The Sisters Grim

I found myself in a vast, empty void; complete darkness from every way I looked.

A single eye, the one embedded in my right hand, floated before me, glaring its shadows into my own.

“You forget who I am.” A dark, warped voice hissed from the Eye.

I simply nodded, “Yes, I have. Being trapped in stone has fogged my memory.”

“But you know what I can do, what I do for you, what I have done for you, and what I shall do for you.”

I shook my head, “No, I do not.”

Its pupil dilated, and the voice seethed, “You will remember in time.”

“Of course.”

I felt the shadows creep out from the Eye and wrap around my body, consuming me and leaving only an opening for me to still see the Eye itself.

A second Eye appeared, this one trailed by fire and ash, and I felt its heat surround me as well.

“Your sister is no wiser than you,” it growled, “but in the same way, she will remember in time.”

“Find me the sixteenth in the line of the Starswirl clan,” they said together, creating a demonic tone, “bring her to me. She has been touched by my magic, as was her ancestor. She will suffice for the Ritual.”

“Where do I find her?” I asked impassively. I felt nothing while in this... place, and the strange, hypnotic effect of the swirling shadows, ash and fire put me in a sort of trance.

“She is located somewhere in Equestria, the nation you and your sister are currently in. She has close ties to the Princesses, who will stop at nothing to capture you. Do not let that happen.”

“Of course.”

The Eyes moved forward, just inches from my own, and I felt as if they were burning holes into my mind with their glare.

Even if I could feel no emotion in my trance-like state, I could feel an almost primordial, mortal fear somewhere in the back of my mind, screaming at me to run from the Eyes, even if I knew I could not.

Before everything faded to nothing, I heard the voice say one last thing to me.

“Do not fail.”