The Fate of Anonymous. - 3 - Hero -

The Fate of Anonymous.- Hero of Ponyville - -3-

 

>You feel the impact of one of the cows. Flying through the air you've never been happier.

>It was as if the world had slowed down, just to allow you to savour these last few moments.

>You was at peace, you was finally getting your reward.

>You're forced into unconsciousness when your head hits a rock on the ground.

>blood slowly dripping from the back of your head, unbeknownst to you.

>You enjoy this feeling. The feeling of nothingness, it returns to you again.

>It was the one thing you had been craving and you finally had it.

>oh no... Not again...

>Another pinprick of white light appears in your vision

>OH NO! YOU'RE NOT TAKING ME BACK, NOT AGAIN!

>As much as you silently scream the light engulfs you and your eye lids slowly force themselves apart.

>You can hear murmurings of ponies in the background

>"Will he be alright?

>"Other than the gash on the back of his head, he's fine. We just need to make sure he doesn't have a concussion."

>"Did you see the way he just stood there! THAT WAS SO AWESOME!"

>what?

>"Rainbow! It was not 'Awesome'. He got hurt saving ponyville"

>what?

>"Ah Reckon he's a real hero!"

>oh god, what?

>In the confusion of it all you grunt in pain. Your head feels like it was just hit with an iron bar. Yes.  You know how that feels.

>You still can't quite see properly, but you make out 6 blurs rush to your side.

>"Anonymous!? Anonymous!? Can you hear us!?"

 

>Your vision slowly returns to normal and you see six worried ponies surrounding you.

>You're in a bed, a bed not made for humans. The bed ends at your knees so your feet are on the ground.

>"Anonymous! Say Something!" Twilight almost demanding at this point.

"Wh-what?"

>The six ponies visibly sigh. Pinkie pie starts bouncing all around the room.

>"What you did was a very brave and stupid thing!" Twilight takes a tone as if telling off a naughty child.

>"ARE YOU KIDDING IT WAS AWESOME!" Rainbow bursts into the air, striking a pose.

>"He was stood there not even budging! He even had a smile! he wasn't scared for one second!" Rainbow acting like a fangirl.

>"Darling, that was just simply heroic!" Rarity pipes up from the left of your bed "Even if your clothing is now ruined".

>You want to laugh, there was nothing heroic about what you did. You was trying to off yourself.

>Unfortunately the anguish the gash in the back of your head is putting you through denies you.

>"Well, aint ya gunna say somethin'?"

"P-Pain..."

>With that you fall back unconscious and return to the peaceful void that you occupy.

 

>Eventually you come to and the ponies explain what happened.

>"So you ran out in front of the cows, When they saw you they tried to stop in time, although the front one just hit you enough to send you flying"

>"You hit your head on a rock and fell unconscious.  We then carried you here. To the hospital. You've been out for half the day"

>You're disappointed. You were sure that you would die this time, instead you head just hurts.

>"You saved all of ponyville though! the mayor says she's going to make you an honorary member of ponyville.

>"She's even building you a house"

>Oh great, so not only am I a hero, but I'm getting my own house.

>This isn't what I asked for.

>This causes your spiralling despondency to increase. You want nothing more than to cease to be.

>Although these confounded ponies have other plans from the sounds of things.

>The ponies tell you that you have to remain in hospital for the next couple of days though, just to make sure there isn't any serious brain damage.

>Hours later Five of the ponies leave, leaving just you and Rainbow dash. You both sit there in silence.

>You can only assume that she stayed because she wants to ask you more about what it was like to stand in front of the oncoming herd.

>Minutes pass although they feel like entire ages. Rainbow speaks up.

>"Sooo... Anonymous. What was it like?"

>UNO!

>You sit there, pausing for a moment. If she was going to be here you might as well talk to her

>after all, you're suicidal, not a dick.

 

"Anon."

>"Wha-?"

"You can call me Anon for short."

>Rainbow dash smiles

>"Okay then, how did it feel Anon?" She put extra emphasis on your shortened name.

"Peaceful."

>"PEACEFUL!?" Her jaw almost hitting the jaw.

>You silently nod, nothing else needed to be said. She asked what it felt like, not why it felt like that.

>She probably wouldn't be able to understand it anyway. You hope that she would leave it at that, thankfully she did.

>"What was your life like back on earth?"

>Earlier when the all ponies were around they had asked you where you was from. They asked quite a few questions actually.

>Each one you gave a one word answer to. You didn't want or need to know them.

>Right now you are regretting even saying one word. 'Earth'.

>You sigh, although dash continues to look on quizzically at you.

"Rainbow Dash I'm tired. I think I'm just going to go to sleep."

>The cyan pony pouts.

>"Can I come by and hang out tomorrow?"

>You nod you head in consent. She smiles again and begins to walk out of the room, as she reaches the door she turns her head

>"You can call me dash for short."

>You smile from reflex so she see her message is heard. The smile a false reflection of your emotions though.

>'What was my life back on earth'... It was enough to drive you into this endless pit of desolation.

>Unable to truly trust anyone or anything, for fear of the worst.

>Remembering your old life hot tears slowly flow from your bloodshot eyes.

>Never again.

 

>It's 2pm the next day and already you regret allowing Rainbow dash to come and visit.

>Question after question is fired at you. You only manage to get out of answering about half of them.

>On top of that Fluttershy is also visiting and feels the need to take personal care of you, even though there are doctors.

>'If there is a god, please, kill me now.'

>"And this one time I had to save Rarity and I got so much speed that I-"

"Dash!"

>She stops her story and looks at you dumbstruck.

"I'm really hungry, could you and Fluttershy please get me something to eat."

>Fluttershy looks up at you timidly.

>"I-I can make you a salad, I mean, if you want me to."

>You look tenderly at Fluttershy

"Thank you Fluttershy."

>"Ok Anon, we'll be back in ten minutes, don't do anything stupid while we're gone!" dash and Fluttershy already flying out of the room.

>Praise the deity of your choice, they're gone.

>You sit, starring at the ceiling for some time before the nurses wheel a cart into the room and check up on you.

>They look at the back of head and write something down on a clipboard.

>Before they can leave with the cart they hear a yelling from another room and rush out. Leaving the cart next to your bed.

>You rock you head towards the cart unenthusiastically.  In bold writing on the side of a bottle it read "PAINKILLERS".

>Clearly they had no concept of subtlety. Although this gets you thinking. Painkillers, for small horses.

>You reach out to the bottle and snatch it quickly before the nurses return, hiding it under your pillow.

 

>The nurses return after having dealt with the incident in the other room. They eye you again before taking off.

>You wait a couple more minute before you pull the bottle out from your pillow and look at it.

>This would be it, this would be what finally allows you to stop it all. You hastily open up the container.

>There is no being saved from this. This was permanent. You smile to yourself. Finally.

>Without a second thought you start to swallow the pills, must be, thirty, forty pills.

>There would be no pain. It would be like going to sleep. You empty the bottle and throw it in the nearby bin.

>Thirty minutes, the amount of time until you take what is yours. Rest.

>As the bin rattles from the bottle Fluttershy and Dash walk in. Fluttershy holding a box.

>They notice your smiling form and immediately perk up. They think you're happy to see them.

>"Hey Anon, I got you your salad." Fluttershy hand you the box and you open it up.

>You even get to have a last meal. This couldn't be any better.

>You look up at the two ponies and with the most sincerity that you have ever spoken say

"Thank you... Really I mean it."

>You tuck into your salad whilst the two ponies sit and keep you company.

>You think this is the happiest you've been in years.

>You keep a mental clock running. The Pills should take effect into Twenty minutes.

>Not long now...