Hello, again. Well, after that last chapter, I'm happy to say that this chapter has no death in it, at least. However, this is the "Insanity" ending.
Disclaimer: Once again, I only own Amadeus and the plot.

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It was a day like any other when Twilight heard the music. One could say she only heard it because she was worried about Amadeus, as he was very fragile, and after his heartbreak the previous day, she wanted to know if he was doing any better. The music today, however, was severely different that his usual piano pieces; It was discordant and had no melody to it. Frankly, it was closer compared to a banging of keys. Twilight, knowing this didn't mean well for Amadeus, went in to visit.

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"Hey, Rarity, do you know where Twilight is?" Spike asked. "I haven't been able to find her since yesterday!"

Rarity finished the stitch she was making and looked at the fabric pattern. Pleased with herself, she set it down, and responded, "What was that, dear?"

"I can't find Twilight! Yesterday, she said she was going to see how Amadeus was doing, and she's been gone since!"

"Hm. That's odd... Maybe she stayed over to make sure he didn't do anything ridiculous in his current heartbroken state. I'll go see if she's there; I was about to go buy some new patterns, anyway."

Rarity put on her best clothing and switched the open sign to "Gone out- Be back soon" And headed off for Amadeus' house. Spike decided to go back to the library in case Twilight came back.

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"Gone out- Be back soon." Apple Bloom read. She sighed. "Great. If she's out, the door's locked, and if the door's locked, we can't get anything to make our costumes with!"

"... What were we making our costumes for, again?" Sweetie Belle asked, earning a little bit of an annoyed stare from Apple Bloom.

"Costume party, remember?"

"Oh, yeah! Right, right."

"Hey, girls, what's goin' on?" Applejack asked, walking up to the trio.

"Well, Rarity's out, and the door's locked, and we need costumes!" Scootaloo explained. Applejack looked at the sign.

"Well, ain't that odd... That sign was up there yesterday! Where's she been all this time?"

The young trio in front of her shrugged.

"Has Rarity found Twilight yet?"

Then there were five as Spike walked up to the group. He glanced at the sign and frowned.

"'Fraid not," Applejack told him, "I saw that sign up yesterday!"

"Well, I came over yesterday, and I told her that I hadn't seen Twilight the day before, and she went to Amadeus' to... Well, she went up to get fabric patterns, but said she'd find Twilight while she was up there."

"Hmph. Well, she's been over there all night, and I think that's long enough. Whatever she's doing, I'm gonna go get her. C'mon, girls, can't leave ya here alone."
The four left off in the direction of Amadeus' house. Spike returned to the library again.

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Spike looked out the window and saw Big Macintosh. He looked worried about something, and Spike stopped fixing books and went out to talk with him.

"Is something wrong?" He asked. "It's not natural for you to be worried."

"Well, we haven't been able to find Applejack anywhere since yesterday," Big Macintosh explained, "And we need her to help us harvest some apples. Less comforting is that Apple Bloom seems to have disappeared with her."

Spike gripped the sides of his head.

"First Twilight, then Rarity, then Applejack and Apple Bloom, and probably Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle, too! All the ponies that go into Amadeus' house disappear!"

"... Whose?"

"Hard to explain. Where's Rainbow Dash? She's tough! She can deal with whatever's going on in there! Have you seen her?"

"... Well, last I saw her, she was sleepin' on a cloud on the way here."

"Thanks! I'm sure you'll see Applejack soon enough!"

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"Rainbow Dash! Rainbow Dash, wake up!"

Rainbow Dash yawned and rubbed her eyes before looking down at who was yelling at her to wake up.

"Rainbow Dash, everyone's going missing! They visit Amadeus and disappear all of a sudden! First it was Twilight, then Rarity, then Applejack and Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo and Apple Bloom! You need to help!"

Rainbow Dash was awake now; It's hard to be sleepy when there's a baby dragon yelling at you about ponies going missing.

"Ah, sweet! There's something interesting going on! I'll go see Amadeus and get everyone back!" She said, standing up.

"Be careful that he doesn't-" Spike tried to say, but didn't manage to finish before she zoomed off for the house.

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Spike heard a knocking on the door.

"I bet that it's someone looking for Rainbow Dash." He said flatly, and went to open the door. Pinkie Pie was standing out there.

"Hey, Spike! Have you seen Rainbow Dash?"

"Called it."

"Just yesterday, we planned all these great pranks, and I can't find her anywhere to start doing them!"

"Well, she went into Amadeus' house-"

"Great! I'll go look there!"

"But I don't think that-" Spike tried to say before Pinkie Pie went to the house as well, but couldn't say it fast enough, and probably would've been ignored if he had.

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Fluttershy was just about to finish counting the birds when they were scared off by a loud yell.

"FLUTTERSHY!"

Fluttershy cringed a little and turned around, seeing Spike, who was tired from running all the way there.

"Yes, Spike?"

"Fluttershy, everyone's gone missing! They all went into Amadeus' house, and didn't come back out! Twilight, Rarity, Applejack, the cutie mark crusaders, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie; You're the only one left! You need to go in and talk some sense into Amadeus, whatever he's done with them! I think he'll listen to you!"

"Are you sure he'll listen to me?"

"... Well, no, but you're our only hope! He loves you- Well, at least, loved you. You need to help us!"

Fluttershy swallowed nervously.

"And you're sure they're missing?"

"Yes, I'm sure!"

"Well... I suppose..."

"Be careful!"

"I will!" She said as she started off for Amadeus' house.

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Fluttershy looked up at the dark house atop the hill and swallowed nervously again. She headed up for the door and was about to push the doorbell when the door swung open.\

"Oh, hello, Fluttershy!" Amadeus said, warmly and cheerfully, "I was just looking for you! Come in, there's an important project I'm doing!"

He motioned her in, and she hesitantly stepped inside. The door swung shut behind her.

"Come to my workroom, if you please. No time to waste."

In the room, there were six statues on stage. One of Twilight, one of Rarity, one of Applejack, one of the three cutie mark crusaders, one of Rainbow Dash, and one of Pinkie Pie. Each one had the name of the pony the embodied on the base; The curious thing, however, was the empty base. There was no statue on it, and the base had Fluttershy written on it.

"Amadeus, what happened to everyone? Spike told me about how everyone came in and sort of... Disappeared."

"Oh, that? Ha, ha, no, no, that's a simple misunderstanding! When they came over, I asked your friends if they could stay while I made statues of them, so I could have friends that would last forever... It started with Twilight, but when I didn't finish her statue, I asked her to stay over. The next day, Rarity came by, and I wanted a statue of her, too, so I finished neither and asked them both to stay. So on and so forth until today, when I finally finish them all in rapid succession! In fact, you just missed your friends leaving. When I saw I had statues of the rest of the group, I figured, 'to heck with it,' and made a statue base for you!"

He motioned to the base. The statues, however, weren't as cheery as they were before; oddly, they were now glaring at him as one would glare at a liar when one knew the truth but couldn't speak. Fluttershy glanced back and forth between them and Amadeus.

"Um, in that case, I really ought to leave..."

"No! No, you need to stay!"

The statues, when Fluttershy glanced at them again, were looking at her, warning her. She looked back at Amadeus, right into his eyes. The warmth and welcoming they had before was replaced with malice and insanity.

"Fluttershy, has anyone ever told you how good you'd look as a statue?"

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A/N: I think this ending was the first I thought of; If not, I'm sure it was the second. For some reason, it's also my favorite; I like the concept of Amadeus going mad and turning the group into statues so he could "Have friends that last forever". The original ending had Amadeus almost turn Fluttershy into a statue, but come to his senses and get her to move just in time to not get hit by the statue spell, and eventually release the others, too, and ended with him moving out of Ponyville. However, I scrapped that in favor of the scarier, more dramatic ending. My only real complaint about this ending is that I think that I did badly trying to find an excuse for each pony to visit Amadeus. Anyway, there's... Let's see... One more ending, I think. Stay tuned!