Now, it was the day I had supposedly killed Rainbow. Phantom and I had a conversation earlier that day that was crucial for me...
"Orion, whatever you do, don't pick up any phone calls that are from anyone. Not the girls, your mom, or any other unknown numbers."
"Why? What if it's urgent."
"Even so, don't do it. The goddess and I were talking about this, and we decided to prevent you from answering phone calls. We feel that if someone calls for a favor from you, it'll only end the way it did with Rainbow. We don't know how crafty this individual is. Each phone call you answer may trigger the next death, and you may not even know it."
"I don't know..."
"It's all we came up with. We still have to figure out who's pulling the strings. If this individual has more power than me and the goddess, we may be in for some trouble. We don't know what this person can pull. Just be on the lookout...
I don't know if I can even come close to doing that. I need to answer a call from my friends. It could be urgent. They could be...
"Yes, they may be in trouble..."
"Huh?" I glanced around in the music room only to see nothing, "Who's there?"
"No one is here Orion."
"What?"
"I'm just saying... they could be..."
Ring!
"My phone..."
"Answer it... it could be urgent..."
"B-But I can't. I don't want to risk losing them...," I took out my phone, and gripped it fiercely.
"Answer it, it just may be crucial...," I didn't know what to do. It said it was Pinkie, so maybe she just needs some help setting up for a party..., or maybe she hurt herself setting up a party.
What am I saying. It doesn't seem like that girl can get hurt... I think...?
I soon felt my own hand move on its own as it answered the phone, and brought it up to my ear. What I didn't expect to hear, or the tone that I didn't expect to hear was, "Hey Orion...," Pinkie sounded almost... depressed. This was the whole opposite of her usual upbeat self. In fact, she sounded as depressed as I was... before these events.
"Uh, Pinkie, is something wrong?"
"Oh, uh, I just feel like... something is missing. Like, I know you're here. Oh, and Rarity... Aj... Sunset... Fluttershy..., and..."
Pinkie fell silent for a short second. She paused on the final person to their group of friends... Rainbow Dash...
"I can't place it. Someone that's my closest friend is missing. I can't even recollect any memory of them. It's almost as if... they've been... deleted from my memory."
"Maybe, I can help you recollect those memories..."
"No, I don't want that at the moment. I feel like all I need is to be by your side right now."
"Okay, would you like to stay on the phone?"
"Yeah, that would be nice. So, are you still at school?"
"Yeah, I was about to leave now."
"Oh, am I holding you up?"
"No, not at all. I'm fine right now. I had already talked to Principal Celestia on staying over a little to clear my mind," Pinkie then went silent, causing me to worry, "Is everything alright?"
"O-Oh... yeah, don't worry about me. So, how do you like it here at CHS?"
"Uh, it depends. I've had so many girls ask me to the Fall Formal Dance, and yet, I still haven't made my decision on any of you."
"Oh, it's fine Orion. I don't expect you to choose me...," Pinkie's tone got more and more depressed the more she spoke. I worried too much to sit idly by.
"Pinkie, what makes you say that?"
"I feel like... I don't match that calm and cool personality you would like in a girl. You're much too calm in any situation, and compared to me, I'm just... too rowdy," Much like another girl I... still remember, "Besides, I don't think it'll help your depression..."
"Pinkie... stop...," Her tone got worse and worse as she spoke. I didn't know what to do at this point. This wasn't her... this was just some illusion...
"Is that what it is?"
"Huh?"
"An illusion? You think that's all this world you're in is Orion?" Pinkie grew angry at me. Can she... see my narration?
"Of course I can. I've been seeing it this whole time. But is that what you think this is, an illusion? Is none of this real to you?"
"What? No... uh..."
"That's right, you can't think of anything to say right now, huh? Have I seen through you? First of all, you said something about someone called... Rainbow Dash. Is that who's missing in my... no... all of our lives?"
"..."
"Answer me. Remember, you can't escape from me..."
"Yes..."
"That's better. So what happened to her?"
"I... don't want to say..."
"Fine, I won't make you, but who was she?"
"I honestly don't know myself. I was only reborn in this world a week ago... I don't know any of you that well!"
"Hmph... so you don't know much about us, yet we call you our friend, and want you to choose between the 4 of us to the school dance. What the hell is up with that?"
I couldn't really say anything. I was... speechless...
"What kind of fucked up person would make such a hellish story? Who would get a chuckle from such... darkness?"
"Some people would, but I don't believe this is a story anymore Pinkie..."
"Then what is it? What is this hell?!"
"I think... it's our own lives on the line..."
"That's just... too hard to think about... wait...," I then heard Pinkie yell at the top of her lungs. It was almost agonizing, "No! It can't be!"
"What's going on?! Pinkie?! What's happening?"
"I'm sorry Orion... I just had an epiphany... a hellish one at that... I feel like... there's no going back now... I'm sorry Orion... I love you..."
"Huh? Pinkie! What are you doing?!" Before I could even get an answer, she hung up on me.
I tried to jump from my seat, but I couldn't move. As I sat there, flashes of numbers overcame my vision.
0100100100100000011101110110111101101110001001110111010000100000011011000110010101110100001000000111100101101111011101010010000001110100011000010110101101100101001011100010111000101110
"Binary Code...?"
I didn't know how to decode it, but I was worried of what it might be saying or telling me. However, I still couldn't feel my body. I was frozen in time. I needed to check on Pinkie... who knows what happened to her...
Once I felt myself gain control again, I prepared to run down the halls in the school to my motorcycle.
I quickly hopped on my motorcycle once I got outside, and rode at blistering speeds down the road. I ran red lights, stop signs, and everything else just to get to her house. The only problem is... I didn't know where her house was...
"Orion!"
"Huh?" I skid my motorcycle across the road, and came to a stop when I heard Phantom talk.
"Orion, I told you not to answer your phone."
"I couldn't stop myself. It was as if someone was controlling me!"
"No, they've gained this much power...?" Phantom sounded somewhat surprised. Should this have been expected though. This individual is changing the story, and resetting the world..., so you would think it could gain the power to control others... like Pinkie!
"Phantom, where's Pinkie's house?"
"It's too late for her Orion..."
"What do you mean too late?"
"No, you should see for yourself. It hurts me to do this, but her house is the last one on this street..."
"What are you not telling me Phantom?!"
"Just go... it's too late..."
I glared at wherever Phantom could see me, and rode off towards her house, "Last house on this street..."
I saw the house, and stopped in front of it. What I saw was the front door open, and no cars in the driveway. I popped out the kickstand, and walked slowly to the house.
I peaked around the door, sneaking in so I wouldn't draw attention to myself. Even so, I still spoke, "Pinkie? Are you here dummy? Don't scare me like that..."
No response...
"Pinkie?" I arrived at a bedroom door that was slightly opened. A pungent smell protruded from the room, nearly making me vomit on the spot. I stared at the door, and put my ear against it, "Hello? Pinkie?" Knowing what could waiting for me inside, I slowly open the door, "Uh... are you-..."
"No... this can't be happening..."
From the outside, I heard this, "Come out now! We know you're in there! If you don't come out, we will move in!" That's right... running all those red lights and stop signs, caused the feds to chase me. How could I forget?
Well, it doesn't matter anymore... first Rainbow..., and now Pinkie...
These girls don't deserve this. Is this happening because of me? No, it can't be. One person can't make a difference..., or can they?
Is all this happening... because I was reborn into this world?
"Alright, we're coming in!" I heard the rustling of footsteps as I heard the police come behind me. They witnessed me kneeling, and Pinkie hanging there.
The decaying smell of her body didn't affect me anymore. As for some of the cops, some started vomiting, others rushed out the house. A few looked away, and one put handcuffs on me, "You're going away for a long time boy..."
That doesn't matter... this life... means nothing now...
And like before a flash of numbers appeared in front of me... for which I shrugged off... this life... was too hellish for me to care anyway...
01011001011011110111010100100000011101110110111101101110001001110111010000100000011101000110000101101011011001010010000001101000011010010110110100100000011000010111011101100001011110010010000001100110011100100110111101101101001000000110110101100101001000000111100101101111011101010010000001110000011010010110111001101011001000000110001001100001011100110111010001100001011100100110010000100001
"Oh well, here we go again... let us restart..."