The Power of Budder

Chapters

Squidnapped
Sky and Ty (And possibly Squid)
When I Woke Up- Ty
Song of (False) Hope
The Rustle in the Trees
The Major Argument
Sky, I know you're in there... Ponies have been asking where you've been...
Only on the Inside
Questioning Sky
The Power of Budder
When I Woke Up-Sky
Fly Away
Two Years Later

Squidnapped

It was a lovely day in Ponyville. Sky, Ty, Jason,Quinton, and Bashur were relaxing in the Team Ponycraft home base.

Sky was cuddling a budder ingot, Ty was learning new spells, Jason was making fun of Ty for failing at some, Quinton was playing Equestriacraft, and Bashur was doing the Summer Bashpack with PewFace.

Yes, it was a lovely day indeed.

"Oh, come on,Ty, you have to be able to do the teleportation spell..."

"WELL YOU KNOW WHAT JASON??? I WOULD BE ABLE TO IF YOU QUIT BUGGING ME!!!!" screamed Ty. Alarmed at the beginning fight between his friends, Sky looked up. "Hey, Ty, why don't you take a break and come fishing with me? We can trade the fish-"

"Yes, please, just get me away from Jason!" said Ty. Jason looked a bit hurt, but didn't say anything. As the two were packing things up for fishing, Ty noticed that Sky had put a budder sword in the tackle box. When he asked Sky, he only said "In case we meet some squids. And I'm gonna go enchant it and name it 'The Majestic Budder Sword'."

Finally, they were ready. Sky agreed to walk to the lake instead of flying. He didn't care much for walking, especially when he could fly, but Ty didn't seem in the mood for racing to the lake. When they got there, they crafted a boat and got in it. Sky laid out The Majestic Budder Sword and got out the fishing rods. Since they were walking to the lake they hadn't talked much. Sky tried to kindle a conversation. "So... pretty nice weather we have today." Then, for no reason, he shouted out"I NOW PROCLAIM THIS DAY AS A MAJESTIC BUDDER DAY!!", hoping for a smile from Ty. It worked. Whenever Sky mentioned budder, Ty always laughed. Just then, he got a tug on his fishing line. "Oh! Sky! I got one!" Ty seemed to have trouble pulling it up, so Sky helped him. But his catch wasn't a good one. In fact... it was a Squid that Ty had pulled up. Sky reached for The Majestic Budder Sword, although he knew that it wouldn't be enough to defeat this squid.

"WE MEET AGAIN, SKYDOESMINECRAFT!!!!" said the horrible mutant budder squid. Sky was confused. What was this thing called 'Minecraft'? It sounded like Ponycraft, but not quite. And 'Skydoesminecraft' wasn't even his name. It was Skydoesponycraft.

He turned to Ty, and in that split second of not paying attention to the squid, it ripped off Sky's amulet, which was his lifeline. Sky immediately passed out and there was nothing Ty could do because the squid acted too fast and dragged Sky under the waves. Unfortunately, the squid had decided to hurt Ty, too, by hitting the budder sword against his useless leather boots.

Sky and Ty (And possibly Squid)

-Ty-

As I raced home, I figured that I could teleport home and find everypony else. My hoof really hurt, too, so I figured it would be easier. I focused on where I wanted to go and poof! I was at Team Ponycraft home base. I hurriedly limped around trying to find everypony while hyperventilating. I found them eating Nutella out of a jar in the kitchen. I felt like I was going to faint. "Guys...! You can't just eat Nutella out of the jar! Especially without me! Fishing... squid... amulet... captured... budder sword!" Not being able to cooperate with my body, I passed out.

-Squid-

(Before I begin this, I am going to call the budder squid King Squid.)

I dragged the Sky down into the water. I could see him trying to wake up and recover from losing his amulet, but everysquid knew that it was his lifeline and without it, he could die if he didn't have it around his neck in a matter of time. I waited until he passed out and then put his amulet back on him. The Squid Army was going to let him live only until he saw his own army's downfall. His wings went limp, and so did he. The struggle stopped. I knew he could drown in the water if he was without oxygen for a while, so I ordered my useless squid assistant Steve to put him in a waterproof cage. The amulet was safely around his neck again, so he wouldn't die. This Squid Army plan was going very well... Hey- no. DON'T LEAVE, PAY ATTENTION TO ME!!!

-Quinton-

I was the first one to reach Ty after he passed out. I scooped him onto my back and brought him into the 'New Mobs' room and set him on the table.

"Ty? TY! CAN YOU HEAR ME???"

No answer. The others soon followed me up into the room. They helped inspect Ty. All we found was a fractured hoof. "He won't be able to walk on that for a while," I said. "Melon, go get me the first-aid kit. Stat!"

I watched Bashurverse go downstairs and looked at Jason. "Did you catch more than I did?"

He shook his head. "All I heard was that something about an amulet and a squid and captured. You?"

"Same as you, Jason. I don't know what it means."

-Melon (Bashurverse)-

I rushed downstairs to get the first aid kit. I really hoped that Ty was okay, because if he wasn't our new Crazy Craft thing with Sky would go down the drain. And the viewers wouldn't like that. I grabbed the kit and ran back upstairs and gave it to Quinton. He opened it and took out an Ace bandage. It wouldn't help much until we could get some real treatment for him. But it was something, so it was a start.

When I Woke Up- Ty

Ty moaned. He didn't know how he got here, but he did know he had to save Sky. He opened his eyes to unexpectedly stare into Quinton's blue ones. "Hey, Ty. How ya doin'?" "Urgh... nachos?" Ty suddenly spotted the nachos on the table nearest him. He moved his fractured hoof (not knowing it was actually fractured because he had painkillers) toward the nachos, but ended up reconciling into a small ball. "Ow!"

"Ty, you have a good and fractured hoof. You won't be able to walk on it for a while." Quinton handed Ty a nacho. He munched on it. Suddenly, Bashurvurse came rushing in, along with Jason. "Ty! You're alive! How are you? What happened with Sky? Where did he go? Will you be able---" Jason stuck a hoof in Bash's mouth. "Shut up, Bash. Hi, Ty, how are you?" "Ummm, okay, I guess." Ty said. His horn suddenly flared up, revealing a magical aura around his injured hoof. "There, all better." He reached toward the nachos and got them without a problem. Ty didn't even think to share with anyone, he was just hungry and the nachos were very good. Soon, all the nachos were gone." Now come on, guys, we gotta save Sky!"

Everyone rushed to their rooms to get ready. The Mudkips made some budder armor for everyone, while Jason and Bash were getting food, while Ty was packing plenty of budder. Sky would need it if he was going to stay alive.

Song of (False) Hope

-Steve-

As the squid rushed back to tell King Squid what had happened with Sky, he thought. Normally, squids don't think. But this one did. Why was his coat all... gray? Why had he told the squid that his mane wasn't Sky, it was Adam? What he should've said was "I will mess you up, Squid Army!" But he didn't. So the squid named Steve was rushing to tell the King Squid about the terrible news.

When Steve got to King Squid, he was shocked. The King Squid had made him that way!! "Go offer him a piece of budder," said King Squid. Steve made his way back to Sky's cage with a piece of budder. He found Sky huddled in the corner of his cage. His amulet was on the ground, still glowing purple. But somehow Sky was still living. Steve knocked on the door to Sky's cage. He turned around, and saw that a squid was there holding some yellow thing. "What do you want, squid?" "Ummm, I came to give this to you."Steve saw that Sky was wearing a different amulet, one that looked just like his other one, except it was gray instead of purple and budder. He offered the budder to Sky. "What's that?" Sky asked. "It's an enchanted piece of budder." said Steve.

" I don't want it. And what's budder?" Sky turned to go back in the corner. Steve tossed the budder in the cage. He didn't want it, either.

-Sky-

As he went back into the corner, Sky heard the 'budder' clang onto the floor. He didn't want it. He didn't care. His friends were as useless as this thing. It wasn't worth anything. But something about this budder made him pick it up. It was glowing yellow, probably from the enchanting. He studied it, and it was emitting a low sound, not loud enough to hear. But it got louder. And it turned into a song. "Budder...Budder....Budder..." it started with. Then, it started singing Sky's own Budder Song!! It got so loud that Sky threw it into the river surrounding him. He didn't want to listen to it. It was a song. He wasn't in the mood for a song right then.

-Ty-

"Okay, are we ready, guys?" He had explained the whole thing about Sky being captured to the rest of them. Everyone was ready to go out and save Sky. They ventured forth until they got to the spot it had happened. Suddenly, Ty heard a familiar song. "You can keep your diamonds, emeralds, and iron.... all I need is Budder to build up my temple...."

"Guys! Do you hear that? It's Sky! Singing the budder song! He's alright!"

"I'm not too sure about that, Ty..."

And Jason pointed to a gray Sky, sitting in a cage.

The Rustle in the Trees

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"Hello? Who are you? Show yourself! Jason, this isn't funny!"

Unfortunately for Sky, black does not camouflage well in green. He was still well hidden. Or so he thought.

"You there! Black pony! Come out here now!" Sky didn't move.

"I said come out!"

Sky still didn't move. Then he found himself being enveloped in green magic. He tried to cover himself with his wings, but he couldn't move. He felt himself being lowered to the ground. As soon as the green magic let him go, he tried to fly away. But that didn't work so he covered himself with his wings. He didn't want to face Ty And have to go through this. He didn't love Ty (#Skylox) anymore, especially for abandoning him.

Ty wasn't afraid of this pony. In fact the pony seemed scared of him. In a softer but firm tone he asked the stranger," What's your name?"

The stranger peeked out from under his feathers, but quickly hid behind them again when he saw Ty. He was planning something. Finally he stood up and folded his wings back.

"It is sad to see you cannot even recognize somepony you know, Tyson. I will let you figure out who I am.

Ty tried to figure out who this pony was. He didn't look familiar, except the mane and tail. But he was wearing an amulet that was glowing. It looked a lot like Sky's, but it wasn't made of budder and amethyst. It was just gray. And then he was wearing sunglasses that covered his eyes. In his mind, Ty put those together. Sunglasses, mane, tail, amulet. Sunglasses, mane, tail, amulet...

"Hmmm...." said Ty. "The only pony that comes to mind is my friend Sky, but he died two years ago..."

"And what makes you think I died, Tyson?" asked Sky.

The Major Argument

"Nuh uh! You died, Sky!" exclaimed a tearful Ty.

"FOR THE LAST TIME, MY NAME ISN'T SKY!! IT'S ADAM! And I didn't die. What did you see when you came back- oh wait! You didn't come back to rescue me. Because you don't want me anymore." Adam said. "I would fly off if you weren't holding my tail like that!"

Ty was taken aback. "Who said we didn't want you anymore? We only left because-"

"Because you didn't want me anymore. I know."

"No, SkyDoesPonycraft, we left because the floor was made of Obsidian and we didn't have any picks with us! And we did come back for you. But it looked like a creeper exploded and you were dead! So we all thought you were dead, and didn't know! And it was the hardest thing for me because you were my best friend! And best friends don't take off like that." Ty tried not to cry. Adam looked like he was just blown up (haha see what I did there). "But... But... He told me.... He told me! He doesn't lie! You're making this up! And don't call me SkyDoesPonycraft!"

"Who doesn't lie? Who is he?" asked Ty.

"Uh, nobody. Just... why would you make this up? You're just trying to hurt me again!"

Ty stopped yelling for a moment to look in to Sky's eyes. Sky didn't feel very comfortable. Ty took off Sky's sunglasses. Underneath them were gray eyes. And for a moment, just a single moment, Ty saw a flash of brown in his eyes. "Sky."

"Don't call me-"

"Sky."

Another flash of brown, longer this time.

"Sky."

"Quit! Whatever you're doing-"

"SKY."

Adam began whining. He closed his eyes and pressed his ears against his head. "Tyson, quit!"

"Sky..."

He didn't like this one bit.

"Ty... Ty! Help!-" Ty heard real Sky's voice and it went back to Adam again.

Inside Adam's mind, he was talking to a cowering Sky, chained in the corner, body covered in bruises and cuts. "I thought I said to BE QUIET!!!" Adam yelled, throwing #spontaneoushammer at him. It landed on Sky's not yet broken wing, being used to protect his face from the blow. Unfortunately his wing took the hit, and broke several bones in the process. Sky whimpered, and that earned him a slap across the face.

Adam went back to Ty. Now he had his friends with him. 'Ooh, this will be very fun...', he thought.

Sky, I know you're in there... Ponies have been asking where you've been...

-Ty-

"Jason, Quinton, Bash, I need you all here now! I found Sky, or Adam, or whatever you want to call him. Just hurry!"

Jason, Bashur and Quinton were there in a flash. The two unicorns were able to sustain 'Adam' until Ty had explained everything to everypony. Then they set about to getting their Sky back. Bashurvurse, trying to lighten the mood, pulled out a sign that said:

For safety precautions, please put on your budder armor before you continue.

"Great idea, Bash." said Ty. Everyone got their budder armor on and set to work. Ty started first. He knew his best friend was in there somewhere.

"Adam, let Sky go!" You could tell that Sky was putting up a fight because at times the pony had a cutie mark, or his eyes were brown and desperate and pleading, or his amulet would be budder and purple again. "He doesn't belong there!"

"You- can't defeat me- AUGHH!!! Not even with the magic of f-friends-ship!" He was struggling to get the words out because on the inside, he was fighting Sky. He suddenly stopped. "SKY, DON'T GIVE UP! " Ty yelled.

Suddenly Adam turned into a unicorn and shot electricity at him! Right in the horn. Ty fell, unconscious, onto the ground. His last thought before he blacked out was" I really need to make a horn shield.."

Jason saw Ty fall to the ground. He held up a budder sword. "You don't hurt my friends and get away with it." He said to the once more shaking pony. But instead of attacking the pony with the sword, he just held it up for him to see. "Sky, do you see this? Gimme a sign if you do!" Just then the other pony suddenly got a cutie mark. It was a budder ingot with a budder sword behind it."Good enough! Sky, do it for the budder and the SkyArmy! Do you see Ty? Do it for him! FOR DA BUDDER, MAN!!! TAKE BACK YOUR SOUL!!"

-Sky-

Inside, though hurting badly, Sky was putting up a fight and trying to take back control. He knew that if he could just fight hard enough, he would win.

Adam was trying to throw him around, to weaken him. But the thought of his friends made Sky stronger, and he was able to get back control for a few seconds. He had an important message for his friends.

Only on the Inside

Sky hated the spirit. He hated him, he hated him, he hated him SO GOOD D*** MUCH. First he had taken over Sky and now he was hurting his friends? Not cool. He could hear everything they were saying, but he still had limited strength. Although he wasn't wearing his amulet, as long as it was okay, he was okay. He had to tell the others. He knew that Ty was knocked out, and Jason was telling him 'for da budder'. He was trying, really trying. Sky managed enough strength to get his body back to full form, and push the spirit down enough so he could tell Jason or Bashurvurse to keep his amulet safe.

Sky was in his full form and struggled to keep down the spirit long enough to get his message.

"H-hey guys, Sky here-"

"Shut up, Sky! Your friends can't save you-"

"Keep the amulet- safe- I'll be f-fine if you do-"

Getting that message to his friends was the most important thing. But he wasn't done, and the spirit took back over. The only good thing about this was the fact that he could hear what the spirit was hearing, and see what it saw. Sky saw Bash run over to where Ty had left it and put it in his saddlebags. He rested for a few moments, gathering all the energy he had. Probably all the energy left in the amulet, too. Sky saw the amulet draining, too, so he didn't have much left. He had to tell his friends that there was another way to keep him alive. This would probably kill him, but if they fixed the amulet, he could be alive again.

He put all his focus into invading his own brain. He was so tired, in pain, and just ready to die. But he had to tell his friends.

"Jason! Jason! Fix -t-the amulet... I c-could still live! Hurry! This is all I have le-left. But go and f-fix the amulet. I might have a c-chance..."

And SkyDoesPonycraft was no more.

Questioning Sky

"Sky, my son. Why would you let this happen? You knew all along that your friends would save you. Why would you let the Supernatural take over? Especially for that long? You could've come to me..."

Sky and Herobrine were in the Dream Void. Since Sky had died, his father had come to talked to him.

"I'm sorry, dad. It really wasn't my fault, though. I just... lost control. When it took me over, it was way too powerful for me to do anything about it. And I was just wondering about what it said."

"But you could've come to me for help. I would've helped you. But you forgot me for two years. That really hurts, Sky."

"I'm sorry. I've failed you, dad. But please- give me another chance. It won't happen again.

"It's good to know that you know I can heal you. Give me time to think about it. And, since I am being nice today, here you go."

Herobrine snapped his fingers and a big screen popped up. It was viewing all of Sky's friends in Equestria. Right then, he saw his friends getting PonySorcerer to fix his amulet. When he finally did, he and everypony else rushed back to the black pony inside Sky's body. While Jason was distracting him, Ty looped it around the pony's neck. The budder stained the pony, melting him a bit. They noticed this, and got out all the budder they had. Ty touched his budder ingot to the pony's horn, and everyone else in various places. They all ended up melting the pony to the ground, but there was no Sky. He turned away as his friends began to weep. He couldn't bear to see them cry. He noticed that Herobrine was gone. "Some dad," he thought.

But while he was turned away from the screen he was watching, Herobrine was there, talking to his friends. He had made up his mind and decided to give Sky another chance. He told them not to worry and wait five days. Sky would return then. Herobrine took the amulet and disappeared.

Unfortunately for the pony stuck in The Dream Void, there was no sound unless a physical being was there. So Sky couldn't hear any of his father's plans. But he could hear himself.

During the next five days, Sky kept having nightmares about Adam. His torturer couldn't come back, he knew, but it was still scary.

"Hello, Sky!" Came a cheery voice. Sky cowered in his corner. "Oh, is Sky not in control? Poor wittle Sky!" Sky was enraged, which is what his captor had aimed for. Sky stood up. "Stop!" Adam came closer. "What is it you call me, Sky?" He looked at Adam and said,"A f*****g son of a-" he never finished his sentence, for he cried out in pain as something hot ran across his break, injuring one wing. Sky turned to look, horrified at what he'd see-

Sky vowed never to sleep again. Those dreams reminded him too much of his actual injuries, still physically there, but healing slowly. He knew that some of the deeper cuts, like the one on his back, would leave scars.

When he wasn't having nightmares, Sky was extremely bored. He'd run out of things to do-

He'd made pictures with the stars

He'd rearranged the star path so it led around in a big circle

He'd watched his friends

He'd talked to himself

He'd fantasized about budder

He'd slept

And now he was really bored in The Dream Void. But Sky wasn't stupid; even though he didn't know his father was giving him a second chance, he'd kept track of the days by watching his friends on the screen. And today was the fifth day.

The Power of Budder

Ty was really excited about Sky coming home. He knew he could trust Herobrine, because he was Sky's dad. Everypony in Ponyville was super excited, not to mention that Pinkie Pie was throwing him a gigantic party. They were getting everything ready for the party.

Sky was still stuck in the Dream Void. He was waiting for someone, anyone to come talk to him. Or rescue him. Either way would be fine. He was so freakin bored!

Suddenly his dad appeared. "Sky," he said. "I have made my decision. You will not continue life. There is little it offers for you now. No second chance."

Sky was shocked. He knew his dad was heartless, but not this heartless.

"But... But Dad...! Please! It won't ever happen again! Please!" Sky sobbed.

"No. But here's your amulet. You'll need it where you're going. Never take it off, unless you want to be overtaken again. Even in the dimension where you're going. Now put it on." Herobrine tossed Sky the amulet, which he had been secretly repairing. Sky reluctantly put it on and closed his eyes, waiting his punishment.

Herobrine smiled. It was better that he didn't know where he was going.

Suddenly, Sky's amulet started to glow. The purple inside it was getting brighter and brighter. Herobrine teleported away.

Sky couldn't escape the brightness, even with his eyes closed. He struggled, not wanting to accept his fate. It felt like he was being sucked onto his own amulet. Eventually he quit struggling and lay still. There was an even brighter flash of light, like when Herobrine looked into your eyes, except brighter. Sky heard rushing and swirling, and roaring so loud he couldn't take it.

Then it all stopped.

Although Sky didn't know it, he was back in Ponyville. He couldn't know, he was still curled up into a ball, eyes closed, and sobbing.

"I'm sorry," was all he said. "I'm so, so sorry...."

Sky was transported to one of the most convenient places in Ponyville: his room on the budder cloud bed.

Ty heard noise coming from Sky's room. Using his magic, he opened the door silently. There, on the bed, he saw Sky sobbing his heart out. Ty guessed it was from the joke that Herobrine had played on Sky. He snuck over to Sky and prodded him with his hoof. This made Sky scream and quiver on the other side of the bed. "SKY," he said in a demonic voice. "WHY HAVE YOU COME? YOUR FATE LIES OVER THERE, NOT HERE." He pushed Sky off the bed, not noticing the cuts and bruises. Sky screamed and curled up into himself more, exposing some. "Oh, Sky!" Ty exclaimed in his normal voice. "I'm sorry, I didn't notice!"

Sky forced himself to open his eyes. Ty could see that there were many questions he wanted to ask, but apparently was holding back. "Umm, you can talk, you know," Ty said. He extended a hoof for a brohoof, but Sky just cringed, waiting for a blow that never came. "No, please, I've been good..." He made to stand up, but couldn't because of a fractured hoof. "Ow!" Ty walked over to him and extended a hoof. Sky instinctively braced for the hit, but it never came. "Sky?" Ty asked. "Are you alright? What did Adam do to you?" Sky didn't answer. Well, I'll give him time to adjust. If he didn't want to tell me, he doesn't have to. "Come on, let's take you to the new mobs room and get you fixed up." He helped by bracing Sky and tighter they went to fix him up.

-Hours Later-

"My... voice? Oh! That's the amulet's effect, whenever I wear it. And no, I didn't know. My dad told me that I couldn't return to my life. That's why I was sobbing and.... yeah.

"Oh. Well, that's okay. I'm-"

"Hang on, Ty. If I start turning black again, just put my amulet back on me. Okay? The budder inside it should keep me safe. Here goes..." Sky took his amulet off and quickly handed it to Ty.

"Sky... let me be in control... I can make you powerful... Sky..."

"Ty! Quick! The amulet!"

Ty quickly put the amulet back on Sky and he returned to normal. "So... the amulet keeps you from turning into the Supernatural, just like my amulet keeps me from turning into Enderlox. Right?"

"Exactly. Now let's go see everyone else. I'll be down in a minute." "Alright Sky." Ty smiled and went downstairs. Sky was left alone and he looked toward the heavens. "Thanks, Dad. I love you too."

And Sky went to join the party.

When I Woke Up-Sky

"Urrggghhh..." Sky moaned. How long had he been out? He didn't know. His amulet had been taken and then he woke up in here. He remembered that this huge... budder squid... had taken over. He tried not to remember because it hurt. And the more it hurt, the more his amulet was drained of energy. He had to stay alive, he had to find a way out of here. Where am I, anyway? he thought. He looked around. Sky was surrounded by water, but wasn't actually in it. He noticed the cage bars all around him. "D****t!" He said. There was no way out of here. The floor was made of Obsidian, while the bars weren't all that easy to get out of. Plus, he had limited energy in his amulet and couldn't waste it on silly things like mining Obsidian. Sky wondered how the others were doing. Surely Ty had sent for help and his friends were coming to save him now.

"No, they aren't." said a voice in his head. "They won't come save you, Sky. They don't want you anymore." Just then, as Sky began to ponder this, a little bit of color drained out of him. "Yes, they're my friends, they will come save me," he said aloud. The color went back into his budder yellow coat. "How do you know they're your friends? How do you know that they won't come save you?" "Ummm... well, it's kinda hard to come back without somepony who you went with in the first place without anyone noticing..."

The voice was silent for a moment, then told Sky a pondering rhyme.

"Listen to the squids and you will see who you were meant to be. No more budder, no more me, it's quite a fair trade, don't you see? If you refuse this trade, then you will never see the last of me. Even with your precious SkyArmy by your side, you will see what it's like to die.

The words finished and the voice turned into a Supernatural. Sky was wondering how that could be, but when he looked it in the eyes, he gasped. It looked just like a white Enderman, just mixed with a Supernatural. Seeing Sky's open mouth, the Supernatural took over Sky's body. He turned gray as he did so, his budder color washing out of him, his brown eyes fade to gray. And his cutie mark disappeared. Just then, a squid came round to Sky's cage. "Foolish Sky!"he said. But Sky wasn't Sky anymore...

"Stupid squid. My name isn't Sky. It's Adam."

Fly Away

Ty saw his friend sitting in the corner of the cage. He was gray, and he didn't look too good. He immediately tried to teleport into Sky's cage. But the squids had evidently gotten smarter and put a 'no magic' spell on it. So all he did was just crash into the cage bars, making a clamor that Sky couldn't refuse looking up. "Ty...? Have you come to save me?" His coat got a little of his yellow shine back. However, Ty couldn't hear his friend over the rushing water.But Ty did see that the floor was made of Obsidian and they'd need picks to get him out. He tried to tell his friend that they would be back, but he would drown if he tried. He looked at his friend, who was trying to get out. He smiled, and Sky mistook it for a smirk. Then, he left. Sky was left all alone, waiting.

"I told you they didn't want you anymore. They just left you here, all alone! They'll never be back for you."

Sky knew the voice was right. His friends didn't want him anymore, so they left him. Even Ty had just smirked at him, and then just left! He doubted that they would ever come rescue him.

Suddenly, Sky just hated his friends. Ty was annoying, Jason made fun of him for everything, and Bashur was just a melon. He hated all his friends. Sky was so angry that he found the power to bust out of his cage. He would fly away and live somewhere where his friends would never find him. Sky had no idea where he was going, but he was going. He swam upwards, away from his only friends: the squids. Sky was going on a journey to get away from his friends.

When Ty, Jason, Bashur, and Quinton got back to Sky's cage, it looked like a creeper had exploded. Sky was nowhere to be found and all the squids kept saying: "PAY ATTENTION TO ME!"

Ty was extremely sad about Sky's death. He vowed that since the squids had killed Sky, he would always be getting his revenge on them. Planting a creeper in the poor guy's cage? Cruel.

Two Years Later

-Sky-

Sky was living happily on his own in the Everfree Forest. Today, though, he was going to Ponyville for some of Applejack's apples. They were the best apples in all of Equestria. He had been alone ever since his friends abandoned him. He was still gray, still mad at his friends. As much as he hated going into town, he knew he had to if he wanted to live.

Sky packed his saddlebags and set off. But today he took a different route. He said hello to his squidful friends and flew off again. Every time he took this route, he passed the Ponyville Cemetery. But today, something was different. Sky had come at just the right time to see his ex-friend, Ty. But surely Ty would notice if he flew over. So he had no choice but to hide in a tree and wait for Ty to finish. Today was the day he supposedly died, except two years later. Ty pulled out his old budder and purple colored amulet. He put it around the stone and hoped it would work. See, that amulet was (notice the was) his lifeline and if it died, so did he. But if it was okay, it might just bring him back. Ty had a look of utter despair on his face. It almost hurt Sky to see someone he knew to be like that. Almost. But Ty didn't deserve Sky's sympathy, because he had completely abandoned him when he was captured by the squids. Just smirked at him and left. Then he realized that it was a mistake. But Sky didn't care.

By this time, Sky wasn't just completely gray. He was all black, blacker than night. He had no cutie mark, and he had strange powers. The only things that weren't black were the whites of his eyes and his teeth. His eyes were black.

Sky tried to tune out Ty, but it didn't work. He found himself listening very intently sometimes.

He just wanted to get out of here.

-Ty-

Today was the day that Sky died. Ty was very sad. He was always sad. But no sadness compared to today. Every year he came to the empty grave that said:

Here lies Sky

Who was a great Budder Warrior against squids.

He lived for 25 years.

Leader of the SkyArmy

And great friend.

Ty tried every year to bring Sky back. It never worked. Ty tried to get a hold of the sushi he loved so much. He always put it on Sky's grave. Suddenly, he heard a rustle come from the trees. He picked up a stick with his magic. "Hello? Who's there?"