With A Little Help From My Friends

by DatsNoMoon

Chapter 24 - Where Is My Mind?

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So from what I can tell, it looks like you McFucked up just now.

Wh-what?

How's the afterlife treatin' ya, buddy?

I'm DEAD?!

Ha, not yet. Just fuckin' with you.

You fuck.

I'm the fuck? Fuck of what? As I said earlier, it is you that has McFucked up, which makes you the fuck here.

I don't care, I just want to get out of here.

Well not much luck with that. Y'know, being captured by that big black... Thing.

I fucking knew that wasn't Cadence.

Or maybe it was Cadence all along and she's never really been a pretty pink pony princess. We'll never know though.

Why not?

Haven't noticed the fact that you can't feel any part of your body?

Wait, wh-

Haven't noticed the fact that you can't move?

How-

How about the fact that you're in a void of nothing. Or has it become so normal to you that you just have ceased to care?

I don't know what you're talking about.

Bullshit, I'm you too asshole. I know you know what I'm on about. You are unconscious and stuck inside your own mind. Now, it's only a matter of time before you start making an entire world for yourself because your senses are completely cut off.

What the hell does that mean?

It means that you're going to create a world for yourself because you aren't in one right now.

So you're saying I'm God?

Well... Yes, well, sort of. You could be. I mean, there's nothing to stop you. I wouldn't recommend it though.

"Light."

What?

A burst of white light slashed a gap in the dark void around me.

Oh crap.

Haha, hey, did you see that just now? I said something and then it happened! Isn't that crazy?!

No no, okay, listen, you have to stop that right now.

"Sky."

Hey listen, I'm seri-

The white light evaporated the darkness and the white faded into the most vivid and picture-esque sky blue. Clouds drifted through the endless sky that went on and on in every direction infinitely.

Okay, I get it, it's really cool, but we need to go-

"The sun and moon."

Come on-

At one end of the sky, a yellowish white orb appeared, directly opposite this was another white orb, stained with grey areas on its surface.

"Earth."

Beneath where I could observe, the sky disappeared, replaced by a lush green field, adorned with patches of wild, colourful flowers. On the horizon, hills and mountains appeared. I looked around for the moon, and found that it wasn't there anymore, but now the sun was directly overhead.

"A body."

Slowly, hands faded into my view. Hands that were under my control. Then arms that were connected to a body, my body. Legs and feet formed beneath me.

Goddamnit, stop, you're making us fall further down this rabbit hole and you're just making it harder for us to get out of here.

Tell me, what do I have to go back to?

What? Are you crazy? We have...

... Well?

Just give me a second here...

From what I can recall, I don't think we have anything to go back to. This is all that I've ever known.

No no no, we got here because umm... How the fuck did we- Oh fuck no. No no, we're losing memories.

What memories?

Don't fuck with me now, you can't tell me our memories are gone.

As I said, what memories?

... Wait a minute. You. You're fucking locking them away aren't you?

I don't know what you're talking about.

Bullshit, you're not letting me access them, and you're keeping them from yourself too!

What you speak of does not exist.

Get the fuck out. You're bullshitting. We had a life before this.

Then what happened in this life?

Stuff, okay!

What stuff? Explain.

The stuff you're hiding away from us!

I am not hiding anything. If there was something to hide, you would know where I keep it.

But...

All we have ever known was that void. Today, we have finally decided to do something about it. It's thanks to you.

I...

I never realized I could create such glorious things. Look around! There are mountains, and plains, and hills! There are skies, boundless and infinite, filled with white, majestic clouds!

Where's the water?

"Water."

A lake formed in front of where I stood that stretched all the way to the horizon. I took a step forward and looked into the lake, seeing my reflection. I smiled.

You are a monster.

I'm not a monster, I'm a creator of worlds, a God.

Let me repeat: You are a monster.

Think of it how you will, I do not care. You believe that just because I have created this world, that I'm some kind of monster? What evil is there in this world that would make me into a monster?

Just you wait until the sun sets.

What?

I looked out to the horizon, the sky had turned orange, with a hint of dark blue falling onto where the sun was a moment ago.

I guess I'll just leave you then. You know, since you're a God and all that, you can save yourself from what's about to happen. God forbid whatever comes from, I mean, for you, doesn't know its way around your head.

Wh-where are you going? C-come back! I'm sorry! I didn't... Mean it...

I looked up to the sky at the full moon overhead. It seemed to be bigger than I had made it. Maybe it was a trick of light. As I kept looking, the moon seemed to be turning red. No no, that's not possible. I made it white.

"The moon is white."

The moon continued to turn into a bright red. The luminous light that shone from it turned to a dark red from its previously white colouration.

This isn't funny anymore, show yourself. You can't be God too, I'm the only one worthy of that title!

"Really?"

"Who's there?" I asked, frantically scanning the darkness for some kind of figure or movement.

"You're the only one worthy of being called a God? Then what does that make me? 'Satan', perhaps?"

"Where are you?!" I asked again. The urgency in my voice became apparent. I saw a flash of red in the distance.

"Anti-God sounds about right for me I suppose. I like the more 'evil' approach anyway."

"You stay away from me!" I scream into the night, still searching my surroundings for where the voice is coming from.

"Or else what? I'm inside your head already. I know my way around in here. I've been here as long as you have."

"What?"

"Now there's something coming for you. However, I did not bring this on you this time. No, you've brought this on yourself. I'll enjoy watching you die either way. Now allow me to set the stage for your demise. I know it's only a mental thing, but, brain-death is basically being dead anyway. After all, a changeling sucking the love out of you tends to leave ponies, or humans, as thoughtless, lifeless, and generally useless creatures. Like what a lobotomy does, if you will. We've strapped you to the chair. We've got the instruments all nice and clean. All we need to do now is hold up the orbitoclast, lift the mallet, and swing.

Thunder boomed across the once peaceful, calming fields. Now the grassy landscape had become a terrifying stretch of darkness. There were no stars and no moon to dimly light the field as I had thought there would be. The grass I could feel around my feet no longer registered, as though they were no longer there. Once again I was trapped in a void of darkness.

Suddenly, two red eyes appeared in front of me. They floated around me, and appeared to be looking me up and down. Laughter echoed throughout the void from every direction, reverberating in my ears.

Not again...

The shade of me that had come to me only a few nights before came into view. Knife in hand once again, his appearance exactly as it was before.

"Happy to see me?" He asked "You seem a bit shaken up, you scared of me?"

I wanted to run away. Fly away. Teleport away. Whatever got me away from this thing, I didn't care, but I couldn't do any of those things. My legs were held firmly in place. I couldn't give myself wings. I couldn't think of anywhere to teleport to, not that I could to begin with.

"It's funny that you still even trust me, even though I've revealed myself to you multiple times."

Why would I trust him to begin with? I wanted to say it, but my mouth felt like it was sewn shut, as though I didn't even have a mouth.

"Unfortunately, I can't officially kill you. Not yet." He said, twirling the knife around in his hand "You see, this Changeling queen has made things rather easy for me. I could kill you right now and be happy to be rid of such a loathsome, disgusting creature such as yourself. If I do that though, I'll be the one stuck in your position. So I have one last task for you."

I want to tell him to fuck off. I want to tell him that I won't do anything he says. I wish I could say it, but I can't. I can feel the words in the back of my throat, but they won't sound off. They're not even muffled. No sound is made except for the words he speaks.

"I know you want to protest doing anything for someone like me, or, you, but this is a choice of whether I want you to die, and me to go with you right now, or you to die later, and me to live on. Obviously I'll take the former." He stopped fiddling with the knife and held it to my chest "I'm going to kill you. Not for real, just in here. You need to wake up. After that, you need to get rid of this Changeling queen. She's causing too much trouble right now. I'll give you a day, or two, maybe three. Depends on how I'm feeling. That's when we'll have our next date."

One to three days?

"If you knew what was good for you, you'd try to avoid sleep at all costs. Or ending up subconscious in any way. Else your meeting with me may just happen sooner than you expected." He said with a smile.

"Now, run along." He said as he jabbed the knife into my heart. I didn't feel it. I only knew it happened because of how he moved into me. I could feel the blood dripping from the wound as he left the weapon embedded in me. He walked away into the void as my eyes began to close.

It felt like the last time they would shut.

"Don't disappoint me."


Author's Note

HOLY. FUCK.
WHAT IS UP? TELL YOU WHAT'S UP. ALMOST A YEAR OF NO UPDATES. THAT'S WHAT.

Okay guys, real talk. I'm not abandoning any stories. I just had life happening for a very long time. Anyway, with this chapter, I've finally given myself a path to follow. Meaning, I've figured out how this story is going to shape up and eventually end.

When I started this whole thing, I had no idea how to end it. Now I know. It's a secret to everybody.

Anyway guys, check this out. I made some more music. Like, good stuff this time though. Not like a year and a few chapters ago. Nah, this stuff is ACTUALLY good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH4di9MvWSA

So I'm gonna make an entire album worth of Green Day parodies. If you like Green Day, subscribe, give it a like, that kinda stuff. I'm also gonna look into remaking the songs that I've posted throughout the story as well as add more music, as well as re-write the chapters prior to these new ones.

Hopefully I can get that stuff done soon.

Anyway guys, see you next year! (lol jks, I promise I won't leave it for a year again, that was way too long)
- Dats