Death in September
Death in September
by Seradaluna
One fateful day in Ponyville, the town was suddenly wiped of all but one life. He was all that was left of the town. He wandered in the darkness alone, not remembering a thing that happened to the town.
I can't remember
What happened in September
When everything is gone
When it's dark and I'm alone
He had been searching for other ponyfolk, trying to figure out what happened, but nopony was to be found in the town. (To him it seemed like it had been weeks since he could remember a thing, so searching on he went)...
It's been forever
Since I could have remembered
Where the hell is everypony
I just want to know the story
Of what happened right before
I became so alone.
September 15th, Nurses log 1. patient: Citrus of psychiatric hospital in Ponyville
The pony has shown signs of mental breakdown still unknown of the cause. We have given him medications to keep him stable. They seem to be working for now. We have released him, but will keep him on daily visits to keep an eye on him. End of log.
Citrus walked around Ponyville. He had been feeling a little better since he left the ponyville psychiatric hospital but there was still a small voice in his head that kept whispering to him. He had brushed it off for now and went over to the Ponyville library to talk to Twilight Sparkle,
Twilight Sparkle: “Hey. What's up, Citrus? How did your visit go in the hospital?”
Both ponies had become good friends and so they would talk for hours.
Citrus: “It went well. I feel a little better than I did before,” he said, giving a weak smile.
Twilight Sparkle: “That’s good. So, what do you want to do today?”
Both pony's walked around town and talked which was really all they ever did.
That night when Citrus went to sleep, the voice in his head became louder
Strange Voice: “You must save them Citrus. You must save them all and I will help you.”
Citrus: “No, I won't. Leave me alone I don't want your help.”
Still can't remember
What happened in September
Back when everypony died
Trails of blood during my stride
September 16th, Nurses log 2. Patient: Citrus of psychiatric hospital in Ponyville
The pony has shown no signs of getting better. We had to double the dose of meds this morning, which seem to be working for now. We recommended to have him stay the night on watch but Twilight Sparkle insisted that he just needed rest. Patient does show significant signs of not sleeping. End of log.
Twilight put him to bed, using a sleeping spell. It did work and he got his first night's sleep in a long, long time. But putting him to sleep was a bad idea. Citrus began to dream that he was in a dark room. At first he thought he was alone but then he heard a voice.
Strange Voice: “Hello. Glad you decided to join me.”
Citrus: “Who are you and what are you doing here?”
Strange Voice: “I am the one who is going to help you save them all, especially Twilight.”
Citrus: “You stay away from her, whoever you are. You hear me! Stay away from her.”
Strange Voice: “How can I stay away from her when I am you?”
Citrus then saw what the voice looked like. He awoke out of shock to see that Twilight was asleep on the side of the bed. He sighed calmly at the sight of her but then remembered what the voice in his head looked like. “It looked just like me”, he said, looking down. He took his pills more then he was supposed to and tried to go back to sleep.
September 17th, Nurses log 3. Patient: Citrus of psychiatric hospital in Ponyville
Patient did not come in for his daily visit today. Twilight said that he was with her last night but when she woke, he was gone. A search party was put together to search for him but nopony has found him yet.
I just discovered that
the ponies were defeated
by something really strong
it seemed very weird and wrong
it just doesn't belong
like it came out of this world.
Citrus was underground making something that could possibly wipe out all of Ponyville. He no longer had control of his mind. The voice ravaged him that night. Each time he took another pill, the voice only grew stronger and louder. “Ha ha ha ha! It's almost done. I am going to save them all, bring them all redemption,” he said crazily.
September 18th, Nurses log 4. Patient: Citrus of psychiatric hospital in Ponyville
The pony has shown up today not remembering disappearing last night. He seems to have been doing better without the medications. We have taken him off of them to see if he has more improvement. End of log.
It had only taken Citrus one day to get it all together: the thing that could take out all of Ponyville. It required a magic spell and 10 tons of explosives. He had made tunnels all over under Ponyville making sure that the whole entire town would be taken out, with all of its inhabitants. The only places that would not be affected were Fluttershy's cabin, Zecora's hut, and Rainbow Dashe's cloud home. Also Applejacks farm and lucky for Pinkie Pie she was visiting Applejack at her farm that day. As for Rarity she was visiting Fluttershy at her place of residence. Citrus knew they were not in the town but he did not care right now. His main target was Twilight. Anypony else caught in the blast would only be collateral damage, So his evil plan was set in motion.
I've regained a small memory
Came to my head just like that suddenly
I think I've gotten a clue
Something tells me this is worse than what I knew.
The evil side of Citrus had taken over once again. Citrus had never remembered when his other side took over. So when the evil side of him was making final preparations, he did not remember it all. Finalizing the network had taken him the whole night. The next morning he walked into town. He hooked up the final wire to the button. He then used a spell that would not allow anypony to leave the town. “It's finally done. HAHA, here is your redemption day everypony. I am going to kill you all.” no one believed him at first, till the town hall exploded. The evil Citrus set up the town hall on a different button as a demonstration and it worked. The town ponies went into chaos as a few ponyfolk went to the town hall seeing that it was no more then a crater now. “He is going to kill us all. Stop him, stop him,” a pony said. “Get away from me. Go away,” Citrus said, his horn aglow, killing a pony that got near him. “I am going to save you all everypony,” Citrus had yelled as twilight ran to her library home. She knew that there was not much she could do and if she was going to die here, she was going to save someone from this. Bursting into the door she went over to Spike “Spike, we must send a letter to the princess right away.” Spike ran off to retrieve a scroll of parchment and a quill. “Okay. Ready Twilight,” he said, quill and parchment in hand.
Dear Princess Celestia,
I think that this will be the last letter I will be sending to you. I will not tell you why, but I will not be learning about the magic of friendship anymore. If learning at all, I hope you can go on without me and princess, please do me a favor. Please look after Spike and my other friends for me.
Your faithful student
Twilight Sparkle
“Now Spike, send it,” she said. Spike did as he was told, lighting it with his fire. There were many screams outside as the townsponies tried to leave but were stopped by Citrus’s barrier.
Spike: “What is happening, Twilight? What did you mean by 'look after me' to the princess.”
Twilight: “Don't worry about it, Spike. Come upstairs with me. I want to show you something.”
She levitated spike onto her back and trotted upstairs.
Spike: “Whats wrong, Twilight?”
Twilight: “Just get in this. We don't have much time.”
Spike: “But that has your most important book in it.”
Twilight: “A dusty old book is not more important then you Spike.”
Twilight Sparkle levitated Spike and put him into the metal box, sealing it closed before he could protest. It was big enough to hold him inside it and it had its own air supply, which twilight resupplied when she put him in there. Citrus was outside. “You see this button? I’m going to press it!” You could hear the final screams and the town exploded, Citrus vanishing at the same time. The town was gone. The only thing left of it was a small metal box and a large crater where the town used to sit. Spike managed to get himself out of the box, melting the door with his fire. When he looked outside pure, shock struck his face, “NOOOOOOOOOO” he howled. He stayed there weeping for a while before he got up and made his way to Fluttershys cabin, seeing that it was one of the only places still standing. When he finally got there, he was an emotional wreck. Seeing that Fluttershy and Rarity were okay put him at ease, at least for a moment. When Fluttershy and Rarity saw Spike, they ran over to him, "Spike. Oh my goodness I am glad you are okay. What happened here?" Fluttershy said in her normal soft voice laced with worry. “We felt a rumble and thought it was an earthquake we were going to investigate but we saw you coming by,” Rarity said trying to keep her composure. "I really wish I could tell you guys but I really don't know what happened. Twilight put me in a metal box, and when I managed to get my self free everything was gone," he said, sadness in his voice, being unable to weep anymore. A pure look of shock took over Fluttershy’s and Rarity's faces, looking in horror as they looked at Spike and then where Ponyville used to be. They fainted right there, unable to process anything more. Spike ran to Rarity first, then to Fluttershy to make sure they were alright, seeing that they had only fallen unconscious. That was when two familiar voices could be heard in the distance. "Fluttershy ya there Fluttershy," yelled Applejack. "Come out, come out, where ever you are," said Pinkie right after, almost as if they were playing hide and seek. It had taken Spike a few minutes to process this since he was still in a bit of a daze from the events that had taken place. He ran to them only a couple feet away, hugging both of them, happy to see that they were okay. "I'm am glad to see that you are okay guys," said Spike, happiness in his voice. "O course we are, Suggercube." Applejack said in her southern drawl everypony loved. "Why wouldn't we be, Spike?" Pinkie said, confused. "Wait. You don't know what happened to Ponyville?"
"No. We don't, Suggercube. What happened?"
Spike proceeded to tell them what he knew of what happen. Fluttershy and Rarity woke up soon after. They all walked to where Ponyville used to be so they could get a closer look. All they saw was a large crater as if a meteor had struck there, but the only evidence of what was left was the metal box Spike had climbed out of. There was nothing. No Suggercube corner, no Ponyville public library, no town hall. It was all gone. Applejack told Fluttershy to go look for Rainbow Dash hoping that she had not fallen to the blast. Applejack, Pinkie, Rarity and Spike then went to see if Zecora was alright as well. When finding their friends they met back up at Fluttershy's cabin. "Spike, can ya tell us what happen ta Twi?" Applejack asked looking at him with hopeful eyes. But he shook his head. "I think she was caught in the blast, so I really don't know." They all seemed to know what this meant their friend was gone and there was not much they could do about it. Rainbow seemed to flair with pure anger, "when I find out who did this, they will pay for what they have done," hitting one hoof with another in anger. They all turned around, hearing the flapping of wings as a royal chariot was heading towards them. Both Princess Luna and Celestia riding in it, both with looks of worry in their faces. When they landed they ran to where Ponyville used to be and just like Fluttershy had done before, they fainted, the royal guards running to their sides to make sure they were okay. When they woke they went to the seven to see if they could find out what may have happened but were only able to get the same information the others had which was not much. Celestias horn lit up, trying to find a trace of Twilight's magic, but only got the dark remnants of the barrier that was there before. At that point the sadness took them all. Even Luna did not want to raise her moon so it was pitch black. They all went to Canterlot. All of them began to cry for their lost friend. They didn't know that the evil that caused this was still alive, that it was one pony all along. They all held a funeral for Twilight that next morning all, of them sobbing and crying. They went on, not knowing that the evil was slowly making his way to the city. They all said their words of goodbye hoping that even though they could not find her body, she would hear their words of sorrow. Pinkie's hair lay flat. Not even a party could solve the sadness they felt. Applejack didn't even want to check on her apple farm.
Citrus lay there on the outskirts of the town, out cold, starting to stir, his eyes popping open.
I just remembered.
What happened in September.
I'm the one who killed them all.
I survived after the fall.
When he awoke, the evil side had finally taken full control, and so, slowly trotting to Canterlot he went, for he was not done yet, not by a long shot. Now that Twilight was out of the way, now that the mare he fell in love with was no longer there to allow the good side of him to take control, he was unstoppable and now he was going to save everypony.
THE END
