"Princess Celestia, I'm here!" Twilight bounded through the doors to the throne room to greet her esteemed mentor, ruler, and mother figure. She skidded to a stop, despite her enthusiasm. The stained windows, of which held the retelling of the many victories caused by six young ponies, allowed tinted sunlight flood the room. The small sound of hooves hitting the tile floor reverberated throughout, subtly announcing the arrival of Twilight Sparkle. "Hello? Princess?" The gentle face of Princess Celestia wasn't evident, nor was her figure. Instead, a void; an emptiness in both throne and heart. Princess Celestia herself suggested Twilight should come, yet she's not here? Worry rose. Maybe the guards would know, but it caused more worries. There were no guards, as if the palace itself was deserted.

From the corner of her eye, Twilight saw another pony, standing near the doorway. "Oh, hello!" She began to turn."I'm looking for-" Nopony. There was nopony there. Only a small potted plant. "That's odd. I could've sworn there was somepony there..." The unicorn shook her head. She must be going crazy.

She continued into the throne room, hopefully ending in an encounter with Princess Celestia, or even Princess Luna, but no such luck. Twilight's stomach tightened in fear and panic. It was awfully empty. She stopped. The hoofsteps did not. Whirling around, she saw nothing. Her thoughts began to race; paranoid, panic, poor her; where is everypony? Her suspicions were confirmed. Surely, this was not the norm. Opening her mouth to speak, no clear words were emanated. Only a soft whisper of which could not have been heard by the smallest of creatures, despite the fact that silence was currently the loudest of sounds. Twilight was too worried to even speak. She took another step, hoof landing on a single piece of paper. Lavender streaked hair moved forward as eyesight moved downward. It was a piece of paper, with an odd symbol crudely drawn in the front. It was one of Sweetie Belle's symbols. Acquiring the paper, Twilight was not entirely sure as to the significance of it was. She flipped it over.

"WAKE UP."

Wake up? From what? Twilight surveyed the room. It was awfully serene. Was she really asleep? An attempt was made to slightly injure herself.

She rammed her hoof into the throne. She winced. "Ouch..." Twilight felt the pain clear as day. She has to be awake. At least she was able to speak once more.

The piece of paper fluttered in the air as magic was used to sustain it. The unicorn analyzed the symbol, the words, the paper itself, even. Eyes narrowed as she peered closer. The sheet cut off some writing and seemed discolored, almost old and worn, torn at the corners as she looked forlorn, for familiar voices were no more. The snippet was torn from a letter she had sent to Princess Celestia. Rather, the one she sent to her not too long ago, depicting the wonderful Pinkie Pie and her partying powers. Tears formed in Twilight's eyes, partly due to her friends acting much too strange, yet mainly due to the fact that this situation is nowhere near normal. Where is she? Matter of fact, where is anybody?

It had truly sunk in.

She had lost it.

She had lost her composure.

"Princess?! Please!" she yelled. The panic had risen to extensive levels. This made no sense; this isn't rational at all! Through her panic, the unicorn had reminded herself that- Yes! Her magic! Of course! She readied herself to execute a tracking spell, hopeful to find her mentor. Twilight released her magic- and nothing. "I... What?" Mind racing, memory had served her well: this was a dream. She could not use magic.

Twilight had looked over the paper once more. "Wake...up." She had to wake up. Not being able to use her magic meant none other than the faceless pony. "N-no... No..." Twilight began to gallop, away from the throne, away from the room, away from another haunting nightmare, into a never ending hallway, dark and dim. Empty. "Hello?!" she called out, once more, in hopes that someone could hear her, to help her wake up. "Please! Somepony! Anypony!"

Anypony?

The galloping came to a halt. The echos had dissipated into maddening silence. "H-hello?" Twilight's voice quivered, as did her lip. Wake up, wake up, wake up...

She frantically looked around for the voice of which replied to her pleas.

Her gaze landed upon a faint silhouette. "Who are yo-"

No reply.

Her breathing constricted.

Then her muscles.

A split second of a faceless face.

Finally, her sight.

Gone.

Darkness.


Hoh boy. I was actually somewhat dreading coming back. I'm not sure if I was really gonna get it from you guys or not. My sincerest apologies. You see, I'm an overachiever in school. It's been hard to balance, well, life in general. But no worries. I shan't abandon this. Sure, it may take a while for me to update, but I'm sticking to this through the end. I'd like to thank the Academy/the readers for believing in me. My waifus, my procrastination, my boyfriend- baby, I love you! / sniff

Anywho, seriously. I do like to thank you guys for sticking with me. 3 I'll try to update more often. I promise.

Shadow of Mine: Oh- Shit, man, I'm sorry. Didn't mean to make you 'splode. Eh... *shamefully wipes blood off screen*

ProFlame: That's my street name, bro. Thug life. Yes, it be true, yo.

GAMMA DAWN14: Ah, yes. Truly a thing of beauty. However, the insanity that comes with it is glorious too. Thank you very much. I appreciate the reads.

XADXX: If I can get my plot fully spread out, I'd be more than happy to try my very best in fitting your OC in here somehow! Just holla. Since I'm on there more, and if you have a facebook, I reside at this page called Colloqual Ramblings of a Swell Pigeon. Hope to hear from you, yo.

AND THEN THERE WAS SOMETHING SO UH HA YEAH WHAT NOW ANON.

You're all lovely people. I hope you enjoy happy ponies ending in insanity and, eventually, bloodshed.

Much love,

TheBleachChick.