Psychosis

Escape is very often the end, right?

As the fillies went door to door releasing the patients, Apple Bloom was busy thinking on what all had taken place with in the last month. Short flashbacks of Princess Luna telling them that they had been brought to this place due to violent outbursts in class, and even threatening other students at school. She knew that some of it was true, but the rest? Her mind was trying to regain control of itself after the countless drugs they were forced to take. Lucky for the CMC the staff... well some of them knew about the secrets this place held, and aided them in out smarting Princess Luna. The drug that Scootaloo had taken was a mild psychotic inducer, used for testing subjects during psychotic breaks. Sweetie Belle had taken a fairly strong hallucinogen prior to sleeping, thus allowing her dream to become something of a nightmare. Apple Bloom on the other hand had taken nothing, she had her anger driving her.

She did remember a few details however. The sounds of screaming, Luna was there, and her family as well. The more she thought however, the more muddled everything got until it all blurred in to a mess. She knew she wasn't a bad filly, and she knew her friends weren't either; but she also knew what Luna had done.

"Sister, I hereby put you in charge of the Ponyville Mental Health Facility. I know that with your gentle ways, that you can help any and all who seek it."

It had been a big deal for the town, so of course every pony in town was there, including Apple Bloom. Things ran great for a time, until...

A single tear rolled down Apple Bloom's cheek as she thought back to the last month. There were times when it would just be her looking at her sleeping in bed, or "trying to read her dreams" In reality however; the CMC were guilty of nothing, they had never touched another pony, during the family visits however... Luna would oversee the meetings, and often would tell the families to do certain exercises together to release stress. The families would try to find ways out of coming eventually, leaving Luna to explore more detailed ways of stress relief.

The staff started to bury things under paperwork, as patients started to complain about Luna's nightly visits. She would often take some out of the facility to "have some one on one time" There were even a few cases of mares not returning. When Luna started to visit the CMC, they started looking for a way out. Sure bullies had gotten to them, and often times life would as well; but no pony should have gone through what those poor ponies Luna would take out had to endure.

Apple bloom thought back to one particular night when Luna made her usual rounds, she came in and almost smelled of copper. In the dark she couldn't see the flecks of dried blood that stuck to the white coat she wore, but she had heard Luna mention something about a filly and... well you know.

"Hurry up Apple Bloom, those darts will be wearing off soon!"

"I'ma comin hold your horses. We need to make it to the front desk and past the guard........."

"HOW DARE THEE TRY TO ESCAPE THY CARE! YOU NEED HELP, AND ONLY I CAN GIVE IT TO TO YOU. YOU THINK YOU CAN OUTSMART US!"

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"I am sorry Applejack, but I don't think she is quite ready to come home, she keeps talking about a murder."

Apple Jack stood in the waiting room with the Princess of the night, she had heard of the attempted escape by Luna herself. As she waited in the room and talked to the princess, a few things didn't make since. Apple Bloom and the other CMC had been brought to the facility after a mi-understanding turned sower with Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. Sure there had been a fight, but... a murder, this was the first Apple Jack had ever heard of this, and she had visited her sister a few times prior to this day. Luna for her part seemed... off a bit though. She was acting nervous, almost as if she didn't want Apple Jack in her presence, and this struck AJ as odd.

"Wait a minuet Princess, I know there was a fight, but.. a murder? I think I would know if mah sister had done something like that. I don't think mah sis would ever attempt any such thing. I also don't get why Apple Bloom would suddenly attempt to escape this place, and in the way she did. I demand an explanation princess, and I demand it now! What is my sister being held here for? I know we brought her here after the fight on the recommendation of one of your psychiatrists, but I think it is time she comes home with me! In the few times I have been able to see her, she seemed in good spirits and even apologized for the incident. On that note I will be telling rarity and Rainbow that the fillies need to come home.

"My dear apple Jack, I am afraid there is more to this story than you know. I can assure you your sister is getting the treatment she needs here, and that whatever you have been told about the "incident" has been a well fabricated lie. Those fillies will stay here and under the watchful eye of my staff, and there is nothing you can do about it."

Luna used a slight break in the conversation to pop a pill in her mouth and washed it down with a cup of water. To Luna everything she was doing just felt... right, and there wasn't a pony in the world who could change her mind, not even her own sister. She was falling more and more in to a psychotic state due to her own delusions of why every pony was in the facility, to her they were the bad ponies not her. After all, she was in charge, and they weren't. Apple Jack turned to trot out of the waiting room when Luna spoke up again.

"If you really wish to see her I will allow it, however I must warn you; she is no longer the filly she used to be."

Apple Jack was lead to the room in which the filly now called home, and knocked on the door.

To Luna's shock, Apple Bloom responded to the knock with a cheer at seeing her sister through the window in the door. As apple Jack entered the room her sister hugged her and began to apologize for trying to escape, and asked if she was in trouble for it.

"No sugarcube, you aren't in trouble at all. Now why don't you tell me why you did what you did, and just what happened that night OK.

"I want to go home sis, this place isn't what every pony thinks it is. Luna does very bad things to every pony and she gets away with them because she can."

Apple Jack noticed a slight, almost un-noticeable twitch in her sister telling her something was in deed wrong, however Luna was just on the other side of the door and AJ didn't want the Princess listening in on the conversation. Little did AJ know that Luna was using a manipulation spell on the young filly making her seem up beat and happy, when inside she was battling emotions of rage towards Luna for her failed escape plan.

"No pony is bad, there was no murder. I know there wasn't, but why does Luna insist there was, and why does she keep us all here? I just want to go home, but my mind is so fucked right now I can't tell what is real or false anymore. Damn you Luna, I know what you have been doing, but I cant say a word because you are a princess, and I am just a filly. What is real and what isn't anymore? I just want to be normal again, not all messed up in the head."

As the thoughts swirled around in her head, her eyes suddenly rolled back in her head and she began to convulse. AJ noticed this and held her sister tight telling her she would find a way of getting her out of there. Luna wore a devious smile on her face as she continued to manipulate the poor fillies mind, it was a gift she had possessed for quite some time, and in the beginning she would use it to help ponies. Now, however in her slowly deteriorating mind, she used it to quickly end rebellion or to manipulate ponies in to doing anything she said to do. These fillies however had tried on several occasions to outsmart her, and that escape attempt had been the final straw. They had to stay, she was in charge after all and what she said was law. besides, she had plans for the fillies and having them leave was not one of them.