The Awakening
“Ya know, I’m disappointed in you, Dash. I expected you to last a lot longer, though I suppose it’s kinda my fault. I should have taken this a bit slower, but I was just having too much fun. Well, it was nice knowing you, Rainbow Dash.”
Dash felt cold steel push into her throat and slash up to her chin. The last thing the Pegasus saw was the eerie banner with the words “Life is a Party” written on it in blood. Her heart finally stopped beating, ending the pony’s suffering. Rainbow Dash was dead, strapped to the table in a pool of blood.
But now, she was nowhere. All she could see was darkness. Darkness everywhere she could see. And this place not only felt weird, but downright evil. Suddenly, she heard an eerie voice that seemed to come from nowhere, but everywhere at the same time.
“You will not die that easily, my little Pegasus. I shall give you another chance. A chance for….Vengeance.”
She looked around frantically, trying to locate the source of the voice, but there was nothing but an empty void for as far as she could see it all directions. Still, she was too proud to let the eerie voice frighten her.
“Who’s there? Come out and tell me what’s going on here!” she shouted helplessly into the empty distance.
Surprisingly, the voice responded. “You are being given a second chance. To try again at life.” The voice sounded almost amused, which just angered her even more. “You are necessary to the darkness’ survival. Through you, I live. Through you, I am BORN!!”
Suddenly, two serpentine creatures emerged from behind her wing joints and she could feel the raw power emanating from them. Then, through the blackness, she saw images of memory from her demise at the hands of Pinkamena. She attempted in vain to shut out the horrors being shown to her.
“Please, for the love of Celestia, STOP!!” the now terrified Pegasus screamed out into the swirling images, being dragged down, suffocating, into the black abyss.
Dash awoke to a beeping sound, which turned out to be a heart monitor. She saw Twilight sitting on the other side of the room. As soon as she saw that Dash was awake, she ran over and gave her a hug.
“Dash! Thank Celestia you’re awake! I thought you were gone for good!” she said with a hint of sleepiness in her voice.
She merely continued to sit in shock. Was it all just a dream? She thought to herself. If it was just a dream, then why would she be in the hospital? “Twilight, what happened to me?”
Twilight looked confused. Suddenly, she got a look of realization on her face. “I found you in an alleyway near Sugarcube Corner while I was taking a midnight walk. There was a lot of blood, and you were unconscious, so I brought you here. You seemed to have dark magic illuminating from you, but it must have been a trick of the night.”
“She reeks of innocence and kindness…” Dash jumped upon hearing the evil sounding voice. It was as if hell itself were beckoning to her. She got out of bed and started for the door.
“Hold up, Dash.” Twilight called. “You have to have someone check you out first.” She walked to the door. “Stay here, I’ll be right back.”
Five minutes later, Twilight walked in, followed by a doctor. The doctor spoke up. “Alright, Rainbow Dash, you’re free to go.”
She was quick to get out of the hospital. She was extremely quick to get away from Sugarcube Corner, for fear of finding Pinkie Pie.
She was still wondering what she was going to do when she ran into somepony. “The Great and Powerful Trixie would appreciate if you would watch where you are going!”
Dash got back up and saw Trixie walking away. She was starting to get annoyed. That pony really got on her nerves. But that wasn’t her problem right now. She wondered what would happen if she were found by Pinkie Pie. Would she attempt to kill her again? She still wondered why she was alive. After all, she had seen Pinkie Pie rip her guts out right in front of her. Yet she was perfectly fine. It didn’t make any sense...
Suddenly, she heard something behind her. She turned and saw Twilight. She had a worried look on her face.
“What were you doing in that alley that late at night, anyway? You never stay up that late.”
Dash just stood there, scraping at the ground with a hoof. She didn’t know how to explain it to Twilight, or anypony else for that matter. She doubted that they would believe her.
“I was just practicing some moves and must have crashed or something. It wouldn’t be the first time, now would it? That’s all…”
Twilight obviously didn’t believe her. “Dash, I know you didn’t crash. You would be a lot more seriously hurt if you had. And where did all that blood come from? You didn’t have a scratch on you. I just want to know what happened. Please, just tell me.”
Dash didn’t get why she had to be so persistent. “You wouldn’t believe me anyway! There’s nothing to say!”
“Yes, I will! Just tell me what happened. I know you’re not one to lie, but I can’t help you if I don’t know what’s wrong!”
Dash knew she wouldn’t stop asking, so she told her everything. She told her about the cupcakes, Gilda, the basement, her torture, her death, and the creepy, haunting voice that had appeared out of nowhere.
When she finished, Twilight sat on her haunches in disbelief. “Why would Pinkie...How...How could this be possible…She’s the element of laughter….Not a murderous psychopath….”
“Look, I know that it doesn’t make sense, but it’s the full and absolute truth. She KILLED me in that basement. As for the voice, I have no idea what it is. It just feels…evil.”
Twilight was scared now. “Come to think of it, I haven’t seen Pinkie for a while. I had gone to see if Applejack had seen her, but she hadn’t. I was off to see Mr. And Mrs. Cakes next. Do you want to come with?”
Dash wasn’t sure if this was a good idea. But if she went to Sugarcube Corner, she might be able to show Twilight the basement to prove that she wasn’t lying. “Fine, but we need to be careful. I’m also gonna try to show you the basement, to prove I’m not lying.”
“Okay, then we better get moving. It’s getting dark…” Twilight said with a hint of worry.
They passed through the empty streets of Ponyville without much said between the two ponies. They were concerned about the deserted town. Even if it was getting late, it was never this empty. Even at night, somepony was usually still up. It was also strange that they hadn’t met up with Princess Luna, who liked to stroll through the streets at night after she was done raising the moon. But they didn’t have time to think about that, because they had reached Sugarcube Corner.
Twilight nervously looked over at her friend. “Okay, Dash. You ready?”
Truthfully, she wasn’t. But she wasn’t going to let Twilight know that. “Uh, sure, if you are…”
The two ponies nervously opened the door. Inside were Mr. and Mrs. Cakes, and they looked worried. “Have you two seen Pinkie Pie anywhere?”
Twilight let out an exasperated sigh. “No, that’s why we came, we had hoped you had seen her. This is really strange, we should have found her by now.” She thought for a moment. “Oh yeah, didn’t you have something you wanted to show me here Dash?”
Dash looked up suddenly. Her eyes told what her pride wouldn’t. She was very frightened. “Um… Oh yeah! Uh, follow me…”
They walked behind the counter and the kitchen. Eventually, they came to the floor panel that led to the basement. Dash pulled at the latch as hard as she could, but it wouldn’t budge.
“It’s locked, I can’t open it.” She said with a look of despair. How was she to prove what Pinkie Pie had done to her if she couldn’t get into the basement where all the evidence was?
Twilight moved her friend out of the way. “Don’t worry, Dash. I can use my magic to open the lock. Since Pinkie’s an earth pony, she couldn’t put a protective spell on it, right?”
Her horn began to glow, and so did the lock. There was a series of clicks, and the latch slowly creaked open. Dash’s heart began to race. She must be insane to think that this was a good idea. They stepped into the hatch, even the Cakes. Then they followed the long passageway for what seemed like hours. The sight when they reached the end was horrifying. Mr. Cakes threw up, Mrs. Cakes fainted, and Twilight could only stare in disbelief.
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Don't like the topic one bit but the writing is fair and you know how to indent your paragraphs. You get my like. Not for the story, but for how it's written.
546138
now, now...never judge a book by its cover...It may be a gold mine...many loved the spin off with dash beings saved by AJ...I write horror...so I can understand its beauty if done right. I will give it a shot and then review accordingly.
For those who are wondering, it is tagged gore because I intend to add violence in later chapters. This is also my first story, so if it sucks, that's probably why. And yes, it's a spinoff of Cupcakes, the reason of that being that Cupcakes is what got me to start watching the show and eventually become a brony. This story is far from finished and I appreciate all constructive critisism to help me make improvements.
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Bleach! I need mind bleach!
Bad finger! No clicking on gore stories!
...
You wrote very well, but it was my own fault for coming here.
Where is that mind bleach?
hmmm here is my thoughts...
good concept but it feels rushed, trust me on this that was my number 1 critique for my first stories and looking back on them I see it was 120% right. so just flush out some of the ideas and give us more details. I love a good read that makes me afraid to walk down a dark hallway.. when you achieve this your onto true horror. gore is good but use it hand and hand with psychological. use the weapons of good horror writing to your disposal, set the mood make us feel that something is evil thats following rainbow. I made a niche for having rd get stalked by evil lol.
so for now 2 1/2 out of 5
earn em back by making us afraid for rainbows sanity, show her inner termoil. give us details worthy of the mature rating. if the mature tag is posted and we see gore...we wanna see gore. this currently could have passed for teen rating. not a bad thing I tone my stuff to teen to achieve a wider audience.
546158
lol same reasons i got into mlp XD it took the sub fandom to get me in
i don't normally read stories wit a gore tag on it but this peaked my intrest. so far its pretty good, I'll keep an eye on this one. keep on writing
p.s: I also agree with with mareinthemoon slow it down just a tad and add some more deatails, but other than that i think you have a good thing going on here 3 1/2 out of 5 from me.
Now I hear the Darkness crooning "DAaAAAAAaaaaaAAAssSSsShhhiiieeee..."
second chapter soon please
Even as these comments are sent, I'm working on chapter 2. You can expect to start to see a little bit of violence in this one. Also, I plan on making revisions to past chapters as well.
546224 oh ok
Do not fear the Darkness, Dashie...
Actually, I got the idea to do this because my brother brought up the fact that Dashie rhymes with Jackie. Odd events..
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But it's basically a wall of text. Some paragraphs would attract more people
I keep reading Cupcakes spinoffs because I want there to be a happy ending... somehow...
>>ShadowKick
I've always wanted one like that as well. That's one reason I started this, because I couldn't find any.
546138 (major sarcasm ahead)
Oh woe is you, the person who gives a fic a dislike because he's to lazy to spend half a minute reading. It obviously better to just give it a stamp of disapproval then actually-OH I DON'T KNOW- try it!
Good so far, but you could slow it down a little, and while I don't really care about it being a block of text, you might want to space it out a little. I like how you sorta-kinda-maybe based RD's survival off Darkness, which is funny considering I literally just finished playng the second one. Anyway, yeah, good job, here's a mustache.
Chapter 1 has been edited due to reader's requests. Changes are:
-Added details about when RD is in the darkness void
-Changed all Darkness speaking parts to red font
-Spaced out paragraphs (no more brick wall text)
Not bad, not bad... not exactly scaring me but I'm in one of my jaded moods so i doubt anything short of extreme measures would get to me atm.
It seems you are mostly just referencing gore in chapter 1 cause other than a few minor incidents, there isn't even all that much. just a bit of blood in an alley and the last bit of cupcakes with an evil voice thrown in the mix.
For some reason, I enjoy Cupcakes sequels provided Dashie
A) Gets saved at the last minute and ultimately survives,
B) Turns out it's a dream/joke/bad fanfic one of the M6 had or,
C) (On par as favourite with A) Comes back for revenge as an undead entity.
Now this looks very interesting. Never played the Darkness, probably never will, but I like how this is written, where it's going and there's something about it that's... intriguing. Thumbs up and favourited mate.
Wow. Once I first read this, I was just in shock of what I was reading, that I'm going to go sick again that Dash died....again...
But I noticed how amazingly this is written, as every little but made me interested, every little bit of it made me want to cringe. That is one element of a good story, when you can actually feel physical and emotional pain (in the good way) to the characters.
wow, i'm very curious about who you gonna do your story, and i like darkness 2
thumb up
547756
While my words may have tempted you to believe that I said you gave the fic a dislike simply because it was about Cupcakes, that would be with simple mispronunciation on my part. 'A stamp of disapproval' is a fairly common saying, simply implying that you disapproved of it. But no where in the comment did I so much as near SAY that you disliked it, and gave it a rating as such.
NOW THROW YA HATE A ME! FEED E WITH YOUR RAGE! MUHAHAHAHA!
548070
meh, I might have phrased that, and now I might feel like a tad bit of a fool, but truthfully I had no intention to say you disliked it, at the time I wrote that comment I had been up for over a day, and I was as you may have guessed, a little tad bit tired as hell.
If I were to rephrase that it would go differently now that I'm actually somewhat awake, but as it is, past mistakes are still mistakes.
If you would put aside the natural need to continue your deepest desire to continue this comment battle, then allow me to extend to you, my apologies.
Now to clarify things, I posted my original comment because you said that you didn't want to try it because its a Cupcakes fic (which is most definitely understandable) but still felt the need to criticize it in the comments. There, now that I have actually said what I meant (and proven that I am indeed a fool) you can comment back with more of your natural hate filled comments.
Enjoy!
548265
I love how you are saying your comments aren't just petty insults, when you state they aren't petty insults, with petty insults.
If I'm being condescending then allow me to apologise for that too, but in fact all I was doing was clearing up a matter of which I made a mistake, which to be honest doesn't feel like me making myself out to have high ground.
Also If your comments were made in the fashion you describe to me (quote, "OMG U IDIOT WHAI U INSULT ME DIS STORY SUCKS I GONNA GO HUG MY FLUTTERSHY PIKLOW NOW SO STFU IM RIGHT LAWL.") then I wouldn't even bother replying. Their not, but you still make yourself out to appear annoyed or upset, whether you are trying to or not.
NOW FEED ME MOAR HATE! FEED IT TO ME! I ENJOY IT!
548347
I LOVE YOU TOO MARRY ME! WE'LL LIVE IN A CABIN BY THE BEACH AND HAVE HUNDREDS OF FILLIES TOGETHER!
548364
In my opinion our comments are the best on this story, no matter what anyone says.
Now where is the wedding to take place, I would rather have this over quickly.
548779
Oh nothing serious, we got into an argument, you declared your love for me, I returned the gesture, and now we're engaged.
So, yeah, you didn't really miss anything, at least nothing important.
you said there was a game??????????tell me were it is or give me the link plz
The game is The Darkness. It's for Xbox 360 and I believe PS3.
Due to my computer's hard drive crashing, chapter 2 will take a bit longer than I thought, but I will still get it done.
what happened to her wings?! did she loose them or not?
I always love cupcakes. It was my first fan fic I ever read and I was horrify from what I read and for some reason I like it. So I love reading spin off anything related to cupcakes. Your story is ok but there room for improvement. I be watching this some and see how it progress.
>>redbolt
Her wings were in the basement, but they were also attached to her due to the darkness regenerating them, leaving them in both places at once.
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I'm glad to see another person writing a "The Darkness" Fic, even if it is without Jackie. Mine has Jackie.
>>viper9172
Rainbow Dash is Jackie.. Sort of.
MOAR
Dose she um still have her um insides.....
I apologize for a lack of continuation, but I have had a lot of crap going on in my life. This story has not died, however, and I fully intend to continue.
Even if it's a short chapter, I just want to see progress.
lack of continuation makes Fluttershy sad.
Oh for fucks sake, 4 months and not even a minor continuation?
this had better be some kind of joke.
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You know, I have a feeling this fic is cancelled.
Can't wait for more!