Lost in the Dark

Author's note: Sorry for the delay, hope this chapter was worth it :D

"Hi, ZuperDerpy here. I just wanted everypony to know that I only see the mini-series when the chapter is posted, therefore it never gets edited by me."

Hige: " I cant believe you said that..."

Hige ran out of the house, gray hoodie and laptop in hand and had begun to close the door behind him “Wearin’ gray?” ZuperDerpy asked as he opened the car door “You know it!” Hige said as he closed the door and ran to the passenger seat of the car. “Okay, where are we going?” Hige asked as ZuperDerpy pulled out of the driveway “The bakery, they should open soon… with a steaming hot batch of banana nut muffins with my name on it…” They began to make their way to the bakery. “So, have you finished the chapter?” ZuperDerpy asked as Hige typed away on the laptop “Nope, just a few finishing touches and then you can start editing” Hige answered “Good, now the only thing left is get-“ ZuperDerpy’s jaw dropped as he saw the amount of traffic there was “Son of a b-“ “Hahahah! This is positively chaotic!” Hige said as he got a better look at the traffic “Shut up… this isn’t funny!” ZD said “Calm dow-“ Hige was interrupted “DON’T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN” ZD said as he slammed his fist against the dashboard “TODAY WE CELE-“ there was a strange dimensional rift that appeared in the back seats, two arms came out of it and dragged Hige and ZuperDerpy in it.

“Where the hell are we” Hige asked as he began to look around “In the bakery, of course” said a man with brown hair (Probably in his twenties) “What!? Oh my god, yes!” ZuperDerpy said as he ran to the counter. “Who are you?” Hige asked, more interested in the stranger than in the muffins “Exacly” Said the man with a smile “What?” Hige said confused “My name… Its Doctor Who” he said as he extended his hand “Happy to save your life” “W-wait, what!?” Hige exclaimed “Long story short, you’re friend was going to… well… kill himself if he didn’t get the muffin” he said as he looked over to ZuperDerpy “Wait... You are THE Doctor Who?” “The one and only” he said “I got the muffins” ZuperDerpy said as he brought a baker’s dozen of different muffins “I got chocolate for you, Hige. Banana nut for me, but I wasn’t sure what to get you, so I got one of everything “I appreciate it, I’ll take a blue berry” he said, ZuperDerpy handed him the muffin. The Doctor was about to bite into his muffin before a strange rumbling noise began to come out of the strangely placed phone booth, as the noised calmed down a blonde girl, about the same age as Hige and ZuperDerpy walked out. “Doctor!” she screamed as she ran toward him “I got lost and I didn’t know where to go, so I wnt into the machine and pressed buttons… I saw thing no mare should see in there lifetime, I ca never go back to being the sa- OHH MUFFINS!!!” she said as she snatched one of them. ZuperDerpy smiled as he saw that the girl’s eyes were crossed “The more the merrier… okay then” he said as he extended his had with the muffin “To national Derpy Hooves Day” Hige quickly placed his muffin next to ZuperDerpy’s. The Doctor made a quick chuckle and then joined his muffin “To national Derpy Hooves Day” he added. The blonde girls quickly slammed her muffin into the rest of them “To National Derpy Hooves Day!!!” she screamed in excitement. The soon enjoyed the Muffins, ZuperDerpy and the girls quickly eating the rest of the muffins “That’s….” Hige began “Derpy Hooves? Yes, yes she is” He answered. Hige opened the laptop “Is that the next chapter of your story?” he asked “Yes… you read it?” Hige asked “Yes, but it’s no big deal. I read A LOT… do you mind if I take a look?” “Be my guest” Hige said as he turned the computer to the Doctor.

The Doctor quickly finished the chapter and called over to Derpy hooves “Okay, we need to go.” He told her “Aww, do we have to?” she asked “Yes we do” He said in a stern voice “Okay” she said with a little sadness in her voice “Seeya ZuperDerpy” she said as she gave him a quick hug and joined The Doctor. “Good bye.” He said as they both entered the Tardis and disappeared. “You lucky bastard” Hige said in a mocking voice “What?” ZuperDerpy asked, oblivios to what Hige was trying to say “You got to have some quality time with Derpy Hooves” Hige clarified “Huh? What are you talking about?” He said “That guy… he was Doctor Who… and his assistant Ditsy Doo” Hige said in a ‘That’s a stupid question tone’ “BAUYFIWDNUYDGYB… WHAT! I wasn’t there when he introduced himself! I thought her eyes were derped because she like Derpy too!” ZuperDerpy screamed in frustration “Um… ZuperDerpy” Hige said finally realizing something “What!?” ZuperDerpy said, still angry of what happened. Hige slowly turned his head to meet ZuperDerpy eye-to-eye “Where’s the car?”

“Fluttershy, I need to g-“ Hige tried to say before he was quickly interrupted by an anxious Fluttershy.

“Hige, I need your help, please!” she said as she quickly turned her gaze to Hige.

“Oh, well, um… okay” Hige said, not being able to say no.

“Thank you, we need to get the animals inside. Rainbow Dash always warns me about the storms, but she never told me about this one…” she said as she began to open the door. The wind blasted the door open.

‘Okay Hige, calm down… just distract yourself with the work…’ he thought to himself as he began to follow Fluttershy out the door.

They walked over to the pen. Fluttershy opened it and most of the small land animals quickly scurried off into the cottage. She opened the door and was greeted by panicking chickens. “Please calm down…” she said in a low and gentle voice; the chickens continued to panic. “I said, calm down!” she said as she gave them a intense stare, which quickly calmed them down and made them stare at Fluttershy. “Good, now I need you to go into the cottage”, she said, going back to her low and gentle voice. The fowls began to walk toward the cottage. Hige and Fluttershy began to pick up the small nests that were in the near tree and brought them inside.

“Is that all the animals?” Hige asked.

“Y-yes… we just need to carry in the bird feed and we’re done…” she said as she walked over to the chicken coop. She began to pick up a bag, but Hige immediately stepped in to do it. “Oh, thanks”, she said, receiving no response from Hige.

Hige carried the bag into the cottage and placed it in an empty corner. “Okay then… I’m gonna go home now…” he said

She widened her eyes, “B-but you can’t go out in a storm like this, it’s too dangerous!”

“I can’t…” there was a flash of light followed by a loud booming noise. Hige flinched. “Okay… I’ll stay…” He said, his heart racing.

“Good”, she said, with a sigh of relief. They spent a few minutes organizing the animals and setting out the food. “Okay, we’re done… time to sleep”, she said with a blush. “Um… you can sleep in my room if you want…”

“I’ll sleep down here…”

“W-why?” she asked in a sad, surprised tone.

“I don’t think it would be a good idea…” he said grimly.

“Oh… okay then…” she said as she walked upstairs.

‘Smooth move’, Hige thought to himself. “What was I supposed to do? You know what happens to me in thunderstorms, and I don’t think my bracelet will calm me down…” ‘Why?’ “When I put it on… I didn’t feel anything… I usually feel a sense of relief, but I didn’t feel it…” ‘And that happened after Twilight took it?’ “Yes… what are you tryin-“ Hige was interrupted by a white bunny that had begun to give him a curious look. ‘I’m talking to myself!? This is why I hate thunder storms, I’m always on edge!’ he thought to himself, the bunny began to walk upstairs. Hige looked at a random direction and was quickly lost in thought. ‘I’m in a tree… I’m in a tree filled with woodland critters… I’m in a tree filled with woodland critters and my pet wolf…  I’m in a tree filled with woodland critters, my pet wolf and a shy mare… I’m in the same tree as a shy mare… I’m in the same tree as a shy mare whom I am possibly falling in love with… I’m in the one place I don’t want to be in right now… so sleepy’, Hige’s thought were quickly interrupted by Kiba’s sudden bark. “What’s wro-“ the front door suddenly slammed open again and Kiba ran out. Hige quickly followed, finding a place to make himself airborne.

‘Were is he?’ He thought to himself when he lost sight of Kiba after entering the forest. There was a sudden flash of light. “There he is”, he said after he spotted Kiba during the flash of light. He quickly flew down as fast as he could to avoid losing sight of Kiba again, but a strong gust of wind mage Hige crash hard against a tree. He slowly regained consciousness and began to look around. ‘W-what!?’ he thought as he realized that he was being watched by hundreds of glowing blood red eyes. Kiba had made his way to Hige and began to growl at their surrounding observers.

Out of the tree line walked out a pitch-black pony wearing a hooded cowl “They’re coming…” it said.

“W-what!? Who are you!?” Hige screamed.

“They’re looking for you… they’ll find you...”

“Who!?”

“You know who…”

“N-no… not yet…” he murmured to himself.

“Hige…” it said, making Hige look toward the pony, who now had a scythe in its magical grip. “Don’t lose yourself”, it said as he swung the scythe, ripping Hige in half.

Hige suddenly woke up at the cottage. ‘A… dream?’ he thought to himself as another flash of light filled the room, causing Hige to see variety of ponies of every shape and size. ‘No no no!’ he thought to himself as he began to shrink. Hige was in a full-on panic. ‘No, not again!’ he closed his eyes and pressed his hooves against his ears. ‘They aren’t real! They aren’t here!’ he thought to himself. The various ponies began to walk toward Hige, laughing in unison. ‘Don’t think about it! Think about something else!’ the ponies suddenly went quiet, Hige calmed down. The silence was interrupted by one of the ponies exclaiming ‘monster’ and then quickly being joined by every other pony. “No… no… NO!!!” Hige screamed, tears beginning to form. “No I’m not!” The ponies quickly disappeared; the only pony that could be seen was a shocked Fluttershy. “I told you it was a bad idea!” Hige screamed at her. Hige got up and ran to the door, but was stopped in his tracks by Fluttershy, who had caught up to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. “Leave me alon-“

“I’m sorry…” she said.

“What?” he asked, not believing what he just heard.

“I’m… I’m sorry”, she said as she tightened the hug, “I want to help you…”

Hige’s rage had reached his peak. ‘Doesn’t she understand that I want to be left alone!’ he thought as he slammed his hoof against her head, creating a sickening crack. Her body went limp. ‘Oh no…’ he thought as he realized what he’d done. “Fluttershy, are you okay!?” he screamed as he placed his hoof on her neck, trying to find the slightest hint of life… he found none. “Kiba, we need to leave!” he told Kiba, but he did not obey. Kiba took one look at Fluttershy and began to growl at Hige. “C’mon, don’t do this!” He screamed, but Kiba didn’t listen. The struggle was over soon after it began; now Kiba and Fluttershy lay dead on the floor.

“You did well…” said a familiar voice. Hige looked around, but found nothing. “Embrace it… It’s who you are…” the voice faded away.

“No… this can’t be… in no- HAHAHAHAHAHA!” Hige quickly covered his mouth after the strange outburst. He quickly noticed that his hooves had become pitch black, and quickly pulled them away “What’s going on!? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. What the hell is happening!?” he screamed as he fell to the ground laughing. He opened his eyes to see Fluttershy, still grabbing onto his neck. ‘I feel sick…’ “Get off”, he said calmly.

“W-what? No, please don’t go!” she said as she tightened the hug.

“Get off!!!” he screamed, causing the animals to wake up. She let go, Hige flew away. He ran as far as he could, until his stamina had finally run out. He looked around to see where he was. “So this is where I ended up…” he said as he looked at the lights of the saloon. “… Big Macintosh said that it helped him calm down…” he walked towards the door.

Hige was surprised to see that the bar was still open, but had a different variety of patrons. He shook himself dry and began to walk towards where he sat the last time; he called for a shot of the strongest liquor. He drank it in one gulp, and had begun to get used to the burning sensation. He tapped on the table for another shot.

A white unicorn mare with a musical note cutie mark suddenly interrupted Hige as she walked up and sat next to him. “The usual”, she said as she sat down.

‘Sunglasses… at night? She is either very cool… or very stupid’, Hige thought as the bartender finished the white mare’s order and refilled Hige’s cup. There was a moment of silence before one of the drunker patrons began to walk up to the two of them.

“HeY ViNYl” said a drunk light-brown buck, addressing the white unicorn “WhY Don’T wE………….. um….. GO TO MY PLACE!... and… Do things”, he hinted.

“I’m not in the mood for your crap…” she said calmly.

“I bet I can get you in the mood”, he said as he touched her shoulder.

“Oh…” she said. “You just have”, she said in a peppy voice, levitating a wine bottle from the counter. “Yes, let’s go you your house and see how far I can stick this up your ass before you pass out from the pain”, she said, slowly shifting her voice to a passive aggressive one.

‘She is a VERY cool pony… it’s official’, Hige thought to himself as he began to chuckle softly.

The buck turned his head at Hige’s direction. “What are you laughing at?”

“You… I’m laughing at you, isn’t that obvious? Are you really that drunk or are you just that stupid?” Hige said with a grin. The white unicorn began to laugh softly.

“You son of a…” He said as he punched Hige in the face as hard as he could. The force caused Hige’s head to turn to the left.

The bartender and the white unicorn were both shocked; the buck had a triumphant grin.

Hige slowly turned his head toward the buck; Hige had a grin on his face as his eyes began to go red. “You better run before I rip your damn head off…” he said calmly. The buck pulled back his arm to land another punch. “C’mon, I bucking dare you”, he said with a grin. The buck thought about it for a while and then ran out of the saloon. ‘Storm is over…’ Hige thought as he saw the weather through the recently opened door. Hige’s eyes began to go back to their original color.

“I’m sorry about that”, the unicorn said as she put the wine bottle back. “I thought that if I sat with somepony, nopony else would annoy me…” she said in an apologetic tone. “Is your face okay?” she asked.

“Fine…” he said.

“Are you sure? He was a stupid pony, but I’m sure he wasn’t a weak one.”

“Yes, I’m sure.”

“Okay then… I’m Vinyl Scratch”, she said as she extended her hoof.

“I’m Hige”, he said as he shook her hoof.

“Well thanks again for helping, Hige, I’m really sorry about what happened”, she said with a smile.

“Okay…”

“So?” she asked.

“So, what?” he responded.

“Well… do you forgive me?”

“Oh, sure…” Hige said as he took another gulp.

She let out a grunt of frustration, but then looked at Hige with a smile. “I have an idea, I’m gonna make it up to you”, she said as she got off her chair "Put our drink on my tab." she told the bartender.

“I’d really rather no-“ Hige was dragged out of the bar. ‘I’m too drunk to refuse…’

Hige was dragged to a club, with no music. “I’ll be right back”, she said as she left Hige near the entrance. Moments later, they gave a great welcome to the ‘DJ PON3’ who, to Hige’s surprise, was the mare that had dragged him here. He was about to leave when the music started, but was quickly sucked in by it. Hige could not resist moving to the beat. He had no clue what he was doing, but was having fun doing it. He had become part of the club… he soon blacked out and woke up in his house. He noticed he was holding a note that read:

“Hi, it’s Vinyl. I’m writing this because I know you won’t remember what happened yesterday. You party like a freaking animal; I knew I had a feeling that you were different. Just wanted to let you know that you aren’t alone, there are others like you.”

‘What is she talking about?’ Hige said as he laid back in his bed, trying to ignore the headache.