Six Rooms

It awoke upon a stone slab, limb and neck constrained to it. In the dimly lit room, which only light source shined from behind a pane of tinted glass, there was nothing but the walls of concrete surrounding the creature. As the creature looked around, it noticed the vertical cut in the concrete wall in front of him and a horizontal cut in each wall next to it that implied the walls were not connected. The creature attempted to find some kind of escape; looking around, it could find nothing but the small specks of dirt littering the floor. It wouldn't have mattered anyhow, even if the creature found some kind of instrument that could unbind it, it could barely move its limbs from their held position.

A figure appeared behind the glass, creating a silhouette forming in the center of the bright light. Twilight Sparkle's voice came transferring through an intercom broke the silence that was maddening the creature. "Subject, in my sincerest apologies it saddens me that my fellow associates and I must conduct these solemn experiments. To be clear, we are conducting these experiments solely for curiosity and is in no way personal, even if it may seem so. You will be put through six tests; sadly I cannot specify them for it may tamper with the results. We hope that when these evaluations are concluded you will not find us accountable for committing what you may call 'immoral' acts. Better yet, you should feel ecstatic that you have helped us progress in our studies. Thank you, and good luck." click The figure disappeared.

The left wall opened where the cut in the wall was made and the bottom half lowered like a drawbridge. Inside that wall was an even darker room the animal was in, so dark that all it could see was a sense of movement from inside of it. From inside a small, purple glow emerged from the darkness, illuminating Twilight's face, and grew brighter and brighter. In one second the rooms were bathed in this light, blinding and stunning the creature until immediate darkness washed over. When the creature regained its wits, it started to feel a sharp pain throughout its body. It looked down to find its own blood vessels entangling its body, strangling its now hollow skin. The creature wailed in agony as every pump of blood constricted it tighter and tighter as it drowned in its own blood. A moment before its last breath, the same flash that caused this horror instantaneously brought the creature back to its former self. Its chest rose trying to gasp in the dusty, rotten air.

It finally came to after a few hours of shock. It awoke in the same position and same place it had found itself before the atrocity, Twilight's unicorn silhouette came back to the window. “Subject, thank you for cooperating for the first test, we hope that you . In a few moments you will be moved to the second test. This is the last time you will be hearing from me. And again, good luck.”

The platform the animal was splayed across made a sharp jolt, and a skinny track rose from under it leading forward to the front wall. The platform shook again until it started to move along the track. It shook and creaked as the two parts between the split in the wall separated and revealed a new room identical to the previous. The creature's eyes widened when the intercom crackled. It saw a new figure behind the glass. "Good day, Subject-Darling. I see you have endured the last test very well, we hope you will hold up just as well for this test, which will begin in a moment." The intercom crackled again and the female's voice disappeared along with her silhouette.

After a moment of silence the creature was panicking and shooting its head left and right to at least see what was coming. Before it could react, two shackles shot down from the ceiling to wrap around its limbs and slowly retracted back to the ceiling. The previous bindings released it as it was pulled higher and higher. With a metallic clank, the shackles stopped and left it dangling. Both of the side walls opened and three skinny, cannon-like objects stuck out on each side. Rapid explosions deafened the creature and choked it in smoke. With every bang the creature whelped while small, sharp pieces of metal penetrated its body. The barrage finally stopped and the smoke cleared when the figure squeezed through one of the cannons and entered the testing room; Rarity appeared from the darkness. "Oh, it looks absolutely marvelous!" She exclaimed, glancing at the needles hanging from the bloody threads that still vacated its body. "Finally, I have some red material!" She pulled out the thread and some of the few needles stuck in its body slowly and carefully. The creature moaned and groaned with every yank. She left the room with a blood-dripping wicker basket filled with thread and some of the excess tissue that happened to get in the way. She returned to the intercom. "The second examination is now complete." It was released from the shackles, that were still hanging it from the ceiling, and dropped straight on the stone table and rebound at the moment its body touched it; its body too numb to feel the impact. "Thank you for your cooperation, please prepare for the next test. This is the last you will be hearing from me, Dear." The stone shook and it was carried off to the next test.

It snapped awake by the sound of the intercom. The figure's restless behavior and excited, shrill voice made it obvious that it was none other than Rainbow Dash. "Hey! This test is gonna be great! Hope you like it!" The ceiling opened to reveal a long, wide tunnel. The tunnel went on for as far as the creature could see. Soon after, the floor opened as well to show the same. The stone slab retracted into itself so all that the only thing that wasn't dangling off of it was the creature's torso and head. There was a gust of air that blew past the creature and at one instant the figure behind the glass was gone. Through the tunnel, the creature could barely make out an object moving closer. As it progressed it gained speed. It moved faster and faster until it heard a bang. The object shot past and collided with one of the creature's limbs. The bones shattered and small portions were ripped from its body. The object repeated this until every limb was obliterated. The creature did not see the damage being caused. All it could process was what happened before and after the object shot past. The creature could hear sounds of happiness emanating from deep within the tunnel after every sonic boom died out. The limbs that weren't already separated from its body dangled by the skin, A minute or two after the object stopped, the floor and the ceiling closed and the intercom cracked and Rainbow Dash's voice returned. "I know that we're not supposed to talk to you personally, but that was fun. On to the next test!"