A Princess' Sanity
Princess Celestia was content.
She had her throne, her subjects, her faithful students Sunset Shimmer and Twilight Sparkle, her adorable niece Cadence, and her dearest sister Luna by her side. As she stood on the balcony overlooking the city of Canterlot, she smiled a beatific smile and waved.
Hundreds upon thousands of ponies cheered and stomped their hooves in response, absolutely ecstatic to see their Princess greet them all from on high. Each and everyone of them eager to bask in her glory and the glory of her bright and welcoming Sun.
Her kingdom was perfect.
No strife, no wars, no enemies around every corner just waiting for the chance to bring her down. Not even the stress of normal day-to-day politics could dampen her mood.
As long as she had her sister, her niece, her students, and the rest of her little ponies, she was truly happy.
Celestia lowered her hoof just as Luna, Cadence, Twilight, and Sunset stepped up next to her.
"̶̸̧͘͘S҉̴̢̀̕u̴͢͢͟͞ć̷̶̸̡h̶̶̢́ ̵̸҉͝í̸̴͟͜g҉͜n̛͢͝o̴̢͠r̴̛͝à̶͜͢ǹ̶͟͡c҉̶e̶͜͟͝͏.̧̀̀͡.̶̨.̨҉ ̡͠s҉́ù̷̡c̵͏̀h̷̕ ̀̕a̴r̀͞͠r͠͠o̵̢͏̨́g̡̡͘͟a͘͢n̴͞c̸̡͞e̴͏́͢.́͠.͏̷̧͠͝.̴̢̧̀͘"̶̵̸̵̢
Celestia's face lit up at the sound of her sister's voice. She turned to face the four ponies closest to her heart and her smile faltered for a moment. There's was something odd about them, but Celestia couldn't quite put her hoof on what it was.
She didn't dwell on it for long and soon set the thought aside as she greeted the four.
"It is good to see you all," Celestia said with a warm smile, "I hope the four of you are well this morning?"
"̷͟͡H̨́o̴͢͏͟͞w̧̧͜͠ ̵̷͠҉̷q̕͜͟u̶i͟҉c̢͞k̨̡̡͝ ͏̡́͟y̴҉̸̴o͞ú͏̢ ́͞͠a͟҉̵̴͞r̷̡̡͢͢e̶̴͞ ̛͢t͏́͟͝o̵̧̕͞ ͏́͢l̶̢̧̛o̸s̴̴͝e̢̡͜͞͠ ̧͘͠y̷҉̵̸ơ̸̕ų̨ŕ́͢͞͞śe̢͘͜͠ĺ̸̢͠f̵̕͞ ̵̷̧͘i̢͟҉̨ń̴̡̧́ ̨́͘͞͡a͏͡͞ ̸̶̧̛s̀͏̴a̶̧͠͡͞c̛͝c҉̡h̕͡͏̵͏a̵͜͝͠͡r̸̴͢͠i̵̵̢̧͢ņ̸̕͠͏e̵ ̵͞ḿ̢ę̸̀́͏m͝ơ͏̷r̵̶y͠͏ ̕͝ó͘͝f̴̶ ́͜͜ţ͜͝į́m̸̛͘͘͟è̶̕͟s̸҉̴ ̵̢͡l̴̴o҉̶̶ņ̵͟͢g̡̨̀͡ ͠͏s҉̶͟i̶̸̸͜͢n̸̕͢ç̷̵̷̧e̵̢͟͟ ̸p҉͡a̡s͟t͞͏̷̕.̨͜͟͞.̧͏̨͝.̢͝ ̴̀͝͡ţ̵̛í̴̵͘m̡͡͝e̸̡̡͜͠s̴̢̀̕͡ ̴́́͘͠t̛́̀҉h̢͟a͘͞t̸̡̧ ̸̨͜͞͞c̢̀͟o̶͜͠u҉ĺ͡d̢͢ ͜͢n̴͜͠e̶̸͞v̀͞ę͠҉͘r̡̛̀͜͜ ̢̡b̶́ę͜ ̸̛͡͡͠a̷̧g͏̡̡͘a̷͢͏͢ì̸̷̵͜n̵̷̷҉.҉̶̢̀̕.̷͝.͏͢͡"̴́́͞͞ ͟͏҉
Celestia chuckled behind one of her hooves at Twilight's enthusiastic response.
"I see, that's wonderful, Twilight," she replied before turning a curious gaze to the others, "and what about the rest of you?"
"̡̀͏̀H̴̀́͢o҉̷͢͏͜w̸̢͟͢ ̴͜é̷͘͝á̶̢͏̢g҉̛è̶̷̡̕r̵͡ ͟҉͜҉y̸̸͜͢͡ò̀ư͘͝ ̸̧a̷͘͡r̢͟͡è̷̢̧͟ ̸̡̛̛͘t̶̸͠o̡̕ ̡҉̶͡͞t̵̢̢͡ų̵́͡͠r̵̛͘͏n͏͞ ̛̀͡a̕҉̨̡w̸̸̨͜ą̧y͡҉̡̨́ ̸̛͞͠f̧̧̀̕͜ŕ̨̡͘͝o̢͘m͘͘͝ ͏͟ţ͝h̕͝͏͏̢e̷̷̵͟ ̶́̕͟t̛͝ŗ̕͞u̷̢͠t̵͝ḩ̧̨͜͡.҉͢.̡͡͠͡͝.̴͝͡"̸̵̕͟͞
҉͢͟͠
̡"̴͜͞T̀́͘͞ò̴͠ ̵̷͝ą͏̶̛b҉̵͘͘͘a̷̕͘͘n͏͞͏̷̀d̀͡ò̸͟҉n̢͜͏͞ ̷͏͢t̷̀͘h̵͡o̢s̸͘ę̛̛̛́ ̛͢ỳ̶̨ǫ̵u̸̸̡ ̵̛̀c̢̕͘͡l̷͏̸̨͜à͟͟͟i҉̵̢͠m̀͏͢ ͏t̵ơ̴̡ ̛͢͡c̵͢͡a̛̕r̢̛é̴̀͢ ̵̕͟͠s̸͘͠o̸̡͡ ̧̛̕͟m̛͜ù̀͠c̸h̢̛̕͘ ̷̷̧f̢̛͜͠͝ơ̴̕͞r͝ ̷̧̛͞ẃ̵̵̸͢ì̸̵̡͝ţ̸͟͟͠h͢͟ ̸̕s͡u̷͜c̢͡͞h̴̨̛͟ ̸̢̛͞͠e̡a̷͞͝s̷҉e̡͢͏̢.̷́͠.̴̴̡̨͠.̶͜͟͡͠"͏̵͡
̛͜͢͞͠
͠͏̶"̵͢͡҉Ý̴̧̛͞o̡̕u͘͟͝͞ ̡̀͘e̴̷̛͡q̕͟͡u͏̨̀͜͠ì̶̵̶͢n҉̴̧͜͡ȩ̷̵͝҉s͏̢̧͢ ̛͢͏́d̴͡҉̀͟i̧̕͜s̶̀͢͢͢ǵ̴u҉s̷̡͘͢t̶͏̀ ̨̀͢͠m̵̨͟͞è͠͠.̧͝͡.̧̀͘̕͡.̷͜"̴͘͜҉
"That's good to hear," Celestia answered with a nod, "it's nice to have all of you here with me for once," she turned back to the massive crowd still cheering below and began to wave once more as she spoke, "I know ruling the kingdom keeps me busy, but I really do appreciate your visits Twilight and Cadence. Sunset--"
"̨͜Ý̷͝͡o҉̷ųr҉̵͏̕ ̶̨͠͏̀ş̧͢͟͞t̸̢̛̕͟ù̀d̵̢ȩ̵͜͡n̴̢͟t̨̨̀̕ ͝҉҉͜l̢̀̀͘͢e̸̡͘͡f̀͟͜͏͟t̴̸̨̕ ̨̛̕͜y̨̕͘͜o͡҉ų́҉ ̵͞҉l̛o̴̸n̵̡̨͟͢g̨̕ ̷̢b̢e̶̛f̸̕͘o̵̷̕ŕ̷̡͠͝e͢ ̛͟͝I̢͘ ҉̶͜ę̷͝v̛́͘e̢͢ŕ̛̕͟ ̸̸͘d̴̢̧͘e̴̢̢҉͞c̶̨̛͘͢ì̕̕d̸̷̶͘͡e̷̛d̨̧ ̶̡̕͝͠ţ́o̶̷̷̕͜ ́͠ģ̶̧̀r̡͘a҉͟͟c҉̕ę̧̨͟ ̶̛͘͝҉t͞h̷́̕͞i̡̡̢̕ś҉ ̸̀͠ṕ̶á̧̕͟t́͘͝͝h̴̡͘͞e͘͝͝t͞҉̸í̵ć͘͠ ̴͢w҉́ò̀͝͞ŗ̛͠ĺ̶̨d̶͞ ̸̵̢ẁ͞i͝͠͠t̕͠h̀̕ ̡̡̨̕m͘͞͝y̵̶ ̷̡p̧̡̛r̨̕͟ę̛͠s͟͝e͏̷͡͡n̵̛͏̵ć̨ę̶̡.͟͏̶͟͡.̸̢.̷̛̕͜"̨
Celestia blinked and looked over to see Luna, Cadence, and Twilight facing her, as if waiting for her to speak. She frowned and shook her head before letting her smile return.
"I'm sorry," she continued with a small, sheepish grin, "it seems I've forgotten what I was about to say," she gave another light chuckle, "I'm sure I'll remember in a minute, just give me a few moments to make my announcement to the ponies of Canterlot."
"̶̧̛͜Ý͝o̶͢u̢'̷̴̀͘v҉́͜͞͏é͡͏͘͡ ̧͢f̢̛́͘͟a̸̕i̴̸̛͠ĺ̴̡͞e̵̡̛d̸̢͘ ̧͘҉y͜o̡͘ų̧̕r̶̨̢ ͝͞͏͞p̨͟͡ǫ̸̴̀n̶̴̡͘͜i̷̴̕͟e͢͝s͞҉,̢̕ ҉͢f͢͞͏̛҉ơ͡҉o̵͢l̡͏͢ì҉s̸̨̨̡h̸̨̨͠ ͘P̕͞҉͢͞r̢͜i̵͜͏̵n͏̢͘ć̕͡͡ȩ̴͘͠s̴҉͢s̢͘ ͜ó̵́f̶̕͡͝ ̷͘a̴̢̧̛ ̷̨͘͟͟D̶̶͞e̷҉̛ą͡d͠ ̶͘͠҉K̶̕͘͝į̷̨͝ņ̷͘ǵ̷̴͠d̕͘͟o̶̡͏m̴̛͜͜͡.̶̨̀͜.̵̶̢̢.͘͏̷͘͝ ̕͟͏͠͝ý̶̧̨ǫ̶̧͡u̢͘͏̸̶r͏ ̵̧͜͞͝l̕͢á̵̵̧͞n̡͘ḑ̶̵ ́͢͝à̡͢͞n̢̛̕d́̕ ̨̕͢͞t͏̕h͘͟͞҉è͏ ̶͘w̶̕o̧͞͞r͜͏l̡̡d̵̸̕ ̀̕̕͡͡a̴҉͢͝r̢ò̶͘ųn̸̕͢͝d̕͟͠ ̨̛́ì̶̢͘͞t̷ ̶͡h̴̷̡a͡͠ş̴̡͟ ̛͡f̛́́̕͠a̷͜͝͡l̵̢̨ĺ̶̨͟ȩ̵́͜n̕ ̸́҉̷a̶̡n̸̢͜͞d̷̨͝͝ ͡҉̨̡͝ǹ̡͘͝o̕͠t̢҉̕h̡̀͢í̢n̷̷̡ģ͟҉̵̀ ̵͘r̴̷̛͠͞e͞͠m̶̢͡a̡̡͢͝i̡̧̢͢n̴̴̷͘s̵̡̀͘͜.̢͝.̛͡.̛͜҉"̧̡
"Yes, Cadence," Celestia answered with an apologetic smile, "once I'm done here, we can all sit down and spend some time together over some tea, does that sound good?"
"̴̛͡͝.̴̡̡͜.̶̡͘̕.̸́͝͝S̨͘ò̸́͘ ̢̨͞͞y͘͟o̢҉̢̕u͏̕͞ ͞͏̧s̸̕͜͞t̷̕͟͜ì̷l̢̢͢͝l̷̶̢͢ ̵̶́͡r̶͏̵̀͢ȩ̛͜f̛͜͠͏́u̡̨͘͡͡s͏̷̕͢è͝҉͢ ̵̛͜͢t̛́̕͟o͜͏̢͢͝ ͢͏҉̡s̡̛̕͜͟e̵͡ȩ̴̵̷ ̕͢b̧̢̕e̸y͏o̕͘͡n̷̴̕͢͠ḑ̵̷́͠ ͜͞͠t̸̛̛͝h̛͏ȩ͘͢͞͠ ҉͘v̕͢͡e͡͡i̵͘͜͞l̵ ̧̧͟o̶̵̧͡f͠͡ ̛̀ḑ̛͠e҉̡̢c̷̨̛̕͝e̵҉̸̡͘i̸̡͜t̡͏̧̕͜.̢͏.̡͡͝.́͜ ̕҉I̛̕͞ ̨̧ć͢o̴̡͏͏̡n͏̴f̡̛́̕ę̴͘͟͝s̀͜s͟͡ ̛͝҉I̢̛͟ ҉̴̸̸̸t̸̨h͏̧̀͜o̴͜͢͝u̴͡͞҉ǵ̨h̴̛t̨͠ ̡̢̛͘ỳ͝o̸̶͟͜u̵̢͜͟ ̸̴s̡̡t̸̶̢̀̀ŕ̛̛̕͞o͢͝n̛͜g̡̧̧̧͜ę͝r̀̕͞ ̶̧͟͟t̸̴͞h̸͟a̕͟͝n̛̕ ̸̨̢t͟҉̕͟͞h͡͏į̸̵̨̀s̛͘,҉ ͢͜͏҉P̶̸͡r͜҉͡i̸̸͟͞n̵҉͢͠͠c̶̸͟͠͠e̸͘s̵͢͜͡s҉.̶̵͠͝.͏͝.̢́͘ ͏̴́͞Į ̴́͠a͢͡͞m͏͏͏ ̢̨̀̀͜d̴̴̢͘͟i͏͠҉s̢a̢͜͢͡͠p̡̕͘p̴̨̛͟o̧į̛n҉̕t̸̡ȩ̀͝d̨̡̢.̵.̧̀.̧͢"͏͏͠
"Excellent," Celestia replied with a satisfied nod, "now then..."
She turned to address the massive crowd of ponies below... and the words died in her throat.
They weren't cheering anymore.
She frowned in confusion and scanned the crowd -- trying to find out what had happened. Every single pony in the crowd stood stock still. They all stared up at their Princess and Celestia herself shuddered involuntarily.
Dead silence.
It pressed down on her like some great weight and she suddenly found herself unable to stop shivering. Her heart began to pound in her chest and her eyes slowly widened in horror as she back away from the railing of the balcony.
They... all of them... they...
She jumped slightly as she bumped into something solid. she whipped her head around to face her sister, niece, and student. She screamed and scrambled back from the three ponies.
All of them -- the crowd, her dearest sister, her adorable niece, her precious student.
Nothing but monsters.
Eyeless husks with mouths that whispered an endless stream of words the Princess couldn't hear.
Words the Princess knew she didn't want to hear.
"̸̵̕͝Í͡͝͏'́͢v̸̸̀͢͡e͡҉̶̢ ͟͝ģ̕҉̧r̵͝o̷̵͘w̸̡̨̕͜n̸͞ ̷̨͢͡s̴o̵̢̕͢͠ ̢͝v̷͠ę́͢͠r̨̢͟y͏̢҉ ̴̀́͜t̵̸ì̀͟͢r̸̨͜͟͝ȩ́d̴̡͘͜͡ ̵̡́͜o͝҉f͢͢ ̀͘t͝͝҉͘h̸͟i̧ş̵̶́͡ ̶̷f̷͘͝͞a͘͢҉̴̧c͏̷́á̢҉d͞҉e҉̨͝.̸̡́.̧͟͞͠.͘͟͏̵ ̴̕Ì̕҉̢̀'̡͘m̧͞ ̷̶҉͡ę̨̛͞n̡d̢í̡n҉̵͘g̢̧ ̷̡i̶̛҉͢͠t͜ ̷̛͝h̸̡͜e̡͘r̛̀͜͜e̶̕͏̸ ̨́̕͟a̸̧͟ņ͡d̸̷̛͟ ̷̨͡ń̨̧̀o̸̵̸̡͢ẃ̴̧.̶̀͡.̴̧̡͜͠.̡́͜͟͜ ̵̡͝i҉͜͡͝t̶̶̢̀ ̴̧̡̛͢i͟͡͞s̸̵̨ ̨͢t̷́͜i̶̷̷̧m̵ȩ̵̴́ ҉̡̡̡̡t̷̢̧̢͝o̵͘̕͢͠ ̧̛͏̧á̶̡̕ẃ̶͢͞a͢͏͘k̕͠ę̵̵́ņ̴̀͡ ̴̢̕f͘͡r̀͏̢͜ơ̶̡҉̛m̴̛͟ ̡͠͏y̨̕ǫ̴́̀͟ù̵͞r̵͝͡͏ ̵f̨͠͡a҉̸̡t̡u͘͝͝͝o̵̴͡͡u̢͟͢͡s͞͝͡ ̕̕d̷҉r̴̕͢͝͝e͏̶̴̀á҉m̷̛͠,̸̸͟͝͡ ̸͜͞P̴̴̛͘̕ŗ̢̀͘ì̧͘͟͠n̵̸͟c͞͝ę̀͟ś͠s̡͡͞.̷̡͟͞"͏̵̸̢͘
The words were becoming clearer.
Celestia tried to block them out, but the creatures merely stalked closer on hooves that made no sound. She tried to back away, but that only seemed to bring them closer. She didn't even notice as she hit the railing, her hooves clamped tightly over her ears and her eyes clenched shut.
And yet the words droned on -- powerful, immutable, unstoppable.
"̵̷̕͜͝Y̕͟͞o̶̵̷ù͡ ̡̡͜͜͏f̸̡̛͘a̧҉̨ì̷̡̕ļ̡̛͞e̶͘͠d̀͢͞ ̸̢̢̀͏y̡̧̧͜ǫ̵̵̛͟u̵̶̡̨͜r̵̢ ̸̨̀͞s̷̸̛͜͝u̸̶̕̕͘b̵͝j͏́͢e̶̛͜͝͡ç̶͝͞ţ̷́͠ş͡.̶̴̨͟.̶̷̵̛.̷͡͠"̛͞
̧͢͜
"N-No..."
͏́͝"̷̶̡̡́Y̶̛̛͟͝o̵̕ú̡҉̵̡ ̢̕l̛͡e̴t̷̨͠͠ ̀́͞t͏̧h̡̧̕͟͞ę̶͢͝ḿ̧ ̢̛́̀͡d̵̨̛҉í̴͡e̡̢̡.̨̕͏̧.̷́͠.̸͏͏"̷̛͜͡
"I... I didn't... I--"
"̶Yo͜͏ú͡͡ ̸͠st͏o͏̀o̸͟d҉͢ ̨b҉͡y ̀͞and̵͢ ́͘dì͡d̵̵̡ n̶͠ơt̨h͜͡i̴̡҉n̛g͟͡ ̢a̕͞s̶̡͢ ̢ỳ̨ǫ̡u͠͏̸ŗ Ki̴n̷͘͘g̷̨͡d́ơm҉ ̵̶͘bu͟r͢ņed̷̶̕.͏̛.̢.͜"͟͝͡
"That's... that's not true! It... it all happened so fast, t-there was nothing I could--"
"̧T͢h͝èr͢͏e ̸͢i̴̶͢s ̕͡ń͝҉o͘͝t̢h̷͢in͡͡g ̸͏l̡ę̶͡f̵͏̛t͏̀.̢̕.̕͠.̧̧́ ͜͠t̷͜h̶̴er̨ę̡ ͢͡i̧s̨ ̀͠͞n̵̨o̸ ҉o̷̡n̷҉e̕͜͠ ̷͡l͏́e̶̛f͢t̷͢,͏̷ ͝s̀av͡e̵ ̷t̷h̶̨ơş͜͡ę ͜҉c̨l̛͢o̸s̡͜e̷̛s͡t҉ ͏t͠o̶̕ ̶̛y̕o͏u̸r he͘a̛͝r̕͟͞t͞.̛͘.͏͞.͜"
"P-Please," Celestia whimpered as she sank to the ground, "please just... just stop."
And yet... the words droned on.
"̸Anḑ s͘oon̴ ̶enoug͢h,̡ ͢d͘èar̴ ͘Pri͟n͜cess̴.͠.̡.̸ ͟Ì wi͟ļl t̷ake ̛the̵m ̵f͏rom y̷o̡u̸.̵..̧"
The Solar Princess opened her eyes, tears of bitter defeat streaming down her face as she looked up.
The sky had gone pitch black, her glorious Sun nowhere to be seen.
But that was not important.
They were upon her.
They stood above her -- smooth flesh and fur completely obscuring their eye sockets. They couldn't see... but they could speak, and spoke they did.
"I͜ wiļl ͝l͞éave̵ y͠ou̧..͞. with͝ ͟a҉b̸s͟olu̸t͘e҉ly̴ ̕no͟tḩin̢ģ.͞..̨ a̧n̶d w̕h҉e̶n ̀y̴ou̸ ́a̧r͡e alone͏,̀ ̀b̷r̛o͘kén̨,̸ and beg̢g̢i͡ng̸ fo̧r d͠eat̀h.͞.. o͟nly t͡hén̷ wi͜l͠l ͟I̢ g̷ivę ͘i͡t̷ ̨to ͝yo̡u..͡."̀
An earth shaking boom rumbled from somewhere below the balcony.
Then another.
And another.
Princess Celestia, Ruler of Equestria, Sol Invictus and Eternal Goddess of the Sun, quivered and quaked like a foal as she witnessed a large, black, star covered something slither over the railing.
The false ponies standing before her blackened and melted into a viscous substance that oozed over the edge of the balcony.
"No... please... just stop," Celestia murmured in a dull voice -- her horrified eyes locked on the thing rising over the edge, "leave... leave me alone..."
Another slimy black something hit the railing and in her rapidly failing sanity, she only vaguely realized those things were appendages of some sort.
"This... is a nightmare from which you will never wake, Princess... the only release... is death..."
It rose, and Celestia's gaze rose with It, unbidden.
D͙̭͟I̶̩̤̙͚̓ͦ̇̈́̏E̻͉͚͍ͬ̒ ̧͚Ï̻͎̱̓̾͋̽͛͜N̺̤̩̣̺̼͊̄ͫ̾ͥ͊͢ͅ ̪͙͚̩̼̺̲ͯ̓̋ͩͥͤ̋V̨̦̼̤̠̻͂ͩ̇Ȧ̼͖̹͚̺̫ͤ͑̃̂I̘̖ͩ̅͒N̜͉̼̝̫̻̑͑ͅ,̺͎͚̄̀ͣ̌͗ͬ̍ ͍̞͈̙̯̖̥̄ͥͤF͢Ô͊͐͝O̱͎̣͔͑̌̐L͓͕̯̥̀̕Ḭ̜̍̆̐͗S͇̉ͫͩ͠H͕̹͙̙ͨ̌ͯ̓ͧ͆ͅ ̟̣̮̙̅̉ͥ͋ͨE̩Q͈̙̞̭̣͓̄͂̀͊̓̒U̼̮̻̦I̩̐̍ͤͣ̀͌ͭN̳̼̱͇̲ͩ̔̉͌͛͌̾E̸̟̫̞̹͉̽̇ͮ̑͆.̡̬̞̰͇̦͙̃̐ͩ.̖͈́ͥͯ̒ͤͤ͘.̦̤̞̞͕ͮͭ̋ ͍̼̯ͤ̓̽ͨD͉̖̺̊͗Ī̪̜͊̊̓̈̄ͤE͙͖̪͒͌̐͊ ͋̑̈͏͙̦͈̦K͔̣̈̍N̶͖̘͌̂̆ͭ̒̉͐Ȯ̝W͎̰ͨ̇̎͋̅͐I̤̙̳̜̻̞͎͂͊ͪ͗ͩ̚N̥̆̄̋̌̈G͔͖͇̦̝̓̔̿̋ ̎͐̏̋̑͑͏̗̺͎̩̫̟̖I̺̣͊̊̽̌ͦͪͫ ̤̘̙͓̫̼W͇̱̔̉̓̈́ͤ͌ͯI̘͜Lͦ͂͝L̮͓̘͂̇ͣ̓̌͗̚͢ ̘̻ͤ̌B̺̯͙̜̪̠͗̒͞ͅE̥̪͚̔́͗̓̆ͨ ͇͖ͭ̔̀T̝̟̝̒̍Ḣ̷̳̩̗̟̪͙̪̽̓̀̄E̯͗͡ ̻͚̟̝͇̝ͦ͟L̞̂ͥǍ̙̬̲̲͍͇̓́͂ͤ͌ͣͅS̥͖̻̳ͩ̌ͦ̍Tͤ͆͌̉̀ͅ ̯̈̃̽T̳̼̫̣̻̋̒͒͐͛ͨ͠H̤̱̺̟ͯ͒̾̀I̡̲̯̠͓̮̭̳̍͊ͮ͗̊̔̈N̪͔̯͑̏̽͛̿̂̀G̹̻ ̫̜̼ͩͩͬ̽͒̇ͩY̗̬͍̣̪͐̏ͦO̶̟͈̯͎͔̍ͦU̱̔͆̾͑ͮ̔̏͢ ͚̩͇͍̼̒̆͑W̟͙̪̰̤ͭͣ̋̈́̉̈́̕ͅĮ̻͎̮̘̹̬ͮ́̽̚L͖̥̉ͅL̴͚̱͚̞̰̦͇̊̄ͩ ̬̺͙̲͎͛͆ͯE̡̮̥̗͆Ṽ͓͖̟̟̰̙͑͐̆̐͊E̛̗͎̹̪͕̝ͣ̃̄R̸͙̘ͭͅ ͔̲̹̭̫Ş̙̘̯̬̘̈́ͭ́ͭ͊̅̚ͅẼ̮̰̳͞Ȩ͇̯̜̫̼̮̳̎̌ͨͩ.̙̹̫̻̻ͅ.̦͔̣͓̤.̔̂̌̉̀͏̬͖̖̤̪͏̻̙
Celestia made no move save for the violent shaking of her entire frame. She stared up at the unfathomable being before her -- unable to tear her teary eyes away. As she continued to stare, her bright magenta irises dulled and eventually faded to a milky white.
The world darkened to nothing around her and she finally relaxed -- a small smile of relief crossing her muzzle.
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So we know this creature or being can talk.... But we don't know what or who it is...
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Yup. I myself only realized what it was a few chapters ago.
Am I the onlyone that reads the cretures voic in a sytetickdrone?
Kinda disappointed with your use of visual text too describe horror;P Mainly since I download most things in .txt to my kindle. Though since fimfiction default background is white and your %scary/hard to read% text is red then it some what loses it impact:P Understand there are easy way to get scary situation text with fonts/colors but does not work for me for this story:(
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Sorry to hear that. I'm not sure how things look on a Kindle since I've never used one before, and while I disagree with how the page color reduces impact (I did check the text in different page colors) I understand it isn't for everyone.
I know full well how hard the text is to read, but that was kind of the point, and was something I only meant to do for this chapter.
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But Luna was acting WAY to suspiciously for me, you know. I just can’t get over that.
DAMN. Okay, so, is Celstia still alive, or did she die right then at the end there? Plus, we still don't know what the monster is, even though I still think it's a future version of Twilight driven insane by Ambient Magic.
this must be posted... this must be posted...
ALL HAIL OUR LORD & MASTER CTHULHU!!!
I was going to translate this but I soon found myself getting a headache after the fourth one.
Well... shit! Celestia's dead!
I did my best to translate those words so forgive me if I missed some letters or misspelled them, the red colored letters are the parts where i'm unsure of.
1. Such ignorance, such arrogance
2. How quickly you are to lose yourself in a saccharine memory of times long since past. Times that could never be again.
3. How eagerly you are to turn away from the truth. To abandon those that you claim to care so much for with such ease. You equines disgust me.
4. Your student left you long before I ever decided to grace this pathetic world with my presence.
5. You've failed your ponies foolish princess of a dead kingdom. Your lands and the world around it has fallen and nothing remains.
6. So you still refuse to see beyond the veil of deceit, I confess, I thought you stronger than this princess. I am dissapointed.
7. I've grown so very tired of this facade, I am ending it here and now. It's time to awaken from your fatuous dream, princess.
8. You failed your subjects.
9. You let them die.
(I think it's unneeded to translate the rest but i'll do it anyway to make it easier for you all. I am still skipping the parts that are easily read though)
10. You stood by and did nothing as your kingdom burned.
11. There is nothing left, there is no on left save those closest to your heart.
12. I will leave you... Wiith absolutely nothing... And when you are alone broken and begging for death... Only then will I give it to you.
The last part literally made me buy aspirin just to quell the sudden headache I got when I first read it but I think it goes like this:
FINALLY FOOLISH EQUINE, DIE KNOWING IT WILL BE THE LAST THING YOU WILL EVER SEE.
I am unsure of the first part since there was a D behind it but I can't seem to figure out what word is the correct one to use without breaking the whole sentence.
No...Celestia no
!
NOOOOOOOOOOOO
!!!
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Great job
I read this with no problem, and to be honest I enjoyed it. I read it with the voice of the gravemind from the Halo series.
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Very close aside from a few words, here's the proper translation of the last part:
DIE IN VAIN, FOOLISH EQUINE... DIE KNOWING I WILL BE THE LAST THING YOU WILL EVER SEE.
Otherwise, spot on.
https://github.kdex.de/unzalgo/
Calling Celestia arrogant? Yeah sure. This eldritch entity is free from arrogance after wiping out a happy little world for shock value. So caught up in its own narcissism...
Is that thing the ambient magic that somehow became sentient, seeking revenge against Celestia for not using it to its fullest?
Well, gotta continue to read if I'm gonna find out. On to the next chapter!
Celestia is a god, I truly expected her to put up more of a fight to this eldritch horror. I am sure Twilight would be able to build some artificial magical constructs to help fight against this monster.
Yep, right. Sounds to me like you got a bit of a Shogoth infestation here, nasty blighters. Just sign the invoice and I'll set my crew on them and I'll have your kingdom back in working order in oh-, couple thousand years or so.