Rain pattered my windshield as I drove through the winding forest road. I had no idea my college professor lived so far out of the city, I let out sigh as I felt myself getting more uncomfortble looking out at the sea of dead trees and empty farmland. I thought back to conversation I had with my professor, I was complementing his work on his theories on well string theory were mind blowing I just couldn't help myself but gush over his work that’s when he gave a small smile and said.
”Hey come over for dinner at my place, we can talk there.”
I didn’t expect that but I didn’t have any other plans for tonight so I agreed.
Besides its better then having left over takeout... again, I wonder did he invite other students to his house too?
I didn’t dwell on the thought for to long as I looked at the clock on my dashboard.
4:46
”Should've left earlier” I thought to myself.
I rubbed my eyes to the best of my ability as my eyelids got heaver as the drive went on. So I reached for the radio and started to find anything to keep me awake but all I found was a half empty monster can.
“Better then nothing” I mumbled to myself, just as I took a sip I spotted a old two story house that looked like came from the Victorian era.
I checked the address that my professor gave me, and looked over at the house.
“Looks like the place” I parked in the driveway noting the small car next to me, yep this the place.
I grab my coat and began to brave the rain outside, right as I shut the door to my car I felt a gust of wind nearly knock me off balance. I shivered and pulled my hood tighter to my face and listened to rain pounding on it.
I began to run faster as my face got soaked, nearly slipping as I got to the door and the doorbell on the side.
As I was waiting I thought I saw toys scattered across the yard. All of them looked dirty and soaked from the rain, did my professor have kids?
I nearly jumped when I heard the door open.
I turned to see a short skinny man with messy brown hair that was beginning to grey in some areas, He also wore a white t shirt and dark blue jeans, I recognized him as my professor.
“Hey you finally made it, come in you must be wet!” He said giving me a large smile.
I nodded walked inside letting out a sigh of relief.
“Sorry it took me so long, I was having a hard time finding this place.” I explained
The professor waved his hand and laughed “Its alright, I know my place is a little out of the way.”
I looked around the room, I saw paintings and photographs of landscapes, I also saw a large staircase in the middle of the room that led up to a balchany overlooking the living room.
I let out a whistle.
“Nice place huh?” The professor said playfully.
I nodded.
“How did you mange to get such a place!?” I asked clearly amazed.
“Oh I got the place when my parents.... passed” He said frowning.
I shifted in place “I’m sorry for your loss...”
He shrugged “Happened a long time ago” He said Shakely “come on take off your coat you look like your freezing, plus I don’t know about you but I'm starving!”
The sound of plates hitting plates echoed in the rather small dining room, as well as the sound laughter.
“No way that really happened!” I sornted almost spiting out the water I was drinking.
“Believe it, he had ice on his balls for a whole month.” My professor laughed “O-oh and in fact it took the doctors hours to get the racoon off!” he howled pounding the table nearly knocking the dishes over on the floor.
“Anyway that's way I call my best friend ‘stripe dick’.”
I was gasping for air at this point but no matter how hard I tried, I just kept laughing. Everything stopped though when we heard loud thumps coming from upstairs, in the room above us.
My professor's face darkened in a worry glare.
“What was that?” I wondered.
“Don’t worry about it...” The professor got up from his seat with his dish in hand.
“You had some questions yeah?” He called from the living room.
“Uh...yes.” I called after him, as I put my dish in the Kitchen sink.
“I wanted to talk to you about your work, what made you want to study string theory and quantum science in general?”
My professor sat down next to the bookshelf.
“I wanted to study it because of my daughter.” He said quietly.
I stood there in silence for a minute as heard the rain pound on the window.
“Well I didn’t know you had kids.” I laughed awkwardly.
He sat there giving me a blank stare, then he smiled.
“What do you think about that painting there?” He asked
I looked to where he was pointing and at the other end of the room sat a painting of some of the farmland I drove pass,
But the most notable thing about the painting was the most gorgeous rainbow I ever saw in the background.
“Um... It’s very pretty?” I said a little confused at this point.
“My mother made that painting Mr. Furtive.” He said dryly.
“I...see.” I was starting to feel like I didn’t belong here.
“Well who is your daughter if you don’t mind me asking?”
He took a swig from his whine glass.
“Rainbow.... Dash.” He whispered as a smile began to creep on his face.
I raised a brow “The pony?” I asked getting a little more worried a this point.
It was at this moment I began to question my professor’s mental wellbeing.
His smile didn’t falter “I know I know you be starting to think I'm crazy, but I am telling you my daughter is indeed an mlp character.” My professor explained.
I just stared at him for what felt like a century.
“But she’s fictional... she’s a character for a show for little girls and weirdos.” I stated.
The professor was quiet.
“I thought so too.... until one rainy day I found her on the side of the road in a cardboard box.”
...is paved with good intensions.
My mind began to work into overdrive trying to process what the man was telling me, Rainbow Dash a fictional character was his child.
I gave loud fake yawn as I slowly reached for my coat “well I got to get going its getting late and I don’t want to miss any classes-”
”SIT THE FUCK DOWN!” the professor boomed he got out of his seat and looked me over and smiled.
“Look I get it I sound like a raving looney... but its true it was her, big adorable red eyes gazing at me, her rainbow mane all messy and dirty, and her smile... I loved that smile.”
He turned away from me and began to walk to towards the window witch was getting pounded by rain, and I heard thunder rang out.
“I remember when I first brought her home... she was so lost and scared... b-but I took care of her the best I could” tears began to stream down the mad mans face. “Oh and that time she got her cutie mark... her smile was so large I thought she would hurt her jaw.” My professor paced around the room talking to no one in question.
I backed away into the wall next to the painting of a guy eating another guy, I forgot what it was called though.
“My Dashie.... my little Dashie.” he began to sob with his hands over his eyes.
“L-look sir it’s been fun but I really need to get going-” I glanced over at the front door.
“They took her you know.”
“They?” I asked he slowly made his to me.
“Who’s they?”
“Princess Celestia.... that bitch!” he muttered slaming his drink at the wall which shattered in a million pieces.
I flinched as I heard the glass break, the mad man that used to be my professor got very close to my face seeming to study me for whatever reason.
“Sir you’re scaring me.”
He garbed me by the collar I cringed as I felt his warm breath on my face.
“They took her away from me... I let them take her!” The man cried.
“I should have never had them take her.”
“GET AWAY FROM ME FROM YOU FUCKING PSYCHO!” I screamed as I pushed him off me.
He fell onto the glass coffee table as I heard glass shatter everywhere, the man moaned in pain as I began to sprint upstairs.
”GET BACK HERE!!!” He screamed as I ran down the upstairs hallway, however every door looked alike, the wallpaper was a dull grey with some flecks of paint falling off the wall like it haven't been taking care of in years.
But before I could think about that I heard heavy foot steps run up the stairs.
I didn’t think twice before I chose a random room, I jumped inside and slammed the door shut.
The room was dark but the first thing I noticed was the smell, It smelled like rotten meat.
I gagged as tried to reach the light switch.
As I turned it on the room was bathed in a red glow from the lightbulb.
I felt my breath catch in my chest when I saw something moving in the room with me.
From what I could see what can only be described as a dark mass that rising and falling from its heavy breathing, I thought could see bits of blue hair on the... thing the rest of its body however was pale and red, it’s limbs were long and dangled and bended at different angles like tree roots.
The thing turned its head to me, it’s eyes were sunken into its skull, it’s lower jaw was long and it dangled at odd angles the teeth were growing on top of other teeth. It’s hair was long and greasy, but I noted how some parts of it’s hair was brown, in other parts it was in a rainbow.
“hhhhhheeeeelllpppp.....mmmmeeeeee” The thing whispered.
I gasped as I heard talk in two voices... so help me it had two voices.
But before I could scream I heard the door behind me open, and as I turned around everything went black.
The world slowly came back to me first in a blur, however I began to realize I was moving.
I tried to sit up but I found was tied down on a medical stretcher used for hospitals.
My vison became clear as I looked at the dirty ceiling, lights flickering as I rode past them, I turned my head to the right and saw cages... endless cages that looked like they belong in a prison.
“Professor iz tht yuu?” I heard something call out.
I let out a yelp as I saw something that was almost human, well human shaped anyway, the thing was human from the neck down minus some blue patches here and there but it’s hands seemed to be fused together and It’s skin dropped lazily from it’s face.
I looked to another cage and saw a puddle of fuzzy blue flesh, it moved up and down in a pattern, like a heartbeat.
“Mynameisscottmynameisscott” I heard in a raspy female voice, the thing looked like a perfect copy of the rainbow dash character, but they were rocking back and forth with tears in their eyes, I also saw that their entire room was filled with scratchy writing that read...
my name is scott.
I tried to scream but I realized I was gaged.
I felt panic began to wash over me like cold water, I struggled at the leather holding me down, But then I saw two double doors open as I was pushed into a new room.
"I'm sure you have a lot of questions" the man said, pushing me into a dirty room with tables full of bottles of a strange brown substance, and medical equipment.
“When Dashie went....’home’ I thought I could handle it... I mean after all she was from another world for hell’s sake!”
He rambled looking through his equipment looking for something.
“But then a few years passed..... and with a every year I missed her more.... and MORE.”
He said garbing an abrin and began to put on two rubber gloves.
“I was desperate to see her again so I began to study quantum physics, alternate universes, black holes, the whole nine yards.... but no matter how much I studied or theorized they were just that theories.... so when science didn’t work.”
He paused garbing a needle full of the substance and smiled.
“I turned to magic” he then frowned.
“But it bring me to Rainbow either... turns out the occult doesn’t know how alternate universes work either, but one day an idea came to me.”
He leaned in on me needle at the ready.
“If couldn’t go to my daughter.... I’ll just make another one.”
He whispered jamming the needle into my arm, I felt the strange potion slide down my veins.
Pain began to erupt across my body as I felt my bones break and rearrange, organs sliding around in my belly, hair spread across my body.
And finally felt my mind fading, my memories, and my thoughts, being erased like ink on a white broad.
going.................. going .................going............................................................... g o n e
“.........welcome home my little Dashie”
