Ch. 5 Speak
Once more I was looking at what I once believed to only exist in myth: a unicorn. It slowly stepped into the room, a bored expression obvious on its pure white face. As the unicorn continued its unbearably slow walk into the center of the room, its horn began to glow with a peculiar white light. A small notebook and a pencil floated into the room, engulfed in a similar strange glow.
“You’ve been out for quite some time...” The unicorn began; I felt my jaw fall agape when I heard the creatures voice. I attempted to form a coherent response but all that could escape my mouth was a confused gasping. “Hmm” The unicorn mumbled something to itself before the pencil began scribbling into the notebook.
What have I done to deserve this damnation!? I asked myself, unable to pay full attention to the unicorn at this point.
“I’ll just show her in, she probably has more to ask you than I do.” The unicorn said. It turned to leave, the pencil still jotting notes down under the ethereal hand the light was forming around it. The door began to reseal itself just as the unicorn left the room, a new silence seeming to seep into the room just before
The concept of time was now meaningless in my pale tomb, an uneasy silence coating every surface in dread of what lay ahead. The silence permeated the room longer than any creature would desire, until it was pierced by a voice. “Hi, I’m Pinkie Pie!” A truly ecstatic, almost childish voice rang. “I heard that somepony was found in the Everfree Forest and I was like WOAH nopony ever goes into the Everfree Forest, except maybe Zecora, but she’s not really a pony...” Whatever was making these mindless ramblings quickly jumped up at my bedside, revealing it to be a pink, horse-like creature.
Just looking at this creature strained my eyes due to the amount of contrast between the monotone room and the bright, unnatural pink of the creatures pelt. Then the creature resumed its ramblings.
“But then I heard that you were brought to the hos...” The creature paused as it finally noticed my deathly visage, “Ew, what’s wrong with your face?” The pink creature blurted out, its tone quickly shifting from one of manic happiness to an odd mix of curiosity and disgust. “You know what this calls for?” The creatures tone suddenly became bright once again, “A welcome to ponyville and a glad you’re feeling better party!” and with the word ‘party’ confetti seemed to fall from the once empty ceiling.
I could feel my eye twitch as I gazed at the scene before me, the pink creature jumping about, singing some pointlessly happy song that I was unable to pay any attention to. My eyes began to roll into my skull as thoughts of gruesome forms of torture ran rampant through my mind. The door made a loud clang, which served to snap me back into reality as well as shutting the pink monstrosity up.
“I guess I should go now, when you get out I’ll be sure to throw a glad you’re feeling better party!” and with that the creature rushed out through the door the instant it opened a sliver.
“How did she...?” The voice of the unicorn said, clearly confused by what he had just witnessed.
“It’s just Pinkie Pie being Pinkie Pie.” A boyish voice interrupted, similar to the one I heard prior to my ‘escape’ from the forest.
Remain calm I repeatedly told myself as the door slowly grinded open, my heart rate drastically increasing in anticipation of seeing some new creature.
Then I saw it: just another Pegasus. It was a calming sky blue; its mane however did not sing the same song. Its mane and tail were coloured, most likely by some mix of dyes, to share the same colours and style of a rainbow. The Pegasus swiftly walked into the center of the room, while the white unicorn stood in the doorway, preparing to take notes.
“Uh... hi?” The Pegasus said a hint of nervousness and uncertainty clear in its voice. It looked directly upon my rotten form strewn out over the bed.
How to respond...? I pondered as the Pegasus stared, unmoving from its place at the heart of the room. “Hello.” I slowly said, forcing a toothy grin. I let out a slight chuckle.
The Pegasus looked at me with an odd expression, not one of fear, but rather surprise. The staring contest that I and this creature were locked in ended as finally blinked. A new silence overtook the room the Pegasus awkwardly stared at the ‘strange beast’ laid before him, or possibly her. I could not stand the ungodly silence for another moment. “Are you going to say anything, or merely gaze in awe at me?” I asked, no longer caring for my previous attempts to scare it.
“Ugh, why didn’t they didn’t just tell Twilight to come over here, she’s the egghead!” The Pegasus said, now gaining a clear irritation to its voice before turning its back to me and leaving. The door sealed behind it.
With the door re-sealed I once again found myself in a fortress of solitude. I laid there for a time, reflecting on my most recent encounters with these creatures. I also found myself gaining a slight desire to butcher the pink creature. More voices began mumbling behind the door; only a few words truly possible to make out, “are you sure you want me to do that?” one voice said, followed by another.
The door noisily swung open once more; this time a lavender unicorn stood in the aperture, “Hello?” this new interloper had an odd concern to its voice. The unicorn said nothing more as it slowly neared my bed; a nervous air seemed to accompany its movement as it drew closer. The unicorns horn began to glow with a light similar to the firsts, but this one seemed brighter, more noticeable. My vision began to blur suddenly as I felt some strange force assaulting my eyelids, attempting to force them shut as I looked at the light from the creatures horn.
I heard a soft thud on the ground. Before I could see the source of it, the strange force succeeded in defeating my body’s attempts to resist it as my mind drifted off into unconsciousness once more.