//------------------------------// // Dead Ends // Story: Paraplexed // by Everfader //------------------------------// Sprinting down the hallway in a hail of beams while carry Fluttershy in my hooves and scratching the walls with my wings. Fragments of the wall falling to the ground with small lines of blood leaving trails. Ahead of me the barrier door slowly closing with the guards getting closer behind me . "Hold on we're going to make it!" Exclaiming without confidence. Sliding under the door coming out into the open being surrounded by Five guards aiming their darkened purple shadow blades at us. "We got you now!" The one on the right announcing. Time slowing down feeling the blades piercing me with a flow of devastation streaming through me. Swirling around on the ground blasting them all into the atmosphere breaking their blades in two. Rain starting to bounce against the ground cooling the anger within me. Flapping my wings bouncing the droplets off of my wings and zooming into the horizon. Getting closer and closer to the cliff keeping her close to me. Moving through the tress attempting to avoid them and advancing to her cottage with haste. Landing gently on the footstep, opening the door and then closing it behind me. Softly lifting her from under me onto my back. Walking up the stairs and then into her bedroom. Moving over to her bed sitting on it holding her with my four hooves with her head against my chest with her mane flowing behind her head and her tail lying on the ground. Her body, lifeless like a rag doll along with her eyes closed. Bracing an overcoming of panic inside begging her to come back to conciousness. "Fluttershy" Saying gently but still remaining asleep. "Flutteshy!" Again with shock. "Oh Fluttershy I am so sorry" Another time with tears in my eyes,dripping only her face with her eyes opening. Fluttershy gasping for air coughing up and regaining oxygen. "Xareth..." The poor mare barely pronouncing. "Fluttershy!, I am really sorry for everything its all my fault." "Xareth!" waking up in shock and wrapping herself around me. her strands falling all around my wings and her body brushing coldly against my stomach. The water from her eyes draining down onto my shoulders and her head resting on my chest. Placing my right hoof on her back and caressing it gently hoping that it would calm her down. Fluttershy removing her head and looking into my eyes full of tears staining her pale yellow cheeks. "Oh Xareth I am so sorry I didn't mean for any of this to happen. They were going to do terrible things to me!" "No this is all my fault!" I should of never brought you into all this." Looking to the right of me, Angel Bunny jumping up and down, pounding the ground with a sheer look of panic on his face. Hopping hopelessly over to the window and pointing at it. "Hey look, I think he's trying to tell us something." Gently placing her in my front two hooves and going over to him. Looking out , Ponyville appearing to be a view of burning empires with fire encasing most of the houses with smoke escaping from the ember. A stench of eroded rubble seeping through the seems. Fluttershy beginning to cry even more again "Oh no, Ponyville!, my friends!" Fluttershy fainting again. The white rabbit running over to me a shugging his shoulders in panic. "We should search for survivors, anyone who knows mara's platoon went." Angelbunny nodding at me swiftly. Letting down my wing onto the windowstill allowing him to jump onto me holding himself tightly in my fur. Gently shoving Fluttershy onto my back and walking down the stairs with immense pace. Rushing through the door out into the open. Even heavier tears from the sky crashing down all around me. "Hold on everyone!" Announcing whist beginning to accelerate through the sky. Flying towards Pony ville, travelling above as the trees below me waving with oats of water splashing onto each other's leaves. Coming closer to the town landing right outside the entrance with a sign reading "Welcome to Pony ville." all scratched up and barely readable. Proceeding over the worn brown wooden bridge soaking up all the rain with bits of wood scraping off it while walking. Over into the town with houses all demolished with walls broken off revealing what was once chairs, tables and kitchen appliances all turning to ashes. Walking through the ruins by desrtoyed house after house hearing nothing. Eventually coming to a tree house with thick brown bark that seemed to still be intact except for a few broken brances lying outside the dark red soild door. The notice board to left catching my attention saying library. Stepping over the branches and opening the door. The Bunny hopped out me. Everything was pitch black until he jumped up on to a touch illuminating the room. A round wooden table in the center of the room with lots of books of different colors stacked onto the table. The light brown floor circled the room with the carved shells on the other side of the table casting shadows on the spiral creeks. To the right of me a staircase entwining around up into an open room. Walking up the steps quietly hearing a a very young voice taunting. "Stand back I'm warning ya!" Right in front of me a blue closet engraved with yellow stars rumbled as one of the doors peaked open. Moving over very silently and opening the wardrobe. "Aaahhh" The purple dragon shouting in fear. Moving back just a step realizing that it was Spike form the party. "Oh wait!, I know you, I met you at Sugercube Corner, Xareth right!?". "Yea its me, I mean no harm." "Thank goddness its you, its great to see a friendly face. The whole town got destroyed by some really scary guards. They were kidnapping every pony from here even my pony friends! Do you know what is happening???" "The world is under threat from by a leader called Mara, she told us the truth about the history of everything and wants to turn every pony into what I was supposed to be, a mindless killing machine. But it turned out differently on me for some reason, not sure why? "Yikes!!!" the dragon replying terrified and gnawing at his nails. Spotting a small wooden bed over beside the window, gently resting Fluttershy on the bed. "What are we gonna do???, is she gonna be okay???" The dragon inquiring with panic. "I don't know, do you know where they took everypony?" "I dunno either, sorry man." Fluttershy waking up again with a slight sense of shock. "Xareth!" Fluttershy gently hugging me and then standing onto the floor. "Oh hey spike... Hey Fluttershy, I glad that you are here, did you hear what happened???." "Yea........" Saying in dispair. Looking at both of them "Lots of bad things have happened, but I don't think that I can set it right, I've never been through anything like this before. I wish I had never stepped into your lives, none of this would of happened. I'm sorry..." "Oh man what are we gonna do we are so done for." "Xareth I know you can make things right, it doesn't matter what she said, its not too late, you are stronger than her, you can make things right again, you saved me and I l......" Fluttershy abruptly stopping her sentence with a slight blush on her face. "You're right Fluttershy we can do this together, all of us." Saying bravely with a slight doubt in my mind. "Spike! Is there anyway you can track them down." "Yea maybe if use my dragon senses, that should do the trick." "Time is on our side lets go." Announcing to everyone. Running down the stairs and into the pouring rain. Spike using his horn glowing a sickly green and highlighting footsteps leading towards the exit and trailing up to a white castle with a purple bubble dome around it. "Ah! They went to Canterlot, we better hurry!!!". "Here, hop on!" Pointing at spike. "Gee, thanks dude." Spike climbing onto my wing and then onto my back. "I'll be right behind you."Fluttershy winking at me. Flapping my wings, driving all of the loose wet off them and flying into the distance with apprehension.