The Equestrian Psychological Thriller
by Quite Quaint
First published
I awoke in a room to find myself in a middle of a test of the Equestrian will to live. Do or die.
In this story you are told the Trials of a young Stallion forced to cause harm to others and himself, he has been kidnapped by a mysterious foe who's intensions are uknown, It's do or die time as he must go through 8 puzzles that are ment to cause harm to one to free the other.
Welcome friend!
I awoke on a dark, cold, bloody floor; not sure if it was mine or somepony else’s, my vision was crap and couldn’t make out anything just a light above my head on the ceiling flickering on and off periodically, my eyes would give out on me every so often till I heard a voice call out a name, I proceeded to sit up try to focus my vision on a silhouetted figure under a dim light. I tried calling out to it but I was met with a searing sensation in my throat, I reached up to feel a scar on my throat running from the base of my neck to the tip of it right below where my jaw started. My eyes widened and I let out a silent gasp when I heard the voice again I focused my vision on the silhouette that formed into the shape of a pony, all of her limbs where tied up stretching her in a highly revealing and vunerable position, she was cream colored with dark blue hair, she had a pink highlight going down her mane and tail.
“H-help.” She made out, I tried standing up straight on all fours, and once I recovered my balance I carefully made my way to her trying not to focus too much between her haunches. I made my way to her and supported myself on the wooden frame that was holding her captive, she was breathing heavily, frightened of course.
“W-where am I!?” she screamed in terror. “Who’s there!?” I was standing almost right in front of her, it wasn’t that dark, but I focused on her eyes to reveal that they weren’t there! Her eye’s… they were gone! I fell back and began to breath heavily in terror, She only screamed at the sound of me.
“Pl-please don’t hurt me! Let me go! I-I wanna go home! Lyra!” her voice sobbed, unable to cry due to the lack of eye’s. she began to get hysterical.
“Let me go! Letmegoletmegoletmego! PLEASE!” I got up and grabbed her shoulder, which she responded by hysterically screaming. I withdrew my hoof,
“WHO ARE YOU!? WHAT DO YOU WAN’T FROM ME!? WHY WON’T YOU ANSWER ME!?” I thought for a second and tapped at her throat.
“ I don’t get it…wait, your mute?” I tried to respond yes but I could only make some noises.
“What are we doing here? Please, my name is Bon-Bon what are you going to do to me!?” she was interrupted by another voice, male this time, he sounded… demented.
“Ah yes, you two are awake, hello my name i-OOPS, haha their I go again! There’s no need for names, sweet Celestia, almost caused another one of those incidence where I had to kill the last ones… anyways welcome to my testing chambers! This is where I test ponies to their limits!
“Oh Celestia get us out of here please! I’ll do ANYTHING for you! Please!” the mare interrupted.
“Listen bitch, you interrupted me again and I’ll rip you in half. The rules are simple, there are 8 challenges excluding the bonus rounds, which I’ll give you when I think you deserve it. Saving all of them in the main rounds is possible, the bonus rounds not so much… you are lucky enough to start off with a bonus round! SWEET! A perfect warm up, for you let me turn on the lights so you can see… [Lights turn on revealing mechanisms attached to the ropes of the mare, the colt who was talking to us is actually from a radio so I could not see him.
“Perfect any questions?” I stood there in silence trying to form words while the mare was still strung up whimpering.
“Oops, I forgot to give you this!” A bottle of dark purple liquid flies out of a tube and on to the dirty blood-stained floor. I hesitated to pick it up.
“Don’t worry, if I was gonna kill you it would be more elaborate than poison, no, in fact this will benefit you. But hey, I don’t care if you take it or not. Oh yeah and also have some fun with her if you wan’t, that’s why I tied her up like that.” Bon-Bon began wailing trying to struggle free from her binds. I began to approach the bottle I picked it up and undid the lid with my mouth; I took a deep breath in and a drunk it all down in a single gulp. Before I knew it my innards where on fire! I began coughing and all I could hear was the mare weeping invisible tears and the colt on the radio laughing.
“Hahahaha! I told you this will help you! You now have a reason to push that button! You push the button and that gate opens and you can get the antidote on the otherside!” He chuckled. My eyes widened with the realization that I would die. Oh sweet Celestia! I thought to myself. I gazed at the button, it didn’t seem to have any connection to anything, I walked up to the button… and I pressed it… there was a sudden noise from inside the walls and a screech from the mare. I watched in horror… a-as the mare began to…to rip apart! My eyes widened and I covered my mouth in Horror! Her cries of pain digging into my soul filling me with pain and disgust to the point of madness! I began to cry silent tears trying to yell I’m sorry. Blood and organs were now splashed on the ground, and so was the contents of my stomache, her screaming stopped her lifeless half-corpse dangling from the ceiling. Then, nothing happened, the door never opened, NOTHING HAPPENED. My disgust and despair turned to anger as I fell to my plot, He lied! All that could be heard from him was Laughter,
“I-hahaha-I can’t believe you fell for it hahaha!” He began trying to suppress his laughter. “That bottle you just drunk! It wasn’t poison, it was a special tranquilizer! You should pass out soon though, its slow acting.” I was disgusted at his sense of humor, I still had tears flowing from my eyes as that scream keeps going on in my head. The room began to get blurry.
“Hahaha, all you had to do was push the door open! On the other side was a saw that would have cut through the rope! You, my friend failed the bonus round! Hahaha I feel sorry for the ones in the real challenges! They’re goooing tooooooooo dieeeeeee wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiithdhfjk.” I lost consciousness passing out on the floor, only to awake in a different room.
“Goooooooooooooooooood morning sunshine!” the voice called out.
Water and Rarity don't mix
I managed to lift myself from once below to appear in yet another dark, disgusting room; I peered into the darkness trying to find the source of the muffled breathing I was hearing, knowing that something… some new sick game was going down.
“Welcome! Glad to see you’re awake, finally. Well this ain’t no bonus round! So, with all seriousness let me shed a little light on the situation.” The lights flickered on to reveal that I was in a cage locked with a series of locks attached to wires. In front of my cage was an empty pool, just big enough for two people to fit in and deep enough to dive in. Inside was a white unicorn with a messed up dark purple mane and her make-up running from her tears, she was gaged and bound to a chair inside the pit, her eyes were hidden behind a bandanna tied behind her head.
“Ahh yes, the most attractive Mare in Ponyville; Rarity.” She let out a muffle yell to the sound of her name. “Now then you should feel your voice getting stronger, no? Try it out.” I hesitated but then tried speaking.
“W-w-wh-hy *Cough*” I began a coughing fit, my throat still burning. The stallion simply laughed.
“Aww man, woooowe! That should be enough for some… entertainment.” I scowled as I fell back on my haunches and began to caress my throat.
“Ok ok, let’s explain this next challenge, wing in machine, that’s all I’m gonna say…bye!” the voice disappeared and was replaced by a distant roaring that slowly got closer, chilling me to the very bone, then, the pit began to flood with water! By Celestia! He was gonna drown the mare! I looked around frantically trying to decipher the riddle sounding instructions. I looked at the wall behind me and gazed into a slot in the wall, Put wing in machine? What could that mean!? I could hear the muffled screams of Rarity as the cold water began rushing past her haunches and continued up her body at a surprising rate as I began to flap my left wing. I thought it over a bit, but I now knew what must be done… I ever so slowly slid my wing into the slot… moving inch by inch dying of anticipation of what will happen. I now have my wing fully in the slot… nothing happened, but then… SLICE! The mechanism on the other side tore down through my wing sending waves of pain throughout my body! I launched out and began to scream as I bat my stump of a wing, blood pour everywhere drenching my coat and the floor with the warm redness, My throat burning as I began to pour what contents I had in my stomach, the tremendous pain flowing through my body was too much I blacked out for a bit, I was in a black void, when an image of the white mare came to me.
“No!” I yelled, slowly staggering to my feet with drool dripping from the corner of my mouth, the blood slowly starting to stop gushing out. I heard a click, and all the locks fell of the barred door, Rarity was now fully submersed in water…my time was running out. I staggered to the pit, taking in a deep breath; I dove in, my blood mixing in with the water. I swam down, nearly passing out with each stroke, but, I have been known for my determination back in Los Pegasus. I reached the unconscious mare, undoing her binds with my teeth. I grabbed her and swam up with all energy I had left, I was so cold, cold and tired, just to go home and get some sleep in my bed… I shook the weariness of me and I pulled myself and Rarity out of the water. I fell flat right next to her and took in several deep breaths, I undid her gag and the bandanna, and she took in a deep breath and coughed out some water. She opened her eyes and turned to me in fear
“W-what do you want from me! Who are you!?” She bucked me in the face with her hind hoof, and I passed out. I saw nothing, but I could hear a series of muffled yelling and screaming, then I saw a light and felt a…tapping on my forehead; it grew brighter with each coming second, and the tapping on my forehead felt…clearer and soon I found myself staring at a leaky ceiling again. A sudden pain and bitter cold rushed through me, I looked around my body, and focusing on the cheaply sowed stump I called a wing, my coat was filthy with grime and dried up blood and next to me was the very same mare I rescued from the last round. I attempted to sit up, but failed due to my lack of energy so I slumped back down.
“Hello!” That damned voice called out! “Wow… you’re greater than I expected! The first real round, your first save! Nice! I applaud you.” He then continued to insult me by clapping and applauding my “Valiant efforts”.
“S-shut… Up.” I managed to let out. Rarity began to awake and let out a groan. She turned to me
“Y-you!” She managed to slide away from me and sat up. I turned to her and forced myself to sit up. “Wait… you’re the one who saved me!” she approached me quickly and embraced me in a painful hug, forcing me to let out a hearty groan. “Oh I’m so sorry! I’m just sorry that I kicked you! I was confused and scared-“
“I-it’s okay.” I interrupted her letting out a deep sigh.
“D’awww! So cute! Ushy goshy lovy wuvy! Blahh, let’s get started, I have much in store for you two this next round! Double team!” The stallion mocked. “And your voice is returning right according to plan! Which is perfect since you two need to cooperate for this bonus round, and since there is twice of you I decided to up the stakes a bit.