Stumbleine Part X

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>You are Rarity.

>It's been days since the incident with Anon.

>And days since Twilight showed up to your house and showed you those things...

>You twitch a little.

>That twitch has been ongoing ever since that day.

>Ever since your punishment.

>For making Anon dirty.

>A mistake you will no doubt regret for the rest of your life.

>Twilight had said she would be generous.

>There's no doubt in your scarred mind that she would have killed you had you not been an Element of Harmony.

>Intstead, she had resorted to an odd form of torture.

>Twilight Sparkle had changed...

>She was not well...

>She had made Sweetie Belle watch.

>Sweetie Belle cowered in fear as you twitched and drooled on the floor, your mind filled with millions of bizarre, frightening and disgusting images.

>Some of those images would come back to you in dreams, or when you would get that random twitch during the day.

>And when you had gone near Anon, it was like Twilight was actually there doing it again.

>Absolute terror.

>It wasn't just Anon either.

>Any colt set off your twitching and image relapses.

>But today you would work up the courage to confront Twilight.

>You walk up to the library,

>Hoping Anon isn't there.

 

 

>After a few minutes of knocking without answering, you look through a window.

Hello? Twilight Sparkle?

>It's kind of dark inside and there's no movement.

>"Oh hi Rarity!"

>You jump and turn around.

>Spike stands behind you with a grocery bag.

>"Um, are y-you here to see Twilight?"

>You twitch and your eyes go wide.

>Upon seeing Spike, the images and whispers start in your mind.

>[INDEX] "I'm just peachy!" [SCENE]

>[INDEX] "will you... rub my tummy Anon?" [SCENE]

>[INDEX] "not like my normal twitchy twitch twitches but a real wiggly one and my belly feels weird, you wanna rub my belly Mr. Muman?!" [SCENE]

>You snap out of it and back against the door with your eyes closed.

>Your heart races and you try to grasp what you have just seen and heard.

>This time the attack of images and sounds was stronger.

>Maybe because Twilight was near?

Ah I b-better be off Spikey Wikey!

>You chuckle nervously, still refusing to look at him.

>"But Twilight is here, she's just down in the basement," he chirps.

>You hear him open the door behind you, "a-are you alright Rarity?"

>You turn toward the entrance to the library and stumble forward.

Oh yes, I just have a headache a-and everything is kind of bright! Heheheheh...

>You hear the door close behind you and your eyes snap open.

>Still avoiding looking at Spike, you look around the room.

>It's dark and kind of cold in here.

>"That's the way to the basement," Spike points,  but you don't see it.

>You immediately know which door he's talking about though.

>You had never really noticed it before, but now that door had come to you in your nightmares.

>"Just head on down Rarity, I know Twilight is in there."

 

 

>You leave Spike behind and head to the basement entrance.

>Fear grips your body.

>Your legs shake.

>But you simply MUST do this.

>You couldn't live in fear for the rest of your life.

>Twilight HAD to be confronted.

>She would fix you.

>You would make her.

>There's a faint glow at the bottom of the stairs when you open the door.

>You take a deep breath, hold your chin up and begin the descent.

What IS that smell?

>You get to the bottom of the stairs and freeze.

>You can see Twilight standing in front of a table with her back to you.

>She's watching a fire in front of her on the table.

>The source of the light and smell.

>You observe in silence.

>The room scares you beyond measure.

>There's the wall with all those charts and words you had seen in your dreams.

>Another door leads into a white room.

>Something about that room makes you want to vomit.

>You notice a grotesque looking charred lump on a table next to the fire, but you can't make out what it is.

>The smell down here is making your eyes water.

>Or maybe that's the fear...

>Twilight just stands still watching the fire before her.

>You gulp.

>There is no foreseeable way to initiate a conversation with your once-friend without the possibility of wetting yourself.

>And then there's the thought of those eyes...

>Those large purple eyes would no doubt start another chain of images to flash through your mind.

>You start to hyperventilate as quietly as you can.

>You must do this.

>"I really never expected you to come here Rarity."

>Your breath catches.

>Twilight's head turns back to you, almost a full 180 degrees.

>Her eyes are wide and she looks insane.

>"But I'm glad you did."

 

 

>You are Anon.

>You have found Berry Punch's home.

>It was empty.

>She hadn't been there for days by the looks of things.

>Some of her food was rotten already from being left out.

>Her bed was still made.

>You lay in it looking at your wrist.

>It didn't take long for you to connect the dots.

>You had seen first hand what Twilight did to Pinkie Pie.

>And what she did to Applejack...

>And those were her close friends.

>In your mind, you clung to the hope that your friend was somewhere waiting for you.

>But

>You were just deluding yourself.

>Berry Punch was dead.

>Twilight had won.

>She eliminated everything you cared about.

>Everyone that cared about you.

>The only thing left for you

>Was her.

>[MOTHER]

>[MOTHER LOVES HER CHILD MORE THAN HE COULD KNOW]

>You crawl out of the bed.

>Finding some supplies, you wrap your wrist again and find enough gauze to pad it well.

>In the kitchen you find a large butcher knife.

>With a hard face, you leave the house into the dusk.

>Putting the melancholy behind you.

>Step by step feeling yourself rise from the infinate saddness.

>You look up to the moon and call out for her.

HELP ME!

 

 

>A silhouette of an Alicorn appears in front of the moon and descends at an alarming rate.

>[INDEX?] Luna descends... [SCENE OMITTED?]

>The dark princess of the night lands in front of you.

>She looks down at you with an expressionless face.

>You had heard of Luna.

>There was even one point where you could have sworn you had seen her in a dream.

>Trying to call out to you.

>You look up at her with an equally expressionless face.

>She looks down to your wrist.

>Then to the knife in your other hand.

>You drop to one knee and bow your head.

Princess Luna, thank you for answering my plea. I need your help...

>You feel her hoof on your shoulder.

>Looking up you see her face is now filled with emotion.

>She looks at you tenderly.

>With sorrow.

>With pity.

>"Oh child of dimensions, we have called to you in the multivalent dream for many a night now, having to shield our mind from the curious grasp of the human synapse."

>You swallow and fight for your steel.

>"We have lost sight of Twilight Sparkle and began to worry."

>She rubs a hoof through your hair.

>"We have seen your trials in the dreams... It pained us to see your suffering..."

>You frown

Why haven't you done something about her?

 

 

>You stand.

>She looks down in embarrassment.

>"It is unexplainable why everytime we try to go to Twilight Sparkle... We have awoken in our bed again."

>She looks angry, "and that same force prevented us from coming to any being in Ponyville."

>She looks tenderly at you again, "how we longed to come to your aide... But on this night!"

>Her wings flare, she raises to her hind hooves and lightning strikes behind her,

>"BY YOUR WORDS WE WERE ABLE TO HEED THE CALL FOR HELP!"

>The wind whips into a torrent, lightning crackling through the air.

>You smile and grip the knife tight.

>"WE HAVE DESCENDED FOR YOU ANON!"

>She places her hooves down again and looks earnestly at you.

>"No longer shall you be the rat in the cage."

 

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>You are Rarity.

>Twilight Sparkle lifts you with her magic and makes you float in place.

>"I'm so glad you came to me of your own free will."

>You cast a spell of your own, making a scalpel fly and glance against her face.

>It makes a gash across her cheek.

>She doesn't move as blood starts to dribble out.

>She smiles and licks up a bit.

>Your breathing is heavy, a panic attack coming on.

>You search for something better to use on her.

>"You can try."

>She turns back to the fire.

>"Like what I did with Fluttershy?"

>You gasp as you realize your friend's body is the fuel for the flames.

FLUTTERSHY?!

>Twilight sighs, "no need to worry, I will reset her."

>You can't bear to look.

>Twilight walks over to you.

>"I suppose you have come to be reset?"

>You begin to cry.

T-Twilight what happened to you?

>You look into her eyes pleadingly.

>She seems to soften up and searches for words.

>"You really want to know? It was... Anon's mind."

>She looks at her hoof.

>"I remember the first time our consciounesses touched. I... I don't think our minds were ever meant to touch."

>You hear her teeth begin to grind.

>"I felt a snap."

 

 

>Twilight explains how it felt exactly to touch Anon's mind as you listen in horror.

>She describes in detail how her mind twisted when his being poured into her.

>And the truely horrible part

>The worst possible thing,

>Is that she liked it.

>It aroused her.

>She had become obsessed.

>And with her new clarity, she put the pieces together and found an ancient and unholy source of magic.

>She submitted to it.

>And it became one with her.

>The Index.

>Powers to alter reality.

>She told you how she had reset your friends.

Why are you telling ME these things if you will only reset me?

>She smiles, "I don't really know. I suppose you have a point."

>She turns back to her table examining the other corpse.

That's... Berry?

>She prods it and sighs.

>"I killed her. I ended her before The Index..."

>You choke.

S-so she's gone?

>The Index wall begins to glow.

>"Not exactly."

>Berry's body begins to slowly reconstitute.

>"She won't be the Berry Punch that was. She will be a husk."

>"A reflection of the pony she was."

 

 

>You are Anon.

>You ride on Luna's back as she flies through the night.

>It feels invigorating.

>Like a runner's high.

>Adrenaline and endorphins pump through your body and you laugh into the sky.

>Luna smiles back and cheers along with you.

>You could get used to this.

>Maybe someday you could get the princess to let you fly all night with her by saddle.

>You put it on a mental bucket list and focus on the task at hand.

>You feel reborn.

>Your wrist has been healed by Luna's magic.

>The knife feels lethal gripped in your hand.

>You feel nervous about confronting Twilight.

>It was obvious she had some freaky powers now.

>But you had Luna.

>And she was strong.

>The princess lands in front of Sugarcube Corner.

>You hop off and look up.

>Pinkie Pie's window is still lit up.

 

 

>Pinkie Pie runs through the streets laughing below as you fly through the night on Luna.

>She hadn't asked many questions when you asked her to come.

>This was another reason you liked Pinkie.

>She follows on foot as you race to Rainbow Dash's home.

>Luna speaks up, "Anon, are you sure you can stand to this?"

>You nod,

I have to don't I? Not just for myself, but for all of my friends... The ones who have been dragged into this. I want them to be free. I don't want to be a weak victim anymore... I want... I want...

>She looks back at you, "what do you want?"

>You inhale deeply,

I want to change.

>She looks back to the front with a pleased smile, "you are brave young one."

>Pinkie Pie plops down to wait as you arrive at Rainbow's.

>You hope you can convince her fast.

>Sweet Apple Acres calls for you in the distance.

 

 

>Rainbow Dash cruises through the air beside Luna as you fly with Pinkie running and still laughing into the night below you.

>You can't help but smile under the light of the full moon.

Tonight...

>You think of home.

>Your real home.

>In the city by the lake.

>The place where you were born.

>You weren't really worried about getting back anymore.

>Taking your life back from Twilight was all that mattered at this point.

>You can see Sweet Apple Acres ahead.

>There is a single light on.

>Applejack's room...

>Luna angles down along with Rainbow Dash.

>They both land and you hop off.

>Pinkie tackles you immediately.

>Her large grin shines in the moonlight.

>"I don't know why, but there's this feeling in my head that you need to get her on your own."

>Pinkie always was... Different.

>You doubted even Twilight's magic could alter her permanently...

>You rub her mane with a smile and she helps you up.

>The three sit and smile at you.

>"Well?" Rainbow Dash throws her hooves up in mock irritation, "go get her!"

>You turn and run up the path to the farm house with your friends wishing well at your back.

>Your heart aches.

>But for once not in saddness.

>Everything is changing.

>You are not alone anymore.

>You are not alone

Tonight.

 

 

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