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// The Lab 
// Story: What is this place? 
// by eridan_ampora 
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"Wow. Fluttershy is the most beautiful pony I've ever seen. It's a shame we'll never meet again."


Stormy woke up in what seemed to be a lab. There was a thick layer of dust covering every inch of it. There were a few hoof prints on the floor, most likely from the unicorn that brought him here. Huge syringes lined the walls. They were filled with an assortment of coloured liquids. There was faint talking coming from behind a door a few meters away from him.

Stormy was in an enormous amount of pain. All of his limbs, wings included felt like they were being scorched by lava. He couldn't bear the pain for much longer. He tried to move but his arms and legs were attached to the table by leather restraints which were rubbing into his skin.

Stormy laid there for an hour, tired and helpless. He then saw a figure standing outside of the door. It opened, and there was the unicorn from before, who had beaten him up.


"Oh, hello Storm Cloud. I've been waiting for you to wake up."

Stormy didn't respond. He had a pure hatred for that pony.

"Well, let's move on. Do you know why you're here?"

Stormy closed his eyes. He was filling up with anger.

"Oh, you don't? Well let me tell you. You're here because you're going to join our army today. Isn't that exciting?" 

Said the dark grey stallion sarcastically.

Stormy had no response. It was time to accept his fate. There was no getting out of this.

The unicorn walked over to the wall lined with syringes, raising up huge amounts of dust. Stormy coughed furiously. The unicorn levitated a giant syringe with a dark green liquid in it. He then walked back to Stormy.

"In a few minutes, you'll be just like us."

Stormy didn't budge. He didn't try to escape. He couldn't escape.

The unicorn tapped the syringe with his hoof and put it a hairs breadth away from Stormy's sweating forehead.

"This will be enjoyable"

The unicorn said.

The dark grey pony plunged the needle in Stormy's forehead. Stormy choked in pain as the needle pierced his skin. The unicorn laughed as Storm Cloud writhed in pain on the cold, metallic table. Seconds later Stormy fell unconscious with his eyes opened wide. 

One of the effects of the liquid that was rushing through Stormy's veins was that it healed all wounds Stormy possessed. His wing instantly snapped back to it's normal position, and all of his cuts and bruises he had, vanished like magic.

Stormy's pupils widened so large, that they covered the entire space of his eyes. After a while, Stormy awoke. He felt much more different than before. All of his physical pain, like bruises and such were gone. But his emotional pain had gotten worse. He could only think of the bad times in his life, no good ones.

All he remembered of the day was when Fluttershy left, when he got kidnapped... And when he turned chaotic.

Stormy let tears flow from his eyes. He wiped them off quickly when the grey unicorn entered the room again.

"Well, I see you're done. You can be freed now."

The unicorn took off the restraints from Stormy's limbs. Storm Cloud rubbed his legs and arms, they didn't hurt anymore, the red marks from the restraints were gone. He was completely healed. 

"Now Storm Cloud. I need you to go collect ponies to join our army. Do you have any pony in mind?"

Stormy was thinking of a certain, weak, yellow and pink mare.

"I do."

said Stormy coldly.

"And I know just where to find her."