How the hell did I get into this? A wish that my friend made to send me to be killed in the rainbow factory, which I thought was made up, actually come true! And now I’m in that damn factory being watched 24/7 by fucking Pegasi! And they expect me to work here?? And Rainbow Dash… I really need to watch out for her. She’s fuckin insane. She killed Scootaloo, so I really doubt she would hesitate to kill me.
“So Josh, tell me more about your world.” Rainbow Dash said.
“Well, what do you want to know about it?” I asked.
“I heard you mentioning to Dr. Atmosphere about others being like you. What kind of work do you do?” She asks.
“Well, I don’t really have a job right now, but I’m really hoping to find one soon… if I ever get out of here that is.” I said sighing.
“You shouldn’t really say you don’t have a job right now.” Rainbow Dash said with a grin.
“I meant a job that pays me, and actually lets me go home for the night.” I said.
“Well, like I said, get used to it because-“ she was interrupted.
“Yeah, yeah, I know; never allowed to leave the factory.” I said.
“You know what else I noticed about you?” Rainbow asked.
“What?” I replied.
“You seemed awfully surprised and worried… almost as if you already knew what this place was like.” Rainbow said with a somewhat glare.
“T-that’s funny, because I am new to Equestria after all, so how would I have known what this place did?” I asked nervously.
“Yeah, that is true, I guess.” Rainbow said.
“Is there anything else you want to ask?” I asked.
“What are you exactly? I know you’re not a pony.” Rainbow said.
“Oh, well, I’m called a human. Humans in my world are pretty much like the ponies in Equestria.” I said. “Except humans can be very violent.”
“What about you? Are you violent?” Rainbow asked.
“I only get ‘violent’ when someone really pisses me off.” I said crossing my arms.
“Alright, that’s enough questions for now.” Rainbow said. “Now get to work.”
“Wait, I thought you said I was working tomorrow.” I said a little annoyed.
“Why put something off until tomorrow, when it can be done today?” she said with an evil grin that just kept me quiet for a few seconds.
“Fine.” I replied knowing that I’m possibly going to be here for the rest of my life; with ‘her’ watching me… at least she won’t kill me.
For some reason, I can’t stop looking into her eyes. I can still remember that last thing Scootaloo said before she died; and by mistake, I said it outloud…
“ ‘You have beautiful eyes’ “ I said not realizing that I even said it.
“What did you just say…?” Rainbow Dash said as she froze.
“Uh! N-nothing! Just talking to myself here.” I said nervously.
“Alright, if you say so…” Rainbow said glaring at me even more than before and then walked away.
“Whew; I need to be more careful about what I say around these Pegasi; I could get myself killed if I don’t.” I said to myself.
As I’m walking around the factory, I keep getting weird looks from the other workers. Some of them whispering to the other. And more of them with just disgust.
“What the fuck am I supposed to do…?” I say talking to myself.
“For now, your job is to help make sure that no failed Pegasi escape.” A voice said… it was Dr. Atmosphere. “Rainbow Dash instructed me to keep an eye on you.”
“*sigh*, Rainbow Dash… I never thought of her as the type to kill other ponies…” I said crossing my arms.
“Why is that?” Atmosphere asked. “I thought this was your first time here…”
“It is! It is…” I said rubbing the back of my head. “It’s just that the rainbow mane and tail kind of threw me off…”
“She gets that a lot…” Atmosphere chuckled. Both of us then saw one of the failed Pegasi trying to break loose. “Go calm that one down.”
“Y-… yes sir…” I said walking toward the Pegasus. She just stared up at me, scared and confused. “Look, you really shouldn’t be doing that, it’s only gonna get worse for you.”
The Pegasus didn’t say anything for a few moments so I just decided to walk away… until she finally responded that is. “P-please don’t let me die here.” She pleaded with tears running down her face. “You can’t possibly be okay with what they’re doing here… can you?” I didn’t answer. I just gave her a look of worry and fear. “I see… you’re afraid of what they would do to you…”
Ugh… I may not be a fan of the show, but she’s right… now that I’m actually here, this doesn’t feel right at all. “Look…” I said in a whisper. “I honestly would wanna help you out of here, but I can’t fly like you can; I would easily get caught.”
“Is that one still complaining Josh?” Atmosphere called out.
“It’s fine, I’ve got it!” I responded then turned back the Pegasus. “I’m sorry... miss…”
“Sky Song…” she continued. “My name is Sky Song.”
“They don’t plan to, you know; grind you today do they…?”
“No.” she paused. “But I’m scheduled for tomorrow morning.” She said going in tears again. “Please there must be a way out of here. My family must be worried sick about me...!”
I paused for a moment before I responded. “I’ll get you out of here…”
Sky Song looked up at me in unbelief. “Y-you will?? How??”
“Tonight; when everyone is asleep, I will get you out of here… I promise.”
“Pinkie promise?”
“Uh… sure, pinkie promise.” I said extending my pinkie.
“What are you doing…?” she asked.
“Isn’t this how a pinkie promise works?”
“No… oh right, this isn’t your world…” she paused. “Okay, repeat after me: Cross my heart, and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye.”
I paused and thought of how ridiculous that sounded. “You’re kidding, right…?”
“Do I look like I’m kidding??” she asked getting tenser. “Now say it!”
*sigh* I can’t believe this… “Cross my heart, and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye.”
She smiled “Thank you, thank you!”
“Shh!”
“Oh… sorry.” She said quietly. I then walked back to Dr. Atmosphere who looked like he was getting impatient.
“Sorry about that; took a while to get her to stop crying.” I said rubbing the back of my head.
“No harm done, I suppose…” Atmosphere mused. “But, none the less, good job.”
“Thanks…” I paused. “So she’s scheduled for tomorrow?”
“Yes… how’d you know?”
“Well, she was getting desperate and told me.”
“Ah…” Atmosphere said rolling his eyes. “Yes these Pegasi can be pathetic, can’t they?”
“Heh… yeah.” I fake laughed.
“No wait! Please!!” another one of the Pegasi pleaded. One of the workers was dragging her to be chained.
“Star Shine!!” Sky Song exclaimed in tears.
I can’t watch this again… “Wait!!”
The worker dragging Star stopped and looked at me. “What is it??” he said in an annoyed tone.
“C-couldn’t we wait until tomorrow?” I asked nervously. “I’m still a little… unused to this. Besides I think it’s almost time to go.”
The worker sighed “Fine, but she’s going in first thing tomorrow morning.” He said dragging Star Shine back to her shackles. Dr. Atmosphere looked at me with a sort of glare… that’s never a good thing.
“What else were you saying to that filly…? I know you weren't just telling her to quiet down.” Atmosphere said with a glare.
“Nothing else, really! I was just trying to calm her down.”
Atmosphere paused for a moment, “When I first saw you, I thought you didn’t care about the wellbeing of other ponies.”
“I-I don’t! I’m just not used to this yet…”
Atmosphere sighed. “Fair enough. Go get some rest.”
“Yes sir…” I saw walking away. I need to get that key somehow to let Sky Song out… and probably her friend which I almost watch die. I then see one of the workers that was about to grind up her friend. Perfect… I then walk in his direction and fake tripped over him. Luckily I hit him hard enough for his keys to fall off. “I’m really sorry about that, I didn’t see you there.” I said picking up the keys and hiding them while he wasn’t looking.
“Why don’t you watch where you’re going??” the worker said angrily.
“I said I was sorry!”
He didn’t respond, he just walked away angrily. Little bitch… I then made my way to the room where I was supposed to stay and just waited… waited for a chance to make my move. I never made a Pinkie promise here before, but if I remember Nick correctly, it would probably be a bad idea to break that promise… It’s a promise that I’m going to keep. And hopefully it’ll be a promise that helps me get out of this place…