The Man with the Hidden Past

It really is. Try it. But don't say it slow, say it like you would say 'Send toast to ten tense stout saints' ten tall tents.' Yeah. Have fun saying both of those.

-To 'Host's' Perspective-

Never thought I'd see the day where I found a fictional terror in a completely different fictional world. Well, I didn't technically live saying how I've died what, 3 times? Twice? I really should start keeping track. Speaking of death; I have no idea why I put a fucking Queen Facehugger on my head. Need a cage. Not the top of my head.

"-sigh- Looks like another day in the life Anthony." I said to myself. Anthony wasn't my real name. But my real name had so many variations of it. Paul Bunion, Paul Revere, Paul McCartney, the list goes on. Anthony doesn't have many variations of it. Not many I knew of anyway.

I heard distant sounds of hoof steps behind me. I turned my head slightly to see who was behind me out of the corner of my eyes. The two from before. "Ya com'in or what?" I yelled behind me. The two started to hurry up.

"H-hey, thanks for saving me. I owe ya one. Is really safe to put that thing on your head?" Hollow asked me.

"Not in the slightest. But in all truth, I've died two or three times already and I would prefer it to be over with already. Just wanna settle down and relax. Whether it means I have to die again, or I'm allowed some peace from Celestia. I don't care either way. Just... Want it to end." I said as I went into a little trance as I explained myself. Speeches, even as small as this, will always put me into a trance as I spoke them.

"Wow." Was all they could say when I was finished. Suddenly an idea came into my mind.

"Hey, you guys got a map on ya?" I asked them.

"I think so, why?"

"I'll show ya. Just hand-er... Magic it up Rising."

"Alright, here ya go." Rising said as his horn glowed and he magiced up the map. I opened it and looked for the village I was planning on going to. Alright. Found it. Now to find where the hell we are.

"Ok, Rising. Find us on the map. I need to see which direction I'm going to go in."

"You're going in? Nuh uh! You saved me. I'm gonna go with you!" Hollow said. I admired this kid's spirit.

"And I'm with her!" Rising said also. Looks like I got company on my little destruction plans.

"Alright then. Since you're all gonna come with me then, Which direction is Appaloosa in?"

"Appaloosa? Umm.... If we're here.... And Appaloosa is there... We need to go.... South. From there there's a railroad that will take us over Ghastly Gorge and we can follow that down to Appaloosa. We'll get there by nightfall if we're lucky."

"Wait, what? Nightfall? Bit soon don't ya think?" I asked him. Nightfall seemed a bit close.

"Yeah. Me or Hollow could just teleport us there, but that'd exhaust us. So, we could take intervals and teleport here, here, here, and here in order to keep us rested and such so we can keep traveling." Rising said as he pointed to various spots on the map.

"Alrighty then. And Hollow. ya look a bit uncomfortable. Why not drop the disguise?" I asked Hollow.

"Wha- What disguise? I don't have a disguise. This is how I've always looked." Hollow responded nervously. I narrowed my eyes at her but then turned back to the map. "Alright. So, Rising, you get these two teleport locations, and Hollow can get these two, Alright?" I said as I pointed out each one. They both nodded, agreeing with me. Alright. Now, I'll meet ya guys there. Keep to the simple system I said. Go on without me. I'll catch up. I may look different. By a lot. Just remember this name, 'k? Flame Heart. Remember that name." I said before waiting for them to teleport out of here. They nodded and I was blinded by a bright flash, and... They where gone. Ok. Time to do my quick death. I searched around me more anything that could be used as a weapon. I found a stick and a rock nearby. I went over by them and sat down. I patted the earth next to me, signaling Snuggles to come over. She came. Good. I then grabbed the stick and the rock and began rubbing the ends together. Eventually i ground the end of the stick into a sharp point. I gave a small smile. Always believed that if you're gonna die, go out with a smile on your face. I raised the stick up to my neck. I ran the stick into my neck and across it, coating the small object in warm, crimson blood. I then dug the stick into my chest. I left it there. I took my last breath and lowered myself down on my side and closed my eyes. Waiting for my spirit to get ripped out of my body.

It all happened so fast. The cold feeling, the darkness, and then suddenly; everything is back. I looked down at my ghostly form and began to admire how little wisps of it would disperse into the air around me. It was quite enticing. I shook my head so I could concentrate. I grabbed the little Facehugger and lifted it into the air. It was suprised at this and tried to squirm to get out of my grasp. I chucked at it's foolish attempts.

"Shadows."

I began to turn a darker shade of red and as did the facehugger. I walked over to the treeline and began to blend in with a tree's shadow. I was invisable. I took one hand away from the facehugger and looked for it. The whole shadow had a red tint to it, but my hand seemed slightly more red. I returned it to the alien as I began to try and remember how I had traveled by shadows. I began to side track to say the least. But that's how I find things I guess 'cause I remembered. I quickly shot through shadows all the way to Appaloosa. Except for the parts where I had no shadows to travel though, as I was forced to be a shadow in the sun; it was relatively painless. I reached the village only to be greeted by yelling.

"You uncouth fools have no clue how hard it is to be me! I have butlers that don't work, my parents never give me enough money, AND my Aunt's keep sending me to cities for no reason!"

"Oh please! Ya'll barely ev'n work! Us here at Appaloosa have to work fer our food! We dun work, we dun get paid! We dun get food! We dun even get fresh water if we dun have the money to pay fer it!"

"Oh... Now I just need to see this. A stuck up prick arguing a hard workin' man, or in this case stallion. I can already tell somebody's gonna get their ass kicked." I thought to myself as I tried to find the sources of the yelling. I found a distinguished, tall, grey earth stallion with black hair and a black mustache. He had a salt shaker as a cutie mark and was wearing a black vest and a monocle. The other, was a pure white unicorn stallion with blonde hair and a blue, fancier vest. Now this guy... This guy right here, quickly struck me with the 'total prick' mindset. I however, took an interest to the earth pony. I waited. And watched as how he saw this unicorn as hopeless and walked away; leaving the unicorn yelling at him to 'come back' and how he 'wasn't done' with him yet. I followed the pony to a saloon type place. He walked behind a counter and went into a back room filled with barrels. He reached into his vest and pulled out a flask and started to fill it from one of the taps. I decided to reach out to the flask and try to spook him. The Queen noticed this and struggled again. She fell out of my hand. She jumped at the first thing she could out of suprise at her new freedom. Sadly, the first thing she jumped on was the earth pony.

"Oops." I said as the pony began to struggle to get the alien off it's face. It suddenly stopped. I know what was going to happen next. I had seen the movies. I sighed and walked out of the saloon; feeling bad for the poor soul. I walked around the town trying to find a sleeping pony or something. I found the unicorn from before. He was, once again, arguing with a pony. I couldn't take it. This guy just pissed me off. I walked up to the guy and right out punched the guy. My hand, being a ghost and all, went through him. The stallion gave a shiver and looked around himself.

"OH COME ON." I yelled to myself as I grew frustrated at my inability to punch the unicorn. He quickly spin around towards me. He looked around to find me but couldn't.

"Who's there?!" he yelled.

"Hm... Let's see... What should I say back to make him shit bricks?" I thought to myself.

"Isn't it obvious...? I'm you're poor father... Why? Why did you do this to me? Why did you have to kill me?" I said as I walked around him slowly. He began to sweat.

"Wha-what? No! That wasn't me! I swear! I never did any of that!" the unicorn yelled back. I smiled at my mental tormenting.

"No... It WAS you! You did it! I see the guilt in your eyes! And I'm going to drag you all the way to Hell with me!" I said right in his ear. I passed a hand through his body that made him shiver again. He gave out a girlish scream and ran down the road. I gave little chase as I began to laugh under my breath as I walked along. I walked down the road looking for him. I found him in a cart of hay, with his eyes and hair sticking out. I walked up to him and put my face by his.

"Time to leave you inconsiderate prick." I said before I forced by entire arm into his body. And my body followed suit as I was sucked into his body. I found myself in the usual empty area with distant fortress. However, Mr. Prick, as I have decided to call him from now on, was here too.

"Yo Mr. Prick." I said as I caught his attention. "Your so ugly when you popped out the doctor said 'Aww... what a treasure!' and your mom said 'Yeah, lets bury it.'