//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: Sounds and Insanity // Story: Equestria Missing // by MayaTheBee //------------------------------// DAY 3 8:29 AM FLARE'S HOUSE I wish I didn't wake up, I had no reason to live, no one to turn to, no one to share my thoughts with. No one to-. *Thud* "Huh?...... Hello?" I had completely forgot about the thing in my kitchen making those sounds, I opened my door slowly and crept out, when I peek around the corner, nothing was there, a sigh of relief before realising something was out of place, a cupboard was open, "maybe I'm not alone after all..... Hello?". No response, disappointed, I closed the door and turned around. I nearly jumped out of my skin. "Ha. Good one Dashie, you always make me jump". she didn't respond, "um.. Dashie?" finally after what felt like an eternity, she headed toward my bedroom. "W-wait! Dash, Where are you going?" I went through the door and she was gone, "hmm". What confused me more was that the window wasn't open, "odd," I needed to look into this more, I dug around in my closet for my camera and I set it on a tripod in the corner of my kitchen, and I set out to Canterlot. Maybe I could find some answers there. DAY 3 10:15 AM CANTERLOT GARDENS I entered the gardens with haste, being here made me even more depressed than I already was, maybe because Canterlot was one of the more populated areas, among other places, it was just too quiet for Canterlot. "Okay Flare, calm down". The harder I tried to console myself the quicker it became evident that I needed attention, and I'm usually not the kind looking for attention, I needed a hug, or someone to talk to about the past couple of days, I sighed and continued on. I Joked to myself "Well, at least the statues can keep me company". I chuckled for a second before going back to my depressed self as I headed to Celestia's tower, I pray to Luna that she is still here. The stairs took an eternity to walk up, I got really tired, really fast. Pretty obvious that it was based on the fact that I had a restless past couple of days, I got to the top of the stairs where the castle gates faced me. "Well, here goes nothing", I opened the gates with a little bit of a struggle, I didn't know the light was so bright in here. "Huh? it was never this bright", just then the light went away, "odd". Walking into the castle left me feeling scared, it was too melancholic for Canterlot, too dark, I had too little to eat, why didn't I bring my saddlebag? I thought to myself. I was too paranoid, I kept hearing noises. Thumps, thuds, crashes. These certain sounds kept driving me to insanity. I then heard voices, but they were hard to make out what they were saying, I ran toward the voice, it sounded like it was coming from the grand hall. I busted through the door without hesitation, the voices were really loud, I could hear them perfectly. "Doctor! The patient is going rogue". I wondered what they meant by 'patient'. "Quick! Strap him down!" All of a sudden I felt some hooves on my back. "WHAT THE!?!?" I turned around quickly and looked around, no one was there. I felt the hooves again, "ARGH!" I ran as fast as I could out of there. "Flare! Stay still!". "WHO IS SAYING THAT?!?!". "Calm down were here to help". I was hyperventilating, I was scared out of my mind, I was getting dizzy, In a muffled sound I heard... "We gassed him, hopefully he'll be fine tomorrow". and in the background I heard Fluttershy crying, "W-what di-did you d-do to her? I-I'll kill you... Ugh. WHERE ARE YOU?!". and after that I passed out. DAY 3 5:23 PM PONYVILLE HOSPITAL I woke up in a hospital bed. Wondering how I got there, I immediately got up and ran for the door, just as I got out an unrelenting force stopped me. "Argh! What the?" And without a struggle I was quickly pulled back in, "AARRGGHH!! LET ME GO!" I screamed as I was being pulled back to my hospital bed. "Now why did we leave this door open?" I was scared and confused, I wondered what the hell was happening? I want to go back home, just as that thought passed through my head the door to my room shut itself. I quickly got up and opened the window and flew out and headed to Cloudsdale. DAY 3 6:50 PM FLARE'S HOUSE When I got home I quickly checked my camera. Most of it was static, some was just sounds in my house and some was my friends crying in the corner of my kitchen. Wait, My friends crying in the corner? "YES! I'M NOT ALONE! WOO!" With a happy yell I quickly did a little dance but quickly it ended up me just awkwardly sitting there feeling embarrassed. "Wow... That was awkward". I got up and walked over to where they were, I felt really depressed here, I thought I heard voices, but it was my insanity warding up on me again... I hoped. I decided to check over the tape again, and when I did. they were gone Solaris, Fluttershy, Snowfire, Rainbow dash, They were gone. All of a sudden I heard something trying to break down my front door, I jumped and went straight into my bedroom and into my closet. I heard the door bust down and hoofsteps, but no voices. after about 5 minutes I heard the hoofsteps go away. my head hurt, it had been a long day, so I decided to get some sleep I opened the closet door, closed my bedroom door and covered it with my wardrobe and got into bed and went to sleep. DAY 4 6:00 AM FLARE'S HOUSE I barely got any sleep, I couldn't get my mind off the fact that I was going insane and the ponies I've seen were just figments of my imagination. Maybe I was just sleep deprived, I don't know, I got up and made some breakfast, well it wasn't really breakfast, it was just a muffin Derpy Hooves gave me for my birthday seven days ago, I missed that nice pony too. In fact I missed everypony in Equestria, Even those I had a rational hatred for. "I miss everybody..." My eyes welled up, but there was no time to lose, I had to investigate a little more.