//------------------------------// // Gone // Story: From One To Another // by P137 //------------------------------// _______________________________________________________________________________________ Chapter 6 : Gone I galloped full speed towards the library, with Dash just ahead of me. Passing buildings by buildings, with the thoughts of losing them as my home. As I galloped, I caught something at the edge of my eyes. Peachy. I promised to take her to dinner, and I am a man, or a stallion, who keeps his promises. So I wasn’t going to change that. I stopped and turned towards her. Rainbow Dash noticed me going another way. “Hey! Where are you going?” The light blue pegasus asked me from the skies. “I got something to do. You go on ahead.” I told her. “What!? We don’t have much time, Let’s go!” I thought for a moment, contemplating whether to go to Peachy, or go towards the library. One had my life on the line, and the other, the person I care for. I froze, thinking too hard. I decided to go to the person I care for. Even if I die, I’ll die knowing all of my friends know that I care for them. I galloped towards Peachy’s stall. As I got closer, I started to lose conscious. Things were starting to get blurry. I tried to shout for her, but as soon I tried to, I collapsed. The last thing I saw, was Peachy running towards me. It was too blurry to make out, and soon after, things got dark. [Electric’s POV] “Damn it. Where could’ve he gone to?” I asked in frustration while walking back and forth. The treehouse felt dark for some reason. As if it lost its joy and happiness. By this moment, Twilight is scared. Scared for her friend. It wasn’t difficult to make it out. She tried researching everything she could for a cure. Spike had already sent a letter to Princess Celestia as a notification of the current situation. She will come shortly, in an attempt to help us. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. “I’ll go get it.” Spike announced as he walked towards the door. When he opened it, the doorframe revealed Rainbow Dash standing in front of it, looking quite sad. “Oh, hey Dash. What happened? Did you find him?” Spike asked. Rainbow sighed, and entered the library. “Yeah, I did.” “Well, where is he?” I asked worryingly. “He is in the hospital, in a coma. The doctors said they couldn’t find any source of it.” “We have to get there. Round up the others, we’ll meet at the hospital.” Twilight ordered. “Alright, I’m on it!” The light blue pegasus dashed through the door. “Let’s move, Electric.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After walking for what felt like hours, but didn’t actually take that long, we have finally arrived. We then saw five other characters in front of the building, waiting for us. Once closer, it was the rest of the gang. “Ya sure took your time walking here, Twi.” Applejack sarcastically remarked. Twilight raised an eyebrow at this. “But we didn’t take that long to come here?” “Guys, our friend is dying and you’re acting like a bundle of sticks.” I voiced in. “What does that even mean?” Dash mumbled. “Nevermind, why aren’t we inside yet?” I asked. “We were waiting for y’all first.” Applejack answered, “Since we’re all here, then ah suppose we should go inside now.” We hurriedly walked into the big building, wondering about Shock’s condition. We stepped closer to the reception. “Hey, do you know where a pony called Shock Wave is?” I asked the receptionist. “Oh, let me check…” She scrambled what seemed to be a log. “Ah, it’s on the third floor, 10th room.” “Thanks.” I said before going straight towards the stairs with the gang following me. I walked up the stairs, which seemed more like climbing. It’s way more tasking to do it as an alien equinoid rather than as a human. By the third floor I was exhausted, but I had to keep on going for my best friend. “Jeez, L. It’s like you’ve never tried stairs before!” Rainbow Dash said. I sighed and ignored her. Give me a break, I wasn’t a pony up until like three days ago. As we walked down the hallway, we counted the numbers on the door of each room. Looking for the right one. As we reached near the end of the hallway, the door was then bestowed upon us. “This is the one, right?” I looked at the group and they nodded in response. I pushed the door and walked inside, revealing Shock Wave to my sight, with another pony by his side. “Wow, Shock. You look like hammered shit.” I said. The other pony had a disgusted look on her face when I said that. “And who are you?” The light lime mare asked me. “I should be the one asking that.” I rolled my eyes. “Well, I asked first.” She said, keeping her ground. “Fiiine. I’m Electric Dazzle, Shock’s best friend.” “Oh, really?” She asked, still not convinced. I sighed. “Yes, really.” “In fact, we all are.” Twilight intruded. The lime mare’s eyes widened. “I suppose you’re speaking the truth,” She gulped, “I’m Peachy Pitt. I met Shock Wave earlier this morning and we just kind of, got along really well, you know?” I raised my eyebrow. “Huh. I didn’t know Shock already got a special someone?” Peachy blushed a little bit. Everypony then surrounded Shock. I looked over to Twilight to see if she was bothered about Shock having a significant other. However, she doesn’t seem to care at all. Soon after, there was a knock on the door, and a male pony with a white coat entered inside the room. “Whoa, this room is packed.” He said. “You think?” I asked. “Don’t answer that. Rhetorical question.” “Don’t worry, I am not stupid. I am the doctor after all.” He said to me as he walked near the bed Shock was laying on. He then proceeded to sigh, “We can’t seem to find the reason he is in a coma.” We were all saddened by the disthroughting news. Actually, didn’t Twilight already found a cure for Shock? “Hey, Twi. Didn’t you found the cure for Shock’s problem?” I asked her, wondering if she had forgotten about it. “Well, I thought I did, But… turns out it’s something more serious.” She answered. “And I am afraid it’s..” Before she could finish, her sentence was completed by someone totally different. “Incurable.” Said the voice. We all turned around, and to our surprise, it was Princess Celestia. The others had bowed down to her and I awkwardly followed. “You may rise.” The Princess ordered us all. “And you didn’t have to do it, Electric.” She continued while giving a small smile. “Oh, it’s okay.” I said to her as I rose up, “I am more concerned about Shock.” “Of course. But I am afraid there is not much that we can do about it.” She told all of us, with her slight smile turning into a slight frown. Once the princess announced that, everypony had lost all hope for Shock. Except for Peachy. Seems like she just couldn’t accept the fact that she just lost a close friend she met only a few moments ago. “No, there must be a way. There has to be a way to cure him.” She said as her eyes started to tear up. Rainbow Dash started to comfort Peachy. I didn’t know what to feel, so I stood there, with blank eyes. How did this happen? And why? We just wanted to live our dreams, but it seems, only reality exists. Suddenly, time stopped. Everything froze, except for me, but I might as well be frozen, since I stood so still. “How devastating.” A voice boomed. “Is it?” I said, while hanging my head just to see that I was standing on nothingness. The voice did not respond. “He was my best friend, and the only friend that I had when I died,” I continued. “And now I’m losing him, yet again.” I sighed. After a moment, I raised my head to look at my surroundings. I found what must be the source of the voice. A bipedal. I walked closer to it and realized it looked like a normal human, but with pure white skin, a suit, and a long beard that was darker than darkness itself. “Who are you?” I asked. “The Rapture.” It simply answered. My eyes have widened slightly. “Wait, you again. W-where am I?” “To simply put it, you’re in heaven.” “Why? I’m not dead!” I shouted at him. “I’m just giving you one last chance, to say goodbye.” He explained as he spawned Shock’s body in front of me. Shock rose up, rubbing his eyes as if he had only slept the night. I ran towards him to give him a manly hug. “Woah, chill, I ain’t dead yet.” Shock said with a sleepy voice, “Wait, where are we?” I almost broke into tears. “Hey, what’s up?” He got concerned. I stopped hugging him. I felt like saying something, but I was at loss for words. “What are you doing? You wanna say something? If so, say it later. We gotta find a way out of this place.” He started walking around the nothingness that we were surrounded by. “It’s not that…” I frowned. “How the fuck do we get out of here?” He grunted as he looked around the area. “Dude, stop.” “Where the hell are we?!” He asked once again, angrily. “YOU’RE DEAD!” I yelled. He stopped right in his tracks. He looked astonished. But then he closed his eyes and scoffed. “Yeah, great joke. Ten out of ten.” He kept on looking around for an exit. “It’s not a joke, you arrogant fuckhead! And there is nothing we can do about it, and that’s final!” “Sure, keep telling yourself that.” He was getting a bit frustrated. “He’s right, you know?” The Rapture told Shock. “Huh, and who might you be?” He asked the pale white figure. “You have already met me at the time of your first death.” He answered with a smirk. “Wait, you’re saying, you’re that guy? The.. Rapture?” Shock asked as he had a flashback. He had finally noticed the blinding truth, that he was dead. And there was no going back now. His fate is now in somebody else’s hand. He believed that he had not done enough in the world that he was in previously. He was afraid that he would end up in hell, or something along those lines. “I disagree with your thoughts. This isn’t what you would call hell, as it’s just an empty void of nothingness.” “Then what am I supposed to do here?” Shock inquired. “Your soul will just stay here, as it waits for the day the world to end.” The Rapture answered. Mine and Shock’s jaw dropped, resulting for the demigod to chuckle. “Then what happens?” I asked The Rapture as I was worried for my friend. “Nothing, really.” He shrugged and pulled out a pack of cuban cigars and lit one in his mouth. At this, I raised my eyebrow. “Why… are you smoking?” “Because… I can?” He said rhetorically. I sighed, “You’ve got to be shitting me.” “Nah. You see, none of what I just said is actually going to happen. April Fools, ya dig?” He said with a big smirk. “But it’s the eighth of April?” Shock asked. “Well, this place is timeless so who cares, not me anyway.” “You still didn’t answer my question. What happens now?” I asked. “YOU, will be sent back to your fantasy world filled with your petty colourful equines.” He said as he waved his hands around, mocking me. “But, what about Shock?” I narrowed my eyes as I got a bit annoyed. “He’s gonna chill here with me, we’ll be having aaalottta fun.” He grinned. He then spawned a barrier between me and Shock. It seemed to be unbreakable without magic. As I tried to get Shock to break it, he was already on the floor, weakened by The Rapture. I tried to bash through it, but to no avail. As I had lost all hope, I fell on my haunches. The scenery started to change to something familiar. The floor became wooden, and as I looked around, there were books literally everywhere. “Wait a minute, the library!” I realized where I was and immediately went looking for Twilight for help. “TWILIGHT!” I yelled out. “What? Who’s yelling my name?” A weary voice was heard from upstairs. I dashed upstairs and went into Twilight’s room. As I tried to reach for the doorknob, to my luck, the door slammed onto my face. “GAH, FUCK!” I cried in pain. “Oh, I’m so sorry! Are you hurt?” She rushed to my help. “Yeah, I’ll be okay.” I rubbed my muzzle. “I do hope so. And, who are you?” She asked me. “Electri- wait, don’t you already know me?” I raised my eyebrow. She made a puzzled look. “Uhh, I don’t think so?” “Quit it, Twi. Shock is in trouble and we need Celestia’s help right now!” I stood up. “Who is Shock? And how do you know my name?” She asked again. I facehoofed. “Twi, stop it.” “I honestly don’t know you, or your friend! And what could be so serious that you need Princess Celestia to help you?” She stressed out. “Gah, fuck it.” I said as I went back downstairs and straight outside, slamming the door behind me in anger. I decided that there was no point in figuring out her antics, but I only hope that she’s joking. If she’s not, then I doubt anypony else will know me either. I am assured though that the princess will know me, since she is the goddamn smartest being here. I raised my wings and took off. Thank fuck I trained myself for this. I gained speed in an instant to get to the Canterlot Castle as fast as possible. This led to somepony curious following me. As I flew almost as fast what felt like a jet airplane, I heard someone quite familiar yet again. I could guess who it was. The famous multi-chromatic speed demon catched up next to me. “Hey, what’s the rush for? I’ve never seen anypony fly as fast as you do. Are you a wonderbolt?!” She yelled out in glee. I groaned. This confirmed my suspicions and made me doubt more if the princess would even know me. “Well if it wasn’t obvious enough, I’m a bit busy right now!” I yelled back. “Woah, chill out. Didn’t mean no harm!” She yelled again to me. I completely ignored her this time and tried to fly away from her, but she was too fast. I concentrated all my energy to my wings. Soon enough, I was going as fast as a modern jet can go. I tried harder, and thus, I broke the sound barrier resulting in me doing a Sonic Boom. I looked back and to see Rainbow Dash shocked seeing me doing something as awesome as that. But I ignored everything behind my back and headed straight to the castle. Hopefully Celestia can solve this problem, and everything will be okay in the end. But I still had my doubts. We’ll see.