Fanfic Nightmares

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-Be Rainbow Dash=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

You had volunteered to help Anon first. Why? Because you had the perfect idea in mind, exercise. You knew Anon wasn't exactly the athletic type but that never stopped you from trying to get him up and running every once in a while. He wasn't persistent much with moving his body a few times but you sometimes worry that if you didn't get him moving, that he would be a lazy couch potato that could give him a high risk of diabetes. Wow, you sound like an egghead. Maybe sitting around Twilight so much has rubbed on to you.

You walk past a few houses while staring down at the sidewalk hoping that your friend is a little better than before. You walk up to Anon's front door and ring the doorbell. You stick your cyan hands into your black athletic leggings pockets and wait for him to come. You start to hear footsteps and hear the creak of a doorknob turning as the door pulled itself back revealing the green guy himself. He looked like he had been crying for a while. You try and put on a fake smile and raise your hand a little.

"Hey Anon." you say. Anon wipes his tears and blows his nose with a tissue. He lets out a few more sniffles before responding to you.

"Hey Rainbow Dash. What's Up?"

"Not much. Just wanted to know if you wanted to take a stroll with me." you ask. Anon paused for a moment not sure if he wanted to do it or not. He then shook his head.

"Sorry Rainbow but I have a lot of homework to catch up on."he says as he closed the door with a sad look in his face. You knew perfectly well that was a lie. You had a few classes with Anon and there wasn't any homework that was assigned to the class. And the ones that you didn't have classes with him, you overheard from a few of his classmates that said that they didn't have homework either.

"Anon, we don't have any homework this weekend. Please you should come. I know you're not exactly in the best condition right now but I bet a walk might make you feel better."you say. You hear Anon let out a sigh through the door as he opens it again.

“I...I just can’t Rainbow. I’m sorry.” he says before slowly closing the door. Before he was able to close it you walk in and hug your friend tightly. You start to choke up in tears as you sob in his shoulder. Anon places one hand on your hair and strokes it. He places the other on your back and gives it a gentle rub.

“I-I’m scared Anon.”you admit. You never thought you would need or have to say that word ever in your life but from Anon acting like this, it’s just enough to give you a fright. Anon curious as he was asked you what you were afraid of but after taking one look at your face you see remorse in his eyes.

“Afraid of something happening to you Anon. You are a really close friend to me. I...I don’t want to lose you. You’re the most friendly and fortunate guy in the world. All of us are worried sick about you! We don’t want you to die!”you beg staining his shirt with your tears. It was very corny for you to say this but you would rather be corny than lose a close friend. Anon stayed silent for a moment. He breaks the hug and stares at you in silence. He lets out a sigh.

“I’m not going to die Rainbow Dash. I’m just feeling a little blue.”he says to you.

“Then please, let’s talk about it. I want you to feel better. We all do. This just isn’t you Anon. I won’t just sit here and let you suffer like this!”You say. Anon thinks for a moment and nods.

“Alright Dash, have a seat on the couch. I’ll go make us some tea.”he says.

‘At least he’s still got that generous part of him.’you thought. So far this was not going exactly how you planned it. This was worse than you thought. He’s diagnosed with depression. What the hell did that fanfic do to him? Anon soon comes back with a small cup of tea and places it on the stool in front of you. You ask what flavor it is.

“It’s mint. Your favorite.”he says with a smile. You smile and playfully punch him. Anon let’s out a few chuckles making you smile.

‘At least he laughed. That shows he’s still got some happiness left in him.’you thought.

“Listen Anon, I know that fanfic probably hurt you but if you don’t mind me asking what specifically was the reason that made you depressed?”you ask.

“Sunset may have told you already or you already know but the fanfic was about Starlight. Then it involved her in committing suicide. That struck me probably the most I’ve ever been before especially since I...you know love her.”

You scoot closer to him and pull him into a tight hug as if you were pulling him away from the edge of where you think he might want to go.

“Anon, you know that is not what she wants right? In fact she’s in her room with Twilight right now worrying about you. Listen I honestly don’t know how bad that fanfic had messed you up but killing yourself over a fantasy that isn’t going to even exist, that’s just really not good. I want to hear this fanfic for myself.”You say.

“It’s on my computer upstairs.”

“Okay. Wait...why is it there? We’re you...listening to the rest of it?”

“I was about to until you came.”

“WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!! IF IT MADE YOU SAD ENOUGH FOR ONE THIRD OF IT WHY WOULD YOU READ THE REST?!!!”you yell at the top of your lungs.

Anon puts his hands up as tears slowly began to form in his eyes.

“I-I’m Sorry Dash but I couldn’t take it. My curiosity got the best of me.”

"AND YET YOU WOULD CHOOSE CURIOSITY OVER YOUR OWN MENTAL HEALTH?!!"

"Well, I like to finish a story by hearing the whole thing."

"Ugh! I'll talk to you about this later!"

You walk up the stairs as Anon puts his head back down and stares at his tea. You walk through the long corridor until you reach the end of it with a door that lead to his room. You slowly place your hand on the metallic gold surface and give it a 180 before pushing the door open. You see the reflection of light from his computer as you trot over to it and scroll up to find out the title. It read, "A Glimmer Of Remorse". Now you weren't really sure if the author of this fan-fiction was purposely trying to put people in a depressing life but if that were the case, you'd want to strangle whoever wrote this.

Hours pass and you finish reading the fan-fiction. You decide to do what you think is best for your friend, block off Fimfiction. Sure, he would probably get upset at you for doing that but if it did anything to keep him from putting an end to his awesome life, then you didn't care. Micro Chips had taught you once who to block websites because of a certain website that never stopped popping up and it just annoyed you. You place the cursor of the big red button that has plain white text reading, Block Website. You immediately click on it and close the laptop. You hoped that this was enough to stop Anon from dying. You walk back downstairs and see Anon staring at his empty cup of tea. He looks over at you standing there with a curious expression.

"So? How did it end?"

"I can't tell you that Anon. Whether it was happy or not, I'm not making you feel worse."

"Fine."

"Well, I better get going. It's getting late. I'll see you around Anon. I hope you get better soon."

"Goodbye Rainbow Dash." he says politely.

You smile warmly at him which he does the same before you close the door and start walking back to your house. As you were walking, you get a text message from your former friend, Sunset Shimmer.

So, how did it go? Is he getting better?

I'm hoping he is Sunset. I really hate seeing him like that

I know. I'll have Rarity visit him tomorrow.

Hopefully she can help him. I'll talk to you later Sunset.

See ya Rainbow.

You tuck your phone in your pocket as you open the door to your house. You quickly get changed out of your clothes and into your pajamas. You get yourself ready for bed as you tuck yourself in. You couldn't stop thinking about Anon and what could possibly happen to his life. You hope that at some point he gets better as you pull the covers over your body and drift off to sleep.