Ancient evils

Chapter 29: Pinkamena Diane Pie

Pinkie entered the door, only to find it dissapear behind her. The walls of this room were of some strange magical substance, and very thick. Whatever it was, her hooves were very loud going across it.

"So what do you want me to do?" asked Pinkie confusedly.

No response. A clock appeared on the wall, but did not move. She began to pace back and forth, more and more rapidly. Her loud steps echoing through the room, she continued on like this for several minutes. All sorts of thoughts crossed her mind. Where was she? What are her friends doing? Why was she here? How much longer would she have to wait? Minutes became hours, but noting changed, not even the clock. Her pacing stopped, and now she simply sat, waiting for something, anything to happen. She thought it might be getting late, so she figured she might as well sleep. Unless that was what Sin was planning on! She decided against it, and tried her best to stay awake. She had to stay vigilant. She didn't feel tired anyway. Was there some sort of teleprtation error? There's no way this is where she was supposed to be. She felt as though she should be hungry, as she hadn't eaten in a while. But yet she didn't feel anything. She must have been in here for at least a day by now. But nothing changed. Did her friends fail? Will she ever get out of here? She started feeling the walls, maybe there was some sort of hidden exit. She found nothing. She tried to do the same with the ceiling, but it was too high. She started to pace again, much quicker this time. She couldn't take much more of this. She let out a loud scream. Once again, no response. She began to lose hope. This must have been some sort of trap, and now she's stuck here forever. Her friends must have been defeated, this is taking too long. She couldn't take it any longer. She started to bang on the walls, flailing wildy untill she couldn't take it anymore. Tears began to fall from her eyes. But no one cared. She stopped her crying soon enough, and once more began to try to escape. Although she didn't know it. a stallion's laugh came from behind the walls. A unicorn of a very deep golden hue was watching her every move. Another general of Sin, having his fun from her suffering. His mane hung down in brown locks, he took great pride in it.

"Desire," said another unicorn standing behind him. "You sure seem to be having your fun with this."

The other stallion was a dark green, with a short cut mane of black.

"Oh yes, Despair." said Desire. "Her suffering is quite...divine."

"This is my spell, and even I don't take quite this much pleasure from it." said Despair.

"When do we let her go?" asked Desire.

"My spell won't last too much longer, and she hasn't failed the test yet." said Despair "She's come close though."

"And if she fails?" asked Desire.

"Then she can never leave." said Despair.

Desire had a large grin on his face, watching Pinkie unravel.

Pinkie had now stopped, and simply stared at the clock. It had to move sometime, right? She stared at it unwaveringly for a few minutes, ad it didn't even move a second. She heard a loud bang, and the door re-appeared, kicked open. Applejack gestured her to come out! Pinkie ran towards the door with great haste, only to crash into the the open doorway, which quickly faded. She heard screams coming from Fluttershy as the door faded. So her friends were still alive! Another stallion's laugh, this one deeper.

"She must have gone mad, running into walls like that." said Despair.

"So how does she fail, exactly?" said Desire.

"She has to completely give up hope." said Despair.

"This Applejack seems to be helping her, whoever that is." said Desire.

"Probably one of her pathetic little friends." said Despair condescendingly. "If thats all she hold hope in, she's even weaker than I thought.

Despair's horn started to flash, and the door re-appeared.

"Tch," said Despair,"Looks like your friendship has won this round..."

Despair and Desire teleported further up the tower.

Pinkie once more tried exiting the door, and found her friends exactly as she left.

"Well, that was fast." said Twilight.

Pinkie was confused at this, as she had been in there for days.

"Quick? I've been in there two days!" said Pinkie.

"But you just went in there a second ago." said Rainbow.

Pinkie then figured it out.

"The clock!" she yelled, confusing everyone else further.

"What the buck ae you talkin' about?" asked Applejack.

"There was a clock in there, that never moved!" replied Pinkie.

"Pinkie, you're making even less sense than usual!" said Twilight.

"But...I saw you earlier!" she exclaimed.  "Applejack bucked the door open, but some sort of magic kept me in!"

"Pinkie darling, we haven't done anything." said Rarity. "You went in that door, and popped right back out."

"It's over either way now, Pinkie." said Twilight.

"But...the clock!" Pinkie tried to explain.

Pinkie started to think maybe she had lost her sanity, still trapped in that room. Fluttershy didn't say a word, but quietly walked over to Pinkie, and embraced her.

"Pinkie, I believe you." Fluttershy said softly.

Pinkie started to calm down.

"Thanks, Fluttershy." Pinkie said.

"We must make great haste, for Sin must yet be faced." said Zecora, who had previously remained silent.

Zecora had a very serious look on her face. This was all business, she couldn't allow herself to be distracted.

Everypony agreed, and they walked towards where the staircase was. The first layer of the barrier faded, and they moved on.