Snow woke up, looking around him, but all that was visible was his old body. "What is this place?" He said, hearing his voice echo into the bright darkness. "Hello? Anyone there?" He said, still only hearing his echo, now slightly distorted. He took one step forward, his foot hitting nothing, but still making the loud sound of stepping on concrete. "Ah! ... Oh. Just the sound me walking..." He said, continuing to walk forward.
After a short while, he really felt nothing below him, and as was his instinct, he quickly turned around and grabbed what was now just a ledge in front of his eyes. "What the fuck is going on here?" He yelped, dangling over what seemed to be a pit. He was too weak to pull himself up but too determined to let himself fall. He decided his best option was to light up the area- but the area lit up itself, lighting up by brightly colored torches lining the walls.
He saw he was able to hop down without hurting himself, and so he did, looking around to find six different hallways. "What in the name of Heyainoh1?" He mumbled, walking through one of the tunnels lined with yellow torches. The sounds of tapping boots on what seemed to be stone bricks echoed endlessly in his ears, distorting every now and again. After a while, the torches started to look like butterflies, dancing around in the air, fluttering around past him and beyond him. "This is really trippy..."
As the butterflies of flame settled back down to normal torches, he came upon a dark room, no torches in the room. "Aeyo2? Maybe I should use my eye." As he said this, his eye burst to life, filling the room in a crimson glow, showing Fluttershy as an anthro pegasus. "Fluttershy? Is that you?"
"Snow, what is this place?" The pale yellow pegasus stayed facing away.
"I don't know..."
"Then... this is my fault..." Her voice turned sorrowful.
"What do you-" He yelped, seeing Fluttershy take a knife and gut herself, blood pouring from her stomach. Snow attempted to run up to her, to attempt healing her, but the entrance did not allow him, as a barrier soon appeared, stopping him, and knocking him on his back. "Fluttershy!!!" He cried as loud as possible, only for her to turn back, smiling, and drop like a stone in water. The corridor was getting thin, and Snow made the choice to not stay any longer. As Snow sprinted back, using magic to help him just barely get out quick enough, her voice echoed in his ears. 'My fault, my fault, my fault...' over time, her voice began to sound like his, and when he reached the center area, he looked around to find that the corridors had shifted to show only five as if Fluttershy's hadn't existed.
"Please... no more..." The voice, 'My fault...' it wouldn't stop, not for him. He attempted going down a corridor lined with light blue torches, shots of lightning emitting from the flames. "Please, let Rainbow of all ponies be okay. Then people won't get upset a second time over little Dashie..." He walks down to her room, seemingly open, and different than the last. Rainbow is knocked out, stuck in a contraption which seems to hold her in place, spread eagle. Speaking of animals, she seems to be dragon-like, with scales and claws instead of assumably feathers and hooves. "R-Rainbow?!" Snow dashed in, a sense of urgency in his being, as Rainbow slowly woke.
"Snow...? W-What's going on? Why can't I move?!" Rainbow struggled, which seemed only to tighten the grip the machine had on her.
"Don't move, I'm going to get you out of there, just hold tight."
"I kinda can't do anything but hold t- AGH!" She winced, a jolt a pain swimming through her body.
"Rainbow, hold on, I see a panel, just wait!" Snow rushed over to a blue screen, seemingly working, with 6 buttons alone. "DAMN IT!"
"What? What's wrong?"
"If I know horror movies, there is only a one of thirty-second chance I'll get this right. There's a note on the screen saying that for every wrong answer I get, it'll send electricity through you."
"What?!"
"Yeah, I- wait... the note says it is a 6 button combination... one for each mane..."
"I'm pretty sure I can take one shock, maybe two, just hurry up, this is starting to hurt!!"
"Yeah, I know, just hold on, and try to relax," Snow's mind was hard set on figuring out the code. 6 numbers, one for each mane, and no set order. He only has two ideas; one in order of color, and another in alphabetical3.
"3... 3... 3... 1... 6... 3."
"AGH!!" A jolt of electricity surged through Rainbows body, making her shake violently against the contraption.
"Ah, damn it, I'm sorry!, Maybe... 3... 3... 3... 1... 3... 6..."
"Woa- ow!" Rainbow shook against the ground, seemingly burnt, with scales missing and what seem to be healed lacerations across her body. Snow rushed over to her and helped her up.
"For the love of hel4, you're okay... come on, we need to get you out of here," Snow picked her up, carrying her with him to the main area, lying her down as the walls shift to essentially delete her room.
"What in the name of Celestia is going on here?"
"That's what I asked, essentially. There is only four more left..."
"Four? Don't you mean five?"
"... No, I mean four..." He lets out a sigh, tearing up, and promptly wiping the tears away as he hears the voice. 'My fault...'
"Oh..." Rainbow quickly picked up on what he'd meant and decided to not inquire any further. "The others should be okay, though. Like me, and hopefully Twilight." Rainbow said, sitting down, seemingly without confusion about her new stature.
"You won't let that go, will you?"
"I wasn't talking about that, you idiot!"
"Fair enough, I was kidding anyway," Snow said, half smiling.
"I'm gonna rest here," Rainbow said, "I just need to lie down."
"Rainbow, in all senses of the phrase, that's not a good idea."
"Why not?"
"This place seems to be like the main hall for your torture chambers... if the person who made this place came back..." Snow's voice trailed, but Rainbow picked up on what he'd meant and stood up again.
"Fine, but if we have to move quickly-"
"I'll carry you if necessary. It's my duty to protect, I will make sure I do so." Snow said, a slight essence of reassurance attempting to leave his mouth, and ultimately failing.
"But what happened to-"
"Please, for the love of all the Elemental Dragons, I do not wish to talk about Fluttershy's death, alright?!" Snow's eyes widened, showing tears, pounding thoughts running through his mind, and he jolts awake to see the crack of dawn looming over the entrance of the woods of which the group lay, as he gets up, and walks into the forest.
Author's Note
- Heyainoh(heh-yai-noh) is the name of one of the four(technically six) Elemental Dragons in Arvaelie. Specifically, Heyainoh is the Aqua dragon, a dragon made of living ice and flowing water.
- "Ayeo(A-yo)?" is the short way of saying "Ayneho(uh-nay-oh)?" which is Arvaelien for "What the?" being said in a confused or scared way. It also can be said as a way of showing belief in an idea or proposition(I-oh), like saying "aye."
SORRY! This was supposed to come out SOOOOOO long ago but I fugged it up so much that I gave up. I really hope you can forgive me for my absence! I'm trying to do the story, but life is kinda... oof. Anyhoo, if you are reading this, thanks for stickin' with me. HUGS AND BUGS, G'BYE!!!
