Awoken fanfic
The names Gamel and this is about a pony who decides enough is enough. Based off of wooden toaster's song Awoken.
Yawn. I fluff out my wings before I put on my work clothes. I glance over at the clock on the cloud table in my house isolated from the rest of cloudsdale. I put on my button up lab coat and look in the mirror. My light green skin does not go well with the coat but it really doesn't matter I need the money to keep my sis alive who's a earth pony and has come down with a really bad unknown cold. I walk out the dark house of mine and walk out into the bright sun light. I unfold my wings and fly quickly to the factory known as the embarrassment to all Pegasus kind. I land out in front of the gate and walk inside causally as I always do. I see visitors and other employees walking around in the main hall talking and having great big smiles on their faces. I know some of the employees here are happy with this job but me and others we hate it so much.
"Hey there Balce."
I look over at the voice to see a red colored Pegasus wearing a coat like mine waving at me. He's the only pony here that I can trust. I walk over to him smiling and say, "Hey there Spice."
Spice's cutie mark is a pepper because when he flies by you he leaves you feeling like you're on fire. He's a great friend to have around. Truly he's the only friend I've ever made. He's also loyal to the big guy too.
"So how your sis doing?" He asks me concerned of her well-being.
Truly I haven't heard much since they said they were going to start the operation but I know this guy is like a second father to my sis so I say, "She's doing much better with the extra money."
He sighs a breath of relief, "Well that's good to hear…"
We slowly walk through the factory toward a door cloud marked employees only. We look around and enter through the door knowing what comes next. When instantly touch metal and head down the stairs that lead to almost complete darkness. As we grow closer to the horrible main core we begin to hear the orchestra of the banging pounders the screams of agony and despair, and the over doing crackling of those who enjoy the sounds. I shudder ever wondering if I would become like them. So mad and lost within the insanity that is the rainbow factory. I shake my head knowing that I will never become this corrupt.
"Well we might as well go check the board when we first get in." Spice says both of us stopping in front of the glowing black door.
I push open the door and we walk into the dimly light workplace and the towering machine with different colors of the rainbow flowing through its valves. We walk past different colored ponies some just staring at the ground, some whistling a tune, and others with a big grin executing there work excitedly. We walk past the towering machine to a black and brown billboard. We look over it seeing all the different news about the factory. I was beginning to walk away when I noticed out of the corner of my eye the promotion list. I look down the list and see my name on it.
"Oh… My… god…" I say bewildered.
"Whoa that's awesome Balce! Now you can pay even more for your sister." Spice says hopping up and down.
I smile at him and say, "You bet I might even give some to my friend Gamel for letting my sis stay at his place for a while.
"Heh seems like a good deal to me." He says snorting a little, "Well you better go see our boss for that big promo."
I put my arm on his shoulder and say, "Yea better go do that."
I begin the long walk up the red glowing steps near the machine and the pony pins where they're desperate cries for help ring through my ears. Why do you do this? I stop dead in my tracks right in front of the boss's door. Thoughts like that are what get a man killed here. I remembered Joe was talking about releasing all that happens here to the public and then the next day he never showed up and he's been gone sense. All I remember where rumors of him getting a promotion…
I shake my head of these thought and continue on into the boss's chambers. I see him standing there facing away from me looking out the other window.
"So you saw the promotion notice." He says low but audible.
His voice is so scary and yet though his mane is both green and lime green and his coat is lime green to he still gives off a dark atmosphere and even more so now that we're in a semi dark room.
"Ye…Yea." I say stuttering a little.
You shouldn't do this.
I shiver as those words shiver down my spine. The words sound so smooth so clear so audible that I can't but help wonder if he heard them too. I shake my head a little. Maybe I'm starting to go insane just like everyone else. I've been so worried about everything that it almost becomes unbearable. I sigh knowing I just need to persevere through this all and everything will be okay.
"Are you happy about his?" He asks.
"Y-yea." I reply truthfully.
"Come over here real quick."
I walk over to the window to see the most horrifying thing ever. Pens of pens filled with different ponies, unicorns with sawed off horns, and the most gruesome thing of all fillies, and flightless Pegasus. I shake my head slowly backing away. He turns around faces towards me watching me back up towards the door. He presses a button on the table and then everything goes black.
Nine Months later Everypony pov
Crush, kill, move on, never stop, and we'll never get the drop. The same phrase runs through the minds of all the workers until one day one realizes. Balce pulls the trigger on the machine killing the red earth pony with candy for his cutie mark. Stop this! Balce flinches a little a little bit of realization hits him. This isn't, you. Balce stops in his tracks starring at all the crying and holding on to each other.
Balce pov
W…What am I doing. I look at the lever in my hooves and see the crying filly about to be killed. No! I shove the handle up and make the machines stop. So many ponies.
"What are you doing there?!" I hear an angry voice yell at me.
I turn towards the voice to see a white Pegasus staring angrily at me across the clearing. All the memories of what happened before now and more blurred too. I begin running hearing screams and shouts of anger and dismay. Good go escape this hell! Forget these memories and gain new ones. Yes! I will! I'll make sure all of this is taken away. I'll make sure everypony gets out of here! I start to cross the bridge when even more ponies of different types stand before me. I slide to a stop and prepare of a fight getting on my hind hooves. A Pegasus tries to attack from the air but I duck and uppercut one of the earth pony slaves in the jaw sending them off the edge of the bridge to the pits below. I back up as a punch gets thrown at me. I turn around dodging another punch from the back and kick his leg out from under him. I jump off the bridge kicking two more in the face, open my wings, fix myself up right, and begin flying looking for an exit.
Blue, red, and green pegasi come to my right and try to take me out. I dive bomb at the ponies below and spread my wings just in time to prevent injury to myself. I dodge different obstacles while the Pegasi chase fast behind. I see two metal pipes closing and I am there. I fly through it and look back to see that the red Pegasus get caught and crushed in half spilling blood and guts on the victims below. I look away quickly and fly upward towards the ceiling. I look around quickly and notice a big red button near the rainbow machine. I fly quickly towards it and land on the bridge where I stomp the button and hear all the machines stop. I notice a set of stairs and immediately run for them.
Run through the door to see clouds everywhere. I jump off and begin flying as fast as I can towards the blueness before me. The sun shines brightly in my right corner of my eye and I enjoy the warmth of the great burning flame against my wings and the great rush of air through my lungs. It feels like it's been forever. Yes very good and also **************. I don't really know what it said afterward but I don't care I'm free!
Everypony pov
A blue Pegasi walks over to the boss looking who is looking at the monitor in front of him.
"It didn't go so well for us sir…" Says the blue Pegasi standing before his boss.
The green pony chuckles and says, "It's okay I have the deactivation button ready any how we still have the original." He laughs again and says, "No one escapes the rainbow factory."
At that he presses the button ending the life of Balce version one. The blue Pegasi turns to leave and then turn back asking, "How do you deal with the screams?"
He frowns and presses a button on the wall putting up the monitor.
"It was hard at first… and even now as we talk I still hear their voices wrenching at my mind and at night I see their faces with their voices hunting me day in and day out… truly it's only natural to hear them after a while… just keep moving on and never look back is all I can say… now get the second version up and running."
"But what about the ponies that died?"
"Ponies come and go and we are on a schedule and must be prepared for anything. Now get to work." The boss says turning around in the chair staring out the darkened window.