Living In The Dark

by Dreamwalker13

Rating: teen
Tags: Tragedy, Slice of Life, Dark, Sad
Length: 1144

NightStorm wakes up in a dark room. Not able to feel anything on her body, she lies there only hearing other ponies whisper as they observe her. What is so wrong with me that they need to experiment on me. Slowly she looses her battle to them.

NightStorm wakes up lying on the floor drenched in blood and water. She can't see anything but the small stream of light that pours in occasionally when she's given food or when she's tested on. And eventually she looses her battle for life. And remains their plaything.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2015-10-28 19:16:43 UTC

Am I really even alive?

"Who are you!?" I begin to limp twords my Princess and I sit closely by her side. I hear a strange voice and I look to my side to see a pink pony trying not to cry and I begin to get curious as a purple pony walks in after talking to my torturer. She looks at me with a strange look and looks swiftly away "Girls, you should leave .... You don't need to be here. I grimace. Why, what will take place in this room?! And just as I open my mouth to say something a yellow Pegasus begins to sob "No! Twilight this is wrong! She's a pony just like us!"

"Hush Fluttershy, The princess sent a letter to me! This is the favor she called for after what we did she needed to clean up!" I frowned at the purple unicorn I supposed was named Twilight. I was all in for the yellow ones Idea .... Fluttershy ... right? "Flutter ... shy ......" I whined .... she looked at me then smiled to show me that it will be ok, and I saw her fangs and just like that I realized that she two was some form of a bat pony!

My own kind .... In a way. She looked kind and on her flank was three butterflies. Then just like that a blue Pegasus with a wild rainbow mane looked to the supposed ... Twilight ... and back to Fluttershy. A confused look on her face and she looked to an orange mare to her left "This is wrong Twi! You ... you need a brain scan. And so does Celestia! This is abuse and wrong! .... Makes me wonder why I know you."

The orange mare dipped her head and took her hat off. The white mare next to her shook with fear and hugged the pink pony. The small purple dragon looked dazed. I'm done waiting .... do something! Ask me something!

Fluutershy wept and shyed

Crooked Prolouge

Ugh ... my head! .... AHG! Where in Equestria am I? It's dark, I can't see my own two hoofs! *hears a pony whispering* "She's awake ..." "Princess what shall we do?" ... what? Me ... do they mean me?!  ... "Well shall begin" *hears heavy footsteps leave* What do they want with me? ... *tries to stand but I can't *screams  "I CAN'T MOVE! HELP ME! SOMEPONY ANY PONY* as a guard hears me then see' s Luna and fixes his posture "Princess, you are currently not permitted to visit the ... *hushes tone* Testing subject" *scoffs* "Foolish guard of the day. I AM permitted because she is my subject! I DEMAND to be let in!" As the guard is about to reject her once again Luna pushes him aside and comes into my room *looks down and smiles Cooley*  "It is fine now my little one"

        As I look up I see a beautiful midnight blue alicorn also known as my protector ... Princess Luna! *tries to stand up to bow* "I'm sorry Princess but I cannot move for some reason."  She continues to smile as she turns to see Celestia standing in the doorway frowning as she says "Sister ... you shouldn't get involved with this. It is dangerous, BUT needed to figure out batpony kind. So please understand she is staying here!" I look to Luna as she gets down into a battle position "NEVER! She was taken from MY kingdom. You broke the rules and to treat her like this?! *gestures to my scrambled half dead body. Lying there in the shadows so my navy blue pelt and purple mane cannot be seen by others*

      It is unjust! Her parents are worried sick! Let the filly go!" Thats who I am .... I'm a filly .... almost a mare .... no cutie mark yet though ... my thoughts are drowned out my Celestia, my kidnapper, screaming at my ruler for her to leave peacefully and she'll consider letting me free. As I watch my ruler leave for a chance of my freedom.

    And just like that the door is closed and I'm in the dark once again. And soon after I fall asleep once again, to dream of my once homelands and my parents.

Losing myself

As I awake I feel an excruciating pain in my wings. I look to my side and see the celestial goddess covered in my blackened blood and smirking with twisted pleasure. "H-H-How could y-you?" She then looks at me and stares. Her smirk turning into a frown "How could I what?! HOW COULD I WHAT!? Be a goddess and trying to protect MY kingdom from your kind! Thats what I can do!" Then just like that she stabs my side and fills a vial with my blood. As I scream she drops me from her magics hold and kicks me "Pathetic little filly!"

   As she turns around she leaves fascinated in my blood she whispers to a guard and he nods walking into my cage closing the door behind him. "So ... the princess said she needs you to be sane for the next test so we need to talk ..... And I understand if you don't want to talk but I'm here for the next 2 hours." As I stare at him I decide to talk with him. Besides he isn't the one responsible for my torture. "W-w-where am I?" I weakly turn my gaze to the green stallion as he finds a clean, blood stain free spot to sit. "The palace of the Celestial Empire" As he awkwardly sits down.

     What to ask next ..... "Wat-t-ter" I weakly ask. He starts to tear up and replies sadly "I'm sorry ... I am not permitted give you anything food wise, otherwise I would" Just then he stares at the top right corner in the room. I see ..... "Can I ask of your name?" He silently stares at my and nods "I'm GreenSheild. A not so high ranking guard" As the hour passes we both learn about things that we wished to learn. Of course me learning more than I was supposed to know. And just like that I earned my first friend and also just like that he was taken away so I could be tested on again.

    As I'm chained up and walked out from the room for the first time I look around seeing tall pillars and beautiful paintings and tapestries. So there I was walking threw a palace .. Well I wasn't really walking more like being dragged or forced to walk so the Princess didn't need to carry dead weight. And then I'm thrown into another room but this time with my guardian, Princess Luna, and a group of 5 ponies and a small purple dragon.