//------------------------------// // Confession // Story: Twisted Minds // by Sillyponyme //------------------------------// Twilight woke up an hour later with lit candles all around her. Noises and crashing could be heard up above. Twilight looked around, she found herself in the libraries basement. “What am I doing here?” “We needed to get someplace safer than upstairs. Those things started to break in, we didn’t have a choice.” Apple Bloom said sitting down next to Twilight. She then saw the shocked expression on Twilight’s face. “You see it now don’t ya?” Apple Bloom was cut up from head to hoof. Scratches covered her body and an eye patch covered her left eye. Her mane was a tangled mess and part of her tail was gone. “What happened to you?” Twilight asked as she stared at the mare in front of her. “Ah had a run in with those things back at the clubhouse. That’s where ah was stayin but ah had to move. It was difficult but I made it out. It’s good to see ya in good health though.” Apple Bloom smiled and put a hoof on Twilight’s shoulder. “I’m not though, my mind has been, I’m not sure anymore. I have to say, I don’t even now if you’re real or not, I can’t tell anything anymore. I’m going on my own now, I can’t trust my mind anymore.” Twilight looked around and saw her friends and Azaliah getting things together. She stretched out her legs and stood up. “I appreciate the help if you really did help but I have to go.” With that said, Twilight took off up the stairs. Once she reached the top of the stairs, she turned around and glared at Apple Bloom. “Don’t follow me.” Twilight then took off. “Twilight, wait a minute!” Apple Bloom yelled out to her but she ignored it. “Gals, we have a problem, Twilight left.” “What, why?” All but Azaliah said in unison. Azaliah worked on getting her things ready but answered the question. “Look, she is confused I’m sure. She can’t tell what is real anymore; she can’t trust her own mind. We have to help her anyway but without her seeing us. If she does, she will most likely turn on us and threaten to kill us and may do so.” The groups’ jaws dropped. “Why should we trust you, you did try and kill her once already.” Rainbow growled. “I agree, who is to say that you won’t take us in a different direction and let Twilight go off on her own. She will most likely die that way.” Rarity put on her armor as she spoke. “I don’t blame you for being angry with me ok but what choice do you have?” Azaliah picked up her gun and got it ready. “We have plenty of choices, leavin you is one.” AJ finished putting her armor on and then grabbed her sword. “Girls, ah believe her. She even told me that she wasn’t sure if ah was me. Ah’m pretty sure that if ah tried to stop her, she would’ve killed me.” Apple Bloom grabbed her sword and rested it on her shoulder. “Ah think we should do as Azaliah says.” “Thank you Apple Bloom, I appreciate the support. I regretfully haven’t done for anyone or anypony I think, never mind. I disappointed my father, tried to kill Twilight and tried to nuke the Marker which I should have known wouldn’t work. Truth is I’m scared and I don’t know what to do. Not even my father knew how to destroy this thing.” Azaliah started to cry. “I just don’t know what to do ok. I knew how to defend but I don’t know how to deal with what it was I was defending. The marker was never meant to be released or found for that matter. I only know how to kill Necromorphs; I don’t know how to end it.” She felt a hoof on her shoulder. She looked up at the pony and found Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom smiling at her. “It’s ok Azaliah but we need to go after Twilight. If she is going after the marker, then this is all about to end one way or another.” Sweetie Belle looked to the others. “Are we all ready to go?” The group nodded and then she looked to Azaliah who wiped her tears away and nodded. “Let’s go then.” Scootaloo and Apple Bloom walked up the stairs and tried to peek out the door but it was stuck. The door only opened up about four inches before it stopped. Scootaloo peeked out the best she could and found the placed trashed. All she could see was a part of the front door when a blade went by her face. She backed up as the blade slipped between the crack in the door. Sweetie jumped into action and cut off the blade with her sword. Another blade came through the crack and Scootaloo cut off that one. The necromorph pound itself against the door trying to get to the two mares. The two mares stuck their swords out as the Slasher rammed the door again and impaled itself. Scootaloo and Sweetie pulled their swords in different directions and cut the Slasher in half. “I think we’re good, it appeared to be the only one.” The others slowly made their way upstairs, weapons drawn just in case. “So how about some help with the door huh?” Scootaloo asked. The group leaned against the door and pushed as hard as they could. It was slow but they were able to push the door open. On the other side of said door were two bookcases on top of each other. The door to the library hung by a hinge and not a single bookcase around the room stood. The stairs leading up to the next floor were shattered and the room had burn marks. The worst of it was on the walls. “Come on everypony, let’s get moving.” Sweetie Belle said as her and her friends led the way out of the library.