i slowly came back to reality and slowly opened my eyes to the view of my room. it was just a few minutes past 8 and the room was still peacefully dark. there was a faint silverish light cutting through a space in the curtains and it sliced the room in half. i let out a big yawn as i picked up my head and tried to come to my senses... i haven't had such a wonderful rest in a long time. i looked down to see dash still smiling in her sleep with her head pressed up against my chest. she was so warm and soft... i looked at her and she instantly made me feel like smiling, so i did.
i smiled and ran my hoof across her hair and laid my head back down. i laid there holding her like she was a baby and running my hoof across the top of her head. knowing that i'm back home with my friends and family in my old body filled me with an unimaginable sense of glee. and knowing what i had become and knowing that i had the power, ability, and knowledge to fix any kind of problem made me even happier. though it was still pretty hard to believe i was some kind of god now i don't care... i've seen a lot of crazy shit. i own the phrase 'i've seen some shit'.
dash let out a cute little yawn and stretched out. she pulled pushed her head up my chest towards my neck and she pushed her hair into my face, it tickled a bit but i didn't mind. she pressed her hooves now against my chest and straightened out her back hooves and wings. she relaxed her muscle and she laid there with her mane sticking in my face. i just smiled and pulled my head away. her eyes started to open a little bit and she let out another yawn.
"hey there sleepy..." i said. "have a good night?" i asked jokingly.
"the best." she said in a serious but still somewhat jokingly tone. "i met this guy called crimson last night..." she said jokingly now playing a little game with me... i decided to go with it.
"what was he like..." i asked.
"he was strong, brave, powerful... a total hunk, had huge rippling muscles... and he was one of the kindest and most generous ponies i've ever seen in my life." said dash smiling playfully and looking up at me. i leaned over and pressed my nose against hers and she laughed.
"well i met this one mare... rainbow dash was her name." i said smiling. she started to giggle.
"and how was she?" dash asked playfully.
"she was beautiful, tenacious, kind, loving, she had the most amazing rainbow mane and tail... she was super sexy, and probably one of the most loving and caring ponies i've seen in my life as well." i said. she laughed and i did too.
"those two sound like the perfect couple." she said. i laughed and she did too. that little game was enough to wake us both up and start the day off well.
"i think today calls for a special kind of breakfast." i said.
"and you have something in mind." said dash.
"no... but today just seems like the kind of day you should have a special breakfast on." i said, she just started laughing.
"and why's that...?" she asked smiling at me as we still laid in the bed.
"well duh... its only the most special and important occasion ever... hearths warming eve." i said, she burst out laughing and i chuckled a bit.
"anything else." she asked through her laughter.
"not that i can think of." her laughter died down to a continuous giggle.
"i think i missed you're sense of sarcastic humor the most." she said nibbling on my ear playfully. i just smiled and laid there and embraced her.
"it is one of my defining traits." i said. "that and i'm some kind of omni-god... or whatever." even though i knew that i had become much more... they don't need to be worried with that kind of pressure and i certainly know that i don't need that kind of attention.
"thats all huh?" asked dash.
"yep... i figure that's all i've got going for me." i said. she smiled and i did too. she pulled away from playing with my ear and hugged me. i hugged her back and i laughed a bit and she did too.
"you know... you've been in that tomb for half a year." said dash.
"and?" i asked as if this was going somewhere.
"well... frankly... you smell horrible." she said. she immediately pushed herself away from me. "i can't believe i hadn't noticed that before..." i lifted my arm up and smelt myself. i literally smelt like i had been in a stone tomb for half a year... it's probably good that i don't smell like a corpse.
"oh god." i said cringing and pushing my face away. dash laughed. i started pretending like i would throw up and she just laughed some more. "well it could be worse... at least i don't smell like i've been ROTTING for half a year... so that's good." i said.
"if you were rotting for half i year i don't think there would be much fo you left to stink anyway." said dash.
"you're right." i replied. "i'd be just a skeleton pony... wait, that would be so cool." i said.
"i don't think i can kiss a skeleton." said dash.
"i wonder if i can turn myself into one?" i said looking at myself becoming fascinated with the loads of fun that i realized i could have with reality bending power and control of the elements. i had everything. i could start fires, freeze oceans, summon large storms... and, and, and reverse death itself... alright maybe too much.
i did know how my powers work and all of those were correct accept the death thing. even though i'm imbued with the elements of life and death that doesn't mean i can kill and revive anything. life just lets me heal fatal wounds and incurable illnesses, with death i can cause those evil things and i also have the touch of life and death. touch of life means everything i touch flourishes and grows healthy. or with the touch of death everything i touch withers and dies. my head was filling up with possibilities... ones that don't involve killing everything i touch though.
"why would you want to turn yourself into a skeleton pony." asked dash.
"because it would be awesome." i said.
"why don't you save that for another day... today is about life, happiness, and the bonds of friendship... which is especially important since you came back to life..." she said. "don't do anything stupid or irresponsible."
"hey." i said in a fake serious voice. " i'm extraordinary... we all know that." i said making an idol of myself. dash just giggled as we both sat in our bed together.
"sorry..." she said. "let me rephrase... don't do anything extraordinarily stupid or irresponsible." she said. i burst out laughing at her clever turn around. she smiled and just crawled over. i fell back onto the bed laughing and she sat down next to me. she smiled and gave me a kiss as my laughter began to fade.
"i'll try to be my regular stupid today." i said looking at her. she smiled and i gave her a kiss.
"alright..." she said. "now go shower... a few funny jokes aren't going to wash away half a year of smell." she said. i just smiled and got up and off the bed. she just smiled at me and i walked over into to bathroom. i walked across to the shower and stepped in. my mane was no longer its shimmering and sparkling white self like at the party but was just long and regular hair now... strange part too was that it was black. my symbols continued to glow pure white and shimmer.
i started the shower and stood in the hot water for a minute or two and let it relax my muscles. i let out a deep sigh since it had been so long since i've taken a good shower. i washed my fur and my hair well and my hair seemed to start glowing and began flowing next to me again and shone a bright sparkling wight. i turned off the water and shook myself off in the shower like a wet dog... though i was still soaked. i stepped out of the shower to see that i had no towel.
not a problem because a solution instantly popped into my head. i quickly heated up my body temperature to incredible heat and all the water on me instantly evaporated off me and filled the bathroom with a loud hiss as well as a thick cloud of mist. as i did this i used my magic to open up the bathroom window and the steam started to funnel out. i smiled and i was dry now. i walked out of the bathroom and also let out a bunch of steam with my way out.
i trotted downstairs gleefully and the scent of pancakes filled my nose and i was getting hungry. i walked to the bottom of the stairs and into the kitchen ambitiously. and to my pleasure i saw that dash had whiped up a huge batch of chocolate chip pancakes. i don't know how she did it so fast but i don't care... i was starving. she sensed me and looked back from cleaning the skillet and she smiled when she saw me.
"hungry?" she asked.
"last time i ate was early summer." i replied she just giggled.
"well don't eat everything..." she said. "me and the kids still have to eat." and coincidentally scootaloo and dawn walked into the kitchen they both seemed a bit tired and groggy. when scootaloo saw me she trotted over and hugged my leg. i bent down and gave her a hug back.
"good morning dad." she said. i smiled and rubbed her head with my hoof and gave her a little kiss on the forehead.
"good morning scootaloo." i said smiling. dawn trotted over and did the same as her sister.
"good morning daddy." she said standing up against me and smiling. she was so cute and adorable it almost gave me a heart attack. i picked her up with one hoof and held her close. i gave her a little kiss on the head to and she giggled.
"and good morning to you too my little dawn." i said. she smiled and i let her down. she and her sister trotted over to the table and took their seats. dawn needed a booster seat to get at level with the table. dash walked over and took her seat too close to dawn to help her cut her pancakes and eat them.
i used my magic to serve everypony their pancakes and gave everypony an even amount of pancakes. scootaloo doused her pancakes in syrup and started cutting into them with a knife and ate them without thought. dash had to cut dawns pancakes because she's still too young to use a knife but after that she could use her little training fork to eat her pancakes with some syrup on them. even though she's older now dash had to use a wet cloth to wipe up some of the sticky syrup that she would get on herself every now and then. dash ate hers regularly with a bit of syrup and butter but i just scarfed mine down with nothing on them. i was SO unbelievably hungry.
"so..." i said. "what are you're plans today girls?" i asked my two daughters. "do you want to do anything special for hearths warming eve?" i asked.
" me and dawn were going to go and have a sleep over at apple bloom's house today." said scootaloo. "but... if you wanted to do something else that's alright." she said seeming a bit resentful. i just smiled to cheer her up.
"don't worry..." i said. "you have fun with you're friends... i promise that i'm not going anywhere this time." i said.
"besides me and you're father were going to go over to twilight's house for her hearths warming eve party." said dash.
"alright..." said scootaloo. she rushed over and hugged me. "thanks dad." she said. i smiled and held her tight with my hoof.
"thank you daddy." said dawn once again following her sisters lead. she was adorable. i smiled at her and she giggled a bit.
"no problem." i said letting scootaloo go. she hopped back into her chair. "just make sure to look after you're sister scootaloo..." i said. "don't do anything i would do." i said setting myself as a bad example.
"isn't the phrase, 'don't do anything i WOULDN'T do.'?" asked dash.
"not in my case." i said. scootaloo smiled and dash giggled a bit. i admit that i chuckled at my own crude joke. dawn started giggling too but i don't think she really got the joke. i think she was just giggling because everypony else was.
"don't worry dad." said scootaloo. "i'll make sure nothing bad happens." i smiled and nodded at her with approval. we continued to eat breakfast and scootaloo and dawn told me stories about what they did while i was gone. once they were finished with their stories and their breakfast and hour had already passed and they got ready to go. to their surprise and mine both they opened the door to see that it was actually snowing outside. dash just let out a small smile, i had a feeling she knew this would happen... well she is on the weather team.
scootaloo and dawn put on winter clothing and scootaloo carried dawn away in a small red wagon attached to her scooter. i smiled and waved them goodbye as they left. i smiled and closed the door. i went to the kitchen and saw dash was just finishing up all that she could eat. she still had a lot of food on her plate. i think i was the only one who finished their meal... and i was still insanely hungry. i looked at dash and she looked over at the leftovers still laying on the table.
"i shouldn't have made so much." she said.
"don't sweat it." i said. "like i said... i haven't eaten since early june." i said. i walked over and started finishing off the scraps. dash just smiled and rolled her eyes. she went to the sink and started cleaning dishes. while she cleaned i devoured the rest of the food in no time. i was feeling substantially less hungry now. walked over and used my magic to make quick work of the dishes while she was still scrubbing. i cleaned them and put them away. she seemed shocked then she just started to laugh a bit.
"that would have been useful the last three years." she said. i just shrugged and gave her a kiss.
"don't worry." i said. "i promise everything is going to be much easier from now on." she just smiled and i gave her a little kiss before we walked out the front door as well. we stepped outside and it was dreadfully cold... well i'm sure it was for dash... i couldn't really feel the cold too much. dash was shivering. i just looked over to her and used my magic to create a barrier of heat around her. the heat warded off any snow and melted the snow on the ground beneath her. she stopped shivering and looked around at confusion. "i told you things would get easier." i said.
"aren't you cold?" she asked me as we started walking down the short path to ponyville. i looked at her and smiled. if i was normal i would be shivering right now and getting frostbite... but that isn't the case here. it was probably something close to zero degrees and it was snowing. i had nothing on...nothing. but i just simply didn't feel cold. it felt like a nice autumn day at the perfect temperature of 70 degrees or so. not sweating my ass of or burning up but i'm not freezing either... like i'm just not affected by temperature.
"not really..." i said replying to dashes question. "are you nice and warm." i asked. as we were walking she was slowly melting the snow under her.
"mmm toasty." she said walking over and rubbing up against me. i could feel her heat hit me but it didn't feel much different from how i already felt. i smiled and leaned my head down and rubbed the side of my head against hers in a sort of snuggle, hug combination. she smiled and pressed her head against me. i pulled back and she did too and we continued to smile. it wasn't long before we walked into town and started passing by buildings. we also started passing by other ponies... and boy was that and experience.
the ponies we passed by either cheered, smiled and waved... or in most cases crowded around me blaring questions left and right. as i passed by a small shop and got a quick glance at a newspaper i saw my face and name was plastered all over it on almost every page. the only other news was the execution of scar... so technically i was on every page and every story.
"who ever thought you would be so popular." said dash. her voice was hard to hear over the roaring crowd following us. i managed to block out every other voice and single out hers. it was a nifty little trick.
"i kind of wish ponies wouldn't freak out and crowd around me." i said leaning in closer to her so she could hear me over the crowd. dash just giggled a bit and we kept walking to twilight's and it wasn't long before we got there. i had almost forgotten how close i live to twilight's house. we walked up to the house and i went to knock on the door but it opened anyway to reveal twilight. she had a smile on her face but looked discerningly at the crowd.
"hey crimson... hi dash." she said. dash smiled and waved to her friend.
"how did you know i was at the door?" i asked.
"i could hear and even see that crowd a mile away... you're the only pony i know who draws in a crowd like this."
"not like it's my fault." i said to myself. "so i heard you were having a hearths warming eve party... are you still going to do that or are we going to find something else to do for the rest of the day?"
"no the party's still on..." said twilight. "it's at five and goes on till whenever." she said... woah woah woah... hold on a second. did she just say it goes on till 'whenever? i remember twilight used to be very time based and organized... i guess something must have changed... and i'm pretty sure i know what it was.
i smiled and me and dash just turned around to head off into town to find something to do for the next 7 or so hours. there was still a huge crowd following us, but at least they were kind enough to part so we could walk by. once we were past the crowd we started walking down the street to go someplace else and like before the crowd followed us. i am starting to hope that this isn't going to last long. i hope that it's a phase or something and they get used to me after like a month or so.
"so what do you want to do now?" asked dash.
"i don't know... i don't really find much to be overly exciting after a while." i said. she just smiled and rolled her eyes. "we've got like seven hours... what could we do for seven hours." i glanced over to dash and she glanced back to me giving me a dirty look. i just chuckled and she smiled. i leaned over and kissed her on the cheek. "lets save that for later." i said. she smiled and kissed me back.
"alright..." she said. "but i won't forget that." she said giving me a wink and making me smile. "why don't we go visit some of the others..." she said. " ah... see sweet apple acres is right over there." she said pointing to the dirt and snow covered path to apple jacks farm. "lets go say hi to applejack." i smiled and agreed.
we walked down the dirt and snow path to the farm. the crowd kept following us but i put up an invisible barrier to stop from following us. they couldn't push on and soon gave up and left. i smiled and dropped the barrier when they were all gone and by this time we had passed into the clearing of her house and barn. we saw applejack planting a few saplings into the ground with a shovel and wheelbarrow. me and dash both smiled and started to make our way over. applejack saw us and smiled.
"howdy dash..." she said walking over to us with the shovel slung over her shoulder and covered in dirt.
"hey applejack." said dash.
"hey..." i said as well. we walked over and met up with applejack. she gave me a bit of a dirty glare and i felt a bit nervous.
"howdy there crimson..." she said in a less excited voice. i knew what this was.
"so yeah..." i said. "about the wedding..." i said recalling that one horrible day. before i could get another word out she bashed me across the face with the shovel... in my defense i was asking for it, i deserved it, and i even saw it coming yet did nothing to prevent it. dash jumped back a little and filled with shock. i have to admit it did hurt a bit but i wasn't trying my best to not get hurt.
"what the hell applejack." said dash.
" i know you're mad but just listen." i said. before i could say anything else she bashed me across the other side of my face. i think she managed to break my snout in both directions. i let out a little groan of pain.
"thats for killing me..." she said angrily. i looked back over one more time but she let out another yell and swung the shovel back at me again. i steeled my nerves and the shovel hit me on the side of my head. instead of smashing me across the face like last time it hit my face and the metal of the shovel bent around my face. i was trying my best now and not even the shovel could hit me. dash and applejack looked at me in shock. she pulled the shovel back and curiously looked at the shape of my face now imprinted in the shovel.
"are you done now." i said looking down at applejack who seemed much less angry now. she let out a sigh of relief like she was happy that she didn't have to beat me with a shovel anymore. she threw the shovel behind her and leaped over and gave me a big hug.
"and thanks for saving me too..." she said smiling. i just smiled too.
"mind letting me know the next time you intend to break you're shovel over my husbands head." said dash walking over and applejack let go and stepped back.
"sorry sugarcube... i'll let you know." she said. "and i'll be sure to get a better shovel next time." she said smiling at me. i smiled too and knocked my hoof against my head.
"so what do ya'll need?" asked applejack.
"nothing..." said dash. "we're just stopping by and saying hi before twilight's party today."
"basically we're bored to hell and need something to do." i said.
"ya'll need to find jobs." said applejack.
"i already have a job." said dash.
"and i'm... well i'm me... i'm literally overqualified for every job." i said.
"a bit full of ourselves huh..." said applejack.
"do you think i'm wrong?" i asked.
"well i suppose not..." she said. "but if you can't get a job at least find a hobby or something to keep you busy."
"well i adventure..." i said. "but i think that can wait for a while." they just laughed a bit. we stood there and talked for a little bit before applejack had to get back to work so we left and said goodbye. we walked back down the orchard path and past all the dead appletrees and back into town. and to my luck the ponies in town didn't decide to crowd around and follow me but just stand and admire me. i think they got it in their heads... but i still don't care to much for the feeling of eyes always on me.
we kept walking around and we walked into the park which was seemingly empty. we walked around and enjoyed the snow and scenery. there were no songs coming from the bird's and none of the furry little creatures that usually inhabit the park could be seen running and scampering about. it was completely desolate and void of life. but still somehow it was beautiful and alluring. it was a great example of how even in death there can be beauty. being completely in tune with literally everything in the universe at once i never seemed to get angry at a few of the little annoyances in life. i can just reflect on the beauty of everything and feel at peace.
it really has given me a greater understanding of why things must happen and what everything is about. i know now to appreciate things more and look at the world differently. even though the tree's are dead i can still see the dormant glow of life in them and i can see what they would look like when they flourish and sprout in the spring. it was like everything was flashing before my eyes but remained in the back of my mind. it's kind of scary when you think about it.
"hey... hey..." said dash as her voice started to fade in. i snapped out of my trance and quickly looked over to her. "are you alright... you seem like you're really bored."
"no i'm fine... i was just spacing out for a moment." i said.
"because you're bored." she said. i smiled and let out a sigh.
"alright yeah... i'm pretty freaking bored right now." i said making her giggle.
"i can't imagine what you're going to do to keep yourself busy." she said.
"oh don't worry..." i said. "i'm sure it won't be long before trouble finds me again." i said smiling and contemplating a bit in my head exactly how long it would be before something does happen. by my estimated guess i would have to guess at the most likely within two weeks. if not then one and in an extreme case by the end of a months time... but no longer than that.
we walked around a bit longer and i continued to get the same excited and glamorous looks from all the other ponies that i came within 100 feet of. we kept walking around just for the sake of being together. it was just a little past twelve and almost time for lunch. don't ask me how i know that because i just do, its like there's a clock in the back of my head. i heard a deep rumbling next to me that broke our peaceful silence and i looked over to dash. she looked down at her stomach which was rumbling now and she blushed. i just smiled at her.
"getting hungry?" i asked.
"yeah a little." she said.
"wanna stop somewhere for lunch." i said.
"sure..." she said. "i would have suggested we stop at sugarcube corner and see pinkie... but that's on the other half of town."
"don't worry..." i said. "we'll see her at the party for sure." i said. "why don't we just stop someplace nearby and get some lunch."
"sounds good." she said. we walked around and we found a nice place to stop and get lunch when we ordered there was no surprise when the waiter at the restaurant freaked out over seeing me and was both clingy and overexcited. the place we stopped at was just a small restaurant at the corner of maple street. were weren't that many ponies there so that's why i chose it. so i would get less attention than i already have.
"what will it be today mr. crimson and miss dash?" asked the waiter acting as high end and professional as he could trying to impress me. i could see it was fake... i have a way of telling.
"i'll just have a plate of spaghetti..." she said.
"make that a large plate... we can share it." i said looking at her. she smiled.
"and to drink?" asked the waiter writing down our orders.
"just water." said dash.
"same." i replied.
"wonderful... the meal will be out soon... have a wonderful evening." he said walking away and soon disappearing into the kitchen. his fake mood was so bad it made me let out a sigh of relief that i didn't have to put up with it anymore.
"kiss-ass." i said softly turning around. dash snickered a little and got out of her seat. she sat down with me in the bench seat and rested against me. i just smiled and rubbed my hoof down the side of her back.
"sharing a plate of spaghetti?" said dash. " what kind of cheesy cliche love move is that?" she said.
"was it really that bad?" i asked.
"it almost hurts." she said. i just laughed. "you're just lucky i love you."
"you're right i said leaning my head down and kissing her all the way up her neck. "i am pretty lucky." she just giggled because my kisses were tickling her.
"stop... we're in public." she said quietly pushing me away and laughing the whole time. i just pulled my head back and smiled. i looked over to see that everypony in the restaurant had just seen that. it was a bit embarrassing but i didn't care. it wasn't long until the waiter walked out with our plate of spaghetti and water. he placed down the spaghetti with tomato sauce and garnish on top of it. he placed out water down next.
" here is you're meal..." he said. "bon appetite" he said taking a small bow and then carrying on. once he was far enough away i was free to speak.
"like i said... kiss-ass." i said making dash snicker a bit. she settled down and grabbed her fork. she stuck it into the pasta and spun some onto it and ate it. i just watched and took a drink of my water. and without noticing i had actually downed my entire glass of water... ice and all. i put it down and when i noticed there was nothing else in it i just stared at the empty glass with confusion and wonder... how did i do that.
"do you want some?" asked dash snapping me out of my trance and i shot my gaze over to her and away from my glass which used to be full of water and ice.
"is it still a painful cliche?" i asked.
"it is... but we might as well deal with it." said dash. i smiled and picked up a fork and twirled some spaghetti into it. "and maybe after this we can share a strawberry smoothie." said dash.
"you're mocking me aren't you." i said jokingly. she nodded as she slurped up a strand of spaghetti. the strand pulled up and was attached to the clump of spaghetti on my fork. "wait i got this." i said i bit into the spaghetti and pulled the strand into my mouth until we both met and kissed. dash laughed a bit and smiled as we pulled away and swallowed our food.
"real smooth." she said. we both just laughed.
"i didn't think that would work." i said.
"it almost didn't." she said. "you know you are my husband... you don't have to use cheesy moves like this."
"i know... but it's fun." i said. she just smiled. we both sat down and ate our food. i didn't eat much but i ate whatever was left when dash finished up. we waited for the bill but the waiter said the meal was free of charge. i still left a few bits on the table as a tip and for the meal. we left and continued to walk around town. that lunch burned up a good two hours and it was 2 in the afternoon now. only three hours left until the party.
"so what now?" she asked.
"i don't know... i'm not usually in one place for such a long time... i don't know what to do?" i said. we just kept walking down the street and we decided to cut through the park again and stay closer to twilight's neighborhood. as we walked through the park i looked around and admired the falling snow and beauty of nature once again. when i looked back to the road i saw a pony... or at least, it had the shape of a pony.
i looked like a shadow. it was black all over with soulless white eyes like holes dug into its head. it didn't have hair, it had a ragged tail that touched the ground barely it wasn't a unicorn or a pegasus but a simple looking earth pony... well not exactly simple but it was an earth pony. there were no details or features to it... just blackness. it seemed to kind of give off little strands of smoke like it was made of smoke itself. when i saw it i stopped and dash kept going. she stopped close to it and it was just a bit taller than her. but i could tell from the head shape and snout that it was a stallion. dash noticed i had stopped and she stopped too and looked back.
"what's wrong?..." she asked. she was standing right next to it but didn't seem to be able to see it... like she was completely ignoring it.
"you don't see it?" i asked looking between her and the shadow pony. the shadow pony just tilted its head a little like it was curious about me. it didn't blink it didn't make a sound... it just stood there. it was creepy as fuck.
"see what?" she asked.
"it's there... right next to you." i said pointing at the shadow pony.
"what are you doing?" asked dash. "theres nothing there. what kind of game are you playing with me now or are you trying to scare me."
"no really... it's right there." i repeated.
"what... what is there?" asked dash.
"i don't know... like some kind of shadow pony or whatever." i said.
"i think you're brain might have rotted a bit inside of that tomb." she said. the shadow pony smiled... it was creepy as fuck. it seemed to have fangs and the inside of its mouth was pure white like its eyes. the mouth looked like it was liquid because it stuck together from top to bottom at a few places like goo or something. it just sat there smiling strangely and staring at me. i tried running possibilities through my head on what this could be but nothing figured out. this was completely unknown to me.
" but... its there." i said. i pointed it out again. the strange shadow pony kept smiling at me and i looked over to see that it now had large tentacles growing out of its back. this made me jump back a bit in shock which made dash even more confused. i just stared at the thing and it stared back at me. i didn't know what to do, i didn't want to talk to it because then dash will think i'm psychotic. apparently she can't see it so it must be something with my mind, just playing tricks on me or something. mirella did say i developed an insanity clause.
"stop acting crazy lets go." said dash. i slowly started walking over keeping my eyes on the shadow pony. once i took a few more steps i stopped to keep looking at it it just looked at me and continued to smile. dash rolled her eyes and just started walking over. "c'mon lets go..." she said. i blinked my eyes a few times and it went away. i shook my head out a bit and rubbed my hoof against my forehead. "are you alright..."
"yeah... i'm just going crazy that's all." i said. she smiled and walked closer to me.
"here let me help with that." she said. she pulled me over and planted a big kiss on my lips. i closed my eyes and kissed back. we held the kiss for a solid minute before she pulled herself away and smiled. "better?" she asked smiling.
"much better." i said. smiling she started walking forward and i walked right beside her. i smiled at her and turned my gaze back to the road. i looked at the road only to see the shadow pony again. this time he seemed mad... very mad. with incredible speed, unrelenting force, and no hesitation it lashed one of its tentacles out and it sliced me over my right eye. all vision in that eye failed and i was stricken with incredible pain.
"GHAAA...AH OH FUCK!" i yelled out in pain clasping my eye. dash rolled her eyes and looked over. she was about to say something to me but when she saw me she screamed and rushed over. the wound wasn't in my head but it was real she could see it too. and the fact that it hurt that much and did so much damage at my level of power was the scariest part.
"crimson... crimson what happened?" she asked frantically. i held my wound as blood started pouring out and staining the snow under me red. i just yelled and grunted in pain. i looked over with my one good eye now to see the shadow pony was now gone in a puff of smoke. i let out another yell and more blood poured out of my open wound.
"ghaahaa... it was that...hnng... that thing i saw." i said struggling through the pain. i was definitely bleeding more profusely than the wound would let on. i removed my hooves from the wound and dash nearly threw up. i couldn't see it. "what... is it bad." i asked.
"oh sweet celestia... we need to get you to twilight." she said.
"wait why twilight." i asked.
"i don't think nurse redheart can fix this." said dash. "you teleport over there... i'll fly by soon after." she said.
"no i can... ghaaa" i tried to take her with me but through the incredible pain i could only concentrate a little of my energy.
"just go." she said. i looked at her and she just looked back at me. i just gave her a little nod and in a flash of light i was gone. even with only concentrating on myself the teleportation spell was imperfect and i ended up colliding with other objects between my first position and the inside of twilight's house. it hurt a lot and i seemed to be taking more serious damage now. but soon enough there was a bright flash and i was in twilight's house. i appeared in her living room and in a burst of energy i immediately ruined the room.
i pulled my hooves away from the wound and blood fell onto the floor of twilight's living room. i coughed a little and then threw up a pile of blood. this wasn't good. i could see there was some kind of black sludge in my blood. something was wrong. it didn't take twilight long to run downstairs at the sound of commotion and sure enough the face she made when she saw me and my condition was one of a kind.
"holy fuck... crimson." she said running down. "damnit what happened." she asked. i tried to speak but i found it difficult to say anything and it all just came out a gibberish. i puked up some more blood and the glowing lights on my body started to fade and just looked like scars. for once i wasn't glowing with energy. "c'mon crimson what happened?" she asked frantically while she rocketed through her books looking for an answer.
i soon found it harder to see and even breathe. i was clamoring for air and i started fading close to unconsciousness. i soon found it impossible to breathe and couldn't force air in or out of my lungs. i was growing weak and all of my muscles started to swell and ache. the skin on my body started to peel and tear and the same black sludge would start to ooze out of the wounds. i didn't know what was happening and i was afraid.
with less and less oxygen in my body every second i soon started to fade away. the only reason i could keep going was because i then coughed up more blood and sludge which was clogging my lungs. i took a breath of relief but i was still close to passing out from pain and blood loss. i could hear laughter in the back of my head. it was demonic laughter and it sounded like a small child laughing which made it even creepier. i could see the veins under my skin were pushing up against the surface and they were pulsing and black.
"c'mon crimson... just hold on... celestia will know what to do." said twilight. i couldn't hold on anymore. i fell over and made a splash in the blood puddle underneath me. at this point my body had quit trying to fight off whatever was killing me and i laid there still. blood kept filling my mouth as i laid there and falling out from the side like a small river or stream. a dark fog soon spread throughout the room and engulfed everything until it finally washed over me... then everything was black.
rainbow dash is going to kill me...
-Authors Note:...0-o- this is your face right now. (admit it...dont you lie to me). for most of you your probably wondering 'what the actual fuck just happened... what fresh hell is this?' and most of you are right to think that. i'm going to tell you all this once... this is the beginning of something BIG (with a capitol 'HOLY SHIT') this is the beginning of a new quest which i will not tell you about yet. but this one singular quest is going to eat up this entire story... then i'm going to add an ending and once more make a new story to start fresh. i promise yoou now that this will not be a short quest... THIS... THIS is what i kept talking about when i said i had plans, ideas, and when i said there would be a lot of action and violence and other things... this is it... this is the fucking story... so buckle down and prepare for a whole new kind of adventure unlike any fucking other... oh... and stay shady.-End of Note-