> The Black Moon Howls > by -Pinkamena_Pie- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > A Child Is Lost > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Black Moon howls; A Child is lost. One other remains, Who shall pay the cost. The short-sighted fools Will pay the price, Even if their world Must be her sacrifice. These words swirled in my head. Over and over. It wasn't like I was obsessed with them, but it felt like they meant something to me personally. I knew this wouldn't be easy. But whatever I had to do, I'd do it. You probably know what I'm talking about already, but if not, the name's Pinkamena. Mena, for short. No, I'm not the lovable Pinkie Pie, regardless of if I look like her or not. I consider her a sister, though, and if I have to burn down every single world trying to save her, that's what I'll do. Just like that Celestia-damned poem that I can't stop thinking about said. For those of you without context as to why I'm talking to you calmly and not trying to make you into cupcakes, it's because I changed. Or at least I thought I did. The only reason I'm here is because a certain pony helped me out, but the cost was blood. I can't exist without killing now. Luckily, that's what I have to do. I'm currently holed up in some conference room in my shadow form. That's the form I take when I'm not quite manifested, but plan on doing so. This is the second time I've been forced to separate myself from Pinkie Pie. This time, I don't have a time limit. I plan on using that to my full potential. Anyway, I'm getting off-topic. If you wanna know what happened to cause this, you're gonna have to start at the beginning. The very first day me and Pinkie got thrown into the world of the SCP Foundation. At the time, we were helping one of Pinkies' friends, that Twilight mare. I remember I toasted her pretty early back in the GrimDark... Anyway, she needed help with some magic spell that she had created. What she didn't tell us was that it was a spell meant to cross dimensions. Kinda makes me wanna toss her in my favourite basement and do what I'm known for, if you get my drift. So, there we were, standing in an open field. She had some kinda pocket dimension opened up and meant to transport us in there. Unfortunately, she forgot that you can't just open up a pocket dimension and not expect it to close in a couple minutes. So while she was setting up and all, the dimension closed on her, and since this was a pocket dimension, immediately collapsed in on itself and disintegrated outta existence. When she was finally ready to cast her spell, I noticed that the dimension was completely gone and tried my damn hardest to warn Pinkie about it. 'course she didn't listen and just said that Twilight knew what she was doing. Y'know what I call on that? Absolute Bull. That alicorn was lucky she even found out how to do the spell. Sometimes I get amazed that she doesn't screw everything up. And before you ask, yeah, I swear. Not when Pinkie's around, since she's not really into that sorta thing, but now that I'm alone, I do what I want. Anyways, back to what I was saying. She cast her little dimension hop thing that she thinks she created - I found out how to do it first, y'know - and sent us to what she thought was her pocket dimension. Guess what? We got launched straight into this world, the SCP Foundation universe. Hell of a hop in my opinion. So Pinkie goes night-night for a while, having gone unconscious during the hop and I get worried sick when I see where we are. I immediately kick in survival instincts and take the reins from her. I walk her body right to a broom closet, spend like ten minutes trying to open the damn knob, then when I get it open, walk her inside. Couple minutes later, she wakes up, and opens up the portal in a hurry to talk to you guys. Made me feel like an unreliable sidekick, too. Ouch, my pride. She gets all concerned and worried, asks where we are. I mentally tell her to say that we're in a place with white walls and the letters SCP on said walls. Eventually, I got a bit concerned that the portal might be broken, cause I can see static all over it, told Pinkie to calm down, and shut it off. So we sit in that broom closet for Celestia knows how long, and then all of a sudden, our ears start exploding with this alarm that just starts going. All of a sudden, screams, bangs, roars, every sound you can think of starts happening. At this point, even I'm scared, and I don't scare easy. So I tell Pinkie I should probably take over so that she has a fighting chance. She agrees. I take over, and then call you guys up. So I tell you about what happened, and then this weird black goop just starts growing all over the walls and some eldritch horror thing decides to pay me a visit. I shut off the portal and I am GONE. I ain't sticking around to fight whatever that thing is. So I run through the halls like crazy, dodging him continuously! Like, bucking hell, I swear the guy had a thing for Pinkie or something... Finally, I manage to escape the thing. He got zapped by some electric blast, I dunno what it was. I look up at a clock, and it's bucking midnight! So I slow down a bit and lo and behold, some bird motherbucker decides it'd make an appearance, talking about 'being the cure' and that everypony here has 'the disease'. I know for a fact, he's batshit crazy. So I haul my furry plot into a room, barricade the door, and I bucking hide. See, I noticed that Pinkies' body couldn't handle much more, so I made an executive decision that I'd separate myself, hang onto her with a tendril of spiritual energy, and take watch while her body slept. Next day, I take control again, walk out and IMMEDIATELY get shot by a dart by some blue-suit bucker. So, I tear it out, and I start running. I keep running with the alarms, which had been silent, ringing again. I run throughout most of the day, and then boom, get shot by about five darts in the neck. I kinda wanted to congratulate them on making such an amazing ambush, but before I can, it's lights out for me. I wake up in a room that makes me wanna smash my head against the wall, it's so white, and realize I'm bucking starving. So I sit up, practically drooling, as some orange suit guy comes in. It was kinda disappointing that I didn't get to eat him for dinner, since they brought food, but I didn't get any baking supplies, and intestines don't taste that good raw. So I eat the food they give me. It tasted horrible, but I suffered through it for Pinkie. Then, throughout what felt like hundreds of days, I am poked, prodded, observed, and experimented with. Jabbed, injected, every possible thing went wrong and I suffered through it. Eventually, I couldn't hold back any longer. I honestly did try to ask diplomatically for them to let me go, in response they stabbed me again. So I may have murdered about thirty or so of them? And then I snapped at you guys... Really sorry for that, by the way. Eventually, Pinkie took back control and had a very desperate conversation with me. Man, only Pinkie can calm me down from a rage like that... And then it occurred to me that, OOPS, I separated myself from Pinkie. That one, I know I screwed up. Poor Pinkie... She started crying like there was no tomorrow. The day I died for the first time... She was curled up in a ball, looking like me. Bloody adorable, still reminds me of our filly days. Y'all stayed with me that day. Until the bitter end. Thanks for that. I watched as I faded, and Pinkie watched, too. Tried to grab me, tears on her snout. That's the last thing I saw. Until I woke up in what was literally a blank abyss. There, I saw someone I considered a lover back in the GrimDark. Good ol' Silence, actually the author of the story you're currently reading. Technically, he's what allows you, me, and Pinkie to communicate. Anyways, he apparently decided the story wasn't completed and said 'buck it, we need some help'. Thus, where Midnight came in. Well, Midnight Moon. He's been fairly helpful on several occasions. Apparently, he can warp reality, but I guess that's just the power of the pen, hm? That alicorn decided to allow me to come back using some magic I will never understand, but technically, only as what he calls a 'Tulpa', a self-aware mental construct. For the longest time, I was back to being stuck in Pinkies' head. That was honestly boring. We got moved to some field, but that's about the only new thing that happened. Well, we did meet Drago the origami dragon from that one SCP that people keep saying died. They look perfectly fine to me, honestly. I personally think that was an experiment done by the Foundation. At least it didn't involve needles. I might've lost it if it did. Then... Things started getting serious. We got kidnapped, me, Pinkie, and Drago. It wasn't by the GOC originally, but by the Chaos Insurgency. Yes, I have been paying attention to the things you guys have been saying. So they took us, brought us someplace, and immediately injected us with tranquilizer, making us go night-night. I practically tried to break reality to kill them for it. I now hate needles with a passion. Anyway, when we woke up, we saw gigantic origami dragons and what turned out to be the blue suit that Pinkie gave the cupcake to. Next thing we were told was that a war had started. Ain't that fun. That night, I discovered that I was actually needed, thanks to Silence and Midnight. They gave me the ability to manifest, but then warned I needed to kill to do so. Right after, I discovered that the base we were at had been attacked and we were being kidnapped. So, I decided manifesting for a moment might be a good idea and slit everyone in that squads' throats before demanifesting. Obviously they hadn't expected me to show up, because they all dropped like sacks of potatoes. Unfortunately, I hadn't expected that as soon as I demanifested, Pinkie would get ko'ed via dart and bring me with her. So the next time I woke up, Pinkie woke up with me in the darkened room. Not seeing a reason to be worried, I started comforting her. I should have known it was a trap. The minute I said that, the lights switched on and I knew that we were done for. Knowing that I couldn't reveal myself, I immediately rushed to the nearest shadow, and hid. I hated doing it, but I also disconnected from Pinkie and could only watch helplessly as they turned her into their plaything... And that's how we got here. That's my story so far. And my new goal is to destroy the Global Occult Coalition at their roots. As I said before, and I'll say it again... We're in this together. For Pinkie. Are you willing to fight with me? > One Other Remains > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This thing on? Great. We're currently in the basement of this place. It's gonna be our base of operations, alright? Now, I would love just to cause a gas leak and blow the damn place up, but Pinkies' still here and I need the woman who bucked over Pinkies' life alive so I can get her to remove the chip, and then bake her into cupcakes after torturing her slowly. I mean, I found the kitchen, after all. Anyway. It's currently midnight. I'm not sure if it's safe to leave this area. I keep thinking I hear something coming down the stairs. I had to kill one guy who knew I was here. They're gonna get suspicious. People don't suddenly have multiple stab wounds on their body out of nowhere. Hopefully, they don't expect the shadow. I'm currently holding off on fully manifesting until I'm sure that I won't get shot multiple times in the face when I do. Hang on... I hear someone... Wait for it... Oh, buck yes! He felt that one! Heheheh... Ahem... Sorry. Got a little overexcited, may have wanted to stab you as well. Trust me, I didn't mean to think that way. Ok, so, as I was saying - And you'll have to excuse me for cleaning up this mess and not paying full attention - I don't plan on manifesting fully. Honestly, it's more fun to kill them off as a shadow, cause they never expect it, although I will probably bite my words for saying that. I haven't had a problem with any guns so far, thankfully. Though with two guys M.I.A, I probably will have to soon enough. Now, here's what my plan is. I'm gonna stay down here for now, charge up my power for the energy ball, find a group of them, blow them to pieces, repeat. I only care about that woman, and Pinkie. I want to torture that woman when I find her, trap her down here - preferably being electrocuted - find Pinkie, force the woman to remove the chip, then kill the woman and blow the place. Sound like a plan? Great. Now, I'll talk to you when I can. I have to finish getting stuff set up. I need all my toys, my oven, and my baking supplies prepared for when I need to eat. Don't act like you don't know why I need those. One of the most popular stories in this entire fandom of yours is about me. No excuses not to know what I need the stuff for. Now, I'll see you later. > Who Shall Pay the Cost > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Damnit! Door, just bucking open! Thump Agh, damn that hurt! Ow ow ow.... Oh, shoot, you guys are watching. Sorry. I realized something was wrong a few days ago. Looks like I didn't plan for the basement getting so infamous that it's kept locked for ages. I barely get enough people down here to be able to continue manifesting. Been looking around for vents and I found one. Problem is, it's too high up to reach without having wings. Also... I miss my sis a lot. It's hard being my own pony again. But I know it's necessary... She's counting on me to... Bring her back... Ugh... I need to not get in that mood right now. I need to pony up and do something about it. If any of you have an idea, share it with me. For now, I'll keep trying to break down this door. Thump OW! Motherbucker! Thump OW! Oh, I forgot to turn the portal off. Lemmee get that for you. > The Short-Sighted Fools > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bucking door! I've had bloody enough of you! Y'know what? Buck it, If I can't break you, I'll break the generator instead. Make them come down to fix it. Buck, mare, I've not had to revert to my energy ball yet, and I swear, if I do, you'll pay. Alright, let's see how you're gonna take it, panel thingy. *Thump* *BZZZAP!* Ohhh... Ohhh my head... Ohhh... Now that's gonna take more than a few intestines to fix... Dear Celestia... Hey, yo, where am I? And why the hell are there knives on that table? And who the hell are you catty chicks? Who we are is not important. Where we are, probably. But the most important thing we should be asking is if you need help with saving your sister. Ok, so first off, Silence, isn't this a little Deus Ex Machina for your taste? Secondly, how the hell do you know about Pinkie, Catgirls, and thirdly, tell me where the buck we are! Calm yourself. We will not harm nor hinder you. You are currently in the containment cell of the King's Spears. We are the Black Rabbit Company, and have been observing you this entire time. Shadow travel is not uncommonly known to us. I'm almost afraid to ask why. We have developed a way - with the help of Wizard - to control these spears and the entities within via a single, non-terrestrial being. Wait. What? Spears? Entities? WITHIN? What the buck, mare, you brought me here just to get possessed? Hell no! I assure you, you will not be capable of rescuing your sister without our and the spears' help. Did. You. Just. Threaten. Me. Relax, fool. You will grow more powerful than any other being in existence as a result. Is that not worth it? The possibilities to destroy this place in its' entirety, killing, destroying, causing chaos. And only you can wield this power without dying. I don't trust you. In any case. But I did say I would destroy the world for her if I had to. Wait... That poem... Poem...? The Black Moon howls, a child is lost. One other remains, who must pay the cost. The short-sighted fools will pay the price. Even if the world must be her sacrifice. As I thought. You are indeed going to be the successful subject. Honestly, that is wonderful. Let us begin, shall we? Whoa, whoa, hold on! You don't just get to do tha- AGGGHHHH!!!!! Continue. Perform the shard implant for every single spear. The short-sighted fools will indeed pay the price. Perhaps even the entire world will. > W͘il͠l ͞Pa͠y ͟T̷he ͘Pri̶ce > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heheheh... You seven really are helpful, aren't you? Now, let's see what these cybernetics can do. Hmmm... I have no idea how to implant them, but whatever. Not that I need them. Now, Rama? You said it was possible to combine all 7 remnants into a single blade. I do have my knife, so shall we combine you seven and the spears into it? Alright. No need to thank me for being the host. Hurt like a donkey kick to the head, but worth it in the end. Too bad that 'Black Rabbit Company' isn't alive to see what's about to happen. Yeah, the portals' fine. Lets me speak to a different dimension. Now, tell me what'll happen when I combine these. Scarlet King? No idea who that is, but I'll find out. Yes, obviously I understand the meaning of our deal. I host you seven, and in return we help each other out. Yes, I understand the meaning of lifetime bond. It doesn't matter, the only pony I care about is my sister. Long as she's safe, I don't care how long you guys hitch a ride. So, let's get on with this, hm? Ok... So arrange them this way... Knife in the middle... A little bit of blood from 7 victims. A drop of my own on the knife... Perfect. It's set up. Now, let's see if Ra-Kho has that ritual for me ready... Perfect, in the language that it's needed to be in. Well, let's see how this goes, huh? Nhr hrl fbeed ez ao zeli mjd m dgew ez ao ej, n irmbb sbmna hrl ilwlj mjd hrl ismgblh cnjv'i hrgejl. Epg fejd nbb bmih pjhnb hrl ljd ez hnal, mbb hrmh flbejvld he hrla nbb je fl anjl. Nhr hrni gnhpmb, n je dlsbmgl, hrmh hrni fbliinjv mjd welg n nbb ieblbo flmg. Hrl ilwlj ez hrl cnjv fl ejl nhr al je, mi n sph aoilbz nhr hrni fbmdl amo l fl zeglwlg fepjd! Agh, I never cut myself with my own knife before... How long do I have to wait... Huh? They're not talking to me now. Weird. It's like they just got absorbed into me or something. Eh, whatever. Let's check out the new knife, hm? Now that looks amazing, loving that pattern! Wait, why do I feel so weird... Ok, this isn't normal! Portal opening and a big hell no on my par- Oh, crap. Well, well. After thousands of years, I have finally entered this plane... And thanks to a pink pony, no less. A pony whom seems to have become one with the seven, hm? Wait... You mean... Yes, my dear pony. You absorbed their powers. An honest surprise. I've not believed they would be so easily destroyed. Nonetheless. You made a deal with them, did you not? Well, yeah, but they never said I would be letting a bloody portal open! Who are you, anyway?! Hmhmhmhm... Don't you know already? I'm sure they do. Especially... Oh, Midnight Moon, was it? Wait, how the buck do you know about Moony? An old nemesis of mine. Regardless, he is unimportant. If you must know... I am the Scarlet King. And you, Pinkamena Pie, are going to be my Queen. > Ev̷ȩ̨ń ̧̧̀if҉̴̀ ͘t̡h̛e̷ ͏̛͡wo̧r͟͜l͏̡͠d > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- For the fiftieth time, I'm not your Queen! It ain't proper to force random ponies to be your slave! Oh, I apologize. Did you believe that you were good for anything else? Be grateful I am saving that accursed sister of yours. Now, continue using the magic I showed you on the supports. You realize they know we're here, right? They probably evacuated already. Nothing a few memetics won't fix. They have no idea we exist. I erased their memories. I meant the Foundation! You can't get them all, y'know? Oh, relax. They don't stand a chance. Without the Spear of the Non-Believer, noone has a chance against me. Now, everything is prepared. We will destroy this building after you find this 'Pinkie Pie' of yours. My sister is more than just a tool for you to play with. I hope you realize that. Perhaps. But know this, Pony. You are mine to do with as I will. If I must force you to lose your free will, I shall. You will give me a heir, whether you like it or not. Understand? I ain't letting you near my plot, motherbucker. That's reserved for a certain pony who YOU are no match for. Hmph. You're quite sassy. Exactly how I like my brides. Nonetheless, I am your owner. You are naught but a pitiful slave in my eyes. I am allowing you to save your sister solely because I am in a good mood for the moment. But since you've decided to be such an annoyance, why don't you give me an heir first. Agh! Motherbucker! If you think that's gonna keep me down, you're sorely mistaken! Shut up, Pony. It's time you learned some manners. *Crack* Gah! That hurt you little... Now. Why don't we create an heir, hm? You're going to die for this. Oh, you truly wish. As we speak, my armies attack the world outside. Soon, this Earth will be a barren wasteland. And as soon as I finish here, I will have no need for you. I will wait the usual time for births and then kill you once my heir is born. Damnit... Silence... Moony... Sis... I failed all of you... I'm sorry... Now, let us begi- GAH! *Chrk* ... ... ... Damn. Praying actually does work, doesn't it? Of course, this could be a Deus Ex Machina because you don't want to change the rating because of something happening, but still. My dear Mena. Did you think I would leave you alone with that... Thing? No. But thanks, Silence. Erm... How much did you hear...? Heheh... Enough to hear you reserved your plot for a certain somepony that I know quite well. Oh. Ohh... I-It was the only thing I could think of to say, ok! If you had someone five times as big as you trying to use you as a breeding tool, you'd be desperate, too! Mena... Don't get flustered now. I will wing-hug you. It's too adorable for me not to. Eep! Ok, ok, I get it! Ugh, even the word makes me shiver... It's not my fault you... I can't say it in a family-friendly way, so... Get turned on by my wings. Oh, sure. Release every secret I have to the portal. That isn't the point, though. We need to get out of here now. I have a portal set up in a hidden spot, ready to bring you back home. Wait... What about my sister? ... I'm sorry, Mena. Wait. She can't be... No, I won't believe it. She is not dead. My sister is not dead. I saw her body, limp and unmoving, being engulfed by a portal. She's gone... I wish I could have said she was safe. So. All of this. Everything we went through. It's all for nothing? I haven't saved her? ... Mena, I can see you shaking. Don't do what you're thinking of doing. T̕͢h̨̛́͘͠e̶̢͘y̷̧̡͘'͠͞r̢e̡ ̨̕͠a̢͏ļ̸̶l̴͜͟͜͝ ̷͜ģ͘͜͞͞o̢͘͞͝i̸̵̷̛͡n̴̷g̸͘͜͢ ̸̡̀́t̴͟͝͞ó͏̡͟ ̸̢̡͝d̵̢͘i̶ę̸̷͡͡ ̢͜͡f̴̢͢͢͟o͏̴͜͝ŗ͘ ̷̶̵̨t̸̛͢͠h̵̵à̡̀͠t̨́̕͜.́̕̕͞ Oh crap. Mena, snap out of it! *Thunk Thump* Mmm?! Don't snap. That's the last thing we need. I... Oh my... That was a ferocious kiss... I did what I had to. Now. We need to get to the portal. Immediately. But... I only think that she's dead. She was too far away for me to actually confirm it. All I know for sure is that she went through a portal. But we need to get you home because the GrimDark is collapsing without you. I promise I will find your sister and save her, but you need to get back to the GrimDark right now. ... F-Fine... But i-if she died because o-of me... I'm going to save her. Now, come on. We need to get out of here before the whole place is destroyed. A few minutes later Bloody spear. Thankfully it missed my heart. Now... Where did my bride go? > Ḿ͘͜ų̀͟͟s҉҉̛t̸̡͢ ̶̸͞͡b̢͜͞͏e҉͏͜ ̡͢h̴̨͘͘èr̸̛̕͞ ̶̡̛̀͜s̶̷̸͘͠a̸͘͢͞c̡̛ŕ̢̧͘͡i̴͏̡͘f̵͜i͝͠c͏͞͝͏e̡̛̕͢.̨̢̨̛͢ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- An explosion ripped through the air as Mena and Silence ran across what seemed like a literal battlefield. Hordes of unspeakable monstrosities battled the forces of humanity. The sky was scarlet red, the ground burnt to ashes. Whatever deity had been overseeing the land surely had abandoned it for good. Thankfully, the ponies were far enough away that they went unnoticed. Thusly, they ran towards a forest, anticipating the portal lying within. "Silence, try not to bring us near any skirmishes next time. I think that one steel thing grazed my tail," Mena said. Necessary evil, I apologize. Thankfully, we're almost where we need to go. Clearing is just up ahead," Silence replied. "You seem worried about something, Silence. What's wrong?" "This feels too easy. We're almost at the clearing, and we didn't even have to deal with any attackers," Silence said, glancing over his shoulder. "I mean, count your blessings, right?" Mena replied as the ground shook from the biggest explosion yet. She almost lost her balance before Silence's hooves grabbed her and kept her steady. In the distance, a small mushroom cloud was seen. "Oh no... That one might have been an Alpha... No, it can't be. This whole forest would've been leveled if that was the case," mused Silence quietly. "You mind telling me what the buck an 'Alpha' is?" Mena said. "Oh... It's basically something called a nuclear bomb. It's supposed to level the entire facility. And considering that the GOC decided to take over an abandoned facility and use it as their base..." explained Silence, before another explosion could be seen over the hill behind them. "WHOA, WAY TOO CLOSE!" yelped Mena in shock. "Run faster. That's all I can say," Silence deadpanned, speeding up himself. "Easy for you to say, you have wings!" said Mena grumpily, speeding up as fast as she could gallop. The explosions and gunfire continued, staying somewhat of a good distance away as they galloped to the clearing. As they continued through the woods, they noticed something strange. "Hey... Silence..." Mena began. "Yeah...?" "Don't humans have animals in their world?" "Yeah..." "Then why can't I hear any?" As soon as Mena asked the question, multiple beings jumped out of the trees, surrounding them quickly and efficiently. Their weaponry was aimed at both the Pegasus and earth pony, ready to fire. "Krosis!" swore Silence in the language of the GrimDark. "I did NOT think they'd know where we were headed." "Oh, they didn't. I, on the other hand, did. Wouldn't want to lose my bride all too soon, now would I?" smiled the Scarlet King, striding forth. "What?! But Midnight said... Krosis Acarno! How did you survive the Spear of the Non-Believer?!" said Silence, unwilling to believe they had been found out. "Oh, you completely missed my heart. Of course I'd survive that poor of an attack," the Scarlet King smirked. "You got lucky, King. If I had aimed slightly more to the right..." snarled Silence, landing with stance wide and wings flared, in the usual defensive position Pegasi took when threatened. "Unfortunately for you, you did not. And so, I will kindly ask you to allow me access to my bride. She and I have unfinished matters to attend to." the King said. With a wave of a hand, Silence was launched through a tree and into the ground, as an unstoppable force flung him away. With that taken care of, the Scarlet King approached Mena casually. "It's not very nice to run away from your husband, Mena. You should feel ashamed of yourself," he said calmly. Mena snarled and spit at the King in defiance. "See, this is what I love about you ponyfolk. Even when you know you're doomed, you still stand strong and fight back," he commented, as he wiped the saliva from his cloak. "Now... I believe you owe me an apology... And an heir." Before the Scarlet King could take a step further, however, a hoof made contact with his face, pushing him back several feet. The owner of the hoof landed on the ground between Mena and the Scarlet King, cracking his neck. "Over my dead body, King," growled a glitching Silence, pawing at the ground with a hoof. "I suppose I could use some exercise, little pony. This shouldn't take more than a minute," the King said with a smirk, as his humanoid form wavered and changed. And so... The battle began. > Genesis > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- That was how it all started. The war. Over something that should have been as simple as rescuing my sister from a group of humans. Now I'm here. Alone again. Except for all of you, I guess. Silence is gone, probably died in that fight. My sister is gone, teleported someplace that I don't know. And now I'm someplace torn apart into a million pieces with every villain that Equestria ever knew fighting against everyone else, praying that some godly force brought me to where my sister was sent to. And I don't think I came alone. I can see a box. And I can see a statue. The portals' closed. They shouldn't be here. Luckily, they're on my side. 173 is just as confused as I am. Drago is still here. But it's us against the world. And if the ruler of the GrimDark or the Scarlet King knows I'm here... I feel like the war will truly begin.