- >>You're pissed
- >>You're cold
- >>You're drenched
- >>You're shivering
- >>And you're double pissed
- >>They think they can do this to you?
- >>Did they think this would STOP you?
- >>You're going to murder someone
- >>Your eyes were blood shot
- >>Your stomach hurt
- >>You felt like you were going to vomit your kidneys
- >>But you persisted
- >>A wide crossbow bolt jutted from your torso, between two ribs
- >>And through the other side of you, just the the side of your spine
- >>You have no idea what all is hit
- >>Maybe your lung
- >>But it didn't matter
- >>The roar of the waterfall blocked out all sound for you
- >>A freezing mist weighed you down
- >>One at a time, you threw a hand up
- >>Grabbed a protruding stone
- >>Hoisted yourself up
- >>Braced yourself
- >>Repeated with the other hand
- >>Your plan was as follows
- >>Get back to the top,
- >>Kick ALL the asses,
- >>And then live the rest of your life with your friends in peace and happiness
- >>Of course, the pain coursing through your body was going to be a little problem
- >>You found yourself frozen in place
- >>Unable to go up any further
- Ghnn...
- >>You groan
- >>If you move the wrong way, the bolt moves and your pain is excruciating
- >>Maybe, maybe if...
- >>You move one hand from the wet stony surface and lower your hand to your torso
- >>You grip the bolt
- >>And, instantly, you convulse and vomit a shower of blood
- >>You hug the outcropping, fearing falling off
- >>A crimson streak stains the side of the chasm
- >>You heave heavy breaths
- >>Condensation drips from your eyebrows as the waterfall rages next to you and over you
- >>But through the sting, and through the pain, and through the nausea
- >>You look straight up
- >>The mists of the Everfree linger over you like a fog of war
- >>You have no idea how far you have to go
- >>But you are human
- >>No, you're more than that
- >>You're Anonymous
- >>So you will persist
- >>It's taking you so much longer to climb back up than it took you to fall down
- >>But that was obvious
- >>You were always the kind of guy to go with the flow
- >>To just let stuff happen
- >>But in this case? You would forge a path across the turbulent wake of fate
- >>You aren't going down like this
- >>Neither is Rainbow Dash, or Twilight Sparkle, or Spike
- >>Or any of your other friends
- >>Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie
- >>Rarity
- >>Applejack
- >>The thoughts of their suffering propel you just one more hand hold
- >>God, this was hard
- >>But it was worth it
- >>What you wouldn't give for one of Braeburn's apples right now
- >>You pause for a moment and look down
- >>You've made some distance
- >>It was a long way down
- >>It was a good thing you were able to get a grip on something before you hit bottom
- >>By Celestia, you hated pitfalls
- >>Your worst experiences were always with pitfalls
- >>Your muscles ached
- >>Your tendons felt like they were going to fly apart at any moment
- >>But you weren't going to give up
- >>Not after seeing those tears in Dash's face
- >>Did you really mean what you said?
- >>You love her?
- >>Was it real, or did you just blurt it out from the drama of the situation?
- >>She was a pony, after all
- >>But you were alone
- >>In the past week, you have done nothing but lament that Dash was no longer a part of your life to the level that she was
- >>You suppose you loved her as a friend
- >>But that's not what you meant, was it?
- >>You gripped another hand hold and hoisted yourself up
- >>Your shoe braced itself under you
- >>You meant that you want to spend your life with her
- >>But you can't shake the truth that she's a horse
- >>A two-dimensional animal with wings
- >>But you were so tired of being alone
- >>She made you smile
- >>She made you cry
- >>She dominated your thoughts when she wasn't around
- >>Her charming ego, her confidence
- >>You loved it
- >>She had faith in you when you didn't have faith in yourself
- >>You hissed, steam jets vented from the grille of your teeth
- >>Another step, just that much closer
- >>Probably wasn't the best time to drop that bomb on either of you
- >>You'd talk about it with her after this was all over
- >>The Everfree doesn't have shit on you
- >>You've survived it before
- >>You remember back then, you were unknowingly hunting down one of Fluttershy's chickens
- >>You pause and look up to the waterfall's crest
- >>It roars a familiar roar
- >>What do you know? This is actually the very fall that you fell from
- >>That means that down there is a mud bog that would break your fall
- >>Perhaps you should just let go?
- >>No
- >>No, fuck that
- >>There's alligators down there, too
- >>And you don't know if the bog will save you twice
- >>You continue your great labor
- >>Without safety lines or cords, you are determined to reach the top
- >>You were being greedy again
- >>Greedy for Dash
- >>And everyone else
- >>You wanted your life back
- >>And you were going to stop at nothing to get it back
- >>Human greed was a powerful force, it seemed
- >>Your body was wrecked
- >>Exposed to extremes
- >>You had a heavy bolt through your torso
- >>It still hurt like hell
- >>You powered through
- >>Because you're Anonymous
- >>Come Hell or high water
- >>No one is going to stop you from achieving exactly what you want
- >>Celestia's rays are coming over the horizon
- >>The sun is rising with you
- >>How long has it been?
- >>You've lost all track of time
- >>At least you're not losing too much blood
- >>When was the last time you were this determined to do something?
- >>Something so hard
- >>Your muscles whine in protest
- >>They sting against your flesh
- >>Lactic acid courses through your vessels
- >>On the inside, you are a furnace
- >>The outside, a refrigerator
- >>And on the border of these two extremes is a surreal sensation of lingering doom
- >>But, perhaps, you've found it
- >>Perhaps you have found the strength of man
- >>The will to survive, to go on
- >>A will that redoubles when given purpose beyond yourself
- >>Who knows? Maybe you're wrong
- >>As you struggle to grip the next stone outcropping, maybe you are a scant seconds from death
- >>These stones are wet
- >>In some places, traction is non-existent
- >>Your hand wraps around a tough looking stone, and it instantly snaps out of place from your weight
- >>You dangle, helplessly, on one arm
- >>But you correct yourself and continue
- >>Too many people are counting on you
- >>Yes, people
- >>You don't care about the physical distinction at the second
- >>Your hand rises over the precipice and grips the edge
- >>Your nails rake through the ground
- >>And you hoist yourself up
- >>It's hard
- >>But you're harder
- >>You've come to expect it by now
- >>Usually, something bad happens just before you win
- >>But this time, you refused to let that happen
- >>You would be a liar if you didn't say that you were proud of yourself
- >>You earned this one
- >>Your knee was thrown over the edge
- >>And you lifted yourself onto the horizontal surface
- >>The bolt drips with your blood
- >>You can't get it out
- >>The pain is just too much
- >>You can go on with it
- >>You slowly get to your feet, and start moving
- >>The caravan is gone
- >>Everything is gone
- >>But they left you a present
- >>You see the body of a familiar griffin, huddled up with its eyes rolled back into its head
- >>And a heavy bolt shunting out of its cranium
- >>You instantly vomit upon comprehension
- >>The foul taste of stomach acid fills your mouth
- >>You curse under your breath
- >>You took too long
- >>Now what were you going to do?
- >>You hobble forward
- >>A hand comes to a tree, and you balance yourself
- >>You slowly collapse into it, shoulder first
- >>Just a little sleep
- >>That's all you need
- >>Just for a few minutes
- >>You'll figure it out then
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Sherm: My Little Anon: Episode 44
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