http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22eIJDtKho >You've lost count of the days. >You've lost count of everything. >You always remind yourself of your inadequacy. >Your failure. >Your weakness. >You haven't said a word since that night. >Twilight keeps running tests on you. >The physical strain is nothing anymore. >You scream no screams. >You cry no tears. >You feel the pain. >And you desperately try to hate these horse beings. >You eat your rations only to live. >You live only to see this place burn. >You don't remember your past adult life. >You don't remember life after getting out of your “home,” really. >That life made you weak. >Soft. >Useless. >You remember the pain >The pain fills this hole that's been ripped back open. >The hole you said that you'd already left behind. >Pinkie is strangely stoic. >Most nights, you just stare at each other. >Neither of you saying a word. >Sometimes she smiles a sad smile at you. >It's almost like she empathizes with you now. >Like she knows what it's like not to feel anything but pain. >Sometimes she cuts into you. >Slowly. >Delicately. >No words are needed in either case. >You still wanted nothing less than to hate her for doing what she did. >To hate them all for doing what they did. >But these two horses deserved all the pain you would give them. >All the pain and more. >You take mental notes about everything. >The layout of the room. >The layout of your cell. >You test the bars, the walls, the bed. >You test your strength against Twilight's tests, throwing yourself at them with reckless abandon. >A part of your hopes to die in the middle of those tests. >But most of you remembers the memory of that little orange filly. >Regardless of your plans, everything really just stays the same. >Day in, day out, all the same. >No different. >No way out. >Living for the sake of living. >Until one particular night. >Pinkie and you are in another staring bout. >Neither of you saying a word. >Neither of you moving. >Her sitting on her haunches, you sitting in your chair. >The only difference is that all of the lights are on in the room this time. >Other than that, it's the same thi- >”I'm sorry.” >You don't acknowledge it at first. >You don't understand what she just said, really. >She walks up to you and hugs you. >”I'm so sorry.” >You're in shock. >What's happening here? >Then she backs up and pulls out her knife. >Oh. >So that's it. >This is the end. >She walks behind you slowly, looking down the entire time. >You silently apologize to the three little fillies. >You couldn't do anything about this place. >You couldn't make their deaths have some sort of meaning. >A tear rolls down your cheek as you accept your fate. >You close your eyes and wait for it. >And wait. >And wait. >It never comes. >Instead, your bindings fall off. >”Twilight's gone for the night. The keys are hanging on the door. I'll be waiting when your ready.” >What? “What is this?” >Silence. >You don't move. >Is this some sort of trick? >A test? >Nothing like this has happened before. >It's too good to not try and take it. >You slowly get up. >Nothing happens. >You look behind you. >Pinkie's gone. >The room's empty, save for you. >You look over at the door, and sure enough, there are keys on the door. >Keys to the cells, maybe? >This could be a trap. >A test. >Does it really matter at this point? “Fuck it.” >You throw caution to the wind and run over to the door. >You get the keys and open it. >The door opens. >That's it. >You see the hallway in front of you. >There's nine cells in the hall. >Besides your cell and the three cells for the fillies, you have no idea who is in the others. >You walk down the hall, not paying attention to them. >You can feel eyes on your back as you walk to door on the other end. >You have no intention of leaving this place, so taking them with you would be pointless. >You have some business you need to take care of. >You take a look at the room that you spent the past God-knows-how-long in. >Looks weird from the outside. >You look behind you, at the cells of the three fillies. >You look at them, then down at the keys. >You see the three in their cells, looking up at you. >The white one speaks. >”Help them, Anonymous.” “They'll slow me down.” >The yellow one speaks. >”You need to get them out of here. You need to help the.” “I need to take care of the two that did this.” >You start walking away when you hear another voice. >”Remember what I told you. You need to be strong.” “I...” >You look back at the keys, then down the hall at the other cells. >You see four mini horses the size of Pinkie and Twilight. >They each have a collar on them as well. >You look up and close your eyes. >”You need to be strong.” >You look down at the three cells, seeing them as they truly are. >Empty. >You sigh. >You start unlocking the four cells that actually have something in them. “Alright. I'll be strong.”