The Everfree Forest, that place keeps appearing, more frequently ever since both ponies entered Ponyville, but why is there a map, with only specific locations in this Town?, he felt a chill going down in his spine, as soon as the radio started to emit static, Stormy stored the doll on his saddlebags, and proceeded to check the basement, the Princess was keeping an eye on his guard, she feared that any strange event on Ponyville could destroy his mind, Stormy gasped as they found out a bag of liquid jelly.
"bag of sweet strawberry jelly?, mmm, strange" Stormy said, confused about what he found
"Maybe we could use it to distract the monster in the bowl? " Luna Suggested
"Maybe… but I prefer to check this place fully "
Soon Stormy found something that made him regret that decision, while he searched, he found several cupcakes on the shelf nearby, but he could smell something nasty coming from them, among the nasty cupcakes, was a blue berry cupcake, Stormy pick it up, but a trap was activated, a Blade came towards him, Luna Quickly pulled him out of the way, and the blade cut the table in half, the blade had already dried blood on it, why there was a trap on the basement?, Luna relieved, decided to exit the basement, but as they where heading out… they heard voices coming from the basement, one was very familiar, the way up the stairs seems like going forever, as the voice kept talking
" come on, eat it, you will fell better " a happy voice was heard
" im not hungry Pinkie, not after what happened " a voice similar to Stormy was heard, only younger
" I know Stormy, but that is why im here, im so sorry " said the Pink Pony, but there was something different in her, her mane as not puffy as always, it was flat, instead of her usual inflated hair
" There was nothing that anypony could have done to prevent it… it was to late, I failed him " the younger voice said in crying
" I will be always with you, if there is something im good at, is to make anypony smile!, I promise " Pinkie voice said
" you promise? " the young voice said with a little hope
"Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye! " Says Pinkie Pie voice, as she made a Pinkie promise, then a hug could be heard on the background, and a soft cry was coming from the mare
" Thanks…. May I call you big sister? " Young Stormy said, as his voice was fading, into a sleep
" but of course silly! " said pinkie in her Energetic voice, and her hair returned to her usual inflated state
"I-I remember that….. it was when…. " Stormy had a half sad, half happy smile in his face
" when what Stormy? " Said the princess
" When my brother was hospitalized on Canterlot Hospital, Pinkie Pie promised me, she will always visit him with me " Stormy responded to the princess
A few tears burst from Stormy eyes… as if that memory was locked away deep in his mind and he did not remember it until recently, Luna could felt Stormy emotions at this point, how many nights of terrible dreams did she forgot or ignored from him?, each time she looked at him, she remember how guilty she felt, she could have prevented this? That questioned kept on rigging on her mind. As far as she saw him on the Guard trainings, he was always inexpressive and sometimes quiet, she would have never suspected the things he was hiding inside of him.
Finally, both Luna and Stormy reached the first floor again, a loud bang was heard from behind them, Stormy quickly used his flashlight to see the basement… it was more twisted that the rest of the restaurant, all he could see was pony parts, a bag of flour, a few feathers… and a sigh that says " Life is a Party ", which give stormy a bad aura, he retired from the basement and moved towards the kitchen with the princess.
The tentacle thingy was still inside the bowl, Stormy levitated the strawberry jam plastic bag and open it up, then he throw it on the room, a splat sound was heard, since it impacted the wall, the tentacle thingy was attracted by the jam and started to, what it seems, drinking the jam, Stormy tried to enter first, but the princess went ahead of him, and noticed that the creature was too focused on the jam like to notice her, she quickly picked up the key from the bowl, and walked towards the exit, the smell coming from the jam bag… was no sweet at all, it smelled like fresh blood and she could see before she left, what it seems, remaining of skin, in the bag, she exited the kitchen and closed the door.
"I got the key" Luna said
" Great, where should we go now? " Stormy asked the princess
Luna saw the key for a moment, she noticed it had a musical cutie marks on the handle, Stormy was getting a little tired of the puzzles, but thank Celestia this one was easy…
" Guess we need to go to Vinyl and Octavia House " Stormy said to the princess as both of them exited Sugar Cube Corner.
Outside, the town was still with little to no light, and the deep fog that covers the horrors waiting for them deep in the darkness, both ponies had to rely on their previous knowledge of the place, Luna was certain on where Twilight and Fluttershy house where, while Stormy knew where Vinyl and Octavia house was, a few monsters appeared on their way, no new monsters to add to their already long list, but the monsters seems more aggressive than before, the Hopping Ponies where being followed by the Ceiling Fillies, and the Glass Mare was being accompanied by Restrained Figures, they where group of 2 monsters at least, The Princess and his guard decided it was better to run for it, since there was no way they could beat 4 monsters at the same time, Stormy used Pinkie Party Cannon as Distraction while Luna reached the musicians ponies house, once she unlocked the door, Stormy galloped quickly inside, and Luna too, once inside, they closed the door, loud bang could be heard, the monsters where trying to enter… but after a while, they stopped.
Stormy saw the inside of the house… a chimney, a bass used to clean the dishes… a Chello case… and a stairs that lead towards the mares rooms, each decorated to fit their personalities…yeah, it was definitely their home, Luna and Stormy saw on the Chimney what it seems to be another memory loss from Stormy´s past, Octavia was in front of him, and Young Stormy had his ocarina, playing it, following Octavia instructions
"No no, you must be gentle when you blow your ocarina, too strong air will distort the melody " Octavia instructed
"O-ok " Young Stormy said
"YO TAVI! WHAT YOU DOING?! " Screamed Vinyl, entering the residence.
" aarg, Vinyl, I told you not to scream when you get home, I might have some visits " Said Octavia, a little annoyed, but calmed
"Playing with little colts, sure you are " said Vinyl with a joker smile on her face, looking at Young Stormy
"um… w-well…..Miss Octavia was helping me to get better on my instrument " Young Stormy said, a little shy.
"oh, so you are a teacher now?, nice Tavi, perhaps he can help us create a new song? " Said Vinyl, taking interest on the musical future of Stormy
"we will have to wait that, but for now, let´s practice " Octavia resumed her lesson
"O-ok " Young Stormy agreed
All the ghost disappeared… could a Ocarina be combined with a chello and a bass?, as far as Stormy new, it had to be on a very slow part to actually do it, the Princess of the Night noticed that they where some arrows, pointing towards the stairs, both ponies followed the arrows.
Once on the second floor of the residence, the radio emitted static, indicating monster presence, both ponies couldn't see where the monster was, until it appeared from one of the doors, it was a Shadow Performer, using a timberwolf costume, it launched towards both ponies, Stormy used a magic shield to prevent the attack, the princess didn't knew what kind of monster this was, until she noticed some crack on the suit, using Noirstar Sword, she attacked those cracks, exposing the shadow, Stormy took advantage and shoot a light based magic on it, a distorted scream came from the creature, as the static was getting softer, the monster disappeared in a puff of black smoke, Stormy and Luna checked the rooms, Vinyl Room was very messy, and they where several things that suggested something more naughty than that, besides, there was a plushy of Octavia with a panty.
" what where those 2 doing here? " Stormy questioned with a blush
" …. N-nothing" Luna said also with a blush
On Vinyl room, they only found out her bass cannon, Stormy tried to fire it up, but it was busted, and there was a note attached to it " if anypony is a mechanic, can you fix this? " , a mechanic?, the only mechanic Stormy knew was his brother, he knew nothing of mechanics, in fact, he don't recall that Equestria had many machines operating, he remember that he had his bro wrench, so he took it out… Luna helped, already guessing what was on his companion mind, as they moved the panel with the cannon a little to take a look at it, they found out that there was a key with Lyra cutie mark, attached to the cables, Stormy could not take it, otherwise he will get shocked, neither he could pulled it up with magic, seems the key was magic proof, he was going to find a different way, Luna noticed all the circuits inside the cannon itself…
"Wait… if that musical pony build this… shouldn't be some rubber hoof gloves somewhere?, I mean, I remember Octavia in the Grand Galloping Gala, and she is a earth pony, wouldn't she get shocked if she helped Vinyl with this thing? " Luna suggested
" hold on… you are right, those two are polar opposites, but still the best friends, let's check her room " Stormy said, exiting the room
Luna and Stormy exited Vinyl room, and entered Octavia room, the room was very organized, but also had a Plushy on the bed, this time it was a Vinyl plush, however, there was something missing on Octavia room, her Chello, it was not on it´s case, it was on the floor, broken, the drawers showed as if they where pulled out by force, and the floor itself was a fence floor, where both ponies could see the kitchen below them, the radio emitted static, alerting them of a enemy, Stormy saw above them, a Ceiling Filly was above them, waiting for a victim to step just below him to attack, Stormy and Luna looked at each other, since Luna can't fly at the moment, Stormy sit on the floor and Luna stepped on his back, as she charged a magic blast to hit the monster directly, they noticed something, the monster was on what it seems to be a hole on the ceiling, once they got rid of the enemy, Luna suggested Stormy to lift her again, just as he just did to take out the monster.
" Ok here we go " Stormy said as he lifted the princess again
Luna saw the darkness of the attic, what it seems to be something shinny, Luna used her light magic to notice what it seems to be a pair of scissors, good enough to cut electrical wires, they could use it on the bass cannon, Luna quickly took it and jumped from Stormy back, to the ground. Back on Octavia room, they noticed on the remaining of the chello, a piece of page, like half of a page, it was a page from the book or harmony, but the part where the song was written is on the other half, the song was called New Chello Bass Nova, it is supposed to give a calming healing effect, and when the music grew louder, a electrical charge, paralyzing foes. Luna and Stormy checked already all the upper floors, the remaining floor, was the basement.
As they used the stairs to get to the basement and opened the door, they noticed that it was a giant record studio, ideal for either Vinyl or Octavia, they must had use it to practice, a static sound came in, and a Shadow Performer was inside the chamber, using a death costume, Luna used the same strategy again, but the monster let a powerful scream that made her miss the attack, are the monsters now thinking?, they decided to switch, Stormy this time attacked, using the Steel pipe, breaking the armor also, the princess was the shooter this time, using a light based magic, making the creature twist in pain, but it was still alive, Stormy and Luna switched again, managing to kill the monster. Once things calmed down a little, both ponies checked the " studio ", there was a song recorded on the panel, Stormy played it, and noticed there was a part on the song that could be followed along with his ocarina, Luna noticed that the door where some spare instruments where, was unlocked, they got a idea, " why don't you try to complete the song?, maybe something will happen", The princess suggested, and Stormy stepped inside the recording segment, Luna hit the switch and the song started playing, Stormy filled up the gaps with his ocarina, but the princess also filled some gasp with a few chorus and singing, seems as if the song was left there on purpose, for a music student to finish.
Once the song was completed, on one of the speakers, there the gloves Stormy was searching for, they got the gloves and exited the recording room, on main section of the recording room, leading towards the stairs, there was a note attached to the panel where the record button was, it was a piece of the harmony page they found out earlier, so the song was split in 3 parts?, this part in specific, had the intro of the song. It was strange how the recording room was neat and tidy, considering they where in " the other world ", Stormy decided to investigate that, and returned to the recording room, when he entered again, it was all destroyed, as if a blast was responsible of destroying the equipment, the Princess was noticing that the more further they get on the houses, the more corrupted they became, they returned to Vinyl room, and they used the gloves and scissors to take the key out, once they cut out the cables with the scissors, Luna took the key, and Stormy fixed the cables…. The Bass cannon activated by itself, but instead of a loud wub beam, a soft song was played… and a piece of page felt from the front, it was the last piece of the New Chello Bass Nova, Luna was the one restoring the page this time, once the page was completed, Stormy decided to give it a try, but he saw the warning, if he perform it, without ear protection, it will leave him permanently deaf, since the song uses a special frequency for a secondary effect on enemies, disrupt their movements. He remembered that Prelude of Friendship, he found it on Pinkie house, but no other songs where split in 3, almost if the town didn't want the book to be completed.
Both ponies now decided to exit the musicians house, and move to the next one, according to the letter, the next one will be Lyra and Bon Bon house, on the streets, it was noticeable that the monsters where waiting for them, specially the Ceiling Fillies, and Glass Mares, the radio burst in static as soon as they got out, they tried to return to the house to find a alternative route, but the door broke, Luna and Stormy didn't had other choice but to ran, even if they fight them, they will lose much time, a glass mare manage to get a grip on Stormy legs, the Princess removed the monster from her companion with her sword, but when she stopped, a Ceiling filly landed on her back ready to stab her, Stormy used a magical blast to shake the creature off, they ran for a moment, they did saw Lyra and Bon Bon house, but Stormy almost felt to a hole in the fence floor, they now have to find a alternative way to the house., as the monsters approached quickly… the darkness of the night made a little hard to see the other houses, both ponies decided to turn around, using the map as their guide, there is a alley that would take them behind Twilight house, and next to her is Lyra and Bon Bon house, as soon as they followed that route, they encountered some things at made them slow down they journey…some corpses where on the floor, all of them where from monsters…all of them had sword cuts… only one creature appeared in stormy mind, that could relate those cuts, the Skeletal Mare… she was in Ponyville too.
They where careful not to step in any corpse, the less they need, are more problems, once they passed the alley, they where at the backdoors of Lyra house, Luna used the key they found and opened the door, as expected, the key disappeared, turning into ash, they entered the residence, finding out that the back entrance was in the kitchen, other than that, the house looked normal, not rusted, as if they where stuck in some sort of Limbo, the more they advanced in the town, the more twisted and strange the places became, Stormy didn't knew much the both mares living in this house, but he did remember that there was one time, that Lyra talked with him about a creatures that had something called hands, instead of hooves, but the most strange thing, was that on he living room, was a little model on the table, resembling the creature Lyra mentioned, its " hands" where missing, and the model had like a hole where the hands could be attached, you could call it a straight forward puzzle… however.. there was something else on the model… a slot for a tiny horn and wings, but the holes there next to the model, not on it, Stormy and Luna searched the house, it was more small than Octavia's home, it had just 2 rooms, one bathroom, the living room and the kitchen, there was no basement, The Princess decided to check the rooms for both mares and the bathroom…on Lyras room, there where a couple of pants… but in the pocket of one, there was a miniature " hand " presumably from the model, Luna then had gone to the bathroom, on the bathtub there was nothing, but on the toilet however… was something shinny… it couldn't be seen clearly, due to the dirty water… the princess tried to take it out… reaching for it with her hooves…
"uuugh!, forget it!, this is way to gross!, im not pulling that out, even with magic!"
Said the princess, as she checked Bon Bon room, but it was locked, Stormy on the other hand, checked the kitchen, there was a pot and some sour of soup being cooked, being a guard, he knows little about cooking, but could smell something bad coming from it, Stormy lifted the pot cap, noticing that inside the veggie soup, was a plastic hand being cooked, he pulled it out with his magic, and immediately, turn the sink on, against all logic, there was water coming out of it, enough to clean the prop, just as he finished cleaning it… Luna came from upstairs, since both had one hand each, Stormy checked the bathroom upstairs… and pulled out the shinny thing on the toilet with his magic, it was a key, most likely for Bon Bon room, they used it there and opened the door, as usual, the key faded to ashes.
Inside the room, there was a bunch of hats, seems like one for each occasion, there was a miniature horn on the bed, Luna took it… on the set of hats… there where 5 hats that didn't matched at all the designs… while most of the hats where for summer, winter, or even spring, those 5 looked like costume hats, Stormy started to arrange them, making sure that they matched the size on each column, from the more little, to the more bigger, a click was heard on the wall… and from the middle hat, a little secret compartment reveled, with a pair of plastic wings, finally, they had all the puzzle pieces… Both ponies returned to the living room, where the pieces fit perfectly, the middle of the mannequin, opened, revealing a key and a piece of paper inside… it was another song…
This time, it was the Serenate of the Sea Ponies, according to the song description, the Sea Ponies are a different species only found in oceans, and the song itself, allowed the user water control until a certain degree, the longer the effect, the more magic it consumed, also, seems it can control other liquids, why Mistshine hints end up with a Harmony Page?, Luna took a look at the key, this one had a quill on it…indicating their next objective… Twilight Library.
Both ponies exited the house, and quickly, without trying to engage in a fight, reached to Twilight Library, the tree was still green in some parts, other however, looked yellow, some books lying on the streets, opened and in a state of decay, due to the ash that had fallen on them, making impossible to read, Stormy opened the door with the key, that disappeared as the door got unlocked.
Although Luna had met Twilight already, she has never entered her house, Stormy however… saw a memory flash on his eyes… when he was more older… he visited Twilight library often… asking for a specific books, about being a Lunar guard… as if the memory wasn't enough… both ponies looked at a young Stormy, trying to perform a shield bubble spell, before Spike got a letter and broke the concentration of the young unicorn… when the memory faded, the library took a twisted and rusted state… different from the other houses so far, that kept a clean state…to make matters worse, there where strange symbols everywhere…
" hold on… weren't this symbols all around the places we visited?, I mean… where this symbol is, there is always a huge monster waiting " Said the princess
She was right… although he didn't see it at first, but each tome that he faces a giant monster… like the thing in the Canterlot Archives, the Monster from Manehatten, and the elevator… however, the door where Luna was engaged in battle against Nightmare moon…that was a little different, had Luna Cutie mark and behind it, the symbol, perhaps there is a meaning in this?, the symbol is a circle, with 3 other little circles inside it, on the middle circle however, had some strange letters that neither, Luna or Stormy seems to understand, but made their heads hurt, the Library had a huge symbol on the floor, painted in red… all the other ones where black painted… Luna and stormy searched in all the books available, but most of them had dust, damaged pages or very old paper that the ink had already became illegible, there was one however, explaining the deeps of the subconsciousness traumas
" Deep on the Equestrian Psyche, if a pony suffers from a very deep trauma or something that put the well being of a subject in danger, this kind of memories, gets stuck on the person most deep sub conscience, unable to XXXXXXXX unless a very deep psychological research is done, there is even a possibility that the victim don't even remember it, XXXXXXX is a very useful spell for this purpose, that allowed a user XXXXXXXXXX a pony, but the amount of magic to perform is astronomical, only XXXXXX are able to perform it at a perfect level, if somepony XXXXXXXXXX their usage, could cause XXXX "
There where several blacked out words on the document, but the words that he was able to understand, made him fell uneasy and heavy, both ponies searched the second floor of the library, where Twilight and Spike sleep, the princess of the night tried to use the telescope, to see the stars… what she was able to see… was a total darkness, Stormy found in Twilight bed, a single page, more than obvious to this point, it was another page of the Book of Harmony, this time, it was the Requiem of the Changelings, a song that, according to the page, could make a changeling friendly, or save his life, giving him love energy, without the user being subject to the side effect of the changelings, but also, allowed the user to use his own love as a extra magic boost, strengthening his or her spells. A kind song, for a species that hurts other by taking their love, even if they didn't mean to hurt others… like Noirstar.
Stormy restored the page to the book, and resume his searching, searching for something that could guide him to the next clue of his brother, Luna on the other hoof, was the one that found the clue… in spike bed, there was a broken ruby… a fire ruby necklace, but the heart itself, was like a puzzle, all the pieces could be placed inside,
The princess began to solve it, however, no matter how well she made them fit, there was always a piece missing, the middle one, Luna directed stormy to find the missing piece on the basement, while she checked on the first and second floor for it, Stormy moved towards the basement, where Twilight only used it as a Lab, he remembered that the door itself, had another puzzle to allow entry, it was a picture of Princess Celestia with her and Spike on Canterlot Gardens, nothing out of the ordinary at first glance…but the more he looked at the picture, the more he noticed that Celestia´s colors where switched with Twilight's, that one was easy to fix, since the picture had a little button to change the colors, once the puzzle was made, the door opened, and Stormy walked through it.
When he entered the other side, he found out the same desk, and the same books and symbols as the main entrance… because he returned to the entrance of the library, confused, Stormy exited the library using the same door as he had gone in… his result, ending outside the treehouse, the princess noticed this, and tried to help, but when she had gone downstairs, she appeared on the stairs going to the basement… as if the house had switched over itself, mixing up the doors, Stormy came back in, and found out Luna, exiting from the door that he wanted to enter, Luna tried to held the door opened for him, but it closed by itself, and a locking sound came from it.
" i… what, wat? " the princess as confused
" you are asking me?, im a retired guard, but if this is a maze… we need to find the correct door " Stormy said
" I was thinking the same thing, try the kitchen door, I will try the side room door " Luna suggested
The team split up again, if the house was changed, then even if they get the remaining piece of the Fire Ruby, they could wander for days if the house changes was constant, Stormy tried the door that Luna suggested, it send him over to the bathroom, when he entered it, and exited again, he ended up in the side room, next to the back exit of the tree house, it was almost as if Twilight Library had became a maze, the second he solved the picture, " wait… the picture!, that's it! " Stormy said as if his mind had made a click, he tried to go back to the main floor, there the door and the puzzle resides, but when he used the door that would usually take him to the lobby, it send him over the basement stairs… where he wanted to go on the first place, the door closed and a clicking sound came from it, he tried to force the door open, but it was sealed shut.
" Great… now im stuck… I will contact Luna "
as soon as he pulled out the ocarina and played the Winds of Friendship song, he felt nothing, no connection, as if the basement itself prevented the magic usage, including his levitation and Illuminations spells, with no other choice left, he descended into the darkness, turning his LED lantern on, he remembered Twilight had a lab downstairs , that she used in very rare occasions, it had everything, from stethoscopes, to brain mapping machines and chemicals, although they looked rusted since they where on the " Twisted Ponyville ", at least that is what he decided to call the rusted version of Ponyville, once he reached the bottom, he could see 3 different doors, each with a different symbol, there was a button working, a red button, under a big machine that had a old audio tape, Stormy pressed it, only to hear a voice from the recording, kind of familiar, he noticed it was a mare voice, but he was unsure if it was Twilight voice… or some other mare…
"Welcome, these door where meant to test the psyche of the Equestrian Pony's, especially yours, a set of recordings where made to help you out on the next set of doors, it would be a good idea to listen them, keep in mind… " the voice sounded distorted, as if the tape had damaged " Run…. You can't fight them…. If you find them….. run…. "
Stormy was already getting a bad idea from all of this… but decided to roll over with the recording, and tried the middle door, that had a Apple mark, inside it, he found a room, filled with Apple Trees, a bed and a extra door, Stormy looked at the apple tree, it didn't looked quite healthy, a single voice said " Harvest the apples ", simple enough, Stormy bucked the apple tree as hard as he could, he manage to throw a few apples to the floor, but all of them looked really old and rotten, except one, a golden apple, he picked up, and immediately noticed that it was way to heavy for a normal apple, there was a little basket, where the apple seems to fit fine, he placed the apple inside, and the extra door unlocked, taking him to a very short room, here there was a rusty key, when he returned to the room with the apples and exited it… he noticed that the golden apple has rusted… and a crack was heard from it… a insect was exiting from the apple…. But it was a cockroach or something similar, with a pony face, and far more bigger than a normal cockroach, almost the same size as a frog, the creature climbed Stormy´s leg and started biting it, like trying to get inside his flesh, Stormy screamed, and he tried to pull out the creature with his pipe, all that he manage was to hurt his own leg, but also manage to get the insect off, he opened the door and from the apple a huge swam of creatures emerged from it, he ran, want it seems to be a long hallway, what in Equestria happened to the lab?, the more he ran, the more insects where getting closer, until he manage to open the door that lead him directly to the lab, as soon as he closed it, he felt the insects crawling on the door, trying to pass, Stormy used one of the rusted CPUs to block it.
"Cockroaches…. WHY is it had to be cockroaches? "
He checked his coat, bandages, saddlebags, for any trace of those little pests, thankfully, there where none, but he had the rusted key, It can only be used once, and the Left and Right door where locked, so he had to chose one, he selected the one on the right and unlock it, it took him to what it seems a pet store, there where actually several stuffed animals, and a few crates labeled "food", a recording just said " What all animals have in common? ". Should Stormy be surprised?, by the low difficult of that question? But he felt a little heavy and weak… perhaps losing too much blood was affecting him?, he looked at all the animals, all of them are predators, except the stuffed bunnies, bunnies are herbivores, while the falcons and eagles are common predators of bunnies.
He took the stuffed bunny, and placed it on a pedestal in the counter, and a clicking sound came from the cash register, ka ching!, between the bits, there was a green apple, and a rusted key, as soon as he placed the key and apple on his bag, he noticed a few leeches on his hooves, sucking his blood, he removed them with his steel pipe, but as soon as he looked at the fence floor, he noticed several leeches crawling towards him, he ran to the exit, removing as more leeches he could while not getting stuck on the floor, once outside, he removed the remaining leeches still stuck on his body, smashing them with his pipe, but he was already exhausted, the self inflicted wound in his left back hoof, and the lost of a good amount of blood thanks to the leeches, was making him already feel dizzy, he recovered a little of his strength sitting on the fence floor and eating a green apple, as he felt the sweet fruit going down to his stomach, he reflected on the 2 chambers he already visited, 1 had cockroaches, the other one had leeches, what could possibly be hiding inside the third door?, feeling a little better, he got himself up and used the rusted key on the left door, the key broke but manage to open the door, inside all he could see was a bedroom, the strange thing was…. It was a exact replica of his room in Canterlot, his gaming consoles still the same, his kitchen clean and tidy, his small fridge where he found the mint cupcake, he even got the stairs leading to the entrance, where the living room was, he tried the door leading to the exit… but it was broken, from the window, all he could see was darkness, why he returned to his room in Canterlot?, a recorded voice was heard, " Examine yourself and face your fears ".
Face his fears?, although the recorded voice was straight forward, so he search all his room for clues… he noticed something almost immediately… it was all neat and tidy, as if his apartment was just recently rented, also, the console placed on the TV, was a Super Ponytendo, not his Ponytendo WII U or his PS3, so it must been his apartment in the past?, he opened up the fridge and notice it was empty, even the drawers didn't had anything… he searched the lobby and found several boxes, he opened one, and noticed there was clothes for both, him and Mistshine.
"this is…" He said
"whaaaaaaa" A cry was heard coming from upstairs
Stormy heart skipped a beat when he heard that cry, he quickly ran upstairs and found out his younger ghost again… crying without end in the bed, he only had a saddlebag with Mistshine cutie mark, and this bro wrench, he took a few steps towards him… but a ghost went through him, her pink colors where impossible to confuse, it was Pinkie…
From the looks of her, she just had accompanied Stormy somewhere that made him cry, the ghost started talking.
"Stormy, please calm down" Pinkie pie said, her hair was not puffy
"Whaaa!, no… I can't, you heard the doctor Pinkie!, my brother will never wake up! " Younger Stormy said, he was totally hearth broken
"come on, turn that frowny upside downy " Pinkie said, trying to get young Stormy better " your little bro wouldn't like to see you like that when he wakes up "
"h-how do you know he is going to be ok Pinkie? " Young Stormy said, trying to hold back his tears
" because he is in the hooves of the best doctors in Canterlot, sure it will take time, but that will give us enough time to prepare his Happy Surviving Party " Said Pinkie Pie more happy than before.
"…." Young Stormy didn't said anything, just jumped and hugged pinkie
Ever since her Sister died, Pinkie Pie has been like a big sister for him, always taking care of him, making him smile, protecting him, as if she already knew what is it to lose a loved one, hence the ribbon she had on her mane currently, Stormy hold up the tears the best he could… since he remembered what happened after… they where preparing cupcakes to give to Mistshine and the doctors… as a thank you gift for taking care of the little pony, however, on the same hospital, he found somepony suspicious going towards Mistshine room… his tears started to fall from his eyes, more quickly as he submerged himself on the memory, the doctors didn't see it coming, but Pinkie and Stormy did… they quickly had gone to Mistshine room, despite the warnings of the nurse that there was somepony already there and they have to wait, when both ponies entered the room, they found out another unicorn… his coat was black as his heart, his cutie mark, was a $ symbol stained in blood and a knife with sparkles behind it, his horn was a little long for his age, and his eyes where natural red, his hooves yellow, and always carried a saddlebag, he also had a hood to cover his identity, Pinkie noticed he was pulling out a knife from the saddlebags, a green aura surrounding it, as it was coming towards the sleeping earth pony laying in the bed, Stormy froze in place, and Pinkie jumped towards the mysterious pony, taking the knife from his magic grasp. Stormy screamed…enraged, as he saw the pony determined to end Mistshine life while pinkie tried to stop him
" YOU " Stormy screamed
" Hi…. Kid, remember me? " The mysterious black unicorn spoke directly to Stormy
It didn't took much to the covered ghost to push pinkie aside and escape through the window, when the doctors came… all the ghost disappeared and Stormy was back on his room replica, holding the tears, but scared… he could just repeat the same words… over and over again.
"Its him….its him again! "
His voice shivered as he heard a metallic echo coming from downstairs.