Black Rose

Big Mac:

The only thing that registered in my head was that she had fallen to the ground. I was worried, and when I started shouting the other two had come rushing in. It really did show that Ashura was in the royal guard, the guy had me calmed and was giving me orders. We were able to get her up and carried her to the hospital. No one was quite sure what happened to her, the doctors ran every test they could.

“How do we keep ending up back here?” Ashura said before he walked out the door. The guy seemed busy, like there was something on his mind. I didn't think much of it, wasn't any of my business; so I was staying out of it.

“Sorry about him, he’s a little stressed right now. Hope Rose is alright Big Mac, bye.” Princess Twilight said before she walked out after Ashura. I sighed and sat down on one of the waiting room chairs. Well she went to the doctor, not like she had a choice right now. Still couldn't figure out why she hated doctors. She was different, she certainly was; but I think that’s why I like her. She isn't like any other girl I met.

“She’s different because of me you idiot.” I heard someone say, but when I looked around I saw no one else. Not a single solitary soul. “Over here.”

“What? Who’s there?” I asked still looking around, trying to find anyone. But there was no one. “Show yourself.”

“I can’t you dip. I can’t believe you actually hear me, this is quite exciting.” I heard, I was on all fours turning around and around trying to find someone. This didn’t make sense. I was starting to get dizzy so I stopped my foolish action and sat down. I tried to focus on the plant in front of me. Feeling my stomach calm down, the room stopped spinning as well.

“I can hear you?” I asked feeling confused. It went quiet for a few minutes.

“Yes you can, and I’m not sure how or why. But this just means it’s one more head I can fuck with.” The voice said laughing. This was confusing, I never heard this voice before, so why was I hearing it now. “Rosie poise is down and out, and you sir are next.”

“Rose! Where you the one that hurt Rose?” I asked yelling at the voice. I noticed a mare in the room with me. She was looking at me like I was crazy.

“Sir, please keep it down.” She said taking a few steps away. I watched her leave hurriedly out the door; with a sigh I leaned back into the chair. Is this what Rose was so worried about? A voice inside of her head.

“She wanted to tell you, but was afraid too. What a big idiot she is, ha!” The voice said laughing. It made me so damn angry, it really did. “And this will only make things worse. She’s going to die soon, she told you and you didn’t even listen. Time is so short, and you were the idiot to try and make her feel better, and all it did was make her even more depressed. I love it, you help me more than you help her.”

“Shut up!” I yelled at the damn thing. It was driving me crazy, there was no way I was going to believe a word the stupid thing said. But the sad thing was, that I actually was believing every word. I couldn’t help it, how could I help it, It’s not like I knew any better than what I did. I didn’t know Rose well enough to guess on her moods. If she had something to tell me, how would I know? The voice and I had been arguing, and it got heated to the point where I was screaming. I got kicked out of the hospital for doing so.

“How can she be the way she is with you yapping away in her head?” I yelled once I was outside. It was a good thing it was a slow day at the hospital. It made me look less crazy with no pony outside to see me yelling at myself. I would kill this damn thing if it even existed.

“You think you’re better than me? How many mares have you fucked? How many stallions have you beaten? Open your eyes you pathetic asshole, because all of you will die soon!” I thought of that kid I beaten to a bloody pulp. All because he took a hit at me for stealing his girl.

“Sir?” A girl asked me from the front doors to the hospital. “You can see Black Rose.”

“Thanks.” I said, after that she ducked inside quickly. Probably had freaked her out from the yelling. I walked inside, ignoring the voice as I did so. Once I was inside the same girl lead me to Rose’s room. Once we got there, she quickly hurried her way away from me. Don’t blame her, I would do the same if I saw someone yelling at no one. I opened the door and saw that Rose was still asleep.

“Oh lookie, she’s dead.” The voice said laughing. Damn I was angry, but what could I do? How could I attack something that wasn’t even there? I walked up to her bedside. She looked peaceful asleep. To even think she had this thing inside of her head torturing her. How could she even live with it for this long? She was strong. “And you’re weak. I find you more fun.”

“Shut up you…” I couldn’t think of anything to say. So I tried to ignore it. But like last time, it really didn’t work all that well. It still talked and talked. Didn’t even need me to respond to have it version of fun. I just tried to ignore the voice, and focus on Rose. It was much harder than you could possibly imagine.

“Oh, we didn’t know someone was in here.” I turned to the door. The thing, or who I saw made my mind drop. Princess Luna was standing in the door way. She came into the room, closing the door behind her.

“What are you doing here princess?” I asked bowing.

“You’re such a gentlemen.” The voice said laughing. This thing had no moral respect. The princess put her hoof on me. I looked up at her, I knew I could stand. She looked upset, very upset.

“When we had heard of our daughter being brought here. We couldn’t help but visit her again.” The princess’s words took me off guard. Daughter, what was she talking about.

“Daughter?” I asked, she looked away from me and then at Rose.

“Black Rose, it my daughter.” She said standing next to Rose. She brushed her mane away from her face. This was the first time I actually seen her whole face. The eye that was usually covered opened suddenly. It was pitch black.

“What the hell?” I asked feeling creeped out.

“A curse she was born with.” I never really thought the princesses having kids. The concept really didn’t make sense to me. Twilight earned her wings, quite literally. I guess if alicorns did have offspring, they would be one of the three pony kinds.

“How was she born with a curse?” I asked trying to keep my distance. She was a princess, it made me feel a little uncomfortable to even be in the same room as her.

“We are the princess of the night. Things are very complicated.” She said, Rose’s eye closed. That’s why she hid her eye. She held a lot of secrets. The next thing I knew, I saw Rose’s eyes shoot open. She started screaming and was flailing about.

“We need help! Someone help!” I tried to restrain her. But for some reason she was impossible to hold down. “Rose! Rose, please wake up!”

“Make it stop!” She screamed at the top of her lungs. That was when I realized the voice had stopped talking to me. Rose laid back passed out. After she was calm nurses and doctors started to run in. I tried to tell them that it was just a panic attack. But they kicked both the princess and myself out of the room.

“Curious.” The princess said unhappy.

“That was a hoot!” The voice laughed in joy.

“Shut up.” I said muttering under my breath. But Princess Luna heard me.

“Excuse me?” She asked looking at me with caution.

“I didn’t mean you princess.” I said feeling stupid.

“You were talking to the voice than?” She asked with utter seriousness that made my mind turn and spin.

“You know?” I asked looking at her with disbelief.

“Why yes, we gave it to her. The voice is the good inside of the curse. Odd that you can hear it.” She said looking me up and down. The whole situation was uncomfortable. Mostly because she said it was a gift.

“What in Celestia’s name did you say? I’m sorry princess, but that voice is no gift.” I said feeling angery.

“Mommy dearest doesn’t know herself. Oh that’s a damn good laugh.” The voice said laughing. “There is no gift, it’s all one big huge curse. All because she couldn’t hold herself togeather.”

“It was her friend for year’s boy. A child of the night doesn’t give you many friends. Black Rose was given someone to even consider a friend. She lived alone for a very long time, without that voice she would have been alone.” The princess sounded like she was hurt. But she had no idea what this voice was actually doing.

“Have you heard this voice yourself?” I asked giving a cross look. She looked at me confused, she really had no idea.

“No we have not.” She said looking confused, she really had no idea.

“I’ve heard this voice for almost four hours and it’s made me want to kill myself. Again I’m sorry princess, but you have to forgive me if I don’t believe for one second that this voice is a good thing.” The voice was laughing. It was enjoying this, obviously it had more control over the situation than anyone did.

“What is the voice saying?” Princess Luna asked.

“It’s laughing, enjoying all the confusion and Rose’s state.” I said feeling a headache approaching fast in my frontal lobe.

“It’s been tainted, we knew we couldn’t trust him.” She said bowing her head in shame.

“Him, who’s him?” I asked her, she looked at me. She looked guilty, very guilty.

“We do not know his name. Just his old green eyes, he wanted to help us. But as it seems now, he did nothing to help anyone.” Princess Luna said bowing her head again. I wish I could do something to make her feel better, but I was at a lost. The voice wasn’t making anything better either. It was hard to think with so much going on in my head.

“What is not clear to us, is how you can hear the voice.” She said looking at me with confusion.

“Princess gets stuck on the moon and has a daughter. Talk about parent abandonment.” The voice said with a chuckle.

“Princess, forgive me. But you were banished to the moon, and you have come back not too long ago. How can you have a daughter in such a short time?” She looked at me with a smile, like she knew that question was going to arise.

“My daughter Black Rose is only three years old. She was born but a few days after my return. The stallion with the green eyes told us she was what was left of us from becoming nightmare moon. Something I had lost. She was the thing I forgot, the thing that made me nightmare moon. She is the rose of my life, she is the love I had lost for every pony in Equestria.” Princess Luna said not able to look me in the eye.

“And her eye?” I asked trying to focus. The voice was singing an annoying song about someone dying and pie. Was trying to push what the stupid thing was saying, so I wasn’t really paying attention.

“It’s the entity that lives inside of her that remains of nightmare moon. That is her curse, she is isolated because others don’t look at her like normal ponies. They feared her, yet she was such a nice pony. She grew up so fast, very fast. In a matter of three years, Black Rose had become a full grown mare.” Again the princess looked away from me in shame. “She had no memories of living in Canterlot. Who could blame her, she was bullied, and she was an outcast. She ran away, and we didn’t stop her. The only thing I could do for her was to give her a friend. One that would be there for her, obviously that was mistake.”

“You did what you could princess. You were only trying to help your daughter.” Princess Luna was crying. Never saw a pony that powerful cry.

“Please, if you would. Call me Luna.” She said trying to get her composure. It wasn’t really working at all. I did something a little unpractical, but once I did it she stopped crying. All I did was hug her, that’s all it took to make everything seem a little less stressful.

“Luna everything will be fine, I swear to you. I’ll be there for Rose, I have to be.” She looked at me with puffy red eyes.

“Why you?” She asked.

“Well…she different than anyone I have ever met.” I said feeling myself blush.

“You love her?” She was quite blunt, it was clear Luna didn’t have much experience with other ponies. Honestly I had no idea how I felt. But for some odd reason, I felt close to Rose. I wanted to protect her, care for her, and I just couldn’t explain why.

“I do not know Luna, I really do not know.” I said honestly. What else could I say?

Black Rose:

“Please just stop!” I screamed as I felt something dig into my flank. I heard laughter as I screamed out in pain.

“Now why would I do that? I want to make you suffer for as long as I can.” She said laughing as she moved the blade up, slowly cutting me open. I screamed as loud as I could as the pain erupted throughout my body. “Fix yourself and it will all stop.”

“Fix myself.” I said in a huff. It was unbearably hard to breath. “What do you mean, fix myself?”

“Figure it out you stupid little bitch.” She said hitting me across the face with her front hoof.

“Please stop.” I cried out.

“No.”

Big Mac:

Once we were let back inside, Luna and I sat by Rose’s side. It really didn’t make much sense to me. Why would she just pass out; just one second she was alive and well the next she is unconscious, and in questionable condition.

“Her condition is getting worse by the second.” The voice said with a chuckle. Luna had asked me to tell her what the voice was saying. So I told her what it said. She looked at me with confusion.

“We are unsure of what the voice is saying.” Luna said to me, she looked at Rose who was deathly still.

“Is something happening to her that no one can see?” I asked feeling stupid for asking that. How can something be happening to someone without anybody knowing. The doctors have run every test in the book, and they came up with nothing. “It must be the curse. I wish there was more we could do for her.”

“She’s dreaming, we know that; but something is stopping us from entering her dream. Whatever is inside of her head, is very powerful.” Luna was a princess, so she had god like powers. It was very worrisome when something was more powerful than her.

“I heard someone talk about dreams. They said that even outside of them, the things that happen around them can affect the dream. Maybe we can bring her nightmare, into a good dream.” I said feeling defeated. We really didn’t have much to go on. The voice wasn’t really helping, if I’d ask what it meant, it would laugh at me.

“We may know what might help. Stay with her Big Macintosh, we will return soon.” She said before leaving. Not quite sure where she was going. But she would know what might shock her out of this than anyone. I looked at Rose, she looked dead. Like someone who just died, lying in their coffin at their wake. I could feel tears trying to force their way out. I never really cried all that much, never felt right to cry.

“Rose, please just wake up.” I said letting the tears flow. They stained the sheets of the bed. It was stupid, but I couldn't help it. I looked at her, I knew her only for such a small time. I was already losing someone who made an impact in my life. It really wasn't fare, life was not fare. Luna returned with a assortment of things. She told me they were things from her childhood. But not one thing made any difference. She didn't stir or react, she was as if she was in a coma. I stayed with her through the night. Didn't want to leave her side, it just felt wrong. So I didn't leave her side all night.