Hypno, where... did you take us? What did you do!?" Sabre questioned Hypno Steve.
"I'm gonna show youyou the truthruthruth. The truth of it allwlwlwl," Hypno Steve replied.
"Applejack, the Element of Honesty. She likeswikeikesikes the truthruthruthruth, don't you?" Hypno Steve said as he looks and walks to Applejack before walking back.
"Uh... yes?" Applejack slowly replied, a little on edge about how Hypno Steve knows everyone's names and a bit about everyone.
"Can you say all of our names? Not Sabre, Time Steve or M, but the names of us seven?" Pinkie Pie asked Hypno Steve.
"Okayayay, sure, Pinkie Piewywywy... Twilightight, Rainbow Dashashash, Applejackackack, you of course, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershyshywhy, Rarityeyeye andndnd Starlight," Hypno Steve replied.
"I also know those thatat werere takenenen away. Spikeikeikeike, Dinkyeye and Derpy. I know it all. I know all of it. There, happyeyeye?" Hypno Steve added, now hovering up a few blocks. Pinkie Pie nodded. Rainbow Dash was about to hover up too, like she usually does as she doesn't always walk on her hooves, but Hypno Steve stops her. Hypno Steve is now in control. Whatever he choose to go on, goes.
"Professor Red has been trying to hide something from us, and he can't bring himself to tell us. What is going on here? What's happening? What's this place!?" Sabre asked Hypno Steve.
"This placewsws, it harbours the truth. It is my mind. You seen versions of it in others, and yourself. This is mine, chaos, corruption," Hypno Steve replied to Sabre, his voice nowhere near echoing as much this time.
"Okay, uh... I don't think there's much going around any of this everyone. Let's see what he has to show us, okay. I don't think we could do anything in here. At least... I don't think so," Said Sabre.
"Everyone, just stay behind me, okay," Sabre said as he walks infront of everyone.
"Hypno... I don't think he will attack us," Sabre said as he looks at Hypno Steve infront of him, hovering by the right side of the ship, in the middle.
"Followowowow memememe, I'llwlwlwlw lead you all to the truthrwrwrrrrr, and show you what it is Professorwrwr Red has donewonwononon to memememe and countless othersrsrrrrr," Said Hypno Steve. Everyone began to walk down the oak stairs of the shop, down the oak stairs, down to this oak platform at the bottom. There is a 4 block gap in the floor. Everyone was about to try and make the jump, but Twilight uses her magic and leviates them over the 4 block gap. Once she did that, she teleports herself past that 3 block gap. Sabre, still ahead of everyone turns right, to where there is an edge, Hypno Steve being infront of Sabre, standing on seemingly nothing.
"Where are you taking us?" Starlight asked Hypno Steve.
"Over hererrrr. I will show youyou all what has happenedndndddd. So, comeomeomewomwm. Let's gogowowowowow!" Hypno Steve replied.
"I'm not sure if ya seein anythin different Hypno Steve, but there ain't anything ahead of us," Applejack responded. Hypno Steve sighs in response.
"Yesyeswes there isthereisthereisthereis, believeveveveveve youyou canananwanwanwan! It's not that hardardwardwrdrdrdrd! Just step offoffovovovov, I'm nototottt trickinginging you, not rightighight nownwnwwww," Hypno Steve responded, yelling to everyone to step onto what looks like nothing that leads to a 50 block drop.
"I'll try it first," Sabre said is he was the first to step onto this invisible floor, that Hypno Steve is on. Twilight was the next, then Time Steve, then Elemental Steve, then Starlight, the rest of the mane 6. Fluttershy tried to fly, but Hypno Steve isn't allowing anyone to do so.
"Come onononon Fluttershyshywywhywhy! Just STEPEPEP overververvrvrvrr!" Hypno Steve shouted.
"Can you... let me fly... please?" Fluttershy requested Hypno Steve, hesitant to step onto the invisible platform. Hypno Steve sighs.
"Fine," Hypno Steve replied, letting Fluttershy fly, but her only.
Hypno Steve flies directly forwards, everyone following on foot and hooves, Fluttershy hovering close behind everyone. Everyone couldn't help but look at around at the background while following wherever Hypno Steve is taking them. The background looks just chaotic, not Discord chaotic, but a different kind of chaotic.
Everyone makes it over to this area where there's 2 red circles, hoops, that are near this platform made of redstone blocks. On that red platform looks like the surgical table down in the room of Professor Red's lab, before it was partially destroyed. On that table, there is a Red Steve, laying on it. Everyone got around and stands on this red hoop. Fluttershy is still hovering, she didn't entirely trust the stability of the hope. Everyone then notices the Red Steve on the surgical table.
"Huh? Is that... is that the Red Leader!? It kind of seems like it!" Sabre exclaimed, looking at the Red Steve that is on the surgical table.
"Yes, this iswiswsws the Red Leader. Does this areayayayaya look familiar to any of youyouyou?" Hypno Steve asked everyone.
"Professor Red, he just showed us this area, inside of his lab. This is... some projection of that, before it was destroyed?" Sabre replied.
"You're a smart one, aren't you Sabre? Yes, this is indeed downownwnwnwn in thatatatatttt labwabwabababwbwb. The Redrdrddd Leaderrrrr, he was taken down there by the Professorwrrr. The Professorrrr attemptedededdd to save him. He waswasas sosowo worried for his dearear friendendendend, that he'd dodowowo anything to try and save himimimmm, anythingng," Hypno Steve explained.
"Would you do anythingng, to tryry and saveve your friendrwrwrrrr? Even if it meantntnt that yourwrwrrrr friendend wouldld no longer be them selfwelfelflf? Tell memewe, wouldld you?" Hypno Steve asked, looking more directly at the mane 6 and Starlight when he asked this question.
"Of course we would! Just because they would no longer be themself doesn't mean we should just let them die! Even if they're no longer the same pony... or steve, they're still... your friend," Twilight answered, but slowly gathers on where Hypno Steve may be going with this.
"Wait a minute... hang on... how do you know all this?" Twilight then said, slowly realizing where Hypno Steve is going with this. How did Hypno Steve know about all this?
"You're not saying what I think you're saying... are you? This... this is weirdly connecting up..." Twilight stuttered, realizing what Hypno Steve is meaning.
"...are YOU the RED LEADER!?" Twilight exclaimed.
"Wow, I'm surprised anyone was able to catch onto that sosowow quick. Yes Twilight, I am the Red Leader," Hypno Steve replied.
"I AM the Redredwedwedwdd Leaderwrwrwrwr! THE PROFESSORORORRR CREATEDEDEDDD THIS! AN ABOMINATIONONOM OF A REDRDRDD STEVEVEVEVEVEVEVEVE! THERETHERETHERE! ARE YOU ALL HAPPY WITH YOUR ANSWER!!!???" Hypno Steve shouted, sounding very angry, the echoes in his voice being very prominent.
"Is this what you all wanted to hear?" Hypno Steve asked everyone, sounding much calmer, getting a lot of anger out of him from just shouting.
"Y'look nothin like ta Red Leader. Y'also sound different. Why?" Applejack questioned Hypno Steve.
"The Professor was desperate. He knew I wouldn't make it. Beinging the oldestest, wisestest Reded Steve, my regenerationonwononn is the weakest out of any, meaninginging thatat my bruiseses would expandandandand. Theyeyeyeyey wouldould get worsewswsws. Iyiyiyiyi would slowly deteriorate. He couldn't bare to see that happen. He couldn'tntnt bareareareare to see memememe deteriorateateateate like that. Sowowowowo, he did the unthinkable. In a last ditch effort, he quickly took a sample off of you, Sabre, and infused it with me, and of course it backfired. He removed my sanity... and now... I'm this," Hypno Steve replied.
"But... but he saved you!" Fluttershy exclaimed in her response.
"Yes, but in doing so, he removed my sanity. Now, I'm cursedursedursedursed with the knowledgegdegde. The Great Librarian retained his sanityityityity, becauseauseause of his curseurseurseurse. Butut I don'tnt haveave thatat curseurse and yetetet I still retainain myiyiyiyiy knowledgegdegdegde! Endlessessessess knowledgegdegdegde, somethinging I can never put awaywaywaywayway. The conclusiononon was all cloudyeyeyey, but the book from that Green Steveveve cleared it. It's unlocked my visions of the futureureureure!" Hypno Steve exclaimed back.
"DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT DOES TO SOMEBODYEYEYEYEY!? TO KNOW THE CONCLUSIONONON OF IT ALLALALWLWLWLWL, TO KNOW YOUR POWERLESSESESES... to know you can do nothing about it?"
"It is now making sense. Professor Red tried to save him, but in doing so, he messed up and was afraid to say he messed up," Rarity said her conclusion to everyone else.
"She is right Sabre. After this explanation, it sort of makes sense," M said to Sabre, adding onto what Rarity said. Sabre then looks at Hypno Steve.
"How? Why? Why would you choose to show us this? You spoke to me as though you resented me, and yet you're telling us this?" Sabre asked Hypno Steve, who then sighs.
"Afterr everythinging you'veve beeneen through, you still haveaveve ayayayaya... blackackack and whiteightight picture painted. You thinkink there'swsws such goodood and evil, so clearlylyly definededed. You thinkink I care about anyanyany of you!? Youyou thinknk I careareare any of this!? The conclusion, the end, even though it's still all uncertain, I know the end will come! If anything, I want to toyoyoyoy with you-"
"You can try and toy wi-"
"Oh, letetwtwt mememe guess Rainbowowowow Dashash. You want you six to use thethethe elements against mememe and turn me intotowowo stonewonwonwonwonwon? Here's the thinginging, I justust don't careareare. Iyiyiyi don'tont care! It'stswsws allwlwlwl gonna endendendendendend!" Hypno Steve replied, then going on a rant. He then looks at M, his apprentice.
"Apprentinceiceice, my dear apprentice. If anythinging, you're the only one I care about. I mayay of lostst my sanity, bututwtwt my emotionsonswnswns still exist. Iyiyi still feeleeleel emotion! Iyiyiyi justustust don'tontntntnt CAREAREAREAREARE!" Hypno Steve started speaking calmly, his voice not being too echoey, to the only one he really cares about, M, his apprentice then quickly goes on about no longer having his sanity, his voice becoming really echoey.
"Anyway, you say you know something about the ending. However, I know better," Time Steve said to Hypno Steve, trying to sound smart.
"Ohohwowo do youyouyou? Andnd whatat iswss thatatatwtwtwtwt?" Hypno Steve asked Time Steve in slow motion, the echoes from his voice not echoing like mad, but the echoes from him speaking lasting longer.
"Time doesn't end," Time Steve replied slowly, clearly, firmly, and loud enough to be heard, a very serious-sounding tone.
"That's true. There can't be space without time, meaning time can't just end... like that... as we know it, can it?" Twilight added onto what Time Steve said, but the question being aimed at Hypno Steve.
"Valid point made by Twilight. Time doesn't just come to end, does it?" Sabre asked Time Steve, who is now genuinely getting concerned about all of this 'end' and 'conclusion' and 'endgame' stuff.
"Ah ha ha ho ho. Ohwowowo Timeimeimeimeimeime... ohwowo you simple minded fool," Hypno Steve chuckled back at Time Steve.
"Time never runs out," Time Steve responded with that same serious-sounding tone in his voice.
"Youryryryr perception of timeimeimeimeime is more advancedndnd thanan the rest, except for one, Time, except for one, and you know who. Also, timeimeime doesn'twntwnt endendendend, but, something has changed that fact, and you know who has. The endendndndnd of all of us will comeomomommm," Hypno Steve responded.
"Time, are you sure? He's tricking us, yeah? It's got to be a joke. The end can't just be coming, right? There's no way!" Sabre asked, exclaiming at the end.
"I'm mostly positive," Time Steve replied.
"Let mememe guesswswsws. You're ninety nineine point nineineine nineine percent postitive-"
"Don't you mean Time Steve is eighty nine point eight percent positive? Right?" Pinkie Pie interrupted Hypno Steve, then asking Time Steve.
"How... how did you guess correctly?" Time Steve stuttered as he replied.
"I watched episode two hundred and forty two of Rainbow Quest and this chapter is very similar, silly!" Pinkie Pie replied, her answer going completely and utterly over Time Steve's head.
"Anyway, about this... end thing. We know we will die some day. But, it doesn't mean we can't make the most of our lives. Even then, we will eventually all meet our friends again, which is... somewhat comforting... in a way-"
"Fluttershy, Fluttershy, Fluttershy," Hypno Steve interrupted, sighing afterwards.
"Innocent-mindedindededdd. Positiveveveveee. Kindindindindndnd. Timidididididwdwdwdwd. Sorryryryyyy, butwutwtwt, that it not whatatattttt I meantntnt by the end of our timeimeimeimeime. I meant the end of all time, not just across our reality, but yoursyoursyoursyoursyours... as wellwlwlwl as all realitiesiesiesiesies! The day of reckoning for all realities will come one way or the other. I don't know exactly whenenenen it will happen, but I can guarantee this. There's nothing you all can do about it-"
"But it doesn't mean we can't try to stop him. Friendship has always won and came out on top. No matter what, the magic of friendship always wins," Starlight responded, cutting off Hypno Steve.
"Not even friendship will stop the end. The endgame must comeomeomemmmm, oneoneone wayayayyy orwrwrwrwrrrr another. I know this, because the endgame that was going to happen, one that would just happen in this reality, that has been changed. Now, the endgame will encompass ALL realities, but the outcome is... still unclear," Hypno Steve responded to Starlight.
"I wouldouldould gogowowowo deeper intotowo the truthruthruth with you all, but too MANYEYEYEYEYEYEYEYEY keepeepeepeepeep INTERRUPTINGINGINGINGINGINGING! Time, Elemental, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity and Starlight, you'vevewvwvwvv heardeardrdrdrd what you needededd to hear, goodbyebyebyeyeyeye!" Hypno Steve shouted as he summoned lightning on the rest of the mane 6 as well as Time Steve, Elemental Steve and Starlight, them being no longer inside Hypno Steve's mind, now leaving Sabre, M and Twilight.
"You just sent them away!? Why!? We weren't done talking!" Sabre exclaimed, looking at Hypno Steve.
"You're right, WEWEWE aren'trntrntrntrnt! Butwtwt with thememem, I amamam. This is also all going slightly quicker than expected, and I want to keep it going this way. Goodbye apprentice, it was a nice chatatatatatwtwtwt," Hypno Steve said as he sent M away as well, summoning lightning as he did. Now, it's just Sabre and Twilight with Hypno Steve.
"So it's just us three, huh? Is there anything you want to tell us? Why aren't you sending me or Twilight away?" Sabre asked Hypno Steve.
"With Madness Steve coming into the picture, it has made all of this... everything... go super wack. Nowowowowowwwww... the fate of everything... has changed drastically," Hypno Steve started off explaining.
"You say... that... that the endgame, the end of everything, nothing can stop it!? We're fighting someone who's unstoppable!? There has to be a way to stop Madness Steve!" Twilight exclaimed.
"Also, Hypno, you say there isn't a way to stop it, but you also say you don't know the conclusion. What if there is a way, huh? What if that conclusion is where we find out how to stop him, huh?" Sabre asked Hypno Steve. Hypno Steve sighs.
"It's... complicated. How do I put it? I know what will happen... but... don't at the same time," Hypno Steve replied.
"There's something about if Madness Steve leaves the Madness Dimension, everyone will be tortured for an eternity as well as him recreating everything across all these different... realities... in his image, clarify on that, Hypno Steve. Is... that what you meant by there is an endgame? Is that what you meant?" Twilight asked Hypno Steve, looking at him, who is currently hovering while she and Sabre is still standing on that red hoop. Hypno Steve nodded, who hovers back slightly. He then hovers over, close to Twilight.
"You're smarter than I thought. But, the endgame, you'll all find out about it later," Hypno Steve replied as hovers back to where he originally was.
"What about the books that has information on Madness Steve? Don't they say that they have the key to defeating him? Do you know of them?" Twilight asked Hypno Steve.
"Yes, I know about the books. Bututwtwt, it doesn't mean I know what the books contain. They were the key, and Discord could've got to them, and he blewewewww THETHEHEHE CHANCENCENCENCENCENCE!" Hypno Steve shouted. He then turns his back, facing away from Sabre and Twilight. He then sighs before speaking.
"But you know what? Maybe we should just notottt worryeyeyeye about itwtwtwt. As much as I hate Madness as well as ALL of you, there's no truerueruerwrw wayayayay ofovovvv stoppinginging himimmmm. Maybe we should just do nothing, and enjoy the time we have left before the end, because when the day of reckoning comes, everything will cease to exist as we know it. We should not worry that the end is coming and just enjoy the moments we have left and make the most of them," Hypno Steve added onto his reply.
"Just go do what you need to do during the time we all have left. Go defeat Madness Steve's False Form. It won't matter, because it will only delay the end... NO MATTERERER HOWOWOWWWW MUCH YOUYOUYOUT DELAY THE ENDENDENDNDDDD... *sigh*... the end will eventually come," Hypno Steve said whilst turning around to face Sabre and Twilight again with his single red eye.
"You just said you hate us, then why are you helping us?" Sabre asked Hypno Steve. Hypno Steve again sighs, looking to his left slightly before looking back to Sabre and Twilight.
"Oh I'm gonna just clarify on that as you brought it up! My vendettas are strong, yes! I hate you Sabre, I hate you Twilight, and all your friends for bringing so much danger into my life! I absolutely hate you all and wouldn't care if any of you get destroyed!" Hypno Steve ranted, but surprisingly, his voice remaining normal, not echoey. Usually when he goes on a rant and the emotions build up in him, his voice gets really echoey, but not this time though.
"I just simply hate Madness... MOREMOREOREORERERERERE! Thethewe visionsnsns of thethe futureureurere may still be cloudeded... I'm also clinging onto any hopes of stopping him, like the rest are. But, I'm also ready to accept the end for when it does come and it all becomes clear that there's nothing we can do about it," Hypno Steve replied, the echoes being at their peak at the beginning of when Hypno Steve started off.
"So you say you hate us... but you also want to help us?" Twilight responded, her face making a confused expression, but she is willing to accept any help she can get.
"Me? You want... me... to help?" Hypno Steve slowly asked.
"With your knowledge on our side we-"
"Yeah yeah yeahyeahyeahyeah... with my knowledge on your side weweyeyeyeye can get to the bottomomomomm ofofof thisofisofis! Blah blah blahlahlahlahlah! But sometimesmsmsms, you have to figure it out yourself! We're done! Goodbyebyeyeye!" Hypno Steve exclaimed, his voice echoing far worse than ever before, then summons lightning, sending Sabre and Twilight to wherever Hypno Steve could be bothered to send them.
Sabre and Twilight have been teleported outside the doors of the blown up observatory.
"I feel bad," Twilight slowly spoke, sighing at the end.
"Hey, don't let what he said get to you okay. He's just messing with us. The end truly can't just be coming-" Sabre and Twilight then hear voices coming from below. They were the voices of everyone else, but there was another voice that stood out, a gentle distorted voice.
"Um, are they all still down there!?" Sabre exclaimed.
"I'm gonna kill all the Red Steves and destroy the entire kingdom if you all don't come and show yourselves now!" The 'gentle' distorted voice shouted, which Sabre and Twilight definitely heard.
"Oh no no no no no no! We got to see what... that is on about, now! Let's go Twilight let's go come on!" Sabre yelled as he without thinking jumped off of a height of 5 blocks, Twilight following suit.
"You know we can just teleport!" Twilight shouted as she teleports herself and Sabre to where she thinks that voice was coming from.
Sabre and Twilight are now by that quartz table in the middle of the room, with all the different pieces of redstone equipment on the table.
"Hello Sabre. Hello Twilight. Missed me?" A voice came from behind them, taking them both by surprise. They turn around and sees a mare, a pegasus facing the other way to them, their flank facing them. The pegasus have orange hooves, and a black body with black wings, and completely pitch-black mane and tail. All over the body and wings, they had different shades of dark grey. The edges of the feathers also have a hint of dark grey, the tip of the feathers being a very bright orange. There were several dots of lighter shades of grey on the side of their flank, probably their cutie mark.
"Who are you!?" Sabre shouted, getting the Shadow Sword ready in his right hand.
"I swear... if you try to destroy the Red Steves, you have to get through me, and I'll defeat you! Mark my words! Don't make me destroy you, because I will if I have to!" Sabre shouted, his surge of adrenaline almost making him smite the pegasus with lightning.
"But... why- Why do you sound familiar? That voice, it reminds me of someone, but the distortion in the voice too... hmm..." Sabre slowly and quietly said under his breath, thinking to himself. But, Sabre was still somehow loud enough for the pegasus to hear.
"I can answer that for you... Sabre," The pegasus replied, closing their eyes before they began to turn around. When their face was facing Sabre and Twilight, she stopped. Sabre and Twilight recognized the shape of fringe on that mane.
"Wait- No... NO! It can't be!" Twilight exclaimed in shock.
"Yes it is Twilight!" The pegasus maniacally chuckled, now opening their eyes. The sclera is red, the iris is orange and the pupils are black. The pupils of each eye are also pointing in different directions.