Supposed Insanity

Today, I woke in my bed as usual. Nothing special about that. But, once awake, a nurse came in and gave me my shot. Two horrible things have happened since only yesterday. One, they are giving me my medication in the form of a shot. Two, even if I could gather the strength to 'Travel', I wouldn't be able to... They installed a camera. The nurse was as rough as ever, jabbing the needle into my arm, pulling the trigger and ripping it out again. I'm just glad that the shot isn't near any arteries or veins of importance. With his accuracy, I could be dead right now.

The questions are almost constant now. Terrance comes in and asks me what I've done all day. I say 'I've just sat and waited' he smiles. But I can't complain entirely... He asks different questions now. I'm not able to make a lot of progress in anything. When I'm being talked to, I will sometimes forget that someone is in the room with me. Or if I'm eating, I will sometimes drop my oatmeal and wonder why the nurses threw food at me. This is not any way to live. Terrance has taken 'Avenging the ancestors' too far. In my eyes, at least.

Most people would be happy in these conditions. You get free food... People always checking up on you... Not having to work... But the truth for me is, if I can't see Equestria anymore, then what's the point in even trying to enjoy myself. I just wish that I would have never brought up Equestria to my parents. I wouldn't have been locked in here and I still could be able to see all my friends. Sometimes, I sit and wonder how stupid I am. Why did I have to open my big mouth? Why did I have to be made brain dead? But most importantly... Why haven't Twilight and the gang come to help me?

Knock, Knock, Knock...

"Ryan? You have a visitor." The door swings open and my brother is in the entrance. He walks in and sits down in a chair that the nurse provides.

"Hey, Ryan..." He tries to throw me a reassuring grin but my mind is too clouded to even notice.

"Ryan... I know that mom and dad made you angry but it's going to be alright." That much got through to me.

"Wuhh... What... What do you mean?" I'm glad that I got that much out and not just some gargling noises.

"I mean that it's going to be okay. You'll see you friends again." What was he implying?

"What friends are you talking about?" He gives me a smile.

"You know who I'm talking about!" I am happy. But I noticed a problem, the camera. The nurses must have heard every word of what he said. I point my finger directly at the stubborn piece of equipment and my brother chuckles.

"Yeah. She thought that there would be a camera, so she gave me this thing." My brother held up a small crystal with various pictures on it. Most of them were of me in the room I was sitting in.

"This thing blocks the video feed and replaces it with some still photos of us just facing each other in silence. They can't hear or see anything we're doing!" My brother is a merical! But still, who gave him that crystal.

"Who gave you this?" He smiled.

"Princess Celestia asked Zecora's help. She wanted me to get in here and deliver you a message. So Zecora gave me this crystal and this feather."

"What's the feather do?"

"Erases memory." Cool...

"What was the message?" He thinks for a moment and leans in.

"You are not alone..." What did that mean?

"Was that it?" He nodded. It wasn't much, but coming from Celestia, it might have been all I needed.

"Thank you, Christian."

"Your welcome, man. Just make sure you write me from Equestria!" We both shared a brief laugh. I gave him a hug. This is the only good person in my family, right here. I love my brother.

"Time's up!" The nurse shouted. Christian deactivated the crystal and left. I was left with half a sentence rattling around in my head. 'You are not alone...' I can't do very much with that. Again once someone left Terrance arrived. Great...

"Well, Ryan. How are you today?" He seemed much happier now that he had it in his head that he had won.

"...........okay........." It took me a minute to think of that one. The medication.

"Good! Now do you still consider those ponies your friends?" I answer as you'd expect.

"Yes..." His smile fades to a frown.

"Well, that's all I needed to hear." He got up from his chair and made a strange motion with his hand. The two guards from last time entered the room. They hoisted me up from under my arms and dragged me out of my room.

"It seems that you need more treatment." Terrance teased as I was dragged down the hall.

We arrived in the same dark and miserable room as last time, and I was again strapped to the table. The sides of my head were moistened with that gelatinous substance again. The electric machine was prepped. Terrance touched the two pads together again to get the electric current flowing. Then they were touched to my head.

"GAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!" He backed off momentarily and turned up the power. Then again...

"AAAAAAAHHHHHAAAAHHHGGGH!"

"This is going to help everyone, Ryan. Think of it as your service to reality." His breath stank of sarcasm.

"This should be the l-" He was stopped by an unsettling sound.

"CODE RED! CODE RED! INTRUDER IN SECTOR 5-A! I REPEAT, INTRUDER IN SECTOR 5-A!" Terrance dropped the pads and ran to the door.

"NO NO NO NO NO!!!" He screamed as he ran. The room was cleared of all doctors and nurses. All of them left to go check on whatever 'code red' was. I was left alone in that room. My vision was blurred from the amount of electricity that was pumped through my body. I was still shaking some. I took advantage of the moment of peace and shut my eyes, trying to get some rest.

"There he is!" A female voice echoed through the room. A, familiar, female voice. I opened my eyes and was faced with one of the nurses. Of course...

"Ryan! We're here to get you out of this place!"

"What?" I looked closely. A pair of friendly violet eyes met mine. The nurses hair was purple with a pink stripe down the side. Is that? No it can't be. It's a human.

"Twilight?" She nodded. Another nurse entered the room. This one was taller and had long white hair. Her eyes were about the same color. I could only assume that it was Celestia.