CHAPTER 46
"Come on out now. Mama won't hurt you..."
I was shaking with fear. I didn't want to come out from under the bookcase, in fear of what Fluttershy may have become, and what she may do to me. All I saw was her hooves, trotting around the room.
"Alright... She'll just look around, and then walk out, and I'll be in the clear! Yeah, yeah, that's how this'll happen! That's how it always happens! I'm not gonna die... I'm not gonna die..."
Suddenly, Fluttershy's hooves stopped. Right in front of the spot I crawled into to hide. I froze, and I felt sweat begin to trickle down my face. I didn't dare even try to wipe it off.
"Where are you hiding? Please come out..."
I almost ended up responding, just because my mind was going a million miles a minute. I was panicking, I'm not afraid to admit that. What I was afraid of was the "whatever-Fluttershy-had-become" looking for me.
"I can't believe I thought of things like this! What the fuck is wrong with my head?!"
As luck would have it, I saw Fluttershy start to kneel down. She'd found me. I was doomed. But when she poked her head down to where I could see it, I almost screamed.
(Stop the music, listen to this now)
She looked mostly the same, but her mane was dotted with spots of dried blood, and there were stitches running across her face, and all over her body. One of her eyes had the lids cut, and it was crooked, and moving around erratically. Her Cutie Mark was different, as was the color of her coat, and it was being held on with stitches. The Mark itself? A knife. When I looked her straight in the eyes, she had a warm smile on her face, but there was murder in her eyes.
"What did Twilight do to you?!"
Suddenly, the entire bookshelf was lifted up from above me, eliminating my hiding place. The Shadow had made Fluttershy very strong. "She made me better! Look at me, doesn't this look wonderful to you?! I'm stronger, faster, and I get praise from her all the time! She says I'm a great guard! What about you? What do you think?! Tell me! I mean, if that's OK with you..."
I took a few steps back, my mind racing again.
"Fluttershy is going to kill me. Twilight did this to her. I'm going to die. I'll never get out of here. I need help. I want to help them."
I shook my head, trying to calm down. I looked back at Fluttershy. My head was starting to throb. The very sight of her like that was making me lose my mind. "Listen, Fluttershy... This isn't you anymore! Twilight's changed you into something other than a pony. You're... You're a monster. Do you really think Twilight likes you that much? You're just another puppet!"
Fluttershy's expression dropped, and she crouched down, like she was going to pounce. "Not a pony, huh?" She took a step closer.
"Uh..." I raised my hands defensively, and stepped back.
"A monster, huh?" Another step closer.
"Shy, I'm just saying-" Another step back.
"A puppet, HUH?!" Another step closer. "What, am I not good enough for you? Was I ever good enough for you? Remember when I told you how I felt about you, and you did your best to push me away? Why? Just because I'm a pony? Aren't you the one who said 'love can blossom, no matter who it is between?' What happened to that?!"
I tried to take another step back, but backed into the wall instead. "Listen, we can talk about this!"
She gritted her teeth, and let out a snort. "Talking's over... YOU'RE..." She crouched a bit lower. "GOING TO LOVE ME!" She lunged at me, but I ducked under her, and sprinted out of the room as fast as I could.
(Stop the "music," listen to this now)
"Get back here you!"
I turned on my lantern, and ran through all the rooms, hallways, and corridors I could get to. I wasn't paying any attention to where I was going, and I didn't care. I just needed to get away from it as fast as I could.
"That's not Fluttershy anymore, not one bit. That's a different creature and personality entirely."
I kept running, even though my legs were starting to feel tired, and I tried to throw open another door. It was locked.
"No no no no no! FUCK!" I pounded my hand on it, and kept yanking the iron ring that was the doorknob.
"Where did you go?! Get back here!"
"It's Fluttershy at the Gala all over again!"
I kept yanking on the door, and I eventually started kicking it. Sadly, it was a few inches thick of pure wood. I wasn't kicking through that any time soon. I turned off my lantern, and instead settled with huddling myself into as small a shape possible in the corner, and I tucked my head into my knees.
"Make it go away... Make it go away..." I was completely terrified. I know I usually seem strong, but I was starting to break. I'd just seen dead ponies, possessed suits of armor tried to kill me, and now one of my best friends is a monster, and is hunting me down. I heard a door get smashed, so I jerked my head up in response. Fluttershy had smashed through a doorway really close to me, and was heading in my direction. It was only a matter of time...
"When I find you, I'm gonna lock you up, and then you'll be mine, ALL MINE!" Her maniacal laughter echoed through the halls, and I almost started crying, and I did start shaking violently. I'd gone past terror, to the point where I was mortified. I watched as Fluttershy inched closer and closer to me, not yet knowing I was there. But, she walked past me, and instead smashed down the door I'd been pounding on a moment ago.
"Oh Kyle~... Come out come out wherever you are..." I cringed at her tone on that last part. I hefted myself up into a crouch, and tried my best to sneak past her through the room she'd broken into. I snuck right behind her, and through the little room, and to the door on the other side, when...
*Thunk*
I accidentally kicked a book. Fluttershy looked right at me, and her twisted smile returned. "There you are!" She rushed towards me, so I started chucking everything in the room at her. Chairs, books, a bottle, and even a shirt. Anything to hold her off. Of course, all these things made her do was stagger back a little bit, and made her even angrier. When I threw the last book on the nearby bookshelf at her, I spun around and tried to open the door I'd been sneaking towards before, but I felt my heart sink when I heard the familiar clicking sounds of a lock against the inside of the wall.
"I've got you!" I felt a heavy hit against the back of my head, and I was out like a light.
(Stop the music)
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(Third Person)
Fluttershy had Kyle slung over her back, and was carrying him down to the dungeon, like Twilight had asked be done to any intruders found. She was a bit sad, as she wanted to keep a new pet to replace all of her old ones, which Twilight had killed in experiments.
"Ngh..." Kyle stirred in his unconsciousness, and Fluttershy suddenly had an idea, but decided it had to wait until Kyle was in his cell.
"He looks very peaceful in his sleep... I wonder what Twilight will do to him? Maybe attach knives where his fingernails are? That sounds very dangerous..."
Fluttershy let out a little giggle at her own scheming. "Oh my, Twilight's beginning to rub off on me."
After getting Kyle to his cell and laying him on the pile of hay in the corner, she closed and locked the door, and then...
"Hush now, Quiet now,
It's time to lay your sleepy head.
Hush now, Quiet now,
It's time to go to bed..."
Well, I'll never look at Fluttershy the same ever again. Sometimes I really hate myself even though I'm having fun. This is one of those times... What the hell is wrong with me?