//------------------------------// // Chapter 14 - Immagination is a Powerful Creation // Story: My Life, Recreated // by Ephraim Blue //------------------------------// Throughout many times I've tried to think of ways to make things work, I've learned that there is one thing that will always triumph. That one thing is your mind. Some people work out their muscles to get stronger, some to impress women, and some for sport even. But compared to the imagination of even the smallest child, that will mean nothing. Imagination is out get-away from reality. We can come up with random monsters like beagle-borps, come up with a small quest for us to do, or even just sit still and think about it. If any of you have watched the show Gravity Falls, in episode 19-- Oh wait. I should mention this. SPOILERS Anyway, in episode 19 of the first season of Gravity Falls, they introduce a new villain named Bill Cipher. He is a mind demon who goes into Stan's mind in order to find out a safe code for Lil' Gideon. In order to stop this, Dipper, Mabel and Soos follow Bill into Stan's mind to prevent it all. While lost in Stan's memories, Dipper accidently enters one of the memories and confronts a version of Stan. This Stan tells Dipper that when you are in the mind, you can do anything. After that, an epic fight happens which is better explained in this video. Also... SPOILERS [YouTube video was deleted and I have nothing to fill this space with. You should watch Gravity falls and if you ever get to episode 19, you'll know what I'm talking about] "Ha, ha, he's dead now!" I'm still waiting for Season 2 Episode 10 though... Episode 9 came out in November and there's no current word of the next episode... EDIT: (Even though when I send out the chapter, this would be the first of anyone seeing this) The two newest episodes came out recently and I'm now waiting for episode 13 as of today. Anyway, what I'm trying to say here is that the mind is the most powerful thing there is. However, due to the fact our minds cannot effect the world by themselves, they are considered nothing to anyone around us. That's also a line from the movie: Batman Forever. [This video was deleted too] It's the best quality I could find, unfortunately. So now for the traditional question that no one actually answers! Have any of you imagined anything that you wish could be real? Also, did anyone else notice one of the likes change to a dislike when I made this story rated teen? I noticed it, and I'm sorry that one of you didn't like that. It was mostly because I thought the story was becoming more teen-ish and I might be false advertising with keeping it rated everyone. And, another thing to note, if this story does ever become more "Sex" or "Gore" related, I'll add the tags and add a little note at the bottom of the description saying when it becomes more of that category. Canterlot Castle Hallway, February 23rd, 985 Both of us fell to the ground, continuously saying "Ow" over and over to emphasize that we'd both been hurt. "Jeez..." I said, looking up at Sunset. "What hit me?" "I could ask you the same question," she said, looking back at me. "Blue? What are you doing here?" "What do you mean, 'What am I doing here'? I kinda live in this castle, same as you do." "But I thought that you were out with Secure and your changeling friend. Something about a 'Surprise', I think." "Oh... right. About that, it was just him taking me to a toy store in the middle of Canterlot." "A toy store, huh? That must've been nice." I felt a little guilty about lying, but this wasn't technically a lie. "I... didn't see anything I liked." "Oh, well that's too bad. Even if I didn't see anything I liked, I would have gotten something. Being Princess Celestia's star pupil is hard. It involves endless work on what she teaches you, and much more on the lesson that's bound to come. Sometimes, I envy you Blue." I chuckled to myself. "You envy me? What have I done to have such an important pony like you envy me?" "You get to be free," she replied, hiding a smile. "You get to do whatever you want when you want. I have to stay cooped up in the castle with Princess Celestia, working on my magic." "Oh, I see. Just like if you were forced to live under a rule that you wanted to tear in two." "Exactly!" "Well, I understand where you're coming from then. It's not easy for somepony to just take in a new life they weren't expecting. The same situation applies to me, in a way." "What do you mean?" she asked, tilting her head slightly. "Well, I never expected my life to become like this. I wind up in Canterlot one day, and the next, I turn out to be staying here in the castle with all the guards and the princess herself! Not to mention her star pupil." She blushed a bit, trying to hide it behind a book. I still saw it, and that made me blush as well. "Well, I probably should be going," I said. "I think I'll take a nap. I have a small headache." "Oh, alright then. Sorry for bumping into you Blue." "I'm sorry too. Have a lovely evening!" With that, the two of us continued to walk down the hallway. as strange as it was, I really did have a huge headache. It just randomly sprouted in the middle of Sunset and me talking. I had winced slightly but she never noticed it. It just kept getting worse and worse... My head burned, and my stomach felt queasy. I could probably say--and this would be completely honest--that I remembered about half my walk back to my room before I lost consciousness. ??? I awoke in a cold sweat in the bedroom I was walking to. I was panting as if I had run a marathon and sweating even worse. The bed was drenched where I laid and dry everywhere else. Sitting up straight, I took a look around me. Everything seemed the same. It was really dark out, so I assumed I had slept until night. I climbed out of the bed, walking towards the door. "I didn't drag you all the way here because I wanted to." I froze as the voice of a mare filled my ears. I looked around the room again, trying to find the source of the voice. "Who's there?" I asked. "Look at yourself. In a world you don't belong and you just assume that this is all just some coincidence." "What are you talking about?" "It's pathetic, honestly. That of all things that could happen to me, you happened." "I happened? What do you mean by that? Who are you?" "You wouldn't believe me if I told you my name. A name that you hold so dear to yourself." "Huh?" "Look in the mirror, and maybe you'll learn something in this world." I obliged, walking toward the side of the mirror so I could see my reflection. I didn't know who was talking, but they sounded like they knew me. A mare's voice... One that spoke with distaste and anger towards me. I haven't met many mares since I came to Equestria. I met Sunset Shimmer, Celestia a few of the maids around the castle and that was it. None of them sounded like the voice I heard right now. I turned to the mirror, and instead of my reflection looking back at me, a purple eyed changeling stood in perfect reflection to myself. I waved at it, and it waved at me. I opened my mouth, and it did so at the same time. Then the mirror rippled, and I was frozen in place all of the sudden. The changeling stared back through the mirror at me. I tried to move, getting a little creped [Creeped?] out, but I was unable to move at all. I then began to move against my will, believe it or not. I refused to move, but I was doing it anyway. Though I only walked toward the mirror, where I could see the changeling staring at me like I was some sort of monster. "This is what its like," she said, and my mouth moved in sync with hers, though no words of mine came out properly. "This is what it's like Blue! How to watch and never have any input on my own life! How every choice I make is not really something I choose! You stole what's mine, and I want it back!" The way she said my name... I had heard the resent for the name in her voice. She hated saying that name... my name... Or, the word at least. But why...? I stole something? What? What did I steal? She talks about her seeing what's happening but not controlling it... She talks like me, but... why? A loud clang then echoed throughout the room it seemed we were in. The mirror's length grew to the size of what seemed to be more like a wall now, and the changeling looked around frantically. I was forced to look in whatever direction she was looking, both sides of the room on both ends of the mirror the same. Then it hit me... This is what she was talking about. She was seeing what I was seeing. She was looking though my head as if it were some FPS. She saw everything I was doing, but could not do anything. It was like watching a reality like the one I was in currently... a mirror. Her body on one side, mine in the reflection. She was the reflection, and she was showing me what it was like. She continued looking around the room frantically, and I was forced to as well. "N- No!" she shouted. "You're not supposed to be here! Get out!" Was she talking about me? It was hard to tell. I was facing from the mirror, the room looking peaceful and calm. I was shaking though, but it was her shaking, not mine. I wished she hadn't turned me around. I was completely shocked from the sight I saw, and I could tell she was too. My side of the room was peaceful, but hers was dark and looked like it came directly from Sonic.exe. Random blood splatters along the floor and the walls the bed misshapen and horrifying. Skulls and skeletons and what seemed to be fresh bones lied around occasionally. As I was forced to stare, I could feel crying starting to come. "No... why are you here? This is not a place I wanted to see you again." A tear fell down both our cheeks, though I wasn't sad at all. I could see darkness suddenly envelop the purple eyed changeling, and in response, darkness swarmed around the entire peaceful room I was in. Foolish, simply foolish. If I must, I'll take both of you out at once. I'd regret it completely though. But taking out one of you will be enough in this state." I didn't recognize the new voice. It was... dark and sinister. It reminded me of so many things... "After all, a reflection is only a part of the original's imagination. Taking out one will snuff both out faster than any heart can beat."