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// Epilogue 
// Story: A Doorway to Another Place 
// by Java Joe 
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She floated in darkness and silence for what could have been an eternity. There was no way to tell the passage of time where she was. An hour, a day, a year they were all the same. She didn't feel cold, tired, hungry or anything. She just floated.

Then seemingly from far away she heard a sound. She welcomed whatever it was that would change the oppresive nature of this nothingness where she found herself. It was hard to make out but it sounded like... claws? The sound of claws that skipped and slid on slick stone. She focused on that and the more she focused, the louder it got and the louder it got the closer it seemed to be. For the first time in a long time, ever since she could remember she felt the stirings of fear.

Suddenly when she felt she could no longer take it, it stopped. She was breathing quickly, her heart pounding, straining with every fibre of her being to hear what was going on but still nothing. Did she imagine it? Was that sound just her mind playing tricks on her? No, she was sure there was something out there but maybe it had passed her by. She resumed her floating, letting the currents of this place take her whereever they did.

Evil, chuckling laughter filled the space and her insides turned to ice. It was still here but it was playing with her for it's own sick purposes. She wanted to scream, wanted to run but no sound came and she was frozen with fear. Then she felt it. A presence. Something huge, powerful and above all else evil. No, not evil. It was different. No, not different, in-different. Something that simply didn't care either way. Something that wasn't good or evil but just was. She knew what this was, but couldn't speak the name but unbidden it came to her mind.

"Discord."

"Oh you're so right my dear! You don't seem to be using your body at the moment, do you mind if I borrow it for a while? Please speak up if you disagree. Oh, the fun we're going to have."

At that moment her body with Discord in control came to life. There were no straps to hold her down and no locks on her door. After all, why strap down and lock in a patient who's not going anywhere. Discord stole through the halls, making as little sound as possible before finally breaking outside. 

The unicorn breathed deeply of the still night air, raised her hooves in the air as if addressing the world and said to nopony in particular "Hello Equestria. Daddy's home!"

And in the depths of her mind, unable to stop the monster that had stolen her body, Trixie screamed in terror.