MLP:Gaurdians

*Standard disclaimer*

I awoke, feeling weird as I didn't remember falling asleep. I was tied up with the girl who had saved me. My eyes adjusted to the dark area quickly as I saw a few blank eyed stares from the foals that had been kidnapped. I heard a mocking laugh come from somewhere to my left and, as I turned I saw the same yellow pony that had began the 'game'. "How quaint that you should fall right into my trap," she said, openly mocking me, "I was told that the knight with no armor was smarter than that." I chuckled back, "What makes you think I didn't plan for this?" She thought about it for a moment and replied, "Who plans to fail." I had shaken her, I was happy about it. I thought for a second as the girl awoke, and whispered to her, "Watch this." Then loudly to the pony, "You know, if you wanted to talk to me you could have just come to a psychiatrist's office, they have very comfy chairs there." She looked at me like I had a screw loose before saying, "I don't need comfy chairs." I looked back at the girl and said, quite contently, "I made her say comfy chair." She sighed and started to swing us. The pony laughed and stated, "You shouldn't do that. You wouldn't want to hurt them," at that point the curtain behind her rose and a few actual girls were struggling with their rope bonds, she looked back with puppy dog eyes, "Would you?"

I took a deep breath and smiled as both ropes were burned and wind launched me between the yellow pony and the girls, all of whom were complaining about something or other. I smiled as my sword landed in front of me and said, "Checkmate." The pony looked like I had cheated, then she disappeared in a puddle of darkness. I shrugged and looked back at the girls and asked, "Are you okay?" They all began answering and asking questions at once, "One at a time," I replied back annoyed. A blond girl piped up, "Who made you boss?" I smiled drawing my blade and swung it at her, stopping just before her neck. "That answer your question," I asked already knowing the answer. She nodded and backed away from me as I sheathed my blade. The next moment I was doubled over as a 'wand' smacked the back of my head. "What was that about," Vivi asked heatedly. "She," was all I could get out before I was hit again. "You're older onii-chan. Act like it," she scolded. I nodded fervently and apologized to the girls, and turned back to the woman about my age, and asked, "Your name?" She stood up and turned to me from the foals and replied, "What would you knowing my name accomplish?" I stood thinking about it for a moment and conceded, saying, "I guess it's just a gesture of good faith." She turned away from me and stated, "Make sure that everything gets out safely as I dismantle this facility."

I was utterly shocked, and a tad impressed but that thought was squashed quickly, as she moved over to the main pillar and started to punch it. I quickly ushered everyone thing? These characters are kinda similar. out, and not a moment too soon. Looking about I saw fog residing around the town as a group of ponies began cheering for me, then more, then still more. I realized something wrong was happening when I saw the fog outside the town, but the cheering ponies confirmed it, they were cheering my name, My Name, I had never told them my name! I smiled as I unsheathed my blade and swung it hoping, dreaming, that the blade would 'fly', and it did just that. A few ponies disappeared and a trembling happened, when it stopped I found myself in what looked like a rundown house. My mind already began to race as thumps and bumps happened around me and I heard a laugh. The frankin-pony I hazed a guess as she began to talk, "This is the true carnival of chaos, what is inside your own head, the tall, face-less man, the living statues, and the creature that walks in others skins. Your worst nightmares, come to life. Is it not terro-" I decided to interrupt her at this point, "Now look lady, props for the original idea, really, but nightmares also include dreams, so I'd just use my good thoughts against your bad ones and nothing would happen, so let's end this." I heard a voice echo around, something was familiar about it, but the discord in it was overwhelming and hard to pick which voice I recognized from the other thousand that said the same thing at the same time. It took me a second before I remembered where I had seen this kind of thing before, a world of subconscious thoughts, and for the second time that night, fear crept over me. The second voice laughed after I trembled for a bit and stated that I would have no where to run, cause I didn't HAVE any happy thoughts. A door opened and I ran through it.

The other side of the door was just like the place I had just run from and the doors closed behind me. The second voice laughed and asked, "If you continue further, can you face the truth?" I panted as my heart raced as my legs shook. I gathered what little courage I had at this point and took a meaningful step away from the door and into the fog-bound corridor.

Author's Note

Ok guys (and girls) gonna level with you. There are a good amount of pages torn from the diary, and I'm seeing incomplete equestrian characters. I'm also seeing things crammed into the margins, names and such, that I can't make heads or tails of. I do recognize some of the words from my psychology class.