Rainbow Factory Twisted

The walls of the hall seem to breathe as Crunch walks through them, almost as if they are alive.
“What’s that terrible smell?” Crunch asks out loud, noticing a metallic odor coming from the walls.
Jade Specter stops walking and looks back at Crunch.

Then she says in a creepy, professional tone: “That, my friend... Is death.” Jade Specter says as she looks down at Crunch with a sinister grin on her face.

“Um... O-ok.” Crunch said, trying not to be scared. He wasn’t exactly sure what the Rainbow Factory was, but he didn’t like the look of it and certainly wasn’t about to try any of those machines.

“There’s a lot of death in this place,” Jade Specter says in a cold and professional tone. “Most of it, unnecessary...” Jade Specter says as she looks down at Crunch with a sinister smile on her face.
“But this time..” Jade Specter adds. “It’s necessary...”

With that, Jade Specter continues walking down the dark hall and Crunch decides to follow her, not sure whether or not they made the right decision...

Jade Specter slowly walks through the long hallway, which is dimly lit by the occasional flickering lantern and the yellow glow from the lightbulbs hanging up from the ceiling. The walls are lined with strange machinery and weird contraptions that seem like they may have been used for some sort of horrific experiment or torture. There are no windows anywhere in sight and all of the doors are shut tight. Crunch can see now where the ‘death’ came from. It seems that every machine in this room has at least one dead body inside of it, ranging from pegasi or even ponies.

The sight of all the lifeless corpses of dead ponies fills Crunch with fear, but Crunch knows that they’re too deep into this situation to turn back now.

The factory must have its way, Crunch was starting to realize. He is scared to see what happens next, but at the same time, Crunch feels a strange sense of morbid curiosity as well... What could happen during this special test they speak of. His mind is filled with thoughts as they follow Jade Bubblegrim down the dark factory hall.

There seems to be a light resurfacing at the end of the hallway, which is growing brighter and brighter as they continue to walk. They were almost there when suddenly, something bright flashed across their path. Crunch thinks it was just a flicker from a machine or maybe an odd light bulb burning out, but then he noticed that it wasn’t going away.

“What the?” Crunch said, curious.

“Don’t worry, just keep walking,” Jade Specter says in a cold, professional tone as she walks straight towards the light, Crunch following her.

As they enter the light, Crunch’s eyes begin to adjust to what they’re seeing.

What Crunch is seeing is a room made out of pure, raw Spectra. It looks almost like a... Rainbow-colored liquid, almost like a pool filled with colorful mercury.

Crunch gasps... How is this possible!? How can these many Spectra exist in one place? The machine that is emitting the Spectra looks like a large, hexagonal prism that is made out of silver. And sitting in the middle of that hexagon is a small, white pony wearing a black, hooded robe.

The small, white pony in the black, hooded robe looks up at Crunch as they look around the room in wonder.
The white, hooded pony looks down at Crunch with a sinister smile on their face... The pony’s expression is one that Crunch will unfortunately never forget. A cold, cold stare.

“You have come so far...” says the white, hooded pony. “And now we shall test if you are one worth keeping...” They add a calm, sinister tone.

“But, I have been working for 2 days now... How have I come so far?” Crunch said, standing his ground.

“That does not matter.” Responds the white, hooded pony, with a smirk on their face. “Only this matters...”
They gesture towards the pool of Mercury Spectra in the center of the room. Their eyes now have a very menacing look in them, their eyes making Crunch feel as if they are staring into the abyss at this point.

“I’m waiting...” Responds the white, hooded pony, their eyes still locked on Crunch.

Crunch gulps... His heart starts to beat faster... He does not know what to do... He wants to run and never look back, but he knows they can’t.

He walks up the stairs which lead to the pool, looking down at Crunch.
“May the gods guide your steps...” The white, hooded pony says.
Crunch steps off of the stairway and slowly walks up to the pool of mercury.

“Jump.” The white, hooded pony says in a cold, sadistic tone. “You will either fly... Or drown.” The white, hooded pony’s eyes now look right into Crunch’s soul.

Crunch knows that they can’t turn back now. No matter how terrified Crunch is.

“YOU SHALL JUMP!” Commands the white, hooded pony, now raising their voice.

“Alright, alright!” Crunch says while being interrupted. He jumps into the pool, closing his eyes. It is silent, except for the sound of Crunch’s beating heart.

Crunch opens his eyes, as he is in a black void. He tries to look around, but they can only see darkness. He is petrified, but he keeps trying to move.

Suddenly, Crunch realizes that he is falling. He closes his eyes as he sees the ground, but he hears a voice. “Who are you?” Crunch asks, a little relieved.

“How did you get here?” A voice answers back.

“Did the Factory send you to save me?” Crunch asks, now feeling a little more relaxed.

“How did you get here?” The voice asked again.

“I don’t know! How do I get out of here!?” Crunch screams, panicking.

“Please stay calm... I’m sorry, but I cannot help you right now. I am not allowed to talk to anypony who enters here,” replies the voice. “But I can get you out of here. But I have to tell you one thing.”

“What is it?! Just hurry up and get me out of here!” Crunch yells.

“The Factory is watching you, Crunch,” The voice replies in a very calm and matter-of-fact tone. The voice sounds almost familiar... But Crunch is not sure just whose voice it is...

“Your fate now lies at the mercy of The Factory... If you wish to live... You must listen to me and only me... Do you hear me Crunch?” The voice commands.

Crunch gulps at the thought of The Factory... They don’t want to die here, they don’t want to die at all... But they are not sure what this voice will make them do...

“I have a very limited time before you wake up, and I need to tell you, that my name is Scoota...” The voice fades out, which was a sign he was waking up. He tries to speak to the voice but it was too late, he woke up.

Crunch sits up with a gasp for air. “What... What just happened?” He says after waking up. “Is this a dream...? Was this a vision? Is all of this even real?”

Crunch’s head starts to hurt thinking about it... It was just too strange to be real... But... What if it was real?.. What if that horrible place is real? What if those ponies really are dead?... What if he is really in danger?

Crunch suddenly feels a cold, ominous feeling fill his chest... This feeling is just too familiar... It’s fear.

He gets out of the pool, shuddering. The mercury spectra turned to blood once they dried, making him scared.

Crunch gulps as he stares down at the blood-colored Spectra, feeling his heart rate rise once more... what is happening? He thinks.. is this all just a dream?

Just then, an idea suddenly hits Crunch, “Maybe it was all just a dream...” He attempts to calm himself down... But the thought that it might all be real still lingers in their mind, the feeling of fear still filling him.... So he attempts to convince themselves that it was just a dream... This is all just a dream... It’s all not real... Right?

The white-hooded pony interrupts his thoughts, raising his hand. “It worked.” They said, seeming to be excited but not showing any feelings. “Look at your wings.”

Crunch’s eyes shot to their wings... And then Crunch’s eyes become wide with shock... Crunch’s fears have been confirmed.

The mercury spectra are made out of each victim that has lost their lives to this... Rainbow Factory.

“We have made your wings be genetically edited so they can be better, stronger, and faster.” The black-hooded pony said.

“What have you done to me?” Crunch says, fear and tears now filling his eyes.

Crunch starts to step away, fear and concern in his voice as he stares into the eyes of the white, hooded pony making him feel like they are staring into the abyss... Like they are staring at a monster... Like they are staring at something that is not of this world.

“WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME???” Crunch shouts, their wings now shaking.

“Guards, subdue him now!” Jade Specter said, pointing at Crunch.

A guard immediately lunges forward, tackling Crunch to the floor as he puts up a fight... But it is no use, he is quickly subdued and is forced to lay on the floor as the white, hooded pony walks up to Crunch... The white, hooded pony’s eyes staring down at him. His very being felt fear as it had never felt before... The feeling of dread filling him.

The white, hooded pony smiles down at Crunch as he falls unconscious...

“He’s the perfect candidate...” The white, hooded pony says as they step away...

It’s clear as day what the white, hooded pony means by that... Even Crunch, unconscious as he is... Can not help but feel a powerful sense of dread as though their very soul is being threatened just by being in the presence of this... thing.