> Clairevoyance > by WarlockStormCaller > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Birth of Insanity > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- When you look into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you. -Freidrich Nietzsche Why did I trust them.... why? "You and your race are nothing but monsters!" her voice echoes in my mind. I looked up to the night sky, it was lovely tonight. Closing my eyes breathing slowly before I reopen them. Once I did only to see the hell hole I was in. I don't know how long I've been here, but all I know is I'm in a hole with bars preventing my escape somewhere in Everfree Forest. My name is Aaron Daniels, I am the only human in a place with multi colored ponies called Equestria. Yes I was once a Brony but I had to let that go because it was holding me back from my dream of becoming a U.S. Marine. I had to let go of a lot of things, but in the end was it worth it? To this day I don't know. I looked back at the stars shining in the black sky. Soon it began to lightly drizzle, it felt rather nice than my usual heavy heat of the day. I started to cry wishing that this was a nightmare and hopefully that I could just wake up. I didn't even know how I got here. All I remember was I was in a plane flying in a plane with my fellow Marines, flying over Iran going home, explosions were to be heard from outside, thinking it was an AA Gun fire trying to shoot down our plane, I thought this was the end for me... for us. If I did come home there would be nobody waiting for me, I closed my eyes waiting to die, when I reopened them I was surrounded by ponies. They welcomed me with open hooves, the mane 6 became my best friends. I felt that I have a place to belong. How even I wish that I saw what was beyond those smiles. I take another look at my home, It was all a dirty 15 foot hole, with my trash stinking up the place when they come to feed me. This needs to stop and I need to get out of this place, I want to go home. I look back up at the sky, "someone please let me out!" It was this or hear my stomach grumble. Twilight Sparkle was sitting in her throne rereading case notes on Project Nexus. This project experiment is to infuse magic into other species in Equestria like the Minatours, Goats, Griffons, Zebras, and Apes or in this case Human. 42 subjects were infused with a new prototype magic that was unstable. Twilight looked at the ingredients that made form it, this new magic can surpass all the princess combined. She didn't want a pony to be harm if the magic were to reject the body. Twilight called this new magic Voidbringer. It was late in the night Twilight rubbed her tired with hoof and yawned at the same time. She press on and continue to read. The 42 subjects were housed in a tiny pitch white room with the necessary necessities, a bed, a toilet, a sink, and a hole for the dumbwaiter to feed the subjects, throughout the treatment, with a weak subject. The 41 subjects were insane where they would even kill themselves due to the reaction of Voidbringer. Twilight stopped reading the notes and looked at another book called Mythics and Mavericks. The purple alicorn flipped to chapter 19 "The Eye of Beowulf". This eye replaces the right eye giving its holder the power to see a bit into the future, immortality, the eye replaces the color of your eye with the color red and enhances the body of the user. Twilight sighed thinking back to when she had to force the infusion of Voidbringer into me. I am the last subject left, it was fear that drove her to throw me in a hole. When the scientists were experimenting on my brain with a magical influx tube they hit a part of my brain that opened something or someone. A flash of white blinded everyone, Twilight was watching through a one way mirror, when she reopened her eyes she saw a gruesome sight. The white room that I was being operated on was now filled with crimson blood everywhere, and pony guts were spilled everywhere. A stallions dick was slowly sliding on the wall with crimson red blood dripping behind it, the other stallion was hanging from the wall with his own small intestine tightly wrapped around his neck. In the center of the room there I lay on a table untouched by all the gore, Twilight stared there at the other human. This human was covered in blood, she was thin, cream skin, with beautiful pink eyes, and lovely pink hair. She was staring back at Twilight and even though it was a one way mirror she knew that she was there. When Twilight blinked she was gone. I began to laugh like I was a maniac, my right eye was killing me and I felt like I wanted to rip it out. The rain started to pour down heavily as I stared up "Let me out." I pray by the grace of god that there's somebody listening. No answer had come yet, my dirt prison walls became made of glass. I stare at myself and begin to laugh because I don't recognize myself. My mind began to play tricks on me, I looked like scarecrow from Batman Arkham Asylum, I looked at the gauntlet on my left hand, I was even wearing raggedy clothes like the Scarecrow, I shove the needles in my face, looking in the mirror at the noose that was tightly fastened around my neck. I tightened it more so I could not breath. My eyes were bright yellow, blood was pouring out. After about a moment I blacked out, within a few minutes I woke up to find I was Twilight herself, "Hi my name is Twilight Sparkle and friendship is magic" I said like a joyful child. I smiled looking over my body from head to hoof. Putting both hoofs in my mouth, I ripped my own jaw off, as blood came gushing out from my mouth and my tongue was wiggling around then darkness again. Upon reawakening I was Princess Celestia. I didn't care anymore I was letting the insanity in. Looking at myself seeing my white coat, to my flowing mane, and my purple eyes. I closed my eyes hoping that when I reopened them it would be all over. When I opened my eyes, in the mirror was me, the mirror me started to smile and its face started to melt only to leave a red blood skull. I could tell it was looking at me "let oblivion take you until she takes you forever." it said. then it faded away. I blink and the glass mirror walls were gone. "What will I be getting out of this benefit if I help you free him" Nightmare Moon asked the cloaked figure as they were walking in the pouring rain, "You will benefit much from helping me free Aaron from this hole" the cloaked figure had told Nightmare Moon as they were walking towards the hole where I was stuck in. "One thing you will receive from me is all of Equestria" said the cloaked figure. "You will promise me this Yuno, I will accept" agreed Nightmare Moon. Yuno looked down into the hole and saw me. "I'm forever blowing bubbles, pretty bubbles in the air. They fly so high, nearly reach the sky, then like my dreams they faded and die. Fortune's always hiding, I looked everywhere." I sang my favorite football team. But when she saw me she had noticed that he had been treated wrongly and she noticed that I was very skinny, hair was long, had a long beard, and I was wearing very raggedy clothing like nobody cared about me. Yuno started to clench her fist in anger and her eye started to throb in pain, she ordered Nightmare Moon to use her magic to break off the bars to my cage and get me out. Nightmare Moon used her magic to lift me out of my cage and on to the floor in front of me but then Nightmare Moon teleported us to a whole different place and all I heard was Twilight calling for more guards as we disappeared. Twilight walked into the forest trying to think about what I was doing and how she would get me back, but the main question she was asking herself is where did Nightmare Moon take me and why was she taking me in the first place. As I gained my consciousness and got up in a place with Nightmare Moon and this girl with pink hair all I did was jump on Nightmare Moon and start to punch her wondering who she was and why she captured me and wondering what was going on. My mind started to play tricks on me as I saw two monsters in front of me, one with razor sharp wings and in purple armor, razor sharp teeth, and blood red eyes, this person was known as Nightmare Moon, while the other one was a girl with pink hair, razor sharp teeth, and red eyes. I pushed the pink haired girl away and I tried to slash Nightmare Moon across the face, Yuno grabbed me from behind and whispered in my ear "It's ok sweetie we are here to protect you" she said as she hit a pressure point on my neck and I felt delirious, the eye began to glow a bright red as I saw a man running on the roof with another person cloaked, as Yuno layed me on the bed, Nightmare Moon looked in bewilderment at Yuno "Crazy mother fucker! Is he supposed to do that" Yuno just smiled saying "You can go moon" Nightmare Moon nodded and took her leave. Yuno lightly laid herself on the bed next to me she leaned over and pressed her lips on to mine once breaking the kiss saliva dripped down and touched my lips. She nuzzled me and whispered into my ear. "Don't worry Aaron, it will be ok Yuno's here to protect you. I will do whatever it take to keep you safe, because that's how much I love you." > Am I Dreaming? > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- One week earlier, Nightmare Moon was talking to Yuno about the deal to get me out of my hole in exchange for the chance to take over Equestria, "You need me to help you get him out, and in exchange for that you will help me take over Equestria and defeat Twilight Sparkle" asked Nightmare Moon. "As long as you help me get Aaron out of his cage and to a safe place you will be able to take over Equestria and defeat whoever you want to." replied Yuno as she walked around in a circle. One week later. It was cold, very cold. No wind, no light, just darkness surrounded me. "Hello is anyone there" I called out. There was nothing but the empty void of darkness, no sounds to be heard at all. Suddenly a flash of white showed up in the distance, I ran towards it thinking it might be my ticket out of this place. I found myself staring at an old barn house and I could tell it was abandoned from a while ago due to the red paint chipping off, the windows were smashed in, and between the two doors at the front, the right one was missing and the left one was barely hanging on the hilt. I had a bad felling about this place almost as if I knew this place somehow. The world around the barn house was a bit dull, the grass was dead as well as the trees, the sky was a dull gray and the air was cold. Am I dreaming or is this really a reality. I kept wondering why this place seemed so familiar to me and why it felt like I had been here before, almost as if I had visited this place at some point in my life. It looked oddly familiar to me but I couldn't understand why. Did I visit this place with someone before or is this just an alternate reality of something bad happening. All I could remember was seeing two people before me getting me out of my cage and away from Twilight Sparkle but then feeling dizzy and passing out after that. "Is anyone here" I had yelled out but all I got was silence, pure silence. I looked around the barn house and on the inside I found the girl I had met earlier. "Hello Aaron I was waiting for you, come have a seat we need to talk" she said I walked over curious on what she had to say but I was still being wary of what she was going to talk about and why she was meeting me here. "All I need you to do is find out your powers for your eye". I didn't know about what she was talking about except that my eye gave me immortality and that's all I knew about my eye. "We want to test your abilities and see what you know, don't worry we will be going easy on you." she said as Nightmare Moon came walking out of the old Barn Yard. Nightmare Moon and Yuno started to rush towards me and my eye started to hurt as they got closer to me and I felt this rushing power inside of me as I avoided an attack from the right by Yuno and I was hesitant to hit her, and then avoided an attack from Nightmare Moon from the left and kicked her away from me. "Not bad, Aaron I think you are improving in your skills but you will need more improvement if you will want to defeat most of the people out there, especially Twilight." replied Yuno smiling. She was thinking to herself that she would toy around with Aaron and see what would happen if she went serious on him. "Now come at me again but this time I will be serious." she said as she pulled out a knife getting ready for the attack. I ran towards her to place an attack on her but as I got closer she grabbed me and flipped me to the ground knife in hand up against my throat. "I said I wasn't going to go easy on you, why are you holding back" she said. I grabbed her feet from under her to pull her off me but she just jumped on me again and pinned me down. "at this rate you will never win, but don't worry I am here to protect you." she said smiling and getting off me. As soon as she got off all I could think of was what just happened until she shocked me by kissing me. I felt calm as I felt light headed, I woke up and I was in a dark room next to Yuno on a bed. I jolted up as soon as I saw her laying next to me, I looked around to try and get a mental picture of where I was. I felt like I had been fed earlier and I felt like I truly had been taken care of, I went over to the mirror and saw that my hair was cut and combed, my beard was shaven, and my muscles somehow regained its stature, as I walked back I turned and saw Yuno. Twilight called all of her friends to the castle in an emergency call, as each of them arrived at the castle with a worried look on their faces. "What's wrong Twilight you called all of us over here in a hurry." "It's that man I was watching over, Aaron was taken away by Nightmare Moon and some other girl helping her." "How do we know this is true and why is this considered an emergency" asked Applejack. "Just please I need you to believe me, she took him away from me and I just need to get him back from her." replied Twilight to her friends. "But Nightmare Moon is gone Twilight we took care of her, don't you remember just calm down Sugarcube" replied Applejack. All of her friends started to leave her castle and left Twilight alone. > Crucible Part 1 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 months later I had been training my abilities before the attack on Equestria, Nightmare Moon was announcing that there was a arena for people to fight in. "Hello Everypony I would like to announce my favorite subjects also known as The Elements of Disharmony. Murdershy, Dark Rainbow, Skankity, Red Mist, Black Apple, and Dusk Shine." each of these different ponies were darker more eviler versions of the Mane 6. Murdershy was a darker yellow version of Fluttershy with dark pink eyes, Dark Rainbow had a dark blue coat with bloodstains dripping down her coat and more of a darker colored mane with red eyes, Skankity was a darker color than the regular Rarity, and she wore what looked like something Rarity would not wear, her mane a darker purple, Red Mist was a lighter pink color than Pinkie Pie except that she always wore her mane down like pinkie pie did when she was depressed, Black Apple was a darker orange than Apple Jack, and never wore a hat like her counterpart, and Dusk Shine was the absolute opposite of Twilight Sparkle. "We are brought here by our two human guests to see what our Elements of Disharmony are worthy of doing . " I watched what they did as they all performed at the exact opposite of what the Mane 6 would do but I noticed that they were more powerful in ways that the Mane 6 could not do. "What do you think of my opposites of the Mane 6" she asked as she turned towards me and Yuno. "I love them they are absolutely amazing compared to those other six" replied Yuno. I was amazed at what these six could do and I really felt we could win the battle against Twilight and her friends. "First we will attack the Crystal Empire and take down Shining Armor and Princess Cadence. And then next we will take over Canterlot and make sure that Twilight and her friends know the pain of what we have been dealing with. " I was getting ready in my gray armor as I was putting on my helmet getting my weapon ready as I was loading my shotgun, its been easier to make weapons and armor that I want from dark magic that I picked up from the ground off of a dead enemy in the arena to get ready for the crucible that was coming up. I walked up to Yuno to show that I was ready for battle. All she said was that she was surprised to see me in armor because she had never seen me in any form of armor. "You look interesting in your armor I love the way you look where did you get your armor?" she had asked. "It doesn't really matter its fine" I replied. In 3 months I had been self training to be able to be ready for the big battle that was coming up against The Crystal Empire and Canterlot, even if it meant killing ponies that I knew. When I was training myself I had noticed that all that Nightmare Moon had as guards were some of her shadow guards were preparing as well. I could see that most of the shadow guards were preparing by facing each other with weapons. As I prepared to get ready to leave in a hurry I ran to get my armor that I found and as I got in the armor all I could think of is if we will win the fight and how would we win it. I ran into Nightmare Moon and all I could ask was "What kind of training would there be and when am I fighting?" "Not to worry you will see when you are fighting" she said smiling. All I did was get ready and the last thing I did was cock my shotgun and put in a new bullet. Cue Theme song as we charged at each other.