Willow Tree Asylum

            Sky Streak suddenly heard a scratching as if some pony was writing on paper, this startled him and he fell to the ground leaning sideways on the hardwood floor. The scratching paused, then began again. Sky Streak focused his vision back at the cowards standing at the door with shaking knees.The scratching just kept continuing, each step that Sky Streak took made a creaking noise that was extremely loud. But the scratching just continued, Sky streak was now behind the chair that was in front of the desk. Sky Streak looked at what was being done “So you’re making”-

             The agile pony jumped from the chair without hesitation and pushed both his hooves to Sky Streaks throat. “WHAT MORE DO YOU PONIES WANT FROM ME, JUST GO AWAY!!!!” The mysterious pony had widened eyes, Sky Streak became teary eyed “I’m sorry please let me go, I’ll never come back, I swear I won’t!” The janitor pony heard the commotion and instantly ran inside to tackle the anonymous pony, but failed because of his frail bones. Capture Shot stood there with terror and watched this happen.

Then the distraught pony turned back toward Sky Streak and looked at him carefully, he saw his deep purple eyes and then instantly resided from choking him. Capture Shot went to help the janitor as Sky Streak brushed off his own tears. The pony walked toward the hearth and sat in front as if almost in a hypnosis, it was like nothing ever happened.

The janitor grabbed Sky Streak by the hoof “we have to get out of this place now!” Sky Streak looked at the janitor “well obviously this person had a bad history; maybe we should interview him instead of this asylum”. Capture Shot beamed with joy. “You know, that’s not a bad idea.” The janitor felt ignored, “I tell you he is Crazy, C-R-A-Z-Y.” Sky Streak had a sudden remark of interest in this pony, and he also wanted to know why he let go of his neck.

        Capture Shot walked to the desk and pulled out a music box, the pony looked up at the Capture Shot with an intimidating look. “Don’t touch that you ignorant, bastard!” the camera pony instantly stepped away from the object. Sky Streak trotted toward the hearth to sit by him, the pony scooted further away. “So first off who are you”, the stallion did not respond but simply stared into the fire, “hey listen I’m tired of standing here without an answer”, there was a long pause until the pony turned his head toward Sky Streak's. “Then get out, I didn’t ask you to approach me here in the first place” Sky Streak was enraged by his demanding tone. “Well it’s not my fault my curiosity was peaked, besides this asylum has been closed for 40 years” the pony this time instead of fleeing the statement, looked at Sky Streak and answered back “Learn to control as I have or life is going to be too much for you to handle.”

        Sky Streak paused for a second and then ran away from the topic “who are you?” the pony answered in a low grumbling voice “You honestly expect me to give you my name, even though we have only known each other for less then 5 minutes?” Sky Streak nodded his head slowly. “Fine, my name is Stereo Note.” Sky Streak’s eyes widened “That name, I know I have heard it before” Stereo Note fastened his eyes toward Sky Streak. “I’m quite sure you haven’t.” Capture Shot finally busted a comment “well Sky streak and I were wondering if we could get an interview” Stereo Note turned his head awkwardly and stared at the Capture Shot.

       “Yes I believe I should tell my story, but the camera has to be off.” Sky Streak reached his hooves to turn off the camera, and then turned back to see stereo note back at his chair. “Have other ponies interviewed you stereo note?” Stereo Note shook his head “has any pony "tried" to interview you.” Stereo Note nodded his head. “Then why are you letting us?” Stereo Note grinned “you just remind me of some pony that I used to know” Capture Shot felt uneasy by that statement. “Hey guys I think I’m gonna get some fresh air, oh and try to find that old fart.” “Alright just don’t take too long.” Sky Streak blurted. Stereo note grinned. “Yes you look quite pale, maybe you should.”

Capture Shot left the door cracked open to make sure it wouldn’t close on him. He eventually did find the janitor after scrambling around the hallway, he was seated on a bench in the courtyard, he approached the janitor and questioned him “why are you so afraid of Stereo Note?” he looked closer and saw him crying, this made him even more concerned. Capture Shot leaned in closer “tell me” he pleaded. The janitor rose from his state of terror and showed some courage “when I was in my youth, I needed a job to get the horse drawn carriage for my very special some pony. So I found a job application for the willow tree asylum, my brother had been working here for a couple of years so I figured it would be a nice opportunity to work hoof by hoof with the Stallion I respected the most.” There was a long pause until Capture Shot asked “did you get the job?” the janitor nodded, “I got the job, I was the janitor while my brother was a mental doctor so I rarely got to see him at all, then that fateful day came. I had heard rumors of some pony killing 24 other ponies. I tried not to pay much attention to the gossip of the asylum, and then my brother was assigned to him as a mental doctor” the janitor began to cry once again, “my brother came to that pony for an appointment and then”- Capture Shot bent closer, “tell me!” the janitor wiped away his tears and shook his head “he brutally murdered him, Stereo Note brutally murdered my brother in front of my own eyes!” Capture Shot’s eyes widened as he reached his hoof for his walkie talkie “Sky Streak get out of that ponies’ room now, do you hear me, now!”

Sky Streak looked toward the door, and immediately began galloping towards it, but Stereo note had beaten him in this test of speed he slammed the door shut and went back behind Sky Streak in a matter of seconds. Sky streak looked at the stallion in horror. But all he did was smile psychotically, Stereo Note began trotting slowly toward him .He then reached his hoof and brushed Sky Streak’s mane “now there are no interruptions, now I get to stare into those deep purple eyes. Yes, I need those eyes. Sky Streak began screaming cries of help, save me etc. but he was now in Stereo Note’s possession, he could not escape. Stereo note let out a laugh. “It’s amazing how much you look like her!” Sky streak stood to his hooves and shot the first blow to Stereo Note’s face. Stereo Note fell back and Sky Streak reached for the keys “there is no escape!” Stereo Note screamed. Sky streak shook the keys trying to find the right one but it was gone. Sky Streak looked at Stereo Note and saw him with the key on his tongue. Sky Streak began to cry as he slid down the door, Stereo Note trotted back to his hearth and stared straight into it. “Now, why did I refrain from killing you” he asked in a caring tone. Sky Streak slid his eyes in between his hooves, and stared straight at stereo note “because you like me and you will let me go now?” Stereo Note grinned at him “because it would just add to my enormous sentence, that’s why”; Sky Streak stood to his hooves still shaky “you could have killed me!” Stereo Note stood to his hooves “ah...But I didn’t, and now don’t you feel excited to be alive.” Sky Streak was not impressed with his sudden remark. Stereo Note walked to his piano and began playing a tune out of the blue, he closed his eyes and struck the keys with elegance; the tension in the room was now lifted and the melody filled Sky Streak’s soul with happiness, and peace of mind. “What a lovely tune” Stereo Note struck a wrong chord on purpose and stood on his hind hooves, the vibrations echoed throughout the room, and made an awkward silence “a lovely tune, A LOVELY TUNE! This is the tune that got me here in this spit soaked shit hole, how dare you call this tune lovely!” Sky Streak ducked his head under his hooves, but then suddenly arose. “What do you mean get here?” Stereo Note grabbed an extra chair, “you might want to have a seat, you’re gonna be here a long time with me.”

     Capture Shot grabbed his equipment, and lifted the janitor to his hooves “Listen, my friend is trapped inside with a homicidal maniac, I’m scared for him; you have to find a spare key to the room” The janitor just shook his head, “I can’t find another key, that is the only one ever made, I’m surprised that he even broke the spell that princess Celestia put on the doorknob” Capture Shot now knew there was nothing he could do, fear was all he had on his mind, he knew that Sky Streak his best friend, was doomed.