What You Wish For 2: The Book of Unicorn

Guys I am so sorry for the late update, I was really busy with Christmas and other things that I just didn't have time to continue my writing. Well after a good long wait here is a late christmas gift yo you guys: my fans!

Chapter 4:

Let the Games Begin

Alex looked around the surrounding area; he was in a dark area along with the rest of the group. The last thing they could remember was teleporting to the moon in Equestria and falling asleep in Luna’s castle she made over the thousand years she was there. Suddenly they were in a blank area. Fluttershy moved closer and closer to Alex as she said in a shaky voice, “I don’t like this place… it scares me.”

Alex patted her head as he said gently and in a strong voice, “As long as we are all together we’ll be safe…” Alex then felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up, he felt a sudden fear of the unknown and his bones began to chill as he said, “Wait… now I’m scared.”

Oscar looked over to Alex as he said with eyes filled with fear, “Yeah, are you feeling that bone chill?” Oscar watched as Alex nodded his head before continuing, “I’m feeling it too.”

Celestia looked around and lit up her horn in hopes of lighting the way as she said, “We just need to find an exit.” Unfortunately her horn did glow but appeared to be useless against the power of the dark room around them. Celestia tried harder but nothing seemed to work, after a few more fruitless attempts she turned to Alex and Lauren as she said, “My magic’s useless for some reason.”

Lauren began to shrink into the crowd as the unexplained feeling of fear enveloped her as well, as she went to her knees she said in a scared voice, “Something’s wrong here.”

Suddenly everyone in the group nearly jumped out of their skin as Pinkie began to laugh uncontrollably, her eyes filled with joy for the first few seconds as a smile was on her face soon turned to eyes filled with terror and a large frown as she said, “My… laughing isn’t working. There’s nothing funny to laugh about, I’m scared.”

Alex stepped to the front of the group as he said, “We all are, Pinkie. We just need to find a way out of wherever we are.”

Dash hovered above the crowd and said bravely, “I’ll go and see if there’s an exit.” Suddenly Dash began to fly upwards but made no progress in distance travelled; the entire group realized that she was flying in place. Dash fell to the ground and had a look of fear on her as well as he said, “I… can’t fly… this is impossible.”

Alex walked a bit further only to see the group standing in one place as he said, “Well from what I can see, we can walk forward. Let’s just get moving before whatever this fear is consumes us.”

As Alex took a step forward, his heart nearly beating out of his chest a shrill and evil voice whispered through the air, “I wouldn’t go that way.” Alex jumped back into the circle of light that surrounded the group, his face petrified with fear as a tall skinny man in a black suit began to walk towards them. He only stepped far enough for everything up to his shoulders to be seen as he continued, “In fact… I wouldn’t go anywhere if I were any of you. Stay here forever and you’ll be safe, venture into the unknown and you could die.”

Oscar stepped forward and reached for one of his swords only to realize they were stuck in their sheaths. As Oscar struggled he said with a grunt, “Where are we? How did we get here? Who the hell are you?”

The figure simply stood there as it quietly laughed and said, “That is for you to find out. The answer lies at the end of a game… a simple and fun game I know you humans loved as children.”

Alex hesitated for a couple of seconds, every time he looked at the slender figure he couldn’t help but nearly soil himself he was so scared. After a couple of seconds Alex said in a weak voice, “What game?” Alex looked over to Pinkie only to see her shaking with fear and tearing up next to Fluttershy.

The figure slowly stuck out his hands as he said, “The right hand will put you in the game, complete it and I shall return you to where we found you, the game will be the most horrifying thing you shall ever see. The left hand will immediately return you to where I found you, but forever be tormented by horrific hallucinations followed by an unexpected death of all the loved ones. Which choice will you make?”

Alex looked over to the group and met eyes with Oscar as he said, “I think we all know what we’re picking.” Alex looked back up at the black tie of the figure as he said, “We choose the game.”

The tall man clapped his hands together and whispered with joy, “Wonderful. Now we must discuss the rules.” The figure slowly began to walk around them as he said silently using the wind as his voice, “The first rule is that none of you will venture off from your group alone. The second rule is that if any of the groups has not completed the first task within fifteen minutes, I shall unleash your inner Zalgo.”

Applejack raised an eyebrow as she said, “Inner what?”

The figure ran his finger along her cheek as he said, “If you want to find out, just stay were you are. But be warned, Zalgo is forever. Once you see him, he has already killed you. He is unstoppable.”

Applejack began to back into the now growing crowd of cowering ponies. Even Celestia was crying out of fear, none of them could explain this sudden fear they felt but it obviously came from this figure that stood before them. Alex closed his eyes when the figure walked in front of him as he asked, “We heard you mention groups a couple of times. What exactly do you mean by that?”

The figure motioned his hands across the now terrified contestants as he said, “There are twelve of you. You must split up into groups of four in order to make it out alive. The last and final rule is that you can use whatever you have on you whether it is magic or wings or earth horse magic. But heavens forbid if you use them to run away, face the most painful death you have ever experienced as you watch all your loved ones suffer. Seeing as you are all friends I can assume that you shall all do your best to work together.” The figure stuck out his hand as he said, “So… are you ready to play?”

Alex was hesitant a couple of seconds, his hand slowly raised itself as he shook the dead cold hand that belonged to the figure and said, “Who are you?”

The figure returned his hand and slowly began to sink into the shadows as he said, “I am… The Midnight Man… Once you have found your group you shall shout out my name three times and will then begin the game.” With that it was gone, no dramatic exit or anything. But as soon as it was gone Alex could feel less and less scared. As his bravery returned he turned to the group as he said, “Luna, Faust, and Oscar, you’re all with me.”

Twilight slowly began to approach him as she said with an unsure look, “I think it would be best if we took Faust, after all we can teach her magic. Or rather I tag along with you.”

Alex shook his head as he said, “Me and Oscar are the best equipped for this. Faust is our top priority and we need to protect her at all costs.” Alex then turned to Luna and said with a concerned look, “Twilight is right, we need all the best magic and weapons we can get for Lauren.”

Luna didn’t look at all hurt, she completely understood and went to join her sister, Lyra, and Pinkie. Fluttershy was alongside Applejack, Rarity and Dash. Once all of them were in their groups Oscar walked up next to Alex and said in a deep and stern voice, “You sure these groups will be able to take care of themselves?”

Alex nodded his head as he said, “Alright, chances are we are going to get separated. If that occurs, we need the best fliers to get high up and head for the sun. Doing that will show us where the others are and we will be rejoined in no time, is everyone ready?” Alex watched as the groups nodded their heads and Alex said loudly in the opposite direction of the group, “Midnight Man! Midnight Man! Midnight Man!” The next thing they knew, they were in a blinding light that came with a deafening boom. Everyone felt weightless for a split second before feeling gravity once more, and then everything went black.

Author's Notes:

Hey merry Christmas guys, please tell me in the comments section how the story is doing so far and i will use your tips and ideas in the future of this story. Again sorry for the lack of updates and I'm seriously sorry about the delay in the audiobook for the Gates. My associate who is supervising over the project told me that he will have it completed on the 20th of january... next year... oh wait January is the beginning of next year so not that long of a wait, see you guys in the next chapters! PEACE!