Acceptance

(My Little Pony is own by Hasbro and Lauren Faust, OCs are mine)

Chapter 4: Sunspots

The Patient looked at the items dropped on top of his bed with Celestia facing him. "Have you ever seen these items before?" She asked calmly sitting down.

The Patient looked at the two letters, chest, and the knife and back at her shaking her head no. "I never seen these things before." Celestia looked at him shocked. He had to know some source of information about these items. "I am sorry."

"No, you have to somehow remember seeing these things before. How long were you even in that house?" Celestia asked leaning towards him desperate for answers.

"I don't know what you are talking about, Celestia. I never seen these things before." The Patient said becoming frighten.

Celestia backs away and begins trotting in a circle becoming irritated. "You must know something, you lived in that terrible place for how long?" She asked, before trotting back to him.

"I don't know...I'm sorry." He said in a sadden tone looking down.

"Look up and let me see your eyes." Celestia said causing him to look up at her confused.

Celestia leaned towards him, staring closely at the faded blue eyes. "Your eyes, what happened to them. Have you been staring at the sun for a long time again?" She asked. He shook his head no. "I see...then how are they faded, it's like something ripped away their perfect sea blue and turned it into...this...something depressing." She said backing away. "Patient, do you have a family?"

He stood silent, his confused expression turned into a sorrow one as he looked back out of the window staring at the sun again. Celestia managed to activate a switch in his head. Hopefully to her, she would obtain the information she surely desires or some information that could help her get closer into cracking down this pony's background. But for some reason, she started wondering to herself. What made this pony so special to her? She guessed that it was that he was the first pony she had ever seen to be this strange.

"My father..." When he spoke, his voice caused her to snap back to reality. She decided to question and answer this later to some other pony. After all, she could not allow herself to be to distracted from figuring anything about this pony. "My mother...they...they are both gone." He said looking at her.

"What do you mean "They are both gone", Patient?" Celestia asked.

"They are gone as in...they are not in this world anymore...well mom isn't... but dad...he's not here anymore. He said was going to visit mommy. He gave me a genetically birthed black rose and told me to hide it somewhere that nopony could find it. So I hid it, but as I hid it, he was gone." He said clutching the sheets tightly with his hooves."I am all alone. They left me with my "Old" friend."

"Old friend?" Celestia looked at him confused.

"My "Old" friend..." He pointed at his own reflection not letting his stare at the sun faulter. Celestia was completely confused. He used to be friends with his own reflection. She soon noticed that where ever his parents went, they left him all alone to himself. He was interacting with himself which was not healthy whatsoever if you were completely all alone. This pony already lost his mind. She could tell, but maybe there was something that emotional case that embedded itself inside the pony's mind. "We talk, we argue, we do so many things together. But the only thing we can't do together is actually feel one another. He is trap in there and I am trap out here. We are seperated for a reason you know...if he is out here, he could hurt somepony." He said looking at her with a smile on his face.

Again, when he said "Hurt", Celestia could sense him enjoying the taste, meaning, and context of the word. He gave her a sadistic smile that made her feel uncomfortable. Looking at the items sprouted out on top of the bed. She looked for something else to get off the Mirror subject. She spots Doctor Levamentum's letter and a question formed in her head. "Have you ever met a doctor by any chance, named Doctor Levamentum?"

He nodded his head looking back out of the window, his expression stood the same. "Yes, he came in just yesterday. He talked to me about well...what you usually talked about to me. Nothing bad happen if you are probably wondering about that." He answered.

"I wouldn't think that Doctor Levamentum would bring any kind of harm upon his own patients, so the worry about him and you is nothing to talk or even think about. I just want to know, did he ever ask you any questions that you were propertly able to answer? Like, about this Black Sun you were shouting at me before." She said walking to the right side of his bed where she was not blocking his view from the sun.

"The Black Sun...can't you see it to?" He asked looking at her shocked.

"No, but what does that mean?" She asked.

"How is this possible, how can you not see he Black Sun?" The Patient started muttering to himself beginning to panic. Celestia was becoming aggrivated that her question was being ignored.

"Answer me, Patient! What is this Black Sun?!" She demanded him an answer causing him to be silent and look at her frighten. She calmed down and started to speak in a peaceful motherly tone, hoping that would ease down the fear in The Patient. "Please tell me, what is this Black Sun?"

"The Black Sun...is what watches over me, it shadows me, it tries to hurt me, and it tries to save me. It wants what I have and takes away the things that I manage to obtain. The Black Sun...is what I can't escape from when I close my eyes and keep them open. The Black Sun controls the voices in my head and makes them talk over me so that I could hurt myself and so many other things that would harm me both mentally and physically." He said beginning to shake again.

"So this Black Sun, is it some creature that nopony but you could see?" She asked.

"No, it is some creature that we cannot stop being." He said looking at her with a serious expression.

"A creature that we can't stop being? That doesn't make sense, so you are telling me we are some creature that we cannot stop being? How?" She asked.

"Because it keeps us alive and makes us btoo blind to even see it, feel it, and sense it. But if you do figure out its presence then...you can guess the reest since you already questioned me abot it. But that is not the true answer that you are seeking for Celestia that describes me, no, that is just a visual image of something that is frightening me. I think it is also the reason why I can't even remember a lot about myself." He said looking down frowning.

"I see..." Celestia looked at him with empathy. "It is one of the reasons why you are suffering this. Maybe a lead up to help me get closer in figuring a lot about you. Patient, do ever sleep if it is alright for me to ask you that?" She asked.

"Yes, only for five seconds. I can't sleep well because of the Black Sun." He said.

"I see...well, I could get my sister here to study you in your sleep. Maybe she could help you out." Celestia said giving a pleasant smile. He glances up at her and smiles back.

"That would be amazing for me, Celestia." He said before looking back at the sun.

"You know, I could tell you something nice about me if you don't mind?" She offered.

"Sure, what is it, Celestia?" He asked still looking at the sun with an amazed expression.

Giving him a pleasant smile, she says, "I control the sun you know. I can make it shine bright and I can make go down so the moon can take its place in the sky." The Patient looked at her shocked. The way he looked at her was quite, adorable in matter of such. He seemed like a colt going to an amusement park.

"Y-you can, y-you can raise and lower the sun?" He asked almost stuttering on his entire question.

"That's right, I could. Someponies call me a goddess for that, but I tell them that I am no goddess but a normal pony like them everyday. I only raise and lower it because it is my job as a mother of this country and allied of this world to protect it and keep it rotating. The same thing goes for my sister. She controls the moon." She answered kindly.

The Patient looked at the moon and pointed straight towards it. "Could you make the sun glow even brighter?" He asked.

Celestia looked at him shocked for a second. If she did, any pony could go blind for an hour if they take one quick glance at the sun. Deciding to take the chance, she walked towards the window. Her horn started glowing bright as the sun started shining brighter. The Patient smiled from ear to ear staring at the giant bright star. After ten whole minutes she dimmed down the glow back to its original state and looked back at The Patient who was still smiling. He looked at her unfazed by the blinding light which still again shocked her. It seemed like no bright light could blind this pony. Not that she wanted to do this on purpose, but she wanted to see if he was actually blind or immune to any bright source of light.

"Thank you, Celestia!" He said happily.

"Your welcome, Patient." She said nodding her head in appreciation.

"Celestia?" The Patient called in a calm tone.

"Yes?" She responded.

"That knife...where did you get it?" He asked starting to look at the knife.

"The house that I believe that you used to live in. Why, do you know it from somewhere?" She asked.

"No...just curious." He answered staring at the blade in a emotionless expression. "It feels weird looking at it, like I seen it from somewhere."

"Really? This blade is ancient. Have you ever heard of a civilization called Zion?" She asked sitting down looking at him with an worry expression.

"Zion?" He looked at her confused.

Celestia levitated the knife in the air admiring the designs. "You see, long, long ago, there was a ancient civilization that had been fill with happiness and prosperity. Zion, that was what the city was called, Zionist were the inhabitants that lived in the city. Zion was made of pure gold and diamond. There instruments of architecture were quite amazing to say the least for they help us build objects that we still use today. Objects that we got from them. You see, the reason why we call them the First Ones is because they are the first ones to have everything that other ancient temples, cities, and long lasting countries that are still alive and running today. For example, Stalliongrad was once an kingdom that was wealthy in iron, but they obtain them from sources that the First Ones had already obtained."

"So, are they an everlasting country?" He asked, looking at her curiously.

"No...they are gone." Celestia said, setting the knife down looking at him sadly. "They all...mysteriously dissappeared." She looked back at the knife that was laid out on the bed.

"All...gone...mysteriously?" He asked tilting his head in confustion.

"What are you so confuse on? I told you that they myteriously dissappeared." She said looking at him.

"Mysteriously? Did anypony try searching for them?" He asked.

"You see...a lot of ponies tried to, none so far suceed. Then when it came to this..." She pointed her horn at the knife. "So many ponies never came back from their travels when they were trying to obtain this artifact. It is called the Blade Of Zion or the Knife Of Zion. This blade was the alphabetical dictionary in understanding the language that they spoke in and the history that was behind them. Along with the explaination to how they dissappeared. We found other items that gave us a brief history in how they live and what they had but again, not a lot of information to how they dissappear and what acts of ceremonies were done." Celestia said looking out of the window.

"Interesting as it may sound, how long have you been studying this knife?" The Patient asked.

"Not for a long time, honestly. I found it yesterday." She said.

"Yesterday? Where?" He asked.

"The house...Mister Sundertears had the knife the entire time." She said calmly. She looked at the chest and sighed. "Have you ever seen a chest like this before?" She asked, levitating the box to The Patient. He looked at with amazement and held it tight with his hooves. Celestia looked at him with curiousity as he held it to his chest. He was an odd patient. "Are you sure you don't want a name?"

"Yeah, I don't want a name that I know I am going to forget." He said looking at the strange slot of the lock. "What's this?"

"That is a lock, but not just some ordinary lock. It is a special lock that can't be pick due to the mechanisms inside of it. You need a special key, but most of the special keys use for these kinds of locks are...hidden very well and sometimes forgotten in the line of time." She said.

The Patien lets go of the chest and chuckles. "Can I keep it?" He asked.

"Sorry, but I need the chest to...well...study about, "Me?" He interrupted her. Celestia took a deep breath in before exhaling. She nodded her head softly.

"Oh...well...okay." He said putting back the box frowning.

"How about this, when I am done with this chest, I will return it to you. Understand?" She asked earning a soft smile from him.

"Yes, Celestia." He answered.

"Good, now I have to go. I will be back with more questions." Celestia said levitating the items on the bed to her side. The Patient nodded his head understanding her. When she Celestia walked to the exit, she stopped and turned around to with a cautious expression amongst her face. "If Doctor Levamentum comes in again and talks to you, I want you to tell me everything that you talk about."

"Yes, Celestia." He said nodding his head.

"Good...goodbye and see you tomorrow...Patient." Celestia said before she left the room.

As she was gone, the Patient frowned. He was all alone again. Alone. That was what had been pondering around in his head before he looked back out of the window. "The sun...is so bright. Don't you think my old friend?" He asked looking at the mirror. He grinned at his own reflection but his reflection though.

Didn't grin back.

Leamas looked around the Sundertear's home's hallways holding a flashlight in his mouth. He made it to the stairway and looked up seeing a small tail pass by the side of the wall with a small coltish giggle at the end of it. "Hey, is somepony up there!" He shouted running up the steps. But as soon as he got to the fifth step, his hooves went through the broken wood. "AHH!" He yelled when he went through the stairway. He fell fourteen feet deep into the hole crashing into a pile of breakable objects. He coughed a little trying to regain his breath. Turning his body to the side, he struggle getting up feeling the pain course through his body. It was a long fall and there was no possible way he was getting back up. "What did I even landed..." He paused after spotted a pony skull shatter in pieces beneath his hooves. Looking up slowly, his eyes widens in fear. "On." He finished his sentence when he saw a dozen of pony skeletons scattered all out across the dark room he was in that had only the light from the surface up above was applying for him.

"I have to tell, Celestia about this?" He muttered walking back, until he bumped into something. Turning around, he was facing a large clothe covered object. Taking the covers off, it was a mirror behind the sheet. He gasped at the sight of his reflection, but it wasn't his own reflection, instead it was the background of it. The ponies' skeletons that were supposed to be in the background were replaced with skinned ponies hanging and dangling from sharp tipped metal hooks. Stab markings were all cover on the ponies' bodies. This mirror had to be a trick. That was what he was thinking about. He could feel a terrible ominous sound coming from the glass frame as he got closer to it. He placed his hoof on the frame.

"Ahh!" He yelped in pain clutching onto his head. A split painful headache struck him as he collapsed onto the ground. When he got up letting go of his head, he looked back at the mirror and saw the ponies' skeletons in the background. "W-what?" He fell back on his rump looking at it with confusion. But as his rump touched the ground, he felt something warm and hard. Looking back at what he sat on, he got off it yelling in fear. It was a skinned dead pony. "No...no...NO!" He yelled staring at he nightmare in front of him. He was not in his world anymore.

He was now in hell.

-To Be Continue-