"I told you it was a bad idea! Why did you ignore me?" The voice hasnt quieted since Twilight left the office building, and she was about fed up with it. "Would you just shut up! I have enough problems to deal with without your constant analysis!" The voice is quiet for a while; and Twilight sighs. This is how it has gone for days, and how it probably will forever. "I'm sorry." The words enter her mind, and Twilight jumps up. The parasitic thing had just apologized; Out of no where. "What was that?" Twilight's shock almost doubles at the things response. "I'm sorry, I couldn't help it. Is there anything I can do to help you feel better?" Twilight smiles, but only for a second. Her face drops, and tears come to her eyes. "Know how you can help? DON'T KILL MY FRIENDS!"
Twilight Sparkle walks out the door again, thinking about what the thing had said before; about how Applejack felt for her. The thought that someone cared that deeply for her burned in her chest like a scorching pin; and that Applejack didn't know about the voice hurt her even more. How was she going to tell her that it wasnt all Twilight up there? "I suggest that if you plan on telling the earth pony, do so soon. The longer you wait; the less likely she is to believe you." Twilight considers this, weighing the options she truly had. Yes, she could tell Applejack. She could break the silence and finally get this weight off her chest. But would the simple mare take it that well. And hell, would she even believe her at all? There was truly only one way to find out.
"Thanks for coming over, Applejack. I havent been outside much, and I'm kinda.. well... Bored." The tan pony walks through the door, and the first thing she notices is Twilight's mane. Instead of the usual straight-edge, cleanly defined cut that was the norm; a ragged, hack-cut style, alike Rainbow Dash's drapes loosely on her head. In fact, the personality of the lavender mare is all wrong. Her obsessive nature is replaced by one of terrifying familiarity; one that seemed all to close. "Sure thin', Sugarcube. Hey, 'y'all got a bathroom 'round here?" Twilight seems relieved at the informality of the meeting, and gestures to the bathroom. "I have something to talk to you about, but It can wait. I'll be in my room if you need me."
Twilight Sparkle stands against her bed, gripping her loose mane tightly in the clefts of her hooves. How was she going to tell Applejack? How was she going to break it to her? Her thoughts are interrupted by the voice again; and it sounds mildly distressed. "I am terribly sorry to interrupt you from your vigorous pondering, but it seems as if we are not all alone." Twilight turns to the left; feeling a slight breeze, and is greeted by a cold hoof on her shoulder. The lavender mare stops dead in her movements, and shudders at the voice she hears. "Having fun are we, Ms. Sparkle?" It was Dr. Brownstone; the psychologist that had so profusely terrified her. She feels her blood turn to ice as a chilled breath moves down her mane. "Did you really think that I would let you go that easy? Do you figure me for some kind of imbicle?" A distressed moan issues from Twilight's lips, and then turns into a full on scream. "APPLEJA-" The wind leaves her lungs violently as a hoof hits her back; leveling her to the ground. That same hoof comes down on her again, this time holding her fast to the ground. The doctor speaks again, and this time, the voice seems much, much more stressed. His breath comes out in strangely chilled rasps; and a hoof slides gingerly toward her flank. "wouldn't it be much more kind of you to give a kind greetings to a friend?"
Applejack hears the distressed and chopped cry from Twilight's room, and though she couldn't really understand what had been said, she couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong. Sure, the mare's physique was different from the norm, but that wasnt what perturbed the earth pony. It was the way that Twilight was carrying herself; seeming to hide something from her. And, thought Applejack, this might be something serious; she did kill Pinkie Pie. Tears come to Applejack's eyes at the memory of her bouncy, pink friend, and with those tears she storms into Twilight's room. She was going to tell Twilight what she felt, and she sure as hell wasnt going to be ignored.
Applejack bursts into the empty room, empty asides a lavender unicorn and a grey Pegasus. The sight doesn't come to the earth pony at once, and she tries to piece together what was going on. Twilight lay, pressed against her bed, with a dead-looking Pegasus pinning her under his weight. "What in th' blue hell is goin' on here?" The words come to Applejack's mouth before she can realise what she had just said; and Twilight turns to her. "APPLEJACK!" The earth pony, still not fully grasping what was going on; sees that she has the Pegasus's attention now. He speaks in an almost unearthly rasp that sends tendrils of hatred down Applejack's spine. "Can you just leave us alone? I'm just getting to the good part!" That statement, piled up on the sight that is before, pushes Applejack over the edge. She rushes at him, and slams her hoof into his temple. The smaller Pegasus is easily shaken off Twilight, and Applejack doesn't give him even a second to get up. She bites him hard on the ear; and thrashes at his face. Blood and saliva mix with the frenzied cries of a broken Applejack, An agony-filled Pegasus stallion, and the distressed voice of Twilight Sparkle. Applejack releases her grip on the stallion, and wipes her mouth of his blood. The Pegasus runs; rather clumsily, to the window he had entered, and looks back at Applejack. With a blood-covered face, he sputters angrily. "D-Don't ever show y-your face to m-me again!" The earth pony, still in a frenzy of rage; growls low. "Get the fuck out of my friend's house!"
(Hey everyone! I just wanted to thank you all for reading my new story, Blessings Of Misery! This is by far the longest chapter, and I considered at this point to bring the rating up to M, just for safety purposes. But, It seems that the rating is working just fine. Please keep reading; and suggest to friends if you can!)