Soldiers: Skyfall

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It floated in the void as it always did, the only difference was there was a slow methodical beeping occasionally as the only thing that happened, but it came and went and was quickly forgotten.

It was left to think on things, mostly what it was in and when the beeping was there what that was.

“Gah, why is there so much paperwork.” A voice said behind It and It looked back to find itself in some sort of large study with a purple winged thing with artificial limbs sitting behind a desk stacked with papers and muttering curses under her breath.

It blinked at this scene as it watched The Purple Thing continue to write at the bottom of a page then grab another and start reading it for a few moments before she tossed it onto the desk and threw her arms into the air. “GAH! How is this harder then fucking war, I mean honestly.” She scrubbed claw like fingers through her mane before face planting into the desk with a thud. “And now I have a headache…..”She said into the desk before lifting her head to rub her forehead.

It watched all of this and couldn't help chuckling…..a…very strange feeling it wasn't used too.

The Purple Things head snapped around, hand still on her forehead and other hand holding a pistol as It froze.

“Who the fuck are you and how did you get in here?” The Purple Thing asked.

“Uh…I….I don't know and I don’t know.” It said,

“Right, just showed up in the office of a Princess.” The Purple Princess said.

“I don't know! I was….um….somewhere…..”It said trying to think. “I….don’t know…I wasn't here…..now I am….”

“Oh come on, you expect me to believe you have no idea who you are or how you got here.” The Purple Pony Princess said.

“Yes! It's the truth.” It said.

The Purple Princess held It in her sights for a minute longer before lowering her pistol. “Fine…”

She got up. “I’m Princess Twilight, come with me and we will get this sorted out.” She said heading for the door. She opened the door and It flinched, reeling back vision black.

“....What are you doing?” Princess Twilight asked.

Its vision returned to see the Princess standing by the open door looking at It with an arched brow. Beyond the door was a hallway.

“Um…nothing just….felt……nothing….” It said,

“Riiiiiight….” Princess Twilight said and and left the room as It followed behind her. It looked around at various tapestries and paintings on the wall as they walked. They were all very pretty.

“So you seriously don't know who you are?” Princess Twilight asked.

“No….I really don’t.”

“Hmph…” Princess Twilight walked on in silence and It saw no reason to break it.

They walked along for some time, It finding it odd they didn't pass anyone in these halls, they were strangely empty.

They eventually started to descend some stairs, a lot of stairs going down and down and down.

It was starting to feel like there was no end to these stairs when they finally reached a large door. “Come on, in here.” Princess Twilight said entering through the door.

It followed and found itself in a dark room with a single light in the center of it that It couldn't see and when it spun around the door was gone.

“Now then, you are crazy if you think I believe you don't know who you are or how you got here for a second.” Princess Twilight said from the edge of the light as It looked back.

”I….don't….really….I don't know who I am or how I got here.” It said.

“Bullshit.” Another voice said harshly as a scared purple pony with artificial limbs stepped into the light. “That's a fucking lie and you damn well know it.“ Commander Sparkle said.

“It’s not a lie!...wait, who are you?” It asked confused as the two looked similar.

“Come on, you should know that.” Private Twilight said as she stepped into the light.

“How could I possibly know?!”

“Because you have all the pieces you need.” A gentle voice said as the small town Librarian Twilight stepped into the light with a gentle smile.

“I don't have any pieces, I just have you all asking me the same question!"

“And that question is part of the answer if you think about it.” A scholarly Twilight said as she stepped into the light.

“That doesn't make any sense! I don't know who I am!”

“Are you sure about that?” A young voice said as a filly stepped into the light looking up at It with her big purple eyes.

“Yes! How could I know where I am and what happened!” It yelled as a beeping sound echoed from nowhere, slow and rhythmic.

“Because you aren't trying…..you can do it if you try.” The Scholar said.

“I can’t do it! I've tried!”

“No you fucking haven't, you've been too busy hiding like a fucking coward.” The Commander said harshly.

“I have! I've been trying to figure things out!”

“Have you really? Or have you been thinking about everything except those answers?” The Soldier asked.

“What? Of course I have! Why wouldn't I want to answer them!”

“Because you are scared, and that's okay to be scared.” The Librarian said.

“What could I have to be scared of?”

“Oh lots of things, there are many things in this world that make people afraid, it's natural to fear things.” The Princess said.

“But what happened to make me afraid!”

“You know what happened, you just need to think.” The Student said.

The beeping was getting faster.

“I’ve tried!”

“No you haven't, you've hidden away here away from it all, are you really going to abandoned everything and everyone?” The Princess asked.

“What no! I would never!”

“Then face it and answer the question.” The Scholar said.

A massive hulking form appeared in the center of the room and It backed away rapidly as pain seemed to radiate from it.

“There You go running away again.” The Commander said with an eye roll.

“But…”

“You need to push through it, you can do it, you've done it before.” The Soldier said.

Slowly It took a step forward towards the shadow and felt pain. It took another step and the pain increased. Another and more pain caused It to stumble.

“Don’t stop, you got this.” The Librarian said.

It got back up and took another step.

“Push through the pain like you've always done.” The Commander said.

Another step, the pain, It was getting used to it.

The beeping was louder, faster.

Another step…and another…..this pain…it hurt….but It could do this….

Another step….another…..another….and It pushed through running at the shadow ignoring the agony and It threw itself at it.

The Shadow shattered and It stumbled and fell on the ground.

It rolled over to see the ponies around it looking down at It.

“Who are you?” Student asked.

“Who are you?” Scholar asked.

“Who are you?” Librarian asked.

“Who are you?” Soldier asked.

“Who are you?” Commander asked.

“Who are you?” Princess asked.

Their voices echoing over and over spinning around It as It lay there.

The world spun the pain there as its head pounded and the Beeping became frantic.

“I…..I……I AM TWILIGHT SPARKLE!"

Twilight gasped as her eyes shot open and she started choking on the tube down her throat as she looked around the strange room.

“Twilight…Twilight calm down you're safe!” A familiar voice said next to her and she looked to see Chrysalis moving to pull the tube from her throat and hugged her. “You're awake….I…..I thought I lost you…”

Twilight coughed a few more times and hugged her. “no….No you didn't…..I was just a little lost for a while….But I'm back…and we have a mission to finish…”She said as she held her close as the memories came flooding back of their first attempt to save their home.