Minutes of trotting in the forest and I have not seen anypony nor any creature. I was beginning to think this trip was completely pointless. Maybe I should return to the clubhouse, everypony must have left the clubhouse ages ago, besides... I think I'm getting myself lost. I looked around the environment with curiosity to get a clear idea of where I am. It was pointless, all I could see were trees and bushes everywhere... I guess a fake tea party doesn't seem bad after all.
The decision was made, I should get the heck out of here before something bad happens. I turned around and attempted to retrace my steps back to the clubhouse. I was obviously not successful in doing so, instead, I got myself even more lost. I was starting to freeze in the forest, so I trotted to the nearest tree (which was not hard to find) and curled myself into a ball to try and keep myself warm.
I removed my saddlebag from my back and placed it in front of me. I dug straight into the bag to try and find something useful or at least something that could keep me warm for a while. I had no use for anything inside of my saddlebag unless this forest has some sort of pit stop I could go to then yes I might have a few uses for these bits. But in total, no I have nothing useful at all. I gave up and decided to put up with the cold for as long as I can. I got up and continued to find my way out of the forest.
"This way..." a fading voice was heard in the distance followed by a cold breeze.
It was the voice again, the voice that brought me into this forest. The reason why I might die in the forest. Without hesitation, I galloped my way to the direction of where the voice was last heard. I didn't care about where I was going, as long as I see somepony I'll be happy. Without taking notice I tripped on something prickly and solid causing me to land flat on my stomach. I groaned in pain trying to recover from the fall, my vision was blurry and I was getting dizzy. I shook my head and rubbed my eyes to try and get a clear picture of where I am.
I have landed in front of a big old stump. I pushed myself off the ground and dusted a couple of rocks and dirt on me. The stump had scratch marks surrounding it, the marks were not from a creature but from a pony. I gazed my head around the area I was in, the place was surprisingly open. There were stones formed like tombs surrounding the stump a few meters away. This didn't seem like a natural thing, but that isn't much of a bad thing to me since this shows signs of civilization.
I wandered around the area to see if I could find some sort of pathway leading to somewhere beyond the forest. Unfortunately, my luck was down the drain for I could not find anything that could lead me back to Ponyville, either that or I'm just completely blind. A sudden flash was seen the moment I turned to the stump again. An item was visible underneath one of the tombs, it was white and was displayed neatly. This caught my attention so I trotted to the item with curiosity to get a better look at it.
The tomb read "To the one who had their heart stolen from a sudden picture of betrayal." Huh, weird for a tomb to have such deep thought written into it.
Shaking my head, I moved my focus onto the object that had been left underneath it. It was a white mask displayed neatly on a stone pillar, the mask was in good condition and had no dirt marks left on, I think this mask can fit my face if I try. It's surprising to me since this could have been left here for days, but seeing how well it looked gave me hope that somepony actually goes here.
I picked the mask up for close observation. A small buzzing noise was becoming audible the longer I hold the mask. This concerned me a lot for I had no idea where the source of this could be coming from. My head began to ache and my vision became blurry only focusing on the mask, I was starting to become nauseous again for some reason. The wind started to blow giving me weird chills down my spine.
"Learn the truth..." the voice came back but this time it sounded like it was coming from my head, the exact words repeated encouraging me to wear the mask, I think I'm going crazy.
Losing control over myself I slowly moved the mask closer and closer to my face while inspecting it. The buzzing was starting to become louder the closer I bring it onto my face... But that did not concern me, I just wanted to wear the mask. My head began to ache even more and my thoughts were scrambled, the only thing left in my head is the mask. An electric shock was then distributed onto me causing me to snap my head back to reality and dropping the mask onto the ground.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!" I said as I backed myself away from the mask while continuously panting.
"Wake up..." the exact same voice was heard in my mind, what does it mean by 'wake up' though...
My horn started to sting a lot and my head began to ache continuously. The world was starting to spin and the ground felt like it was shaking causing me to tumble onto the ground. My vision became blurry and my head was getting dizzy, I couldn't tell what was happening anymore. Well, now that I'm lying here on the ground in the middle of some cult in the forest I guess the best solution to this is to sleep through it. I slowly closed my eyes accepting the fate I'm soon gonna face, life is somewhat cruel huh.
As I was slowly fading away from reality, I see a tall stallion approaching me without alert, he was standing above me while looking down onto me with a face showing no concern about a child having a seizure. This stallion had a well-trimmed moustache and had a nice and fancy hat on his head... wait, why does that sound so familiar. As confusion strikes my head, my eyes slowly closed shut showing nothing but darkness.
"Don't worry little one, you will be back on your hooves in no time... but I can't let you remember this nor tell anypony about it. I'm sorry for what I'm about to do to you, but it's all for a good cause... I promise," the final words I hear before I was slowly sent into the deep bliss of sleep.