//------------------------------// // [17] ...More questions // Story: Fate Sealed in Ink // by DeadlyKDPonys //------------------------------// "You want to know what i liked to do back in my world? Well, as you may have heard, I was a entertainer for the Young, sadly our company fell into ruins and my show was cancelled" Bendy said. The ponies frowned. "How sad. But what were you doing after that?" Fluttershy asked. Bendy leaned his head against his hand. "I didn't have anywhere else to go, my friends were gone and my creators left to find different jobs. So i spent my life in the very place i was created, until the day i came here" He said. The ponies didn't expect hearing that. 'He was left behind. How did he handle it?' Twilight wondered. "The only company i had were other ink creatures in the same place, so i wasn't lonley all the time. I spent my time just remembering all the performances i had. It was so much fun" Bendy smiled a little. That gave the ponies an idea. "Hey, Bendy. Do you mind performing for us?" Pinkie asked. The demon blinked, looking at the faces of anticipation. "You want me to perform?" He asked. The mane 6 nodded in unison. Bendy did not expect that. "I would love to, but i'm not exactly comfortable with the songs contexts. I always questioned Sammy Lawrance's mindset" He said. The ponies were confused at the sudden name mentioned, except Fluttershy she was a little surprised. "Sammy Lawrance? Isn't that the name i saw on that object in my dream?" She thought. Bendy noticed their confusion. "Sammy Lawrance was our music director. He made all the songs for my performances. However there is one song he ended up making me hate cause he would hum to it all the time. It's lyrics is stuck in my head. Sheep, Sheep, Sheep-" "It's time for sleep?" Fluttershy butted in. Everypony looked at her, including Bendy. "How did you know that?" He asked, squinting his eyes a little. The pegasus was internally screaming. "A lucky guess, i suppose" She said. Bendy hummed. "Yeah, i suppose. It is a very simple child lullaby, so the lyrics could be easy to guess" He said. Remembering the verse she saw in her dream, and hearing the words 'Child lullaby' gave Fluttershy a good image on who this 'Sammy' was like. Bendy stared off into the distance, probably deep in thought. But suddenly, his hand curled into a fist. "Uh, Bendy are you ok?" AJ asked. The demon snapped out of it. "Oh yeah, sorry. I was just thinking of something" He said. He looked at all of them. "So is that all you wish to know about me or?" He asked. The mares were silent for a moment. "Uh. This might be a rather depressing question, and i do apolagize but.." Rarity started, gulping. "How did you feel when you found out your friends were gone?" Everypony was shocked at that question. They were worried that the pony just triggered a break down from the demon, wether of rage or sorrow is unpredictable. However when they looked over, Bendy was suprisingly calm. He chuckled. "Wow, i certanly didn't expect that question. How do you think i felt? I was devastaded of course. The only people who really understood me, just up and disapeared. And the staff...." Uttering those words, the demon gritted his teeth. "They didn't even care.." He mumbled. The ponies heard that, and all their eyes widden. "To them they thought i was the only one they needed and look what happened to them after that...Heh, What fools" He said, slightly smirking. This creeped the mares out a little. "Uh, Bendy?" Twilight called out. Bendy blinked and freaked out a little. "Oh so sorry, i got carried away there. I hope i didn't freak you girls out, i'm sorry if i did. Just thinking about it gets me a little agrivated" He said. "Oh no it's quite alright, darling" Rarity said. "Yeah, don't worry about it" Rainbow said. "Uh, Maybe this is enough questions for now" Applejack said. "Yeah i think we're happy with the amount of time you spent with us here, Bendy" Pinkie asuered. Bendy stood up. "If you say so, i'll see you later" He said leaving. After Bendy had left, The mane 6 let out a big sigh of relief. "That was bit more then i bargained for" Rarity said. Rainbow looked at Fluttershy. "Yo, Flutters. When you guessed the lyrics to that song that always bugs Bendy. It wasn't a lucky guess was it?" She asked. The yellow pegasus sighed. "You can see right through me, Rainbow. No it wasn't. I saw that very verse in my dream" She said. The ponies eyes widden. "Do you remember what it said?" Twilight asked, bringing out a notebook and a quill. "Of course i do. Sheep, Sheep, Sheep it's time for sleep. Rest your head, it's time fore bed. In the Morning you may wake, or in the morning you'll be dead" That last line left them dumbfounded. "Uh, Didn' Bendy say that was a 'Lullaby'?" AJ asked. "That is NOT a pleasent Lullaby. I will not be singing that to Pound and Pumpkin in the future" Pinkie said. "It wasn't only that verse i saw. I saw this weird object on a table, and the name 'Sammy Lawrance' was on it" Fluttershy said. "Bendy's music director?" Rarity asked. "Actually, hearing 'Music director', the room i was in makes alot of sense. It was music room, with a orchestra and musical notes" Flutters added. Twilight put together pieces. "Could it be possible, that the room you were in, is a part of where Bendy was created? His workplace?" She wondered. The others put that together now. "Oh my gosh, that does make sense" Rainbow said. "We all agree that it was a vision Rarity and Fluttershy had, not a dream. So the envoirment wasn't actually your minds projection, rather it was something planted into you. Maybe because of Alice and Boris. They clearly wanted to give us a message, but couldn't really Tell it straight to you. Whatever is going on we have to get to the bottom of it" The alicorn said. "Hol' up now, Twi. Are we staring to have Doubts about Bendy?" Applejack wondered. "No no....I mean, maybe. No i mean, It's not for ill intent. It's just Bendy is clearly keeping something from us, mostly probably because he doesn't want to be reminded of it. But keeping it in is not healthy, if we just know the truth. We can help him more" Twilight explained. While the ponies were still unsure, her friends agreed. What is the ink demon hiding?