//------------------------------// // The Awakening // Story: The Fade of Rainbow Dash // by Eternal Dream //------------------------------// Edited by Dopple Ganger "Somewhere over the rainbow... Way up high... There's a land that I heard of... Once in a lullaby...” My eyes slowly open as I listened closely to the old song. "Somewhere over the rainbow... Skies are blue... And the dreams that you dare to dream... Really do come true..." I looked around the dark room confused, not sure what was going on. I tried to get up and yelped somewhat loudly in pain "What the hell did I do?" I thought curiously. "Someday I'll wish upon a star... And wake up where the clouds are far behind me... Where troubles melt like lemon drops... Away above the chimney tops- That's where you'll find me..." "What is that song... it sounds so old." I slowly remembered my name through the black cloud that had shrouded my mind. "Why can’t I remember anything but my name, and I can barely remember that in the first place.” "Somewhere over the rainbow... Bluebirds fly... Birds fly over the rainbow... Why then, oh why can't I?" "That song is creepy, why is it playing? Why is it so dark?" I thought out loud, wondering if anyone could hear me. “If my memory is correct, my name is Rainbow… gah, the last part escapes me again.” I lift my hoof and try to stand up again, wincing in pain, but I have to get up. "If happy little bluebirds fly Beyond the rainbow... Why, oh why can't I?" The old song stops playing as the lights suddenly turn on, everything goes white for I don’t know how long, but it hurt. I immediately noticed the fact that I couldn’t see out of my left eye, it was just black. When I could finally see again, I looked around the room. The room had white walls splattered with some sort of red paint. There was a table in the middle of the room. I couldn’t see exactly what was on it so I started walking towards it. While I walked to the table I examined the rest of the room. Near the back of the room was some kind of alter with more of that weird red paint on it. On the left most side of the room was a table with a bunch of surgical tools on it. There were small to large knives and some other stuff I couldn’t think of a name for. When I reached the table, I slowly climbed on it and slipped falling on my back as I moaned softly in pain. I slowly got up and tried to get on the table again, slower this time around. As I got on the table, I saw something truly horrifying. On the table was some sort of, what looked like to be a living thing it had a cyan coat that was covered in blood. I looked over it and saw that the heart intestines and stomach had all been removed along with most of the bones it was more than a carcass now. It smelled absolutely horrible, I could barely breathe near it. The hoof of the animal had been mangled by something horrible. I saw that it had wings and they were ripped off laying next to the carcass those cyan feathers just laying their gracefulness gone with it being covered in blood. Where the head used to be was gone. I looked around and now knew what the red paint was. It was never red paint to begin with. I looked back at the altar in horror as I saw where the head was. The head had been impaled at the top of the altar the spike it had been impaled on was covered in the slick fresh blood it dripping down slowly. I quickly jumped off the table and looked around scared seeing where the organs were. They were mounted with the head as well. I started to walk toward the door of this place when it suddenly opened. "The poor Pegasus had it rough didn’t she?" the nurse said. "Yes she did we found her like this out in the middle of the road we’ve identified her as a pony named Rainbow Dash." said the surgeon. "Who in Equestria could have done this to her? What reason did they have?!" "Calm down Nurse Redheart, we don’t know yet, that’s up to Shining Armor to find out." "Yes doctor, I’m sorry but she was such a good pony who could have done this?" I looked at them confused "How had they not noticed me standing on the table here looking at them?" I wondered. The doctor then grabbed the nurse’s hoof and led her out of the room closing the door after him. I looked around the room and walked after them looking at the altar oddly "How could they not see this, it’s absolutely horrible." The altar had what looked like stone slabs on to of what looked like a small walkway up to it. On the altar were many strange symbols. I slowly walked out of the room and looked around the hospital. No one seemed to notice me. I walked up to a nurse and tried to shake her shoulder with my hoof, but it went right through her. I sat their horrified of what had just happened. I looked around and ran for the nearest door trying to get away from everypony. Somehow I knew the layout of this hospital. It hurt a lot when I ran, but I told myself the pain wasn’t real. When I got outside, I got blinded a little by the sudden light of the sun. I ran to a nearby tree and leaned against it sighing softly. I looked around for anypony hoping not to see any. I lay down under the tree gathering my thoughts as best I could of what just happened. After I don’t know how long, I got up and started to walk to the nearby town. When I got into town nopony was walking around, curiously I walked up the bridge. As I neared the end of the bridge I got a memory back of a strange lavender unicorn. I couldn’t think of her name, but I continued into the town. As I walked past a bakery, another small image came to mind as I passed it, an image of a pink bouncing earth pony with a wide and happy smile. I stopped and looked at the bakery closer, walking slowly towards it. The sign on the bakery said “Sugercube Corner”, instantly a memory came back to me. So many parties are held here, I remember the pink pony’s goal was to always set them up and to try to make ponies smile. As I entered the bakery, I saw there were no smiles on this pink pony's face, she was sitting in a corner with a frown on her face, her eyes stricken with tears. I walked up to the sad pink pony trying to figure out what her problem was. Her mane was all down hanging low, she had really long hair for it would normally be poofy. I looked her over, frowning I walked away. As I exited the door I looked back at Pinkie Pie sadly. ‘Wait how’d I know her name?’ I thought, ‘As far as I know I’ve never met this pony.’ I started to walk to the library, it felt as if something was willing me to go there. On the way to the library I saw a Pegasus jumping from building to building in a black outfit of some sort, I couldn’t really get a good look at him. He was looking all over the place for something. I watched him till he disappeared from my sight. I continued to walk towards the library, thinking about the strange black clothed Pegasus. As I reached the library it was strangely silent. I walked in and looked for anybody to talk to. All I saw were dusty old tomes, another room and some stairs. I decided to go up the stairs, as I walked up the stairs I could hear a soft crying sound. When I got to the top of the stairs I saw the lavender unicorn from earlier with her face buried in her pillow crying her eyes out. I walked towards her slowly trying to not make any sound. When I reached her bedside I slowly got up on it and hugged her. She stopped crying and looked at me and yelped in surprise. “Rainbow, is that you?” she barely managed to say. “Who? I can’t remember anything.” I said calmly. “Oh. Well you look a lot like her.” she said with sadness in her voice. “I see. What’s wrong? You seem very upset.” I said worriedly, ‘What had this Rainbow meant to her?’ I wondered. “I loved her a lot, we were about to get married, but something horrible happened to her.” she croaked. I felt a tear fall from my face and onto the bed and hugged this strange pony closer. I felt something for this strange pony that I couldn’t quite place. The lavender unicorn hugged me back as hard as I did her and cried into my coat soaking it a little. I laid my head on top of hers and rested.