He could finally taste the air.
It was metallic and acrid, almost like blood that had been left to dry for years, as if the life that had been extinguished, squished for all that it was worth could simply be put under the rug. Each and every single drop of blood, of pain and terror, they all made the air thick with guilt and loneliness, but mostly of hypocrisy and it was delicious. The important thing in the air was the irony of what had caused everything to be engulfed in fog so thick, that it never let you go, no matter how much you prayed or begged; in the end, you were nothing to the city full of bones and memories.
He smiled at the light coming from the moon, or at least where the moon would be, but for so long no light could pierce through the darkness that surrounded the city. It was not only literal what he thought about the light, but that was not his problem; it haven’t been for such a long time, but even now he could feel the tug that called him into the buildings, as if they were calling him, seducing him into the blood and darkness that power always reeked of.
He could feel the break on every single second, as if time itself left the city forgotten, left behind in a haze of sleepiness that put everything in the realm of nightmare. It was quite fitting seeing everything from the dark room in which he had found solace.
He could hear her steps and many more, all of them a cacophony of decibels that brought a broken harmony into the blood infested walls of the city. Closing his eyes he enjoyed the ripples across all that he was and had once been. A long time ago, a long existence that echoed across everything that exists.
As he enjoyed his solitude, Sunset Shimmer looked at who could be called her best friend with a look of shock and sadness.
“Not again, not again!” she wanted to hit something, to throw the flashlight away and hit the walls with her fists until the pain in her hands drowned the pain that was present in her heart “is this what you wanted? Is this enough suffering?! Why do you want me to live through this!” the pain coming from her mouth made the little unicorn wince in sympathy at what was obviously a bad situation.
“I’m sorry, I just don’t know you, but you apparently know me; you said my name,” at these words, Sunset tried to calm down, to crawl of the dark place that had been so close of drowning her. She took several seconds in which she closed her eyes and took control once more on her emotions.
“Of course I know you, or at least the real Twilight, you cannot be real then,” well, that was something Twilight haven’t heard before, who knew she would have to prove her own existence to a delirious human.
“I am as real as any pony, although even I would doubt about reality, considering this place; I don’t know how I reached this human building, but I know nothing good could come out of this,” at those words, Sunset’s eyes narrowed, specifically due to how it had been phrased, but for now, they had other problems as she began to hear feet being dragged somewhere in the distance. Her face showed tension and even terror as the steps continued to get closer to where they were.
“Twilight, can you use magic?”
“Since I woke up I haven’t been able to even summon a spark, what is going on?”
“If we don’t run, I’m pretty sure we will never find out, so follow me,” was all that was said as the girl and pony ran across the empty hallways, reeking of moss and death, of disinfectant and fear. It felt horrible, it felt encompassing and crushing, but it was not a terror that wanted to jump at you, it was as if was simply watching, waiting, researching. Twilight felt her heart beating a mile on her chest, sweat gathering in her face and the rush of adrenaline making her rush across the darkness and loneliness.
Soon, instead of sterile walls, a light was found among the pitch black; it was a light bulb, also dimmed like in the room she had woken up, with light dirty and barely capable of showing the way, but there they went into the door and into a place Twilight couldn’t believe.
It was the worst room she had seen in a while, especially since it was being used as a hospital, with dirty and bloodied sheets and a body of a girl that simply stared at the ceiling with dead eyes. The blonde girl barely moved at the sound of the door being opened and Twilight had to hold back a gasp. Yes, this was a human girl, but the similarities couldn’t be denied; same blonde long hair, freckles and the color of her eyes. So this is what AJ would have looked like if she was human.
“Thank goodness you are alright, I told you that is dangerous outside,” another voice took Twilight from her shock and then she saw the other human being in the room. This one had a pink uniform with a skirt and what appeared to be flats; with the small hat on top of her head it was clear that this woman was a nurse and she looked completely tired.
“I just couldn’t stay here; I had to keep on looking.”
“Well, I suppose that’s okay too, you already found one of your friends, maybe you will find the others.”
“How’s AJ?” Sunset said sitting down on a beat down plastic chair as the aforementioned girl moved slowly her hand and accepted Sunset’s hand on her own.
“She is still lost in her mind; this town affected her as much as the others.”
“That’s why I have to find them.” Only then, the woman took a look at her, her eyes widening at what had walked into their room.
“Sunset, is this weird… unicorn with wings yours?” the nurse pointed at the still shocked Twilight, but thankfully Sunset was able to answer back.
“She is a friend from my original world; I think she was affected by this town too.”
“Well, for what is worth, welcome to Silent Hill, wish I could give you a proper welcome but the town… hasn’t been the same in a long while,” she said with a forced smile, obviously battling the demons that were found in the darkness.
“I don’t know what’s going on; I don’t even know how I got here! Please tell me, if we are friends like you said, what is this place?” the answer she got was only the tired laughter of Sunset as she kept holding Applejack’s hand.
“Oh Twilight, we are in hell, or at least the closest thing to it.”