Lost in the Dark

‘Okay Hige, calm down’, he thought to himself, ‘just let the memories flow’. He began to write about many things: taking Yowai to the tree house he had in the forest, learning that Yowai’s parents had left him for dead in the city because of his inability to “be a real stallion”, but none of them stood out… none of them except for one… this memory took place about three days after the fight with Jack.

… Yowai and I were walking through town, making our way back to the tree house…

“Hahaha! I can’t believe you actually crashed into a wall! Who does that!?”, said a laughing Yowai.

“That wall came outta nowhere! It’s not my fault”, replied a grinning Hige.

“Yeah yeah… Is your head okay?”

“Huh? Pfft! Its gonna take more than a brick wall to hurt me!” said a proud Hige as he tried to ignore the headache that was caused by this outburst and his injury.

“Yeah, I guess you’re right, I’ve seen you fall out of the tree house and keep walking as if you fell on a pile of pillows. Hige the Iron Hea-“

There was a rattle in the distance, Hige turned to see it; he was met by small brick being launched towards his face…

… I blacked out and woke up in the hospital… and… I was…

Hige’s hoof stopped, he could not think of anything else to write “Dammit! Think Hige, think! What happened after that?!” After about five minutes of Hige waiting for the memories to start flowing, he gave up. ‘I should go to sleep… I can finish this tomorrow… maybe before somepony finds out about Fluttershy…’ were his thoughts as he slowly made his way to the bed, sleep taking over. ‘I didn’t even notice how sleepy I was… I’m so… sleepy… I… could…’ he slowly faded into sleep.

Never forgive… never forgive… cursed forever… eternal damnation…

‘Where am I?’ Hige thought as he looked around. ‘Wait… this is Manehattan… is this a dream?’ he thought as he slowly began to make sense of his situation. ‘I went to sleep… so this must be a dream. But I usually don’t know it’s a dream…’ “Do you seek power? Power to destroy the ones who have questioned you, for revenge?” roared a sinister voice, “I can give you what you seek...” ‘W-what the hell is going on! This isn’t a normal dream… I need to run!’ Hige tried to run, but he wasn’t able to move an inch. ‘W-what!? I cant move!’ “Do you accept my deal?” asked the mysterious voice again. “Yes…” he felt himself say in a different voice. ‘What’s going on?! I didn’t want to say that, that wasn’t me!.. Wait a second… That WASN’T me... I’m in another body… ‘ “Good… Now, empty your mind and let the anger build…” Hige felt himself loosen. “… think of the one person that you want dead and… LET ME IN!!!” As the voice said that, Hige felt his chest begin to burn, followed by the same sensation spreading and covering his entire body with agony. He felt his head jerk downward to see “his” hooves, which were beginning to turn from light blue to pitch black. Hige felt himself lose consciousness…

“AHHHH!!!” Hige screamed as he awoke in a cold sweat. ‘Oh, so it was all just a dream…’ “F-fluttershy!” exclaimed Hige after noticing Fluttershy was looking at him trough the doorway, “What are you doing here!?” She did not answer, but continued to move towards him. “W-what are you doing? You’re not supposed to be here. Fluttershy, why did you come here? Say someth-!!!” Hige gasped as he saw the knife she was carrying in her mouth. “Fluttershy don’t do it, I don’t want to hurt you!” She had an empty look in her stare ‘Wait… Kiba would have stopped her…’ “What did you do to Kiba!?” Fluttershy stopped moving and nudged in the direction of the door, behind it was the severed head of Kiba. “How could you!?” asked Hige, close to breaking down.  Hige sprung out of bed, headed towards the door, but was intercepted by Fluttershy. “Get out of my way!” Hige screamed as Fluttershy slowly drove him into a corner. She finally got close to him; he was up against the wall. She smiled as the blade slowly made its way to his heart. Hige did not fight, he could only close his eyes and wish for it to end. He felt the pain of the knife reaching his heart followed by a feeling of loneliness. Hige opened his eyes, only to find that the house was no more. The only thing left was the corner where he had been stabbed. Moment later, the corner broke like glass, sending Hige into a never-ending pit of darkness.

He kept falling for hours… days… weeks... He could not keep track of the time. As he fell, he noticed a small dark orb launching itself in Hige’s direction. As it reached Hige, it slowed down. Hige felt himself being consumed by darkness as the orb somehow stopped his descent. “What are yo-“ Hige tried to ask, but was interrupted by the orb launching Hige in a random direction. He thought that he would continue to fly in that direction until gravity caused him to resume his descent. To his surprise, he felt an invisible wall shatter and lost consciousness.

‘Where am I?’ Hige again found himself in Manehattan, the poor district. ‘Am I going to be forced to relive this again? Wait… is that me!?’ Hige was in the very same part of Manehattan where he had been knocked unconscious, but this time, he was reliving it in Yowai’s body. ‘This is the part where…’ Right on cue, he saw his own body being hit in the head with a brick, a very strange feeling.

Out of the alley came a pitch-black unicorn with a triumphant grin on his face. ‘He looks familiar… was he… Wait! That coat, I saw it in that dream! It has to be him!’ he thought.

“I thought that Hige would put up more of a fight than that”, he said as he got closer to Hige’s numb body.

“Why did you do that!? Who are you?!” Hige felt Yowai scream, then instantly back away in fear of what the mysterious black pony would do.

“Why!? I’ll tell you why: to prove him wrong! He said I couldn’t use magic. Well, look at me now”, he said.

“J-Jack! I-is that really you? What happened?” Yowai asked, horrified. Jack’s coat was now pitch black, his cutie mark had become a pony skull and you could sense a dark aura emanating from him.

“What did I do? Simple, I struck a deal with a demon. Why’d ya ask?  You want powers like me? Too bad! You’re not getting any!” Jack said as he slowly walked circles around Yowai.

“N-no, I don’t want powers! Just leave me alone!” Yowai roared.

“Lies… you want power… you want to be powerful enough to defeat the ones who have called you weak, to prove yourself to the man you hate. You want powers, and I can give you them”, roared a sinister voice.

“No! I said I don’t want any! Shut Up!!!” Yowai screamed as he pressed his hooves against his ears.

“Wait… The demon is trying to strike a deal, isn’t he? No!!! I’m the only super powered pony here; you don’t deserve this kind of power!!!” screamed Jack as he galloped toward Yowai.

“Don’t lie... You want power and I can give it to you. I shall lend you my powers to defeat this brute, no strings attached.  Whether you decide to keep them or not will be up to you. Do we have a deal?” asked the voice.

“Yes…” At that very instant, a feeling of strength started to flow through Yowai. Simultaneously, Jacks black coat started to revert to its old, light blue, color.

“What did you do!!!?” screamed Jack as he stopped to look at his body.

Yowai took on a sinister smile as he walked over to Jack. “So this is the power you were talking about… I like it… I might even test it out on you”, Yowai said with a sinister grin “Hahaha! Just kidding… I AM going to test it out on you, no exceptions”, he said as he finally reached Jack, who was paralyzed by fear. Yowai took his hoof and placed it on Jack’s chest. What was left after Yowai was done, was unrecognizable as a pony. Yowai took one look at Hige and carried him to the hospital.

‘So that’s what happened… I can’t believe it…” said Hige as he returned to the dark void he had previously come out of. The small orb emerged again, stopping Hige from his descent. “What are you?” the orb did nothing for a few minutes, and then launched Hige in another direction. This time, when the invisible wall broke, Hige was force to wake up. “APPLES!” Hige screamed as he woke up. ‘Why did I say that?’ He felt his stomach rumble in response. ‘Oh sweet Celestia am I hungry… I was hungry yesterday and the only thing I ate was a sandwich… I’m going to die in this house…’ Hige looked at the desk where the papers containing his memories were.  ‘What happened after the hospital… I was there for a week while I was being healed for my head injury… I walked outside… and saw Yowai ’ Hige thought to himself as he walked over to the desk and tried to write what he had just remembered.

… Then he told me that there was something he needed to show me near the tree house…

“C’mon Hige, you need to see it NOW!!!” Yowai screamed in a playful manner.

“Okay, just don’t yell too loud… I have a headache…” Hige said.

… We made our way to the tree house…

“Okay Hige, it’s over here”, Yowai said as he pointed at the blanket on the floor.

“So… you found a way to get my blanket dirtier?” Hige asked.

“No, there is something under it. You gotta see it”, Yowai said, filled with excitement.

“Okay then...” Hige responded

… I pulled the tarp off… I couldn’t believe what I found under it…

“What the hell did you do!!!” screamed Hige as he witnessed the gruesome display hidden beneath the blanket. It was a pentagram drawn in blood, with a skull on every point. Scattered within it was a carving knife and what must’ve been Jack’s remains. At its very center was the light blue unicorn’s heart. Hige felt his body being forced to the ground.

“I’m tired of being pushed around; once I’m done here I won’t need you to fight my fights”, said Yowai as he used his mysterious magic to put Hige in the appropriate position for the ritual. Hige could not believe that was happening.

“What happened to you!!!” said Hige trying to reason with the beast. The pentagram began to glow a dark shade of red, Yowai’s eyes began to glow the same color. The heart in the center began to beat steadily. The skulls started to float around Yowai.

“This is the end… my old friend”, said Yowai with a grin. The heart was beating faster now.

‘Wait… Pentagram + Crazy friend + Strange Powers = Demon’ “Yowai, This isn’t you!!! Wake up!!! Fight it!!!” screamed Hige.

“No… No!!! I want this!!! Right…?”, Yowai said as he started question himself.

“No it’s not!!! I know the real Yowai and he wouldn’t kill for power!!! YOU NEED TO FIGHT IT!!!” Hige screamed as he felt the magic that was holding him take the knife and prepare itself to rip him apart. The heart was now beating incredibly fast.

“No, I need power to fight!!! No, I don’t!!! Yes you do, don’t fight it!!! AHHH!!!!” Yowai said as he fought with the conflicting voices in his head. Suddenly, there was a deafening silence. There was a split second when Yowai’s face showed only regret…

… Then the explosion happened. Yowai was nowhere to be seen. I flew away to another city, leaving the memories of this horrible city behind me.