It was early nighttime back at Coltabasso. The seven were asleep the cerberus was asleep too; however, despite having the extra senses, no one was able to detect what was coming. From the dark crawled in, a shadowed pony breaking an entry silently. It looked around and found Pinkie Pie. He went over to Pinkie Pie and put out some sleep powder in her face. Pinkie Pie woke up but not long enough to know what was going on.
"What's going on?" Pinkie Pie asked before she passed out. Then, the shadowed pony took Pinkie Pie away. But he accidentally left the window open, waking Rarity up. She noticed that the window was open. She, then, used her magic to shut the window. The next morning the ponies were frantic after finding out that Pinkie Pie was kidnapped. They had investigated that day to get the whereabouts of Pinkie though. Eventually, it was Rainbow Dash that got the info that would help them. But, they have to go to the darkest region in the area; a place of despair on the outskirts of the city. It would be the one place where Pinkie would most vulnerable.
Pinkie Pie woke up and a wicked headache. She was in a very dark room that was moist and she was alone.
"Ow! What happened?" she stated. She tried to touch her forehead but noticed that both her hooves were behind her back. "What are my hooves doing behind my back?" Then, she found out she was in a straight jacket. Pinkie started to get worried as she heard the dripping of water from nearby. "Why is it so dark?" Pinkie began to freak out. "Why am I alone?"
"So, you are here at last." Said a voice but the one speaking was not visible. The voice appeared to come from a psychotic stallion. It also appeared as a voice in her head.
"Who… Who are you?"
"It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter."
"What do you mean it doesn't matter?" Pinkie was frustrated.
"There is no way… no way you're getting out of here." He began to giggle.
"What?" Pinkie Pie replied sadly.
"There is no way you are leaving this place. The place known as… ILUNAK ASYLUM!" Then, he laughed a very psychotic laugh. "We will drive you off the deep end until you are insane." He continued to laugh. "And once that is done, you will be one of us." He continued and then came in the laughs from the ghosts of the insane that once resided there. Pinkie laid down on the ground with her eyes closed shut in disbelief and she was extremely terrified.
"Somepony… Anypony… SOME PONY, HELP ME!" She screamed in horror.
[Cue "The Evil Mist' Rebirth" FFIX]
Meanwhile outside, Twilight and her group were outside the asylum at night. The asylum from the outside looked like a hospital but it was abandoned. Vines started to creep up the walls and some of the windows were broken.
"So, th… th… this is Ilunak Asylum?" Fluttershy asked in fear. But then again, who in the group wasn't afraid.
"This is it." Basil said. "Ilunak Asylum. This place was built with very corrosion-resistant stone during the Equestria period, built with the strength of a fortress. It was built to deal to place the mentally unstable until treatment was available to them. But some of the guards, there didn't allow the treatment to get to the patients. Many patients, unfortunately, from the conditions of the asylum died while in there. When the news came into light, it was shut down. Many rumors say that say that the place is haunted by the phantoms of those whom perished inside and if you are near it you can hear their voices from within that god forsaken place."
"HELP ME!" They heard Pinkie Pie screaming from inside the asylum.
"That's Pinkie Pie." Twilight said. "We need to save Pinkie."
"Okay, let's go guys." Basil and the group went forward but when they turned around Fluttershy was frozen in fear. "You are that scared?" Fluttershy nodded her head.
"Well, you have two options." Rainbow Dash stated. "You can come with us or stay and watch the exit."
"That was rather cold, Rainbow."
"No. I'll come." Fluttershy stated even though she had trouble moving.
"Rarity can you stay by Fluttershy?" Twilight asked.
"All right." Rarity replied. "So, that way Fluttershy has to go in that dreadful place alone." So, they headed inside the asylum. It was dusty and the corners near the ceiling was covered in cobwebs. They periodically heard a scream or insane cackle from one of the insane spirits. After some time exploring the dark areas of the asylum, the heard a voice.
"Well well well." said the voice. "Look what we have here. Welcome to my asylum."
"You disgraceful...!" Applejack shouted. She could use more profanity but chose not to. "Where have you taken Pinkie?"
"Do you really want her that bad? Then, follow me." Then, a path appeared in the stairs that went downward forming another set of stairs.
"Of course, go down a secret path that leads into darkness." Rainbow Dash said. "Just terrific."
"We really don't have a choice." Twilight replied. So, they ventured down into the darkness. It became pitch black no pony was even able to see their hooves even if it was up against their face.
"Oh my." Fluttershy stated. "It's so dark."
"Ow." Applejack said. "I think I stubbed by hoof."
"That's hurts a lot."
"Did someone bring a light?"
"I didn't think we needed one." Basil stated.
"Wait, hold on." Twilight replied. She concentrated. Then, she lit up her horn as a white light came from her horn using magic. "There, that's better." They could see themselves again and noticed the mildew that was on the walls. "Shall we continue?" They continued down the pathway until they were at the basement levels. There they found many reinforced, magic-proof cages and cells. Some of which had the bones of a pony inside them. They heard laughter from nowhere.
"Now, that you have arrived in the basement." The voice explained. "You have an actual chance of finding Pinkie Pie. She will be different by the time you find her."
"What did you do with Pinkie?" Rainbow Dash shouted.
"Nothing. You will have to find out yourselves." Then, the voice disappeared.
"How are we handle this one? We have to find Pinkie and face this psychopathic… whatever the voice is."
"If we split up, we might be able to hit two targets at the same time." Basil replied. "But we might fall victims to his mind tricks."
"If we do that, we need to split into groups of three." Twilight said. "Rarity, can you do that light spell I showed you earlier today?"
"I can yes." Rarity replied.
"Can you take Applejack and Rainbow Dash to find Pinkie Pie?"
"What about you guys?"
"I, Basil, and Fluttershy will go after the psycho nutcase."
"Me?" Fluttershy asked.
"Don't worry Fluttershy, we will protect you." Fluttershy gave out a little yelp. The group split up.
Rarity with her lit horn traveled through the dark moist chambers of the asylum. Applejack and Rainbow Dash was with her. They called out her name but there was no luck. They were bombarded by the screams and laughs of the dead. Along the way, Applejack almost lost her sanity. Rarity and Rainbow Dash's presence allowed her to stay okay. They continued their search until they heard the sound of a mare singing.
"That sounds like Pinkie." Applejack said. They followed the voice and sure enough they found Pinkie Pie. "Pinkie, I'm so glad to see you aren't hurt." They didn't realize that Pinkie's mane was completely straight down and still in her straight jacket.
"Well, hello there, Applejack." Pinkie Pie replied, but she was not using her normal bubbly behavior. "You better watch out for the voices."
"Voices?" Rarity said. "What are you talking about?" Pinkie Pie turned around. The three were shocked to find that the torture was not physical, but it was all mental and psychological. Due to being haunted by the ghosts and constant torture, she was driven into insanity.
"I mean, the voices in your head, Rarity. The voices in head." She ran toward the door cell, smashed head against the gate of the cell. The other three jumped back. She began to giggle despite the pain until she noticed Rainbow Dash. "Hello there, Rainbow Dash, Mr. Lincerlot and I are having a party. You can't come."
"All right, that does it." Rainbow Dash stuck her hooves in there. "SNAP OUT OF IT!" She slapped Pinkie Pie four times in the face.
"Rainbow, I don't think that's going to work." Applejack explained. Pinkie Pie returned to normal.
"Wh… What happened?" Pinkie Pie stated. "Why does my face hurt?"
"You turned psychotic for a moment."
"What?" Pinkie Pie was shocked that she actually did that almost breaking into tears. "I'm sooo sorry. I didn't know what gotten into me."
"It's okay, Pinkie Pie." Rainbow added. "If one of us was trapped in there for as long as you have, we wouldn't have acted any different." Then, the thought of a psychotic Rainbow Dash appeared inside Rarity's head and it scared her more than Psycho Pie. It took a while but they managed to free Pinkie Pie.
Meanwhile, over with the other three, they were looking around trying to find the psycho who brought Pinkie here in the first place. They found him in an open room.
"So, you finally found me." the pony said. He had light brown fur and a dark brown mane. He had an insane smile on his face. "Do you like this place?"
"NO!" Twilight shouted. "I can't believe you kidnap one of our friends and lock her in here."
"Despicable you are." Fluttershy stated.
"Prepare to meet justice." Basil stated.
"Really?" the pony stated. "I so love games." Then, the pony brought out a chainsaw and revved it up. He laughed as he charged. Then, a fight started. It lasted for some minutes. I'm not going to describe it but the three were okay for the most part they got minor cuts from the chainsaw. Basil swung his sword and disarmed the psycho from his chainsaw and it kept running. "You're going to be mine. You're going to be mine!" The psycho charged at Basil and wrestled with him. Then, Twilight using magic used Basil's shield to bash the psycho. That pony, then, tripped over Fluttershy and landed on top of his own chainsaw and the psycho laughed even though he was being slashed. He continued laughing until he was cut in two. I'm not going to say how much blood was sprayed.
"What the buck!" Twilight stated.
"That was disturbing." Fluttershy said with her eyes twitching.
"What about this little adventure wasn't disturbing?"
"I don't want to remember this."
"You want me to use the memory spell to eliminate that image?"
"Yes please but we need to get the others first." Then, Twilight and Fluttershy was leaving. Basil got closer to the body noticing something was not right. He noticed some black spot on the back of his neck that continued under his mane. He took his sword and cut off the mane to reveal what was hiding beneath it. He looked in shear horror.
"No." He said. "No, it can't be true. That's impossible!" He saw a reaper tattooed on the back of the pony's neck beneath his mane. He remembered the message Tirac had sent him earlier. He didn't want to believe it, but he knew that the evidence supports their existence. Basil left with the other six; he didn't have his memory wiped by request. The other six had a memory wipe done by Twilight Sparkle which included herself done last, because of the very disturbing moments at Ilunak Asylum.
[Music Fades]