Equestria Missingby MayaTheBeeChaptersChapter 1: Waking upChapter 2: Sounds and InsanityChapter 3: The Edge of InsanityChapter 4: The End of InsanityChapter 1: Waking upDAY 1, 11:52 AM FLARE'S HOUSE It was a typical sunny day in Cloudsdale, well I wish I could say that... but I'm getting ahead of myself. My name is Rainbow Flare I am Rainbow Dash's brother, well used to be. Getting ahead of myself again, anyway I am not really a pony you would call noticeable I didn't get my colours until I was about five years old, I was separated from my family at birth, it was only until about last year my mane went from a dark grey colour to red and blue, of course its not rainbow but I guess that's what happens when you get separated from your family and don't know who gave birth to you until only 2011. so that's pretty much me in a nutshell where was I? When I woke up I was drenched in sweat, "Oh man, nightmares" I got up and went to my kitchen hoping I remembered to get some Hay while I was at the market the day before, but that was when I realised something, "Darn, I didn't get my Hay" okay that and I live in a more busy part of Cloudsdale so it was unusual that I didn't hear a peep from outside. I glanced at my clock it read 11:52 AM, "That's odd" I said to myself, usually I would be up at rush hour which was 7:52 AM, from all the noise coming from outside, I checked my calender to make sure I wasn't spending my time inside on a day off from the weather factory. "What the hell?" my calender didn't show anything with a day off noted on it, either I was late for work or there was a party and I wasn't invited, so I headed off to where I worked and that was in the Lightning and Thunder department. Nobody was there, not even my friend Snowfire, he did work in the snow department but since it wasn't winter it would've been pointless so he did thunder and lightning as a side-job. Confused I decided to look around at the other departments, Rainbow Factory was empty, Rain Factory was empty, Cloud Factory was empty, "SCREW THIS! Why am I the only one here?" I decided that being at the factory was a waste of time so I decided to go to Ponyville to visit fluttershy, "Hopefully she can console my lonely self". DAY 1, 12:30PM PONYVILLE I landed in Ponyville, hoping I would get greeted by Pinkie pie, but no such luck. I thought I saw something past the fountain but on closer inspection, it turned out to be just a rock, I proceeded to Fluttershy's but her house was pretty much empty other than her furniture and belongings I didn't see anypony or anyone in sight, her animals were gone too. "What's going on? This isn't right, where is everypony?" nervously I kept looking around to see if anyone would show themselves but they didn't. the boarded windows made me even more curious "What's happened?". After some further investigation of Ponyville I walked past the Carousel Boutique toward another friends house, it had only been an hour since I had woken up and I was just on the verge of tears, I've never been so alone before I think if anyone could cure my loneliness it would be Araagonn Stryder. he owned an apothecary just two doors down from Rarity's place and he was friendly when it came to somepony that was sad, but then again so was Fluttershy, I wondered why she wasn't there. when I got to his store I heard a voice from inside, but his door was locked well I guess some ponies need some privacy from time to time, but still worried i knocked on the door, no one answered I knocked again, once again no one answered, getting worried for my friends safety I busted down the door. I studied my surroundings and heard the voice coming from the room in the back, when I peeked around the corner i saw an empty study room with an alchemy table, a workbench and a radio, the voice was coming from it, it was just a song playing. Disappointed, I turned off the radio "This isn't right, he never leaves his store". It was true he really never did, his house was right next to the workshop I was standing in, I felt a touch on my right shoulder causing me to turn around in a fit of panic, and then a sharp jab into my back left hoof "OW!" I turned around again but no one was there, I said to myself that I was clearly going insane and my dizziness confirmed my suspicion, I looked at my hoof and saw it was bleeding, "Argh, what pricked me? oh well I think my constant investigating has driven me to insanity and I clearly need some sleep" well so I hoped. DAY 1, 6:59 PM FLARE'S HOUSE I was feeling sick, maybe it was from the fact I didn't have anything to eat all day, my thoughts were not confirmed when I later threw up blood onto the floor, my head was hurting, my legs ached and I couldn't stop coughing, maybe I was drugged? how would I know? then I remembered earlier that I got pricked by something, maybe someone injected me with some sort of neurotoxin. I wouldn't know, because I passed out before I could conclude anything. DAY 2, 6:30 AM FLARE'S HOUSE When I opened my eyes, my whole body was aching, I laid in a pool of blood... my blood, I tried to stand but my loss of blood left me laying there, wishing someone would come to my aid I... I started sobbing softly "Somebody please..... What do I do now?" roughing up the courage to stand up and look in a mirror left me wondering even more, so I stood up slowly and went to my bathroom, of course it felt like forever because I was limping toward it, my stomach growled, "Now i'm really hungry". but that had to wait, I had to see what caused the huge puddle of blood in the middle of my bedroom, my hooves left traces of blood everywhere I stepped, the smell of it made my head hurt more than it did already, but I ignored it and went to the mirror, I had cuts all over myself, blood across my mouth, and my mane went from dark grey, blue and red, to just the solid dark grey colour. "What the hell happened?" Equestria was missing I was all of a sudden coloured back to before I even got colours and I passed out last night. Something is happening in Equestria and I'm gonna find out what happened. DAY 2, 6:57 AM CLOUDSDALE After cleaning up my blood, I gathered some supplies, food, drink, etc. And I set out hoping to find some answers, seeing as no one was around to change the weather it was a pretty average day, I started at the weather factory, It was dark, I supposed the power was out because the lights wouldn't turn on. "Damn, they were working yesterday". I had a torch in my saddlebag, of course it was hard to hold on the account of not having something known as fingers, Twilight gave me this hour long lecture on something called a human, thinking back on this made me slightly happier, I wasn't in love with her, I just loved the way she said this kind of stuff it always made me make a slight snicker. The low-light beam of my torch made the place ten times creepier, I'd always constantly check over my shoulder to see if anything was behind me, I always had a slight sense of paranoia in dark places, I always saw something move out of the corner of my eye which increased my paranoia more, approaching the rainbow factory I looked to my left as I saw something move past the corner. "H-Hey! WAIT!" I Yelled to the unknown entity, but to no avail, I quickly rushed around the corner to see if it left, but then a blinding light met me, "ARGH!" I was left stumbling as my head hurt, and my eyes burn. I felt around for the wall, I eventually found my bearings and headed home. DAY 2 7:30 PM FLARE'S HOUSE My legs ached, my eyes burned, my hooves stung, and I felt tears under my eyes, well at least I thought they were tears, ignoring it I wiped it away and went to my bedroom and sat down. They always said to keep yourself occupied whilst you're alone so you don't think about others. Unfortunately without anyone in Equestria, it was hard to keep my emotions at bay. I started crying, the smell of blood filled my nostrils again, I wiped my eyes and look at my hoof, it was blood, I rushed to the mirror to see what was happening. My eyes, they were bleeding black voids. How I could see out of them was beyond me, my mane had gotten darker, almost black even, just looking at myself made me want to cry even more, I was about to burst into tears when I heard something from my kitchen. "Huh?..." Not knowing what to think I just hoped it was someone I knew "D-d-......Dashie?". No response, I tried another friend of mine "Solaris?". Still no response I wanted to go check it out but my concious got the better of me, I decided to close my bathroom door and stay there until morning. DAY 2 9:29 PM FLARES HOUSE With nothing to do my emotions got to me, I sat there crying for at least three hours, drops of blood on the floor kept worrying me. I've never been so lonely because Fluttershy or another nice pony was there to fill that hole of emotions in my heart. Later I fell asleep... Chapter 2: Sounds and InsanityDAY 3 8:29 AM FLARE'S HOUSE I wish I didn't wake up, I had no reason to live, no one to turn to, no one to share my thoughts with. No one to-. *Thud* "Huh?...... Hello?" I had completely forgot about the thing in my kitchen making those sounds, I opened my door slowly and crept out, when I peek around the corner, nothing was there, a sigh of relief before realising something was out of place, a cupboard was open, "maybe I'm not alone after all..... Hello?". No response, disappointed, I closed the door and turned around. I nearly jumped out of my skin. "Ha. Good one Dashie, you always make me jump". she didn't respond, "um.. Dashie?" finally after what felt like an eternity, she headed toward my bedroom. "W-wait! Dash, Where are you going?" I went through the door and she was gone, "hmm". What confused me more was that the window wasn't open, "odd," I needed to look into this more, I dug around in my closet for my camera and I set it on a tripod in the corner of my kitchen, and I set out to Canterlot. Maybe I could find some answers there. DAY 3 10:15 AM CANTERLOT GARDENS I entered the gardens with haste, being here made me even more depressed than I already was, maybe because Canterlot was one of the more populated areas, among other places, it was just too quiet for Canterlot. "Okay Flare, calm down". The harder I tried to console myself the quicker it became evident that I needed attention, and I'm usually not the kind looking for attention, I needed a hug, or someone to talk to about the past couple of days, I sighed and continued on. I Joked to myself "Well, at least the statues can keep me company". I chuckled for a second before going back to my depressed self as I headed to Celestia's tower, I pray to Luna that she is still here. The stairs took an eternity to walk up, I got really tired, really fast. Pretty obvious that it was based on the fact that I had a restless past couple of days, I got to the top of the stairs where the castle gates faced me. "Well, here goes nothing", I opened the gates with a little bit of a struggle, I didn't know the light was so bright in here. "Huh? it was never this bright", just then the light went away, "odd". Walking into the castle left me feeling scared, it was too melancholic for Canterlot, too dark, I had too little to eat, why didn't I bring my saddlebag? I thought to myself. I was too paranoid, I kept hearing noises. Thumps, thuds, crashes. These certain sounds kept driving me to insanity. I then heard voices, but they were hard to make out what they were saying, I ran toward the voice, it sounded like it was coming from the grand hall. I busted through the door without hesitation, the voices were really loud, I could hear them perfectly. "Doctor! The patient is going rogue". I wondered what they meant by 'patient'. "Quick! Strap him down!" All of a sudden I felt some hooves on my back. "WHAT THE!?!?" I turned around quickly and looked around, no one was there. I felt the hooves again, "ARGH!" I ran as fast as I could out of there. "Flare! Stay still!". "WHO IS SAYING THAT?!?!". "Calm down were here to help". I was hyperventilating, I was scared out of my mind, I was getting dizzy, In a muffled sound I heard... "We gassed him, hopefully he'll be fine tomorrow". and in the background I heard Fluttershy crying, "W-what di-did you d-do to her? I-I'll kill you... Ugh. WHERE ARE YOU?!". and after that I passed out. DAY 3 5:23 PM PONYVILLE HOSPITAL I woke up in a hospital bed. Wondering how I got there, I immediately got up and ran for the door, just as I got out an unrelenting force stopped me. "Argh! What the?" And without a struggle I was quickly pulled back in, "AARRGGHH!! LET ME GO!" I screamed as I was being pulled back to my hospital bed. "Now why did we leave this door open?" I was scared and confused, I wondered what the hell was happening? I want to go back home, just as that thought passed through my head the door to my room shut itself. I quickly got up and opened the window and flew out and headed to Cloudsdale. DAY 3 6:50 PM FLARE'S HOUSE When I got home I quickly checked my camera. Most of it was static, some was just sounds in my house and some was my friends crying in the corner of my kitchen. Wait, My friends crying in the corner? "YES! I'M NOT ALONE! WOO!" With a happy yell I quickly did a little dance but quickly it ended up me just awkwardly sitting there feeling embarrassed. "Wow... That was awkward". I got up and walked over to where they were, I felt really depressed here, I thought I heard voices, but it was my insanity warding up on me again... I hoped. I decided to check over the tape again, and when I did. they were gone Solaris, Fluttershy, Snowfire, Rainbow dash, They were gone. All of a sudden I heard something trying to break down my front door, I jumped and went straight into my bedroom and into my closet. I heard the door bust down and hoofsteps, but no voices. after about 5 minutes I heard the hoofsteps go away. my head hurt, it had been a long day, so I decided to get some sleep I opened the closet door, closed my bedroom door and covered it with my wardrobe and got into bed and went to sleep. DAY 4 6:00 AM FLARE'S HOUSE I barely got any sleep, I couldn't get my mind off the fact that I was going insane and the ponies I've seen were just figments of my imagination. Maybe I was just sleep deprived, I don't know, I got up and made some breakfast, well it wasn't really breakfast, it was just a muffin Derpy Hooves gave me for my birthday seven days ago, I missed that nice pony too. In fact I missed everypony in Equestria, Even those I had a rational hatred for. "I miss everybody..." My eyes welled up, but there was no time to lose, I had to investigate a little more. Chapter 3: The Edge of InsanityDiary Entry #1 26th June 2012 The patient has been acting really strange over the past few days, only just yesterday he said: "W-wait! Dash, Where are you going?" and he has also tried to escape the asylum multiple times. Some of us are worried Flare has gotten a bug of some sort, he did throw up blood on one occasion, we've tried to feed him some food but he just turned away and never said anything. He even said with joy: "YES! I'M NOT ALONE! WOO!" We put him in an examination room twice. But the first time he almost gouged his eyes out with a pencil someone left in there, the second time we left him in there, he covered his eyes as if he was being blinded by something. We really need to look into this pony more and see if he has some sort of virus or not. DAY 4 10:28 AM FLUTTERSHY'S COTTAGE I Sighed and sat in front of her door, wishing she would answer my knocks. Of course she wouldn't she's not here. No one is here, all there is now, is a pair of hooves just grabbing onto my back every now and then. I keep turning around no one is there, I feel the hooves on my back again, I jump and run, but something stops me in my path, "Why me?" I ask myself. I wouldn't know, there was no one to ask. I keep feeling like I'm a lab rat or something, in some sort of cage, being tested with some hallucinogenic drug. I do remember that poke I got in Araagonn's apothecary, maybe I was never alone, maybe I just needed a second to find everyone, but hell, I was never good at finding anything, I remember when I was younger, Rainbow Dash asked me to help her find her teddy she took to bed to keep her company at night, she was adorable back then. "I wish I could see her right now..." Dairy Entry #2 27th June 2012 The patient has been behaving normally for the day. he has been having odd mood swings such as him being angry and all of a sudden being sad again. A short laugh before going back to angry, we've definitely been worried, so has his friends and family. We had Fluttershy burst into tears at the way he has been acting. we tried to console her but there hasn't been any luck, she's definitely worried for her friend, I think they may be in love with each other, another examination may be on schedule. DAY 4 12:10 PM ARAAGONN STRYDER'S APOTHECARY Opening the door to the apothecary, I cautiously stepped in making sure I didn't get poked by whatever poked me last time and looked around his workshop. I checked under tables, in corners, on the roof and shelves but no trip wire of some sort came to show. I keep hearing voices in my head, and from what I've gathered, they are doctors, after some examination of the room I turned around to see the light again, this time I starred into it. I didn't cover my eyes. if anything ended my life it would have to be this light. I just stood there, closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and ran at it. Just as I was about to hit it, it went away and I rammed into the wall. "Gargh, darn it". Disappointed, I sat up and stayed there for about a minute, then I screamed at the top of my lungs "WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!" And laid down and sobbed for a few minutes. Diary Entry #3 28th June 2012 Examination somewhat of a success. this time Flare didn't cover his eyes or anything, he just starred into the light bulb in the middle of the room for a few minutes before running at it and slamming into the wall. We checked for injuries but he just yelled at us. We really want to help, we just need an opportunity to prove ourselves. DAY 4 3:00 PM TWILIGHTS LIBRARY Her empty house made me want to say 'Twilight, you got any books on empty worlds'. but of course no one would answer, because I was in an empty world. I looked around the library at some books, I didn't see anything on empty worlds but there was some on paranoia and insanity, it could be useful, I thought to myself, so I grabbed them and took them back to my house. Diary Entry #4 28th June 2012 Last time Twilight visited, she said she would bring over some books about paranoia and insanity. but when she came over today, she asked if she could see Rainbow Flare. Knowing he was much calmer than he was a few days ago we let him out of his room. What we found odd was that he just went up to Twilight, picked up the books like he was in her library, and went back into his room. We were confused, as was Twilight, but she went into the room to talk to him. She said to him: "If you can hear me, I want to let you know that we all miss you, and we wish we could have you back". She then proceeded to leave the asylum, Flare is now reading the books he took from Twilight, and he's reading them quite thoroughly. Further investigation will be needed on this pony. DAY 4 5:30 PM FLARE'S HOUSE I've been reading through these books, and they are interesting... "I'm an Egghead" I joked to myself, but I kept reading. There was something's in the insanity book about 'Empty World Insanity', where the victim is in a world familiar to his own but no inhabitants other than him/herself. the paranoia book said something about 'Emptiness' where the emptiness is just a creation of his own mind and the world around him still exists. The paranoia one is closer to what I've been experiencing, could this just be a figment of my imagination? How would I know? Maybe the hooves that grab onto my back every now and then are just me imagining things, but then again they do feel like they're there. I just, need a sleep... getting dizzy, I can't feel my legs, I need to... Sleep. Diary Entry #5 29th June 2012 I think we have succeeded! He is much more calm and collective then he was three days ago, I don't know who but somepony came into the asylum with a syringe full of only Celestia knows what and gave it to us, but we are afraid it's some kind of cyanide. He hasn't been awake for a while, almost 2 hours now. Luckily we were able to get some examination done. Thankfully nothing is wrong with him, well other than him being insane, but from what the pony with the syringe said, it will hopefully cure him. DAY 5 12:20 AM PONYVILLE ASYLUM Walls. White walls. White padded walls. Day in. Day out. White padded walls. I woke up with a blur in my eyes, I saw someone else, I didn't care who it was I just wanted someone to speak to, but for some reason my fore-legs were strapped to my chest. I was in a straight jacket, I saw the mare walk up to me, she took the straight jacket off and put a torch in my eyes, I'd assume she was checking to see if my eyesight was okay. "Welcome back! Looks good, do you know your name?". I nodded and she asked "can you say it for me?" I knew this was most likely for purposes I never knew existed so I just responded with "Rainbow Flare". "Good, do you have any symptoms? Pain? Fever? Headache?" I shook my head softly and asked. "Where am I?" She paused for a few seconds and said. "You're in an insane asylum... Ponyville to be exact". I sat there in silence, trying to process all of this. Was this part of my insanity? Have I driven myself to such a edge that I'm now seeing things? I stood up and touched her face. "Um. Excuse me, is there something wrong?" I responded with: "No, I'm perfectly fine... I'm just checking to see if I'm still insane or not". The mare smiled "Well, you can thank a hooded pony for that". Confused, I asked who that was. "We don't know, sorry". I nodded and asked if I could see Fluttershy. "Certainly! I'll call her in for you". I waited for a bit and she came in we just stood there. after a while I started crying and hugged her. "Please tell me you're real" I said with tears in my eyes and she responded. "I am, please don't cry were both here, we are both sane and everypony wants to see you, including Rainbow Dash." I walked out of the room into the infirmary where I was greeted with my friends. Holding back tears of joy, I said hi to everyone, I only had one problem... Dashie wasn't there. My happy face soon turned sad, my own sister wasn't here to see me "Sorry I'm late... did I miss anything?" I immediately ran and hugged my sister. but then I realised, something was not right. I looked into a wall mirror that was hanging just at the corner, I looked into it and saw that no colour changes were done and my eyes were still black voids. I turned around quickly, I saw Pinkie Pie was holding a knife, Rainbow dash was hanging on a rope from the ceiling by her neck, Fluttershy was cut open lying on the ground, Rarity and Twilight had their horns torn off and some of their limbs ripped apart as well. Applejack was nowhere to be seen, I assumed she ran off. In a demonic voice I heard Pinkie say "TIME TO WAKE UP!" just before charging at me and gutting me. I looked down, my entrails were on the ground in a bloody heap, off in the distance I heard the doctor that was taking care of me yell "HE'LL KILL HIMSELF!, GRAB THAT SURGERY KNIFE OFF OF HIM!" I wondered for a moment and I said to myself "Surgery Knife?" I looked at my hoof, he was right. I was holding a surgery knife. I fell down. Only to see the doctors rush over to me, trying to save my life. I didn't know it would end like this. Diary Entry #6 29th June 2012" The Patient has had a Sudden burst of insanity. after he asked for Fluttershy he ran out of his room and at everyone else he grabbed a surgery knife from a table and stabbed himself. Thankfully we did save him in time, we put him back in the straight jacket and back in his room. I think listening to that hooded pony was a bad idea. We really want to apologise to his friends and family for pretty much almost getting them killed, but we might need at least one more examination. Chapter 4: The End of InsanityDAY 5 9:00 PM PONYVILLE ASYLUM I woke up in a daze, I was still in the asylum... "H-hello?" I called out, to see if anyone was there. No one answered, I tried to get out of the straight jacket, but I had barely any luck. "HELP!" Just as I said that, a nurse came up to the door. "Oh thank you, can you please help me out of this jacket?" She shook her head, and dissappeared. I quickly got up and look out of the window on my door. It was quite hard seeing as I was in a straight jacket, but I found my balance, I looked out the window, no one was there. I saw that there was a sharp bar on the door, I cut apart the straight jacket and tried to open the door, the knob turned but the door didnt budge. As if someone was blocking it, In a state of panic I started banging on the door loudly. "SOMEONE! OPEN THE DOOR!" Eventually the door opened, no one was in sight. I looked around quickly. "Hello? ANYONE?!" No one answered... A sigh of depression lead me to leave the asylum and head back home. DAY 5 9:40 PM FLARE'S HOUSE My sense of paranoia kept creeping up on me, I was tired, I needed sleep. I landed on my bed feeling dizzy, I was seeing things. "Fluttershy.... where are you?" I went blind, I couldn't see a thing "WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?" I felt a prick, "Huh?" Suddenly I could see again, but this time it was different. My house was empty, in fact I wasn't even in my house. "Where the Hell am I?" Nothing was in sight... Nobody, emptiness... Diary Entry #7 5th July 2012 The Patient has escaped. he asked if he could get out of the straight jacket, we knew it was insane so we just left him. somehow he got out of it, he busted down the door and ran for the exit, we tried to catch him but we couldn't stop him, wherever he is now we don't know... I've failed everypony. We plan on putting up missing posters if he is not found within the next two days. I'm sorry everypony... DAY 6 12:00 AM NOTHINGNESS I'm Lost, in white. No walls. No floors. Nothing Walking along, I tried to find some kind of door or something. I had the ability to walk so I assumed there was a way out, after about 2 hours of walking, I heard someone... it was Fluttershy... "No, STAY! Don't Leave again. Hush now its alright... is that you my love? You came for me... Where did you go? Come back... PLEASE.. COME BACK!" It was an odd sense of... sound, echo'y... odd "Fluttershy? I'M HERE!" "Is that you my dear?... Why did this happen? COME BACK!" At That moment.... I Passed out. Diary Entry #8 6th July 2012 We have started a search for him, its been a day since he escaped. we still haven't found him we even got Fluttershy to come along to help us find him. We checked his house, the door was unlocked... convenient. We put posters up no one has answered to us. DAY 6 2:30 AM CLOUDSDALE I woke up on a cloud, a small cloud. I smelt blood "urgh what the?" I looked down and I saw that the stitches from my stab wound were split open. Most of the muscle had healed so it was just a deep cut now, I was too weak to do anything. I was helpless, from a distance I heard voices "He's not over here! Check the hospital!" I couldn't call out I was in too much pain. Eventually I was able to flap my wings and get in the air to hover down to ground level Dairy Entry #9 6th July 2012 We couldn't find him. It was hard to break the news, when we did. We noticed a ring on Fluttershy's Necklace... A Wedding Ring, apparently they were getting married in two weeks. We felt terrible, the funeral is in a day DAY 6 8:30 AM PONYVILLE CEMETARY I walked by may aswell have my condolences to my parents, they were murdered by someone police have not found the guy yet. I wanted my vengeance but no one knew him. Still walking I eventually heard music, I ducked behind a gravestone and looked toward where the sound was coming from, it was a funeral, it was all calm at first but then I noticed someone... It was Fluttershy, she was crying. "why is she crying?" I wondered to myself. I inspected closer on the gravestone... It was my name. They think I'm dead? No, no that cant be I quickly flew off back to my house. DAY 6 12:30 PM FLARES HOUSE They seriously can't think I'm dead... I need to tell them I did see some posters up for me around Ponyville maybe I can fool them into thinking that somepony found me. I shall do that tonight. DAY 7 3:30 AM PONYVILLE I made the poster I had posted a lot of them around Ponyville and a couple in Cloudsdale I hope they will fall for it in the meantime I went straight to Manehattan, because I was assuming they would go straight there, and rented a room at a 24/7 hotel. Diary Entry #10 7th July 2012 We can't believe it. He's alive? I wonder who found him, we sent a group of Pegasi to Manehattan to find him. lets hope he hasn't moved to another town. DAY 7 10:30 AM MANEHATTAN Manehattan is AMAZING! The dining is awesome, the sights to see are fun and the ponies here are so nice. but still I miss Fluttershy, it feels as though my Insanity has gone away... but then again, my mind has deceived me before. what if this is all just another one of my mind's dirty tricks? I mean, I stabbed myself and thought it was Pinkie Pie, no this cant be right. everything is real... I hope. Things are.... nice. I see some other ponies flying in. "We're Here to Help" "No. Please. Leave me. I'm Okay" "Come on Flare. Come with us." "No... GO AWAY!" "Quick Grab Him!" "He's Getting Away!" Running. Falling. "Grab The Stun Gun!" "What?" "Okay, Guys lets take him home..." Diary Entry #11 7th July 2012 We brought him back to his rightful place. That Gravestone was a waste of time then, well at least everypony close to Flare can rest easy knowing that he is alive. We feel that he is close to getting over his Insanity, he barely reacted when the Pegasi got to him. But still they have been Suspended from their jobs for a day for pulling a quite lethal weapon on the patient. DAY 8 8:30 AM PONYVILLE ASYLUM The past eight day's have been a wreck... Ponies thought I was Dead... the world was empty for a few days, I stabbed myself... As if things couldn't get any worse... "Um... Excuse me Sir." "Ah! Fluttershy! How's it going" "Oh, Not bad... Is Flare around?" "Oh. Um we kinda don't want anyone to see him, you know after what happened last time." "PLEASE... Let me see her" "Well, If he insists... Good luck" The doctor opened the door and let Fluttershy in. "Hi, Fluttershy" "Are you okay?" "I feel okay... but then again. this could all be a trick... Are you real?" She paused for a moment, odd. "... Yes" Suddenly she got up and left quickly "W-Wait!" but the door shut before she could hear me... Great, even my Fiance is ignoring me. and without warning a bell rung loudly, I nearly jumped out of my skin. "LUNCH IS READY!" They opened my door and came in with a wheeler with leather straps on it. "Come on. Time for lunch" I tried to stand but I was too weak... I needed food, I was surprised at how long I could go without food, they kindly helped me up and into the wheeler, "Why do I need to be in a Wheeler?" I asked slowly "We can't risk another incident like last time" I hung my head. Don't I look sane enough? Diary Entry #12 8th July 2012 The patient looks really tired. It's been a long Eight days, he turned down all the food we offered. He must be starving, but he is a tough fighter, we're lucky he didn't die from starvation, it's amazing what some ponies can do. We didn't want to strap him down. He seemed quite sane to us, if all is good by tomorrow we might just be able to let him go. DAY 8 1:40 PM PONYVILLE ASYLUM LUNCH HALL Hay. Flowers. Grass. I feel like I want something else but that's all I can have. Again, being strapped to the wheeler made me feel needlessly helpless. What did I do to deserve this? I Scoffed down the food, I Felt I needed more but I had to wait until dinner. Looking around the Lunch Hall, I saw about 20 other ponies in the room. Not many for Ponyville. A lot of them were being fed just like me, only about three others were strapped down like me, I felt like I didn't need to be here, when suddenly I felt a sense of freedom. I looked behind myself, one of the nurses was unstrapping me from the wheeler and my straight jacket. "Huh? Why are you doing that?" "Because you're sane enough to feed yourself, are you not?" I wasn't really sure how to respond to that, true, my mind hadn't played tricks on me since yesterday. but why now? I just simply responded with: "Uh... Thanks" She giggled and responded kindly "No problem. Oh and by the way, we called up your Fiance and she said she would be coming by to pick you up tomorrow." "Oh. Good, hey did Fluttershy say anything about me on the phone when you called her up?" "Nope, but we asked her if she wanted to come by earlier today. but she said she was busy" I froze in shock. she never came by, maybe I'm still insane. but then again I have been sick for a bit, but it was pretty odd how she just up and left right after I asked her if she was real. I'm pacing myself on something that probably doesn't even matter. I left it be and was escorted back to my cell. DAY 8 9:50 PM PONYVILLE ASYLUM I couldn't sleep, I knew I needed it but I just couldn't sleep, so I stayed awake. I felt sick, maybe a fever, I was sweating like crazy, I choked back vomit, and looked up at the security camera. "Can you hear me?" I waited and a couple of seconds later they responded. "Loud and Clear" the guy on the intercom said. "Can I get a Doctor in here? I'm feeling sick" I complained "Okay. First tell us your symptoms" "Urgh... A Headache, Sweating, wanting to vomit, stomach ache. I don't know why can't you ask this down here?" They didn't respond, what the hell? "Hello? Anyone?" I Breathed in and held it, I Have a history of blackouts and twitching if I hold my breath for too long, I know its not good for me but hopefully it can get their attention. After about 10 seconds, I breathed out, my Fore-legs started to twitch, I felt light headed, it was alright, I was used to this, but quickly I fell and started having the seizure, "I'm okay, I'm okay, I'm okay," It's alright, I can take this. But it's never lasted this long, The room smelt odd, I can see someone at the door, I got totmntgjd,sjhkjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj. Diary Entry #13 9th July 2012 Flare is in surgery, it seems that someone had drugged his lunch, a drug that could cause seizures in some cases, and even induce fevers if overdosed. someone also gassed his room with a sleeping drug... Convenient, Flare will be coming out of surgery in a couple of hours. DAY 9 7:30 AM PONYVILLE ASYLUM I was calm on my cell floor, I woke up nice and calm. And then a nurse knocked on the door. "Flare It's the Day!" I knew what she meant, it's the day I finally go home and reunite with Fluttershy and my friends. I scrambled around and eventually got up. "Great! and um, when is that exactly?" I asked "In about two hours, I'm sure you're excited to see your fiance after a long 8 days." The nurse said with a smile. I found that odd for a nurse to be smiling like that. "Yes, Indeed I am" It was true, I was glad to be getting out of the madhouse, but I didn't want to offend them or anything, so I kept to myself about being glad to leave. I went to the bathroom to wash up and looking in the mirror, I was back to normal, my mane was its original Blue, Red and grey colour and my eyes were back to normal as well. I breathed a sigh of relief. "Glad I'm back to normal". I turned around and re-entered the lobby, I still felt a little sick from last night, I waited a few minutes, when suddenly a nurse came up to me and asked for my signature on a release form "Excuse me sir. I need your signature for the release form" "Oh... okay" I signed the form, just as I did that, Fluttershy walked in the room. "Hi Flare" Immediately, I ran up can hugged her. I was glad to see her after so long, I was almost sobbing I was so happy. "I see you two are happy to be back together" "Oh, yes. I would hate for anything to happen to him," "Well we're glad you called us up when you did, if he was not contained, he might have killed someone." "Contained?" "Oh! Yes, you did have several outbursts and escaped many times" "Did I hurt anyone?" "Oh, no we kept you under high security and made sure you didn't hurt anyone. The only pony you hurt was yourself... well I think we have covered everything. Good to go?" "Um... Yes" I made sure I wasn't insane one last time. "Alrighty then, Cya" I calmly left with my fiance, we then went back to her house. DAY 9 12:30 PM FLUTTERSHY'S COTTAGE When we got back, we had lunch. It was simple; Apples, Hay, Daisy Sandwich. I ate it all, and with a sudden sense of tiredness, I went up to our bedroom. and went to sleep. I Had a very vivid dream. you know when sometimes you have those dreams and they feel so real, you're afraid you won't wake up. that's what this felt like, I couldn't make sense of any of it, it was... Strange and at the same time realistic, the strange thing was... I Couldn't wake up End.
Chapter 1: Waking upDAY 1, 11:52 AM FLARE'S HOUSE It was a typical sunny day in Cloudsdale, well I wish I could say that... but I'm getting ahead of myself. My name is Rainbow Flare I am Rainbow Dash's brother, well used to be. Getting ahead of myself again, anyway I am not really a pony you would call noticeable I didn't get my colours until I was about five years old, I was separated from my family at birth, it was only until about last year my mane went from a dark grey colour to red and blue, of course its not rainbow but I guess that's what happens when you get separated from your family and don't know who gave birth to you until only 2011. so that's pretty much me in a nutshell where was I? When I woke up I was drenched in sweat, "Oh man, nightmares" I got up and went to my kitchen hoping I remembered to get some Hay while I was at the market the day before, but that was when I realised something, "Darn, I didn't get my Hay" okay that and I live in a more busy part of Cloudsdale so it was unusual that I didn't hear a peep from outside. I glanced at my clock it read 11:52 AM, "That's odd" I said to myself, usually I would be up at rush hour which was 7:52 AM, from all the noise coming from outside, I checked my calender to make sure I wasn't spending my time inside on a day off from the weather factory. "What the hell?" my calender didn't show anything with a day off noted on it, either I was late for work or there was a party and I wasn't invited, so I headed off to where I worked and that was in the Lightning and Thunder department. Nobody was there, not even my friend Snowfire, he did work in the snow department but since it wasn't winter it would've been pointless so he did thunder and lightning as a side-job. Confused I decided to look around at the other departments, Rainbow Factory was empty, Rain Factory was empty, Cloud Factory was empty, "SCREW THIS! Why am I the only one here?" I decided that being at the factory was a waste of time so I decided to go to Ponyville to visit fluttershy, "Hopefully she can console my lonely self". DAY 1, 12:30PM PONYVILLE I landed in Ponyville, hoping I would get greeted by Pinkie pie, but no such luck. I thought I saw something past the fountain but on closer inspection, it turned out to be just a rock, I proceeded to Fluttershy's but her house was pretty much empty other than her furniture and belongings I didn't see anypony or anyone in sight, her animals were gone too. "What's going on? This isn't right, where is everypony?" nervously I kept looking around to see if anyone would show themselves but they didn't. the boarded windows made me even more curious "What's happened?". After some further investigation of Ponyville I walked past the Carousel Boutique toward another friends house, it had only been an hour since I had woken up and I was just on the verge of tears, I've never been so alone before I think if anyone could cure my loneliness it would be Araagonn Stryder. he owned an apothecary just two doors down from Rarity's place and he was friendly when it came to somepony that was sad, but then again so was Fluttershy, I wondered why she wasn't there. when I got to his store I heard a voice from inside, but his door was locked well I guess some ponies need some privacy from time to time, but still worried i knocked on the door, no one answered I knocked again, once again no one answered, getting worried for my friends safety I busted down the door. I studied my surroundings and heard the voice coming from the room in the back, when I peeked around the corner i saw an empty study room with an alchemy table, a workbench and a radio, the voice was coming from it, it was just a song playing. Disappointed, I turned off the radio "This isn't right, he never leaves his store". It was true he really never did, his house was right next to the workshop I was standing in, I felt a touch on my right shoulder causing me to turn around in a fit of panic, and then a sharp jab into my back left hoof "OW!" I turned around again but no one was there, I said to myself that I was clearly going insane and my dizziness confirmed my suspicion, I looked at my hoof and saw it was bleeding, "Argh, what pricked me? oh well I think my constant investigating has driven me to insanity and I clearly need some sleep" well so I hoped. DAY 1, 6:59 PM FLARE'S HOUSE I was feeling sick, maybe it was from the fact I didn't have anything to eat all day, my thoughts were not confirmed when I later threw up blood onto the floor, my head was hurting, my legs ached and I couldn't stop coughing, maybe I was drugged? how would I know? then I remembered earlier that I got pricked by something, maybe someone injected me with some sort of neurotoxin. I wouldn't know, because I passed out before I could conclude anything. DAY 2, 6:30 AM FLARE'S HOUSE When I opened my eyes, my whole body was aching, I laid in a pool of blood... my blood, I tried to stand but my loss of blood left me laying there, wishing someone would come to my aid I... I started sobbing softly "Somebody please..... What do I do now?" roughing up the courage to stand up and look in a mirror left me wondering even more, so I stood up slowly and went to my bathroom, of course it felt like forever because I was limping toward it, my stomach growled, "Now i'm really hungry". but that had to wait, I had to see what caused the huge puddle of blood in the middle of my bedroom, my hooves left traces of blood everywhere I stepped, the smell of it made my head hurt more than it did already, but I ignored it and went to the mirror, I had cuts all over myself, blood across my mouth, and my mane went from dark grey, blue and red, to just the solid dark grey colour. "What the hell happened?" Equestria was missing I was all of a sudden coloured back to before I even got colours and I passed out last night. Something is happening in Equestria and I'm gonna find out what happened. DAY 2, 6:57 AM CLOUDSDALE After cleaning up my blood, I gathered some supplies, food, drink, etc. And I set out hoping to find some answers, seeing as no one was around to change the weather it was a pretty average day, I started at the weather factory, It was dark, I supposed the power was out because the lights wouldn't turn on. "Damn, they were working yesterday". I had a torch in my saddlebag, of course it was hard to hold on the account of not having something known as fingers, Twilight gave me this hour long lecture on something called a human, thinking back on this made me slightly happier, I wasn't in love with her, I just loved the way she said this kind of stuff it always made me make a slight snicker. The low-light beam of my torch made the place ten times creepier, I'd always constantly check over my shoulder to see if anything was behind me, I always had a slight sense of paranoia in dark places, I always saw something move out of the corner of my eye which increased my paranoia more, approaching the rainbow factory I looked to my left as I saw something move past the corner. "H-Hey! WAIT!" I Yelled to the unknown entity, but to no avail, I quickly rushed around the corner to see if it left, but then a blinding light met me, "ARGH!" I was left stumbling as my head hurt, and my eyes burn. I felt around for the wall, I eventually found my bearings and headed home. DAY 2 7:30 PM FLARE'S HOUSE My legs ached, my eyes burned, my hooves stung, and I felt tears under my eyes, well at least I thought they were tears, ignoring it I wiped it away and went to my bedroom and sat down. They always said to keep yourself occupied whilst you're alone so you don't think about others. Unfortunately without anyone in Equestria, it was hard to keep my emotions at bay. I started crying, the smell of blood filled my nostrils again, I wiped my eyes and look at my hoof, it was blood, I rushed to the mirror to see what was happening. My eyes, they were bleeding black voids. How I could see out of them was beyond me, my mane had gotten darker, almost black even, just looking at myself made me want to cry even more, I was about to burst into tears when I heard something from my kitchen. "Huh?..." Not knowing what to think I just hoped it was someone I knew "D-d-......Dashie?". No response, I tried another friend of mine "Solaris?". Still no response I wanted to go check it out but my concious got the better of me, I decided to close my bathroom door and stay there until morning. DAY 2 9:29 PM FLARES HOUSE With nothing to do my emotions got to me, I sat there crying for at least three hours, drops of blood on the floor kept worrying me. I've never been so lonely because Fluttershy or another nice pony was there to fill that hole of emotions in my heart. Later I fell asleep...
Chapter 2: Sounds and InsanityDAY 3 8:29 AM FLARE'S HOUSE I wish I didn't wake up, I had no reason to live, no one to turn to, no one to share my thoughts with. No one to-. *Thud* "Huh?...... Hello?" I had completely forgot about the thing in my kitchen making those sounds, I opened my door slowly and crept out, when I peek around the corner, nothing was there, a sigh of relief before realising something was out of place, a cupboard was open, "maybe I'm not alone after all..... Hello?". No response, disappointed, I closed the door and turned around. I nearly jumped out of my skin. "Ha. Good one Dashie, you always make me jump". she didn't respond, "um.. Dashie?" finally after what felt like an eternity, she headed toward my bedroom. "W-wait! Dash, Where are you going?" I went through the door and she was gone, "hmm". What confused me more was that the window wasn't open, "odd," I needed to look into this more, I dug around in my closet for my camera and I set it on a tripod in the corner of my kitchen, and I set out to Canterlot. Maybe I could find some answers there. DAY 3 10:15 AM CANTERLOT GARDENS I entered the gardens with haste, being here made me even more depressed than I already was, maybe because Canterlot was one of the more populated areas, among other places, it was just too quiet for Canterlot. "Okay Flare, calm down". The harder I tried to console myself the quicker it became evident that I needed attention, and I'm usually not the kind looking for attention, I needed a hug, or someone to talk to about the past couple of days, I sighed and continued on. I Joked to myself "Well, at least the statues can keep me company". I chuckled for a second before going back to my depressed self as I headed to Celestia's tower, I pray to Luna that she is still here. The stairs took an eternity to walk up, I got really tired, really fast. Pretty obvious that it was based on the fact that I had a restless past couple of days, I got to the top of the stairs where the castle gates faced me. "Well, here goes nothing", I opened the gates with a little bit of a struggle, I didn't know the light was so bright in here. "Huh? it was never this bright", just then the light went away, "odd". Walking into the castle left me feeling scared, it was too melancholic for Canterlot, too dark, I had too little to eat, why didn't I bring my saddlebag? I thought to myself. I was too paranoid, I kept hearing noises. Thumps, thuds, crashes. These certain sounds kept driving me to insanity. I then heard voices, but they were hard to make out what they were saying, I ran toward the voice, it sounded like it was coming from the grand hall. I busted through the door without hesitation, the voices were really loud, I could hear them perfectly. "Doctor! The patient is going rogue". I wondered what they meant by 'patient'. "Quick! Strap him down!" All of a sudden I felt some hooves on my back. "WHAT THE!?!?" I turned around quickly and looked around, no one was there. I felt the hooves again, "ARGH!" I ran as fast as I could out of there. "Flare! Stay still!". "WHO IS SAYING THAT?!?!". "Calm down were here to help". I was hyperventilating, I was scared out of my mind, I was getting dizzy, In a muffled sound I heard... "We gassed him, hopefully he'll be fine tomorrow". and in the background I heard Fluttershy crying, "W-what di-did you d-do to her? I-I'll kill you... Ugh. WHERE ARE YOU?!". and after that I passed out. DAY 3 5:23 PM PONYVILLE HOSPITAL I woke up in a hospital bed. Wondering how I got there, I immediately got up and ran for the door, just as I got out an unrelenting force stopped me. "Argh! What the?" And without a struggle I was quickly pulled back in, "AARRGGHH!! LET ME GO!" I screamed as I was being pulled back to my hospital bed. "Now why did we leave this door open?" I was scared and confused, I wondered what the hell was happening? I want to go back home, just as that thought passed through my head the door to my room shut itself. I quickly got up and opened the window and flew out and headed to Cloudsdale. DAY 3 6:50 PM FLARE'S HOUSE When I got home I quickly checked my camera. Most of it was static, some was just sounds in my house and some was my friends crying in the corner of my kitchen. Wait, My friends crying in the corner? "YES! I'M NOT ALONE! WOO!" With a happy yell I quickly did a little dance but quickly it ended up me just awkwardly sitting there feeling embarrassed. "Wow... That was awkward". I got up and walked over to where they were, I felt really depressed here, I thought I heard voices, but it was my insanity warding up on me again... I hoped. I decided to check over the tape again, and when I did. they were gone Solaris, Fluttershy, Snowfire, Rainbow dash, They were gone. All of a sudden I heard something trying to break down my front door, I jumped and went straight into my bedroom and into my closet. I heard the door bust down and hoofsteps, but no voices. after about 5 minutes I heard the hoofsteps go away. my head hurt, it had been a long day, so I decided to get some sleep I opened the closet door, closed my bedroom door and covered it with my wardrobe and got into bed and went to sleep. DAY 4 6:00 AM FLARE'S HOUSE I barely got any sleep, I couldn't get my mind off the fact that I was going insane and the ponies I've seen were just figments of my imagination. Maybe I was just sleep deprived, I don't know, I got up and made some breakfast, well it wasn't really breakfast, it was just a muffin Derpy Hooves gave me for my birthday seven days ago, I missed that nice pony too. In fact I missed everypony in Equestria, Even those I had a rational hatred for. "I miss everybody..." My eyes welled up, but there was no time to lose, I had to investigate a little more.
Chapter 3: The Edge of InsanityDiary Entry #1 26th June 2012 The patient has been acting really strange over the past few days, only just yesterday he said: "W-wait! Dash, Where are you going?" and he has also tried to escape the asylum multiple times. Some of us are worried Flare has gotten a bug of some sort, he did throw up blood on one occasion, we've tried to feed him some food but he just turned away and never said anything. He even said with joy: "YES! I'M NOT ALONE! WOO!" We put him in an examination room twice. But the first time he almost gouged his eyes out with a pencil someone left in there, the second time we left him in there, he covered his eyes as if he was being blinded by something. We really need to look into this pony more and see if he has some sort of virus or not. DAY 4 10:28 AM FLUTTERSHY'S COTTAGE I Sighed and sat in front of her door, wishing she would answer my knocks. Of course she wouldn't she's not here. No one is here, all there is now, is a pair of hooves just grabbing onto my back every now and then. I keep turning around no one is there, I feel the hooves on my back again, I jump and run, but something stops me in my path, "Why me?" I ask myself. I wouldn't know, there was no one to ask. I keep feeling like I'm a lab rat or something, in some sort of cage, being tested with some hallucinogenic drug. I do remember that poke I got in Araagonn's apothecary, maybe I was never alone, maybe I just needed a second to find everyone, but hell, I was never good at finding anything, I remember when I was younger, Rainbow Dash asked me to help her find her teddy she took to bed to keep her company at night, she was adorable back then. "I wish I could see her right now..." Dairy Entry #2 27th June 2012 The patient has been behaving normally for the day. he has been having odd mood swings such as him being angry and all of a sudden being sad again. A short laugh before going back to angry, we've definitely been worried, so has his friends and family. We had Fluttershy burst into tears at the way he has been acting. we tried to console her but there hasn't been any luck, she's definitely worried for her friend, I think they may be in love with each other, another examination may be on schedule. DAY 4 12:10 PM ARAAGONN STRYDER'S APOTHECARY Opening the door to the apothecary, I cautiously stepped in making sure I didn't get poked by whatever poked me last time and looked around his workshop. I checked under tables, in corners, on the roof and shelves but no trip wire of some sort came to show. I keep hearing voices in my head, and from what I've gathered, they are doctors, after some examination of the room I turned around to see the light again, this time I starred into it. I didn't cover my eyes. if anything ended my life it would have to be this light. I just stood there, closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and ran at it. Just as I was about to hit it, it went away and I rammed into the wall. "Gargh, darn it". Disappointed, I sat up and stayed there for about a minute, then I screamed at the top of my lungs "WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!" And laid down and sobbed for a few minutes. Diary Entry #3 28th June 2012 Examination somewhat of a success. this time Flare didn't cover his eyes or anything, he just starred into the light bulb in the middle of the room for a few minutes before running at it and slamming into the wall. We checked for injuries but he just yelled at us. We really want to help, we just need an opportunity to prove ourselves. DAY 4 3:00 PM TWILIGHTS LIBRARY Her empty house made me want to say 'Twilight, you got any books on empty worlds'. but of course no one would answer, because I was in an empty world. I looked around the library at some books, I didn't see anything on empty worlds but there was some on paranoia and insanity, it could be useful, I thought to myself, so I grabbed them and took them back to my house. Diary Entry #4 28th June 2012 Last time Twilight visited, she said she would bring over some books about paranoia and insanity. but when she came over today, she asked if she could see Rainbow Flare. Knowing he was much calmer than he was a few days ago we let him out of his room. What we found odd was that he just went up to Twilight, picked up the books like he was in her library, and went back into his room. We were confused, as was Twilight, but she went into the room to talk to him. She said to him: "If you can hear me, I want to let you know that we all miss you, and we wish we could have you back". She then proceeded to leave the asylum, Flare is now reading the books he took from Twilight, and he's reading them quite thoroughly. Further investigation will be needed on this pony. DAY 4 5:30 PM FLARE'S HOUSE I've been reading through these books, and they are interesting... "I'm an Egghead" I joked to myself, but I kept reading. There was something's in the insanity book about 'Empty World Insanity', where the victim is in a world familiar to his own but no inhabitants other than him/herself. the paranoia book said something about 'Emptiness' where the emptiness is just a creation of his own mind and the world around him still exists. The paranoia one is closer to what I've been experiencing, could this just be a figment of my imagination? How would I know? Maybe the hooves that grab onto my back every now and then are just me imagining things, but then again they do feel like they're there. I just, need a sleep... getting dizzy, I can't feel my legs, I need to... Sleep. Diary Entry #5 29th June 2012 I think we have succeeded! He is much more calm and collective then he was three days ago, I don't know who but somepony came into the asylum with a syringe full of only Celestia knows what and gave it to us, but we are afraid it's some kind of cyanide. He hasn't been awake for a while, almost 2 hours now. Luckily we were able to get some examination done. Thankfully nothing is wrong with him, well other than him being insane, but from what the pony with the syringe said, it will hopefully cure him. DAY 5 12:20 AM PONYVILLE ASYLUM Walls. White walls. White padded walls. Day in. Day out. White padded walls. I woke up with a blur in my eyes, I saw someone else, I didn't care who it was I just wanted someone to speak to, but for some reason my fore-legs were strapped to my chest. I was in a straight jacket, I saw the mare walk up to me, she took the straight jacket off and put a torch in my eyes, I'd assume she was checking to see if my eyesight was okay. "Welcome back! Looks good, do you know your name?". I nodded and she asked "can you say it for me?" I knew this was most likely for purposes I never knew existed so I just responded with "Rainbow Flare". "Good, do you have any symptoms? Pain? Fever? Headache?" I shook my head softly and asked. "Where am I?" She paused for a few seconds and said. "You're in an insane asylum... Ponyville to be exact". I sat there in silence, trying to process all of this. Was this part of my insanity? Have I driven myself to such a edge that I'm now seeing things? I stood up and touched her face. "Um. Excuse me, is there something wrong?" I responded with: "No, I'm perfectly fine... I'm just checking to see if I'm still insane or not". The mare smiled "Well, you can thank a hooded pony for that". Confused, I asked who that was. "We don't know, sorry". I nodded and asked if I could see Fluttershy. "Certainly! I'll call her in for you". I waited for a bit and she came in we just stood there. after a while I started crying and hugged her. "Please tell me you're real" I said with tears in my eyes and she responded. "I am, please don't cry were both here, we are both sane and everypony wants to see you, including Rainbow Dash." I walked out of the room into the infirmary where I was greeted with my friends. Holding back tears of joy, I said hi to everyone, I only had one problem... Dashie wasn't there. My happy face soon turned sad, my own sister wasn't here to see me "Sorry I'm late... did I miss anything?" I immediately ran and hugged my sister. but then I realised, something was not right. I looked into a wall mirror that was hanging just at the corner, I looked into it and saw that no colour changes were done and my eyes were still black voids. I turned around quickly, I saw Pinkie Pie was holding a knife, Rainbow dash was hanging on a rope from the ceiling by her neck, Fluttershy was cut open lying on the ground, Rarity and Twilight had their horns torn off and some of their limbs ripped apart as well. Applejack was nowhere to be seen, I assumed she ran off. In a demonic voice I heard Pinkie say "TIME TO WAKE UP!" just before charging at me and gutting me. I looked down, my entrails were on the ground in a bloody heap, off in the distance I heard the doctor that was taking care of me yell "HE'LL KILL HIMSELF!, GRAB THAT SURGERY KNIFE OFF OF HIM!" I wondered for a moment and I said to myself "Surgery Knife?" I looked at my hoof, he was right. I was holding a surgery knife. I fell down. Only to see the doctors rush over to me, trying to save my life. I didn't know it would end like this. Diary Entry #6 29th June 2012" The Patient has had a Sudden burst of insanity. after he asked for Fluttershy he ran out of his room and at everyone else he grabbed a surgery knife from a table and stabbed himself. Thankfully we did save him in time, we put him back in the straight jacket and back in his room. I think listening to that hooded pony was a bad idea. We really want to apologise to his friends and family for pretty much almost getting them killed, but we might need at least one more examination.
Chapter 4: The End of InsanityDAY 5 9:00 PM PONYVILLE ASYLUM I woke up in a daze, I was still in the asylum... "H-hello?" I called out, to see if anyone was there. No one answered, I tried to get out of the straight jacket, but I had barely any luck. "HELP!" Just as I said that, a nurse came up to the door. "Oh thank you, can you please help me out of this jacket?" She shook her head, and dissappeared. I quickly got up and look out of the window on my door. It was quite hard seeing as I was in a straight jacket, but I found my balance, I looked out the window, no one was there. I saw that there was a sharp bar on the door, I cut apart the straight jacket and tried to open the door, the knob turned but the door didnt budge. As if someone was blocking it, In a state of panic I started banging on the door loudly. "SOMEONE! OPEN THE DOOR!" Eventually the door opened, no one was in sight. I looked around quickly. "Hello? ANYONE?!" No one answered... A sigh of depression lead me to leave the asylum and head back home. DAY 5 9:40 PM FLARE'S HOUSE My sense of paranoia kept creeping up on me, I was tired, I needed sleep. I landed on my bed feeling dizzy, I was seeing things. "Fluttershy.... where are you?" I went blind, I couldn't see a thing "WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?" I felt a prick, "Huh?" Suddenly I could see again, but this time it was different. My house was empty, in fact I wasn't even in my house. "Where the Hell am I?" Nothing was in sight... Nobody, emptiness... Diary Entry #7 5th July 2012 The Patient has escaped. he asked if he could get out of the straight jacket, we knew it was insane so we just left him. somehow he got out of it, he busted down the door and ran for the exit, we tried to catch him but we couldn't stop him, wherever he is now we don't know... I've failed everypony. We plan on putting up missing posters if he is not found within the next two days. I'm sorry everypony... DAY 6 12:00 AM NOTHINGNESS I'm Lost, in white. No walls. No floors. Nothing Walking along, I tried to find some kind of door or something. I had the ability to walk so I assumed there was a way out, after about 2 hours of walking, I heard someone... it was Fluttershy... "No, STAY! Don't Leave again. Hush now its alright... is that you my love? You came for me... Where did you go? Come back... PLEASE.. COME BACK!" It was an odd sense of... sound, echo'y... odd "Fluttershy? I'M HERE!" "Is that you my dear?... Why did this happen? COME BACK!" At That moment.... I Passed out. Diary Entry #8 6th July 2012 We have started a search for him, its been a day since he escaped. we still haven't found him we even got Fluttershy to come along to help us find him. We checked his house, the door was unlocked... convenient. We put posters up no one has answered to us. DAY 6 2:30 AM CLOUDSDALE I woke up on a cloud, a small cloud. I smelt blood "urgh what the?" I looked down and I saw that the stitches from my stab wound were split open. Most of the muscle had healed so it was just a deep cut now, I was too weak to do anything. I was helpless, from a distance I heard voices "He's not over here! Check the hospital!" I couldn't call out I was in too much pain. Eventually I was able to flap my wings and get in the air to hover down to ground level Dairy Entry #9 6th July 2012 We couldn't find him. It was hard to break the news, when we did. We noticed a ring on Fluttershy's Necklace... A Wedding Ring, apparently they were getting married in two weeks. We felt terrible, the funeral is in a day DAY 6 8:30 AM PONYVILLE CEMETARY I walked by may aswell have my condolences to my parents, they were murdered by someone police have not found the guy yet. I wanted my vengeance but no one knew him. Still walking I eventually heard music, I ducked behind a gravestone and looked toward where the sound was coming from, it was a funeral, it was all calm at first but then I noticed someone... It was Fluttershy, she was crying. "why is she crying?" I wondered to myself. I inspected closer on the gravestone... It was my name. They think I'm dead? No, no that cant be I quickly flew off back to my house. DAY 6 12:30 PM FLARES HOUSE They seriously can't think I'm dead... I need to tell them I did see some posters up for me around Ponyville maybe I can fool them into thinking that somepony found me. I shall do that tonight. DAY 7 3:30 AM PONYVILLE I made the poster I had posted a lot of them around Ponyville and a couple in Cloudsdale I hope they will fall for it in the meantime I went straight to Manehattan, because I was assuming they would go straight there, and rented a room at a 24/7 hotel. Diary Entry #10 7th July 2012 We can't believe it. He's alive? I wonder who found him, we sent a group of Pegasi to Manehattan to find him. lets hope he hasn't moved to another town. DAY 7 10:30 AM MANEHATTAN Manehattan is AMAZING! The dining is awesome, the sights to see are fun and the ponies here are so nice. but still I miss Fluttershy, it feels as though my Insanity has gone away... but then again, my mind has deceived me before. what if this is all just another one of my mind's dirty tricks? I mean, I stabbed myself and thought it was Pinkie Pie, no this cant be right. everything is real... I hope. Things are.... nice. I see some other ponies flying in. "We're Here to Help" "No. Please. Leave me. I'm Okay" "Come on Flare. Come with us." "No... GO AWAY!" "Quick Grab Him!" "He's Getting Away!" Running. Falling. "Grab The Stun Gun!" "What?" "Okay, Guys lets take him home..." Diary Entry #11 7th July 2012 We brought him back to his rightful place. That Gravestone was a waste of time then, well at least everypony close to Flare can rest easy knowing that he is alive. We feel that he is close to getting over his Insanity, he barely reacted when the Pegasi got to him. But still they have been Suspended from their jobs for a day for pulling a quite lethal weapon on the patient. DAY 8 8:30 AM PONYVILLE ASYLUM The past eight day's have been a wreck... Ponies thought I was Dead... the world was empty for a few days, I stabbed myself... As if things couldn't get any worse... "Um... Excuse me Sir." "Ah! Fluttershy! How's it going" "Oh, Not bad... Is Flare around?" "Oh. Um we kinda don't want anyone to see him, you know after what happened last time." "PLEASE... Let me see her" "Well, If he insists... Good luck" The doctor opened the door and let Fluttershy in. "Hi, Fluttershy" "Are you okay?" "I feel okay... but then again. this could all be a trick... Are you real?" She paused for a moment, odd. "... Yes" Suddenly she got up and left quickly "W-Wait!" but the door shut before she could hear me... Great, even my Fiance is ignoring me. and without warning a bell rung loudly, I nearly jumped out of my skin. "LUNCH IS READY!" They opened my door and came in with a wheeler with leather straps on it. "Come on. Time for lunch" I tried to stand but I was too weak... I needed food, I was surprised at how long I could go without food, they kindly helped me up and into the wheeler, "Why do I need to be in a Wheeler?" I asked slowly "We can't risk another incident like last time" I hung my head. Don't I look sane enough? Diary Entry #12 8th July 2012 The patient looks really tired. It's been a long Eight days, he turned down all the food we offered. He must be starving, but he is a tough fighter, we're lucky he didn't die from starvation, it's amazing what some ponies can do. We didn't want to strap him down. He seemed quite sane to us, if all is good by tomorrow we might just be able to let him go. DAY 8 1:40 PM PONYVILLE ASYLUM LUNCH HALL Hay. Flowers. Grass. I feel like I want something else but that's all I can have. Again, being strapped to the wheeler made me feel needlessly helpless. What did I do to deserve this? I Scoffed down the food, I Felt I needed more but I had to wait until dinner. Looking around the Lunch Hall, I saw about 20 other ponies in the room. Not many for Ponyville. A lot of them were being fed just like me, only about three others were strapped down like me, I felt like I didn't need to be here, when suddenly I felt a sense of freedom. I looked behind myself, one of the nurses was unstrapping me from the wheeler and my straight jacket. "Huh? Why are you doing that?" "Because you're sane enough to feed yourself, are you not?" I wasn't really sure how to respond to that, true, my mind hadn't played tricks on me since yesterday. but why now? I just simply responded with: "Uh... Thanks" She giggled and responded kindly "No problem. Oh and by the way, we called up your Fiance and she said she would be coming by to pick you up tomorrow." "Oh. Good, hey did Fluttershy say anything about me on the phone when you called her up?" "Nope, but we asked her if she wanted to come by earlier today. but she said she was busy" I froze in shock. she never came by, maybe I'm still insane. but then again I have been sick for a bit, but it was pretty odd how she just up and left right after I asked her if she was real. I'm pacing myself on something that probably doesn't even matter. I left it be and was escorted back to my cell. DAY 8 9:50 PM PONYVILLE ASYLUM I couldn't sleep, I knew I needed it but I just couldn't sleep, so I stayed awake. I felt sick, maybe a fever, I was sweating like crazy, I choked back vomit, and looked up at the security camera. "Can you hear me?" I waited and a couple of seconds later they responded. "Loud and Clear" the guy on the intercom said. "Can I get a Doctor in here? I'm feeling sick" I complained "Okay. First tell us your symptoms" "Urgh... A Headache, Sweating, wanting to vomit, stomach ache. I don't know why can't you ask this down here?" They didn't respond, what the hell? "Hello? Anyone?" I Breathed in and held it, I Have a history of blackouts and twitching if I hold my breath for too long, I know its not good for me but hopefully it can get their attention. After about 10 seconds, I breathed out, my Fore-legs started to twitch, I felt light headed, it was alright, I was used to this, but quickly I fell and started having the seizure, "I'm okay, I'm okay, I'm okay," It's alright, I can take this. But it's never lasted this long, The room smelt odd, I can see someone at the door, I got totmntgjd,sjhkjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj. Diary Entry #13 9th July 2012 Flare is in surgery, it seems that someone had drugged his lunch, a drug that could cause seizures in some cases, and even induce fevers if overdosed. someone also gassed his room with a sleeping drug... Convenient, Flare will be coming out of surgery in a couple of hours. DAY 9 7:30 AM PONYVILLE ASYLUM I was calm on my cell floor, I woke up nice and calm. And then a nurse knocked on the door. "Flare It's the Day!" I knew what she meant, it's the day I finally go home and reunite with Fluttershy and my friends. I scrambled around and eventually got up. "Great! and um, when is that exactly?" I asked "In about two hours, I'm sure you're excited to see your fiance after a long 8 days." The nurse said with a smile. I found that odd for a nurse to be smiling like that. "Yes, Indeed I am" It was true, I was glad to be getting out of the madhouse, but I didn't want to offend them or anything, so I kept to myself about being glad to leave. I went to the bathroom to wash up and looking in the mirror, I was back to normal, my mane was its original Blue, Red and grey colour and my eyes were back to normal as well. I breathed a sigh of relief. "Glad I'm back to normal". I turned around and re-entered the lobby, I still felt a little sick from last night, I waited a few minutes, when suddenly a nurse came up to me and asked for my signature on a release form "Excuse me sir. I need your signature for the release form" "Oh... okay" I signed the form, just as I did that, Fluttershy walked in the room. "Hi Flare" Immediately, I ran up can hugged her. I was glad to see her after so long, I was almost sobbing I was so happy. "I see you two are happy to be back together" "Oh, yes. I would hate for anything to happen to him," "Well we're glad you called us up when you did, if he was not contained, he might have killed someone." "Contained?" "Oh! Yes, you did have several outbursts and escaped many times" "Did I hurt anyone?" "Oh, no we kept you under high security and made sure you didn't hurt anyone. The only pony you hurt was yourself... well I think we have covered everything. Good to go?" "Um... Yes" I made sure I wasn't insane one last time. "Alrighty then, Cya" I calmly left with my fiance, we then went back to her house. DAY 9 12:30 PM FLUTTERSHY'S COTTAGE When we got back, we had lunch. It was simple; Apples, Hay, Daisy Sandwich. I ate it all, and with a sudden sense of tiredness, I went up to our bedroom. and went to sleep. I Had a very vivid dream. you know when sometimes you have those dreams and they feel so real, you're afraid you won't wake up. that's what this felt like, I couldn't make sense of any of it, it was... Strange and at the same time realistic, the strange thing was... I Couldn't wake up End.
