Act 5: THE START OF THE END (DREAMSCAPE)
Author's Note
(What you are about to read is the continuation of Act 1, Act 2, Act 3, and Act 4. To those who are new, I do consider… you know what, I have had it with this. I have done this 4 bloody times and if you still don’t know how to do basic maths then I suggest you have to read the other chapters. Also slight warning, I’m not responsible for all the trauma and all that you have experienced if you have read this series of fanfictions as this is kind of your fault if you are scared of blood and gore-up ponies. I mean if this fanbase was scarred from two images and screenshots from a game demo or a game even, I presume that this fanfiction might destroy the image of MLP for some of you. That might be wrong but I am just saying that did happen. I can’t believe that most of you are scared of that though... seriously there are a lot of things worse out there and yet most of you were scared of a game/game demo that came out a decade ago with just a couple of images jumpscares? Well, what would I expect from a fanbase that is centered on something so positive? And, you lot are sometimes the tamest and the most ridiculous fanbase I have ever seen. But still, this is a fanbase that has mostly consists of only adults and teenagers ;) and so you do have some stiff competition so I say you are okay-ish or good at best. Anyway, back to where I was. This plot is very freaking stupid – don’t take my word for it…it might actually be impressive or something - so you can edit it to make it more accurate or interesting but just don’t make it lousy and terrible or something like that… yes I am aware on how a fanbase usually deals with something new. Now with that out of the way, I do think you want to read the final act. Whelp I hope you are ready because this is where it all ends. – TheCreativeFormat)
Act 5: THE START OF THE END (DREAMSCAPE)
The (DEATH) Factory – “Hold on as long as you can! Don’t leave the vortex!!” I shouted at the others inside the vortex. They couldn’t help but mess around in it like a bunch of fillies. I guess it was because we were completely weightless. “Starlight, be careful, you’re clipping the side!” I shouted as we flew on.
“Right, sorry Bones” answered Starlight, and as soon as she said that, she turned her body away from the side of the vortex. I could then hear the all too familiar sound of gears turning and steam hissing at the end of the vortex. “Brace yourself, we’re going in a little hot!” I unraveled my wings and used them to slow down. I then saw the solid ground of the factory and I braced for impact. Surprisingly, I landed on all 4 of my hooves and I didn’t fall over. I took a shaky breath and looked behind me. The others were starting to reach the exit. “Prepare yourself for landing, the ground here is made out of concrete or stone!” I yelled at the others as they started to come out of the vortex. To give them a rating on how well they did upon arrival, I could say it was an 8/10. However, the only problem was when Derpy was looking backward like a complete buffoon and she fell on top of Dr. Hooves.
“Hey, careful Derpy.” Said Dr. Hooves as he was forced to the floor by her. “Right, welcome to the factory,” I said excitedly. I missed this place a lot and the sights and smells all came back to me like a long-forgotten friend. I haven’t been here since I was still in that cave and now we were back.
“Oh hi there!” I turned around and saw Pinkie Pie was trying to talk to one of the suited mares. I could see that she was jumping up and down in pure joy but I then said: “We’re not here for real. We’re like ghosts and all that so they won’t see us.” She looked disappointed but she then ran over to the room that looked like a theatre room.
“This place is surely massive,” said Applejack.
“Well, that was my first thought when I first came here.” The others said their statements while I went over to the scaffolding near the Pegasus Device. “Up here. Don’t worry, you don’t need wings to fly up to me” I said to them. As ordered, they went up to where I was and I told them to wait. When I heard the sound of a door creaking below the scaffolding I said: “Right on cue. Right whatever you do, all of you have to see this. I am truly sorry if this scares you or terrifies you but you have to know”. I looked at the new group of fillies/colts that entered the room and I saw that Scootaloo was one of them. Perfect. We were at the right time. I directed their attention to our right and we saw a suited mare talking to the new batch of soon-to-be-made Spectra below them. I waited for him to be interrupted by the factory version of Rainbow Dash and when I heard her voice, I knew all of them would be surprised.
I heard them gasp out in shock and they turned around. As anticipated, the suited Rainbow Dash trotted over to the side of the other suited mane and she began droning on about the history of the factory. She took off her suit and as promised, all of the fillies and ponies accompanying me were in shock. I could tell there were a large number of questions piling on everypony’s mind but I then knew what will happen next which would change their confusion to horror. I saw that one of the fillies was being lifted to the entrance of the device. I then saw the chains that he was hooked on move upwards and downwards slowly, which tore his skeletal system into pieces. His screams pierced every single ear of ours until it finally became a couple of gurgles. I could see fractures of bones over his broken body and before long, the chains gave way and he fell into the device. The machine turned him into a cloud of dust and a puddle of blood that spewed out of the entrance. At this point, all the ponies that were accompanying me were shocked and completely petrified by what they were seeing. Even the party pony, Pinkie Pie, was completely quiet for once.
As soon as that was finished, I waited for the outcry by Scootaloo. I could then hear her voice below us, all shrilled and in pure fear. Both the group I was in and the factory Rainbow Dash were surprised upon hearing that. After that small outcry was done, the alternate version of Rainbow Dash then denied her claims and told her simply that she was pointless. I could see that both the Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo of our group were in tears and were hugging each other. I could tell that Rainbow Dash was starting to lose her confidence and I could see pure anger in her eyes. I raised a hoove and when I did that, the fillies burst into energy. They flew around the factory for a chance to escape. Unfortunately, the outcome was just more death and gore to be cleaned up by the staff in control of this factory. I saw the Scootaloo that did that outcry running away but I knew that she would be caught by the Rainbow Dash in charge of the factory. After a while, I started to see that the factory Rainbow Dash had caught Scootaloo in her hooves and when she was at the scaffolding we were on, she threw her into the entrance of the goliath machine. All of us could hear her screams and the only one who was smiling was the factory version of Rainbow Dash. “Right, it's time for us to leave this place.” The others agreed and they quietly got up from where they were sitting and waited for me to make the vortex. I saw the only ones who weren’t moving were Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo who both had a look of pure terror on their faces. I went over to them and said:
“It’s not real. This never happened alright. It's just an alternate version of Equestria and how do I know it isn’t real? Because both of you are showing me that it will never happen. In terms of what you are doing and how well you get together in real life. I promise that this will never happen and that is all I can say.” The other shared their sympathy and it quickly became a quick hug by the other Mane 7 members. I looked at the scaffolding and saw the mare in charge of the De-winging experiment. Knowing what that would involve, I started to make the vortex that would take us to the other dreams and I took one glance at him. I knew that he had a soul. He just had to show his true colors and compassion so he can show it. The vortex opened up and I ushered them in.
Twilight was the last one to enter and I heard her say: “How many times were you here?”
I answered with: “Too many to count. This happened every time for me but they are other things to see which could be a lot worse. Come now, we need to get moving before the vortex closes.” I took her by the hoove and I ran into the vortex with her. The last thing I heard was the steam hissing behind us before we heard cries and screams of joy up ahead. Knowing what would come next, those cries of joy would probably become cries of terror and betrayal.
The (CUPCAKE) Party – As we continued onward to the next dream, I wondered about something that happened back there. If Scootaloo and Rainbow Dash had that reaction, what would the others think about the other dreams? I mean, this could ruin their friendship or something like that. I knew I didn’t want that to happen but it is a likely chance of that happening. I knew the next two would tamper the mane 7’s feelings for Pinkie Pie but would that mean they would loathe her? I just have to be prepared. I saw that we were approaching the SugarCube Corner Bakery and I said: “We are at the next dream. Prepare yourself and this time, don’t fall onto another pony upon arrival!” The landing was much smoother than last time but hey, I do presume they learned what went wrong last time. “Right follow me and don’t get lost” I ordered the others.
We went into the bakery and I looked around for the flight of stairs that would lead to the torture chamber. I saw that it was cleverly hidden behind a bookcase and a locked door. “Over here!” I said to the others. They were about to go in until one of them pointed out they might need a key to open the door. This little point out would later escalate into a miniature hunt for the key. I then said: “ENOUGH!” I put my head near the door and I moved forward. My body shimmered through it to everypony surprise. What a bunch of stupid fillies. As soon as everypony was in the dungeon I told everypony to wait. As soon as I heard the faint voices of Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie from above, I knew it was time.
“Everypony. Stand back and watch the show unfold!” They did as they were ordered and soon enough, the Pinkie Pie from this dream trotted in with a rope on her side. At the far end of the rope was a sleeping Rainbow Dash, whereby the looks of things were knocked out by her. I saw the dream Pinkie Pie hook up her to the wall with the chains/clamps and soon enough she was preparing for her to wake up. When all of us heard the Rainbow Dash stirring from her forced nap, the Dream Pinkie Pie left the area by gleefully hopping away. The Rainbow Dash from the dream woke up and was confused about where she was. Then the dream Pinkie with her mane and tail drooping downwards appeared. As they continued, the only thing I was looking forward to was when the lights would be turned on. My promise was granted as soon as I thought of that. The lights turned on with a large flash and soon enough, both the group I was in and the Rainbow Dash that was hung up to the wall was surprised by what they saw. The decorations of that Pink Demon must have been made out of some twisted insane pony. What else can I say? All of it was made by the innards and flesh of ponies and creatures. She then showed us the suit that was made out of the flesh and parts of ponies and when that was done, she pulled out the tray and cart.
She removed the red cloth on top and I knew what would happen next. As the process of tearing flesh with metal and the removal of intestines and parts of the poor mare was laid out in front of us, I saw that the real Pinkie Pie’s mane was starting to deflate. I went over to her and said: “It isn’t real. None of it is. I know it looks horrible and that the events that are laid out in front of us are cruel and inhumane but trust me. This doesn’t need to be a major part to change your friendship with Rainbow Dash.” I could tell that she was shocked and saddened by what she was seeing and I took one more hoove toward her.
“No… I’ll deal with this.” I saw that Rainbow Dash was flying over me and was starting to approach Pinkie Pie. I saw Rainbow Dash hug Pinkie Pie in her hooves and I saw her whole demeanor shatter in a way I have never seen before. She began to cry in Rainbow Dash’s hooves and I knew that she wasn’t ready for the next thing that would happen. I looked over to the cruel surgery that was continuing despite the real Pinkie Pie’s cries and I decided what to do. “You two, you can go out if you want. I’m not going to stop you if you do so”. Rainbow dash nodded her head and without a word, she and Pinkie Pie left the room to head outside. I hope they can restore their friendship but at that point, I thought about a question that was bothering me again. Was I ruining their friendships by showing them this? Was I destroying the bond that holds them together? I knew that couldn’t be the case contextually but I knew that it could have been a likely opportunity. Hmmm, I need to think more about this.
I glanced over and saw that the surgery was done. The things that the Pink Demon removed were then used to make a type of pastry. A batch of cupcakes. Upon seeing the guts and blood in the cupcakes, she was making I almost threw up. I then said: “Right, let’s get out of here. I don’t think my stomach can take this anymore.” They all agreed and we flew or walked outside. We saw that Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash had started to calm down and I started to open the next vortex to the next dream. Rainbow Dash then appeared alongside me and said: “What happened next after me and Pinkie left?”
“OH, you do not want to know!” I did hear some talking behind me when everypony was coming out of the bakery but I then knew something was wrong. Everypony flew in but we were missing one. And that one was Fluttershy. I saw her on the ground crying. I went over to her and I tried to comfort her down. “Hey, it’s alright. Calm down, don’t worry. Just take a couple of breaths. It’s alright.” I whispered those words to her and I saw that she must have thrown up. I wiped the vomit off her mouth and rubbed it on the grass. I guess she couldn’t handle that gory surgery laid out to us and I presumed that her friends were trying to cheer her up when we began leaving that demented pink demon. I could her heartbeat faintly as her emotions swept her and were landing on me. I knew that she couldn’t bear this anymore but I knew we had to stay together. I stroked her purple mane several times and I said: “Look. I didn’t want all of you to see this. I knew that I presented it as an exciting experience. But like I said, it’s not real. Nor is the fear or the anguish. To be honest, you are one of the gentlest ponies I have ever met and I don’t want to see you like this at all. I’m sorry if you feel sad but do you know what my parents told me if I was like this? They told me that I would be happy later on. Even if I was angry, upset, and scared, I would always be happy after I had these emotions.” I saw that she was opening her eyes and she was starting to calm down. “Come along now, we don’t want to be left behind.” She agreed and she wiped the tears off her face. With that done, both of us left the bakery and proceeded into the vortex to be taken to the next area. We re-joined with our group and before long, we were back to square one, in terms of flying through the vortex if you are wondering.
Meeting GentleBones – Another trip through the vortex, another trip into another insane place. I didn’t know that we were going into the wrong place until we all arrived at the new location. At first, the obvious signs that we weren’t in the right place were shown with the buildings around us. There seemed to be a manor nearby with a massive clock tower on the side of a cliff near the manor itself. Both hands were on midnight and its chimes echoed through the night sky. We appeared to be in some form of a graveyard with some of the graves open. Behind us was a church and several other buildings which swarmed the manor like a type of asymmetrical decoration. After the chimes were over, we could only hear the leaves rustling in the distance and the sound of the wind howling over us.
“Where are we?” said Starlight while she looked in one of the open graves.
“I have no idea. We should be in the smile dream but this doesn’t look like the right place at all.” Upon answering her question, I could hear faint voices emerging from one of the graves. I went over to where it was and suddenly a face popped out. I jumped back in shock but I then realized something. It was one of those soldiers’ ghosts that I have seen in one of those places I rarely went to. It also had a look of pure fear on its face and it was panicking in its grave.
“I am scared you maggots.” It said in a shocked tone. “Where are all of you, you hippies and Canadians?” The rapid lines of gibberish that it was saying to us were completely unordinary and were said in a quickened tone. Before I could try to say anything to it, a red portal opened up and a bloodied hand forced the ghost inside of it. I tried to ignore what had just happened unlike the others but then I felt a very similar feeling that I had been here a long time ago and something happened which involved the ghosts of this world.
“Wait a minute. The manor, ghosts in a graveyard, and buildings that no pony could ever make. Oh NO!!! We have to get out of here before he sees …”
“ITS TOO LATE BONES. I HAVE ALREADY FOUND YOU!!!! HERE I COME” On top of the clock tower was another pony, completely blackened due to the night sky. It unraveled its wings and it flew downwards towards us. It let out a triumphant cry but before it could hit me, I sidestepped to my left.
“Oh sh-“It crashed into one of the tombstones and it let out a short “ow”. It shook off his injures and approached us. “Well, well, well, well, well. Look who we have got here. It’s Bones and his lovely new group of friends. I can’t believe I haven’t seen you around 3 years ago. How have you been ya crazy moron?” The moonlight shone his entire coat and mane to us. The reactions from the others were mainly centered on surprise instead of horror. He looked just like me but the white parts of his coat were completely yellow and his mane was a dark purple. His mouth was filled with sharp jagged teeth and his eyes were completely yellow with a faint white pupil in the center. He was wearing a top hat, a bowtie, and a large cape with what seemed to be stars and the moon inside of it. He looked at all of us with those eyes of his and he said:
“Well are ya going to answer my question or are you all going to gawp at me like I’m a new trophy or something.”
I broke the silence by saying: “Everypony, say hello to the insane version of myself: GentleBones.”
“A pleasure to meet all of you. Say, why do most of you look so familiar? Could it be that I have seen these ponies been possessed by ghosts before and that they have to be possessed again!?” The others looked stunned and were readying themselves up for anything. GentleBones let out a laugh and said: “Nah, I’m just joking you silly fillies. Although, I do think all of you would want an explanation to what I am and what is this place.” The others were nodding their heads but he continued with: “Don’t tell me if you want to or not because the truth is I don’t have a choice, do I? So why don’t all of you sit down and relax as I tell you my tale of woe and insanity.” I laid my coat against one of the tombstones as he began his story. This is going to take a while. “Now please no interruptions as I tell my story. Right there I was, still a filly and still learning the world around me. The first time I was here, I was still called Blue. I arrived here with so much confusion and wonder that I became a right whole moron. I strolled through the lands and before long, I found a metallic door with voices behind it. I entered by slamming my head against the door like an utter idiot until someone finally decided to let me in. To my shock, there were 7 mercenaries inside there. All of them were not happy upon my arrival. They took their weapons and were going to blast me back to the cave until they were stopped by one of them. He pointed out that I wasn’t like the others and that they could care for me. From that day onward, I was with that group every time I was there. We had many mishaps and adventures until one day, it all came crashing down. You see, other ponies were possessed by the ghosts of the dead who roam this land. You saw one of them before I arrived here. Anyway, these ponies found out about our group and before long it was just me and that mercenary who thought that I wasn’t evil. We spent days scavenging what we could find until one day he disappeared. I found a note which said he would be at the graveyard and being the idiot I was, I did decide to go there. However, it was doing this time that Bones was having that very special birthday so it did take me a while to appear. Anyhow, I arrived there and there were the remains of the mercenary that cared for me. All that was left of him was just a pool of blood and a decaying arm. I was then knocked out by something behind me.
Upon waking up, I realized that I was chained up by some magic and that I was near one of the graves. It turns out that a random group of ponies noticed that both I and the mercenary were alive after their raid and that they were spying on us ever since. They forced me to the grave that I was near and I saw a ghost that emerged from it. It grasped me by the throat and forced me upward so we met face to face. It then opened its mouth and before long, I soon blacked out. By the time, I woke up, I had a new change of color for my mane and coat. I then realized that I didn’t like being this revealing to everyone around me and so I changed my look. I put on a bowtie, cape, and hat that I made out of my magic. I then told them that I wasn’t Bones anymore and in fact, my name from then on was: GentleBones. They did tell me that it was a stupid name but I just ignored them. By using the random flying spell I had because why not, I flew away from them and landed somewhere so they couldn’t find me. I didn’t tell them this but it felt like nothing had changed. I was starting to have a massive headache when I woke up and it kept getting worse until I suddenly felt a wave of nausea overcome me and before long, I threw up onto the ground. And out popped the ghost of the mercenary. He was a double ghost now which meant he was dead if you are wondering and by the looks of things, he was killed quite horribly. There were cuts and lacerations over his clothes and skin but the main feature was that his throat was slit.
I did an autopsy and discovered some blue hairs and a flower petal in two of his wounds. I then picked him up and threw him into a hole in the manor without anyone noticing me. And yes there are holes in the manor and no, I am not going to bother exploring or telling you about them. Anyway, I had to theorize if he was killed by that weird voice in my head or something worse. Oh yes, bones?”
I raised my hoove and I said: “Well, it turns out that voice is called Inverted. He has been making my life difficult and has been tampering with my dreams. Has anything happened before we arrived?”
Ignoring the others, GentleBones continued: “Well, for some reason, all the people and ponies of this land had somehow disappeared. I can’t find any of them anywhere. They’re not in the manor or the battlefields or anything. They all disappeared into thin air. The last one I saw was DerpiGun and even then, I blinked for a second and she just disappeared when she was flying in the air. I better get going now. I think I am missing my annual lookout for anything alive hunt. I’ll see you later. Hahaha. Bye-Bye.” He clapped his hooves and he disappeared into a cloud of smoke.
“Hmmm.” I pondered on what he said. “This isn’t good. With the characters from this dream gone then the dream and this place could potentially collapse.” I knew what he said was referring to Inverted but what about those two things he found? Blue hairs and a flower petal. They don’t fit his satire at all. So many questions. But the answers would hopefully appear later. For now, I talked with the rest of our group about what he said. We couldn’t settle on any conclusions at the moment but as soon as Starlight was going to mention the blue hairs and the petal, a vortex appeared. Odd. I didn’t make the vortex with my magic at all. I looked down and saw a note that was thrown into the vortex. It said: Sorry for the detour, you can now continue Bones. Don’t worry about running into the Elements of Insanity here. I have taken good care of them ;). It must have been from Inverted. I mean who else would know about us being in here? I told the others to enter the vortex and before I left, I saw for a second a face of a pony before it disappeared around the corner of a building. It had no eyes or mouth as it was replaced with a black void. Its fur was pale and it had two small glowing red eyes. It had some type of weird claw metal thing connected to its chest which was near its face. It looked strangely like Rainbow Dash. It grinned at me before it vanished when I blinked. What was that? Before I could investigate, I could hear the vortex closing behind me and the sound of my friends. I jumped into the vortex and we continued with our journey. Annoyingly, I would never run into that demon again as it was the only time that I saw it. I presume that it was a pony that was still alive even after Inverted’s fiddling with this world. But still, why didn’t GentleBones know about this random pony I just saw? Maybe, he wasn’t paying attention to his surroundings very often. Despite the annoyance that I would never see that pony again and GentleBones’s stupidity, it is time to move on to the next dream and remember, don’t forget to SMILE!
SMILE!!! (OR SUFFER)– As we went to the next area, I had a small conversation with Sweetie Belle.
“We’re approaching the Smile dream next. I just hope that I’m not ruining the bonds that hold them together.”
“It’s fine Bones. They have suffered far worse in terms of their friendship”
“Well, I’m just worried that I am changing them by showing them all of this. What if they hate each other for what they have seen? I mean both Scootaloo, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie have had their connection to each other tarnished when I showed them this. I’m just saying that I could be getting rid of what connects them all.” Sweetie Belle tried to say something that would fix this little problem I was thinking about but we soon saw that we were approaching our next destination. “I hope this doesn’t dwindle Pinkie Pie’s compassion to others when we finish this place.” We all landed on the soft grass and I told them to settle down. I could tell that they were tired after going into 3 locations and they deserved a rest. But before long, I noticed the Pinkie Pie from the dream running into the scene.
Oddly, I saw sentences near where she was and I said: “What the hell?” They seemed to be words for a song and as soon enough, a certain tune started to play. What an odd tune it was? It was a kind of upbeat tune to a torturous scenario. “Here she comes.” The others got up and noticed the Pinkie from the dream immediately. I could tell they were unnerved by that smile on her face but I knew that they didn’t know what will happen next. “Whelp, I can’t decide if this dream or the cupcake's dream is worse. Because this is going to be gory.” I saw her jump onto the Twilight in the dream and she punched her with so much power, that her head came off. Her head then fell to a piece of the field which turned it bright red. She then eyed the other mane 6 members and before long she jumped into the air again. She fell to the floor and with a crunch, she embedded her hoove into rarity’s head, which tore her brain out. As her brain matter was filling the field, all of us saw that the Applejack from the dream was smiling but it soon became a realization that she would die as well. Her smile dwindled and she was forced up against the tree near us and she was punched repeatedly by the smiling Pinkie. Her blood was spurting out of her face and I saw teeth starting to fall out. I could tell the others were shocked by what they were seeing but I forced them to watch. The only thing I didn’t like was the constant arguing and point-outs that nearly every member of the real Mane 6 and the group kept on making which accompanied the violent actions committed.
At that point, the Rainbow Dash from the dream appeared seemingly out of nowhere and kicked Pinkie so hard, she landed with a hard smack on the ground. I could tell the others were thinking it was over but I assured them with: “It’s not finished yet.” Before long, the smiling Pinkie’s body started to enlighten and she got up from the ground. The smile on her face had elongated and she looked eager to tear anypony that she laid her eyes on apart. She raised a hoove up and suddenly a circle of energy appeared. It was quickly drawing energy and when there was enough, she put her hooves to where the wounded Applejack and Rainbow Dash were. A beam made out of pink energy suddenly burst out of her hooves and it incinerated most of the tree, along with Applejack. She then gave chase to the retreating Rainbow Dash but I knew she would be caught eventually. I saw Rainbow Dash pummel to the ground and the smiling Pinkie landed on her. Her guts seemed to have spilled out of her mouth and at that point, there was only one member left for Pinkie Pie to finish. Fluttershy. She fired another beam from a hoove and it seemed that Fluttershy was dead as she was engulfed by a red explosion. At that point, I saw that the smiling Pinkie was starting to cry which was new for me. I didn’t know that she had more emotions than just one but there was living proof that she can also feel sadness. I could then hear the sound of energy being drawn behind me and I knew what would happen next. “Get out of the way” I screamed to the others.
Using my speed I dodged the angered Fluttershy who was laying hits after hits on the smiling Pinkie. At that point, a vortex opened up and I told the others to get inside. As they did so, I noticed that Pinkie had got the sentence near her and was using it to batter Fluttershy to the ground. She then used both her hooves to draw a massive energy ball that would destroy the planet. I ushered everypony to hurry up. The last were the two rulers. “I know that you could have prevented this if you were here but now is a great time to leave.” They agreed and I forced them in. I looked back at the corpses on the ground and took a look at the smiling Pinkie. What an insane altered version of Pinkie Pie with her friend’s blood on her face. I saw that she let go of the energy ball and I ran into the vortex. The last thing I saw was the world being consumed by all of the energy being emitted by the smiling demon until it closed. I could then hear a faint explosion before it drifted off. Whelp that only leaves us with one more dream to go to. The BloodPony Platform Game. I can’t believe we were at the end of our tour but hey, I could say it was fun. Wasn’t it?
The BloodPony (Luna) Game – One place to go. I knew that I shouldn’t be excited about what was going on but I couldn’t help it. Once we were done with the platform game, then that’s it. I would never return there again and I could live out my life without being in those places again. I could see the green platforms at the end of the vortex. “Hang on, we’re almost there. We need to climb these platforms to get to the end”. Upon arrival, I jumped on one of the platforms. They were everywhere and this time, there was a bottomless pit below them. I could hear a gasp behind me and I turned around. Standing with a sad look, was what seemed to be another Luna. She was jumping on those platforms and preceding onwards.
“Who is that? Is that you Luna?”
“No, it’s Nightmare Moon. A kind of form I had many years ago.” Answered Luna. As she continued without us, the others added in on what they knew about her other form. I then said: “Well we better follow her and see where she goes.” It was kind of fun jumping onto the platforms and pretending that this was a fun minigame but soon enough, the scary parts appeared immediately. As soon as nightmare moon landed on one of the platforms, an ear-piercing scream emerged. I covered my ears and to my shock was a large image of a red pony near the platform. Its eyes were looking down at nightmare Moon and soon enough she disappeared. I then saw that she was a far distance away from us and I said: “Over there. We have to keep up with her.”
However, by the time we were near her, another image appeared. This time of a demented-looking AppleBloom. It had a large smile and its eyes were bulging out of its head. Most of its face was covered in blackness and before long it eyed the Nightmare Moon down. She began to cry and I saw to my shock that Queen Celestia was approaching her. “Wait, stop!” But it was too late. As soon as she laid a hoove on her, we were quickly teleported to a small room. The room had a wooden pony from a merry-go-round attraction at the far side and an olden TV with what seemed to be Ponyville on it.
“Where are we?” questioned Scootaloo. While the others tried to answer her question, I could hear the sound of glass breaking behind them. Turning around, I saw that the glass of the TV set was broken and there seemed to be a pink hoove emerging from it. “Oh sh-!!” I quickly ran over to the receiver to change the channel, so it stopped whatever was appearing on that TV from going out of it. But as soon as I approached it, Starlight got in my way. “Starlight, move I need to get to the TV!” Her reply was a hardened laugh and her colors became a dark red. She looked at me again and to my shock, she was one of the demonic ponies from my dream. I knocked her aside and tried to change the channel but I was punched in the face by the pink hoove. Landing with a grunt, I realized that the other friends of mine were acting erratically and abnormal. They all had a change of color and before long; they all looked like the demonic ponies from my dream. They then started to float upwards with their necks hanging on a piece of string above me with those creepy smiles on their faces. In the end, I could only see their eyes and mouths, along with some parts of their coats that distinguished who was who. I could hear some whimpering and I saw that Sweetie Belle was the only one, out of our friends who wasn’t possessed. I ran to her and tried to calm her down. I could then hear laugher behind us and I turned around.
Another Pinkie Pie with her mane drooping down to her face was emerging from the TV. She then approached us while repeating: “WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING!!!” The Pinkie from our group then fell in front of her and before long, the dream Pinkie opened her back like a coat. I saw her body wiggle inside of the real pinkie. I couldn’t deal with this anymore and I fired a bolt of magic but it did nothing to her. As soon as the dream Pinkie was inside of the real pinkie, she got up. Her eyes opened and she began to speak.
“HAHAHAHAHA. Well, look who has finally decided to join us.” Her smile enlarged across her face and she continued. “It looks like your friends are hanging around here, aren’t they?”
She laughed but I pointed out: “Is that the best pun you can do? If you are going to attempt to kill us, can it not be by your terrible sense of humor?”
She frowned. “Hehehe. Look at you trying to be funny! Wasn’t it hilarious when you killed me back there?” A surprising look suddenly formed on my face. “That has gotten your attention hasn’t it?”
“STOP… STOP IT.” I let go of Sweetie Belle and I heard her gasp.
“Yeah, you better not leave her otherwise one of my friends may possess her and I am sure you don’t want that.”
“WILL YOU SHUT UP!!!?” I yelled at Pinkie but she just smiled at my anger. “It’s pretty pathetic how much you hate her but you don’t show it to her at all, do you? I mean you hate her for being hyperactive and all that but you don’t say that to her.” My anger was starting to overcome me and I could see my eyes were lighting up into a dark red.
“You know, we were surprised that you helped her when you killed her back at the bakery.”
“WHAT?!!” Sweetie Belle yelled out in surprise. I tried to explain what happened back then but it didn’t matter what I said to her. A look of shock and disbelief was on her face.
“What’s that, you didn’t tell her? You didn’t tell her or anyone the short outburst of anger you put on Pinkie Pie? Hehehe, why don’t I show you.” The TV screen suddenly moved to where we were and it showed the events of that fateful day in the bakery. I could see that Sweetie Belle was shocked by what I did and despite my best efforts to tell her that I was sorry, she didn’t care.
“You – You Monster.” She let go of me and she ran off.
“Sweetie Belle, WAIT!!” But it was too late. She ran a couple of hooves before she froze. I could hear her cries and her head twisted around. Her coat was completely white and she had no mouth or eyes.
She repeated the words: “Why didn’t you tell me” over and over again in a distant echoic type of voice. I heard Pinkie laugh and before long she withdrew from the bodysuit of the real Pinkie. She raised her hooves and I saw a shard of jagged glass in it. She looked at me with a twisted smile on her face and with shrunken eyes. Before she struck me with it, I knocked her to the ground and by using my magic, I severed the hoove with the shard of glass with a hoove-fitted buzz saw. She screamed at me and knocked me to my side, where she repeatedly tore at my face. She forcibly pushed down on my hoove that wielded the bloodied weapon and I could hear the bones snap upon doing so. I screamed out in pain but she grasped me by the neck and she started to strangle me.
“You know, I feel bad for you. Maybe, you could’ve ended up better than this but you didn’t. And now, all of your friends will see how useless you truly are.” I heard her say. She then tried to gouge out one of my eyes and despite the pain, I felt her decaying hoove with the glass shard still inside it. I grabbed it and I forced it up onto her throat. She screamed and fell back with a gargle. I got up and by using the sharp glass, I struck her with it again and again. Each wound that was inflicted only made her crawl away in pain. I looked at her and saw that she wasn’t moving at all. Seeing that she was dead, I trotted off to catch my breath but I heard a shriek behind me. By hearing the ear-piercing screams, I raised the shard to where it was emitting from. I saw the shard go right into her eye and completely through the skull. She screamed out in pain and she fell backward, onto the sharp glass fragments of the TV. I heard a collection of loud and silent cracks when she fell. I saw her blood pouring out of her body while she was fidgeting, but soon she stopped completely which showed me that she was properly dead now. Using my healing magic, I fully healed the wounds inflicted by that creature.
I could then hear groans around me and before long, all of my friends were slowly coming down from their strings. Their faces and coats were going back to normal. I could tell that they were all dazed and confused by what had happened. By showing they were back to normal, I reverted my eyes to their normal colors and as soon as they were on the ground, they ignored the dead body of the dream Pinkie and they began talking to each other. The only two I was worried about were Pinkie Pie and Sweetie Belle. But both had got up like nothing had happened and one of them was talking to the others, despite having a clear small outline on where her back was open. She looked cheerful as ever, despite the event that happened earlier… apart from one. That one looked at the others, especially Pinkie Pie and the doppelganger’s body lying on the floor, and started to walk over to Twilight and Rarity who were talking to the others. Knowing what she would do, I faked a scream of horror and said: “OVER THERE. I swear I saw a demon hiding over there!” While the others investigated, one of my front hoove lit up red and green (like a spiral) and I placed it on top of Sweetie Belle’s head. She groaned out in confusion and before long, she collapsed on the floor.
“What happened here then?” I saw the others notice the knocked out Sweetie Belle and I said:
“It must have been a side effect of being possessed. I guess it is just a different reaction every time.” I picked her up and went over to the group. I waited for their conversations to finish and when they were all done. I said: “That concludes all of my dreams. Look at all of you, conquering your fears. Now we only have one more place to go, and then it is time for us to wake up.” I shook Sweetie Belle awake and to my prediction, she woke up with no memories of what had happened to her. I knew I shouldn’t have done what I did. But did I have a choice? I didn’t want them to hate me for what I have done in the past. I didn’t want them to consider me an enemy rather than a friend. As the last vortex appeared by my magic, I wondered why we haven’t met Inverted yet. I mean we were sharing the same mind and the only things that were related to him was his interference with some of the locations and a vortex, but he wasn’t showing himself at all. As we entered the vortex, I just hoped we didn’t meet him on the last part of the tour because I probably knew what would happen if we did… and I knew that what he would say was the cause of an accident waiting to happen.
The Revelation: “And that concludes the end of our tour. Let me just say, that all of you had been great during the journey and that you have dealt with these alternate realities mostly well.” I led them to the final area which would have been the spike pit dream but as soon as we arrived, something was wrong. In front of all of us was a large hatched door. “That’s odd, this was never here before?” I turned the hatch and I opened the door. Inside was a collection of screens and electronics, which was controlled by 4 operators on 4 red chairs. The hatch shut behind us and I preceded to one of the chairs. Preparing myself, I turned one of the operators around and I was greeted by an old face.
“WHAT!! You again?!” We both said that in sync and the blue-coated pony got up from his seat, his yellow mane and tail were also present.
“Why are you here? What is this place?”
“I was going to ask you the same question.” Around me, the 3 other ponies got up from their seats and eyed us with confused looks.
“Well, is anypony going to tell us what’s going on or are we just going to stare at each other?”
“Right, right, right, I guess I’ll start.” I went back to the others and I said: “Everypony, say hello to the ponies who measured me to make my suit.”
“Your suit?” Rarity questioned.
“Yeah, you know, the one I had on when I was at Queen Celestia’s castle not so long ago.” They all faintly remembered that day but I could see that some of them knew what I was saying.
“Yeah it’s us, and I’m pretty sure you know our names.”
“Yeah… I don’t know all of you.” Their faces deteriorated into a sharp look of shock and the blue-coated pony said:
“Are you kidding me? We know who you are and you don’t remember me and the others at all?”
“Well… yes. Why don’t you tell us your names for a first then?” With a quick facepalm, he said: “My name is BronyDanceParty.” He pointed to the mostly green pony and said: “That’s WoodenToaster. Over there is H8_Seed and to my right is TheLivingTombstone.”
“What a bunch of weird names. I mean why are they so long and strange to hear?”
“Because they are our Youtube names.” Replied H8_Seed.
“They’re your what?”
“What you never heard of Youtube?”
“I didn’t even know what “Youtube” is. None of us do.”
“Well, it is a site made for us to-”
“Right, right, right I don’t need to hear it. Why don’t I call you: Brony, Seed, Wooden, and Tombstone? How are those?”
“Those are awful… We like it.” Answered Tombstone. “Ah, see we are already being called those names anyway.”
“Right, with introductions out of the way, I do want an answer to the second question I had. WHAT IS THIS PLACE?”
The 4 Youtubers looked at each other and said: “We have no idea.” Brony continued with: “I mean after we did your suit, we were just brought here by a magic portal. There was a piece of paper that told us everything we needed to do but the weirdest thing was we saw a weird figure in a red hoodie once we entered the place and as soon as we blinked… he just disappeared. And that is where we found the instructions. He looked metallic. That was all we got from the experience. But ever since we were forced to observe these places with our heart’s intent by what the instructions implied. We won’t be leaving this place until something or that metallic creepy hooded figure is satisfied. I mean we were still able to be with our fans in doing so, so it isn’t that bad.”
“Your fans?”
“Y’know the people who admire us."
”People? Okay, this is just getting weird alright. All of you are saying these weird phrases and words that none of us can understand. Why don’t you-” I was cut off by the sound of an alarm. They turned around and one of them pointed at one of the screens.
“Something is wrong with The Rainbow Factory again!” All the 4 Youtubers ran back to their seats and holstered themselves to the console. One of the screens was an area of the Rainbow Factory and by the look of things, a large monster was destroying the device. It was covered in chains and had blood pouring down its face.
“I need a revamped shock in that place now!!” shouted Wooden.
“I’m working on it” Tombstone yelled back.
“My God, the whole place is going down. Wait it’s being replaced with. AHHH!” Seed fell back in horror out of his chair and as soon as he did so, a smiling face of Inverted appeared on the factory’s screen. “God Dammit. That place is a treasured memory for so many bronies and pegasisters. Oh god, the cupcake area is being affected as well.” Screamed Brony. Despite their best attempts, every single screen was soon replaced with Inverted’s smiling face.
“Memory wipe card, NOW!” Brony yelled at the other Youtubers and a small card appeared from a panel in the device. He pulled it out and gave it to me. “Place this on that retarded head of his” I nodded and I made it disappear with my magic and looked back at the screens. All of them had combined to make a single image which was Inverted’s face with a smile that slowly formed over his face.
“Dammit, where is he?” I said to the 4 YouTubers.
“Working on it,” said Tombstone. Whilst he was trying to find him, the others I were with were saying their objections and confusion to one another and even to both me and the Youtubers. Still, they were silent when one of them said something that made my blood run cold.
“Oh shit, he’s right here.” Brony said out in shock.
“WHAT, WHERE IS HE?!” I screamed as I scanned the room with my eyes. I then saw everypony gasp in shock and I heard a very familiar voice behind me.
“HAHAHAHA. Right behind you.” I looked back and saw the real Inverted in front of the screens. He laughed and all of the screens cracked into pieces which fell to the floor. “Hahahaha, it’s hilarious how you thought I wouldn’t notice you here at all Bones. I mean we do have the same mind so I was confused that after the Luna dream, you thought about my presence in your mind. I wondered why it was so late but it doesn’t matter now. And you even brought your friends from real life together. How swell of you.”
“YOU- YOU BASTARD” Screamed Brony. “You destroyed the original places that people made from the past… the places that bought this fanbase together. I… we’ll… Stop you!!” He leaped at Inverted but with a hit of magic, he fell to the floor. His fur and flesh were soon replaced with plastic and fabric. And to all of our horror and Inverted’s amusement, Brony became a small windup toy. He then used his magic to make the other “Youtubers” windup toys as well and then he laughed.
“How funny to bring them here. I am pretty certain you put them here as bait for the old fans, Bones. Now where was I. Oh…?” Applejack was on him with anger in her eyes.
“Why don’t you start by stopping your tampering with others you weird doppelganger?”
“Or what,” Inverted said with a grin. Applejack was shocked by what he said and with one hoove she hit him in the stomach. Immediately, a horrible pain emerged and I fell to the ground, clutching my chest.
Inverted let out a laugh and said: “You should know that I am a part of Bones’ subconscious. If you try to hurt me, you’re going to hurt him. Wanna see another demonstration?” He hit Applejack in the chest and he got up. Using a bit of his magic, he picked up a shard of glass. He then forced it into his hooves and pulled upwards. I screamed out in sheer pain as a cut was embedded in my hoove.
“Stop, please. It hurts please stop!!” My pleading forced the other to try and comfort me but I was brought forward to Inverted by red chains and clamps.
“Hehe, it’s funny how they all care for you but I think they just care for you as a minor character in their lives.” He brought the shard to his chest and despite me and my friends begging him to not do it, he forced it into his chest. He made a large gash to the flank and my head before he stopped. The pain was unbearable and I screamed out in pain again. The braces let go of me and I fell to the floor into the pit of my blood below me. The others did their best to help me but with a clap from Inverted, they were hung up around the walls of the building. They were hooked to many different devices with 4 large metallic clamps and cups which held them in place. We all heard the large sound of crushing and bending metal behind these machines.
I could hear a faint voice say: “You monster. That is a part of the fan’s edition of the Rainbow Factory”. The small windup toy version of Wooden was shaking in horror and so did the others.
Inverted let out a laugh and replied with: “Yeah well now you will see the main characters die from it. After all, it is all of the fandom’s fault that they made this machine anyway. Maybe if all of you weren’t so interested in a fucking girl show then maybe this would have never happened. NOW, let’s begin.” The lights went out and when they came back on, I could see that I was forced onto the ground by several braces made by Inverted’s magic. I could also see that several red and white lights were showing where my friends were. Despite their pleas and anger to Inverted, he took it all in with a smile. “It’s like you said. This was an accident to happen and now, HAHAHAHA, you and everyone will know the truth.” The screens flickered to life and I could see the factory. “Let’s shake up some old nostalgia and creativity, shall we?”
The Revelation Part 2: “I have been around ever since your first visit to the factory, Bones. And ever since, I have been observing what you have done and I have noticed one clear thing every single time.” His smile enlarged and I knew what he would say.
“Please don’t, don’t tell them please.”
“And why is that Bones, is it because this minor thing could ruin the friendship that you have with others?” I could tell he was loving every single second of taunting and humiliating me but he ignored my cries for mercy and horror. “You see, every time he went to these places, he had some form of control over what would happen in these places. Like he had some form of participation every time he would appear before, during, or after any events that took place in these dreams. However, his control over this world was used for good to become a hero of these worlds in the past... but nowadays he has gotten lazy in his job of doing so.”
“What do you mean by that?” questioned Twilight. I knew that what he would say next would crumble every relationship I had with them and I knew I couldn’t do anything about it.
“You see, every time he was in one of these dreams, he could have saved so many ponies and fillies. But he never did and instead, he observed the bloodfest as a spectator rather than an intervener. Mainly, he could have become a hero… but he ended up being one of the villains” The others were slightly confused but some of them knew what he was referring to… and even the look on my face was showing he was telling the truth. “Why don’t I show you?” The screens flickered up and the factory dream showed a group of fillies, all confused and scared at the same time. One of them was picked up and forced into the Pegasus device and then the screen zoomed in on one of the ponies on top of the scaffolding. Myself. The screen then flickered to the other scenes of torture that were in the dreams and each time, the screen would zoom on me spectating and watching the torture unfold. “You know what the funniest part is? After years of this, he would work with the ones who were torturing others. And he did it only because he only cared about HIMSELF.”
“What… No, I didn’t. They gave me that option and I took it!”
“Yeah, but even when you took that deal you still didn’t stop this old habit did you? You kept observing along with them while they did these vile actions.” I looked up and saw that my friends were shocked and angry at what I have done in the past. “Hehehe. Like I said, one of us was a villain and I’m sure Bones that you know who it is now.”
“Please you need to understand that when –”
“ENOUGH. Let the little game of mine begin.” The lights darkened and soon enough a singular light was put on. It then went from pony to pony until it finally landed on Pinkie Pie’s machine. Inverted let out a small laugh and soon enough the machine unfolded itself. A metallic arm appeared above Pinkie’s head and it went down to her chest. At the end of the arm was a sharp blade that was positioning itself near her chest. “Hehe… the fandom sure had a soft spot for when you showed the other side of yourself Pinkie. Well, let’s see if it is still there after I’m done with you.”
“Pinkie, STOP THIS INVERTED!”
“Hehehe. Why is that? She does deserve this after all, doesn’t she?” I could tell he was referring to the bakery incident. A gasp of shock emerged from everypony on the walls and I saw on the corner of my eye, the same footage that me and Sweetie Belle saw. The footage showed me forcing the sharp glass fragment into her hoove and her fur/throat before I dropped her down the stairs. I looked down, saddened that everything was going wrong for me, and before long I heard a scream. The arm had embedded the sharp blade into Pinkie’s chest and I saw her blood splatter over the arm and down her chest. The arm retracted to the back of the machine and then another arm appeared. It had a small extractor at the end and I saw the miniature metal straw which went into her wound. After a couple of seconds, the machine arm retracted and it withdrew back into the machine. We hear the sound of hissing and I saw Pinkie fall to the floor with a bloodied splat. While the others cried out for their fallen friend, I felt a miniature tingle on one of the chains. I saw that Brony was using a bit of his magic to free one of my hooves from the chain and clamp. He put his toy hoove up as if he was telling me to be quiet. I could feel the chain and clamp give way and I then had an idea.
I luckily still had the memory wipe card in my hoove and I said: “Hey Inverted. Why don’t you come over and tell me how pathetic you are.” Inverted snarled at that claim and he trotted over to me. He then used the shard of glass that was still in his hoove to pierce the top of my head. Despite the pain, I held up the memory wipe card and said: “Not aware of your surroundings Inverted. How unfortunate!” I put the card to his head and he screamed out in pain. The metal devices disappeared and the 4 windup toys reverted to the fur and blood version of themselves. The wounds he inflicted on me had also vanished.
“I will NOT BE DISTRACTED FROM WHAT I HAVE TO DO.” I WILL NOT FAIL AGAIN!!! Heurgh.” He was hit by a bolt of magic emitted by my horn. “Fine, we’ll meet soon Bones.” A portal opened up at the entrance with the words exit on it and he ran through to it. I could tell that he wasn’t able to escape my mind at all as that card had completely drained his memories and his powers, so I presumed that he did a tactical retreat. He wouldn’t escape my mind by entering into that portal… but I guess he ran into another part of my mind. I got up and rubbed the pain off my hooves. I then noticed my friends crowding around Pinkie and I went to the YouTubers. “Poker, Bandages and Injection.” They knew exactly what I wanted and one of them pressed a button. Those 3 things emerged immediately. I saw that the poker was in a metallic-looking egg and I opened it up. Seeing that it has the perfect shape for Pinkie’s wound, I went to the others. I saw their looks of anger and desperation and I said: “I can help her. Just let me do it.”
“Oh, sure you can. Let us see what you could have done so many times.” I ignored their insults at me and I placed the hot poker over Pinkie’s wound. I heard a gasp from her and we could all smell the burnt fur and blood from the wound. When I was sure that the blood had clotted up, I got out the bandages and started covering the wound. I then raised her hoove up and despite my friend’s annoyance, I injected her with the substance that would make her unconscious. “There, all done.” I got up and looked at the others. I could then hear movement behind me and I turned around. Immediately, I felt a hoove hit my nose and I fell backward. Blood was pouring out of my nose and onto the floor.
“Look…” I said with blood in my mouth. I saw that Applejack had one of her hooves covered in my blood which showed she was the one that attacked me. Groaning, I got up and continued what I was saying: “I get that I did so many bad things but you need to understand that when the repetition of these dreams began, I had no-”
“No, you need to understand how to act in a dangerous situation. So many deaths that you could have prevented and all you ever did was nothing. NOTHING.” Yelled Applejack with blood on both of her hooves, as each movement caused the blood to spill onto her other front hoove. Her constant lines of pure anger engulfed my ears and when she was finished, she entered the portal. I looked up and saw Rainbow Dash. I backed away from her but as I did so, I was kicked in the chest by her hooves. I groaned out in pain and she said the same things Applejack said to me. She stopped where Pinkie was sleeping and she picked her up carefully and after shortly doing so, she went into the portal with the sleeping Pinkie Pie. The others followed suit with their insults and entered the portal but the real ones that did actual damage to me were when the crusaders, Derpy and Dr. Hooves appeared.
I looked at them with saddened eyes but they ignored it. I could hear the sorrow in their voices and soon enough, they told me how much I screwed up. They left to wake up and I raised a hoove to where they were. My eyes were emitting a dark blue at this point and I could feel tears running down my face. “P-Please” I begged them to return but they looked back at me with sorrowing eyes. They then disappeared into the portal which only left the two rulers, the 4 Youtubers, Twilight, and myself.
“Bones, we want to talk with you when you wake up.” Knowing what that would involve, I waited for them to disappear. When the two rulers left, I got up and by using my healing magic, I got rid of my injured inflicted by my “friends”.
“Bones.” I could hear Twilight’s voice and at that point, my anger overtook me.
“What… is it?” I turned around and I could hear a gasp of shock from Twilight, My whole face was covered in dark red and I slowly approached her.
“Bones, you need to-”
“DO WHAT?! APOLOGISE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT DOESN’T EVEN EXIST! I HAVE TRIED SO HARD TO BECOME A PART OF THIS WORLD AND NOW, THERE IS NOTHING FOR ME ANYMORE!”
“Bones that isn’t true. There is still AHHH!” I grasped her by the neck and I forced her to the portal. “THERE IS WHAT TWILIGHT. A WAY TO MAKE THIS ALL BETTER? IS THAT IT!! HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE THERE IS NOTHING FOR YOU TO BE? HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU FELT BETRAYED AND INSULTED BY THOSE THAT YOU CARE ABOUT? I DON’T NEED THEM!! I DON’T NEED YOU!!! I DON’T NEED YOUR PETTY LITTLE LESSONS OR THIS FRIENDSHIP CRAP THAT HAS MADE EVERYPONY I KNOW DIM-WITTED AND PATHETIC!!! NOW GO AWAY!!! I threw her into the portal and I smiled. But my happiness was short-lived. I had just shown myself what I had become: a villain. My smile depleted into a shocked face and I fell to the floor crying. What have I done? I just showed… I just did…
I could then feel a hoove on top of my head and I could see that the 4 Youtubers were around me. They had looks of worry on their faces and then they forced me to the screens. I looked up and saw what seemed to be different places and still images at once. Some of them were damaged or destroyed by Inverted whereas others were showing the places I went to with no damage sustained at all.
“Why did you show me this?” I asked the 4 Youtubers quietly.
Tombstone replied with: “Because you are the only one who can stop this. This madness… This removal of memories. If you can’t stop him, then there isn’t anything we or they can do to stop him. Although you don’t have any cutie mark, that doesn’t mean you don’t have a purpose. Instead, it means there is a place for you to fulfill. We believe that you are here to celebrate the past and stop the corruption of their worlds. Evidently, it means you’re going to do a better job than we ever did which is annoying. But still, do you want those places gone? Do you want them to hate you for something you did in the past?” I looked up to the screens and I could see all the different places and “Videos” that the Youtubers were telling me about. I shook my head and I then saw something on the floor. An image. It had smashed onto the floor when Inverted made his grand entrance. I picked it up and saw a picture of me and my parents; all three of us were happy and smiling. I grasped the picture into my chest and I remembered what they said- both the Youtubers and my parents. My purpose was on my friends’ and my hooves and to gain it, I need to let go of the past and fix my mistakes. But where to begin? There was a lot to fix and there was a lot to say. I had to think about this. I needed someplace quiet. I needed to be away from anypony at the moment. I got up and dropped the image.
“Get back to work. All of you.” They argued but proceeded with what I said. I got to the portal and took a deep breath. I didn’t want to talk to them at the moment, as enough damage was sustained by both them and the others. Besides, I felt I needed to think about what just happened and I knew the one place that could make me feel better: the Cave.
The Deal: I could faintly hear the sounds of my friends when I was waking up. I could hear their arguments and the betrayal in all of their voices. I slowly lifted myself out of the bed and was almost blinded by the sunlight. I put a hoove over my eyes and I got off the bed. “He’s awake,” said Starlight. I saw them approaching where I was and I quickly unsheathed my wings. I then flew upwards and to the open door.
“Where do you think you are –?”
“I get it now. I am a monster, aren’t I? You- You don’t need me” I ran out of the open door and through the castle. Soon enough, I was at the entrance of the fortress and I flew off. I could hear the faint cries and confusion behind me but I ignored them. They don’t want me. None of them do. Besides, they would just tamper with me more with their pathetic words. And what would I say to them anyway? I do believe there is nothing at all to say to them that wouldn’t fix this problem very simply. I flew off until I saw Ponyville. I flew past it and got to the forest. I landed there and I ran off until I saw the cave. It still looked the same, even after I left it.
Glancing behind me, I saw that some pegasies were flying near the forest. I quickly ran in and I blocked the entrance with a force field out of my magic. When that was done, I sat where the mirrored stone would be and I began to cry. My mind at that point was completely covered with thoughts of betrayal, misconception, and a broken friendship. I took one look and I saw Rainbow Dash near the force field, trying her best to get in. Soon enough, the others emerged and in the end, all of them were at the entrance. I could hear their voices, pleading for me to let them in and their repeat of apologies but I just ignored them. I turned around so my back was in front of them.
“It’s a shame isn’t it?” I turned and saw Inverted on the stone bed. “How friendship doesn’t always work out.”
“Well, it is your fault I’m like this. If you didn’t show them that, I wouldn’t –”
“Wouldn’t what. You knew eventually that they would find out about what you did and instead of confronting the problems you made, you ran away from them.”
“IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE A NUISANCE, JUST GO AWAY!!!” He disappeared and reappeared alongside me. He picked up a rock and it slowly morphed into a stone version of myself.
“You have been through a lot, haven’t you? All of us have seen it. Your darker side… your cruel side. But because you have shown it to them… I don’t want them to hurt you or hell a copy of myself, so I just want to make an offer for you.”
I could tell he was serious and I said: “What is it?”
“If you shake my hoove then I promise you that everything will be better for you.”
“And the catch?”
“Hmmm, there isn’t any. All of you have to do is shake my hoove and I promise you everything will be better.”
“How are you going to do it?”
“Oh, by reshaping their memories of course. They’ll forget what happened and everything will be back to normal.
“But aren’t you –”
“I may have been careless but come on. You know what they will do to you. And in addition, I’m pretty certain you would do anything to make everypony here your friend again.” He raised his hooves and I took a look at the others. Some of them were on the ground crying while others were still trying to break the force field. Noticing the cracks on it, I knew it wouldn’t last long. I could hear Inverted’s words in my head. A way to make everything better. My mind was over the place but now it had only one thought. I’ll… do it. I looked up and I shook his hooves.
He smiled back and he told me: “WOW. YOU REALLY ARE A DUMBASS.” A red bubble formed over me and Inverted and he laughed out in pure happiness.
“What’s going on AHHHHH!!?” I screamed out in pain as my whole hoove felt a large wave of pain. Inverted’s hoove slowly dissipated into mine and he said: “You think I wasn’t aware of what will happen? I knew this was the outcome and now, I will be REBORN AGAIN!!!” The cave suddenly glowed and before long, the cave exploded into pieces. I could see that his whole body was interconnecting with mine and before long his whole head went into mine. He said: “Say hello to the Exe’s and demons for me.” He laughed out loud again and I suddenly felt I was losing my grip on my own body. I seemed to have fallen onto the ground again and when I got up from the charred remains of the cave, I saw my friends in shock. I looked down and saw every part of me was transparent. He, no myself looked down at me and he winked at me. Suddenly, a massive portal opened below my hooves and I was pulled through it. The last thing I saw before being put in eternal darkness was the daylight from the portal which was slowly becoming a dark RED.
END OF DREAMSCAPE PART
