Author's Notes:

Warning there are many disturbing things that will be in this chapter. If you don't wish to read it just skip it.

A voice came over the radio " Hello this is the Warden." His voice sounded sad. " The hero is dead or so what the Queen is saying. A large force that is massing at Cliff Side has said she is still alive. They're waiting for her to return. But no one could survive that explosion. But this is the warden who still has hope." A soft song calmly started playing But the radio was clicked off. In the bar of Cliff side was a salamander. Blaze was sobbing hard, her heart so broken since the hero is confirmed dead.

Dr Slice floated near her looking to Jonon " I don't know what to say to her."

Jonon nodded. She calmly helped Blaze on her claws leading her and Dr Slice. To the Caverns leading them both to the writings of legend. " If she was dead the gem that shows her would be dim. But she is still bright. Dr Slice you are also one of the companions of legend." Slice stayed silent. Blaze nodded they had hope now that the hero is alive.

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Opening my eyes. My vision fuzzy looking around seeing I was in a cell. I tried getting up but the chains kept me down. Trying to move my head but I couldn't. A few guards who are oddly ponies looked at me.

" Ah you are awake. The warriors had been sent off back to the Queen. We are meant to do everything we can to you child to break you, harm you, and get you ready to be killed. You need to be set as an example. I am Burnout..I shall do whatever I can think to you child to get you ready. But this month’s plan is pain. Get her read." The Guards all nod to the burnt looking unicorn pony. They lifted me up with the chains, injecting me with some strange serum that made my entire body not able to move. Then set me down on a table. Placing my horn in a tube. The tube brought a torrent of magic to my horn. I had no idea why they were doing this.

Then Burnout walked over he brought a bag of many different things. He opened the bag bringing out a giant mallet. Setting it down, he then pulled out a carving knife, a small torch, and many other items. He used his horn to lift up the large mallet. Using his horn to chain me down fully so i couldn't move. He then lifted the mallet and brought it down upon my chest. A screamed of pain escaped my lips. I began to cough up blood. He smashed down on my chest again and again, hitting and breaking every bone in and around my rib cage. I tried breathing, but my lungs wouldn't work. But then I felt it. Magic, lots of it. Without thinking, i reached for it, drawing it into my body to heal my wounds.

In a single moment of clarity, i realized something very important. This was how they were going to break me. The more i frew in magic, the quicker i healed, and the more addicted i got to it. By drawing it in, i started an infinite cycle of pain and no matter what i did, i was now trapped within. Until Burnout released me, i would unconsciously draw in magic to heal myself, keeping me alive and allowing them to do just about anything to me without worrying about killing me.But before i could do anything, the moment passed and Burnout brought down his hammer, harder than before. Only this time, he didn’t hit my chest. He smashed his hammer into my face with the hammer breaking my skull. My eyes, the target of this swing, quickly sealed shut and I started sobbing. But his next swing broke my jaw.

" I really wish i didn't have to do this to you child. But If I don't the Queen would kill my family. I am sure down the line if you do ever get free you will forgive me I sobbed as the pain grew so much. Then felt the hammer smash into my legs he smashed them down blood draining everywhere. He then set down the hammer I heard it clunk on the ground. But He didn't give me a chance to heal. Removing something from the tray then I felt a knife starting to skin me.

I started screaming in pain. I sobbed so hard feeling my fur and skin being removed. I didn't hear any laughing just pony kept skinning me my eyes healed enough so I could watch him lucky me.. I screamed sobbing. Looking at the face of Burnout who didn't even have a smile on his face. He looked at me with tears falling from his eyes. Mouthing again ' I'm sorry.' He then took the knife and cut me open I screamed in pain. He sliced out my ability to reproduce. I screamed in pain as he also took my eggs and burned them. Then he looked into the hole the magic slowly repairing what he took from me. Then looked up to me.

" Your ability to have foals will return to you. Given enough time. But you will be forever addicted to the magic that is filling you. The same magic which is also healing you." I was sobbing so hard feeling so much pain seeing my skin slowly regrowing. He then lifted the torch starting to burn my body I was on fire screaming in pain. My flesh started to burn off my bones. My scream sounded through the entire building. The ponies even though I wasn't able to see these ponies were sobbing and crying. They wanted to be free but they had to do this.. I was screaming more and he douse me. I shook in pain. He turned the stream of magic on more to let me heal before he started again. Tears streamed down my face.

The burns slowly vanished the skin started to reform around me. I felt the magic building I need more I need it. Then I started screaming again my bones started to crack and form back together. I groaned in pain. Feeling my heart beat hard and groan. The skin fully returned but the fur took longer to heal. Burnout looked at me calmly and sighed.

" You will forever be hurt little hero. Again I don't wish to do this to ponies. But the Queen has my family. I would not be doing this if I knew they would be safe. Your skin will keep them safe. When we are done, the Queen might even give them back to me.But i can not tell you how sorry I am about this. When this is over, and my family is safe, i will gladly submit myself to the wrath of your mate.

." He said with a weak smile. I knew he wasn't done with me. He lifted more strange items out of the bag as I stared at him with hate. I wanted to hurt him I wanted to kill him. Why would he do this to me? Groaning, i felt my bones finally heal I felt whole again.

But he released me and called a few guards to carry me back into the cell. I lay on the cold ground of my cell. My body weak and in so much pain. I shake from the shock of it all hearing my cell door open seeing Burnout. I tried to get away but I am far to weak. He stood over me with a gentle smile. I could tell he didn’t like what he was doing. " I will give you time to heal little hero." He walked away a small little filly walked in staring at me. She opened the cell though bringing in some water and helped me drink She also gave me some food and stroked my head.

" I'm sorry Hero.. My father doesn't wish to do this.. But the Queen will allow me to stay alive if he does do it. You need to remain strong for the next six months. You will be sent to death to be made an example of. Maybe during this time you will find a way to escape. I hope you do. All of us wish to be free."

I couldn't nod, my body was just too sore to move. So I just layed there, cold, shivering, shaking as well. I felt so much pain in my body, even though I was healed. Some bones were still broken, but they did get set by the magic. I smiled weakly. But less than a moment later, I heard a large creature move inside. Mouse was here, and all I could do was stare at him. The filly started shaking in fear and slowly moved away. Mouse looked at the filly, looked back at me, looked at the table, before finally landing his eyes on Burnout.

" Burnout? Why is she not strapped to a table?"Burnout sighed before he walked back over by me, Mouse following him like a shadow. Burnout began to slowly lift me when Mouse spoke out. “Remember. She is nothing more than a piece of meat! Treat her as such! We have been given our mission by the Queen herself! It would be unwise for you to disappoint her. Why think of this young filly!” Mouse reached out and cupped the filly’s chin, being somewhat gentle about it. Burnout quickly hauled me up onto the table, and started to strap me down, all pretenses of being gentle were gone.

.As soon as i was fully strapped, Burnout started to hook up the magic feeding tube before Mouse stopped him. With nothing more than a glare, Mouse returned the tube to where Burnout got it, all the while informing Burnout.

" Don't attach her to the magic. I want her close to death." He gave Burnout his dark smirk. Burnout grabbed his tools with his magic, intending on causing more pain. But once again Mouse stopped him with a glare. Still wearing his dark smirk, Mouse walked over and leaned in so his face was filling my vision.

" What you are doing is not the right way Burnout. Let me show you what is."

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I was moved from the main room to another room. I had been strapped to a metal table now. Not much of a difference at this point though. Mouse was searching through every item he could find. But most of it gave him a frown.

" Hmm this ain't the right thing to use. Let’s see." He pulled out several strange large bugs trapped in a jar like fireflies from a bag. “This will work just fine.” He pointed the jar’s lid towards me and opened it up. The bugs flew straight out of it and landed on me. I didn’t think much of them until they began to eat my skin. I let out the largest scream in pain my lungs could handle at the moment.. Mouse just smirked and laughed.

The entire pony population of the small outpost watched or listened in fear. I kept screaming in pain and the bugs just kept eating me. Then Mouse pulled out a giant magic prod, looked at it fondly, and stabbed me with it. A strong current of electricity flowed through my body. Causing me to have convulsions. The bugs exploded covering me in their bug fluid. I bite my lip hard feeling the blood burn through me.

" Aww poor little hero." He then took a large blade removing left hind leg from its socket and my body in one clean cut, before tossing the leg across the room. Like it was nothing more than trash.. "OH! I am so sorry...did I do that?" He said in his signature dark laugh. I just screamed. But as the scream left my lungs, Mouse did the unexpected.He stabbed me in my chest, the blade going clean through my heart. I gasped deeply trying to force air into my lungs, before my brain suffocated from lack of Oxygen. One of Deep thought’s lessons flashed through my mind. “While the brain is one of thee most important organs in your body, the heart is by far the most vital. For without it, our bodies would be unable to deliver the Oxygen rich blood from the lungs to the rest of our bodies. And without the blood filled with Oxygen, we will slowly suffocate upon the very air itself.” My vision started to grow dark around the edges as I felt death creep up on me. Mouse looked to Burnout.

" You better get her to the other room quickly or our poor hero will be dead." Mouse smirked. " Now if you will excuse me, I need to get back to the castle. The Queen refuses to take over any of the towns since most of the soldiers are now in Cliff side. But she is waiting to kill the hero to get them all to surrender."

Burnout released me calling to the other ponies to carry me to the other table attaching me to the tube. Removing the knife from my heart. Coughing loud and painfully. Feeling the magic repairing my heart slowly. Feeling the want for magic like it's a drug to me. I need more I need more. If only I could open the font more to get more. A few mares cleaned up the blood from my body they all looked at me with sad eyes.

" You need to be strong hero." One of the mares said. Tears just streamed from my face. Even though I was healing still felt the pain feeling every inch of me in pain. They wanted to break me they should seen they already have. But I think the ponies here need to do more to harm me.

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Opening my eyes I was hanging in the middle of a room blood below i didn't feel any pain. Burnout looked at me and then down to the blood sighing.

" Listen hero I know you think that we want you broken. But in the legend, the hero goes through a trial to become stronger. Her heart stays soft but she is ready to take on the Queen and all her warriors." I heard buzzing seeing Mix flying to me staring at me.

" Burnout is she ready?" Burnout nodded. Mix stared at me with a gentle smile whispering. 'If you do live hero please kill me when the battle comes. I am tired of not being able to die.' Blinking looking towards him.

" Don't get me wrong hero. I am not a bloodthirsty monster. I used to be more of a gentlemen then your kind placed this device in me. Causing me to see all deaths all futures. But I never knew what one was real. The reason they made it was to go back in time. To try to stop the war from evening happening from the start. They got the idea when Twilight went back a week to talk to herself."

Looking at the stopwatch in his chest.

" But trying to change the past to affect the future isn't wise. It makes things even worse. They tried it once on this island. It caused even worse things to happen." Mix flapped his bug like wings, the buzzing from the sounds of his wings drove me nuts. " Now forgive me hero.. For what I must do. You must stay strong. I don't want you dead."

Mix stabbed his legs inside my body. His eyes flashed suddenly. Causing the Stopwatch to glow and the hands move.. Making time around just us going quickly. I screamed in pain. My body turning old turning to dust but then reversing turning back to young But he spoke calmly.

" Hero don't fail." Blinking seeing the rest of the ones who were chosen for the project. " Save us all.. remove us...free us." Then I passed out.

I woke up from the pain of seeing the past and future. Looking around I noticed MIx is gone. But in his place is open wounds were he stabbed his legs inside me. Burnout looked at me and he had the look of pain in his eyes. Burnout lifted the whip with his magic. It had nasty looking hooks at the ends of it. It was dripping some weird greenish hude liquid. To be honest, it looked quite gross, and the whip was covered with this stuff. Looking towards the dried pool of blood, but also seems to be gathered for some reason. A strange mechanism brought me over the grate down to the pool of blood behind. I looked weakly at all the ponies that had so much fear in their eyes.

Behind me I saw the shadow of the whip being lifted. Fear filled me. Burnout pulled back with the whip. When it finally hit my back, I felt my flesh being ripped into. I felt the acid enter the very wounds. It caused the flesh to sizzle and burn, it filled me with so much pain that I sobbed hard and cried out. I felt the acid weaken my spine, eating away at the marrow inside. When the whip hit, I felt my spine shatter and the ability to move my hind legs left me. Even though I felt like I was such agony, all I could do was hang there, screaming my soul out in pain. Maybe that is a good thing? I cried again trying so hard to get Burnout to stop from harming me. Though every time I cried out. All I saw in his eyes was a heartbroken expression as he lifted the whip again. The very spikes drenched in my blood and flesh. He hit right in the same spot again to make the pain even worse.

" You don't have to do this.. Take me back to my friends. Let me go...let me go!!" The spikes stabbed into me I screamed feeling my insides burn and they stab in an out over and over. Causing blood and many things to fall to the pit. I felt like all the pain was burning causing those wounds to burn. Feeling every inch of me burning and burning.

" Sorry hero. You may heal but you will have many scars your lover will break to see what you have been through." The spikes form into swords starting to slice along me causing my skin and fur to fall down into the pit. I couldn't see why i am still awake. Feeling every inch of my insides burning over and over. Smoke came out of my mouth from the burning. I was then dropped to the grate to let more blood drain from me. I tried standing up.

" Oh Goddess she is trying to stand up." Said a mare watching. I got on my hooves noticing the leg that got removed was slowly growing back. I tried to walk to the ponies to ask them for help.

" Let me go.....please." Cricket walked in behind me, I didn’t notice before I could even do anything. He pulled a sword out stabbing me in the back. I gasped it went through my heart. Looking at it seeing the blood looking at the ponies coughing. " Help me...." Fell to the ground of the grate my world going black.

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Opening my eyes shaking so much pain. I coughed more and more. Feeling every inch of me in deep pain. I lay there feeling my leg grow back. The feeling felt so painful. The real issue i had right now was my heart working overtime to keep the blood flowing. That the magic is working hard just to keep my heart beating. I felt sick and so tired. But I couldn't just fall asleep. I saw the same filly offering me water and I calmly drank feeling it go down slowly grunting in pain trying to move. But I could feel my legs moving.

" Shhh hero. Don't move. It's not wise...just slowly allow yourself to heal." Nodding, i look at my chest and saw a pink spot where they impaled the spikes in me. Just by looking, i could tell that I would have some scars from this wound. So much pain in my chest since my heart is working on trying to keep me from crashing. My vision finally went back to normal coughing a bit. Feeling the blood slowly going through me.I looked around I wanted to move, I wanted to get back to Blaze. I groaned I felt so much pain in my body. My nerves reformed throughout my body, adding to the pain. I grunted in pain coughing up some blood the taste was awful. I had to make sure my Pipbuck wasn’t removed since I forgot what leg was removed. Looking down to my right foreleg I saw the Pipbuck drenched in my blood.

Burnout slowly walked back in looking at me. He smiled weakly the tube removed from my horn. Guards coming in to take me back to the cell. Sprawled in the cell so much pain filling me what is left there magic infused food. But I couldn't move, I couldn’t feel my back hooves. But the smell of magic was causing me to want it.. I wanted it so much, I needed it. The filly then set magic infused water down next.. When i glanced at her face, i noticed that she had tears in her eyes.

" I'm sorry for what my father is doing to you." Just calmly staring at her finally able to lift my head up groaning deeply. leaning over the water calmly drinking it. Feeling the magic heal my insides slowly. It tasted so good, and it was so addicting. Using my horn to take the fork the very dull fork eating the gruel like food. Feeling it fill me but i was still very weak. Looking around finally seeing I wasn't the only one in these cells. Many Griffins and Minotaurs as well. One of them looked at me. They all looked at me they all had hope but fear in their eyes. I was the hero of legend. Seeing her in pain wasn't what they wished to see at all.

I had to give them hope. All i could think of hope was a song. I can't let them break me. I can't let them win. I softly started to sing.

" Hope is all we have.. Hope shall bring us forth to free us." The guards started to come back to get the Griffins and Minotaurs it was their time to be broken. Some started to sing as well. A female Minotaur calmly sang

" Hope is all we have now...To see us through." She was placed on a table and right then and there a knife stabbed her in the chest. As she started to slowly die. She choked out a few words. " Hope....is...all...we have left...." It went on to another Griffin singing as well.

" The past is here to haunt us...For we must never scream...in the light." He was placed in the chains over the pit of blood. A whip smashing into his feathered back. " We can't let pain control us.." He started to cringe getting out a few more words before screaming. " We must sing to show our peace for all that is here.. We can't fail." He kept screaming but then I saw that there was a few salamanders here as well.

One was being hung by her tail to keep her in place with the chains that surrounded her body. As she started singing she felt a knife stabbed into her pussy the knife slowly cut her in half. But,. But, she kept singing. So her hope would never leave her dying body

" All shall never fall if we keep hope. Please.." She grunts as the knife slowly cuts her in half. " Please remember....us.." Her body is split in half allowing her insides to spill her brain slowly leaking out of the cut. The voice that was singing now gone.. But more around kept singing three Salamanders slowly started to sing started with a green one.

"Green Salamander: Our hope will not fail us.. Our hope will never fall. Oh please Goddess of the lands. Please free our souls." The Green salamander is placed on a table that starts causing her to be ripped apart. Then a light blue Salamander sang. " Light Blue Salamander: If we fall then the world falls" The Salamander being the colour blue makes her able to use ice. While she sang they lifted a badly made flame thrower and set her on fire. She screamed. Then a purple one tried to run away using a strange teleporting magic that allowed her to run.

" We must be free. We must flee we must keep up our hope." She was softly singing as she ran through the jail Cricket stood in front of her. He brought out his swords and sliced all over her turning into nothing but meat. Cricket walked the halls calmly singing now.

" There is no hope for any of you... You will never find freedom you will never find hope." The bug slowly sang. "You will never find the right to be free. The Queen shall win. Don't let the fake hero win you." All the prisoners along with me started to sing.

" We must have hope!!" We all sang throughout the building.

" Hope will fail...Hope will fall." Cricket sang..

" We need hope to win this battle to win our hearts to free us. We need to be free will be what we need to do. Please hero free us. Please hero don't let us fall." The entire building sang. Even the Guards, Burnout, and his family. " Hero, please wise one. Please give us hope. Don't give into pain." Cricket made it to me seeing that I am the one that started this lifting me up. Bringing out to the middle singing.

" Your hero shall fall. Your hero shall be broken your hero shall die. When the Queen says it's time. it's time for her to fall. Time for the Queen to wise."

The prisoners and the guards. Started to grab their weapons letting the prisoners go. They all started to come to us.

" We must have hope... We must " Cricket then grabbed one of his swords

"You can't win with just hope..." He said without singing he stabbed me tossing me to the ground my bones breaking. The song ends. " Get back to work..." I tried to move then he kicked me with the back of his foot making me black out. Softly singing.

" We must have.....hope.."

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Cricket stood over the heros body. While the guards sent the prisoners back into their cells He looked over to Burnout.

" Burnout if they start singing again kill them...We can't be letting them have hope. Also take this hero to the magic. I am going to be breaking her myself.. You all have been to kind to her." Burnout blinking nodding lifting up the hero of legend attaching her horn to the tube.

" I shall get ready to destroy her to break her. But Burnout.." Burnout turned to look at him. " Don't make me do this again. You will amp up the pain. You will get her closer and closer to death each time. Then you will heal her, but you will give her all the pain you can think of. If she keeps having hope the Queen will lose her will to wait. She will do it herself. " Burnout nodded Cricket went to go sharp up his swords. The little filly walked to her father.

" In six months Soup spoon. We will be sending her to be killed. But not even we can get the Griffins or the Minotaurs to stop the caravan. I need you to go to them, little daughter. Let them know there is going to be powerful warriors from both sides in there. But don't tell them about the hero." Soup nodded and slowly grabbed the hero's hood along with the sword and other things. Slowly, she walked out. The only thing the hero still had was her pip buck. The little filly put the hood on vanishing from sight heading were her father wanted her to.

He smiled weakly knowing that sooner or later he will be killed. He wanted to save his daughter from seeing that. He turned on the magic so the hero would soon wake. He sighed. Cricket coming back in with many different items of harm.

" Hmm I would say lets allow her to be raped as well. Inject her so she can't get pregnant either. That will take her years to do it." He gave a dark smirk. " Now wake her" Burnout sighed placing a strange powder to the hero's nose and she started to stir.

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Opening my eyes I came first to face with Cricket. Staring at him. He put his buggy face in mine hissing. I spit in his face hissing more.

" I have hope that I will beat your Queen. I have hope that you.. will.." He put his claw at my neck growling deeply.

" Listen little hero. The Queen is very upset.. She is ready to take on the entire island. i doubt you want that..Now. I may not be happy at keeping you alive. But we need to make sure you are broken enough. Then take you to be killed. It will take six months." He smirked " Now let see. OH yes."

He grabbed a tool and started pulling teeth. I began screaming in pain.

It's all I felt for the first month of this hell. Pain. If those could understand why they wished to do this to me I wish I could tell you to but I can't. Pain is all that I have felt and will ever feel in this prison of hell.

Footnote: No level

Negative perk: You’re being forced into an addiction you will feel weaker when you leave the island. You will always dream of this day even though it will be painful. You will learn to live with it but for now it's not going to be easy.