Mental Trigger

by Crimsonn12

Rating: teen
Tags: Dark, Slice of Life
Length: 1077

A story told through the eyes of a unicorn whom is taken to prison by the royal guard.

Hollow has always had two sides to himself; kind and caring, violent and uncontrollable. He's always been able to keep himself under control, save for a few times.
But when the grey stallion accidentally lets his violent side take control in order to protect his dear friend, the result just so happens to be one dead pony, and a certain grey unicorn behind bars.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2013-12-30 12:40:03 UTC

Chapter 1

I don't know why I did it. Something inside of me, I... I just snapped. I couldn't control myself. My friend Crimson, he was bickering with somepony. A grey manned earth pony, with a coat matching the color of charcoal. I was stood by Crimsons side, keeping quiet, afraid to intervene. That was until the unnamed earth pony shoved Crimson backwards, causing him to fall to his haunches. The moment that damn earth pony laid his hoof on my friend, I just stopped thinking, and I acted. I saw red, time slowed, and then... I found myelf thrusting a bright blue shard of solid magic through the unfourtunate earth pony... thus ending his life.

I killed that thug... I killed him! I was in shock, I never meant for it to be like this. It was never my intention to hurt anypony. I knew what was coming next, I could already hear the panicked screams of the townsfolk who had witnessed this calling the guards to restain me. And so I sat down on my hanches next to the lifeless corpse of the earth pony, my eyes clamped shut, fighting back the tears that were begining to emerge. I could hear my friend shouting my name, but I paid him no mind, I couldn't focus.

Barely seconds after the incident, the screams of the townsfolk died down, and the faint metalic clanging of the Day Guards armor reached my ears. From what I could hear, there were two guards, one positioned at either side of me. And so I slowly stood, and turned to face the guards in gold. They had their spears aimed at me, their teal eyes fixed upon my shaking figure. The guard to my left spoke, but what came out was disoriented. I tried to speak, but my tounge was heavy in my mouth, and I was struggling to stay upright. My ignorance of what the guard supposedly ordered seemed to anger the guard, as he took at step closer to me, bringing the spear he held in his hoof closer to my body. His mouth was moving rapidly, possibly yelling at me, but I could not tell. A perculiar ringing noise within my head muffled out any outside, causing me to stagger.

Not a minute after he finished 'speaking' to me, darkness started creeping into the corners of my already disoriented vision, I tried to stay upright, but I felt sleepy... so very... sleepy. And so I fell forward. Two golden streaks rushed forwards towards me, and that was the last glimpse of color I saw before I finally succumbed to the darkness.

"I'm... sorry."

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I awoke to the screeching of rusted iron hinges, and the somewhat distant echoing of hooves against stone. I took note of it, realizing that somepony was slowly making his or her way towards me.

I didn't want to talk, I just couldn't, not that I could remember much anyway, my memory was still a little hazy. So instead of turning to face the approaching figure, I kept my eyes closed and focused on the surface of which I lay upon. It was a soft, rectangular object.

'A mattress? A crude one at that. Not to mention damp...' I thought to myself. 'Oh Celestia, am I in prison?'

A gruff voice answers my question, instructing me to stand up, which was then followed by what sounded like a hoof striking iron bars. I do so with great reluctance, wincing as I stretch my aching joints. Images of rather scary forms of interrogation flashing into my thoughts, I ponder why i would think of such things, before dismissing the thoughts entirely.

'Note to self - Stop listening to those old ponytales Lyra keeps telling you about... her and her hooman nonsense...'

Shaking my head, I glance around my cell. There wasn't much to look at in this cage, the back of the cell consisted of an uneven stone-brick wall, with an occasional patch of bright green moss on the various stone bricks. The floor was slightly more 'well managed', not a patch of moss or cracks to be seen, almost as if the floor was made of polished stone, instead of the same dirty, mossy stone bricks the walls were made of. The sides of my cell contained nothing more than a view of more cells, very much identical to my own.

Call me wierd, but I love new places. I was actually enjoying being in this cell, oddly enough, it was a new experience. That is until I found my gaze shifting towards the entrance of my cell. Stood at the entrance of the cell was none other than-

"P-Princess Celestia..." I stammered. My ears flopped towards the sides of my head. My pupils shrinking to mere blue dots. I could barely hide the suprise in my tone. Why, out of all ponies, was she here?

Her magenta eyes gazed upon me, studying me, as if to see if I truly was a threat, before speaking.

"What is your name?" She questioned.

I could detect just a hint of anger, and disgust in her voice.

"My n-ame... is Holllow." I replied. Obviously scared, but at this point, I couldn't care less. The Princess of the sun herself was here to question me.

"Hollow? Such an odd name. Tell me, who're your parents?" She replied, the anger in her voice no longer apparent.

'Why is she asking me these questions?'

"Forgive m-me Princess, but my family is not a subject I like to speak about." I responded, my voice laced with sadness and a hint of anger.

Princess Celestia raised an eyebrow at this, but remained silent.

"... Hollow, do you know why you are here?" Princess Celestia questioned.

I remained quiet, suppressing the urge to burst out into panic.

"Well?" The Princess continued.

"Y-yes." I confirmed. A single tear trickling down my cheek.

The Princess hmm'd at this,  before gesturing for me to continue.

"I... murdered somepony, and I am here to suffer the consequences. " I couldn't hold it anymore, I started sobbing, tears forming below my eyes. I was panicking, yet again. Unable to control my emotions.

The Princess seemed shocked, if not surprised that I would break down like this. Her expression showed that she was no longer angry, but slightly worried for me.

"Hollow. Follow me." She said, before gesturing for a guard to follow.

"We have much to discuss."