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A New Life

by Redundantchosen1

Chapter 28: Solemn Hour

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Solemn Hour

"Pinks..." Red could already feel the tears forming in his eyes. It had been so long since he had cried. "Pinks, no..." He hugged Pinkamena's still warm body, tears running down his face. "No..." He felt as if he had nothing left to live for.

"Oh, I'm sorry, did you care for her?"

Red ignored Slendermane. "Pinks, I'm sorry..." Red said between sobs. "This is all my fault..."

Then, he heard his name being called. He ignored whoever had called his name. The sky above Canterlot began to get cloudy. The rumbling of thunder could already be heard. It began to pour, but Red didn't care. He had nothing left to care for. He heard his name being called again. Red felt Pinkamena's body begin to go cold. He heard Slendermane. "Don't mourn for her. You'll be with her soon." Red finally stopped crying, his sorrow falling to numbness. He gently laid Pinkamena's body down, and stood. He turned to where he heard his name being called. In an open doorway, stood everyone who had came to Equestria with him.

"Jeff. Masky. Jane. Ben. Jack. I'm so sorry you all have to see this again." Red said, his voice barely above a whisper. Lighting struck five feet away from Red. Everyone's eyes widened, except for Liu's. "I didn't want to have to do this, but it looks like I have no choice. I have to actually fight. I hope you all understand." Lightning struck again, closer to Red this time. Suddenly, a white fire began to envelope Red, despite the rain. The fire started at his feet, and crawled up his body. Another lightning strike, right behind Red. Red turned his head to look at Slendermane. "Your time of judgement is upon you. There is no hope for you, there is no salvation. Only death. Prepare yourself." Then, the fire seemed to explode, reaching the height of the top of the castle. At the same time, lightning struck again, this time, hitting Red. Then, the fire was extinguished in an instant. There, Red stood, his skin now as black as night, his eyes as white as snow, his hat gone, revealing his short hair, which had turned pure white, and his clothes had changed from a trench coat to a suit, which was still white, with a black shirt and white tie. Red adjusted his tie. "I'm going to make you suffer."

Then, Red was behind Slendermane. Before he could react, Red grabbed the back of his neck, and threw him, away from Canterlot. Slendermane teleported, appearing in front of Red. Then, Slendermane used all of the tentacles at his disposal to attack Red. But before they had moved, Red was at Slendermane's side, and he kicked Slendermane, knocking him off of his hooves. Slendermane slammed into a castle wall, and before he hit the ground, Red kicked him again, knocking him through the wall. Slendermane teleported to his hooves, facing Red. Red was in front of Slendermane, and before he could react, Red punched him in his non-existent face, the force sending Slendermane flying. "W-what the Tartarus is happening?"

"Red just reached his Anti-Slender form. He can only do so when his scarf is taken off by either himself, or someone he trusts with his life, and when his emotions are completely out of control. He's only used it once, and it was to kill his brother."

"H-how do you know he can only reach it with those conditions?"

"He's tried to reach it before, but he either still had his scarf on, or someone took it from him. When he's in this form, his physical strength is multiplied ten times, he moves faster than the speed of sound, he can tell what his opponent is going to do before they do, when he takes a hit, it doesn't affect him. But the most dangerous thing about this form had nothing to do with his physical abilities. When in this form, he shows no emotion, meaning he doesn't hesitate, he doesn't restrain himself, and he will stop at nothing, and I mean nothing, to kill anything that poses a threat to his friends, or the innocent. There's only one person that can stand even the slightest chance against Red in this state."

"Who?"

"His father." Red grabbed Slendermane by his neck, and slammed him into the wall, three times. On the third time, the wall gave way. Red threw Slendermane again. He smashed through more walls, to the other side of the castle. Slendermane got to his hooves, slowly and shakily.

"W-what the Tartarus happened to him!? He was nowhere near this powerful five minutes ago! What could have caused this?"

Then, Red was in front of Slendermane. Slendermane took a step back, afraid. "You stand no chance against me. Now die." Red punched Slendermane again. Before Slendermane hit the ground, he teleported back to his hooves, well away from Red. Then, twenty tentacles slithered out of his back, the maximum amount he could use at once. Then, they all shot towards Red, intent on killing him. Red's arm erupted in white flames, and he held his hand out, a massive beam of pure white energy shot out from his hand. When the beam and the tentacles made contact, the beam sliced through the tentacles, completely obliterating them. The beam reached Slendermane quickly, but it didn't slice through him like it did the tentacles. It hit Slendermane, as the beam were a truck, the beam continued on to the side of Canterlot, completely annihilating Slendermane, and harmlessly disappearing once there was nothing left of him.

The flames on Red's arm disappeared, and he returned to normal, along with his attire. Red let out a deep breath, then, he looked back, and sighed. Dammit, I'm going to have to repair the castle, but first, I have to check on Luna and Celestia. Red teleported, to the throne room, and saw that the two princesses were still unconscious. Red walked over to Celestia, and knelt down next to her. Red put a hand over her head, and closed his eyes. Then, he opened his eyes, and was in another throne room. What the hell? Where am I? Wait, this place looks familiar. Red snapped his fingers, and his surroundings faded away to a white landscape. Red looked around, and saw a hint of color. He walked toward it, and saw Celestia, on the ground, her face buried in her hooves, sobbing. "Uh, Celestia? What's wrong?"

Celestia parted her hooves slightly, just enough for her to see Red. She spoke between sobs, "R-red? W-what are y-you doing here?"

Red held out a hand for Celestia. "I'm here to wake you up. I'm sure you don't want to relive this hell any longer than you already have." Celestia stared at his hand, then at him. Then, she gratefully took it. Red closed his eyes, and when he opened them, Celestia was awake. "You think you can wake Luna up?"

Celestia nodded. "Of course. Why?"

"I have something I need to take care of."

"I... I understand." Celestia walked over to her sister, and lowered her head until the sisters' horns were touching. Red teleported, to Pinkamena's body. Then, he picked her body up, and teleported again. He went to the Everfree forest, near the ruins where he had first encountered Slendermane. He gently laid Pinkamena's body down, and snapped his fingers, black smoke appearing and taking the shape of a shovel. The smoke solidified, and Red began to dig. Ten minutes later, he stopped digging. He snapped his fingers again, and black smoke appeared and took the shape of a coffin. The coffin shaped smoke lowered into the hole he had dug. Then, it solidified, and Red picked Pinkamena's body up, and gently laid her into the coffin. Then, he buried the closed coffin, snapped his fingers, and a gravestone appeared in front of where he buried Pinkamena.

It read: Here lies Pinkamena Diane Pie

She gave her life to protect Equestria

She will be missed by many

Then, Red began to cry again. He cried for what seemed like an eternity to him. When the tears stopped flowing from his eyes, he teleported back to the throne room, where Celestia and Luna waited for him.

"Red, where were you? You were gone for half an hour." Luna looked at Red with worry.

"I... I was just taking care of something. It's fine."

"You don't sound fine. You sound like you've been crying non-stop."

Red remained silent. Then, a voice behind him called out. "Um, Princess? If it wouldn't be too much trouble, we would like to speak with Red." Red turned around, and saw Masky, and the others. "We have something to discuss."

Celestia nodded. "Very well." Red walked over to Masky and the others.

Jeff was the first to speak. "Red... It's not your fault."

Red glared at Jeff. "We all know that's a lie. If I hadn't brought you guys here..." Red trailed off.

"Red we know that you wouldn't have been able to beat the equivalent of your brother by yourself. We came here of our own accord. Besides, if she didn't do what she did, we'd all probably be dead right now."

The words stung, but Red knew they were true. "Guys, let me just take you home, and I'll deal with it myself, okay?"

They all knew better than to argue. When Red wanted time to himself, it would be better if he got it. Red snapped his fingers, and a portal opened. They all said their goodbyes, and left. When Red closed the portal, he sighed. I'll tell the princesses that I need time to myself, and I'll be fine in a week or two. "I just hope you're right. You might not recover from this..."

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