Hyper was lying in his bed sound asleep. When the clock struck 03.00 in the morning Hyper woke as if and alarm clock had gone of. He sat up and yawned.
¨What time is it?¨ he looked at the clock on his wall.
¨It's 3 in the morning? Oh well might aswell go and get something to drink.¨
Hyper walked down the stairs into his kitchen and went to get a glass of water. By the time he had gotten his water he noticed that his door was open.
¨Am i really so stupid that i forgot to close my door?. It's a wonder that i haven't been robbed.¨ Hyper then walked over to his door to close it. But for some strange reason he couldn't bring himself to closing it. Instead he decided to go for a walk in the middle of the night. Not one of his best ideas but he couldn't help himself.
He walked trough all of ponyville without realising it and suddenly he was at the border to the everfree forest. Hyper had never really been scared of the everfree but had instead always found it quiet interesting. So for some reason without hesitation he walked into the forest.
Without even knowing it he keept walking further and further into the forest. After about 30 minutes of walking he didn't know where he was and he finally realised that he was lost in the everfree forest. So he decided to keep walking until he could find a place to rest until the morning.
After walking for about 10 more minutes he found a clearing in the forest. In the clearing he saw the usuall stuff. Some rocks a little pool of water and a tree log to sit on. But that was where he saw something out of the ordinary. On the tree log sat a small blue colt who looked to be crying. Hesitating a bit Hyper started to slowly walk torwards the log.
¨Um hel..hello? Are you lost?¨ hyper asked
¨Yes i was walking with my mother but then i lost her and i don't know where to go¨ the colt sobbed.
Hyper should have reacted to how familliar the colt looked but he was to tiered to think about it. When he was finally at the log it hit him like a bunch of bricks. The voice, the look, So familliar yet so strange. And connected to it was a name he couldn't quiet remember.
The colt had now stopped crying and it sounded a bit like he was laughing.
¨ You really don't remember me?¨ the colt asked him.
¨ No...should i?. Have i seen you somewhere before?¨ hyper asked with a tone that was somewhere between scared and confused.
¨ Oh well. That really makes me sad my old friend. But then let me refresh your mind. My name is Specter¨. The colt said and then smiled.
Hyper suddenly rememberd everything. His childhood. The Doctors appointments, The Psychologi sessions. And then the last piece of the pussle hit him.
Specter who had been his one and only friend when he was very young. The same specter that had died of a disease in the same hospital that hyper had visited just yesterday. And the last thing he rememberd was how he had talked with psychologists to cure him of the trauma of losing his best friend. But in all honesty he had never really lost his friend. He had been there with him trough all the years of his childhood as a manifestation of the trauma.
¨ But you are dead...how can you be here?¨ Hyper asked now scared out of his mind.
¨ The machiene they tested on you brought out your most inner wish. The wish that i was still alive and that we would be friends forever¨ The colt now looked hyper right in the eyes and smiled.
Hyper didn't know why but he couldn't controll himself and he found himself reaching for specter with his left hoof. The touched for a brief moment and then everything went dark.
The next thing hyper knew he woke up in a bed. But he quickly realised it wasn't his bed. The door to his room opened and a mare in a white uniform came in to the room.
¨ Exscuse me but where am i?¨ hyper asked really confused.
¨Well silly you are at the canterlot instution for mental health¨ she answered him.
And then it all clicked for him. He was in a mental asylum. But how long had he been here? Days? weeks? Months? Years?.
The last thing hyper asked before the nurse left was.
¨ Exscuse me nurse but what happened to my friend specter?¨
The nurse looked confused and shook her head. ¨ I don't know who you are talking about. I don't know of anyone called Specter¨
She then proceeded to leave the room.
¨ Maybe i just imagined it all? that must be the case¨ hyper told himself
¨ No im still here old friend¨ A voice that seemed to come from nowhere answered him.
Was it real? was it just in his head? Who knows. Not even Hyper knows.
Sitting on the bed in the doctors office Hypers thoughts started to wander a bit while the doctor was looking trough some of Hypers medical folders.
¨now that i think about it i might have just been a bit paranoid. But oh well now that i am already here i might aswel let the doctor do his job¨
The doctor put down the paper work he had been looking at and walked over to the bed where hyper was sitting.
¨Alright let's get started then.¨ - the doctor said.
Hyper nodded and with that the doctor started asking Hyper a lot of questions.
¨Do you take any medication?¨
¨None at all¨
¨When did you start seeing and hearing things?¨
¨last evening¨
¨Have you ever talked to a psychologist¨
¨No i have always been considered healthy in everyway¨
The doctor nodded at Hypers answers while writing down some things on a piece of paper. After writing everything down the doctor walked over to his desk and sat down.
¨Alright i am going to be honest with you. From the information i have gathered at the time i do believe that you are just Paranoid.¨
Hypers eyes sank to the floor and he let out a heavy sigh.
¨I see. Is there anything you can do about it doctor?¨
¨Alright you have two options. You can either go see a psychologist and talk about it. Or we could give you a certain medication that is used to bring Paranoid thoughts.¨
Hyper thought about it for a few minutes. After about 5 minutes of thinking he looked at the doctor and said.
¨I would rather go with the medication¨
The doctor seemed really suprised at this and now looked at hyper again and asked him.
¨Why would you prefer the medication?¨
¨Because i am not really the most social of ponies and i am not good at opening up to other ponies¨
The doctor just nodded and wrote out a recepie for the medication and handed it to hyper.
¨Now i hope this will help you and remember if you have any problems with the medication or anything feel free to come and talk to me again¨
Hyper took the recepie and left the hospital and headed straight to the pharmacy and got his medication and later headed home.
When he arrived at his home he decided to take one of the pills and go to bed early. He took the pill and swallowed it with a glass of water and after that started to walk up to his bedroom.
The same moment he entered his bedroom he threw himself onto his bed and almost immidiently fell asleep. As he lay on his bed drifting of to sleep his thought wandered back to what had happened during the day.
¨I guess the doctor is right i am just a bit paranoid¨ he said to himself yawing and then fell into a deep sleep.
Outside of his window it was now dark and atop his roof sat a Dark Blue pegasus lookin at the sky.
¨I wouldn't say you were paranoid but i guess it's better for me if other ponies think you are¨
The dark blue pegasus then spread his wings and flew away torwards the Everfree forest.
