Sound of Insanity

Serenity looked up just in time to see Sivad leaving the basement, locking the door behind him. What is he doing?! Why is he leaving?! she thought frantically, What is he planning to do to me?... She didn't hurt anymore, so at least that was good. She looked up, and didn't see the tip of her horn like she normally would. My horn...Where is my... Tears welled up in her eyes as she remembered. She hung there in silence, and waited for Sivad to come back.

She waited.

And waited.

And waited.

Serenity knew she had to escape, but if Sivad caught her again...What would he do to her as punishment? Pfft. What could he do that he hasn't already done? She then shuddered as she thought of several things he hadn't done. I have to get out... She looked dreadfully at her legs. She was still nailed to the wall, and this time the nails were bent at a ninety degree angle upwards. She could probably survive ripping her front hooves off the nails, but her back legs were nailed right below her knees. She wouldn't be able to walk at all. I'll crawl, she thought, determination in her blood-and-tear-stained face. I will crawl. And I will get out. I will find help So gritting her teeth, and shutting her eyes, she violently tugged on her front hooves. Yes, it hurt, but it didn't phase her. She had to keep trying. With adrenaline flowing through her veins, she tugged on her front hooves until she was free. Consequently, she fell forward. Causing the nails in her knees to rip and tear through her flesh and muscle, breaking the joints. Her legs were hanging on by only a few scraps of flesh and tendon. A pain-filled growl filled the room as she crawled to her horn. She needed it to escape. She grabbed her horn, and jammed it into place. The dried blood formed a kind of glue, but it wouldn't hold. She looked around, and grabbed a nail, and pressed into the sawn edge of her horn, and then jammed it onto her bloody stump. Her mouth opened in a silent scream of agony, but it didn't last long. She healed her wounds, except for her horn because she didn't want the nail in her forever, and walked up the stairs in a drunken fashion. Her vision was flashing from the pain in her horn, occasionally going blank. She had made it to the door, and forced it open using magic, which only made the pain worse. But she saw Sivad waiting. She was pushed down the stairs, and her horn broke off again, along with several bones. Serenity backed away, crying and sobbing as she did so, not only from fear, but from pain as well. Sivad advanced towards her, and violently jammed her on the nails again, and grabbed the knife.

"Please! Please just let me go! I didn't do anything to you!" Serenity screamed at him, sobbing.

It ended quickly. Several stabs to the stomach and chest, and it was over. She wasn't revived. She didn't know this, but Sivad - the real Sivad - was screaming just as much as she was, if not more. He was fighting the entire time, even if it wasn't known to him during the time. He didn't beat the Voices when all was done. They let him go shortly after Serenitys' death.

Sivad woke up. Dazed, confused, What the hell happened? How long was I asleep? He looked around a bit And where the buck am I?! That's when he noticed. His beloved friend, Serenity, nailed to the wall, intestines spilled, heart visible through the splintered bone, a single tearstain on her cheek. "NOO! Why did it have to be her?! Sivad slumped to the ground in a crumpled heap. Sobbing at what has become of his closest friend. Why wasn't I strong enough?! Why didn't I stop?! His thoughts were thoughts of self-hatred. Serenity... "I can save her. I can use magic to bring her back!" he said hopefully, You can't control your own magic He strained to start the spell You've always been a screwup His horn was glowing in a dark grey hue as magic coursed through it, You did this to Serenity Magical sparks flew from his horn You should be proud. It's what you wanted. It's what *we** wanted.* "No! I didn't want this! You wanted this! You did this! Not me!" He said as tears flowed from his eyes and the magical glow died down. He concentrated on bringing Serenity back...But he couldn't. He just couldn't. Every attempt ended in failure. He had killed somepony he loved. Again. He failed to bring them back. Again. "Why couldn't I stop myself?" He screamed at nopony. He crawled over to Serenity, pulled the nails out of her hooves, and layed her down. "Serenity...I'm sorry...I'm so sorry" He sat beside her limp body. Her open eyes staring into his being, asking the silent question 'Why did you do this to me?' "I don't know!" He answered the unsaid question. "I...I just don't know." His legs buckled from underneath him, and he fell. A miserable, sobbing heap on the floor. Grab the knife He shook his head Grab the knife He shut his eyes, trying to push the Voices away. Grab...The...Knife! The knife was raised in the air by Sivad, yet at the same time, not Sivad. Stab her "No! Please don't make me do this to her!" Tears beggining to flow again, "Please...Please..." Stab her He shut his eyes tighter as he heard the noise of the knife slicing through flesh. Bones cracking. Flesh tearing. Open your eyes and see what you've done Sivad cried as his eyes opened. He didn't want to see. But They were making him. He wasn't controlling himself anymore, They were. This wasn't him. This couldn't be him. As soon as his eyes opened, he turned away from the ghastly scene, collapsing once more in tears Look at what you did Against his will, his head turned. He stared at the poor pony before him. Her horn was sawn off, leaving a bloody stump. Her mouth had been cut at the sides to form a bloody grin. Her eyelids were cut off, leaving her bloody eyes staring at him. She was completly split open, organs spilled onto the floor, and her cutie mark was nothing but a patch of muscle where the knife sliced off her skin. You should be glad of what you did. You *wanted** this to happen* Sivad fell to his hooves again and crawled up the stairs. Anything to get away from what he's just seen. But he will never forget. Nothing can make him forget what he...No, what They did. He didn't do this. He would never do this. Especially not to Serenity. Yet he did. He couldn't fight the Voices as he once did. He couldn't resist anymore. He was theirs to command and control. I don't even know what are my thoughts and their thoughts he thought to himself Serenity is gone now...I killed her...

Sivad awoke from his terrible nightmare. All these things he had done...All the things he will continue to do...