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// Chapter 11 
// Story: Secret in Canterlot 
// by Bella1365 Cooler 
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~F.S.~

Everything felt like hell again. The way he couldn’t move again as he was being tortured by something Unknown, and the way he could barely breathe even though he tried swelling up all the air he could, but the worst part of it all, was that his mind kept flashing images to him, images that he had tried to keep secret – images he wanted to get rid of, and forget forever,  but deep inside, Flash knew he couldn’t forget them, no matter what he did. ‘WHY THE HELL IS THIS HAPLENING!?’  He tried to yelp out for help, but the only thing that came out was a simple wheeze. His body started to shake, rapidly, as the images turned more horrifying, and there was nothing he could do, to stop it.


‘*Oh, would you look at that! Flashie boy is in a little bit of trouble, now isn’t he?*  At the sound of that voice, Flash felt anger prick inside him.

‘YOU!! YOU DID THIS, DIDN’T YOU!? YOU SON OF A BI-‘


*’Wow! Don’t get your tail in a twist! I would never do this – maybe I would if I wanted you to die - Besides, it’s a type of, ‘sickness’ you have.*’ The demon’s voice started to turn serious now, making Flash confused, but that didn’t stop him from lashing out at it.

‘Sickness? What kind of, ‘sickness,’ makes me have nightmares at night? What kind of sickness, makes me imagine things, huh!?’ Before the demon could reply, the faint sound of a door slamming made Flash come back to reality. The flashing images stopped,  the pain he felt was gone, and he could finally move from his frozen state. “What the hell?” Flash muttered, before looking around him. 

Everything was back to normal, for him at least. That’s when he felt something strange come out from his gut.’ Wait a minute...Something, isn’t right… He put one of his hoofs on his chin, as he thought out what had just happened.  Glass shattering, Slamming doors... And that happened, right after Silver went back to eating her pancakes, which was in the living room… away from where I was…’ That’s when his eyes widened in realization, as everything summed up. Somepony else was in the house, just as he put his guard down.

Without wasting another second, he quickly ran out of the kitchen, and into the living room. His eyes immediately looked at the couches, to see that no pony sat there, anymore. On the floor in front of the place Silver sat, was the glass plate she had used to eat her pancakes, shattered into smaller pieces. “Shit!” He cursed threw gritted teeth. He then ran up the stairs, and checked every room, including Amber’s. The unicorn filly was still on her bed, napping, making Flash slightly relieved, but not fully. The fact that Silver wasn’t in any of the rooms he had searched, made his fear rise. ‘Where else could she be!?I’ve checked everything inside this house!’ That’s when a thought sparked in his mind. ‘Inside…I’VE ONLY CHECKED INSIDE THE HOUSE! There is still a chance she could be outside…there has to be!’ 

He ran downstairs as fast as he could, and out the front door, revealing the streets of Canterlot, where ponies walked down the sidewalk, with friends by their sides, talking. Flash looked all around the streets, looking for one particular mare, but she was no where in sight.  ‘No…No, no, no, no, NO!’ His ears pricked down in fear, as he looked for Silver once again, checking to see if he had over seen her, but he still couldn’t find her.

Tears started to fill his eyes, as his head drooped down.’ DAMNIT! DAMNIT ALL! He wanted to screech, but he held his tongue. I did it again…I let my guard down, just like with…’her’. Now, she’s gone, JUST LIKE, EVERYPONY ELSE I CARED ABOUT! FUCK ME! ‘ He was about to go inside, when he felt the need to look to his right. Without even thinking, he did what his gut was telling him to do. 
His eyes widened, as he saw a silver colored mare, sitting on the sidewalk, with her curly mane covering her face. “Silver!” Flash squealed,  before trotting over to the mare. “My god! I was worried sick about you! Don’t ‘ever’ do that to me again!” The pegasus chuckled, but there was no respond from the unicorn mare, making Flash’s eyebrow raise. “Silver…?” The only reply that came out of her was not a word, but a sound, a sound Flash knew well. A sob.

“ He’s back…” She managed to say, as another sob was heard.
“
W-What? W-Who is back?” Without responding this time, the mare revealed a newspaper with her magic, making the pegasus confused.

“ Ash….Jailbreak…Revenge.” After that, it didn’t take long for Flash to realize what had happened. “He’s out for revenge! H-he’s going to find Amber, and-“ before she could finish, Flash quickly rapped the unicorn in a tight hug, and placed his head on top of her shoulder. Silver couldn’t help but let out sobs as she began to hug the stallion back. 

“Silver …I’m here…I won’t let ‘anypony’ hurt you or Amber, again,” Flash whispered, as he was on the verge of tears.

“Flash… Thank you…” Silver whispered, after all the tears were gone. They then slowly pulled away from each other. ” I…I guess I owe you one,” The mare chuckled.

“Silver,” Flash smiled. “You don’t owe me, ‘Anything’ at all.” He chuckled, making the mare smile.

“ Alright, enough with the cheesy sadness scene here! “ She laughed, before taking a few steps back to the front door of her home, followed by the pegasus stallion.” Let’s go inside and eat some more breakfast, before you starve to death!” She chuckled, walking into the entrance of her home. 

” I think I already have already,” Flash replied, a smirk on his face, before following Silver into the house, and closing the door behind him.