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Chapter 26 The Mind, Essemancy Is Unable To Be Use?
When the five entered into the dark room, they heard something whispering behind the curtain of Patient 666. They could feel a dark aura coming from behind the curtain. When got to the curtain, he pulled it to the side and saw Twilight whispering, while she stared at the patient who was none other than Doctor Tremor. "Who is that?" Strife asked, not wanting to get close to Twilight.
"Doctor Tremor, he is the patient Celestia wanted you to visit." Redheart said. "He was found unconscious on the floor in his office. Twilight and Tremor are close, very close. Twilight visits him at his office every day. After she found out not to long ago about him being in a coma state, lying on this bed; she hasn't left that spot yet." She said frowning.
The five of them looks at Twilight, surprise and sad that she didn't bother paying attention to them. She was mainly focused on Tremor. Mat took careful steps towards her and says, "Twilight?"
Twilight stops whispering and looks at him with a grim look. "You, I know you. You killed my brother." She said in a cold tone.
"I, we, really didn't kill him Twilight, Magic casted an illusion to make it look like we did so we could trick Samuel." Mat said backing away slightly afraid from her murderous glare.
"It is true; Celestia did not want you to be in this war, so we tricked Samuel into leaving you out of it." Strife said.
"Why should I believe you?" She asked, glaring at them.
"Because Twilight, he saved me when I tried helping Celestia." Mat said looking down.
"W-what do you mean tried helping Celestia, what do you mean he saved you? What do you mean to begin with?" Twilight asked, becoming confused and concerned.
"Celestia has been overthrown by Princess Luna and her guardian devil. Your brother saved me against her guardian devil and told me to help Celestia. I was teleported by Cadence to the throne room seeing Celestia injured and defeated on the ground. Luna was there." Mat said.
Twilight was shocked; words could not describe how she felt now. "Twilight, your brother, I believe Luna's guardian devil killed him and Princess Cadence." Mat said laying his hoof on her shoulder. "Before I came here, Celestia told me to get Magic and the others to see Patient-666. She said he was the only one capable of ending the war." He said, causing Twilight to look at him. "I know this may seem too much for you to handle, but all of your problems have to be saved for later on. We have to figure out how we are going to wake Tremor up." Mat said.
"F-fine, just, just please wake him up." Twilight said walking to the side looking down.
Mat nods his head and looks at Magic asking, "You think you can wake him up?"
"I have been trying to do that the entire time, yet nothing seems to be working at all." Magic said surprised.
"What, how is that possible?" Strife asked looking at Magic shocked, unaware of Dream walking to Tremor's side.
"I can't, I really don't know why." Magic answered Strife. Strife, Mat, and Twilight were surprised while Redheart was confused. She didn't understand what was going on or what Magic was talking about.
"Dream?" Mat called, looking at him. Magic, Strife, Twilight, and Redheart turned their heads to Dream who was touching Tremor's head.
"He won't wake up because he's trap in his dream." Dream said calmly looking at them with a calm expression. "Something is keeping him in his dream. It will not let him go unless it is rid of or Tremor is dead." He said taking out his mug of coffee and taking a sip of it.
"How do you know that?" Strife asked.
"The Seal on the door, Magic's powers being ineffective, it is obvious that something is keeping him asleep." Dream said. Dream looks at them and says, "Whatever it is keeping him from waking up must be that strong to prevent Magic's essemancy from taking effect."
"Maybe, but how are we going to get him to wake up?" Magic asked.
"I can be of use in this kind of situation; I think one of you two should go in his dream and solve the problem that is preventing him from waking up." Twilight said.
"How are you going to do that?" Strife asked, looking at her with an interested look.
"I can transport the two of you into his dream, but I need three ponies to stay behind and look out for me and my body." She said.
"Why do you need three ponies to look out for you?" Mat asked.
"Because, when I am in a trance, I am vulnerable to both the outer and inner realm. The outer realm is the dream realm in which I am able to grant access to anypony, but the limit has to be two. I can only help the two by telling them where to go; I can't be by their side since I have to look out for the exit. If I lose control of the exit, I will be reverted back to the inner realm or this world specifically and I will lose conscious. Also, the ponies that were left in the outer realm are trapped there forever." Twilight said.
Twilight looks at them seeing their nervous looks, besides Magic who was calm throughout her explanation. "There is a catch, your mind…" She gave a stern look and says, "Will be vulnerable as well. If you are afraid of something, something that will make you freeze in fear; it will become real and it will try to kill you." She said shocking them except Magic and Dream.
Dream was looking at his Cello, his look was grim. Magic notices Dream's odd staring. "Oi Dream, are you alright?" Magic asked. The others turned to him.
Dream looks at them with the same expression on his face and says, "Take me in there." Twilight gives him a surprised look.
"Dream, are you sure? You never want to sleep, pretty much you freak out about it, so going in there is like sleeping." Strife said giving him a concern look.
"Strife has a point Dream, how about you back out on this one and let us-" Magic was cut off by Dream slamming his Cello to the ground. It didn't break, but it did crack the ground. Magic gave him a concerned look, this wasn't like Dream. He began believing what had mentioned earlier about him keeping something secret. He had to figure it out. So, the smartest solution he can come up for Dream was made.
"Easy Dream, Magic was just trying to help you; I think you should back out-" "Mat that is enough." Dream interrupted him causing him to go silent. Dream sounded different. He sounded… threatening.
Neither Strife nor Twilight could say anything and Redheart was frightened by his dark expression.
Magic sighs and says in a flat tone, "Dream, are you sure?" Dream nodded his head.
"Alright, I'm coming with you just in case." Magic said.
"Are you two sure, Magic your powers will be ineffective in Tremor's mind." Twilight asked.
"I'm sure, even if it's ineffective, I can still use it for myself, just not on him." Magic said smiling at her, happy that Twilight didn't sound mad at him. He guessed that she was too worried about Tremor to care about being mad at him.
"Dream, be careful." Mat said worryingly.
"I will keep that noted; I am the second most powerful swordspony in this world after all." He said smiling. The dark atmosphere he was carrying disappeared and was replaced with a calm one.
"Alright then, are you two ready then?" Twilight asked.
"Yes, yes we are." Dream and Magic both said in unison.
Twilight nods her head and says, "Alright, we shouldn't waste time, let's do this." Twilight said. Her horn began glowing as Magic and Dream both closed their eyes. Dream was beginning to feel nervous; he was travelling to the dream realm. He was escaping reality. He took a deep breath and became calm.
Magic and Dream felt their bodies shift in a weird motion. "Open your eyes now." Twilight said. When they opened their eyes; the two gasp seeing a grotesque hallway with rusted metal walls with dry blood on the edges. "This is the exit." Twilight said. A door appeared with Twilight's name written on it. The two look around the hallway, trying to find her. "Don't worry, I am here, well my mind is, but not my body like yours." She said.
"Alright, so where is Tremor?" Magic asked holding his nose. The smell of rotten flesh lingered through the air. Dream was not bothered by this; he was busy looking at the ground that was scrapped. Dark smoke was coming out the cracks on the ground.
"Down the hall, follow the trail." Twilight said. Magic turns to Dream seeing the trail he was looking at.
"This is the trail I guess." Magic said.
Dream nods his head and looks at Magic. "We should hurry now." He said. Magic nods his head in agreement. The two look ahead prepared for what evil lied ahead in Tremor's mind. They both ran down the hall and into the darkness. Dream narrows his eyes and glances at Magic seeing a smile on his face. He then looks ahead beginning to feel a dark aura down the hall.
"Magic, do you feel that aura?" Dream asked.
"Yeah, we are getting closer." Magic said.
Tremor was covered in cuts and bleeding from his head. He was still running down the hall with the knife of Sil Grim in his mouth. Looking behind he saw the hallway being pulled in towards Charon who was dragging her scythe towards him. This was a nightmare he could not wake up from. Charon points her palm at Tremor and fires a dark liquid like beam at him. Tremor gasps and leaps out the way. The beam tore through the ground with tremendous force leaving behind dark smoke.
"Leave me alone!" Tremor yelled, glaring at Charon who continued to walk towards him. Charon grabs the handle of her scythe with both of her hands and swings it unleashing a slicing dark beam that was tearing through the hallway. Tremor eyes widens as the beam got close. There was nowhere left for him to run. He shuts his eyes awaiting the beam to end his life.
"Rikra's fang!" Tremor heard Dream yell causing him to look seeing a pony in front of him, upside down in mid-air swinging his sword at the beam as they collided. Dream was struggling to win against the strength of the beam that was pushing him back. Slowly and slowly he went back as the walls were slowly being carved by it. Dream proceeded to yell and push back the beam. His forelegs began to tighten as his muscles were pushing against his fur. Dream finally manages to push the beam back while he flew back.
Dream began flipping and slams his hooves on the ground sliding back with his sword stabbed to the floor slowing him down. Dream looks at the beam heading towards Charon. Charon stood still and held out her palm. The slicing beam was suddenly grabbed by her hand and shattered into dark smoke. Dream gasps and readies his sword. "Magic, plan B now!" Dream yelled.
"On it!" Magic yelled appearing in front of Charon smirking. "Sup, name's Magic!" He pointed his hoof at her. An electric-blue cannon with silver plated lines materializes around his hoof. "And this is my Mega Blaster! Hot Blooded Beam Spam!" He yelled, firing a blue blast at her. Charon was blown back down the hall. Magic lands on three of his hooves. He blows the smoke off his Mega blaster and makes it vanish. "I can't warp you with my essemancy, but that doesn't mean you can't get hurt." Magic said smiling.
"W-who are you two?" Tremor asked, shocked that two ponies manage to reflect Charon's attack and also hit her.
Dream and Magic both look at him and says in unison, "Your savior."
"We are here to get you out." Dream said calmly, readying his sword and Cello.
"Name's Magic Junk, he's Dream Phobic, we're Paradise." Magic said smiling at Tremor. "So, is that Charon, Dream?" He asked.
"Yes, remember, your Essemancy will not work on her." Dream said readying his sword and Cello.
"Didn't you hear me earlier? I already said that after shooting her in the face with my Mega Blaster?" Magic asked, looking at him.
"Sorry my friend, my ears were still ringing after deflecting that attack of hers." Dream said, smiling at Magic apologetically.
"It's alright. Let's just get the doctor out of here." Magic said. Dream nodded his head in agreement. They soon froze hearing Charon's voice down the hallway. The metal being scraped was soon followed by her whispering chatter.
"We need to leave now!" Tremor yelled getting up. Charon was coming and the way she sounded wasn't too nice at all.
"Agreed." Magic and Dream both said.
"The door, we can hide in there." Dream said pointing at a door that was marked 019. Without wasting time, the three ran into the room.
The room was ruined; a bed was flipped to the side of the wall while blanket covers with dried blood were hanging as curtains for the window. The walls were covered in mold and blood, as the floors were also. "Sheesh, too cheap to spring for a janitor?" Magic said surprised.
"We entered into Patient-019's room; he was lethally injected long ago." Tremor said walking to a desk and pulling a drawer open.
"Why was he killed?" Dream asked.
"He was too mad and hostile, killed twenty five of the guards screaming about this being called Lucidae." Tremor said.
"Lucidae, isn't that a demon in the book of Xublitzapohrinc?" Magic asked.
Dream and Tremor looks at Magic surprised that he pronounced the name correctly. Tremor clears his voice and says, "Yes, yes it is. The patient was in the cult of Zazibac."
"Zazibac, didn't that cult vanish long, long ago, way before the Samuel and Azazel cults formed. The ponies that last saw them said that all the followers were visiting the "Promise Land"." Dream said.
"Patient-019 kept chatting about this Promise Land. He said that it was the land that Deus had no power or will to touch. It was only controlled by the sons of Az-" Tremor was cut off when they heard the door getting hit from the other side. The three were silent, not making a sound. When the sound of the door was done being kicked, black tentacles began to come out from under the door.
Magic, Dream, and Tremor were shocked, backing up all the way to the wall behind them. The door was suddenly ripped opened by Charon. She was glaring at the three. Black tentacles began slithering back into her sleeves after it tossed the door away. "Punishment…" She said. Charon points her palm at the three of them and fires a dark cloud at them.
Dream's eyes widens, he readies his sword and swings it yelling, "Siren's Choir!" Dream's sword glowed as he swung it into the dark cloud. Everything suddenly goes black, but the sound of Dream yelling was heard.
"DREAM, DREAM!?" Magic was heard yelling in the darkness. "WHERE ARE YOU? DREAM!?" He yelled.
Everything went quiet. But the sound of silence was soon broken by the sound of a Cello being played. The song was dark and soothing. The darkness began to clear up, revealing an abandoned city. The windows were all boarded up, graffiti lied everywhere. Magic woke up on top of a roof.
He gets up and looks left seeing Dream playing his Cello at the edge of the building. "Dream, what happened?" Magic asked. Looking around, Magic notices that Tremor was nowhere to be seen. "Where's Tremor?" He asked.
"Does it look I know?" Dream asked in a grim tone. "I don't know how we got here and I do not know what happened to us." He said continuing to strum through his Cello strings with his sword. His sword seemed different though; it was rusted and covered in red roots.
"Dream, are you okay?" Magic asked looking at him nervously but still keeping a smile on his face.
"Okay? You asked me if I am okay? Read the tone of my voice and tell if I am okay. Oh Magic, I am more than okay, wait…take that back." Dream said as he stopped playing his Cello and pointed his sword at Magic. "I am fucking not OKAY! I promise!" Dream yelled beginning to laugh.
Magic gasps seeing his eyes were bloodshot red and his composer suit was unbuttoned revealing multiple scars. Scars that looked fatal that even an alicorn wouldn't survive from. "Dream, what is with you?" He asked.
Dream started to laugh and says, "Why am I like this, look around you Magic. Tell me, what do you see around you?" He demanded. Magic looks around; he suddenly notices a dark shadow casting over a building. As he looked up, Magic eyes widen in shock. There were skyscrapers in the sky.
"Holy crap, that is cool!" Magic said, becoming amazed by the scenery of the sky.
"Cool, yes, but do you know what this place…is?" Dream asked.
"What?" Magic answered.
"A dream Magic, this entire city is my dream." Dream said looking around with a paranoid expression. "Magic, I am in my dream…he is here, I can sense him, I know he is here coming for me." Dream said. "My brother." He muttered in a venomous tone.
To be continue