Returned

by The Informant

Rating: mature
Tags: Sad, Drama, Mystery, Human
Length: 526

Keith is a human who has been living in Equestria for 10 year now. Nothing is out of the norm for him at this point. Well, at least that was what he thought... Waking up after being dead for five years was a new one on him.

Keith is a human who has been living in Equestria for 10 year now. Nothing is out of the norm for him. Magic, talking ponies, Gods of suns, moons and chaos, forth wall breaking ponies, hybrid animals… Nothing could surprise him at this point.

Well, at least that was what he thought… Waking up after being dead for five years was a new one on him.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2016-04-05 01:21:39 UTC

Prologue: Late Night Headache

Pain was the first thing I could feel as the waking world greeted me. It felt as if someone was beating my skull in with a sledgehammer... or at least had just finished the job.

Where am I? Why does my head feel split open?

Fuck it hurts... it really hurts...

Where am I?

I slowly opened my eyes, my vision was blurred, and I could see a defined hue of red in my left eye. Said eye was watering like hell, it was as if something was stuck in it...

Must have something to do with the red...

I looked around, slowly as to no tempt further pain. I realize that I am in an dark alleyway... the only light was above me... Likely a lamp.

Why was I in an alleyway? Why is my vision red? Why does my head hurt?

Fuck... It hurts so bad... Make it stop...

After a moment of looking at my surroundings, I think I know where I'm at...

I'm in the alleyway next to Berry's bar.

Why am I in the alleyway next to Berry's bar?

...

Right I was here for work...

...

Why is my vision red?

The watering in my eye was getting irritating, I could hardly hold it open. I decided to rub my eye, and try to clear it out. It help, a little, but a little red still remained at the edge of my vision.

Looking down at my palm, I noticed that a red substance had developed on my hand. The same hue as my vision.

What was on my hand? Why was it in my eye? Why does my head hurt?

Goddamit.... Why does it hurt?

Looking down at my hand, I felt more liquid fall down on it. More red... More red substance fell upon my hand...

Reaching my hand up, I touched my forehead, only for a spike of pain to send it reeling back. My hand was now covered in red, and much more of it was dripping...

What was this red?

Why the fuck does my head hurt so much?

What is happening to me!?

Finally, I cry out in agony. I screamed for someone, anyone, to help me to stop the pain...

To stop the dripping red...

...

...

...

...but nobody... nopony... came.

"Luna, make it stop.... Please..." I mumbled.

Some part of me hoped that this was a horrible dream, and that soon Princess Luna would end it all. Make the pain go away... Make the dripping red go away... Wake me up...

For the love of god... Wake me up!

...

...

...

Yet again, nopony came...

As I was beginning to lose hope, I noticed that the pain grew quieter... my surrounding ever mute... My vision ever darkening...

At first, I was scared, but then I realized. I was waking up! The pain was going away! The dripping red was going away! This horrible Nightmare was diminishing! Luna heard my calls!!!

Thank you, Luna...

This was all just a horrible dream.

Soon Everything was going to be okay...

Everything was soon black...

Then I woke up.