Bones - Act 4

by TheCreativeFormat

Rating: mature
Tags: Violence, Gore, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Death, Original Character, Tragedy, Horror, Profanity
Length: 13095

The stories with others you knew are present. And so are his choices. Just remember that friendship can dissipate over time.

We are starting to notice a weird scratching noise from the other rooms today. It has gotten worse as the days progress. Despite this, the fourth act is fully readable now. Something is up. The system has been starting to fail ever since we have finished the third act. Now and then we would see the checkerboard floor place on the screens for a brief second and every time we go into a room. I think that this journal is starting to have a major part in our lives. The others couldn't take it anymore. Some of them left the complex whereas others have been getting extreme night terrors. The worse scenario happened today. One of the security ponies swore that he had seen what seemed to be a hooded pony from outside on one of the cameras. The security guard blinked and he saw that he wasn't there anymore. We keep having that horrible feeling that something is out there. Something deadly. Even now, I can see the scratches on the walls and the sound of something growling inside of the complex. We have to finish this journal. Maybe, it is the way out. Maybe, if we finish it we can be freed from it all. Oh god... something is coming. I can hear footsteps from outside. I need to go. TO anypony out there, DO NOT ENTER THIS PLACE. I REPEAT DO NOT ENTER THIS PLACE. It stopped. The sound...

Published 2021-11-30 21:40:00 UTC
Last updated 2021-11-30 21:40:00 UTC

Act 4: Revelations and Unending Anger or Retribution

Author's Note

(Good to be back, isn’t it? God, it has been a while but hey, I’m back and so is the continuation of this fanfiction. To clarify, I wasn’t on hiatus or anything so don’t think that is why I left a gap between act 3 and act 2. Instead to be put it simply: I sometimes think the moderation system hates me. That is all I am going to say. But we can now enjoy these acts with no large 15-day gap between them. And speaking of acts. Behold the longest act in this whole entire fanfiction. It takes around 14-16 pages originally without the changes applied so essentially there is a lot in this act. And no, this isn’t why there was a large gap. The moderation did it… it wasn’t me. Just take your time and read it all carefully. Now for the stereotypical thing, anyone would say when writing more than one act for a fanfiction:
What you are about to read is the continuation of Act 1, Act 2, and Act 3. To those who are new, I do consider that you read Act 1, Act 2, and Act 3 first to clarify the current events. And to be honest, I’m pretty certain you don’t start a story when it is midway through, do you? So essentially, use your common sense to not be confused and all that. There are some dark themes that are referred to in all of this fanfiction but hey, you made it this far if you have been moving along with each act. What’s going to stop you? Sure it has been a while but let’s not dwell on that. And besides, there may have been a reason why this large gap happened anyway… in terms of the story ;) Lastly, I hope you enjoy this act and the story so far… so let’s continue where we left off. Shall we? – TheCreativeFormat)

Act 4: Revelations and Unending Anger or Retribution

Introduction - I should have known something was wrong. Even with the journey we took to find them, I wouldn’t have been surprised if they weren’t here at all. But was this what they wanted me to see? After all those years I discovered the truth on why they didn’t return. Why the constant cycle of torture happened and why having friends is a bad thing rather than a magical thing they present it as. I guess I have to begin from somewhere. I guess I have to begin when we arrived at the snowy mountains region.

The Journey – The journey was tedious, to say the least. Despite the rapid complaining and minor hiccups, we made it to each place fine and well. I am going to describe a major event though whilst we were on this journey to clarify one of these hiccups. We were about to enter a large dense forest with vines groping every tree we could see. This was one of the areas that my parents would go through on the map. Even now, the map was in my mailing bag which I borrowed from Ponyville. The others were concentrated on what they could see rather than the dangers that could have awaited them in this particular forest. However, as soon as we were about to approach the exit of the forest, a vine suddenly snagged on one of my back hooves and flung me up into the air.

“Ah, guys help!!!” They turned around and suddenly more vines appeared and snagged them up into the air as well. More and more vines circled us and completely prevented us from moving. The main centerpiece though was a large vine approaching where I was. It got to my head and without warning, it lunged at me. However, I heard a small snap and the vine stopped completely. So did the others. They were all motionless apart from the melting of these vines. Somehow, they were turned into chocolate. With the sun beating down, the vines melted and we heavily crashed to the ground. “Ow… Is everypony alright” I questioned.

Sweetie Belle answered with: “Yeah we’re fine.” “Who turned those things into chocolate?” I pondered. I heard a cackle of laughter and suddenly saw a creature made out of different features and objects appear. Discord.

“You. How are you still here?”

Sweetie Belle came towards me and said: “He’s reformed remember.” I nodded and saw that he wasn’t, for once, using his magic to make some chaos.

“So, I see that you aren’t interested in making random things anymore. Heh, well you could explain something to me and that is… Why are you helping us?”

He let out a smile from his different lengthen teeth and said: “Why to help you of course. Did you think I wouldn’t notice this journey you were doing? After all, you are one of the newest O- I mean ponies that I am fascinated by at the moment. Even when you are faced with the other worlds the fans have made; I haven’t seen much bravery or spirit like you. Maybe that is why you are the leader of your own story. Anyway, I’m here so I can tag along with you due to how far you and your team have made through Equestria, can I please do it. Pretty please!”

“So you noticed me and my team doing this and you want to help?” I said confused.

“Yes, as a new traveling buddy, I sure do enjoy being on lovely journeys from experiences”.

I thought about it for a moment and said: “Fine, you can help us but only use your magic if it is necessary” After a snarky comment from Discord, we continued the journey. With a new traveling buddy we set off, continuing our main purpose and before long we made it to the last area of the map.

Through the heavy blizzard and wind, I said: “This is the last place. I see a cave other there. Quickly GET IN THERE IMMEDIATELY”. They did so without any form of an answer and before long, we were shaking off the snow from our coats and hooves.

“That was –”

“Cold? Yeah, we noticed that” Sweetie Belle looked at me with an annoying look and I settled down.

“This reminds me of that old cave I settled in for 2 decades. Now this should be the place we were looking for. I mean why else would the map end with a drawing of a cave inside of a mountain”. I showed everypony and Discord the map and pointed to the last area with a circle on it. I looked around the cave and realized it was much bigger than everypony realized. I walked onward to the right of the cave’s interior and noticed a small room. In this room were a couple of dunes, a box of matches and a lantern, and a horn-shaped stone to the left. “Hey guys, over here.” They ran towards me and noticed the room. They investigated it and noticed the lantern and matches.

“They were here, but where are they? Questioned Dr. Hooves. While the others tried to answer his question, I saw there was more to the horn-shaped stone.

“Wait a minute. Something here isn’t right.” I brushed off the dirt from around the horn-shaped stone and then saw what seemed to be a piece of a mane. In shock, I blasted away the wall and saw to my horror… my parents. Both were stone sculptures! One was running away in horror while the other had a look of shock on his stone face. Both of them had minor parts of their bodies removed. By some guess, their wings had fallen off and most of their bodies were covered in cracks; a sign that they were here for so long. But despite this, they still looked the same. Despite this, they were my dad and mother. And they were… they were… gone. None of us said anything until I ran towards them and hugged my dad.

“No please,… this can’t be happening. PLEASE, PLEASE NO!” I fell to the cave floor in tears and began weeping. It can’t be. Both of them were motionless and completely gone. Sweetie Belle came forward and hugged me on my flank. The others did the same and I calmed down. To no one surprisement, both my eyes were a dark blue with a dark blue flame emitting from them. “Who… Who did this?” My anger came rushing towards me like a torrential wave which almost knocked me back down again. “Do you know anypony who can do this?!”

They shook their heads but Discord said: “I might know. Stop me if I am wrong but it could be Queen Celestia and Princess Luna.” The other gasped in shock and a couple of them were about to say something but Discord continued: “They turned me to stone with the elements of harmony and because they were in their possession, they would be more likely to turn both your parents to stone.”

My anger went off like a firework and my eyes were completely gone; replaced with a red pupil and iris: “SO YOU ARE TELLING ME THAT THOSE TWO THAT MY FAMILY LOOKED UP TO ARE THE REASON WHY MY PARENTS ARE LIKE THIS??!!” Discord nodded and I yelled out in anger. I then said: “Send us back.” Discord looked at me in shock and I said: “You heard me. You can teleport around Equestria so send us back to Ponyville.” He was about to object but I could see, in his perspective, that it was probably better to follow my orders for now. He snapped his fingers and we were swiftly taken back to Ponyville with our belongings. I dumped the belongings on my back and got out the letter from the mailing bag. As soon as we arrived I heard confetti and singing around us. I guess they prepared a welcome back party. I ran off with the letter in my mouth, ignoring the celebrations around me. I heard a gasp of shock as soon as I passed Pinkie Pie. I guess she was the one that organized this party. Well, this party was nothing but a joke for me to completely ignore. She was running towards me and I heard her rapid pleas for me to slow down. Without hesitation, I opened my wings and flew up into the air. My sights were on the castle that Queen Celestia would residue in. I could hear the sound of ponies below, disappointed but confused. I hoped the others would tell them what had happened but hopefully not what I was about to do to their rulers. As soon as I approached the entrance, I used my magic to swing the door off its hinges and onto the floor. A loud bang followed and I started to approach the throne room, enraged by the actions they have done in the past.

The Retribution: I approached the thrones of the 2 rulers and said: “YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID. AND YOU THOUGHT I WOULDN’T KNOW. COME OUT AND FACE WHAT’S COMING, YOU SNEAKY LIARS!” Both Queen Celestia and Princess Luna appeared from the two doors near the thrones. I could hear the sound of hooves approaching the throne room’s entrance so I locked the door and stopped it from opening with my magic. Both Rulers looked at me with sadness and acceptance and upon noticing this I said: “20 YEARS. That is how long I have been waiting for their return and now I know what has happened to them. You don’t need to say anything, your faces show the truth…… YOU!!” My face lit up in red and I said: “You killed them and you tried to hide the bodies. After all that torture, all that death, and violence I went through. I know the truth.”

Memories started to flood my mind, places, and events that I would no longer do at all. I could hear their sympathies and their pleas for forgiveness but I said: “The only thing that can help is if BOTH OF YOU WILL… WILL… SUFFER… JUST LIKE THEM!!!” Without warning, my horn enlightened into a frenzied red, and a lightning bolt formed from it. It split into 2 and hit both of them in the chest, knocking them backward. I could hear their cries but this acted as fuel for my desire to keep ongoing. They don’t deserve mercy, none of them do. I then heard the sound of hooves from outside and I used my magic to staple the broken door back to its original place to prevent any creature from helping their rulers. However, after a couple of seconds, the entry point where I entered the room was knocked down, and before long many ponies were starting to fill the room. All of them let out a gasp of shock and some of them were about to fire magic straight at me, including Twilight Sparkle. Glaring at them hatefully, another lightning bolt appeared and smacked straight into the ones who were about to use their magic by splitting into pieces. A hoove made out of my red magic suddenly came into view and smacked the other ones around like toys. Several others smacked the ones who were trying to avoid to the ground. No pony will bother me while I have my revenge. NO CREATURE WILL!!! I then screamed: “Enough. This will finish you off once and for all!” Two buzz saws emerged from the ground and started to rotate until the sharp ends were just a couple of blurs.

Using my magic, I hurled them at the two rulers but they were caught by something else. Two things jumped in their path and stopped them from hitting the two rulers. Those two things were Derpy and Sweetie Belle. Both had a large cut on their side where the buzz saws hit them and I could hear their cries. Sweetie Belle in particular made me stop completely. I promised her that nothing would ever hurt her if I was around and now I… I… injured her. The red glow from my eyes disappeared and soon all of the magic dissipated into thin air. I was then hit by several magical beams which knocked me to the ground. Despite this, I crawled towards Derpy and Sweetie Belle and laid both front hooves over their wounds. My mind went blank and I could feel a tingling feeling emitting from both hooves. A green glow started to form around the wounds and before long, their wounds were completely gone. With both sorted, I saw many ponies and creatures around me. I could see some of them helping Queen Celestia and Princess Luna on the ground.

As soon as they were brought up, Queen Celestia ordered: “Bones. Please come here.” I could tell that I was going to be exiled for sure. Glancing sadly, I trotted over to their thrones and Queen Celestia said: “We know that what we did was wrong but immediately attacking both me and Princess Luna is foolishness. They said to us that –”

“Enough!! Just say that I am exiled for what I did. I don’t care what you say right now. Just say it!!”

I slammed my hoove on the floor of the throne room and Celestia said: “We know that you are angry about what we did but is THIS what they would want from you? The reason we did this was because of the massive risk it had where other unfriendly creatures and ponies of this world would discover Ponyville because of their own doing. You should understand that once we were prepared, they could have been-”

I interrupted them again and said: “Just say the simple answer. Am I Exiled?!” They shook both their heads. A spark of joy was felt inside of me for a brief moment until it was replaced with more anger. I then said: “So are you telling me that my parents turned to stone because of their stupidity then?” They didn’t answer that question but I knew the answer was yes. My horn enlightened up again but instead of hitting the two rulers, the lightning bolt hit one side of the castle’s wall and it crumbled to pieces. I then flew out into Ponyville, ignoring the cries and pleas for me to return. With tears in my eyes, I noticed a train with 6 carriages. I landed on the last one and opened the door with my magic. I wandered in and sat on the nearest empty row of seats, near the window. I pulled the curtains to block the rest of Ponyville and I quietly locked the door. I could tell that I wasn’t alone in the carriage but they didn’t know why I was here or who I was so for now, it didn’t matter. I kept on weeping, imagining the times when I was with my parents and how all of it was husked away from me. I kept on crying until I was completely exhausted and before long I drifted off to sleep.

The Occurrence: Groaning loudly, I got up off the floor. I wasn’t in the train carriage, nor in Ponyville itself. Where am I? Looking around, I saw different scented candles litter the floor and due to the large amount, there was a particular grand combination of scents emitting from all of the candles. The whole place was white and around me, feathered whitened furniture surrounded me. Was this… heaven?

“No, it isn’t heaven my son.” A soothing voice muttered those words behind me and I turned around. There was my father and with him was my mother. I couldn’t believe it but that disbelief soon turned into suspicion.

“You’re not real, are you? You’re just something my mind has made up to make me feel better from the fact that both of you are gone” I said sadly.

My father said: “We may not be, but we want to help you.”

“Help me?! In what sense, both of you are gone and there is no way that feeling of anger is leaving me!”

My mom ushered forward and said: “Is there not? We both love you very much and after all that you have been through. We’re both sorry for what has happened to you.”

“After all that torture, I don’t honestly know if I can be in Ponyville for what has happened. You’re both not there for me and what is worse is that I have no idea what to do now. I don’t have a Cutie Mark, I don’t have anypony to look upon and what is worse is that there is nothing for me now”. Suddenly the white walls fell, and around I saw screens that showed different memories from my youth.

“We may not be with you, but you have gone so far. You don’t have to depend on us to achieve your purpose. And hear this, I am sorry but you need to let go of the past. That way, you can look to the future with your new friends.” They were right in some way. I may have been angry because of what had already happened but I do have to move on with my new friends and supposed family. They all depended on me and even now, I presume they are going to look for me. “They are right you know. The others care about you as much as them. And although you won’t be able to see them again, that doesn’t mean you need to give up.”

My mind repeated those words until I said: “I’ve decided what to do now.” My parents looked at me with cautious and worried looks: “I am going to let go of the past. Despite the torture and all of these current events that are clouding my thought, I know that I can still go on, even if both of you aren’t with me.” Their smiles were quick but shortened as there was a certain jolt that pushed me forward. “They stopped the train. They must have presumed that I was on here. I got to go now.” They nodded and soon their bodies were trailing off into smoke. “I’ll miss you, both of you.” With them truly gone now, I got up from the floor and moved to a white door. I opened the door and I immediately woke up. I was back on the train again but this time the train had completely stopped. I pushed the curtain aside and saw several ponies at the front of the train. They were talking to the ponies at the front carriages and the ponies who were driving the train. I saw that among them were the Mane 7, Queen Celestia, and Princess Luna plus the six I had befriended previously. I could hear them talking and bickering and before long, they moved towards the other carriages. I quickly ducked my head into the carriage and closed the curtains near me. I was scared out of my mind. I didn’t know what they would do but I did bet they would say all the sympathies that I heard so many times. I could hear them. The sound of them approaching the carriage I was in. Suddenly, the door opened and I saw Twilight Sparkle and Sweetie Belle in the opening.

“Bones, are you in here?” they both said accordingly. I was scared out of my mind but I reminded myself of what happened in that dream I had. These were my new friends and they could lead me into a path that my parents could’ve wanted me to take.

With a steady heart, I opened my mouth and said: “Over here.” They looked around to see where that voice was and as soon as their eyes locked onto mine, I knew what would happen next. I don’t need to describe it. The whole sympathetic nonsense and words they would say stereotypically was the only thing I heard apart from our hooves. We went to the front carriage and I was bought forward to Queen Celestia. After more talking to the others that I knew would happen, she put a hoove up and all of my friends around me fell silent.

She looked at me and I said: “I know what I did. It was wrong to do that but I know what I have to do now. I… I’m going to continue without them. With all of you.” After the short apology and the hint to my new future were done, all of them agreed with it even the two rulers agreed along with it.

I then said to break the rapid talking that was droning on: “When do we begin. From here or in a couple of days?”

“We begin now, as a new group of friends to you Bones”. Turning around I saw Twilight Sparkle behind me.

I then said with a smirk: “Whelp, let’s get started”.

The Apples and the Rainbow: It took around 3 months for me to adapt to the new changes and the new ponies of Ponyville. Many things did happen during that time. There are too many to list down on here and I do think that if I put them all down, I would need a bigger journal to do so. In short, I am going to comply with some of the smaller events that I mostly remember in this journal so it is easier. The first story I remember was about a nearby farm. One of the Mane 7 had a farm near Ponyville and on some days, I would go there to help her out with something. Whether it was getting apples or taking the apples and harvesting fruits to the town itself, there was always something for me to do. She appreciated it and so did her family who lived there. I remember an event that happened on one of these days that I can’t stop smiling about when I think about it. I remembered a type of move they did to the apple trees which forced the apples to fall to the ground. I saw her do it many times and on my only attempt to do it, I… failed miserably. I approached one of the apple trees that had a large swathe of apples on it. I turned around so that my back hooves were near the bark of the tree. I kicked with them and as soon as the pain subsided on my back hooves, all the apples fell… on top of me. I was quickly swarmed by an avalanche of apples that covered my entire body from hoove to head. I heard the others laughing their flanks off as I tried to get the apples off me. I laughed a little bit but it was soon replaced with uneasiness. They stopped to collect the apples on the ground and put them into the baskets they had. They said their snarky comments on the matter and I trotted off, disappointed that I wasn’t able to do that particular move at all.

The next event I remembered was about a pony I know as Rainbow Dash. On some rare occasions, she would force me to fly out to a place called “Cloudsdale” or something like that. However, after this event, we both decided to never go there again. It proceeded as followed: I was just about to settle down to sleep until Dr. Hooves appeared at the door of the lab and said: “Rainbow Dash wants you for something”.

I groaned out loud and answered with: “This better not be another prank of hers”. I distinctively remembered the last one. My head nearly got crushed by an anvil. Although, I did hear the crusader's voices nearby when that happened. Idk, maybe they took this whole prank nature from Rainbow Dash by inheriting it or something. Anyway, I got to the front door and saw no pony outside.

“Where is Rain- AHHH what the hay?” I was completely wet from head to hoove from a raincloud above me. I saw Rainbow Dash grinning on top of the cloud. “Real Funny. Look are we doing something or did you want to do one last prank before the sun sets?”

She replied with: “Well yes but also I want to take you to a place that might surprise you.” I gave her a frustrated face after what she said but she continued with: “Relax, it isn’t a long flight from where we need to go. But who knows, maybe the wetness may come off when you fly Hehe”. Despite being a massive annoyance, both of us flew off into the night sky. True to her word, the water from my mane and coat came off, being replaced with vibrant blacks and whites.

It was a miniature journey, to say the least, but I started to notice a massive enlightened cloud nearby. “What is that?” I said in shock.

“That is the place that I mainly work at. You’ll like it when we land”. I saw what seemed to be buildings plastered on the cloud itself and what seemed to be lights covering it everywhere. It looked like a palace was embedded into the cloud itself. I saw many waterfalls of a darkened substance raining down below with the humming of machinery accompanying it. I couldn't tell what I was seeing at that point while we were flying. To put it simply: it was a mechanical and massive facility floating in the sky.

We landed on a nearby part of this location and she said: “Welcome to Cloudsdale!” I looked around in wonder and amazement. It was specular, to say the least. After going through the different parts of the place, Rainbow Dash offered me a chance to race her. I disagreed with it but I did say we could fly around the areas and all that. She accepted the change of plans and soon, we were flying around and through Cloudsdale. However, I lost my concentration when I was going to say that we could do a challenge that involved us going through some clouds nearby.

I saw a look of horror on her face and she said in surprise: “WAIT. You are going to hit the-!!” I immediately crashed into one of the waterfalls and the underpart of the structure. I was completely submerged in that substance and to my horror, it was a rainbow. I tried to get rid of the substance but it completely glued my wings and body together which forced me to fall. I tasted something weird in my mouth as I was falling. Later I discovered it was the rainbow itself. It almost made me vomit but the worst side effect was what happened to my vision. Around me, demented-looking clouds shrouded my view and all I saw in front of me was a smiling face of a pony. As soon as the smiling face was right in front of me, I felt a pull and I was immediately hushed up onto a near platform of Cloudsdale. My sight started to clear and I saw Rainbow Dash panting and sweating profusely.

Despite her state, she said one thing: “What’s wrong with your eyes?”

“My eyes?” I said in a confused tone. Using my magic, a small mirror appeared and I looked at my reflection. God my eyes had all the colors of the rainbow on them. I shook my head and I suddenly felt sick all of a sudden. I fell to the ground and I threw up a rainbow-colored pit of vomit. My eyes immediately reverted to normal and I looked at her. I then quickly began to shake off the rainbow stains off my coat and mane and before long, I was back to my “normal” self. But during that process, for a split second, I saw her wearing a suit with a rainbow-stained mask near her side, but that vision quickly disappeared.

I then said in a panicked state: “No more. Please… I don’t want to do this. We- we are not doing that again!”

She replied with “Well that is something we both can agree on. What’s wrong?” She was noticing my shocked face. I couldn’t blame her. My mind was combining both the factory dream and my reality together.

I replied with: “it's fine. I’m just not feeling like myself at this moment. Can you help me get home?” She nodded but I could tell that she knew I wasn’t telling the truth. We ordered some ponies to clean up the mess made and her suspicions were gone as soon as both of us flew back to Dr. Hoove’s house. Both of us said our goodbyes and we both went our separate ways. I couldn’t stop that nagging feeling about that factory dream. I had a horrible feeling that the place could have been real or something like that. But that thought quickly left my mind. Don’t be stupid Bones. That factory was inhumane and barbaric. It isn’t real, none of it is. The constant arguing in my mind about the events that happened clouded my thoughts but it soon turned into a single feeling of drowsiness. Quietly, I did my natural bed routine and soon enough, I drifted off to sleep to do training with the alternate version of Rainbow Dash I saw during that experience.

The Mirrored Insanity: I was surprised by how little the cycle of dreams tampered with my life in Ponyville. Sure, I would usually be careful now and then because of the rapid thought that I would die. But there was nothing severe about it. However, an event that started a whole chain of events in the future appeared which screwed everything up. I always had a strange fear about Pinkie Pie. I knew that she wasn’t the psychopathic pony that my dreams laid her out to be, but there were around 5 or 6 versions of her that challenged this statement. Each one usually had fun in the past by torturing me in terms of lacerations or cuts but in most cases, had fun by tearing out my organs and blood. Despite this, I am surprised that I didn’t lose my sanity and attack her because of these alternate versions of herself. However, this event paved a lot of bloodshed and death in the future which made this event more timid than horrible. I still remember how it began.

I was given a letter by her one day by Dr. Hooves. It said that she needed my help with something in the bakery she owned. Something about preparing something for a birthday or a celebration. I am not sure what it was about but I flew my way to the SugarCube Corner Bakery to find out what I needed to do. The place was empty when I came in, I guess the store was closed or something. I took a couple of hooves forward and then I heard that all familiar sound of her jumping up and down. I saw a door open at the far end and saw her come into the main dining area.

“Well, I made it here in one piece. So, uh, what are we doing today? Baking or preparing something?” She smiled and she droned about what we were doing and how this was an apparent idea she came up with. “God does she ever know when to shut up or something,” I thought quietly. I knew she was hyperactive but does she have that much energy in EVERYTHING she does. After a while, I was bought into the kitchen where many different devices were laid out. I could tell she was excited about what we were doing today and before long, we were starting to make different types of cakes. I got to admit, it was fun for a while until I had an ever-increasing pain in my head. I noticed it as a small amount of pain but it slowly started to fill my head. My eyesight was getting blurry and I couldn’t smell at all. I then had a wave of nausea sweeping me and before long, I ran off to the nearest toilets to throw up. My mind was moving around all over the place and I started to see black stains everywhere. I could then hear different voices around me and to my shock, I saw all of the different versions of Pinkie Pie. They were all laughing at me. My vision was then replaced with me being hooked up to a wall with all of the Pinkie’s jeering at me while they tore my insides out. They were covered in blood and one of them was eating the organs torn out of my body. I couldn’t take it anymore and I screamed out in absolute pain. My vision slowly started to clear and before long I was back in a normal bathroom. By my guess, I went upstairs to the bakery's first floor to throw up.

Nausea still didn’t leave me and before long, I threw up another pit of vomit into the toilet. I wiped the vomit from my mouth and flushed the chain. I looked up at the mirror and my heart froze. What I saw was the inverted version of myself. His smile and eyes were glaring right back at me. His mouth opened and I saw him mouth the words: “Their creations… your creation. Their mistakes… your mistakes. Their inspiration… MY inspiration. You can be anything but I will never be the villain. They will show you pain without end and I will be the one who will make… it… HAPPEN”. He then let out a sinister laugh and with pure anger, I smashed the mirror into pieces. The glass fell to the floor and I still saw his reflection laughing. It then soon reverted to normal and I could see Pinkie Pie in the doorway. She had a look of terror and shock on her face but I could see it dissipate into a sinister smirk. She got out one of her front hooves and I saw a blood-stained cleaver in that hoove. She was then starting to approach me and that was when I took matters into my hooves. I took a long shard of glass off the floor and threw it at the front hoove which carried the cleaver. Blood began to trickle down and I could hear her screams. I then used the glass fragment embedded in her hoove and started to cut several lacerations and deep wounds to her chest. After several hits, the glass broke into smaller fragments and by using my magic, I forced them into her fur and most horribly, down her throat. I could then see the cleaver on the floor and I kicked it away. I grabbed her by what was left of her pink throat and forced her over the set of stairs which lead to the bottom floor. I then said victoriously: “NOT THIS TIME.” I dropped her and saw her body flail about until I heard a large thump at the bottom of the stairs. I looked at the cleaver and grasped it in my hoove. I then felt what seemed to be cold… icing? I looked to the hoove that was carrying the cleaver and to my shock, it was a cupcake. It wasn’t a cleaver. Then that means… Oh no. I ran downstairs and saw Pinkie Pie on the floor, with blood pooling around her body.

“Pinkie! I’m so sorry… I didn’t want to hurt you. I-I” Despite my pleas, I clutched her broken body and tried to apologize again and again. Her body laid still and I put my head over her chest. No heartbeat. No god Dammn heartbeat. I clutched onto her tighter and spurted out my sorrow on her body. “Am- am I an m-monster?! No. I am not one of them. I-I can fix this.” A tingly feeling started to fill my entire body. I could see a green glow emitting off my fur which enlightened the whole area by a green aura. I saw that the glow was drawing in close to one of my front hooves and very steadily, I placed it where Pinkie’s heart would be. I heard a gasp and to my wonder, I could see the cut on the front hoove disappear. The cuts I inflicted were starting to withdraw and I could hear the sound of bones mending and organs being sewn back together again. The glass fragments were slowly entering out of her mouth, all bloodied, and I saw them dissipate into the air. After a couple of seconds, it just looked like she wanted to have a small nap on the floor. She no longer looked injured and she just looks like her natural self. I picked her up and put her on one of the chairs in the dining area. Her head lay down on the table and I could hear her sleeping. I took one look at her and I then broke into tears. Why did I do that? She was my friend! My friend! And now I just killed her and brought her back to life. What is happening with me?! I slowly got up from the floor and went to the kitchen. Cakes were cooking in the oven and the equipment still had mixtures of ingredients inside of them. I slowly took each completed cake and ingredient out and put all of it in the bin. I then put the equipment away and I then left the kitchen.

I still saw Pinkie Pie sleeping peacefully on where I put her. I picked her up by using both front hooves and carried her to the first floor of the building. I avoided the remains of the cupcake that she wanted to give to me and I got to one of the rooms. Peering inside, I saw a small bedroom. I slowly placed her into the bed nearby and I drawled the curtains and turned off the lights. I then left the room and closed the door. Picking up the gooey remains of the cupcake I put it in the bin and cleaned up the mess. Using a broom and a bucket, I cleaned up the bloodstain on the stairs and the floor and when that was finished, I went outside and closed the door. Hopefully, no pony would know about what had happened here. Upon unraveling my wings, I flew off back to Dr. Hoove’s house where I stayed there for the rest of the day. I still had the invitation from Pinkie Pie in my room and within an instant, I turned it into dust with my magic. To wrap up this story Pinkie Pie had no recollection of what happened that day and by using my voice, I convinced others that I had no clue what had happened as well. It seemed that whole day never seemed to have happened at all. But I exactly knew what happened that day and from that day onward, I promised myself much more harshly; I will never hurt any of my friends again.

The Accident: My dreams were starting to act weird. Not in the sense that it wasn’t weird, in terms of violence and torture, but for some reason the places I went to in my dreams were starting to behave erratically. Even the characters acted out of place and I didn’t have any confirmed reason on why that was happening at all. Something isn’t right. I don’t know what to say. The places, the characters, the memories, they are all changing. And the first clear sign I knew that Inverted was behind this was when that accident happened. When two of those characters arrived in my world. It all started after a night of training. After some quick congrats from the characters of my dreams, one of them said: “This is a big surprise for you but a duo of ponies has arrived today”. I turned around and saw the Rainbow Dash from the factory, with her suit on, approaching me. She pointed behind the crowd with her front hooves and I was ushered forward with her.

To my shock, both Pinkie Pies from the gore party and smile dream were there. Theirs injures are completely gone with no clear cuts or wounds on them. As soon as both of them saw me, they gasped in shock.

I then said: “So it looks like you aren’t dead anymore. I don’t need to apologize for what I did. You bucked up and you faced the consequences of your actions. Still, it did take you long enough for you to return but I presume those injures must have taken months to heal.”

The smiling Pinkie looked at me with that creepy smile still but the other one got up and said this: “Well it isn’t our fault that you seem to have a firm connection with a small filly. After all, our near-death experiences was another aspect of how you used your magic around here and in real life so you could thank us for that rather than being a massive dick about it.”

I was shocked and so were the others about what she said but I replied with: “Well, at least I didn’t have to kill a close friend of mine to make something that doesn’t last long!” I could tell that I was making her very angry. Before I was going to say anything else, a portal opened up behind me and I smiled. “Whelp I better get going. And lastly, no I am not taking what I said back. You did so many terrible things to gain something so little that it is utterly pathetic. Go away and do something PRODUCTIVE in your life than making “organic” cupcakes!” I was about to enter the portal when I heard the sound of hooves behind me. I was pushed into the portal by the gore party pinkie and she was hitting my face multiple times. I also noticed the factory Rainbow Dash trying to take Pinkie off me. I could then see a white flash was forming around us and I said: “Wait, STOP, both of you are going to-” I couldn’t finish my sentence as the white flash blocked all 3 of our visions. I then woke up with sweat on my face. I wiped it off and I then heard the sound of crashing metal behind me. I turned around and saw both the gore party pinkie and the factory Rainbow Dash in the lab with me. I almost screamed out in shock. How did they… I realized it immediately. They went into the exit alongside me. They both were dazed but soon both of them got up. “Oh, this is bad, really bad.” Both of them looked at me in shock. “I have to get you two out of here until… until… Goddammit!” The party Pinkie looked at me in anger after I said that and she started to approach me. “Look, I may have pissed you off but save your anger for the next time we meet in my dream.” Still, she hit me right across the cheek and called me an asshole. She then went back to where the Factory Rainbow was and she picked her up. I rolled my eyes and then I had an idea. I called them over and I laid out my plan: “It’s alright, I think I know a way for you to get back. Princess Luna is the protector of dreams or something, so she must have some form of a book that tells her what to do if any dream interlays into our reality. So all we need to do is go find it… without any anger or revenge to others.” I glared at the Party Pinkie and she just rolled her eyes. Still, after that, we didn’t start hitting or annoying each other again so at least that was all tied up.

Yet with that over, both of them liked that idea but they were more fascinated about the place they were in. “So this is real life then, huh I thought it would be more futuristic or something.”

“Yeah I agree with you Rainbow, hey wait what are you doing?” I was leaving the room to get some things. I came back with a wet flannel and a pair of scissors.

“Look, I am not going to lie, I think you enjoy looking like that but we do need to get rid of the stains and outfits so you look like the real Pinkie and Rainbow, alright.” They bickered on like fillies but I forced them into place with my magic and used both the scissors and flannel to get rid of their outfits and stains on their fur. I then went back up to get a miniature tub of water so I can clean them faster. By the time I was done, Rainbow Dash looked perfect but Pinkie was almost there. I went over to her and said: “You need to poof up your mane and tail. It is only for a short while but it is better if we do this so we don’t draw attention to ourselves.” She didn’t like the idea but she agreed to it. After a bit of encouragement, everypony looked perfect. “Right follow me and don’t get lost. It should be a straight shot to the castle” I ordered as we left the lab and the house into ponyville. It was quite a journey, to be honest. Their whole bickering and complaining didn’t cease at all. Of course, we ran into some minor problems where ponies wouldn't stop nagging about why Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash were with me but I did try my best to explain the current situation as minimally as possible, mainly by saying excuses and terrible lies to stop them from being suspicious. It didn’t decrease as well when we arrived at the castle.

The two guards at the front told us to stop and ordered us to tell them why we were here. I answered with: “We’re looking for a book in the library about coats and mane. Y’know to help me with this new look. Maybe we’ll understand what the black stains were and all that.” Despite being a lazy excuse, the two guards bought it and we were let in. I told them to follow me again and when we reached the library, it was very quiet.

“Uh, Bones.”

“Yes, Pinkie?”

“Can I uh, have my mane and tail go back to normal and all that?”

“Fine, both of you put on your normal looks but make sure, no pony sees you alright.” After a bit of scowling, we finally found it. I told the other two to get over here and I opened the book itself. I flipped through the pages until I found exactly what I was looking for. The co-existence chapter. After reading through it, I ignited my horn and shot the ground with a multi-colored lightning bolt. A portal opened up and I told them: “That’s your ticket out of here.” But I could tell from their faces that something was wrong. They had a look of nervousness and despair on both of their faces. “Ummm, are you going to get going?” I questioned.

They shook their heads and then they screamed: “HELP US!!” and “THEY HAVE ABANDONED US!!” over and over again. I could hear screams coming from the portal and to my shock, a bloodied hand appeared and grasped Rainbow Dash. I heard her screams when she was forced into the portal. I saw another hand was about to pick up Pinkie but I threw myself onto her, knocking her aside. She shook her head like she was coming out of a trance and to both our horror, a face appeared in the portal. I can’t even describe what the face looked like. Maybe I can visualize it or somepony can but to give you a start. It scared both me and Pinkie to the point where for once, she was screaming and whimpering out in pure shock and horror. The face opened its mouth and it screamed out in response. It pierced our eardrums and I could see the windows shatter around us. I could then see tubes of sharpened glass all covered in white appear alongside the face and one of them wrapped itself around Pinkie’s neck. I tried to use my magic to tear the tube apart but it was no use. It picked her up like she was a feather and I saw her struggling body go through the portal. The face then looked at me and smiled. I then felt a horrible sense of pain coming from my back. One of the tubes was forced into my back and I could see my blood being drawn out from my body.

I could then hear the library doors being torn down and I saw Princess Luna and Queen Celestia, along with several guards with shocked faces. They both fired a shot of magic in the face and it immediately yelled out in pain. The tubes fell slack and I fell to the ground. My whole back ached and the last thing I saw before this event ended, was a finger from the bloodied hand go across the face's neck before it disappeared into the portal. There was a red flash and after it was over, the portal was gone and the place was back to normal.

Picking at my wound, I used my healing magic to clean it up and I surveyed the damage. I could tell that both rulers would want to know what the hell they have just witnessed but I made an excuse story quickly. I said that a mysterious black figure of a pony arrived in the library and made that spell before vanishing. I then said that Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash escaped before the doors were locked by the mysterious figure or the creature from the portal. They did have their worries about who this mysterious pony was but I corrected them that he entered the portal after making it. I could then hear the sound of guards approaching the library and to my shock, the mane 7 arrived as well. The library did look normal but there was a large number of books burned and the book that I used to make the portal had completely disintegrated. There were also the smashed windows and broken walls that had shown something had happened. I could then see that Queen Celestia was about to approach Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie.

Acting quickly I said: “No it’s fine. I don’t need their apologies.” They looked confused but after a while, everything was sorted out. When I walked out with the mane 7, I couldn’t stop thinking about the true events that took place there. Was that happening in my dreams or was it something else? Maybe I did the portal spell wrong or something. I wasn’t so sure. I looked at the Mane 7, all of them had no clue about what occurred. Even the suspicions that Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie had were gone. I smiled but a nagging thought was halting this moment. They might have to know what happened. I glanced at all of them and thought about what happened to them in my dreams. Death, demons, torture, violence, paranormal, and betrayals. I wondered if they were ready for that yet. Hmm, I thought about what to do and I had an idea.

“Hey Twilight, you don’t mind if I come over to your house. I have to talk to you about something.” She agreed with that and when we were out of the castle I continued. “If I don’t come over, can you uh pick me up from Dr. Hoove’s house?”

“Yeah that’s fine, is there something bothering you, or is this about the library event?”

“No it’s just that I want to talk about some things,” I said worryingly. As the rest of the day went by, I pondered and thought about what to say to Twilight. When I was sure of what to tell her, I had an early dinner and prepared myself for what was about to happen. I picked up my journal and waited in the living room. While during so, I ripped out the pages of the bakery accident and got rid of the rest by using a black marker. I then strapped it on my back with my magic and once I was ready, all it took was a slight knock on the door that told me it was time to tell the true events about my past.

The Talk: I heard a couple of knocks at the door and picked up my journal. I then saw Dr. Hooves enter the room and open it up. I saw Twilight outside and I said: “Took your time but let’s get moving. I’ll be back soon Hooves but if I don’t return, can you pick me up if that’s fine with you.” He agreed with that and I walked out into the night. We both heard the door shut and we walked on to Twilight’s house in Ponyville. After a while, I broke the silence and said: “You’re probably wondering why I didn’t go to yours by myself and that you have to pick me up?” She was about to say something but I put my hoove up and said: “Well, it’s because I was never a fan of the dark. I just felt scared most of the time in dark areas and all that because I would always imagine something was there, waiting for me so it can attack me.” After catching my breath I continued: “It wasn’t like there was anything there but it just scares me sometimes. The feeling that you may not be alone when you’re the only one there.”

After some questions from Twilight were answered by myself, I could see that this wasn’t a particular subject matter that both of us wanted to talk about. I tried to change the subject by surveying the area. I then spotted a shooting star and pointed to it with one of my front hooves. “See right there! Those are pretty rare to see in Equestria and here, to be honest. It reminds me of my dad. He would say that they were different things when he saw one. Some of those ideas were completely stupid if I say so myself. But nowadays I don’t have to listen to his weird claims on what shooting stars are made of and besides, they are like a rare phenomenon to see.” Despite our fruitless surprise upon seeing a shooting star, we moved onwards. At last, I heard Twilight say: “There it is.” And I looked to where she was heading. It wasn’t like any other house because the truth is, you don’t see a mixture of a tree and a house and automatically call it a house, do you? But there it was, Twilight’s apparent house. I saw her knocking at the door and I heard some sounds from inside, like banging and movement. The door opened and I saw a small purple and green dragon standing there in the doorway. “Ah, Bones have you met Spike before?” questioned Twilight. “Uh, no I haven’t. Spike is it, well hello there Spike. My name’s Bones.” I laid out a hoove for him to shake and with his small hand he shook it. After some more introductions, I was ushered into the treehouse. There I sat down on of the chairs and Twilight sat on of the chairs opposite mine. Spike got up on a stool nearby and with that, we were all settled. I enlightened my horn and with a tiny snap, the journal fell off my back and landed near my side. There I placed it on the table nearest and I got out a piece of loose paper from it. I looked at the subjects I would be talking about and when I was done I folded it up and began to speak.

The following conversations were a mixed bag of rapid back and forth of questions and answers plus the rapid add-in of cheekiness and information from Spike. At some points, the conversations did rail off into directions which I didn’t foresee largely but most of the time, it was what I was expecting to be the outcome. The only times I felt general pressure and stress were when I told Twilight about the dreams and the slight nods to Inverted. I knew that this was one of the main outcomes of this range of conversation. However, as soon as I referenced him, Twilight was fascinated by who he was. Too much. After a rapid argument about what he was, I did something I never thought would happen. A thin magical wire dropped below my hoove and I saw it move whilst I was arguing with Twilight. I saw that it was approaching her chair and before I could do anything it latched onto one of her back hooves. Surprisingly, she didn’t feel anything at all and was more focused on what I was saying. I kept on trying to distract her so she won’t freak out about the wire that was moving out of her sight. I then saw the thin wire appear above her head and for a split second, it lodged itself inside of her head. The wire disconnected from my hoove and it contracted to where her head was. I then saw what seemed to be a miniature figure of her, made by the wires appear above her head. I heard a small groan and she stopped talking to me. “Twilight?” I said in shock. “Are… are you alright?”

She replied with a dazed: “I’m fine Bones.”

“Woah, what did you do?” Spike said confusingly. I looked at the confused dragon and to my shock, another small wire was above him. Similar to Twilight, it pierced the top of his head. He stopped speaking and I saw that they weren’t moving. The same small version thing occurred as well. I got up and waved a hoove over Twilight’s emotionless face. “Hypnosis… fascinating,” I said.

I got a small paper from the journal and put down hypnosis as one of the lines. I saw that they still laid idle and I said: “Twilight… can you move to the nearby table?” She did as she was told. Right, so I can control them. I do believe that I shouldn’t have felt a sense of happiness but after the constant back and forth arguments, it did feel much better. Still, I knew that I didn’t want them to be like this. I then picked up the certain orders I would give them. I then ordered: “Twilight. Can you please forget everything I said about *him* for the last couple of minutes and sit down. Spike can you just go away and stop bothering me and Twilight? Right, when I clap my hooves the small wires and version of what you are will disappear and YOU will follow what I just said. 3…2…1” I clapped my hooves and just like that, the small wires disappeared. I saw that Spike was leaving the place and Twilight was rambling on about something I said. “Bones? Is something wrong?” “Huh… oh it's nothing.” I said as a quick response. I went over to the table with the journal on top of it and I gave the piece of paper I wrote on to her. After she observed them with a mixture of shock and amazement; I continued the talk.

But I knew I spared a couple of minutes until I had to talk about Inverted again. After a couple of minutes, the slight notices that I used in the past was being used up all over again. And just like before, Twilight did have her suspicions of what I was talking about. However, the real difference was the hallucinations. As soon as I referenced Inverted, a searing pain would emerge every time on my head. It kept getting worse and worse with every sentence.

The last couple of questions Twilight said before I fell in sheer pain was: “What does he do to you? Wait, B-Bones are you alright?” At this point, I could see a small faint image of his face and my vision was starting to blur, yet I answered the questions in a shocked manner:

“He-he tortures me. He rips me apart. He mutilates me. He rips my real bones out of my body. He- he does so many horrible things. He won’t get out. No… No!! NO!!!!!!!!”
I fell to the floor in pain. I could see his grinning face at this time in my point of view. I looked up and saw Twilight with a shocked look near me. “Bones. Bones stay with me. BONES!” I saw her morph into the creature and I heard his laughter echo around me. I screamed out in horror but he started to walk up to me. I tried to run but I was quickly chained up to a padded green wall. He took out a variety of instruments and began to cut away my fur and organs. He quickly tore off my 4 hooves with a butcher knife and with multiple tools + his hooves, he tore a large hole through my body. After he was done, I was screaming out in pain.

He then said: “This is what you deserve for showing me to them. YOU DON’T NEED THEM. I DON’T NEED YOU! YOUR FRIENDS WILL DIE JUST LIKE THE ONES IN YOUR DREAMS. NOTHING WILL EVER SAVE YOU! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!” He then used a cleaver to cut my neck clean off and that was when I woke up screaming. To my shock, I was still in Twilight’s house, where I was put on a bed. I saw Twilight alongside me and when she saw I had awoken from that nightmare. She said loudly: “He’s awake”.

I heard the sound of hooves running up the stairs and I saw several more ponies enter the room. There were a couple of members of the Mane 7 that entered the room. They were Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Starlight Glimmer, and Applejack. There was also Dr. Hooves, Derpy and to my surprise, the Cutie Mark Crusaders were with them. My heart then shrank when I saw that Starlight was carrying the journal that I wrote in. I got up and quickly took it from her hooves. But I could see the damage was already done. All of them must have read it due to the looks of sheer sadness and anger on their faces. I then look back and noticed the clock on the wall. By the look of things, it has been a severe 45 minutes of me being knocked out. Anything could’ve happened in that time and by the looks of disbelief and anger that were given to me in that room, it wasn’t anything pretty.

“Is it true?” I looked back and saw that Twilight must have read it as well. I wished I could’ve melted into the carpet because of the sheer stress and pressure that was bestowed by everypony present in the room. “Yes… It is. I wanted to show or tell you the events without letting the others know but it is too late now isn’t it?”

I began to retell the events on what happened in the library as quickly as I can but I was cut off by Twilight saying: “Why? Why did you lie to me and everypony here?!” I could hear the disbelief in her voice and I tried to say something but my words didn’t come out. After some more padding by the others, I finally said something. “It’s because I’m not sure if you wanted to see the cruel realities that were created. I have tried so hard to make sure that you didn’t see what those places were and what demons haunt me, but I can’t now. You found the skeleton in the closet and it has shown you everything. I’m… I’m so sorry. I just didn’t want you to find out… I just didn’t want you to –” I fell to the floor crying and I felt an all too familiar hug from a filly. Sweetie Belle was with me and I started to hear the sounds of retribution forming, in terms of apologies and compliments. However, it all came crashing down when I heard the sound of rain and the sound of hooves knocking at the front door.

I saw Spike run in, all panting loudly and he said: “I hate running. Also, Princess Luna and Queen Celestia are here!”

I gasped in shock and I turned to Twilight. “What… did you do when I was out? Did you… send a letter to QUEEN CELESTIA!!!?” She nodded and before I could do anything, I heard the door open and I heard the sound of marching hooves ascending the stairs. The ponies near the doorway moved out of the way and then I saw the two rulers move into the room. They looked at me and Princess Luna said: “It seems that you have a bit of explaining to do Bones.”

The Magic Spell – “First of all, I get that this is a serious matter but there is no way that I am meeting Inverted again. There is no way!” I replied angrily. It had been a rapid discussion that took up almost an hour and at that point, all of us were pretty drained. After the hour was up, they all wanted to see these dreams themselves but I dumbly gave them the idea that they needed to see what I was dreaming of recently.

Continuing with this backlash towards this idea, Princess Luna said: “Yes we know that Inverted has tortured you nearly every single day, but there needs to be a confirmation about his presence and what type of control he has over your dreams.” I continued rambling on about how pointless this whole idea was but that only delayed what she was going to do by a very short amount. In the end, she gave a frustrated look after I kept on talking back to her and I slowly saw her horn lit up into a purple fieriest glow. Once her horn was fully purple, she started to move over to me. I backed away and saw there was an exit for me to take but the others anticipated that I tried that so as soon as I tried to escape, I was knocked down by Rainbow Dash and Applejack. I struggled to get them off me but I saw it was too late. Princess Luna’s horn touched the top of my head and quickly, a sudden wave of drowsiness overcame me. I couldn’t move and I started to see black spots appear in my vision. I then got up in a dark room where the only light that was presented was from candles that were strung up on the stone walls. I heard laughter behind me and I turned around. There he was, on a chair made out of bones.

“Heh, seems fitting that you were brought back here. I guess they want to see what happens when I torture you. Don’t worry though, I’ll give them the front view seats” He pulled a lever and I saw to my shock, it was the view of the room I was in from a bird’s eye view. He then put his hooves together and I then saw several lightning bolts hit the ponies present in the room on their heads. They didn’t have any reaction but I then saw them appear right in front of me. But something was wrong with them. They all had sharp teeth and they had red glowing eyes. I then saw that the colors on them were gone and they were sat down in chairs that appeared seemingly out of nowhere. They all smiled at me and Inverted.

He then said: “For generations, I roam these lands looking for a perfect place to inhabit while my powers grew. And now I have found it. All I have to do is gain full control of your body and when I am done, the world will be made better than it ever was”.

I heard the clones of my friends celebrating and cheering but I replied with: “And by doing that, you’re going to kill thousands of innocent’s creatures.”

He laughed at what I said and he responded with: “Oh I’m not just killing those in Equestria. I am going to kill every single one in your dreams as well.”

“You can’t”

“I already have,” he said with a smirk. “You should have seen those signs before I did it but you never did, and now their deaths are on your hands. I know what will happen in the future. And I know perfectly well what I will need to do to be set free. Now let’s get on with the show.” He took a couple of tools from a cart and started to cut pieces of me away. My cries were followed with cheers from the crowd as he proceeded on. By the time he was finished, I didn’t even look like a pony anymore. I just looked like a bloodied mess with large amounts of blood pooling on the wall and the floor. He took one last cleaver and he approached me. He then went over to the non-cut ear of mine and said: “Tell them when you wake up that they have to go to each dream you went to and the Spike Pit. Once there, open the hatch and let them in. I’ll take over from here.”

“And what makes you think that I will do what you’ll say.” He looked at me and then his eyes became a glowing red and black spiral. “Oh, I know exactly what to do.” I tried to look away but it was too late. Both of us smiled and then he brought the cleaver down on my neck. I woke up screaming. I was in a different room now. Around me, 14 beds were set. I could then see that all of the Mane 7 members, the cutie mark crusaders, Derpy, Dr. Hooves, Princess Luna, and Queen Celestia were waiting for something to happen. It was Derpy who noticed me awake and she rolled off the bed she was on and jumped on top of mine.

She then started bouncing on the bed and I said: “Derpy enough. Stop bouncing, I don’t enjoy this.” The others saw that I was awake and ran over.

I then heard Twilight say: “Oh, it is really lucky that you’re awake. You wouldn’t stop screaming.”

I heard Rainbow Dash say: “Yeah, you could’ve woke up the whole of Equestria with your screams.”

I thought about what Inverted said and after they were done talking, I said: “Why are there 14 beds in this room, and more importantly, where are we?”

“You’re in one of the medical bays of Queen Celestia’s castle.”

“What? Why?”

“Bones you didn’t stop screaming when we bought you here. We want to help and the only way to do that is by going into your dreams.”

“And do you think that is the best option for me?” Every pony said yes or nodded their head, apart from Fluttershy who said: “Well maybe.”

“You don’t know what he did with me in there. All that torture and all that gore that was laid out in front of my eyes and none of you have done anything to help me!”

I could see some of their faces scrunch up in anger but I heard Queen Celestia say: “Your rudeness isn’t required Bones. We did it for a good reason.”

“Yeah, and what might that be.”

I then saw Sweetie Belle get up on my bed, nearly pushing Derpy down, and said: “It doesn’t matter Bones. But you need to calm down. We need to do this for your good.” I tried to say something to backchat this statement but I knew they were right. If they could help me get rid of Inverted, then it would work out. This was their plan to take him out and all I needed to do was go along with it.

“Fine, it’s a deal. I show you the places I go to in my dreams and you do all you can muster to get rid of Inverted.”

“Good, now everypony back to your beds.” Princess Luna muttered. She went over to Queen Celestia and I saw her whisper something. She went to another bed in front of me. As the others moved to their beds, I used my magic to pick up Derpy and put her on one of the empty beds that I believed was hers.

“Hey, that’s mine.”

I then groaned and went to another one, “Hey that’s mine.”

I then put her near another bed. “Excuse me that is my bed.”

I couldn’t take it anymore and I moaned out and said: “Can one of you tell me where I should Derpy then rather than telling me which bed is yours?!”

“Ahem” I looked at Twilight and she nodded to one of the empty beds at the side of the room.

“Thanks.” I put Derpy on top of it and I sat down. I looked around the room and I saw at the far end an open door. “Hehe… perfect,” I thought. Another thing I noticed was that the beds were situated like a type of rectangle where my bed was the center. I could then feel a searing pain emerge from the top of my head like it was splitting into two. I then heard words piling over my head over and over again. “They won’t know what they will see. They will suffer just like them. They will suffer just like you, THEY WILL SUF-” I let out a scream from the rapid thoughts that were piling on top of my head. It hurt. All of it did. I then said: “It hurts. Why does everything hurt? Why can’t I move? It hurts, all of it. What’s happening with me?!” I soon felt like I was falling and I collapsed onto the bed.

My sight was completely black and I could hear faint voices. The only one I could hear was Inverted but this time it was my voice. I could hear him teasing everypony in the room and I could hear their anger towards him. The last thing I heard before I woke up was: “Go on ahead then. Try to help him. I promise you it will never work. AHAHAHAHA” My vision soon started to clear and at that point, I was back on the bed.

I heard Princess Luna say: “This is bad, Bones. He’s already starting to manifest into a single consciousness. If we don’t do this now, then he could take over your entire body.”

“Are you all ready?” Twilight added to finish her sentence.

They all agreed and Princess Luna said: “Then let’s begin.” She then spoke several strange lines of nonsensical words which caused the whole place to light up. I could feel a strange sensation coming from my head and I slowly became dizzy.

I then said: “Prepare yourself for some truly horrific sights!” before I fell to the pillow and everypony, including me, was forced into a large slumber by Princess Luna. I then saw I was them and we were going through a large linear and multi-colored vortex. “Here we go. Just be careful and don’t get lost.” I yelled at the others. “This is it. This is the end of this story. This will be the end of Inverted and everything he has done. IT’S TIME TO FINISH THIS DEMON ONCE AND FOR ALL. I HOPE YOU ARE READY INVERTED… CAUSE WE ARE FIGHTING YOU ON YOUR OWN TURF!!

End of Act 4