Escape to the North

Where am I, is this my room? But how? I was in the North Region, what's going on? Where is Wolve's herd, where did they go?

“Hey sis, ya got up early,” I heard somepony’s voice behind the doors.

“Ap’le Bloom?” I asked uncertainly before coming closer.

“Eyup, it’s me, why are ya so suprised?” she asked when I turned the handle and opened doors.

“Ah had a nightmare, nothing more,” I calmed down, but something wouldn’t left my mind. Something was wrong.

“Did ya see some wolves or something like that, wandering nearby?” My eyes were moving from the end of dark corridor to another.

“What, wolves? Nope, Ah didn’t see any wolves ,” Apple Bloom looked at me like on an idiot.

“Alright, Ah thin…” I broke my sentence when my eyes stopped on the Apple Bloom’s flank. There was a cutie mark.

“What is this?” I asked while poitning my hoof on this strange anomaly. She looked at me with fear.

“When did ya get yar cutie mark?” My question made her even more  scared and tense.

“A-Ah, er, when ya were sleeping, yes,  at nig’t,” she replied rapidly before  looking around nervously. She looked like she wanted to ran away.

“Yes? Look at me!” I yelled. Her eyes quickly shifted to my face.

“Can ya tell me, why your cutie mark looks like a g’ost?” after this question, everything disappeared.

“What is going on….,” suddenly I lost control over my body and my mind. I couldn’t move. My head was stuck in a pose and my eyes were looking straigh ahead. I felt like a monument or something like that. Shh, I hear something behind me. Something very quiet. It’s somepony’s voice. I wish I could turn my head back. The voices became louder. Just like somepony would move closer and closer. Yeah, now words are becoming clearer. Wait a minute, is somepony singing? At least I can hear a melodic voice. Shh. ||

“Hush my baby,”

What the hell? Isn’t it Fluttershy’s lullaby?

“Hush my baby,

Hush quietly.

Don’t cry.”

I have a bad feelings about it. This song is becoming louder and louder.

“Hush, my baby

and go to bed,”

Now I can heard this voice loud and more clear. Indeed it’s Fluttershy’s lullaby, but the voice isn’t hers. It sounds like a monster or something worst. I am so scared, did I stop breath? When?

“Hush my baby,

Close your eyes…,” the monster stopped singing, and my heart almost stopped beating. My goddness. Every part of my body was screaming 'RUN! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!'. I put a whole force to move my legs, but I couldn't raise them. They were standing just like someone put a lot of glue under them. More than heard I feelt something in front of me. My eyes wide opened. I tried to scream, but I couldn't do it either. I was getting more and more crazier. This sillence was destroying my mind and I couldn't do anything to save it.

“CAUSE IT’S TIME TO DIE!” Suddenly something jumped out from the darkness into my face. Before the black stain covered my eyes, I could see Fluttershy’s face. The face without eyes and mouth covered in a blood. I couldn't hear my breathe. Did I die?

“Applejack?!” who’s there?

“Applejack!” again. I know this voice. Is it…

“Applejack! Wake up!”... Twilight?

I opened my eyes. Where is she?

“Applejack! Help!” Rarity? Hold on, I’ll find you! The sound of trotting broke this darkness’ silence. “Hold on!” I shouted, but wait. How do I know where  I should go? Which direction? I can’t see anything.

“Applejack! Help me! Please!” Rarity was crying.

“Leave me alone! Don’t touch me!” I heard Rarity’s voice again. It looks like she is fighting with somepony.

“Applejack!” I start to gallop in random directions. The sound was everywhere.  Suddenly my heart starts to hurt badly.  I put hoof on my chest, and sat down. I couldn't catch a breathe.

“Applejack, why didn't you save me?” Rairty whispered. It sound like she is badly wounded.

“‘old on! Ah gonna find ya! Where are ya?” I yelled in desperation while getting up, but an another wave of pain hits my poor heart so hard almost collapse on the ground.

“Too late,” those words were very quietly and a loud sigh destroyed my mind. It sounds like a tornado hit me in my face.

“Applejack?!” another voice flew into my ears. I start looking around with new hope. There! I see her! This rainbow tail and mane! I could recognize them everywhere! Even if I was blind.

“Rainbow Dash! Ah glad t’ see ya,” I felt a big relief when I getting closer. Yes, it’s Rainbow Dash. I felt, that I getting my mind back.

“Hey, Rainbow Dash?” I start to worry as she wasn’t moving. She was just sitting in the middle of nowhere and looking at the darkness.

A rainbow ash flew away from under of my hoof, when I try to shake her.

“Hey, what....” I jumped out with a tears in my eyes. I didn't even know when they appear.

All of my friends. They are dead or missing. I have their blood on my hooves. I can feel it and I can't get it off. No, no, no, it can’t be true. Why am I here? Why… please, leave me. I-I tried to help them. I need to be alone. Please. Ghosts of the past, go away.

I need to be alone.

Please.

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              Applejack woke up terrified and she looked around nervously. A familiar red color told her, that she is in her tent. The sounds from the outside were proving, that the nighttime was coming to the end. Something was lighting Applejack’s ‘home’. After a few seconds, the earth pony spotted a small oil lamp which was standing near her sleeping bag. The earth pony stood up and went outside. The cold wind hit earth’s pony face.Her tent was standing on a small hill in the middle of Nowhere.

              She wasn’t sure that she was still in the North Region. The green grass was shinning, due the sun looked behind a horizon. Everywhere were colorful flowers, even on the trees. “Is this the land of the death?” Applejack asked herself, while she was moving slowly through this green ocean, which was shinning like a stars on the night skies. But Applejack wasn't looking at this beauty of wildness. She was trying to remember what happened and how long she was  sleeping.

Suddenly a simple spark lighted up in her mind. One, small part of memory was coming back to her and becoming more clearer. Applejack remember something, but she couldn't catch it’s trace. She looked at the black clouds which was swimming trough the red skies. "It is going to rain soon" she thought and suddenly something hit her mind as strong as a fallen rock. Her heart immediately broke up, and orange pony fell on the ground.

         "It is impossible" she whispered, looking at a small drop swinging on the green blade, where  the sunshine made a small rainbow.

         "R-Rainbow Dash" the tears quickly started to stream down her face.

               The emerald eyes disappeared behind her orange eyelids. Everything became silent. The birds stopped singing their happy song, the trees stopped dancing in winter's melody, and grass stopped whispering something, what would be understand only by Fluttershy. Everything was gone for Applejack. She wasn't caring about anything. Her heart becoming queiter and queiter. Her heartbeat began to slow down. Applejack was dying, but even she didn't know why. When her mind was far, far away from this world, suddenly she heard something’s or somepony's steps.

        "Applejack?!" the voice with a fear and wounder, broke this beautiful sound of silence.

              She tried to open her eyes, but her soul has already ran away. Where? Maybe in the better world? Maybe she wanted to find her friends? Nobody knows.

     "Applejack?!" Szto happened?!" someone was yelling, but Applejack didn't want to respond. She was happy where she was. Here in this darkness, where her heart was filling up with a strange feel of satisfaction.

     "No, no, no. No way, come back," the same voice was trying to bring the pony's soul back.

    "LIKONI!" the stranger shouted as loud as he could.

     "How can I help you?" said the newcomer.

    "Applejack is dying, help her!" yelled the first one.

     "Let me see" said Likoni.

          Sillence has came again. Applejack couldn't hear anything else.

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            Applejack woke up. The red color of her tent welcomed her again. In front of her, on the green glass, was a sleeping figure. The familiar black fur was moving up and down very calm.

      "Daszkin?" whispered the earth pony and the wolf immediately jumped up on his legs.

     "Applejack? Are you ok?" asked the black wolf while he was sitting down near his friend.

     "Ah think so, what happened?" Applejack was still confused.

     "Ja ni wiżu *I don’t know*" said Daszkin and shrugged.

         Suddenly Likoni came into the tent.

     "Ah, good morning my little pony. You were sleeping for two days," said a wild doctor with a  stone face.

    "What, two days? H-how?" Applejack tried to got up but everything started to wave, and she lost stability. Applejack would fallen if Daszkin didn’t catch her.

      "You are psychically exhausted. Too many unhappy events happened in a short time. I am suprised, that you didn't fall into madness," said Likoni before turning into towards the open flap.

     "I'm sorry my kamraten, but I need to talk with Daszkin," said the doctor while disappearing behind a red piece of material.

Daszkin followed him.

              When the black tail disappeared behind a red wall, Applejack slowly got up. Again, the world starting to wave, but the earth pony slowly and shakily went to the entry. She wanted to know  what are they talking about.

     "Szto?" Applejack guessed that it was Daszkin.

      "Ja ni wiżu, szto si stao," stated the doctor. Now Applejack wished to know wolf's language. She knew only some basic words like 'Spasiba' (Thanks), 'Szto' (What), 'Kamraten' (friend), 'Parati' (please) and 'Losi ekura' (Excuse me).