Quest For Harmony

by destinedjagold


Chapter 46 - Shifts Of Memories

"RAHHH!!!"

"RAHHH!!!"

"RAHHH!!!"

"RAHHH!!!"

"RAHHH!!!"

My shout echoed inside my head a few more times as I started to...lose control of my own anger. I was moving, despite my own mind not giving any commands to do anything. I tried to stop myself, but I was powerless against...myself...

My vision was dimming on all corners, as I was also being blinded by flashes of yellow and red... I don't understand what is going on. I was completely no longer controlling my own body. It was as if my own rage left me in the back seat to watch it take over.

My head, ack...!

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Applejack...opened a wooden door by slamming it open with her own hoof. "Ah've got somethin' tah say to yah, mister," she hissed at the startled red earth stallion inside the room, the helmet he held with both hooves fell from his grasp.

Darkness... I felt like I was freezing... I heard myself breathing out calmly. My eyes opened without the need of my mind's commands. It was evening, and on the foot of this small hill I was standing on was a blue equine figure with a rainbow mane...

I suddenly wondered: what is that pegasus doing, seating on this darn cold snow? I decided to approach the pegasus. One step at a time. Soon, I was standing beside her. She noticed my presence, but turned her head away from me. I don't understand, but I feel that I already have my own problems to deal with but... I brought a hoof on her shoulder.

And it was dark once again... I heard a crack. It was quiet, but it hurt my ears, and I don't know why... The sound was really painful, but I can't feel my own limbs to try and rub my ears to help it ease up a bit...

Lightning broke through the darkness. I turned and saw the three teen mares of different races. We were inside a castle, and I turned my angry gaze away from them as I crossed my arms over my chest. "Whatever," I heard myself saying. It sounded mine, but it didn't felt mine...

A hoof slapped my on my cheeks, and I suddenly found myself lying on the forest floor. I groaned tiredly as I stood back up on all four. My ears suddenly jerked up straight as I heard faint sounds of hooves. I quickly hid behind a thick tree, and dared taking a peek. I feel the need of not letting myself be caught once again. I won't let them! I've worked so hard to escape that damn place!

I saw a lot of ponies: unicorns and earth ponies. They haven't taken over Ponyville yet, have they? No, they couldn't! Why am I even thinking of such nonsense! Darn it... Why are those unicorns so heartless to those earth ponies!? They look extremely tired of all that pulling they're doing, and those unicorns are whipping them still!?

I wanted to help them, but I can't... I mean... H-hey, they stopped. At least they could rest up a bit. W-wait, who's that? Isn't that...me? And Applejack...?

"Get away from me," I blinked as Rainbow's voice reached my ears. I winced as I removed my orange hoof on her blue shoulder.

"Sorry," I heard my voice spoke, but it really and strangely felt like it wasn't my own. I heard that painful crack sound again, and I winced, I really felt like I winced, but I didn't. "What's got ye so down in the dumps?"

"Are you earth ponies dumb or something?" Rainbow turned her head sharply to give me a cold yet teary glare. "I said to get away. Leave me---!"

"---alone," Big Macintosh spoke gently yet threateningly after the door closed behind me.

I dared taking a step forward. "Ah've been dyin' tah know somethin' for quite some tahm now, big brother, and Ah wanna know it now!" I slammed both my hind hooves on the slowly opening door behind me, making the door slam shut and throwing the pony who was trying to open it back.

Macintosh frowned. "Yer gonna be captured, even if Ah tell you."

"Do Ah look like Ah care!?" I snarled as rapid hooves were desperately trying to open the door behind me. Annoyed, I kicked the handle, jamming the door shut. I growled at the stallion in front of me. "Tell me!"

"No!" Apple Bloom hissed and was about to slap me again, but a wing grabbed her lifted hoof. She turned and saw Scootaloo's slowly shaking head. She returned her hoof on the ground as she took a breath to calm herself a bit, as I rubbed my painful cheek with my scaly purple hand. "Listen here, Spike," Apple Bloom was clearly trying to stay calm. "The first tahm we met, ya said that he was more like a brother to ya, but is this how yer gonna treat 'im?"

"Hey," I spoke, to my defense, "he's the one being unreasonable! I tried telling him that it's a crazy idea, but he just won't listen!"

"I don't know," Sweetie Belle spoke gently, "and I'm not sure if I really should believe that he's from this other world, but maybe, just maybe, that he has good reason to be doing such a crazy thing?"

"Yeah," I replied lamely as I rolled my eyes. "He wants to get rid of the black clouds."

"Really?" Sweetie Belle quickly said, cutting both her friends off. "Why so?" she asked with complete interest.

I shook my head. "I don't know, and I'm not going after him to know."

"Yer bein' selfish," Apple Bloom spoke.

"I am not!" Spike and Rainbow Dash yelled in unison.

I grinned. "Yes ye are," I said as I sat beside her. She exhaled sharply and turned her head away from me. "Com'on, spit it out. Maybe Ah can help."

Rainbow didn't said anything. After a few quiet seconds, she took a deep breath and sighed. "I failed..." She took another few seconds before turning her head slightly, enough to give me a side glance. I flashed her a weak yet genuine smile.

"All Ah wanted," I snarled at the red stallion in front of me, "is to know the truth, Mac!"

"Ye want the truth!? Fahn," he glared back, "Ah went to war, but Ah was captured and then---" and then the door behind me exploded, and everything went black and a painfully loud crashing sound of a shattered glass echoed inside my head, that made me jerk and jump into...wakefulness? I blinked a few times to adjust to the candle-lit room I was in. I found myself on my home's sofa... I'm...back home?

"Bro," I heard my brother's quiet words across the table in front of me. He lifted his monitor-lit head and gave me a bored look. He then turned his laptop around for me to see the screen. "You've got a lot of explaining to do..."

"Eeyup," Claire chimed in, who was sitting beside my brother.

I was...stunned. I have absolutely no idea how to explain that to them... My brother's laptop is showing me a video...of my point of view...of the battle...inside the library...