Dreamer Adventures

Chara was currently unconscious on Twilight's couch after she had passed out when she had went through asriel's portal much to the horror of Celestia.

“I swear she was okay when I found her.” Asriel explained in fear.

“It’s alright, her Hatred may have done this to her. What you said was very sweet by the way, she will be fine. Ponyville general is sending their best, so if you have things to attend to, now would be a good time.” Celestia explained as she assured the goat man of his troubles.

“I’ll be quick…” With that, Asriel was gone.

Twilight was doing her best to tend to Chara’s hurt. Though, that was rather difficult when she wasn’t exactly hurt. “It’s like it’s in a constant flux of tearing her apart and making sure she stays whole. It’s unreal and frankly quite frightening…”

The door to the library burst open, the alabaster mare that was Nurse Redheart trotting in like it was an emergency room. Spike wasted no time as he helped the medical professional with relieving Chara of her clothing and setting a fresh towel upon her forehead.

“Her breathings normal. Lot of exposed skin, but no signs of infection. Heart rate…” A cold stethoscope found its way onto Chara’s bare chest as Redheart began to listen to the pace of her heart.

“She’s just exhausted. I’ll set up an I.V with an electrolyte solution, if she doesn’t wake up in two hours, you get her admitted immediately.”

A metal stand and hook was set up, Redheart making quick work with injecting the drip needle into her arm’s vein. Just in time as Asriel opened a rift back into the room… rather flustered. “I’m back… she okay?”

Unamused and undeterred, Redheart began to pack up and leave. “She’ll be fine, a bit of RnR and she’ll be right as rain. “Don’t force her to strain herself again.”

With that, the nurse was gone. “Hokay… what do we need to do to actually fix her?” Asriel asked rather annoyed.

“I don’t know!” Twilight cried. “Any spells used to slow down the process of restructive-deconstruction only increased the rate at whi-”

“COMMON PLEASE!” Asriel shouted, knocking Twilight off her haunches.

“Um… magic is volatile?” She offered with a nervous smile.

“I thought magic was friendship?” Spike asked now quite confused.

“No dear Spike, Friendship is Magic.” Celestia corrected.

“Folks… focus.” These simple words shook the tree with an unseen force. All present now in a state of sharpened focus.

“Hatred is linked to her soul. A force as strong or stronger than her own determination may at least allow one of us to speak with her.” Celestia offered.

“And we have someone with this kind of will… where exactly?” Asriel asked with sarcasm laced with venom.

“We could find another human?” Twilight asked.

“Sure, let’s pull one from the aether, that went sooo well the last time!” Asriel spat.

“Hey! They’re only trying to help! You don’t have to be mean about it!” Spike complained in defense of his loved ones.

Asriel begun to run his hand across his face in frustration, kneeling upon the coach just level with Chara’s head. “I’m sorry…”

An hour had passed. Celestia unmoving by the sleeping child with narry a word. The silence only broken by the library’s doors nearly torn from their hinges

“I CAME AS SOON AS I RECEIVED YOUR MESSAGE SISTER!” Luna’s voice echoed throughout the aged tree.

Celestia began to usher her sister to where the sleeping child lay. Calmly explaining that her body was in a shut down state. A constant flux of regeneration and destruction.

“Twilight and Spike went to the Everfree for herbal regents, and Asriel went to blow off steam. I can call Asriel if you wish.” Celestia explained.

“No, not yet. I believe I can make contact without incident.” Luna took a breath as she charged the point of her horn and placed it upon the child.

Her world fell apart, her eyes surrounded by an inky black and enshrouded in an echoing silence.

“Well… it isn’t the worst mind I’ve seen…”

All around Luna she could see Inky black Vines that seem to cover the inside of an underground cave, behind her she could see a patch of golden flowers illuminated by a light coming from the ceiling.

“Hello! Miss Chara! Anypony!?” Taking a look at the flowerbed, she took a curious sniff, noting the vibrant and strong fragrance of buttercups. For some reason, taking a whiff of the petals caused the fragrance to strengthen at points in her surroundings.

“Ah, the context clues of the subconscious mind…” She allowed the aroma to lead her deeper into the ruinous darkness, noting aged masonry and infrastructure hidden behind shifting and writhing vines. Alone she traveled, a haunting sense of dread following each step she took. It would have been a bit too much to fathom had she not come across a discarded pony sized doll of some sort.

“Oh… who would just leave a…” She uprighted the figure, even rubbing off a bit of grime from it’s cloth. “Hmm… not too shabby.” Leaving the cloth statue to it’s devices, she began to go deeper into the ruin, the smell becoming just that much stronger with every step

Luna began to make her way through a dilapidated hallway, blackened vines grinding along broken columns of stone. “What could have done thi-” A frog dropped on her face. A normal pony would have grabbed the frog and tossed it aside. Luna was no normal pony.

“GETITOFFGETITOFFGETITOFFGETITOFF!!!!!” She screamed as she ran to and fro, bumping into the walls and all along the hall until the poor monster left of its own volition.

“HAHA! Flee foul beast! Thou hast proven no match for our superior skills in martial prowess!”

“Eat your veggies!” Another pair of radish shaped monsters chorused.

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Jumping at the offending veggies, Luna begins to dash away, running past several more monsters.

In her frightened dash, she failed to notice a path of roses that at first glance seemed to be solid… “AAAAAAAAaaaaahhhhhh…” Only to plummet into an underground portion of dungeon. “Oh my aching posterior…”

Easing her hurt, she looked at the ceiling, then at the floor. “Trap floor? Who would…” She shook her head and began to fly… only for her wings to lock up. “Not again aaah!”

Another thump resounded upon the stone floor. “Ow… my aching posterior…” Once again tending to her hurt, Luna began to search the dungeon, locating a passage to the top floor.

“Alright… trap floor. I won’t fall agaaAAAAIII-” After having taken no more than three steps, the almighty princess of the moon once again fell upon her butt.

“...hmmm… my aching posterior…”

Several attempts later

“FREEDOM! I will not be defeated by-!” As Luna crawled out of the rose covered floor, she was nearly impaled by spike rigged pressure platforms. “Ohhh…..hmmm….hm...” She whimpered with tear filled eyes as she began to solve the floor puzzle.

Hours of unending torture awaited her through every twist and turn. Puzzles and nonsensical monsters challenged her both physically and mentally… all that was awarded her was a brief respite. A calm before a storm.

Literally dragging herself along, Luna found the point where the fragrance was strongest… and where the vines had been the most prominent.

“Alright. Let's see to the extent if this wicked mind.” No sooner had Luna uttered these words that several vines burst from the earth and began to both assault and impede her.

Taking the experience gained sofar, Luna deftly outpaced, out maneuvered, and out played the offending vines. Through twists and spins, vaults and slides, the vines were ultimately tangled into a neat and tense knot.

“Hmph, that was actually quite exhilarating.” She mused as she pulled on the pretzel shaped knot. Finally free from the mental roadblocks, Luna began to descend into the final reaches of Chara’s mind as she entered what seemed to be someone’s home.

“Well this doesn’t seem all that…” An intense fragrance filled her nostrils, leading her to a door wrapped behind layers of blackened vines. “Ah, this is where I’m supposed to be.”

She neared the door and reached out to the vines and the Vines pulled way to show a cracked and old looking door closed tight when Luna tried the knob she noticed it wasn't locked. Pushing the door, she peered into a bedroom overcast by a lingering shadow.

“H-hello? Is anyone there?” Luna asked with uncertainty. Luna heard Whispers that were barely Audible as she sees Chara curled up in a ball in the middle of the room with her hands over her ears.

“Young Chara? Is that you? You need to wake up, the others are worried for you.” Luna called as she reached out her hoof.

As she moved closer she heard the voices more clearer and clearer the closer she was to Chara before she was standing right next to Chara and the voices were all yelling “Humans are trash, especially you!” the voices themself sounded dark and hateful.

Unfazed, she began to focus her magic as she had finally reached the nucleus of Chara’s mind and could finally do something about the current situation. Fully charged, Luna begun to unfurl her magic upon the room. The black Vines started to pull into Charas mental body as Luna cast her magic unwilling to let go of their Creator and host.

“No you don’t!” Luna cried as she began to focus her magic on Chara’s body, attempting to unbind her from the vines. Luna soon realize that they were tied to the core of her very being as Chara begin crying out in pain.

“Oh for the love of… Okay what if I?” Refocusing her magic, she instead attempted to integrate with the vicious vines…she was startled out of the spell due to the sheer amount of hatred within the vines all aimed at their creator and her species.

“SWEET GODDESS! I WAS NEVER THIS DIFFICULT!” Luna now shouted at the vines and if luna didn't know better she would have thought the vines were laughing at her.

Huffing, Luna dropped a mental beacon and left it just outside the mental nucleus the beacon itself took the shape of a golden glowing star. Closing her eyes, she took a deep breath before gasping back into reality.

“Get me everypony!” She cried, not even waiting for a response to her awakening

“Who, dear sister?” Celestia asked, more than a little worried at Luna’s flustered and sweating face.

“EVERYPONY!!”

“So what are we here for?” Rainbow asked, lazing about on a cloud she had brought in after the initial shock of seeing Chara wore off.

“Luna feels that if the six of you attune your elements to her magic, she may be able to wake Chara from her self induced slumber.” Celestia calmly explained.

“Yeah, but what are we here for?” Rainbow asked again, eliciting several gasps at her seeming disrespect for the princess.

“I don’t much like this situation either, that don’t give ya an excuse t’be rude.”Applejack chastised.

The group thusly devolved into a small argumental dispute on whether or not they (Rainbow Dash) should even care about the task before them. As the strong words became shouts, Fluttershy had opted instead to go to Luna and have her break up the argument with a word.

The word itself was an archaic and normally unpronounceable statement from a time long forgotten. The force at which it was spoken dissipated Rainbow’s cloud, quieted the group, and brought all to attention.

“Now that I have your undivided attention, I’d like Twilight to give a “rundown”,” She turned to Twilight and whispered: “Is that the right word?” Once a nod was given, Luna continued. “Yes, a rundown of our rules of engagement.”

Clearing her throat and bringing out a chalkboard, Twilight began to breakdown the plan given to her by Princess Luna. “Now then, our job is simple. Princess Celestia has given us access to the Elements of Harmony so as to aid princess Luna in awakening Chara.”

The board depicted the six Elements with Luna in the middle. “We will not be entering Chara’s mind with the Princess as doing so puts our lives in jeopardy.”

“Oh come on… what’s so dangerous about some half pint thief!?” Rainbow complained again.

The board was flipped, depicting several well armed guards lying beaten and bloody before the child in question.

“Chronological manipulation, mystical constructs, physical regeneration on a massive scale… this isn’t a walk through the park. The princesses are adamant that if either of us so much as step into her mind, we would be wholly eviscerated.”

Most everypony in the room looked at Twilight with quizzical expressions, Pinkie being the only one not fazed.

“Could you maybe dial it back and make teeny tiny adjustments to everything you just said?” Pinkie asked while making shrinking motions with her forehooves.

Twilight seemed slightly miffed, but took the time to review a separate set of notes and coughed into her forehoof.

“Right, if you hurt her, she can heal from it then use that pain to strike back three times as hard, four times as fast and there's nothing you can do to stop her.”

“Not to reiterate a point, darling, but maybe Rainbow might have a point about all this.” Rarity offered, gaining one hoof pump from Rainbow. “I can understand why keeping her safe would be a priority, but maybe this is for the best?”

Murmurs filled the room, Celestia now breaking the awkward that had befallen the group.

“She is lost and scared in a world not her own. Plagued by demons and circumstances she has no control over.” Walking with purpose, she now stood beside her sister. “I won't fail her when she needs me the most. Not now, not ever.”

Unsure of themselves, those present begun preparations either in the form of reaquanting themselves with their Element, or mentally fortifying their will and vigor.

Once all were ready, Luna and Celestia began focusing their magic into the other as Twilight and Co. began to focus on the sisters and add their own magic. A spell was cast, and the two sisters found themselves within the home within the underground… along with Twilight and her friends.

“What the hay just happened!?” Rainbow cried as she gazed at her surroundings. Much of the others had their own questions and worries as they righted themselves, save Pinkie Pie who had gone off on her own and returned with a cinnamon butterscotch pie.

“This isn’t right… neither of you should be here!” Luna exclaimed, worry and fear her primary emotions.

“We can’t worry about that now! She needs us!” Celestia proclaimed as she marched onwards, Luna quickly leading her to Chara. They found Chara in the exact same position as she was before only difference was tears were streaming from her eyes.

The girls had stepped into the room proper, unable to comprehend just what they were looking at. “What’s wrong with her?” Fluttershy had asked as she stepped closer, only for several vines to writhe uncontrollably and hiss.

She stepped back, also causing the vines to recede as well. The princesses took note and began to get everyone into a huddle. “Change of plans, everypony focus your magic on Fluttershy.”

The group began to form a tight semi circle around Fluttershy as she fervently began to shrink into herself, hiding in her mane as she devolved into a frightened sputtering mess.

“Wait, there’s no way we're sending Fluttershy to go up to that thing!” Rainbow argued. “It’ll eat her alive!” Hearing this, Fluttershy began to softly cry, worried that she would be sent to face the beast.

“This is the only way, watch.” Celestia gently nudged Fluttershy forward, the mare doing her best to look away. As she inched closer and closer, the vines began to screech and spit and hiss. The vines even went so far as to haul their captive away the closer Fluttershy was to their proximity.

“Fascinating…” Twilight whispered, all heads now turning to her. As Fluttershy was ushered back into the circle, Twilight began running her hoof along the floor; her magic staining the floor in fluorescent light.

“Fluttershy’s Element is Kindness,” She stated, drawing out a diagram of Fluttershy’s necklace and the vines. “Chara’s mind is currently dominated by the embodiment of Hatred, the exact opposite of Kindness.”

The group looked upon the diagram, not exactly sure as to what she was getting at. “I don’t mean to sound rude dear, but I don’t exactly see our Fluttershy hugging it into submission.” Rarity argued.

“Ah can see it,” Applejack cut in. “but I ain’t send’n ‘er in alone. Just’ain’ right.”

“She won’t be alone silly!” Pinkie happily said as she booped Applejack. “We’re gonna be with her, riiiiiight…” She then poked her dear friend in the chest softly. “Here.”

Before any could question this, Fluttershy looked up and spoke.

“I… I’ll do it.”

The declaration was met by a deafening silence, the princesses looking rather unsure of themselves, but steeled their resolves. “Are you ready?” Luna asked.

A nod was her only response. Without so much as a second thought, a runic circle adorned with the emblems of the sun and moon, and the Elements appeared just under Fluttershy.

A fierce magic began to bind itself to her, every pony in the room watching as their magic, their very hearts and souls conjoined with their ally.

The shine fell along with the circle and the princesses parted, Chara’s body now in full view of Fluttershy. “Do your best.”

Slowly, Fluttershy began a gentle walk up to the tortured child, the vines now reacting far more chaotically than they had before. Inch by inch both parties moved, until the vines could hide no more.

A single spear like appendage jut forth, and Fluttershy’s vision was replaced by a black and white grid. A green heart trapped in a large rectangular box appeared before her, several other boxes just under it with the words FIGHT, ACT, ITEM, and MERCY.

Just above that box was a Chara shaped mass of vines. Above her was a text bubble with the words {no one will ever truly care for us…}

On the outside looking in, the girls made several comments on the absurdity of the several prompts and commands.

“Fluttershy! FIGHT!” Rainbow exclaimed, much to the opposition of her friends.

A cursor began to hover over FIGHT, and it was pressed… only for a text box to appear:

“Oh, I can’t do that.”

The girls would have commented further, but were shocked from their musings once the vines began to invade Fluttershy’s box and attempt to skewer her heart. Unflinching, Fluttershy simply willed her heart dodge the incoming tendrils.

Once the vines had stopped, Fluttershy once again held control over her options. A cursor began to hover over MERCY, but before she could move to press it she was startled by Luna.

“Check your items!” The princess cried.

“Does she even have items?” Celestia asked, eliciting a giggle from Pinkie Pie.

“Duh, she has this pie!” The party pony exclaimed as she held up her pie as Fluttershy moved to check her items. Lo and behold, a prompt appeared with an empty list of items save for a single item: Cinnamon Butterscotch Pie.

Exiting her items, she moved once more to MERCY. It opened up the menu that brought two options spare and Runaway. Fluttershy clicked spare.

{Why would you ever want to spare me... I'm a demon.} said the text bubble that popped up above Charas head.

The vines had resumed their assault full force, creating wall traps, cross thrusts, or snaking movements along the box. as soon as the attacks ended a new bubble popped up above Charas head. {Why do you even try? We're not worth it…}

“SHY! You have to FIGHT!” Rainbow cried once more. Once Fluttershy resumed control, she began to hover over FIGHT once more, only to pull away from it. Instead, she swifty chose ACT.

She was given nine options: Check, Loyalty, Honesty, Laughter, Magic, Sun, Moon,Generosity and Kindness.

She opted first to Check.

[Name: Chara

LV: 6

HP:120

DT: ∞

STA:100%

ATK:156

DEF:43

AGT:59

Chara Dreemurr is the first Fallen human and is a severely abused human child with hatred for herself and her own kind, she does not understand why you all are here.]

“Did… she just tell us everything about herself?” Twilight asked. The others began to wonder what stats Fluttershy had, rather hopeful that at least she had a fighting chance.

Once again, the Vines lashed out, and as they did so, the group had huddled and begun to discuss just what it was they were given.

“Um… princess? Did you know anything about the abuse?” Twilight asked. The others stood attently as Celestia and Luna recounted what they learned from the Book of Legends.

From gasps of disbelief, to solemn silence, the group had come to see Chara far differently than they had originally.

“What GARISH and uncaring monsters would even do that to a child!?” Rarity cries.

Rainbow did her best not to show any emotion at all, bitter and resentful at herself for wishing to do her own amount of harm on the fractured child.

“Those monsters don’t even deserve parties…” Pinkie said coldly, her mane flattened and her body now darkened.

The others, though rather fearful of their friend’s cold demeanor, had no time to contemplate as Fluttershy released a pained yell.

Looking back, Twilight was the first to notice the heart was now blinking and moving away from a vine that had managed to touch it.

Fluttershy was once again focused upon the task at hand and seemed to worry little for her own well being. Once again her turn, she immediately chose ACT. Once more her options were given to her, and this time she chose to select her first real option: Loyalty.

“There’s someone out there who misses you.”

It was a simple message, no more profound than an everyday greeting, but it carried with it a weight incomparable to other statements of its kind.

{Who would ever miss me…} Was the reply as a big chunk of the vines disappeared exposing one of Chara's arm.

The vines once again began to strike out, far more violent and erratic than before. A second too late and Fluttershy’s heart would have been struck once more had it not been for control to switch over.

Once again in command of her own options, she immediately chose ITEMS. Several options were already available, a bottle of apple cider, Pinkie’s Pie, and three strawberry cupcakes.

Choosing a cupcake, she was given a small prompt.

{the taste of your friends cupcake fills you with determination…all Health restored}

As the vines returned to their assault, the girls got to talking.

“Ya’ll don't find it weird she had dialogue options havin’ ta do with our Elements?” Applejack asked, earning her rather dumbfounded looks from her friends which she returned unamused.

“Just cause ah sound like a country bumpkin don't make me any less intelligent.”

Pinkie and Rarity shared a giggle, Rainbow seemed rather embarrassed, and Twilight and the princesses simply coughed an awkward cough.

“Well, maybe this has something to do with what Pinkie said earlier?” Twilight asked. The ears of said pony having perked after being called, she immediately began to look aloof and absent minded.

“I suppose it makes sense,” Celestia stated. “It would not be so hard to imagine that the Elements connect you all in more ways than just one…”

“Look! She's hitting ACT again!” Rarity shouted.

Once again given her choices, Fluttershy went down the list and chose Honesty.

“There's someone out there who cares for you.”

{My family never cared for me why would others?} Chara said as her arm was completely Freed From The Vines of HATE.

The vines, now less ample, resumed their tireless assault anew, adopting a minefield tactic to attempt harm… to no avail.

Pinkie began to jump up and down when Fluttershy hovered over Laughter. “OOH OOH! She's gonna pick mine! She's gonna pick mine!”

“There's someone out there who makes you smile.”

{He died because of me!} Charas speech bubble appeared as tears poured from her eyes and the black Vines of hate started creeping back up her arm.

The vines began to spiral about the board, trapping Fluttershy’s heart as it began to shrink and expand. A thorn managed to strike Fluttershy as she regained control of her options.

“Is she gonna heal?” Rainbow asked.

“She's going for ACT!” Celestia exclaimed, astounded by the pegasus’ bravery.

Following suit, the shy mare went down the list and hit Magic.

“There's someone out there who considers you a friend.”

{I will never see them again…} the text bubble above Chara said as the vines retreated further than before part of her torso being exposed now.

Pinkie gave an audible gasp and cheered. “It's working! Don't give up now!”

A single flower bud formed at the top of the border, trailing Fluttershy’s heart until it popped and let loose a vine which missed rather narrowly.

“Just wish we could do mor’ an just watch…” Applejack complained, getting Rainbow of all ponies to offer her comfort.

“She's got this.” A certain pride welled inside her chest, an assurance that her dear friend would persevere.

Forgoing personal safety, Fluttershy continued as is and chose Generosity.

“There's someone out there who wants to share their life with you.”

{...} Was written in the speech bubble as nothing happened and Chara attacked again.

Flower petals began to fall upon Fluttershy’s heart, some even managing to land their mark.

The girls gave a startled gasp, but breathed a sigh of relief when Fluttershy opted out of using ACT and instead ate another cupcake.

[The taste of the cupcake made with love and care from your friend fills you with determination…Max's out HP.]

Now free to enact their offensive, the vines did their best to once again attempt to skewer their opponent to no avail.

Going down the list of ACTs, Fluttershy moved on to Sun.

“There's someone who considers you a daughter.”

{...would someone really want me?} The speech bubble said as the HATE Vines lost more of its grip on Chara and most of her torso and her other arm was uncovered by the HATE Vines leaving only her legs and head left.
“She’s almost free! Don’t give up now!” The group cried in unison.

Having lost much of their power, the vines had become sluggish in their attack. Attempts at impalement failed miserably as each consecutive tendril would wither after nary a second.

The end in sight, Fluttershy went to ACT and chose Moon.

“There’s someone out there who considers you a sister.”

{But am I worth it…} the text bubble said as her legs became visible, the only thing that was still covered on Charas body was her head.

In one last ditch effort, the vines began a frantic flailing attack which would end in each tendril exploding magnificently whilst thorns projectiled from the dead plants. The chaotic frenzy did well to harm Fluttershy’s heart as much as possible before the barrage had finally stopped.

Fluttershy had actually begun sporting several scars now, as well as a slight dripping of blood coming from her mouth. Between the screams of her closest friends to heal and the delirium caused by her pain, the unrelenting mare gave one last ACT of defiance: Kindness.

“Maybe it’s time to go home.”

{B-But where is my h-home…} Charas text bubble said as the last of the black Vines evaporated but unseen by them all was a small piece of black ooze that scurried away.

There was no defiance. There was no regret. There was only the aftermath that awaited MERCY.

Fluttershy, now fully in control of her body, collapsed onto the floor and began straining her muscles as she pulled herself onto Chara. “Home… is where the heart is…”

One by one the sleeping mares awoke from their slumber, some more frazzled than others. Others…

“FLUTTERSHY!!” Shouted Rainbow, immediately noticing the horrid state in which her close friend was in. “I knew that was a bad idea! Come on, we’re getting you to the hospital!”

However, once Rainbow had a good hold on her terribly injured companion, she was stopped by an almost silent and incoherent mumble.

“Wha? Look we’re getting you t-” Yet again the poor mare uttered a word, undiscovered strength fueling it’s delivery.

“Wait…”
The others had finally risen and had begun to crowd around their injured ally. “The heck do you mean wait!? You’re bleeding!”

“Sp-spike!!” Twilight cried, still groggy from the experience. With swift feet, the young drake was upon Fluttershy, tending to her wounds and cleaning the now rusting blood from her coat.

“What even happened to her?” He asked of everyone, first glancing to Twilight and her friends, then to the princesses, and finally to Chara.

Chara was laying there curled up in a ball looking like she was trying to make herself as small as possible, Chara felt herself weaker and far more fragile than before.

“Take me to her…” Fluttershy urged, princess Celestia being the one to shoulder Fluttershy and lead her to the child.

“O-one of us should inform Asriel…” Luna muttered as she went to work on a scroll.

The others began to form a semi circle around the child as Fluttershy was placed before her. Those gathered watched as Fluttershy began stroking the child’s hair, humming a soft melody as she urged the child awake. Chara close their eyes Tighter and shrunken on herself more.

Content with letting her rest from the endeavor, Fluttershy simply fell into a small trance as she continued to run her hoof along Chara’s head… of course the peace didn’t last long as Asriel had fallen upon the floor in hysterics, a small cardboard box in his hand.

“I HAVE FRIES! I HAVE FRIES!!” The goat child cried as he pulled himself up from the floor. The loud noise caused Chara to cringe.

Most the entire room shushed him all at once. “Where hast thou been!?” Luna questioned. “Whilst our valiant Bearers aided us in freeing Chara from her slumber you’ve!! You’ve… what hast thou been doing?”

Confused, Asriel cleared his throat and began making his way to Chara. “I was… talking to an outside force. Nice guy… if just a little crazy.” He looked to Fluttershy and Chara, the latter doing their best to pretend they weren’t at all awake.

Slightly amused, Asriel opened his box and began to hover it just above the child’s head. “Smell that? You know you want it…” But Chara continued to pretend she was asleep even if it was of little use as her form was shaking.

“Hmm, yeah… guess you really don’t want these. You know who might? Rosie. I think I’m just gonna head back right aboooout…” Asriel began to slowly pull the box away, hoping Chara would take the obvious bait. But nothing happened.

“Yeesh, tough crowd. What happened to her?” He asked of everyone present. Twilight coughed as she began to recant the tale of their venture into Chara’s mind.

“Wait wait wait… her Hatred did this?” He asked of the librarian.

“Yes, and it was absolutely nerve wracking having to watch Fluttershy even so much as confront it. In the end, it finally let go and… here we are.” She said with pseudo enthusiasm and an uneasy smile.

“So what? It’s a relapse? Do we just let her be?” Asriel asked.

“It’s for the best…” Fluttershy wheezed out, still suffering from the ordeal. “Get her to my cottage… I’ll take care of her…”

“Slow down ther’ partner, you ain’t in no condition to be caring for anypony, me an’ mah kin can keep an eye on her just fine.” Applejack stated.

“I’ll be just… fine… You have an entire orchard to care for…” Fluttershy protested.

“She’ll be safer here anyway.” Twilight argued. “I can monitor her vitals, and once you’ve recovered from your injuries, you can take over. How’s that sound?”

The normally shy mare gave a sigh of defeat as she allowed herself fall to the ground, her eyes slowly closing to the world around her… it was going to be a rather rough week for everyone.