Disclaimer: I do not own My Little Pony or Undertale. My Little Pony belongs to Hasbro, and Undertale belongs to Toby Fox.
Time: 0030
Date: 12/29/2019 AD
Location: Geode Cave, Camp Everfree, Canterlot District, U. D. E.
It was late in the Geode Cave, and its temporary residents, Speda Hooves and Emerald Breeze, had set up their camp and laid down to get what little sleep they could after the events of the nights. Fate, however, had different plans for Emerald, as she began tossing and turning in her sleep.
A filly Emerald was sitting in a pile of dust, surrounded by the remains of a collapsed home, tears streaming down her face.
“No.” She murmured, “No. No. Nononono, this can’t be happening.”
“I... I can fix this.” She continued, “I can bring you back. You can’t die. I didn’t mean for this to happen. Please. I can’t lose you.”
Emerald looked to her right, and saw an unconscious pony, who soon turned into another pile of dust.
“Please, no. You can’t leave me here.” She muttered, tears running down her face anew, “Shadow, Mom, Dad, please! I need you!”
Emerald soon heard hooves on the stone streets outside.
“Is somebody there?” She asked, “Please, I need help!”
Then, the scene around her shifted, as she aged, now a bit older, but still a filly, and she was standing in a schoolyard, with 3 piles of dust in front of her.
“No! I didn’t mean to!” Emerald shouted, “I didn’t want to, but you were threatening her!”
Emerald took a step back, before freezing, feeling dust sitting at her hooves.
“...no. I didn’t kill her. I didn’t kill her!” Emerald cried, before she saw a pair of broken headphones sitting on the pile of dust, “Please, stop this! I don’t want this!”
Time moved forward once again, and she aged, now a teen, before becoming human. She was sitting at the Portal Statue at Canterlot High. She scanned the area, and saw nothing.
“Is someone here?” Emerald inquired, before heading into the school once she heard no response. Immediately, however, she regretted it, as in the doorway were two piles of dust, one with a torn Stetson on top, and the other with a damaged diamond hairclip.
“No. How did this happen?” Emerald muttered to herself, fighting back tears, her left eye slightly glowing emerald green, “AJ, Rarity, what happened?”
She continued through the school, albeit at a slower pace, before she came across the next sign of disaster, another two piles of dust, this time with one having two ripped rainbow bracelets, and the other having a shattered butterfly hairclip.
“What’s going on?” Emerald muttered again, her eyes tearing up, “Who did this? Who killed you two?”
However, she trekked onwards, hoping to figure out what happened. However, the next thing she saw sickened her. It was two more piles of dust, with a pair of cracked glasses on one, and a faded blue bow on the other, as well as confetti mixed inside.
“How could this happen?” Emerald whispered, a few tears slipping down her face, as her glowing eye intensified a bit more, “I thought there were fail safes, in case there was a major threat.”
Emerald then began to run blindly through the halls, disturbing many more piles of dust littered throughout them, as her body slowly became coated in it. Finally, she reached her destination, where Sunset Shimmer and Princess Twilight stood, fear covering their faces.
“Stay back, you monster!” Sunset shouted, fire beginning to form in the air, “I won’t let you continue on your rampage!”
‘Sunset? What’s going on?’ Emerald tried to ask, but the words twisted themselves before she asked, instead saying “And what are you going to do about it? Give me a sunburn?”
‘No, I didn’t mean that!’ Emerald desperately wanted to say, but she was no longer in control of her body, and was forced to watch as her hand summoned her Chaos Saber, before slashing at first Sunset, then the princess, killing both, as they turned to dust, leaving only a tattered leather jacket and a tarnished crown. Retaking control of her body, Emerald fell to her knees, tears streaming down her face, and her left eye glowing with an intense light.
“No! No! I don’t want this!” Emerald exclaimed, her voice cracking.
“But you did, didn’t you?” A voice replied behind her, causing Emerald to whirl around, seeing what looked like herself, but at the same time different. This version of herself had red skin, purple, chin-length hair with dark orange stripes, and a glowing red left eye, and wore a black leather jacket with an inverted crimson Delta surrounded by an orange Whirlwind, a pair of torn blue jeans, black combat boots, a black eyepatch with a red strap on her right eye, and a purple buff with a dark orange stripe on the top.
“W-Who are you?” Emerald cried out, crawling backwards until she reached the remains of Sunset and the Princess.
“I’m you.” The duplicate stated, “I’m the darkness in your SOUL, the darkness you try so hard to hide. I’m Ruby Hurricane.”
“Why are you here?” Emerald shouted, “Why must you torment me?”
“You have tried for so long to surpress me, so I have decided to take my revenge.” Ruby replied, “Until you learn to accept me as part of you, I will haunt your waking hours, and torment you in your sleep. I will make sure you learn to accept me.”
“No.” Emerald whispered, “Please, I don’t want this.”
At this, Emerald’s left eye shined with a blinding light, and she heard a voice speaking to her.
“Emerald, please wake up!” The voice exclaimed, worry clear in its tone, “It’s just a nightmare!”
“Speda?” Emerald asked, confused.
“Yes, I’m right here Emerald!” Speda’s voice replied, “You just need to-”
“-Wake up!” Speda finished, and Emerald woke with a start, tears streaming down her face, and her left eye still shining with that same emerald light. Beside her was Speda, her right eye glowing deep blue in response.
“Speda?” Emerald asked, “Is that really you?”
“Yes, sis,” Speda replied, “Whatever happened was just a nightmare, I promise.”
At this, Emerald immediately embraced Speda, which Speda returned, and clung on, thinking that if she let go, Speda would turn to dust.
“I thought I lost you,” Emerald cried, as she buried her face in her SOUL-sibling's shoulder, “I thought I lost everyone. I watched Sunset and Princess Twilight die before my very eyes!”
“Hey, it’s alright.” Speda murmured, hugging Emerald tightly, “It was all a dream, none of it happened, everyone’s still okay.”
“I...” Emerald started, before choking back a sob, “I don’t want to lose you, I don’t want to be alone again.”
“Don’t worry, you won’t be.” Speda replied in a calming tone, “Not if I have anything to say about it. And I’m pretty sure our friends on both sides of the portal will agree with me.”
“R-Really?” Emerald asked, before her the glow in her eye faded, shortly followed by the one in Speda’s, “Thanks. I don’t know what I did to deserve friends like you and the rest.”
“Sometimes,” Speda replied, “Even if one doesn’t think they deserve it, good things happen to them. The only thing you can do is use that to better yourself and even realize that you do deserve it.”
“You’re right.” Emerald responded.
“Anyways, why don’t we go back to sleep?” Speda suggested, “I think we both need it.”
“...you can,” Emerald replied, “But I’m going to stay up a bit later, probably write or something to calm down for a bit.”
“Alright, if you’re sure.” Speda stated, a trace of worry in her voice, “Good night, sis.”
“Good night, Speda,” Emerald replied, “Sleep well.”
After that, Speda got comfortable, and soon fell asleep, indicated by the steady rise and fall of her chest, leaving Emerald as the only one awake.
Once she was sure Speda was fully asleep, Emerald grabbed her bag, and went to the entrance of the cave, bringing the lantern with her, and sat down. She then reached into her bag, and pulled out a glass bottle of creamy brown liquid. She popped open the lid, and took a drink, sighing as comfort filled her system.
“I’m glad that my coffee is still the same, no matter which world I’m in.” Emerald murmured, before taking another drink, before hearing the voice of Ruby Hurricane in her head.
*So, are you not going to go back to sleep?
“Not right now.” Emerald replied out loud.
*That kinda defeats the purpose of the ‘tormenting you in your sleep’ part of my threat, doesn’t it?
“Eh,” Emerald responded, “You should’ve done your research. I haven’t had a full night without nightmares since I lost my parents and... him. Your nightmares aren’t anything that new. The only new part was the high school part.”
*Welp, guess it’s just you and I, then.
*At least until Speda wakes up again.
“Yep.” Emerald stated.
*Can I try something, then?
“Sure.” Emerald answered, before she felt a pull on her pool of magic, as well as what felt like her SOUL splitting in two, which, oddly, didn’t hurt. When the feeling stopped, she sensed someone to her right, and turned, seeing Ruby Hurricane sitting on the stone beside her.
“That was easier than I thought it would be.” Ruby stated, before turning to Emerald, “Why aren’t you that surprised?”
“Because I was expecting it.” Was Emerald’s response, before she reached into her bag, and pulled out another bottle of coffee.
“Here, you should try it.” Emerald suggested, before tossing the bottle to Ruby, who caught it.
“You’re... awfully accepting of my existence,” Ruby spoke after a moment of silence, “Especially considering how much you seem to want to ignore the Hate in your SOUL.”
“I...” Emerald faltered, before continuing, “I don’t want to hide the Hate in my SOUL, I just don’t want it taking over. I've read reports of what happened when my ancestor allowed that to happen to him. Hell, I watched it happen using a memory crystal I found.”
“Well, since I’m basically a face for your Hate, how about we make a deal?” Ruby asked, “As long as you don’t ignore me or try to hide my existence, I’ll work with you and try not to take control.”
“That’s all?” Emerald inquired, surprised, “I was expecting more.”
“Well, I also kinda want to appear like this occasionally, but that’s it.” Ruby replied.
“If that’s it,” Emerald responded, “Then deal, just tell me when you want to be out.”
“Alright.” Ruby concluded. After that, there was mostly silence, broken only by the sound of Ruby opening her bottle of coffee and taking a drink.
“Damn, this is good stuff.” Ruby commented, looking at her coffee bottle in wonder, “Where did you get this?”
“I made it myself.” Emerald replied with a small smile, “Learned how before the fallout, and was able to perfect it during my time in the Stable and, later, in this Universe’s Ponyville.”
“Well, you’re good at it.” Ruby stated, before the two fell into a companionable silence, and stayed that way until the first rays of sunlight peaked out of the trees of the forest.
“Welp,” Ruby began, destroying her now-empty bottle in a flash of magic, “I’ll remerge with you now, so that your sister doesn’t freak out.”
“Alright.” Emerald replied, doing the same, before feeling her SOUL remerge, “You all settled in there?”
*For now.
“Okay,” Emerald stated, before grabbing her bag and standing up, heading back into the cave, “Better wake up Speda. The sooner we can get to Canterlot City, the better.
*Alright