//------------------------------// // spirit of hope and mind of steel // Story: Either I Break or You Do // by Anon_the_writer //------------------------------// Either I Break, or You Break Anon walks the city streets of Queens and is in a depressed state after his girlfriend dumped him for some dick with more money than him. Before anon had a chance to even mole over the situation. This falling feeling like a heart skipping a beat or a person's blood running cold. Anon’s body fell into a portal tube that brought him to a weird land of mixed matched colors and a weird missed matched animal parts put on a weird looking snaggle-toothed animal with linguistic speech being blasted by a rainbow laser. Anon was launched out the portal tube faster than an oiled-up fat-man going down the water slide at 55 mph. Anon smashed his head on the arm of this creature that was slowly turning to stone. Anon started to fade out only to wake up in this black room unable to go anywhere, unable to figure out where he was.  Anon heard this elegant voice say, “Sleep well sunshine.” Anon whipping around fast looked around and saw nobody in an inhale of quick breath and an exhaled sign. The voice changed into Anon’s voice and said, “It’s not in your inner thought if that's what you are assuming. I am a being of pure chaos.” Anon whipped around one more time as the voice came from the back of his head in fear of some Lovecraftian evil being right behind him. But to Anon’s ease he saw the hybrid creature's amalgamated face looking at Anon taking note Anon went from a shocked expression to a normal expression.  Anon said in a curious tone, “Who are you? What are you?” The creature replied, “Well, I’m a Draconequus and my name is Discord.” Anon in deep thought about the information Discord gave him asked, “What is a Draconequus and why can I see you in this pitch-black space?” Discord giggling said, “A Draconequus is a creature with the head of a pony and the body of other animals, and this is what is in your head or mind scape in all honesty.” Anon was about to say something and the pitch-black room transformed into a living room with the snap of Discord’s finger. Anon looked around and noticed Discord recreated his apartment living room.  Discord said, “I’m taking a memory of your and applying it to this mind scape…. But we need to talk.” Anon sitting on his comfy couch looked at Discord and replied, “Ok, what would you like to talk about?” Discord retorted sharply, “The use of this body so I can reenter my own body.” Anon looked confused and asked, “But how do we do that?”  Discord said, “Well the only way we can do that is if you give me complete control over your body.” Anon in a darker yet angrier tone said, “Why would I give you, my body.” Discord retorted in a giggle, “Because, you don’t have a choice I can control what you see and there is nothing you can do about it.” Anon trying to concentrate on changing the room. But nothing was working and the fact that Discords laughter was making it hard for him to concentrate. That's when Discord jumped at Anon and entered his head and jumped out of his ear and looked at Anon with a shit-eating grin. Discord said with a dark smirk, “If you don’t let me then I’m just going to subject you two different types of torture tell you give me what I want.” Anon looked at Discord with anger and asked, “Why? I don’t want you to take my body and I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t like it if I did the same thing to you if in your body.” Discord pondered the idea and retorted, “Probably, but your two choices are one Mother or two Father.” Anon confused accidently respawned, “Mother?” Discord looked and giggled and snapped his finger and said, “Father it is!”  Anon disappeared and ended up in a white room with a box in it and a note on the box that said, “This box has a button that will allow me to take over your body.” Anon not having any of it starts walking away from the box in this white void as anon keeps walking the box gets smaller and smaller till it disappears from sight. Anon just keeps on walking only to stop after what feels like he had been walking for hours and nothing changed. Anon sits in the same place with nothing running though his mind. Then Anon starts counting up from 1 and keeps going for a while only for him to reach 3,153,600,000. That's when anon stops and sees a portal and on the other side he sees all these ponies having fun and talking with their friends. Anon runs over to the portal only for him to phase through it. Discord suddenly appears through the portal only for all the ponies to transform into Discord all looking through the portal and the box appears behind Anon. Anon trips over it only for him to run away. Anon counting each step, he takes without stopping keeps going and going until for it to be days... weeks… month... years Anon still counting reached 9,999,236,957 steps. Anon stopped because his mind was degrading and breaking down making Anon realize how hopeless it is. Anon sits in place and stares into space devoid of emotion unable to cope with his situation. Anon slowly starts to fade and break down. Discord appeared with a camcorder which Discord unwrapped it and ate the burrito that was in the camcorder. Discord chewing said, “The sad thing about this is when you wake up there is no guarantee that the race of intelligent ponies will accept you. HELL! They might just turn you to stone when you wake up.” Anon looked up at Discord with tears and feeling depressed and asked, “Why are you doing this to me? I never wanted to be here. I just want to go home.” Discord smiled and giggled at the expense of Anon’s despair and sadness retorted, “The reason is none and your sadness and despair you are feeling fuels me and makes me want to torment you more. Plus, the home you want to go back to is gone. I can only take, not send back.” Anon in a defeated position sits there zoning out realizing he will never be able to say sorry to his family or friends or find the people in his life that could bring him true joy. Anon sits there defeated and stays like that for an eternity. Discord looks at Anon and realizes he drove Anon to a broken state instead of insanity. Discord ponders in triump, “Good, His spirit is broken but I need to drive him insane.” Discord looks out the window to the real world and sees only a couple of hours have passed and a devious plot is created in his mind.  Outside Anon’s body the Main 6 are trying to figure out what is wrong with this creature only to be met by Princess Luna. Twilight looks over at Luna and asks, “Princess Luna! What is this creature?” Luna replied, “This creature is a human. A being not of this world.”  Twilight asked, “How did it get here? Princess Luna!” Luna looked over and said, “This is Discords doing.” Twilight replied, “Why are you here? Princess Luna.” Luna retorted, “I sensed a powerful dreamscape user in despair, fear, and sadness and tracked it back here.”  Twilight looking down at the creature said, “Then Discord is in there tormenting this creature. We need to save him.” Luna looking over at Anon and replied, “We can but the dreamscape is dangerous if you get lost in there you could be swapped with the creature or Discord which would be worse than the situation already.” Twilight retorted,” What if we use the Elements would it help us in any way?” Luna thoughtfully replied, “I don’t know. But it’s worth a try.” The Main 6 charge up their friendship laser beam and sent it at Anon. The laser beam swirls like a spiral into Anon’s head entering his mind. Anon in the dreamscape sees Discord reappear and the laser chasing him around. Discord teleports behind Anon thinking it would hit Anon instead of him. The laser stops an inch away from Anon and splits in half and goes around Anon to hit Discord. The laser expels Discord out of Anon’s dreamscape and starts breaking down the white void forcing Anon to wake up. Before Anon does, the friendship laser swirls around Anon and starts to envelop him, strengthening his mind and his spirit. Before Discord was completely expelled from Anon’s mind said, “I will come back and make the torment worse when I get out, mark my words!” Anon replied, “You broke my spirit and made me think it was hopeless. I dare say you won this round by breaking my spirit and nearly making me give in. However, there won’t be a next time you son of a bitch.” Anon covered in the friendship rainbow punched Discord so hard he exploded while leaving the body.  Anon wakes up and sees a group of ponies in a circle around him. Anon, scared they might dissect him, says, “I’m not tasty at all if you think of dissecting me.” Luna giggled and retorted, “I assure you none of us ponies would or want to eat you or dissect you.” Pinkie cuts in and says, “We should host a party for Anon, so he feels welcome.” Twilight replies, “Ok, but we should also celebrate defeating Discord too.”  While anon hangs in the back he starts to hallucinate Discord watching him which makes him double take. The moment Anon looks around and starts having an anxiety attack which catches all the ponies and Princess Luna off guard. Anon blacks out and wakes up in the white room again forcing Anon into despair and stressing him out so much that he wakes up in a cold sweat only to see all the Main 6 sleeping all around him trying to make him feel loved. Anon hears a voice say, “It’s a PTSD like state you entered after the anxiety panic attack. What did he do to you that made you this way?” Anon looked away as tears started to fall from his face and said, “How does being isolated in a white void sound stuck in there for millions of years and nothing but the pain of being alone.” Luna, coming out of the shadows with tears running down her face teleports Anon and herself to Canterlot Castle in Luna’s Bedroom, snuzzling Anon on her bed they both cry for a couple of minutes only to pass out and enter the Dreamscape so they could talk more. Luna was shocked that Discord would do such a terrible thing after Anon tells his story. Anon says, “Either I break, or you do. Was the last thing I said after that rainbow light enveloped me. Then I punched him in the face.” Luna replied, “I will help you get over your trauma. Whatever it takes. Ok.”  Anon looked back up at Luna and tears welling up said, “Thank you.”