Split-End has had a rough life. And nightmares coming true doesn't help.
Split-End has had a rough life. Slender-mane, his old nightmare, Is now leading the fears and now equestria. Can he defeat the nightmares and bring Equestria back from the ashes? Or will this be a never-waking world? (Sequel might be a bit cloppy.) As well, I'd like some feedback or opinions. my chapters are short for a reason. Some of you may think that the spells are similar to Skyrim's shouts, but in fact they are based on Nano forge abilites from the game: Red Faction: Armageddon. Again, I'd like feedback
And there he was, wherever I went he was there. If I closed my eyes, I saw it, I slept, I saw it, No matter, he was there. just standing there, multiple forlegs extended. Beckoning me towards it. Then one day, I ran, ran past the creatures, the dreams, the reality. But then he dissapeared. Dissapeared until the mis-hap. This is my story of confrontation, combat, and victory, but the victory came at a cost. Us grey-faction lost almost everything. Except hope. Hell, I lost Star. And she meant the world. The mis-hap was a failed memory-repression spell, It did the opposite, It made them real. All of our fears teamed up and conquered Equestria. And then we fought back. Many casualties. We may have given Equestria to them, but we're taking it back...
The Grey faction's name originates from the base color of fear: Grey. Many think it is black, but it's not. You look Slender-mane in the place where his face should be. That's true fear, and it's grey. Me and Star had that figured out before the mis-hap. Grey is all that is, was, and ever will be. Combined. It doesn't make a solid color, it makes grey. But whatever, that's not my point. I have nothing left to lose. But that horrible, vivd memory still remains: Me, unable to move. Slender-Mane standing over Star, systematically removing and replacing her organs, with her somehow alive the whole time. Then, he turned his head towards me, and all of Star's organs, blood, and everything else flew at me. It splattered across my face, and my stomach contents emptied twice over, the puke, blood, shit, organ mix just made me puke more. Then, he just threw her head into the puddle, And I swear I heard a chuckle from his direction. Then, I lost it. I just tackled him, then somehow he was atop me. If it wasn't for Vinyl and Big Mac, I'd be a dead stallion. They got him off me, and got me to my hooves. Then, Mac ran at Slender-Mane, and even though a firm kick sent him flying, Slender-Manes speed overtook Big Mac, and then Big mac Literally exploded. His entrails staining my mane, and making Vinyl vomit. It was a huge impact on her, Ever since the mishap they had been mare-ied. I knew how it was. It just happened to me. I shouted at the creature: "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" It made another chuckling sound, and dissapeared. I slumped down next to Vinyl. I pointed her face towards me and said: "We're going to kill that bastard. Look at me. We are going to make him pay. No matter what. Listen, their death's must not be in vain. We have to do this.". "He just exploded! That's just inhumane!" She shouted, directing her anger at me. I felt like I deserved her anger, hell I deserved everypony in Equestria's anger. The mis-hap was my fault. Combining two spells is bad, combining two pegasus magic repression spells is worse. "C'mon. We're leaving." I am removed from the memories by Vinyl's voice. "Huh, what?" I say, getting up. "Where now?" I ask, boarding her baloon. "Cloudsdale, liberation there would allow us to clear the skies." I watch as she puts on her goggles, and fires up the baloon. The ride from Las Pegasus to Cloudsdale is a long one, so I try conversation. "Soo, are you just going to stay in the baloon or what?" I ask. "Hell no, I'm getting my left hoof wet, besides, I hear that the bastard is visiting for inspection there today." she says, Eyes forward. "You know that spell, to be able to walk on clouds?" I ask, looking at the objects scattered around the baloon. It was strange. Everyday objects turned into weapons. Octavia's bowstring was now a sword, Pinkie's party cannon shot nails and confetti, Even Vinyl's turntable was now capable of launching sharpened records at high velocity. Apparently Vinyl was talking while I was looking around. Now she's a bit angry.
As soon as the baloons landed, the battle begun. Octavia slashing, Pinkie shooting nails(And confetti), Vinyl launchin' discs, Derpy being well, Derpy, and Rainbow being an all out badass. And that was just our baloon's team. As I was tearing through some filly's nightmare, I saw him. just standing there, tearing apart yet another victim, a young filly, Before the skin was entered on the filly, I had Slender-Mane on the ground. I heard Vinyl yell over the bedlam: "Save some of that bastard for me!" I let my anger flow out through my hooves as I kept on attacking him. Twenty straight minutes of beating ended with a swift blow to my head. Next thing I know is that i'm in the old worker bedrooms at the department of snow. Next to me is Vinyl, Derpy, and some other stallion. After trying to wake up Vinyl, the stallion helps me wake Derpy. I never learn his name. Because as soon as we try to talk, slender-mane waltzes into the room,throws Me, Derpy, and Vinyl against the cloud wall, and stands over the stallion. "What t-" he starts, before a tentacle enters his chest cavity, on it's way out it takes the skin and ribs out cleanly. The stallion is screaming in pain, but there is no fear in his eyes. His blood is pooling on the floor, soaking his mane. Slender-Mane just slowly takes out his organs, not bothering to replace them. Derpy is screaming, that was probably someone she cared for. I cover Vinyl's eyes, she doesn't need to see what i've seen so many times. Slender-Mane threw the heart, lungs, and liver at my face, and I don't react. Vinyl is the one who clears my face, I look at her, then I look at the horror still taking place. I look towards the floor, and look at the entrails. The pale color of them all. Derpy had moved from screaming to crying to puking. The mix on the floor soon gave me an idea. I tell Vinyl the idea, and she agrees. Time for the spell test. My personal spell that I had been working on since I was a colt. Well, two spells. Me and Vinyl knew them, and that was all. "Will it work?" Vinyl asked, a bit scared. "One way to find out." I say. "If it does, I'll send him running back home. "Hey, Slender-Mane!" I yell mockingly. His head turns toward me. One word:Impact. "IMPACT!" I yell, and he goes flying. "Holy Shit!" Vinyl yells. "Will shockwave work?" she asks, helping derpy up. "I don't know." I say, Walking towards Slender-Mane. The creature gets up, and pops it's neck. "SHOCKWAVE!" I yell, and nothing happens. That answers that. "IMPACT!" I yell again, sending him flying. "Vinyl you try." I say, walking towards the demon. Vinyl walks up, looks at Slender-Mane and yells. "I mean shockwave." Vinyl actually does it this time: "SHOCKWAVE!" she yells, and the creature lifts up into the air before slamming down hard. "That's right, bitch!." she yells. Derpy had already escaped. And now we were as well.
Well, there are five: impact, shockwave, force, beserk, and cleanse. I can only use two: Impact, and beserk. Vinyl has learned Shockwave, and force. Cleanse needs one more ingridient to work, damned if I know what it is. I keep trying it out back: "CLEANSE!" I yell constantly. It never works. Vinyl has tried to, but she is unable. If only Celestia were still breathing, if only. I stay up all night, testing all formulas for cleanse, but none work. Vinyl tries her best to understand. But this is pegasus magic, not unicorn. With unicorn magic, it's magic. But with pegasus magic it's science and magic. Star would be pretty helpful here. Hell, she was a fucking alicorn! All she would have to do is cast a spell and I'd be able to use cleanse. But no, she's gone now. So I'll just have to find a way.
Subchapter: Visits: Split
I lay awake, staring at the stars. then I see my star, Star. Wait, Star? What the hell? "Split. It's time to let go. I'm gone now, there is no need to cling on to my memory. Just free Equestria." she says, in the same soft voice I loved. "How can I free Equestria if I can't even use a spell that I created?!" I say. "The Ingredient is with you, find it." she says before going away. Just like Star, Always Motherfucking riddles!
Subchapter: Visits: Vinyl
Years have passed, since the peace. Now it is a constant war. That's all I know now, I forget my old life. The only thing I don't forget is Macintosh. How I miss him. Others thought that we were mare-ied. We weren't. It seemed like it though. Now in my dream I see him. "Is that you?" I ask. "Yup." he replies in the strong, simple voice. "Why?" I ask. "To tell 'ya" he replies. "What?" I inquire, a bit unsure. "Let go." he says. "You mean, Don't base my revenge soley on you?" I ask. "Yup." he says before I wake up. Back to the grinder of fears.
"CLEANSE!" I try again for the thousandth time. I tried blood, I temporarily blinded Rarity with it. Inside me, Star was usually technical. I've tried combinations, the closest to it was frost and dash. but that made me crash into a tree, and made apples grow and drop. After a while Vinyl trots up to me, and starts talking about her dream. The only thing I remember was something about Big Mac. It sounded similar to Star's visit. I hear her say: "I loved him" and it hits me like a brick. "The missing ingredient!" I yell and run to my tent. I start writing some equations on the board. "What the hell man?" Vinyl asks, walking in my tent. "You are a genius! Vinyl you are a mother fucking genius!" I yell. "How?" is her simple reply. "The reason cleanse won't work is because it doesn't have meaning behind it." I say, frantically. "So?" she asks. "The meaning behind it should be the strongest positive feeling, Love!" I yell, and rush outside. "Twilight bring out the captives!" I yell, prepping for testing. "Vinyl stand here!" I yell, bursting with excitement. "Ok" she says, standing next to me. Twilight brings out the nighmares that have been captured. "CLEANSE!" I scream at the nightmares. Nothing happens for a second. "So you were wro-" Vinyl started before being stunned by the sight. The nightmares had literally exploded into light. "It worked!" I yell, spinning in the air with pleasure. "Holy shit, you fucking did it!" Vinyl screams. after a few well deserved cheers I headed back to my tent. While I was doing some tests I looked at the board, and realized something. If there was a spell for strongest positive feeling, then there was one for the strongest negative feeling. The spell: corrupt. I ignore it and write it all down before clearing the board. I learned not only cleanse, but it's meaning. I then dropped my quill in a semi-shock state: I was in love with Vinyl. I tried to not let it get in my way later that night at a party, it's grey faction tradition. Of course, Vinyl was DJ'ing her own party. It was a time to party, And I had an Idea. It was probably a bad idea in heinsight but I don't care. "BESERK!" I yell and my body lights up neon blue. At intermission, Vinyl walks up to me and shoves me. "Why the hell didn't you tell me to use beserk at this party! I would have looked awesome!" she yells. "First off, You can't use beserk, and second, you are DJ'ing." I say, playfully shoving her back. "Oh yeah?" She asks, looks down and then yells: "BESERK!" and she lights up neon red. "Damn, When did you learn that?" I ask, stunned. "I sort of watched how you did it." she answers. "Hell, lets light up that dancefloor!" I say, and before I say another word, I freeze. all the ponies on the dancefloor are gone, and in their place, stamding tall, is Slender-Mane, except now he has a mouth. He chuckles, and looks at Vinyl. The one thing he says to her is: "Corrupt" she then turns to me and pounces...
The tall creature slowly trots around, it's mouth closed. "Damn it! What the hell did you do to the rest of the faction?!" I scream, "Oh, quite simple." It says, and looks at me. "I used your little spell on them, same I did with her." it continues. "Damn it Vinyl. I don't want to do this to you." I say, trying to get Vinyl off me. "Go ahead!" She yells with a voice not hers. "Fine." "SHOCKWAVE!" I yell. "How did you?" It asks, dumbfounded. "Same way she learned, BESERK!" I yell and the glow turns into a radiation. "You know, Slander-mane. You may have the spell, but not the meaning." I say as I try to use my last resort spell: Love. "Elaborate on that." it says. I look to Vinyl. "IMPACT!" I yell and she is thrown at the wall. I walk up to Vinyl. "Vinyl, I-I" I start before I get to the point. I kiss her, and immediately, she loosens up. "Oh what a pathetic emotion, wuv" it mochs from behind me. "What the-" Vinyl says, just now waking up. "Why did you-" She starts before seeing Slender-mane. "Vinyl, I need your help here." I say. "With what? Fighting that thing?" she asks, getting up. "We need to use Cleanse." I say. "Trust me!" I yell, and she shrugs. We stand next to each other, and both yell in sync: "CLEANSE!". The creature stumbles backwards, falls, and screams in agony. "Hey, Slendy." Vinyl says. "FORCE!" and the creature is gone. Me and Vinyl Collapse to the floor, and the faction comes back, dazed. When Vinyl tries to get up, she realizes she has a broken forleg. "Yeah, sorta had to Impact you into the wall." I say. "You know this nightmare isn't over." She says, looking at the operator symbol on the floor where Slender-Mane was. "Oh yeah, not by a long shot." I say, helping her out of the club.
