//------------------------------// // 61. Rage // Story: Kill Me Now // by Golden Script //------------------------------// When I fell asleep in Fixinits arms I thought I would have the dream that had been haunting me for the past few weeks. No. when I fell asleep I dreamt a new dream. Dillon was in front of me, he was being held by Princess Celestia, when I looked around I saw Princess Luna holding the six stallions. A few seconds passed, I pointed to the stallions. Dillon was dragged into darkness, crying out and reaching for me. I did the same. When he was gone, I turned to Celestia. She was laughing. Laughing, like a mad-pony, at my failures. I yelled at her, screaming silently, and she laughed harder. I was infuriated, the princess and ruler of Equestria, was enjoying her own students disappointments, my mess-ups, my problems… my love… I yelled harder and harder, I felt the burn in my lungs, the tension in my neck, and the weakness of my limbs. When I finally stopped the futile struggle she came over to me. Then I looked to her face, she said six words: ‘it was for your own good.’ I snapped. My hoof met her face and I saw red start to stain her muzzle. I woke in a cold sweat. The first thing I noticed was my state, the way my limbs were jittery, my heart rate, the moisture on my forehead. I calmed myself down then noticed the second thing: Fixinit wasn’t here. My physical state went back to the way it was when I awoke. I panicked. Then I ran around the top floor, looking for him, praying that he only went to the bathroom or took a shower. When I didn’t find him in the bathroom or the attic my panic worsened. When I ran downstairs I saw him standing in the middle of the library. I tackled him to the floor and held him in a tight vice-grip embrace. “Promise me that you will never leave.” I said in his ear in a rushed manor. “W-w-what?” he asked, still under me, I gripped him tighter. “Promise!” I yelled. “Alright, I promise!” he yelled back. “Thank you.” I whispered again and hugged him a little tighter. “Twilight… can't… breath…” he gasped for air as I let go and we stood up. When I looked around I noticed how messy the place was. “What happened?” I asked in slight shock. “Silver and I threw a party while you were gone, we didn’t think that you two would be back this morning and the place was a mess.” Spike explained. “I promised that if they cleaned it up by noon that there wouldn’t be a punishment.” Fixinit told me. “I see.” I looked to the wall clock, it said 1:30. “So what’s their punishment?” I asked him. “What? I told them if they cleaned it up there wouldn’t be a punishment.” “Exactly, so what’s their punishment?” I asked again. “They did pretty good.” He pointed out, I agree, the tables weren’t overturned and the kitchen seemed clean enough. “The books are out of order.” I clarified. “We sorted them by title.” Spike told me. “This week it’s supposed to be sorted by author.” I deadpanned, Spike should have remembered that. He took a second to think about it, then face-palmed “how could I forget something like that?” he asked himself. “I'm not sure, but for consequence you can sort it correctly,” I noticed Silver trying to sneak into the kitchen “that means you too, Silver.” He groaned. “Fine, Spike, what’s for lunch, I'm starved.” He walked into the kitchen. “Not sure, what do you want?” Spike asked following him. There was a silence that followed their exit, too bad Rainbow decided to break it. “So how was Canterlot?” she asked, it was an innocent question, but it reminded me what I had just gone through; I sat on the couch next to her with my head in my hooves. “Canterlot was not good.” Fixinit told her as he walked over to comfort me. “What happened?” she asked, putting her book down. “I don’t want Twilight-” I stopped him with a hoof. “I'm already thinking about it.” I told him through my hooves. “So what happened, Twi?” Rainbow asked for a third time. “Discord made me kill Dillon.” I deadpanned through my hooves. “What?!” Fixinit and Rainbow yelled at the same time, Spike and Silver peaked out of the kitchen a second later. “You asked what happened.” Still in my hooves. “That is not what happened!” Fixinit screamed, the baby dragon and the stallion made their way into the room. “Then what did happen?!” I raised my head quickly and stared into his earthy gaze with a ferocious look on my face, everypony took a pace back. “I-I-I don’t know, it’s fuzzy.” I put my head back in my hooves. “Discord did say you wouldn’t remember.” As I said this I felt his hoof on my shoulder. “Then explain it to me.”