A cloudy sky swirled dangerously over the library. Little spurts of rain showered the land here and there, but so far no lightning had met with the ground. Some winged creatures fought against the clouds to no avail. Nature was the higher power, after all, and had decided that no one would be stopping it today.
A similar creature to those working tirelessly outside clambered out of a messy bed. They had thin purple hair covering their body, and a darker shade that fell over their eyes. They kicked off a sheet that dared cling to their back hoof as they dragged themselves over to a stool. The equine creature had a protruding horn that began to glow dimly. A nearby hairbrush lifted itself into the air and over to the animal, and began to untangle the hair. The process... Looked painful, considering the brush had to yank out several rat nests buried deep in their mane. The tail came as an easier obstacle, and by the time the brush was done the hair cascading perfectly, not a strand out of place and cut straight- though at an angle.
"Spiiiike?" the mare called out- she had an odd high pitched voice. A rough, young voice resounded from somewhere downstairs.
"Yeah?" the voice got closer, and in a few seconds a small biped reptilian wandered into the room. There were green spikes growing on his body and a small tail with a devil's style tip.
"Think you'll be up to helping me with a few errands today? I'm up and remembering how much I need coffee now..." she mumbled in response, clearly still half asleep.
"Here's your coffee!" he erupted, removing a cup of steaming black liquid from behind his small back and handing it to twilight's magical aura.
"That was... Thanks." she muttered gratefully.
"Yeah, I took at look at your list for the day and figured you'd need it right away." the small wingless dragon shrugged as he trotted alongside his mare friend. "Um, anyways Twilight," he continued, "I can help you out with some stuff, but Rarity's gonna need me to look after Opal later."
Twilight took a large swig of her coffee before replying.
"That's fine. All I need you to do is replenish some of our groceries. I think we ran out of green apples and we're low on sugar. I have the list somewhere..."
"Well, what about you? Are you really gonna do all of that stuff today? I mean, c'mon, two meetings? Three parties to plan? One of those is in like, five months! You need to lay off for a day or something Twilight. Really!" Spike complained in a slightly humorous way. Twilight held back a smile.
"Oh, I know why you want me to "lay off". You've been eyeing that new kid's place, haven't you?" she teased. Spike's face reddened.
"Hey! I'm grown up! I don't need to play with other fillies! But... I mean if you wanna go I heard they have good pizza-"
"Spike- you know it's not bad to wanna play with other kids. You're still a kid!"
"Yeah, but I'm like, almost as old as you Twilight- I'm adult in Pony years."
"Except you're not a pony. Your brain and body grow at a much different rate than us- we're changing the subject here!" Twilight's voice rose, then broke off into a subtly giggle.
"I'll take you to Frazzy's or whatever you call it later, promise." she "ruffled" his spikes with a hoof and levitated two scrolls over to her. One was placed onto a table and the notably larger one stayed with her. Spike opened his mouth to say something before she cut him off.
"I'll be back soon!" she called over her shoulder, and walked out the door.
A black creature floated in an expanse of emptiness, conscious but... Scattered.
Two white pinpricks that seemed to function as eyes glowed dimly- it was the only thing illuminating the space-less expanse that may or may not exist. There was a subtle weight pulling down on her, so she knew he must be moving, but she didn't feel like she was. Instead of falling, her body floated in the expanse of darkness in no particular direction.
This gave her time to think. Where was she before this? What was she doing? Why was she...? Who was she? She couldn't remember her own name. It was C... Car... Drat. She hadn't the slightest idea who she was. She remembered where she was though- it was blurry. She was alone. She was afraid. She was cold... And then she got colder. And then she felt nothing.
The filly remembered finding a few new friends- she didn't remember having friends before that- and she... She remembered helping them. They were cold, too. But then, like her, they felt nothing. How did she get here?
A faint spark probed her memory. She wasn't cold anymore. She had a burn. Maybe she touched a hot stove or something? No... This burn spread across her whole body. It hurt, but it didn't at the same time. She wanted to feel warm again, but she didn't want to at the same time. There were still things she had to do. Everything was scrambled- the filly brought her hooves to her face and sobbed. Nothing came out- no sounds or tears- but the action felt like a release itself. She couldn't remember having complete control over her body.
Something did strike the filly as odd as she took in a sharp inhale. She couldn't remember... The last time she had breathed.
"Alright, that's one party plan done! And then there's two more, and that one meeting... And then Rarity mentioned a delivery. If I'd told Spike about that before I left there'd be more time to assess the problem Mayor Mare brought up..." Twilight mumbled as she trotted along the narrow path and scribbled off a few lines of the long scroll.
"After that, I have to..." she took in a slow inhale and sighed, "Schedule my free time."
Scheduling free time was such a tedious task- the purple Unicorn had grown up used to working constantly, and since she no longer had stressful and hard studies to work on, that free time felt... Wrong. It was probably unhealthy- but whatever, she was productive and that was all that mattered! She fastened her pace and headed towards Ponyville. The meeting she'd just been to had been held outside and just past the outskirts of Ponyville, where she and Zecora had discussed the possibility of Poison Joke spreading past Everfree. Having it set so far away did push back her schedule a little, but at least she had time to think by herself for a few minutes, since the path she was taking now had been long abandoned in favor of a much more reasonable and modernized route.
As she pondered what to occupy her mind with, she took notice of a large black lump in the path ahead of her. It looked like some sort of rock from far away, but the way it was positioned, it couldn't be. Twilight squinted at it as she came closer, and the realization hit her- that was a foal. A foal, laying in the middle of the road, unconscious.
Her heart quickened as she dashed for the limp pony, dropping her pen and scroll carelessly.
"H-Hey, are you okay?!" she stammered as she prodded their side lightly. There weren't any visible injuries, maybe... Maybe they just passed out here? The foal was monochromatic- they had a pale white face, but a black body. Their hooves were white, oddly enough, and they had black hair pooled over their eyes. They weren't responding, so Twilight tried lifting their mane up. Their eyes were closed, but a glance at their chest signified they were breathing peacefully. Their eyes darted around behind the lids- they seemed to be dreaming, but Twilight weighed her options and opted to wake them up anyways.
"Hey, hey wake up-" she shoved them lightly, and they shifted a bit. Their eyes opened meekly, squinting against the harsh sunlight as Twilight suddenly encompassed half of her vision. She stared straight into the foal's eyes, who weakly looked back- it should have been creepy, but with how weak they seemed it only came off as pitiful. They looked like they were trying to get up for a moment, but suddenly their breath hitched, eyes widened, and they laid still again.
Twilight stepped over the foal again to get a better look at them. To be honest, not only could she not tell how injured they might be- she couldn't even discern their sex. The foal mouthed out something with heavy breathes.
"What is it? I'm gonna get help, don't worry-"
"It hurts..." they whispered in a hoarse breathe. Their eyes began to flutter and their hooves twitched- Twilight inhale sharply.
"Hey- HEY! Stay awake! You'll be okay! Hey!" she put both hooves on the convulsing foal and watched helplessly as her eyes rolled into the back of her head. Was she dead? The purple unicorn wouldn't take that for an answer. As she prepared to shock the child's heart back into motion she hesitated in time to see the chest of the black and white pony rising and falling peacefully again. She stopped charging the shock in her horn and sighed. She knew she had to get to the bottom of this today before anything worse could happen to them, and that meant everything planned for today would be completely irrelevant.
Slowly, she rose her scroll and the foal off the ground with her levitation spell, closed her eyes, and in a flash she teleported away.
yay! ^^ much better this time through~
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thank you!! I'm glad it's being received alright!
PSA - if you dislike, I would love to know why! <3 other than just because you don't like fnaf, because that's silly, just don't read it then. I love criticism and want to improve my writing as much as I can, so any feedback is wanted if you're willing to explain!
I'm just going to guess that one of the major changes is that my oc doesn't feature in this version of the story
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your oc was the yellow one, right? With the cool crazy atmosphere about him? Sorry I can't remember his name at the moment it's been a while. He only came up in the second story pfff!! And even then definitely not in the first chapter- the beginning of the story needs to be focused on the main characters. but I might cameo him somewhere in here if Twilight talks to strangers or something.
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Yeah it was a joke no worries, I'll be sure to read this some time in the near future though
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oo o o hhh pfff sorry, it was 2am and my comprehension skills flew out the window whoops
(although I still might cameo him since he'd be a good stranger for twilight to talk to,,, especially for foreshadowing hmmm)
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*demogorgon raises hand, clearly disappointed, before one of his fellow demos smacks him on the head*