//------------------------------// // The Disturbing PMs // Story: Equestrian Fanfiction // by Lise //------------------------------// Hey, Princess, we need to talk. :/ What exactly is going on with PaintDrop? Her parents are scared as Tartarus, won't say a word, and I can't find exactly where in Canterlot she's being kept. RRBB Umm, her condition is quite serious, so she's in a place that's specialized in dealing with cases as hers. For the moment it's better that we leave her recover her strength. It's really nice of you to care for her (you two are close friends, after all), but nothing to be worried about :) DarkSparkle We know about the changeling. I was the one who told you, and I, worried as well. How is she? It's been days with no word, and if she really as addicted as Luminescent claims, I don't think it could be easy. Short&Hoofy Oh… DarkSparkle Well, that's reassuring! What do you think we'd do? Just pretend nothing happened? PaintDrop’s stubborn as a mule and for once in her life didn't have a grain of common sense, but she's my friend, out friend! So we're not just pretend nothing has happened because she has a changeling problem or because you tell us that “there's nothing to be worried about!” You tell us what's going on now, or I’ll make such a big fuss that all of Equestria will hear about this! And don't even think you can stop or scare me. The bonus of being constantly hated is that I've lots of backups in case something happens to me. RRBB RRBB, of course I won't do anything to you! I just want to spare you some things. This isn't some love-depression thing, it's really serious. And I mean really serious. PaintDrop is in such a bad shape that she needs magic just to eat. She can't drink water without vomiting half of it. That's why it's best that no one sees her now. Not until she's in condition to talk to ponies. DarkSparkle I'm sorry, DarkSparkle, but that's a ton of *yay*! If it was just that you could have told us on the site. Maybe not in public, but at least in PM or when we asked you in real life. You didn't. You kept insisting everything is okay and we shouldn't worry. Well, that only works when we can actually see her. :/ YouKnowWho They told you as well?! DarkSparkle I told the entire class. I should have done that much sooner. I knew her secret. I watched her slowly get drained bit by bit. At the time I convinced herself that I was overreacting, that everything was going to be alright. I was wrong. Wrong about so many things, including Luminescent. He stood everything to gain from this relationship, yet he chose to warn me. Only because I was too stupid and afraid to see it myself. Now that the worst has almost happened I want to know what’s going on. We all do. Short&Hoofy Yes, DarkSparkle, we do. We're really worried :~( I was a bit scared when I heard dark changelings were involved, but I'm not anymore. Now I just want PaintDrop to go better. SweetStuff Girls, it isn't that simple. What happened to PaintDrop is extremely rare, thank the stars, but it's not an easy thing to recover from. I don't know how much you think you know, but she's addicted to giving her own life away. I won't explain because it's too complicated, but her mind tricked itself that it liked being drained by a changeling. When she doesn't experience the sensation for a while she starts screaming, crying, swearing… it isn't pretty. The first day her body went into convulsions. Even now she spends half her night shouting and swearing at me, at the Princess, even at you. That's why I don't want you anywhere near. The things she says (very horrible things) aren't coming from her, they are coming from her addiction. As I said she can't even eat yet. Yesterday she started with soup. Just a few spoonfuls. Everything else is magic. The Princess is taking care of her personally. Cadence also tried to help, but things are quite complicated because of the changeling. DarkSparkle Well, I told y’all that would happen! Damn colts, only causing troubles! If she had a lick of sense and talked with us before running off to that nogood shapeshifting worm all this wouldn't have happened! >: WaterBottle I don't hear you complaining about Crackle :/ And you know what his sister is like! RRBB I wish it were so simple… PaintDrop still loves him. Actually that's one of the things that keeps her going. She's smart. The moment we came for her she knew she'd never be love drained again. Yet she manages through sheer will to push herself to go on, despite the urges of her body. She lives with the hope that she might see him again one day. If Cadence removes that before PaintDrop has fully recovered we don't know what she’ll cling to. DarkSparkle Wait! You're telling em she likes some changeling more she likes me?! RRBB I told you it's complicated. She cries about you a lot, but in her mind the link between the love drain and the changeling are also somehow fused. Maybe because she fell in love with him at the same time she experienced the drain? I'm still not sure about that. The brain doesn't function rationally when addiction is involved. All we know is that’s what she strives for right now, and we're not risking taking that single hope away from her. DarkSparkle I still want to see her! And you can't stop me! You might be a princess, but I have resources and I WILL find her! RRBB RRBB, she's in the Palace. If you want I'll even arrange for you to see her. Just be sure you're able to live with the consequences. It's one thing for me to write she's screaming and cursing your existence, another to see her do it. I was well versed what to expect and it barely helped. Even when I knew it wasn't her talking, her words hurt a lot. So don't tell me you're ready because you're not. Especially you. You've been her friend for so long, she knows everything about you, she knows how to make you hurt the most and she will want to hurt you, if only in the off chance you might help her escape or get another love drain. So, when do you want to go? DarkSparkle She won't go. None of us will. Just tell us what's happening. Please? We just want to be there if there's anything we could do to help her. That's all. Short&Hoofy I know, and I didn't mean to snap at you like that, but things aren't as pretty as anypony would like. I admit I should have shared some details with you, but… you're still so young. All of you. I just wanted you to avoid this. DarkSparkle None of us can avoid life, Princess. I’ll trust you with her. Please help her get better. RRBB I will. DarkSparkle