Fate Sealed in Ink

by DeadlyKDPonys


[6] What Ritual?

--Morning, Twilight's Castle--

It was now morning, however there were no activity in the castle yet. Twilight and her friends had a long day so she was super tired. Luckily the Mane 6 were allowed to go home earlier that night since the Princesses wanted to Talk to Bendy in private. He was thensent to live with Twilight, since her castle has alot of spare rooms.

Currently Twilight is sleeping soundly, With pleasent dreams. Sadly that wouldn't last long as a certain Demon floated above her with a mischevious look on his face. He chuckled quietly and then took a deep breath. "OH TWILIGHT!!" He yelled. That certinanly caused Twilight to Jump out of bed, shrieking. She fell to the floor. Once she had calmed out she growled. "Bendy! Why did you do that?!" She asked, glaring a the floating demon. Yeah, that's right, He can do that. He revealed it to the ponies last night, said that he wanted to keep it as a suprise.

Bendy just grinned, staring at Twilight in amusment. "What? You woul've been sleeping all day if i didn't do anything" He said. Twilight stood up, grumpily as she used her magic to fix the bed. "No i wouldn't have" She said, not looking at the Demon. Bendy chuckled. "Twilight, Sweetcheeks, It's 1:00 PM" He said, simply. Twilight turned to Bendy with wide eyes. "What?!" She yelled and dashed out of her room. Bendy was still floating in Twilight's room with that grin onhis face. "Ha, and i thought i was told that Rainbow was the fastest Pony alive. Oh well" He said, flying out of the room to catch up to the alicorn.


Twilight and her friends were in the dining room eating their together breakfeast, or in this case together lunch. They were eating pancakes today. Bendy was leaning against the wall, he was offered pancakes, but he turned the offer down. He doesn't need to eat really. "I'm so lucky that Starlight decided to go along with Trixie on her magician tour. I would not want to explain this situation to her, it would be difficult" Twilight said. Her friends nodded in agreement.

"How long is that tour going to last though?" Rarity asked, as she stopped eating. Twilight looked over at the unicorn. "Well, Trixie said that she managed to have the tour around all of Equestria, so it might be a while" She said. Eveyrpony was now finished eating. "Those were some delecious Pancakes, Pinkie Pie" Applejacked said. The party pony beamed. "Thank you!" She said, then her smile dimmed. "Though, Bendy, How come you didn't want to eat my pancakes?" She asked, but then gasped instantly. "Don't you like Pancakes? I can make something else next itme" She told the demon. She didn't want their new friend to be left out.

Bendy chcukled and hovered towards the party pony. "Calm down, Sweet Pinkie. It's not like i don't like pancakes. It's just that i don't really need to eat. My body is made of Ink after all, I don't need food to survive" He explained. There was silence for a moment. "But you can eat though, Right?" Rainbow Dash asked. Bendy floated above the table, as if like he's the center of attention or something. "I can eat, Though it's not nescassery. I have eaten some times in the past. Espescially with Boris, he was a really good cook" He said. Bendy has become more confterble with talking about his lost friends to the ponies. Cause he felt like they understood him.

The mane 6 smiled when Bendy mentioned Boris. They are somewhat proud to see that he doesn't have an emotinal breakdown when talking about his friends, that did happen a few times last night.
Twilight stepped away from the chair. "Alight, i'll be heading to the libary, i'm expecting a letter from Princess Celestia today. She will tell me what She, Luna and Bendy was talking about. Well atleast a bit of it" She said, then was on her way out of the dining room. "Twilight, can we come along?" Fluttershy asked, softly. Twilight was at the door before she stopped and looked at her friends. Then nodded.

The group wasn now on their way to the libary. However Bendy went to his room, he decided he wante to rest up a bit. Respecting his choice, Twilight and the others kept on going till they reached the libary.


The girls were all sitting in a circle, telling funny stories. Small giggles and laughs here and there. Then all of a sudden, the door burst open, reaviling the baby dragon Spike. He was holding a scroll in one of his claws. "Twilight, the letter has arrived" He said, running over to the alicorn. Twilight grabbed the scroll with her magic, she opened it and started reading it out loud.

Dear Princess Twilight.
You'd be suprised about how curious Bendy is.
He told me and Luna that he is actually a cartoon, a drawing braught to life.
He also said that he used to work as a children's entertainer.
He mentioned more about his friends, wich we feel sad for.
The fact he lost them all is just, Depressing.
Anyways he also told us of his abillities.
One you might find interesting is the 'Bonding Ritual'
Maybe he'll tell you about it if you ask him

From, Princess Celestia

"Bonding Ritual?" Twilight asked. Everypony was now curious. Why did the Princess Mention this? "Well, He is a demon, so he should've probably known about one ritual, right?" Pinkie asked. Twilight shook her head. "Pinkie, it means that Bendy can preform a 'Bonding Ritual' What ever that is" She said.

"Oh so that sneaky Princess Mentioned the Bonding Ritual? Should've guessed" Bendy said, apearing out of nowhere. Scaring the living heck out of the ponies. Bendy tried his best to keep in the laughter. Once the ponies calmed down, Twilight had to ask. "What is this 'Bonding Ritual'?" The Demon shrugged. "It's just a Ritual i can perform to bond a living being to me. Being bonded to me can have some benfits. In fact sometimes performing the ritual can even be my sign for a tight friendship. The reason why Celstia mentioned this to you, is to give you that as a consideration. Being bonded to me can have some importan benefits that i sadly can't talk about. It's not a requirement, it's an optinal choice" He explained.

"I'm saying you have the choice. You can think about it if you want, if you want to declare your desiscion, you know where to find me" He said and then left, leaving the ponies to their thoughts.


The girls were back in the circle, this time thinking carfully about this Optinal choice that they've been given. "I know he said it's not a requrment, but the more i think about it, it starts to sound more like it" Rainbow Dash said. "I agree, can't we just go through with it and get it over with?" Applejack asked. "What if something bad might happen?" Fluttershy asked, shaking a little. "He said that there are tons of benefits if we are to be bound to him. What if those Benefits can help in a dire situation, maybe even if the Fate of the Equesrtia hangs in the balance" Rarity said. "I think that being bonded to him can prove that we trust him and that we want to have a tight friendship with him" Pinkie pie said.

Twilight sighed. "Yes that's true, and i don't see anything bad about this. He may say it's optianl, but i think in the Princesse's Point of View, it's a requirment. Perhaps we should go through with it" She said. "Ok, We should vote for it. All ponies refuse to go through the ritual?" Applejack asked. No pony raised their hooves. "Ponies in favor?" She asked. Everypony, including the country pony raised their hooves. Twilight closed her eyes. "It's settled then" She said.


The group was all on their way to the ink Demon's room. Once they reached his door Twilight knocked three times. The door opened, letting the ponies in. "So?" Bendy asked. Twilight took a breath in. "We want you to perform the ritual" She said. Bendy hovered over to them, suprised. "All of you?" He asked. They nodded. "Whoah, i was not expecting that. Anyways, if tha's the case i will need time for preparations, however that will take a while" The demon said. "How long?" Twilight asked.

"Well, for a one pony it would take....At least a day. So 6 days" Bendy said. The mane 6 eyes widden. "Yeah, you'll just have to wait, but trust me, it will be worth it. Now i have to find a perfect room for the ritual" He said. Then he left. There was a few moments of dead silence. "Oh boy" Twilight spoke up.

"This is gonna be a Long Week"