The Past Isn't Done With You
Chapter 3- It's not real
Previous ChapterNext Chapter"Soooo, let me get this straight. A strange unbeatable ghost like creature is trying to kill Starlight"? Rainbow Dash asked, tilting her head to the side.
"Yep, that's what she told me. She wouldn't tell me why or how she even knew it in the first place", Twilight explained to her friends. She invited them over to her castle so that she could fill them in on the situation.
"Well have you even seen it darling"? Rarity asked.
"Unfortunately no, but Starlights freaking out right now" Twilight said.
"Oh my...where is she"? Fluttershy quietly asked.
"She's in her room with Trixie". All of the other girls immediately started to blush and giggle. "What"? Twilight asked while raising an eyebrow in suspicion. Upon realizing what they were giggling about, her face turned a hot shade of red as she quickly shook her head. "No no no, it's not like that. She's here because she heard that Starlight passed out in the middle of ponyville, and she came because she was concerned", Twilight quickly explained while still blushing.
"Riiiiiight", Rainbow teased, as she still had a giant grin on her face.
"So ya can't jus' find it and blast it Twi"? Applejack asked.
"No, apparently it can't get hurt". Twilight said, scanning through a collection of books that she thought could help, but she couldn't find anything that Starlight was describing.
"Oooo maybe this super duper scary monster just wants Starlight to give it a hug", Pinkie blurted out. She was met with dumbfounded faces.
"I don't think this thing wants a hug Pinkie". As the girls sat around the cutie map table and pitched in their thoughts on the situation, the main door of the room swung open, and a small purple dragon quickly ran into the room. Spike stopped in front of the cutie map table while trying to catch his breath.
"Spike what's wrong"? Spike had a worried expression, and held up a letter that was clenched in his hand. A light purple aura surrounded the letter, and levitated itself towards Twilight. She slowly began reading the letter, and her face began to morph in an expression of absolute terror.
"Well, what's does it say" Rainbow asked while leaning back in her chair. Twilight slowly put the letter down and stared at all of her friends.
"Princess Luna is in the hospital, and she's in critical comditon".
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"Sooo this thing can morph itself into a pony"? Trixie asked while sitting next to Starlight on her bed.
"Yea pretty much".
"Why is it even chasing you in the first place"?
"...........I rather not say",
"Bull shit, you won't even tell me"? Trixie hopped off the bed and began pacing around Starlights room.
"Look Trixie, I just rather not bring it up. But let's just say, I met it when I was a very desperate and greedy mare, that would've done anything to see her vision of the perfect Equestria come to life, and as a result of my stupid ass actions, I got to pay the price". Starlight sighed, and leaned back on her bed.
"Pay the price? Get the fuck out of here Starlight, this isn't paying any damn price", Trixie angrily said to her friend.
"It is for me" Starlight sorrowfully said as she turned to her side. "I almost destroyed this amazing reality just so I could have revenge, and what do I get after it? I get amazing friends, became the Princesses personal student, and now I'm becoming a hero for Equestria". Starlight took a deep sigh.
"You make this shit sound as if it were a bad thing" Trixie said in confusion.
"The point is, that I haven't been punished for any of my crimes towards Equestria, and I feel like I should". Trixie stared at her friend, and trotted towards her.
"I tried to take over Ponyville out of revenge" Trixie began to remember the day she almost ruled over Ponyville with the magical amulet that she obtained. "I was forgiven that day by Twilight, and even then I was still hated. But then I met you". Trixie began to blush as she sat down on the bed beside her friend. "You were the one mare that I could've called a friend, and you've stuck with me all this time. I was about to try to do another dumbass thing when I realized that nopony cared for me, but when I met you, you showed me what a true friend is. You showed me what it met to be loved, and I'm glad I didn't go through any punishment, because I wouldn't have met you".
Starlight rolled herself over to look at Trixie. Her face was a burning hot shade of red, and her heart was pounding rapidly. Trixie returned the look with a hot blush and a light smile. She laid herself down on the bed beside Starlight, and the two looked into one another's eyes. Starlights chest was pounding rapidly at this point, and her entire face was now red. Her heart slowed down a bit when she felt her hoof being held by Trixies. After a couple of second of just staring at eachother, the two mares slolwy leaned their heads closer to eachother, and embraced in a long passionate kiss.
Starlights heart slowed down its beating, and her face became less red. She felt so safe, so comfortable with Trixie. She placed a hoof on Trixies face and slowly opened her eyes.
Her eyes widened in sudden fear, as she stood up in horror. She was kissing a skeleton that belonged to a unicorn. Starlight jumped off the bed and ran outside her door and into the hallway. After catching her breath, she looked up and realized that the hallway wasn't shiny or bright. It was dark and she couldn't see very far down the hallway. Her horn glowed so that it could produce some sort of light so she could see. But it was still really dark.
Starlight heard the sound of running, but she couldn't point out where it was coming from. She began trotting down the dark hallway, but stopped when she felt her hooves touching some kind of liquid. She looked down and trembled in fear when she saw that she was standing in a pool of red liquid. The liquid made a trail that went down the hallway and disappeared into the blackness. Starlight tried to calm herself down before continuing down the nearly pitch black hallway.
It seemed as if she was walking for a long time. She couldn't find any doors, any windows, or anypony. But then she stopped dead in her tracks when she heard the sound of hoof steps right behind her. She slowly turned her head around, but before she could fully look behind her, she immediately turned her head forward in fear. Standing right behind her was a mare. A dark grey mare, with long black hair that covered her face.
Starlight began to sweat, and tears streamed from her face as she was now beyond scared. She did her best to calm herself down, and ounce she was relaxed, she slowly started walking again, trying her best not to look behind her. The sound of hoof steps from behind her didn't pick back up. After a good two minutes of walking, she found the door that led to the main room where the cutie map table was.
"Twilight..." she called out. No response. Starlight took a deep breath before opening the door. The room was dark as well, and it was completely abandoned. But the sight of something made Starlights skin crawl. Sitting right ontop of the table was a filly with her back turned. The filly was her. She didn't move, or even make a sound. The only sound that was in the room was Starlights heavy breathing.
"Umm, hello"? Starlight slolwy walked towards the table where the filly was sitting.
"He's going to get you", the filly whispered. "He's going to cut your eyes out, just like he did to me". The younger version of Starlight turned her head around, which made Starlight stumbled back a bit
In fear. Her eye sockets were completely empty, and blood poured out from the empty holes where her eyes should be. "In fact, he's here right now". Her voice began to grow deeper and more terrifying as she said that last sentence.
Starlight quickly turned around and ran straight for the door, but screamed her lungs out upon opening it. Infront of her was Trixies body. A noose hung around her neck, as she dangled infront of Starlight. Her eyes were completely ripped out, and her horn was snapped off. The letter X was carved in her stomach, leaving trails of blood dripping from her body. Starlight stood there in horror, as tears began to stream down her face.
"Oh sweet Celestia" she screamed. She turned around to look away from the door, but was greeted by the same dark stallion that caused her to pass out at the fruit stand. His Fedora covered his eyes and a blood covered grin stretched across his face. He lifted his fedora up to reveal his eyes. They were replaced by white glowing empty sockets, that stared right into Starlights soul.
"Where do you think you're going"? He said in a demonic voice. Without any warning, a cloud of smoke surrounded his hoof, and a tall, blood covered Scythe appeared, clutched in his hoof. He raised the Scythe over his head and quickly brought it down on Starlight.
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"AGHHHHH" Starlight yelled as she opened her eyelids. Sweat was pouring down her face and her eyes were wide in panic.
"Starlight, calm down its me Trixie". Trixie wrapped her arm around her friend, who was now sobbing her eyes out. Twilight and the others raced down the hallway and busted into the room.
"What happened"? Twilight asked. Her face became scared when she saw Starlight, shaking like crazy and crying.
"We were......doing something, and then she passed out to sleep. I tried to wake her up but after like two minutes she woke up screaming",
Trixie explained, still hugging her crying friend.
"Well we just got news that Princess Luna is in critical condition and they don't know how", Rarity said. Starlight immediately stopped crying, and stood dead still upon hearing what Rarity just said. She slowly released herself from Trixies arms and had a blank face on. The others grew silent and stared at their friend in confusion.
"Starlight.....what's wrong"? Twilight nervously asked. Starlight just stared at nothing, before slolwy raising her eyes up to look at her friends.
"Oh shit".
Author's Note
So like I said previously, dialogue is something I feel I need to work on. Also I feel like I'm rushing situations, and not adding enough detail. Let me know if you feel the same. Oh yea, and by now you probably can get a nightmare on Elm Street vibe in this story. Horror movies are a big inspiration to me. Anyway cristcim is appreciated.
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