Prologue: Pain and Sorrow
Olly shivered in the dark alleyway as the voices of the Officers called out to him. He wiped away a single tear from his eye as he looked at the photo of his brother and himself. He wiped his eyes with the dirty sleeve of his sweater. The rain continued to fall as he quietly sobbed, ignoring the calls of his parents.
"I don't deserve to go back, not when I killed him," Olly whimpered. He looked down at the photo once again and sniffled. "I'm sorry brother, you don't have to forgive me, I don't deserve it" Olly lay down on the newspaper and covered himself with the old rag and fell asleep crying. That night he saw the same nightmare. "Where am I?" Olly whimpered walking around in the darkness.
"So you came back," groaned a voice. Olly looked forward to see his brother standing before him.
"Brother," Olly whimpered. Just than a giant black claw came over him and slashed him as he fell down dead. "No," Olly whimpered.
"What do you mean?" asked the voice. "YOU killed him, it's your fault and you should know that,"
"I...I didn't mean to," Olly sobbed. He looked up to see the burning black skeleton with the purple eyes.
"Hmph, how pitiful, you knew better and you don't even try to take responsibility, you truly are selfish," said the skeleton.
"I'm trying...I just..." Olly trailed off.
"Just what?" hissed the skeleton. "You can't say nothin when all you do is run away from the truth," Olly looked down sobbing even more. "Quit crying like a brat and do something about it, or are you too scared to even tell your parents?"
"Please.......please stop," Olly whimpered.
"Hah pathetic!" laughed the skeleton. "You really are spineless, you're even scared to face me!"
"I'm....I'm sorry.......really I am," Olly sniffled.
"Oh now you're sorry!?" laughed the skeleton. "Why are you apologizing to me when it's your brother that deserves an apology?" Olly said nothing as he continued to sob. "Listen kid, you're a lucky one, I can help you fix this,"
"Really?" Olly sniffled.
"Yeah, all you have to do is carry out my bidding," said the skeleton.
"You mean like do everything you tell me to?" asked Olly.
"Yeah, exactly, you know, you may be a coward, but at least you're smart," said the skeleton. Olly wiped away his tears and walked over. "Well what do you say?" asked the skeleton holding out his hand.
"Deal," said Olly shaking his hand. The skeleton smirked with glee.
"Good, then we're a team, the name is Fear, remember that," said the skeleton.
"Ok," sniffled Olly.
"Great, well it's almost time," said Fear.
"Wait what do I do?" asked Olly.
"Ooh eager aren't you, first things first go to Bell Water Park and find the great oak tree and find the giant hole in the tree, everything else I'll explain later," said Fear.
"Ok," said Olly.
"That's my boy, well my time is up, see you soon kiddo, rise and shine!" said Fear snapping his fingers. Before he knew it Olly woke up with the sun's rays in his face. He thought about what he talked about with Fear last night and decided to check out the great oak tree. He gathered his stuff and walked out of the alleyway and made his way to Bell Water Park. It didn't take him very long considering it was only 3 blocks away from where he was. Eventually he found himself standing in front of the Great Oak Tree Fear mentioned.
"I guess this is it," said Olly. He looked at the photo and nodded. "Don't worry brother I'll fix this, I promise," He slid the photo into his pocket and walked up to the tree. He looked around until he found a giant hole behind the tree. He looked around to make sure he wasn't followed and peeked in. "Hello?" he called in. Suddenly he noticed something glowing. Inside there was a small crack that revealed a bird's eye view of a small village. Looking through, Olly could see multiple colored ponies walking around. "What?" Olly asked. Suddenly the crack expanded as two large black claws grabbed him and attempted to pull him in. "No!" Olly cried. But for some reason his body wouldn't respond and soon he was pulled in as a sinister laughter echoed throughout the area.
Another day had passed in Equestria as Luna wished Celestia a goodnight before she walked out onto the balcony. Luna fulfilled her usual duties of raising the moon and now she was free for a while.
"Well it seems like nopony is need of assistance so I might as well take a nice stroll tonight," Luna said to herself. She was about to walk back into the castle when she noticed something in the garden. "Oh I wonder what that could be," Curiously Luna jumped off the balcony and flew down to get a closer look. "Oh...oh my," Luna gasped. What she found was a small human child covered in dirt and mud. She gently nudged the child with her hoofs to see if it was dead. Surprisingly it was and slowly got up groaning.
"Ow," he said touching his head.
"Are you alright child?" Luna asked. Olly looked up towards Luna and stared at her for a second or two before yelping and running off. Surprised, Luna watched as Olly ran and hid behind a tree. Concerned for him, Luna walked over and looked behind the tree where Olly was trembling. Olly noticed Luna and crawled away from her. "Hey, no it's ok, I won't hurt you," Luna cooed. She tried to reach out before stopping herself. She could see the fear in his eyes. But something didn't seem right. He wasn't any ordinary human child.
"Please don't hurt me," Olly whimpered.
"Don't worry dear I won't," Luna said with a smile. But Olly couldn't smile back. Luna noticed tears running down his cheeks. Something was definitely wrong. Not only was he scared of her, but his presence almost seemed sinister. It was as if some sort of demonic paranormal entity had latched onto him. But Luna couldn't just leave him. "Are you cold, come on why don't you come with me," Luna said.
"Ok," Olly mumbled. He slowly got up and followed Luna as she lead him into the castle.
"I should let Tia know about this," Luna said to herself.
"Where am I?" asked Olly.
"Equestria," Luna answered.
"Equestria?" Olly asked.
"That's right, it's a home to many different pegasi, unicorns, earth ponies, and special ponies like us called alicorns," answered Luna.
"Ponies," Olly repeated.
"That's right," said Luna. "Come on dear, let's get you cleaned up and some food," Olly nodded as he continued to follow Luna deeper into the castle. He couldn't tell her about Fear. Meanwhile Luna had to make sure to keep him safe. She didn't pay attention to the Nightmare lurking in the shadows.
Author's Note
Prologue complete. So I don't exactly know how well this story can turn out but I've had this idea in my head for a while now. There isn't much to say now but maybe further into the story something interesting would happen
Chapter 1: Fear takes Control
Twilight and her friends rushed in as fast as they could hoping they weren't too late. Twilight quickly stopped herself as ran into Celestia's throne room.
"Princess Celestia we heard the emergency is everything alright!?" Twilight asked.
"Oh hello my faithful student," Celestia said calmly. "Sorry the whole emergency was nothing more than this little one,"
"Who?" asked Starlight Celestia looked at Luna and nodded. Luna moved out of the way so Twilight and her friends could see what was hiding behind. They were surprised to find a human child standing there.
"Princess is this...." Twilight asked.
"His name is Oliver or Olly for short," said Luna. "I found him last night unconscious in the royal garden, he seems to be traumatized by something, but he won't tell me what,"
"We figured you might be able to help him," said Celestia
"I see," said Twilight. She looked at Olly and walked up to him. "Hi I'm Twilight Sparkle, is everything ok?" she asked with a smile. Olly's eyes widened with terror as he took a step back. The voice in his head hissing.
"She ain't trying to help you pal, don't let her get in your way,"
"No......stay away," Olly whimpered.
"Hey it's ok I won' hurt you," said Twilight.
"NO STAY AWAY!" Olly screamed pushing Twilight.
"Hey buddy what's your problem?" asked Rainbow Dash. Olly looked at her terrified. The nightmares kept coming.
"What do you want with me," Olly whimpered. "I said it was accident,"
"What are you talking about?" hissed Rainbow Dash.
"Don't let them get to you," hissed the voice.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!" Olly screamed hitting Rainbow Dash in the face. Rainbow yelped as she flew back to her friends.
"Ok that's it!" yelled Rainbow Dash. Olly yelped as he backed up from the group even from Luna.
"Rainbow that's enough!" Starlight said.
"But he just hit me!" Rainbow complained.
"Olly what's gotten into you?" asked Luna. She stopped short.
"Sister is something wrong?" asked Celestia. Luna gasped as her eyes widened with terror.
"No," she gasped.
"Please don't hurt me," Olly sobbed.
"Oh now you're sorry!?" roared Rainbow.
"Wait!" Luna demanded. Luna's horn began to glow in a blue aura that soon enveloped the entire room.
"Ugh what now?" asked Twilight groaned shielding her eyes. Once the light died she looked around to see nothing has changed except for one thing. It was obvious that her friends even Princess Celestia could see it. Twilight gasped to see a black heart wrapped in purple chains floating in front of Olly. The chains were leading to the hands of a giant burning black skeleton with glowing purple eyes.
"What....is," Twilight whimpered.
"Who are you?" Luna growled. The skeleton rattled it's bones as it laughed.
"My,my Olly what a desperate friend you made," laughed the skeleton.
"I...I didn't," Olly sobbed.
"Pathetic as always aren't you?" asked the skeleton.
"How do I fix this?" Olly asked.
"That's for you to find out," laughed the skeleton.
"But you said...." Olly whimpered.
"I DON'T CARE ABOUT WHAT I SAID!!!!!" the skeleton roared making Olly cry more. "Face it kid, I would never help you,"
"Hey leave him alone!" Fluttershy demanded.The Skeleton glared over at Fluttershy with glowing purple eyes. "Please," Fluttershy whimpered.
"Ha, ordering the God of Negativity are you?" sneered the Skeleton. "Do you even understand who you're talking to?"
"Um does mean our deal is off?" Olly asked nervously.
"Hehehe, I think you know the answer to that you ungrateful swine," cackled the skeleton.
"I'm not......ungrateful," Olly sniffled.
"SILENCE!!!!" the skeleton roared. Furious, Luna blasted a stream of magic at the skeleton only to leave no scratches.
"What?" Luna asked.
"Hehe, the God of Negativity isn't going down that easy princess," the skeleton cackled.
"I demand you to release him!" Luna ordered.
"Forget it, it took me this long to find a good vessel, if you want me to free him you'll have to try and get rid of me," said the skeleton. "Of course I don't plan on making it easy for you," The skeleton cackled as he disappeared. Olly slumped down sobbing even more than before.
"Olly," Luna ran up to him and hugged him tight. Celestia and the others ran over to join Luna by her side.
"I'm sorry, I'm such an idiot," Olly cried.
"It's not your fault," said Luna.
"It is and now everyone's gonna get hurt because of me," Olly sniffled. "I'm a monster,"
"No you ain't sugarcube," said Applejack.
"We can figure something out I promise darling," cooed Rarity.
"Hmm it seems like we've some trouble," a voice spoke up. The group looked in the direction of the voice to see a stallion a light blue coat and horn indicating he was a unicorn. He had a yellow mane and tail and his eyes were in a deep shade of blue. He wore a black cloak along with a fedora of the same color. "Sorry did I crash the party at the wrong moment?"
"No you made it on time like you were supposed to," answered Celestia.
"Um sorry who is this?" asked Starlight.
"His name is Mind Reader, he's a psychic and has some knowledge on the Paranormal," answered Celestia.
"Indeed, Celestia asked me to come check out an unusual human child, but it seems some of the mystery has already been answered," said Mind Reader.
"What do you mean?" asked Pinkie.
"If you allow me to see this child, maybe I can explain it to you better," said Mind Reader. The group slowly dispersed as Mind Reader walked up to Olly and Luna. He looked at Olly for a moment and nodded. "Yes just as I suspected,"
"What is it?" asked Luna.
"It seems he's become a victim to Fear," answered Mind Reader.
"Fear as in he's scared?" asked Pinkie.
"Well yes, but Fear is the name of the beast you saw just now," answered Mind Reader.
"The God of Negativity," said Starlight.
"Yes, as the God of Negativity, Fear has the power to possess and take control of anyone at any given time to do his will," said Mind Reader. "The more Negative energy one has, the easier it is for him to control the victim,"
"So we just have to get rid of all negative energy from Olly and everything will be fine right?" asked rainbow Dash.
"Oh no it's not that simple," answered Mind Reader.
"What do we have to do?" asked Fluttershy.
"There are certain Paranormal Entities that currently resides in this world called Void Creatures," said Mind Reader.
"Void Creatures?" asked Applejack.
"That's right, Void Creatures are spirits of remorse that acts on evil if a victim's close families or friends are mixed in with the group," answered Mind Reader. "If a victim has been possessed by Fear, the deity will attempt to act on evil using the victim like a puppet, if a close family member or friend of victim is among the group of Void Creatures, they'll be forced to act on evil whether they like it or not, causing them more pain and suffering,"
"So if Olly's family or friends is part of the Void Creatures then...." Twilight slipped off.
"Yes, their spirit will be forced to do evil only causing them to suffer more," answered Mind Reader.
"Do you know if any any of his acquainted is part of the group that currently resides here?" asked Celestia. Mind Reader took another look at Olly before nodding.
"His brother is part of the group," answered Mind Reader.
"Brother," Olly whimpered.
"Shh, it's going to be alright I promise," said Luna.
"Well thank you for taking your time to visit him, but I think he's had enough excitement for one day," said Celestia.
"Would you like for me to come back again tomorrow?" Mind Reader asked.
"Actually since you're here why not just stay the night," suggested Celestia.
"I appreciate your act of kindness your majesty," said Mind Reader.
"Well then let's go, it's getting pretty late so we should start heading home, Olly seems to be getting tired too," said Luna. Olly let out a yawn as he clung onto Luna. Everyone agreed as they exited the throne room.
"Hmph, that little brat thinks he's so smart, well I'll show him what TRUE fear is like," laughed Fear.
Author's Note
Chapter 1 complete. So now Luna is Olly's guardian for the time being. But it looks like things are going to get busy for Twilight and her friends again. Hopefully THEY won't end becoming possessed by Fear
