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// The Assistant: Silent Ponyville Part 1 
// Story: The Assistant 
// by gamemaster36 
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(Thanks to Mikokittah for proofreading)
(Original Silent Ponyville)


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“Are you okay Assistant?”
Pinkie was leaning over me and checking for any sign of injuries. I waved her off me and stood back up.
“I'm fine. Just got the wind knocked out of me from that blow. I didn't expect that to happen.”
“Expect what to happen?”
I didn't respond. I get distracted by the library. It was to quiet and dark. Pinkie also began to look around.
“Look!”, Pinkie said.
I look over to her walking towards a table. On it was a bag and a piece of paper. She put her hoof on it to focus on it. She reads it aloud.
“You must cross the darkness to see the light. What do you think that could that mean?”
She looks over to hear my answer. I shrug my shoulders to show her I am as clueless as her right now. She went back to the bag at the table and opened it. She pulled out a regular oil lamp and began to fiddle with it to see if it worked. She was happy to see it light with ease. She turned it off and placed it on the table. She then pulled out a device that was not very familiar to me.
“What is this?”

I walk over to see the item up close. She turns and hand it over to me to inspect. This thing looked very familiar. It had a dial that moved a needle over some numbers. There was another dial that didn't seem to do anything. Then I found a switch on the side. I flicked it. Some static started to quietly come through the small holes on the front. That's when it hit me.
“It's a small radio.”
“Radio?”
Pinkie tilted her head and poked it with her hoof. She didn't understand what a radio was since they didn't have such objects in Equestria. I am confused as to how a radio got here in the first place. 

Pinkie threw the saddle bag over her and tightened the strap. She place the lamp, note, and small radio in the bag. I went upstairs to see if any other ponies or Spike was here. I found no one upstairs, so I decided to look out over the balcony. I walked over to the glass door. I was shocked by what I saw outside.

There was a thick placement of fog right in front of the door. I couldn't see anything through it. I yanked on the handle of the door. It was locked tight.
“Why is the balcony locked? And all this fog...”
Pinkie began to shout up to me.
“I am going to go and see Rainbow Dash!”
I turned and began to run downstairs.
“WAIT!”
I caught Pinkie right when she was at the door.
“I'll make sure you get there okay.”
She turned to face me.
“Huh?”
“Something is wrong here. I just know it.”
She turned back towards the door.
“Okay. If you think so.”
She opened the door. She stopped and began to notice all the fog.
“What!?!”
I walked over to her side.
“Are you ready to go?”
She looked up to me. She nodded with hesitation. we began to walk.

The fog seemed to surround me and Pinkie as we walked. It let us see only about a couple meters ahead of us before cutting off into unknown territory. The way to Rainbows wasn't to far from the library. We both came to a stop when we saw a giant chasm. It split off the path to Rainbow's. The chasm went down for what looked like miles.
“What is going on!?”
Pinkie looked up to me scared. I was about as scared, if not, more than her. I haven't been mortal for a long time. I didn't know what will happen if I get seriously injured. I shrug again. We both begin to run back to the library checking house doors on our way.

“Here's the map!”
Pinkie and me were back at the library. I was sitting on the third step of the stairs thinking about our situation. Pinkie was scribing on the map with a red pen she found. She finished what she was doing and brought it over to me.
“Does tis shem righ?”, She asked with the map in her mouth.
I looked at what she has done. There were several markings with a circle and an x around the places we checked and the road to Rainbows. She had a circle around the address of Sugar Cube Corner.
“Why do you have Sugar Cube Corner circled?”
She rolled the map up and placed it in her saddlebag.
“I think I can use my hot air balloon to scout for any Pegasi in the sky.”
“Are you sure it is safe to fly in such a foggy condition?”
She tapped her hoof on her chin.
“Maybe, but usually when there is fog, there is at least one Pegasus watching it to make sure no one gets hurt.”
“Well then lets head to Sugar Cube Corner then.”
She nods as she turns and heads for the door. I stand up and soon regret it.

“Assistant......”
The voice was a soft, deep whisper in my head.
“WHAT!? WHO'S THERE!?”
A sudden ringing in my head gave me an incredible pain.
“AUUGGH!!”
I fall to my knees, grasping at my head to try and make the pain go away. It intensified as I shake my head and yell in pain.

The pain suddenly stopped. I open my eyes to see Pinkie Pie standing in front of me.
“Are you okay!? That sounded like you were in tremendous pain!”
I shake my head to see if the pain had left. There was no sign of any injury as far as I could tell, and I could still think straight. I begin to answer Pinkie's question.
“I don't know what that was, but I'm okay now. Could have just been eye strain from the fog.”
She slowly began to turn back to the door, keeping eye contact before she had to break it. I wanted that sharp pain to be something to do with my eyes. I wanted it to be anything but what I knew what it was. I wanted it to never appear again. I wanted that voice in my head gone...