Title:           Stumbleine Part X
Author:          Slasher_Science
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First Edit:      Monday 10th of December 2012 07:23:05 PM CDT
Last Edit:       Monday 10th of December 2012 07:23:05 PM CDT

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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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