No Hope Left

Why did it have to be me? Why did I, Twilight Sparkle, have to open that book? Surely, I should have known that it wasn't for my eyes to see. I did. I knew. But here's a thing that I didn't know. HE ALREADY HAD ME. He was making me do little things. You know, like running to the restroom for no reason, throwing books at my walls for no reason... Things like that. Then. Then I summoned him. He isn't a demon. He isn't even a spell. He's one of THEM. The ones before us. I didn't even... He let's me roam around the room now. Strange things have happened to the room, though. It has stairs. And it goes very deep. He keeps telling me that more poor ponies are going to get killed by me, I'm a monster now. I thirst for blood. It's not so bad, actually. I felt sort of bad for killing the first two. I mean, I knew them. They were like... They were delicious, though. Yeah. Pretty darn good. I love the FEELING, the feeling of power. The choice. Do I let my prey live? Die? That's MY decision. Not theirs. Oh, I know what you must be thinking. If I have a choice, why do I do it? Why do I rip apart poor Griffons, and Ponies, and creatures a like? It's because I like it. And it fills the void. It quenches my hunger. My thirst. But that's enough talk. I rarely do this with my prey, and you are no exception. See those stars down there? I'm gonna' give you to the count of one hundred. And then we will play a game. I call it cat and mouse. You call it No Hope Left.

I sigh, staring at the camera. Well. It looks like this SCP is never going to get a lower class. It will remain Euclid. Well, until it decides to stop killing our D-Class. Which it won't. See, I think it's sorta funny how these SCP's work. They think that they are so big, so powerful. This SCP is no exception.

Stupid.

Keter classes are what I'm afraid of. Those things are what TRULY make me afraid. I trot down the hall shaking my head as all my fellow Peers stand at attention before me.

"Redsopine!" I groan, as Princess Luna runs over to catch up with me.

"What is it, Luna? Am I on another patrol? Do I have to go clean out SCP-022's room? Ugh, please tell me she didn't eat another member of the staff..." I mutter.

"No. And thou should not be so disrespectful. Even IF you are the leader of this facility, that does not mean that you can disrespect your leaders in such a manner. Anyways, we actually need you to confront SCP-001. The one you were monitoring." At this, I stop. Is she CRAZY?

"Luna? Are you nuts? She has killed every D-Class that was put in there, heck, even Princess Celestia tried to get her to return to a normal state of mind. So did that one Element. Ugh, I remember when the cleanup crew pulled her ripped up remains out of there. Rest in peace, never forget." I close my eyes for a fake prayer, then continue on my way to SCP-030's room. Much more important than this.

"You have a point. However, we have only two options at the moment. Tia' is staying in her room, and will not come out. She demands to speak with Twi- I mean, SCP-001. I hate to say it, but Celestia is getting more and more lazy every day. Heck, sometimes 'I' have to raise the sun. All she does is sit in her room and eat cake, and honestly I'm sick of it. She wants her old student back, Red. Please?" She stops me, and looks in my eyes.

"Hmm, lemme' think...-" Princess Luna smiles widely-" No." I continue walking away, as she trots after me.

"Look, Red. She was an element bearer, and technically still is. Celestia is lost, and not even I can help her. Her old friends have encountered the same fate. Really, things aren't looking good for the future of Equestria. If Princess Celestia doesn't talk to her old student soon, I'm afraid she might do something drastic." She pleads.

"Like suicide? Look, if this is so important, why won't YOU do it?" I ask, sighing.

"She knows me. Actually, I think she's AFRAID of me. And that won't work, we need someone that she thinks she can control. And you are the perfect pony for the job. We need her to be stable enough to confront Celestia. She hates Celestia, you can tell by the videos. In one recording, she pretended that her victim WAS Tia', and had done things that would have gotten her an execution, had she been in the common public."

"Ughhhhhh... Fine... I want a promotion to a better facility though. This one has too many Keter's and Euclid's. There are like, only TWO Safe's, and they are not CUTE nor cuddly." I mutter.

"Thank you soso much, Red. Celestia is just so sad now... And well, I'm not going to lie, she's picked up quite a few pounds." Luna admits, as I laugh.

"Yeah, it's no problem. I'll be in a D-Class uniform in maybe, two hours. Right after I get some lunch." I respond.

"Oh? What are you to have? A buffet of roasted carrots and lettuce, and to wash it all down a nice glass of Orange Juice?" She asks, a small smile on her face.

"Nah. Cucumber sandwich on some whole wheat bread. With water, hehe."

I slowly make my way through the door as the others hurry for me to move.

"Good luck, Fluttershy! Bring Twlight back home for us okay?" The door closes behind me quickly, as I bite down hard on the lamp that I hold in my grip. Fear.

I take a step forward, and try to avoid staring at the door behind me. Safety.

I keep padding forward into an everlasting darkness, when a question comes to mind. How big is this room, anyways?

"H-Hello?" I call out ahead of me. No echo. No response. Nothing but me and this lamp, which, strangely, can only barely breach the darkness's nearly impenetrable wall.

I keep trotting, as I feel a strange, almost unnerving feeling. Like I want to sit down and go to sleep.

A staircase comes into view, which I promptly enter. Taking slow, very fearful, very cautious steps, I make my way down the stairs.

What was that?

"Fluttershy. Psst. Over here." I sigh in relief at the sound of Starlight, and turn quickly to find her. She is behind a door coated in rust and mildew, which seems impossible as I have not been here nearly that long. Nor has anypony else, for that matter.

"Oh thank Luna that you're okay!" I rush over to the door with a wide smile. "What happened, where's Twilight?" My expression falls when I see the desperation on her face.

"That... No, oh no... I was SO wrong to come down here, I-I only wanted to help and see what was wrong, and sh-she, she is a monster FLuttershy! She's going to EAT US!" Starlight screams.

I begin to respond with some words of encouragement, but stop when I hear it.

An echo.

And hoofsteps.

And neither of us are moving.

"Keep on t-talking, Starlight. I'm hearing some very interesting things that you are telling my FRIEND." Twilight's voice sounds completely natural, normal. As if we were talking on a regular day.

"Run Fluttershy, I-" A scream echoes through the room, as I take a step back in surprise. Blood sticks to my face as I take heavy breaths, taking more and more steps away from Starlight. Her hoof reaches through the bars on the door, waving crazily as I hear sick squelches from something sharp being shoved into her flesh. More blood sprays up from behind the door as she collapses, her hoof hanging through the door, slowly twitching. I take another step back, and stop, trying to catch my breath from the horror that I just witnessed.

"Sorry, Starlight. I didn't mean to hurt you so bad. I'll make it better later, I have to get our other friend, before she goes home. The party hasn't even begun!" I look up silently, without emotion at the door. Twlight's face is shoved against the door's bars, as she searches for me. Blood runs down her face, and she has a wide smile plastered to her features. Small fangs hang, and her horn looks a LOT more sharp... And far more deadly. "There you are! I'll be over there in a second, don't you move okay?" She leaves the door, and hard, fast hoofsteps rush away... To someplace.

It takes me a second to realize that I have to run. I try to move, but I can't.

I'm frozen in shock... I realize. I keep trying to move, though, right when Twilight arrives. She stands directly in front of me, tears in her eyes.

"Hey, Fluttershy. It's great to see you, it really is. I... I'm sorry. I'm a monster now, you can tell huh? I... I'm just not okay... AH!" Twilight began to scream, as I fell to the ground, lost in thought and in an immense state of fear. "Ah... Sorry. Nil... I'm bucking hungry, Fluttershy, I can't stop it." She grabbed me, and quietly flew over to the door that Starlight had nearly died by. She then shot it down with an astronomical amount of Magic, and dragged Starlight's body into a corner.

"I'll be right back, okay Fluttershy?" She exclaimed, then there was just... Quiet...

More blood pooled over to me, and stuck to my lamp and my hooves. I closed my eyes, and just... I waited.

"That wasn't as satisfying as I had hoped. Not when she was half dead... Oh no. I... I always liked you Fluttershy. Actually, I loved you. But... That was Twilight. And I am Nil." I watched Starlight's dead corpse leave a long blood trail as Twilight neared me. "Can you sing a lullaby as I do it? It... It would make me so happy. Please." Twilight asks.

I think for a moment, as the last part of my soul, the very kind part reaches out to me.

I try to do my best, but one lullaby sticks.

"T-twinkle, twinkle little star-" And that's when I died.