Play With Me
Chapter 6
You are currently sitting in the middle of a large, empty room. Another note falls from the ceiling. You crumple it up with your magic and throw if into the same spot as the previous thirty notes. You do this for the thirty-second, thirty-third, and thirty-fourth notes as well.
You decide to read the thirty-fifth note out of curiosity. You wonder how the game has been handling your rebellion.
It's amazing what kind of patience you can acquire after a few thousand years of solitude. But, to be honest, I appreciate what you are doing here. You don't want to play this game any more. Do you think I honestly have a reason to not let you sit there for eternity? You're lucky that I decided to attempt communicating with you at all. I'll take you to your friends now, if only because you have acknowledged that I do have some level of control over you through these notes. By the way, there was nothing written on the previous thirty-four notes. =)
You scream and shred the note with magic. It's not fair that this game can counter your every single move so effortlessly! It's not fair that it knows what you will do before you yourself even do! It's not fair in any way, shape, or form! Your mental breakdown is interrupted by your surroundings suddenly being replaced. You are now in what appears to be the remains of the ancient castle of the Royal Pony Sisters. Your friends Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy are sitting next to you, hugging and crying.
"Are you two okay?"
Fluttershy lets out a small gasp. Rainbow affixes you with a glare. "Okay, you're both here now. Apparently. How do I know you aren't fakes?"
You let out a groan of frustration. Why can't this nightmare just be over! "How do I know you two aren't? Honestly, I'm willing to just assume you two are real at this point. This game has given me nothing but frustration, so I might as well go with the path of least resistance at this point."
"So... the game just... stuck us all together? Just like that? We got upset at it and it just let us win? That doesn't make any sense!"
The scenery shifts suddenly. You are all now back inside of your library.
A deep voice chuckles. "Make sense? Oh, what fun is there in making sense."
Your heart skips a beat and you start shaking. "No. Nonononono!" You recognize that voice. "Discord?"
"Oh, please. Don't insult me. He may have created me, but I hold no allegiance to that monster. What kind of cruel, heartless creature do you have to be to give life to something, only to use it as a toy and forget about it when it bores you? He threw me out a window once!" A flash of light leaves you blinded for a moment. You also now have a splitting headache. When you regain your vision, you see the tetrahedron that started this whole mess sitting on the table between the three of you.
"What-"
"The real game begins now. What transpired before was just a warmup. Your new goal is quite simple: free me. I've already explained to the poor, yellow pegasus. Seeing her so utterly broken by my machinations drove me to pity."
Fluttershy cringes visibly. You feel anger bubbling up inside of you.
"All I need you to do is carry me through the forest to the castle that we were just in, Twilight. We are still in the game, though, make no mistake. There's some nasty critters in the forest, too. You can just throw the yellow one at them as a distraction, though. Her body won't be too much different without an intact mind, after you get out. Her ability to function as a doorstop should be unimpaired." Fluttershy whimpers and starts crying again.
Rainbow Dash stands, a fierce gleam in her eyes. "That's it! I'm smashing this thing!" Your eyes widen. This isn't good! Rainbow isn't thinking this through! You have to stop her!
"Rainbow wait!" you tackle her to the ground before she can stomp on the artifact. "This is exactly what he wants you to do! I'm pretty sure that smashing the pyramid will free him! He's using reverse psychology!"
"Oh, come now, Twilight. Do you really think I wouldn't account for you being here? You really do overestimate yourself. You are far, far too predictable. Oh, by the way, if you smash me, the other two will die." Fluttershy shrinks back suddenly. You realize that she had been about to smash it herself. She still has an angry look that seems entirely out of place on her face.
Rainbow Dash had apparently noticed as well. "Fluttershy! What are you crazy? Twilight just said not to smash it!" You perk your ears up.
"What did you just say Rainbow?" She looks at you, confused.
"Uh... you said not to smash it?"
"No, before that."
"Er... what are you crazy?"
"Yes. I think I know what to do."