Daemon looked up at his clock, it read 1:45 AM. He proceeded in finishing his drink before heading to bed. He was in pain and was pretty tired of what had happened earlier which still puzzles him. He saw how the bruise near his head had swelled down, he never understood why he didn't wear anything that could offer him even the slightest of protection, then again it wasn't all entirely the fights fault but rather a certain pink person.
'If only I had time...maybe this weekend or something.' thought Daemon, he then headed towards his room. Reaching the top step he decided to go in the empty room down the hall rather than his room, once he got there he looked down before having an idea. For a while he took the time to set up a small section of the room to hold his equipment, he'd been messy with where everything went so it's best to now know where things were. He picked up the mask and looked at it, a simple red mask that held a deeper meaning. While the appearance showed it's bad condition Daemon knew that a replacement would be needed in time. This time he did go to his room but instead sat by his desk, he began remembering about the call Pinkie had given him and about the events that occurred which still hadn't made sense to him.
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'Seems like Sunset decided to head to the party as well after what happened, seems reasonable considering the fact that everyone is there.' thought Daemon, since he left behind his jacket the brisk wind scrapped against his face. While the weather wasn't enough to make him shiver his face was vulnerable to the cool wind making him cringe. Since his helmet was a wreck and it'd be a huge giveaway in wearing it he decided to ditch it. Pulling up his hoodie he covered most of his face with it but still open enough to see the road ahead.
Finally reaching the place he was meant to go he parked nearby, taking out his phone he saw that he wasn't that late. Making his way to the place he saw how it was a bright colored building. Going inside he received a shocked gasp from someone before being hit with a cannon.
"Wha- plbt!" exclaimed Daemon, with the confetti in his face he moved while trying to get it off before tripping over one of the chairs and crashing into a table knocking him out.
"Dammit Pinkie, I told'ya that was too much!" exclaimed Applejack.
"Oops...he's not that hurt at least..." replied Pinkie.
"He just has a minor bruise on his head and a scratch on his cheek but that's all." said Sunset trying to reassure Pinkie while attending Daemon as he was in the floor, while normally this wouldn't have really knocked Daemon out he'd been exhausted from the whole day which relatively made him weak. Apple then proceeded in helping Sunset with moving Daemon to a chair, holding him from his arms they placed him in the chair.
"Boy, for a guy his figure he's pretty heavy." stated Sunset, this earned a sly grin from Rainbow.
"Checking him while he's out could Sunset." said Dash while elbowing her, this resulted in Sunset getting red before quickly defending herself.
"interrogating me huh... give it your best shot..." mumbled Daemon through his scrambled mind, he wasn't thinking straight at the moment.
"What!?" exclaimed Sunset, Daemon snapped out of his dead state and looked around before setting his eyes on Sunset.
"Huh... wait where am I, Jeez my head hearts." said Daemon, he tried to get up before Sunset stopped him.
"It's best you sit down for a while, you kinda knocked yourself." said Sunset, Daemon having a hard time to recollect what happened looked back at her confused.
"How? All I could remember is being shot at by something." said Daemon, looking at his surroundings he noticed the cannon located near the door and an embarrassed Pinkie Pie behind Applejack. "Nevermind, I figured it out. Anyways what was the situation with Sunset?"
"Oh, I got attacked on my towards here. It could have gotten worse had he not appeared." stated Sunset, unbeknownst to Daemon she began eyeing his injuries.
"So you got saved by a passerby, how many attackers just one?" asked Daemon.
"It was few, some kids who were angry at me but it wasn't just some guy that saved me. I don't know how to explain it, he's just that guy who appeared from the video, Red Hood as he called himself." stated Sunset, "I came here after he saved me, I knew it was best to be with a group of people."
"Well, with me here you won't have a problem with anyone." stated Applejack.
"Thanks Applejack." stated Sunset.
"Well it's great to hear that you're fine and all but I really need to get going." said Daemon.
"WHAT! We didn't even start the party!?" exclaimed Pinkie.
"Well I mean I was just blasted by a cannon and knocked out so that felt like a party, anyways I think it's best you focus on Sunset rather than me." replied Daemon.
"Come on, At least stay for some cake." said Pinkie, she presented him an ice cream cake.
"Fine, just because it's an ice cream cake. But only one slice and I'm out." stated Daemon. Soon it became apparent that Daemon would stay a while longer after the group began conversing with one another.
"Daemon I beat you fair and square, I am the fastest runner in CHS." stated Rainbow Dash.
"Fair!? I have a bruised rib which bothers me a lot, you are in fine shape right now so clearly that's a disadvantage." stated Daemon.
"Fine, I'll give you your rematch. Just know that I'm going to win that." stated Dash.
"Whatever, just know that I am." said Daemon.
"So what if you do beat me, I could beat you in other things." stated Dash.
"Oh really? Like what?" asked Daemon.
Like...like uh...arm wrestling, yeah that's right I can beat you in arm wrestling." said Dash confidently.
"Oh you wanna go right now!" said Daemon, soon they set themselves up for the arm wrestling in which Daemon turned out victorious.
"What?! Grrr alright fine so you won but I bet you can't win against Applejack." said Dash. Daemon turned to Applejack and saw that she was willing to arm wrestle him.
"Alright, but if I do happen to lose at least I still beat you Dash." stated Daemon, getting himself prepared for the battle he got in position once it started he was instantly taken back when he lost. "Wha..."
"Well it's official, I've beaten 23 people in a row and no losses yet...well not including Bic Mac." stated Applejack, soon the group had a laugh about what just happened. Soon everybody began to leave and Daemon decided to stay a while, he really had nothing to do at home so he decided on getting a coffee before finally leaving.
Waiting on the order he checked his phone, sure it was getting late but it didn't bother him as no one knew where he was or cared to know. Looking around he began noticing a sudden change in atmosphere, everything felt cold he looked and saw how a green mist began surrounding the area. He saw how his breaths were visible to him, he felt a sudden urge to release his anger and hate but he didn't understand why. Checking around he saw how people who were in the area were being aggressive to one another, he knew something wasn't right before the haunting vocals made his body paralyze. He tried fighting the urge to move but to no avail, his head rather turned on its own focusing on a group of three hooded figures. He began fighting his mind before finally being released of this control yet he saw how the others affected weren't, he stood up giving the figures one last look before leaving, he couldn't put together who they were. Of the two figures only one had noticed what happened, they gave off a devious smile towards him before he left.
"It seems like someone broke free from our control." stated the hooded figure to the other two.
"Is that even possible?" asked one of them.
"It seems like it, guess our visit to that school won't be a waste after all." stated the hooded figure.
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Going back to reality, Daemon began thinking about the state of paranoia he felt when he had been paralyzed. 'Could I have been hallucinating? No I saw that girl smile, it wasn't my mind playing tricks on me... but why was I paralyzed with all those thoughts in my head?' thought Daemon, he had never feared anything but the way the vocals made him feel vulnerable was what made him afraid. He decided it's best to head off for bed.
Sleep was but a small bliss for him as the haunting vocals returned to him, this time he awoke breathing hard except he couldn't move again. He could only open his eyes but the images of shadows all over made his panic.
'Sleep Paralysis.' thought Daemon, the way his mind toyed with him made things worse. His breathing became more panicked as he tried to move again. Once he was free from that he looked carefully around, his clock showed it was early in the morning. Going to his window he opened it and looked outside, the morning breeze wasn't as bad as he thought. Climbing up to the roof he sat down watching the sun rise, for once Daemon found himself at peace watching as everything lit up.