My Little Portal: Testing is scientific advancement

Taking a bite out of next apple Star Whistle realised that there was something inside of this apple, there was a metal key. Pulling the key from the apple she allowed a moment to herself, she had finally found this cursed key after Celestia knows how long.

“About time...” Muttered Dark Cloud followed by the sound of him taking another sip from his coffee “2 hours and 45 minutes... you’re so slow at these puzzles...” Star Whistle trotted over to the door and opened it using the key which immediately disappeared after she turned it

“I’ll put the key back in one of the apples while you begin to walk to the next test” Began Dark Cloud “Just don’t take that long on the next test...”

“It’s your fault for dropping me in a field full of apple trees and asking me to find  the key...” Replied Star Whistle making her way down the corridor to the next test

“The next test is kind of simple” Began Dark Cloud “And there’s about 2 more chambers before you reach where I am, but I would think ‘Freedom’ would try and stop you from getting to me at any opportunity he gets. And that’s why you don’t spend 2 hours on a simple test”

“Oh shut up...” Moaned Star Whistle as the test chamber door approached, she pushed it pen to reveal a fairly simple looking chamber.

The room was a small box room, there was an exit but no apparent means to access said exit.

“You seem puzzled, just look carefully and you’ll find the exit. I did say this one was simple...” Stated Dark Cloud, Star Whistle took another careful look around the room.

Oh, the roof panel was open... how could she have missed that?

“How...” Muttered Star Whistle “How in Equestria did I miss that?”

“Maybe you really do have the intelligence of a brick” Suggested Dark Cloud in his usual mocking manner , confused and annoyed Star Whistle climbed up into the roof. She was in the vents

“Wait... doesn’t Freedom use the vents?” Thought Star Whistle slightly panicking

“There see, and now the door is open” Began Dark Cloud

“What?” thought Star Whistle more “Why is he...? Oh...”

“Now hurry to the next test” Stated Dark Cloud, he was trying to fool Freedom. Star Whistle smiled, so Dark Cloud was helping her now? This was really suspicious but slightly kind. So Star Whistle began to crawl along the vents, it was like an entirely different place  even if it wasn’t very well lit but they were surprisingly spacious for a vent system. After about 5 minutes of crawling she started looking through the floor grates, and she stopped over a certain chamber. Once again the same setup, a dark room with turrets surrounding it and a pony sitting in the centre. In a sudden rush of anger and adrenaline Star Whistle kicked the grate open and jumped down into the room.

“That was quite the entrance...” Stated Freedom, Star Whistle looked at him with a look of utter hatred. She quickly placed a portal underneath one of the turrets and a portal above another, causing a domino effect on them sending them all toppling to the floor. She sprinted towards the figure in the centre at full force, adrenaline still rushing through her. She grabbed the pony by the neck and slammed him into the floor so she could clearly see his face.

Oh what a horrible mistake that was.

Star Whistle backed away in horror, the face of ‘Freedom’ was burnt, cut and bandaged. She felt as though she was going to be sick, she had the sudden yearning for Dark Cloud to hide her in another box, away from this monster.

“I see my physical appearance has thrown your intent to kill right off” Stated Freedom, his mane was beyond messy with strands of hair covering parts of his face and ears “I suppose you’d like to know how I’m like this...” Star Whistle gave a sheepish nod, backing away. She could hear Dark Cloud tapping at keys frantically trying to change the room to no avail

“You said it yourself ‘Dark Cloud’, there’s no power down here so nopony can interfere” Stated Freedom followed by a manic laugh “It works two ways!”

“Star Whistle, don’t listen to anything he says!” Yelled Dark Cloud over the microphone “He’s going to lie!” still laughing manically Freedom trotted closer to Star Whistle

“My name is Acid Vats, a previous co-worker of Dark Clouds” He began to explain “That’s why I know so much about this facility... this facility was supposed to be mine” Star whistle was taken aback by this, a co-worker of Dark Cloud? Didn’t they all disappear? Didn’t Freedom himself say that?

“Dark Cloud decided it would be a great idea to control the facility and try to kill the leading board...” Elaborated Acid “I was Dark Cloud’s closest friend, and this is what I get in return” he gestured to his entire body, horribly burnt, scarred and bandaged

“In fact, I was the original test subject...” continued Acid in the  hypnotic tone he had began to speak in “And I will grant you freedom. For that is what you call me” Star Whistle felt funny. The room began spinning around her, she took that time to note that this ‘Acid Vats’ was a unicorn and his horn was glowing.

“Aren’t you going to stop me Dark Cloud?” Questioned Acid Vats looking around the room victoriously as Star Whistle fell to the floor still able to see but unable to move “Aren’t you going to stop me from ending this one’s life?” the test room door opened and a shadowed figure wandered in

“Of course I am, you’re dirtying the name of my friend and trying to kill my test subject... that isn’t nice” said the figure, that voice... could it be?

“So you show yourself then Dark Cloud...” Replied Acid Vats

“You’re not Acid Vats...” Began Dark Cloud, slowly coming towards the light “Acid Vats is dead, I crushed him with a wall panel along with the other board members”

“Of course I’m not” Laughed Freedom leaving Star Whistle confused of his identity “But I am the first test subject you ever brought here. And since then I’ve been plotting my revenge... killing this subject that gave you hope... that would completely shatter your emotions”

“I’m sorry...” Began Dark Cloud, picking up a broken piece of piping in his brown hooves “You can’t shatter what’s already broken”

Authors Note;

Won't be releasing a chapter on Thursday, but possibly at the weekend, as I'm finishing off a little project of mine. Sorry!