Never Ending Nightmare

[Tom Snyder 4,112]

(OOC: https://mlpforums.com/topic/128270-never-ending-nightmare/)

 

Star Shine

 

She opens her eyes, but can only see desolation of the entire town; nothing is as she remembered it. The once thriving town, now seems empty; nopony insight. Making her way inward, Star finds the first sign of the town's ponies; only this time, the stallion seems like he's having a nightmare, but Star isn't exactly sure of what. Trying to nudge him reveals her hoof goes right through him, unable to even physically touch them.

 

"What's going on? I was able to do it before, but why not now?" says Star Shine looking at her hoof; Knowing there's nothing she can possibly do for him. The buildings around her seem to show signs of fire and water damage, eroding and bricks falling to the ground. Folding her ears against her head, Star can't understand it; this isn't the town she always looked forward to.   

 

In the town square, she finds a doll of a filly; but its too worn to make out what it is. Setting down the doll, Star notices a shadowy figure moving between the buildings; but disappears before she gets to the spot where it once stood. Now confused, she tries to peer through the window, but only sees rotten produce inside. Nothing seems to be different to her; only the crows make any noise, the wind seems rise and fall; small gusts mess up her mane. So many ponies lie asleep, like as if they are under a spell; but what spell could it be? 

 

"I don't like this at all, who could have done this?" asks Star Shine, uncertain of what to do in the given situation. But there's one place she can think of that could help her, the only place that she found sanctuary; the Golden Oaks Library. Running in the direction of it, she hopes to find the answers, and hopes its not too late to change it.

Edited May 13, 2015 by Candy Star

[HigurSan 195]

Steeleye Sungazer

 

As he opened his eyes, the smell of burnt wood and mud filled his nostrils. Rolling onto his belly, he sneezed viciously to try and expel the all too familiar scent. He had already smelled it too often in his life, and he had no desire to keep it longer than needed. But with each breath he took it only became stronger. Wiping his dirt caked eyes allowed him to get a slim view of the area around him. Now the subtle taint of decay was wafting across his nose. It made him want to gag, but he had been trained long ago to dampen such reflexes. Wearily climbing to his hooves, he turned his head to get a better look at his surroundings.

 

The claustrophobic twilight all around him made it hard to make out much other than what was nearby. In the mud around him he could see the bodies of his squad. They seemed to be asleep, their chests rising and falling slowly with deep breathing. But they twitched feebly in their slumber, and none of his efforts to rouse them did more than make them twitch further. After a couple of minutes, he gave up. Wasting more time could only make things worse. Snorting in exasperation, he left his squad in the mud to explore his surroundings.

 

He knew that he and his squad had been waiting around in a little rail-side cafe near the train station. There had been some mishap with loading cargo which had held up their expected departure. They were supposed to be shipping out to southern border to patrol against the encroaching Changeling infestation. This was still Ponyville, so far as he could tell, but it was drastically different from what he remembered. It reminded him of a small town in the northwest he had once been assigned to, where a plague had wiped out most of the population in a matter of days. He and over a hundred other were tasked with burning what was left to the ground to prevent the disease from spreading. It wasn't a happy memory, but this wasn't a happy place.

 

As he headed towards the center of town, he found other ponies stranded in sleep. They seemed to have fallen in the middle of whatever they had been doing. Some lay in the street, others were strewn in doorways and across tables. None responded to his efforts to wake them. His eye was drawn by a wisp of pink in the corner of his vision. Snapping his head around, he focused on the movement and started heading towards it. He would doubtlessly be a shock to her system, the sight of him all armored and covered in mud, with burning eyes, popping out from behind a street corner in front of her.

Edited May 11, 2015 by Higurashi

[Alex Van Gamer 230]

Alex Van Gamer

Alex groaned, groggily opening her eyes and shifting herself a little, only to find herself falling out of a stool and hitting the ground with an "Oof!" The young diamond dog groaned, rubbing her rump as she looked around the Ponyville Arcade room. Her eyes suddenly widen in both surprise and horror at what she saw. Ponies all around her were collapsed over their arcade games or even spawled around the floor. The game systems themselves looked old and broken; shattered glass screens, spider webs, and long decaying walls.

 

"Wha... What in Equestria happened here?!" She asked herself aloud. Getting up onto her feet, she walked over to her gaming friend, who was slumped ontop of the arcade game they had been playing. Upon closer inspection, she could see that he was asleep, and more than that, he seemed to be experiencing some kind of nightmare... This was very puzzling... Was everyone asleep...? So then, why wasn't she? She shook her head, it wouldn't have made sense if she was either way. The young canine, tried waking her friend, but was horrified to see that her paws simply went right though him! She yelped, jumping back and looking at her paws in fear... What was going on here?!

 

She had to find somepony that could help her... Maybe this was some kind of pony magic thing... Could ponies do that?! She wasn't sure, but she had to hope so.. Then that would mean somepony would know the cause, and even better, the way to fix this... So Alex slowly made her way out of the Arcade. And, much to her disapointment, the outside world seemed just as bad —if not worse— than where she just came from.

 

She growled a bit in frustration, seeing even more ponies, but none that were actually awake... Was there NOPONY that could help!?

 

No, there had to be somepony... Anypony that could help her solve this mess... Hold on... She had heard there was a library here in Ponyville... The building itself looked like a tree from when she remembered hearing... Then that's where she would go. So with a huff, she marched off in search of this tree, in hopes of finding the answer to this strange phenomenon...

Edited May 11, 2015 by Alex VanGamer

[Demonic Soulz 483]

Opening his eyes he groaned as he looked around. "I feel as though I was..." He looked around as he saw what was around him. "What in the world has happened here" The red Pegasus said as he looked around. "The gem is gone...meaning no magic for me till I find it" He muttered to himself. The Pegasus sat on the floor examining his surroundings noticing ponies on the ground. "What happened I was here to buy some stuff then I blacked out..." The pony said as he shakily stood up.

 

"Honestly it look ore like a nightmare now...this place was so cheery and happy...now it looks awful" He said as he looked at another pony closely. "They're asleep....HEY WAKE UP" He yelled and sighed. "Won't wake up...am I the only one who is awake" He said.

[Trevor Bright 872]

David slowly regained consciousness. Realizing that he had been unconcious and didn't know why, he kept his eyes closed. Laying perfectly still, David moved his ears around slowly, listening for something...anything. "Well...sounds like the coast is clear." 'Wait for it...' David quickly jumps to his hoofs, getting set in a defensive position keeping his horn low, readying his magic. "Nothing." "Told ya so." "Go away Poe. Don't you have somewhere else in my psyche you can be? Rather then annoying me?" "Nah, you're to fun. Besides, we've been over this. I-" "Shut up! Do you realize where we are?" "No...but maybe if you looked around I could get a better picture." David simply sighed, shook his head, then obligingly looked around at his surroundings. "No way....What in Hades happened here? This isn't...is this-" "Ponyville. And there's all the ponies." "They look dead...or asleep?" David walked over to a nearby pony and waved a hoof infront of their face. When the pony, a minty light blue unicorn, didn't respond, he tried tapping her head. His hoof went straight though her. "WE'RE DEAD! THAT'S IT! WE'RE IN SHEOL! HADES! HELL! IT'S OVER! WE'RE THROUGH! I KNE-" "SHUT UP! Just because you're a voice in my head that no one else can hear doesn't mean you aren't annoyingly loud. Now I'm going to try and figure out what's going on. Just you shut up and wait k?" Saying that, he slowly gets down and touches his horn to where the other unicorn's horn should be. Closing his eyes, he breathes out a sigh, and lets magic envelop his horn, trying to get a connection to the other unicorn. Even though she isn't physically there, if he can see her, something of her must be lingering in this world. He feels the connections snap and his eyes flash wide open. He jumps back, eye's glued to the intangible blue unicorn. "What the heck happened here? What are these...these..." "Nightmares?" "Yeah...let's go see if we can find some pony that's tangible and willing to talk to us...to me..." "You eh? Ha! Keep telling yourself that. Maybe someday you'll believe it...and so will I! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA" So David ventures off deeper in to the nightmare ponyville, Poe's laughter ringing in his head.

 

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As David continued his slow march through the now old and destroyed town, he spotted...something..."What the..." 'That's not a pony' "Kill it!" "NO! I'm not going to just kill something because they're not a-" "That was out loud. It probably heard you..." "DAR'VIT" David swore profusely. Hoping that whatever the non-pony being was friendly, he approached it shouting "Hello! Uh...You there! Um..." His voice faltered as he recognized the being, or at least it's species. "Is that a-" "Miss? Diamond Dog? Um...Hello?" 

Edited May 11, 2015 by Fictional_Author7

[Alex Van Gamer 230]

Alex Van Gamer

The diamond dog sighed, brushing a paw through her hair. She didn't know where she was going. Ponyville may not have been that big, but the only place she usually ever went to was the arcade, the Cake's shop, and the food market area. Finding a giant tree should be that hard to find, right? "I'm never gonna find this library" She mumbled under her breath as she turned a corner.

 

@Fictional_Author7

She continued her search until something caught her attention... Talking... Her ears perked a little as she tried to hear it, the voice seemed to be talking to someone... but who, there was never any reply... Which was weird, her hearing was very good, if there were two people next to the other chatting, she should have been able to hear both. She jumped slightly when the voice suddenly started shouting. What did it say, something about killing... something... they didn't finish, but she realized who they were talking about when they're shouting continued, but directed at somepony else... her.

 

She hadn't turned to face the source of the voice until just then, and what she saw confirmed what she'd heard... There was only one pony... 'Was he talking to himself?' She thought to herself, then noticed the pony approaching her. 'Unless he was just muttering under his breath, which isn't that unusual... Guess I'll probably figure that out later. For now, maybe I can ask him if he knows what's going on here.'

 

She smiled up at the stranger as she replied. "Hi there... Say, uh... Do you know what's going on here? One minute I was with my friend over at the arcade... I guess I blacked out or something... Then... The next thing I know, I wake up and everypony's asleep... and... I can't even touch them! M-my hands just go right through them—!" She stopped herself quickly, starting to feel panicked again. She placed a paw on her chest as she took deep breaths until her heart rate slowed. "I... I'm sorry..." She apologized. "I don't know what just came over me... I-it's... it's just that this has never happened before... um... A-anyways... You're the only pony I've seen that was actually awake..."

Edited May 11, 2015 by Alex VanGamer

[Trevor Bright 872]

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David sighs in relief. 'Guess she didn't hear me...maybe I'll be able to get through this without ponies...or diamond dogs in this case...thinking I'm crazy.' "Phhhht. Fat chance of that." David simply let a slight glare pass over his face before replying out loud "The same thing happened to me, well, more or less. I was actually just approaching the town when...well, I dunno. This thing happened I suppose. Next thing I know, every pony is intangible and the town's gone to Hades." "Are you going to tell her about the unicorn's dreams?" "No, I don't...uh..." He quickly looks up at the diamond dog, his face reddening slightly. 'I would like it if you don't talk to me while I'm around other ponies.' Out loud, he says "Ok. Well, The I think the best thing we can do right now is just remain calm. If we keep a level head, then we should be fine..." He sighs and says under his breath, just loud enough for Alex to hear "They really don't train you for this in basic..." Turning to face her, he smiles. "Forgive me, I've not formally introduced myself. I'm David." He extends his hoof for a hoof shake. "And I'm Poe." David's eye twitches. 'She can't hear you...' "Just seeing if I can get you to say that out loud." 

Edited May 11, 2015 by Fictional_Author7

[Demonic Soulz 483]

"I should probably get going now...no use staying around here with every pony asleep" Blaze said to himself as he started walking down the street. He really couldn't believe that the whole entire town of Ponyville is asleep. He thought that maybe this was all a dream and that he would soon wake up and see everyone up and moving again. "Also I need to find out what happened to my red gem...i can't use fire magic without that gem" He muttered

[Tom Snyder 4,112]

since everyone but Cipher here forgot to read the rule about no equipment upon arrival, i ask that you move to the new location for the RP, this will be a remake of it with the same rules. but i will have to make it first and then i'll call for you to come back.

Edited May 13, 2015 by Candy Star

[Demonic Soulz 483]

"Sounds like Equinox when Deranged used to take control of him..." He thought remembering his friend and then sighed. "Equinox this would be the time where you would be helpful" He muttered as he continued walking. "A book he has hidden...but the way he sounded makes it seem like there is more of us here....so I wonder where they are at"

[Tom Snyder 4,112]

Guys i have to discontinue this as something has come up, and i can't do this with my current situation. So i have to ask you guys to leave until everything is sorted out between me and some relatives. I do apologize for cancelling this rp and hope you understand. I do hope you can forgive me for such a sudden announcement..

Edited May 11, 2015 by Candy Star