The Endless Shades of the abyss

Fluttershy

Fluttershy stood Infront of a cave, both Rainbow Dash had gone missing earlier this week, followed by Rarity going missing the next day, she was worried about them, her and her friends, but today Fluttershy was going in the cave alone.

Slowly peeking her head inside the cave, it was dark and dreary, she took a deep breath and carefully moved inside, she had come prepared with a lantern and carefully she made her way further.

But soon enough, it became so dark not even the lantern lit it up and relied on her sense of touch and hearing alone now as she walked ahead, it was really tense now…

Soon enough however, her hoof touched something... it was grass?

Fluttershy was surprised, she was still in a dark cave and yet she was standing on grass now? It was confusing yet here it was, real grass under her hoof, she carefully knelt down and touched it, but when she stood up... she was not in the cave anymore, she was on a hill side in the middle of night with a singular tree and an orchestra playing.

She was very confused and worried now, what had just happened? How had she gone from being in a dark cave to being in the middle of a hillside in the middle of the night? The weirdest part was the music though, where was it coming from?

Suddenly she saw a tall black mass holding a Register book standing over a grave, it turned to Fluttershy, she was very nervous now as the mysterious mass in black turned to her, who was it? Was it a spirit? What did it want with fluttershy?

"Here lies," -They move out of the way of the grave- "Fluttershy, You can tell it's her 'cause we put her name and cutie mark on the stone"

Fluttershy was shocked to see her own gravestone with her name and cutie mark on it, she slowly backed away, what was going on?

"Most of the time she kept her baths ice-cold, late at night she used candles instead of lightbulbs, Flew ponies to the hospital, when things like their spine broke, she'd help animals with no pretense, give food to those who need it, Each morning, get up and feed her animals."

They create a few shadow puppets

"Swam in the ocean, to talk with the sharks, Bi-monthly from a draconequus, she would get a rose with a card attached, she tried to avoid all the little things that walked the ground, But now she's in a cave with a demon"

Fluttershy stood there, listening to the strange voice talking about her, listing all the things she did for others and animals, it was like the voice knew everything about fluttershy, but the way it talked about her made her feel slightly uncomfortable

The place morphed from the outside at night, to the Castle of friendship at day, three of her friends sitting around the missing posters of her, Rarity and Rainbow Dash "Some like later, all your friends, huddled there in prayer around the table they looked for you in the cave, seeing something insane, they don't leave the cave, never more, but I will leave, I will for sure."

Fluttershy was distressed to see her friends praying and worrying over her and the others disappearance, but she was also worried by the way the voice had mentioned them staying in the cave, never leaving.

"There I was deep in the cave, starting to play, soon enough they gave up and I took over their body, but I also have a question, Has your heart sank, are you breathless?"

Fluttershy was worried now, it seemed like this person/spirit whatever it was, was responsible for not just her missing friends but for her own disappearance as well, it wasn’t just a case of them simply getting lost in the cave. “I.. yes, I’m worried and not sure what’s going on, Yes.. I’m worried about my friends, and I want to find out what happened to them but I’m worried about something else as well.. what have you done to me and the others. Did you take our bodies? Our souls? Where are they?"

The demon mocked, "Why should I tell you, have you heard this tune before?"

The place around them echoed

“I.. yes, I’m worried and not sure what’s going on, Yes.. I’m worried about my friends, and I want to find out what happened to them but I’m worried about something else as well.. what have you done to me and the others. Did you take our bodies? Our souls? Where are they?"

The echo of the demon mocked, "Why should I tell you, have you heard this tune before?"

"Curiosity killed the cat they say but you'll be here to stay, I've seen practically everything, a lot of neat adventures, from Far beyond the halos and the castles in the clouds to large ponies squealing, shackled with some apples in their mouths I've seen Fillys hanging from metal cords, Ponies cut with a chainsaw, here, I've watched and seen a million kinds of Hell, Imagination is the limit in this Multiversal world. What's wrong are you scared, well sorry but no prayer Will save you from the Hell you entered, sorry buddy, smell you later, Those other two ponies, where right for the gate, They could have turned away, but they entered anyway, There I was a demon in the void, wanting a new toy, I trapped them in the void cuz they didn't let me have their body, they played my game and 'won' now that was fun, but what was that you said earlier again?"

The void starts echoing Fluttershy's voice again

The echo of the demon mocked, "Why should I tell you, have you heard this tune before?"

Fluttershy started to run away, but no matter how far she ran, the same landscape and the black figure were always behind her. And as she looked around in a panic, the echoing got louder.

"You can run from the void demon until you are exhausted, One day, you will have to stop and find out what they wanted, Keep on running from the demon 'til you are exhausted, You can run to that draconequus until you are exhausted, One day, you will have to stop and question what I wanted, Keep on running to that draconequus 'til you are exhausted"

Fluttershy finally collapsed, tired and scared as she tried to catch her breath. The echoing of her own voice had become so loud it was ringing in her ears and she couldn’t get away from it no matter how far she ran.

“I.. yes, I’m worried and not sure what’s going on (give me), Yes.. I’m worried about my friends (your body), and I want to find out what happened to them but I’m worried about something else as well.. (or) what have you done to me and the others. Did you take our bodies? Our souls? Where are they? (en-ter)"

The echo of the demon mocked, "Why should I tell you, have you heard this tune before? (The void)"

Fluttershy clutched her ears, it was no use. The echoing was everywhere and only getting louder. “STOP IT!” she cried, “PLEASE JUST STOP TALKING!”

The Demon yelled "GIVE, ME, YOUR, BODY!"

Fluttershy stared for a moment, and yelled, “WHAT?! NO! NEVER! NOBODY IS TAKING MY BODY!”

The demon stood tall, silent for some time, looking down at fluttershy, before extending their hand to their side "Very well, looks like you'll join the other two" and with a snap, the ground becomes a liquid void.

“NO! WAIT, STOP!” she cried, clawing desperately at the ground around her as the dark liquid swallowed her body and she was dragged down beneath the surface.

She sunk, very deep, into the endless void. She kept struggling, fighting against the liquid void as it kept pulling her deep down. It was cold and terrifying, she was going deeper and deeper into the endless black.

As Fluttershy continued to sink deeper, she saw her friends, Rarity and Rainbow dash, up ahead, both of them floating unconscious. She tried to reach out for them, tried to call out but there was no point, the liquid void was thick and all consuming, she was getting so tired, everything was going dark and cold now. No matter how hard Fluttershy tried to struggle, she was getting weaker and weaker. She could see her friends still ahead of her, but they were so far away and becoming fuzzy to her tired eyes.

And, one by one, as she got tired and exhausted, Fluttershy’s eyes closed and she fell into unconsciousness, sinking deeper and deeper down into the endless void.

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