Bass and Trouble

A dimly lit room rose around Octavia as she was starting to recover from the effects of her own tranquilizers. Mold covered the white walls discoloring it in some spots. "What a dump.", She thought. Her mind was still reeling from the tranquilizers, but she was starting to regain her memories of... "Just how long had it been", she thought. She looked around her and saw machines. They ranged from a heartbeat monitor, to an IV bag, to a very sharp looking assortment of tools. She looked at her torso. She didn't notice any scars. She still could barely move. Those tranqs were strong, but they usually were off by the time you regain consciousness. She concluded that the IV bag above her must have had some more in there. She looked around the room. There were no windows, so she couldn't tell what time it was. After a few more minutes spent thinking, she felt like she could move again. She tried to move her arms and legs, but both were restrained. She was starting to panic when she told herself to calm down. They must have not done any surgery yet. Then, the thought came to her, what did they do to her. As if on que, the door to the room opened and a blue pony in a white trench coat came in. He spoke into a recording device, "Subject has regained consciousness. We will begin looking explaining the procedure immediately. Subject is restrained for safety measures, but seems relatively placid."

"What the hell is going on?"

"Ms Octavia, do you know who I am?"

After examining him, she did recognize something familiar about him. "You're Dr. Berryleaf, head of the Royal Canterlot Medical board."

"Yes. Now do you recognize this person?" Just as he said this, a white mare with magenta eyes and a blue mane walked in the room."

" SCRATCH! WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME AND WHERE THE HELL IS MY CREW!"

"Subject shows extreme anger," Berryleaf said. "Permission to apply more anesthesia to the subject Ms. Scratch?

"Permission denied. Pissing her off more isn't going to solve a thing."

"Yes Mam."

"Who are you people?"

"Well Tavi, can I call you Tavi?

"No."

"Octi?"

"No."

Well Chuck, you see, we are what most people would call a resistance group. You see, we were set up by someone you may have heard of. Her name is Twilight Sparkle. The first mutant that managed to get away."

"How the hell was she a mutant? You of all people should know that the Legion would have found out about it soon enough."

"Do you remember when Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns was destroyed?"

"Yes, it was all over the news. Something about a bad batch of dragon eggs."

"Unfortunately, the official report is a fabrication. The truth is Twilight was able to tap into the full energy of the Magical Nexus. She was able to change the atomic structure of two ponies. She created a temporal distortmant that aged the dragon she was supposed to hatch at a five-thousand percent accelerated rate. Not even Star Swirl was able to do that."

" I don't see the point here."

" Nopony is supposed to be able to tap into the full potential of the Nexus. Not even Celestia can do that. She saw the potential in Twilight, but she also saw the danger posed by your organization. She hid Twilight so that she would never be able to be found. She trained her to control her energy and make sure she doesn't expose herself like that again. Twilight wanted the same for everypony. So she set up a division of Celestia's school for 'Accelerated Learners'. Mutant children whose parents wanted them to be able to live normally. You may also be aware that students at the school also conduct research."

"Is that what I am, some kind of experiment?"

"Well, when you put it like that you make it sound like a bad thing. As I was saying, we have been researching why ponies develop abilities like Twilight Sparkle's. We have found that it has to do with a certain gene we have dubbed the X-gene. It was previously thought that it only had to do with a pony's cutie mark development. We have now learned that certain variations of the gene can also lead to the development of extra-normal abilities. Such as Twilight's ability to adapt to all kinds of magic."

"So what did you do to me?"

"We simply manipulated your X-gene in hopes that it would develop mutant abilities."

"YOU DID WHAT!?!?"

"We munipu-"

" DO YOU REALISE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE!?!? THEIR GOING TO KILL ME."

" We have realised this, and have taken the proper precautions."

"LIKE WHAT?"

"Like faking your death."

Octavia couldn't believe what she had just heard. "They all think I'm dead. My parents, my friends and my teachers. They all think I'm done for."

"We know you're probably a little mad at us-"

"I WILL KILL YOU!"

" Alright Doc Sedate her. We will begin the exposure and training of her abilities tomorrow along with those of her friends."

" Wait, my friends are here, what did you do with them?" Before Vinyl could answer, Octavia felt her conciousness slip from her and she was asleep, once again.