January 5th 2040
Things were on the upside with me for a while. Everyday after work we talk together and hangout. It was a perfect escape from the troubles of the outside world. Whenever I had a bad day they were there to make me smile. Even when I didn't want them near they would appear on the screen and just like magic I would need them again.
We had a wonderful time celebrating the holidays. Heck even the recordings say Halloween rather than Nightmare Night. Christmas was an even wonderful time. We couldn't really give each other gifts for obvious reason but we would sing to each other. They seemed to like my singing voice.
However on New Years Day, when I woke up and went to the computer screen. They were gone. I tried calling out to them but they didn't respond. All I could see were the various backgrounds and the many secondary and background characters walking and doing their own thing. I soon learned their names and tried calling out to them. I tried Spike, Sweetie Belle, Derpy, Lyra, Celestia, and even Discord. None of them gave me a response.
I don't understand this. Where did they go? If they went somewhere why didn't they tell me? Did I do something wrong?
I was holding out hope. I left the stream running in the hope they come back. However today I finally got a response but not the one I was hoping for. The castle doors opened and there was a pony I didn't recognize. Whoever this is he's not one of them. This Alicorn Stallion had a grey coat, blue mane, and what's weirder he had bits of red and black on some parts of his body. He looked like a weirdly made OC.
It was then five more ponies eventually showed up. A dark blue pegasus mare, an overweight dark green earth pony stallion, a yellow pegasus stallion with black stripes on some parts, a white unicorn stallion with a red mane, a white earth pony stallion with bits of green and red on his coat.
I was shocked by this. I tried calling out to them but they seemed to ignore me. I know they're listening to me. They just acted out the episode 'Castle Mania' and they did a pour job at doing it.
Stream:
"When I was just a fil - uh I mean colt," The dark green pony said to the blue mare. "Granny Smith told me of an ancient legend. When Nightmare Moon was banished, not every last bit of her dark magic went with her. Granny used to say, when night falls on the castle, that magic takes the form of... Unicr- uh the Pony of Shadows!"
The mare looked a bit nervous before speaking. "You mean like-" The screen paused before The mare moved by herself and tapped the pause button with her hoof. All the while giving the viewer a stern look.
"-a ghost," she finished.
I'm scared right now. I know they can hear me but to control the stream too is something else entirely. I felt sick watching this.
Maybe tomorrow they'll go away and the main will be back. Maybe they're on vacation and forgot to tell me right? They have to be substitutes right? I think I'm losing my mind. This has to be a bad dream.