked towards the auditorium.

"I'm not calling it a hunch, I just know something had to happen...",  I said. After that we walked the rest of the way, joining other patients as they walked there as well. After a couple of minutes Dr. BrightStar saw the both of us and joined with us.

"How's it going for the two of you?", she said.

"We was called for an emergency, did something happen last night while everyone was asleep?"

"Crimson, you don't know how much your right, but I'll let Dr. SparkBoltbtell you the rest, for now I must go ahead and get towards the stage.", after saying that she quickly galloped off towards the doors where she entered. I could tell from thecodynd of her voice that whatever has happened, can't be good.

As the patients and staffed poured in taking their seats, Dr.SparkBolt took the stage, looking like a utterly colete disaster. He wasn't well dressed and sweat was beating off his head, he finally spoke after a few quite minutes.

"Attention everyone, you may be wondering why I called you all here, it appears that we lost a few patients over the night. Someone or something broke into three other rooms, killing two attendees of our wonderful stuff and six patients. The MHPD are currnetly here with us searching the crime scene on who did this horrific crime. Please, don't worry of them, there here to do their job and protect us from whatever killed those poor souls. We will still be going on normal schedule, so please go into your designated groups and return to a sense or normalcy." He finished off by signaling me and Dr. BrightStar to follow him. I quickly went to the stage next to Dr. BrightStar and we walked to his office.

A couple of minutes we arrived and he closed the door and cast a spell, he finally spoke, "I want to know something, while you was touring around! did you see something unusual yesterday?"

I quickly responded, "why yes I did, me Ironjaw and Dr.BrightStar went by a room where one of the patients killed herself. It was a pretty gruesome scene, I think that's the only unusual thing."

"Dr. BrightStar, is this true?"

"Yes sir it is, but it wasn't a murder, just suicide."

"Well I'm stilled worried, I wasn't gold about this by any of the staff at all by this, I'm just worried about the patients especially, I know the staff can handle themselves, but not what I saw..."

It went quite for anther couple of minutes before I finally spoke again, "Sir, I did see something else, it was a shady shadowy figure during my recreational time. It was standing next to a tree, and when i blinked it simply went away."

"Well that helps a lot, now we know that there was someone here during the night! He must of found a way to break in, but what gets me is, why did he kill the patients and two staff members? What did he get out of it?"

"I wish I knew, so we could be prevented..." Dr.BrightStar said. The more she talked about this touchy subject, the more her voice became dull and full of dread. I didn't like seeing panic with something that could easily be part of my mind, or was that shadowy figure even apart of mind? I really wish I cou- another scream came from down the hallway as I thought about that. It was a piercing blood curdling scream that hurt my head, then another one came, and another, and another, and finally an eighth came and finally stopped. We all rushed out down the hall way and found the gruesome scene before us. Four patients with their head cut cleaned off, and four staff members hanged from thier intestines from the ceiling. Dr. BrightStar grab and hugged me tightly as she adverted her eyes. I simply stood next to Dr. SparkBolt with the same look on my face, terror...I can't believe that someone would do such a thing, in such a gruesome way as well, it was all to real. For some reason it kept reminding me of when I- "Look Crimson, that was the past this is the future. You didn't know well good enough what was wrong with you. That will never happen to you again." LightingStar's voice always brought me comfort is such evil times I face. The Manehatten Police Department quickly found us and started the next investigation. We left them to continue with my new treatment. After a couple of minutes I was ready to begin day two of my new treatment, the more hopeful I felt about it, the more it did to help. I answer all the questions they ask me the most truthful way I can possibly give. I could tell at the end of this treatment that the roll of parchment seem a lot bigger, but shortly soon ended. Dr.BrightStar took me to my next destination for my schedule, surprisingly was another recreational time. I didn't ponder why it happened or how I just went with it and took my time as much as I could. I simply walked around again outside enjoying the scenery and the views that I had while out there. It made me feel like a bird, like it could simply escape this place forever and be truthfully happy. That wasn't the case though, but that doesn't change my mindset on leaving this place one day, able to live a semi-normal life. Dr.BrightStar's words bring me hope and happiness. I can just picture my life after a year, and it's beautiful that I simply could cry from the thought. I quickly regain my thoughts as I heard a noise behind me, but I figured out it was FeatherLight, with her birds. I walked up carefully to not disturb the birds she had. She quickly spotted me and responded,

"Hey it's you again, do you came back.", she said without turning to look at me.

"Yeah, I realize that you may want company, show you don't mind me being around?",I said. I sat next go her while she fed her bird friends a bit more. "So, you really like birds don't you? I can understand why you do.

"You can? Well please explain how you know this.", she said with a sly grin.

"Well, birds are basically like us Pegasus. Able to conquer the skies and have the freedom of it." , I said with pride.

"Well you got one part right,  can you say the second part?"

"Well not that being the only reason, they are also majestic in many ways and very caring like us Pegasus. You could say birds are like us.", I told her and waited on her answer.

"Wow you did know what you talking about and you are correct. Birds are like us, caring for their young ones, along with families and friends like we do. We're also majestic just like them. Birds are just extremely amazing on how much they have in common with us.", she throws a few more breadcrumbs towards the ground.

"Well, all being true there's just so much more they can do that we really can't. They can keep their wings after a serious injury, not like we can do that.", I said in a somewhat melodramatic tone.

"Yea...that is true...", I could tell that made her uncomfortable, but I can't understand why, so I was an idiot and asked, "Hey, did you damage your wings...to where you can't fly normally?"

It felt like an eternity before she finally answer back at me, "Yes I did...I long to fly again, i miss that thrill of flying that I used to get. I miss it, which us why I look at birds. It also doesn't help that my mental issues affect me as well."

I didn't know what to say next, I felt sick for asking that, I just needed to do something. So I did the best thing in a situation like that, I gave her a hug. I could tell it took her by surprised, but she soon went for it and just let it out, she cried for a good bit. I just sat there letting her dump her feelings, I knew she wanted that for a long time.  After the rather, well awkward, situation I felt I continued on my way, though I did feel I bit of happiness and remorse for her, she really needed that. Good timing too, because I was just starving myself to death, so I met up with Dr.BrightStar on the way there, she did seem better, but I could still tell you was still shocked about the incident this morning, I really need to break the ice with her, just so that's it's not so awkward.

"Hey you okay? You don't seem like yourself after well, the incident..."

She was a bit startled and jump for an answer, "Yes...I've just been worried is all, I don't know what to think of it..."

"It's okay no one really knows what words to say of the event, we can't stop everything, I know that from action..."

Things went silent again, she asked me a question after awhile.

"Why aren't you well, so worked up about this? Every patient I've seen has been literally crawling in their skins from fear."

It hit me like a rock, it was so blunt, was i really not scared, I quickly thought up an answer,"Sometimes fear is nothing, especially when you know from experience..."

"So your not scared? Why is that, even some of the cops here look scared."

"To be honest, i've seen worse performed then that..." It was getting to that point now. Soon she'll know why.

"What you've seen worse? How do you know? Was you there?"

She asked that dreadful question, I panicked a bit, but it regain my composure and told her my answer.

"Reason why is that I performed worse, you see when I was sent here I was only college campus student, but I killed five police officers and twenty of the other students there, on being sent here I was put in solitary confinement for at least a year, that's when I regain my thoughts and mind back, because something attacked me, in my dreams, in my sleep, in my mind..."

After that she stopped, she just looked at me in true horror, I could tell she was scared, couldn't blame her.

"Wait I thought you knew that,didn't they give you a briefing on some of the patients you work with?"

She hesitated for a moment and said, "no, I was never told that, because that was lost in part of your file on you, I thought you was a normal patient here!"

I didn't know what to say next, I was oblivious to knowing about that. I quickly rushed over to her and set her down near a bench.

"It's okay just please calm down, that happened three years ago, I've improved upon my behavior and self control since then. I'm not going to let myself lose control again."

She smiled at me and just hugged me, "I'm sorry, but I did know, I just wanted to here you say that. I'm very proud of you, you took control when you needed to, I think you made so much improvement already, now let's head to lunch."

We both got up and went to the cafeteria.

I could see it now, as we walked I let my mind wander, I could see me and the staff wishing me luck and see my waving goodbye as I exited the facility. It will probably be the most happiest day of my life...if only if it was that easy, but I shook my head and continued walking till we got to the cafeteria, I got in line and waited for the food, for once I actually looked forward to eating the food they served. As I finally got served I noticed something out of the corner of my eye, it was moving fast and swift, but I ignored for now. I sat down and I began to dig in, but that's when I noticed the Pegasus in front of me.

"Oh it's you again, how's it going?"

"Ahh so you remember me do you huh? Well what's my name?"

"Oh I don't know...FeatherLight?", I said.

"Clever you, so how's it been going for you?", FeatherLight said.

"Oh I just got finished with my treatment for today, it was a piece of cake, out of a very large cake...."

Featherlight continued, "At least you get treatment of that level, most patients here get the same thing over and over again, it's saddening."

I felt her pain, I was one of those patients, I felt terrible now, the fact that I'm receiving class A treatements and others aren't is sickening, I didn't feel so hungry now. After lunch I bid farewell the featherlight and went with Dr.BrightStar to the next phase of my treatement. We was walking down a part of the wing where I saw that malicious entity before, I really didn't want to go down, but I push forward and few arrived in a room. She sat down and ask, "Crimson, do you ever get the feeling like your being watched?"

I thought about it and finally said, "Sometimes I do, but that's just me being paranoid most of times and I usually shrug that off."

"Well I can't help but get at feeling, it's like something is in here with us."

She doesn't know how right she was because, right behind her was the very thing that attacked my mind at college, I stumbled back and pointed behind her and she was solid white, it...had returned. "Well, Well, Well....looks like someone missed me..."

"why...WHY ARE YOU HERE!"

"Because your so called"Friend" sold you out...he told me where you was after our little visit...I kept him sane in order to find you Crimson...you have a strong will and mind...and I want it..."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing, I grab Dr.Brightstar's hoof and we ran, far away from that thing, we met with Dr.SparkBolt shortly with a collision.

"Whoa! What's the rush you two, it's like you seen...a ghost...", he saw it too, the very thing that we saw a corpulent of minutes ago, he imimeatily ran into the office nearby and over the intercom shouted, "ALL PERSONNEL, THIS IS A CODE-RED, REPEAT CODE-RED, BEGIN EVACUATION OF ENTIRE FACILITY AND BEGIN SECURITY PROTOCOL, PHAZ-AHPLA24,  THIS IS NOT A DRILL!" He grab the both of us and we ran towards the exit. The shadowy being just stayed their with a demented smirk, I never pictured myself leaving like this...being scared to death by the thing that created me.