We arrived in Ponyville at dawn, the most ponies were already in the spare tents placed there to give them any home after everything had been destroyed. A visit at a hospital was inevitable.
A star exploded in front of us. At least, it seemed like exactly that. We were blinded by some light and a wave of heat streamed through the street. It threw me back into the corner of a house. What I saw next, struck me very hard. A siluette arose from the exploded star. It was Princess Celestia, but somehow it wasn't her at the same time. She wore no crown and her mane was not translucent, but blinding. The scariest thing about her were her eyes, though. Instead of the purple eyes with that certain twinkle in it, there were two holes in her head out of which a bright, blinding substance slowly flowed down like blood. It was not scary, it was bone-shaking, tremendously terrifying.
She looked straight at me, but I couldn't see any expression on her face. Almost out of reflex, I wanted to create a shield around me.
“Celestia? What are you...?” started Twilight, but was interrupted by Princess Celestia:
“Dream Whisper!” She was talking in her royal voice and the echo went through all of Ponyville.
“You are the abonimation of Dream Cry and my sister. After purging Dream Cry, you will be the next. You will not remain the artifact of what he has done to her.”
A bolt of energy suddenly struck down from above. Luckily, I had already started to create a shield. Just before I would have been burned to crisps, I managed to finish it. Celestia did only start to burn brighter, until she almost became like the sun. A giant ball of liquid fire flew towards me already. It was to broad to evade, so I had to use my shield again, but this time my shield started to crumble. I was just too weak to defend myself. Within heartbeats there came another bolt down from somewhere in the sky. Only the shield created by Twilight Sparkle saved my life in the last heartbeat. I had already broken down and was lying on the ground, defenseless. Was this the end? It could not end this way? We had just won...
Celestia didn't stop with her attacks. She threw everything at the shield of Twilight. Then, Twilight Sparkle and her friends did an incredible sacrafice: They used the Elements of Harmony against Celestia herself. The rainbow-colored beam shot up into the air, just to then crush down onto Celestia. As the blinding light faded, Celestia was lying there, herself again, but unconscious and wounded. Twilight Sparkle slowly walked towards her. Those were the last images I had before drifting into the well-known blackness.
I woke up in the hospital – again. Although my whole body was hurting, the pain from my leg was the biggest. A cold metal bar was pressed against my skin. Cold air was blowing in through the window. Outside it was dark, Luna had risen the moon. I tried to stand up and after a few attempts, I walked out of the room, which was filled by a couple of beds, of which some were occupied by sleeping ponies and others were empty. When I stepped out, I was slightly confused about my location, until I reminded myself, that I was in the hospital. A loud argue caught my attention:
“How could you possibly think, that its not over?”
“How could you think, that it's over?”
“Well, we defeated everypony, including Celestia.”
“Yes, we may have defeated her, but not the reason why she turned into... whatever that exactly was. We cannot let this chain reaction continue. It is not going to stop, when we just do nothing. Do you want us to turn into something like that?”
“No ... you have to understand: If we fight again, we are not going to win. Look at us. We are all exhausted, hurt, we cannot fight anymore.”
“Yes, but if we don't fight, we will turn into something... evil. I don't want to fight you.”
The tension in the voice was becoming higher. As I trotted around the next corner, I saw the fighting parties. On the one side, Twilight Sparkle, supported only by Rainbow Dash. On the other side, Applejack supported by Rarity and Pinkie Pie. Flutterhsy was standing quietly in a corner, not really expressing any opinion.
“I don't want to fight you either, but seeing you dead would be even worse. We are not up to it.”
“We are up to it. We have defeated so much evil already. Imagine what could happen, if we would not fight.”
“We can't fight!”
“Don't be ridiculous. How can we not fight? We are strong together.”
“I am not going to let you suicide against an unknown enemy.”
“How are you going to stop me from doing it?”
I was almost shocked as Fluttershy opened her mouth and screamed louder than everypony else.
“Girls, stop!”
The argue was stopped for now.
I felt a sudden pain in my back like a dagger ripping my back apart. I felt blood starting to run down the wound, which obviously had just opened again. Although I had been taken care of, I started to feel worse and worse. I tried to move forward, but it made things only worse. I sat down, trying to easy the pain flowing through my body. I tried to speak up, however, I only got out a painful “Ples... Help” I drifted away, but this time I was not unconscious.
This time I woke up in the dream world. My whole body was still hurting and shaking a bit. Suddenly, some stars started to disappear. There was something coming closer and closer. A strange shadow was reaching out to me, the dark hand coming ever closer. I tried to create a shield, but the shadow just pushed through it.
“Puny pony. Did you really think, any of your actions could stop us?”
The laugh of the shadow shattered through me, vibrating within my body. I could feel the cold smoke surrounding me.
“Have you thought you could win? There is no winning. Not even Celestia could withstand us.”
The voice seemed to come from every direction. I wanted to speak up, but when I opened my mouth, the cold thick air went into my mouth; It felt like drowning.
“You are mine!”
The cold feeling started to spread throughout my body. Even after closing my mouth, it didn't stop. I concentrated on my magic, trying to burn the shadow away. I could feel the cold around me fading, but my whole body was still cold. In the weakest moments, it tried to get me. I was not even sure, what it was. A shadow being? The ancient forces? 'Not even Celestia could withstand us' – Maybe the source of all of this chaos.
Of course, they showed themselves in my weakest moments...
Everypony was standing around me, blurred faces started to move. I could hear voices, but I was not able to understand a word. Something was terribly wrong. I wanted to stand up, but it was impossible. Yet, I continued trying without any success. Suddenly, I lost the power to keep my eyes open. I drifted away again, feeling only numb. From that point on, my memory consists of a couple of images, but nothing more.
I remember chaos in the hospital, ponies running towards the exit, me following them. Some explosions behind me, while I was trying not to fall with the supports for my leg. The ceiling was breaking down.
I remember being trapped in a room with Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Rarity. They were digging at the wall in search for Applejack and Rainbow Dash. Fearful screams out of their mouth and weakness in my body. The same cold feeling as before, just more intense.
I remember casting a spell, although not the spell itself. I looked around, searching for something. Screams of pain again. I felt fear and tension. I knew that I was under pressure, but I couldn't find the thing I was looking for. Twilight Sparkle entered the room, screaming something at me, tears in her eyes.
Another fragment: Before me were Twilight Sparkle and her friends. United again, but I could see their pain. They had the Elements of Harmony. I saw a shadow behind me, but I just didn't turn around. Fear, anger, regret and confusion. My body was cold as ice, way too cold to survive. Twilight started to hover in the air slightly, they would activate the Elements of Harmony. I tried to run, but I was not fast enough. The feeling of immobility slowly climbed my feet. A warm feeling in my cold body. I shook, but my legs were bound in place. I looked down: stone.
I looked up and saw the pain in Twilight's eyes.