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Episode 13: Revision

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"Max" i heard a voice call out to me. "Max, i need you to wake up immediately." The voice called out to me once more.

>Would you like to start Brain.exe?

>...

>Brain.exe has encountered a problem

>would you like to run in safe mode?

>Y/N

>Y

>Brain.exe starting in safe mode please wait...

>...

I swipe at whoever is calling me.

"Go the fffffffff" i cant say the next word. I open my eyes and look at my hooves. "What the fffffufufufufufu is going on?" I look around to see Pinkie sleeping next to me, good I'm in the place I was when I fell asleep.

But Celestia was there too.

"Well you're different." I say pointing at Celestia with a hoof. Her eyebrow rose at that comment and looked down to see something missing. I couldn't quite tell what but it was something.

"Oh, you mean my regalia. Yes even a princess has to let her mane out once and a while, sort of speak." She answered and she was right. That large necklace thing of hers as well as her golden shoes where gone. The crown wasn't but I guess every princess needs to wears there's out and about. Wait somethings off here... why do I feel poking on my side? I turned to see a light blue unicorn stallion with a cloud white short mane and tail. Oddly enough I wondered if he was blueberry flavored. Wait what the buck was I thinking? Why did I wonder what favor a pony was? Well Pinkie not withstanding.

"Okay can some pony please for the love of all this holy. Tell me what the buck is going on?" I more asked out of confusion and annoyance.

Twilight decided to answer that. Of course I didn't realize the purple mare was in the room till show spoke. "Princess Celestia wanted you to get a full check up after the effects of the poison joke, the potion, and the other spells used on you. It seems to have had a rather interesting effect on your body." She spoke.

"What?" I said confused more then before.

"Allow me to explain. It seems that through the effects of the these three things. It either caused or more then likely revealed to us." Pinkie was now awake, and looking at Twilight with a confused face

"Max, whats going on?" She asked me as she scooted closer to me.

"Dont worry Pinks, nothing is wrong. Celestia, Twilight and Anon over here wanted to talk to me privately" I say gritting my teeth.

"Yes, Privately." Celestia says with a small smile.

I uneasily get out of the bed and walk toward the exit to the room i was staying in. As I passed Celestia and Twilight, they both gave me extremely uneasy looks. No thought in my head could figure out the "Effects" that changing to this body had.

As all three of us, including the Blueberry pony, exited the room the air suddenly became filled with what i like to call an "Unhealthy Silence".

"My name is LightCure by the way." The blue unicorn says to me.

I look as he gives me a sarcastic look, i dont like this guy.

"I dont like you" i say as i jab a hoof into his chest. He just looks at me with a broad smile. "Im glad to hear that." He says as he shines a bright blue light on my body. "Why is he doing this? Whats happen-" Im shut up by a dark blue aura, presumably Luna. I look over to her. "Hmm mmm hmmm" I say poinging my hoof at the night princess. "What was that? I couldnt quite hear you." Luna giggles and looks over to Celestia, who has a hoof over her mouth to cover her smile. "Hm mmm hmhmm!" I Exclaim, exhaling heavily to express the fact that im pouting. I hear a frustraited growl from LightCure, who has effectively finished shining the light on me. Lunas magical grip releases on my mouth, as i release a groan, "Finally!" I throw two of my hooves up and carefully land back on them, being careful not to fall this time.

Getting better at this.

I look over to Celestia, who LightCure is currently conversing with. I walk over to the both of them with a broad smile on my face. "So what are you ponies talking about?'" I ask putting both of my hooves over their shoulders.

Celestia gives me a look.

I give her a look back.

“Whats wrong Celestia?” I ask.

She looks at me again, that damn look.

“Max, are you aware of Nightmare Moon?” She asks me as she continues looking at me with that...foreboding look.

“Of course I do, what kind of student do you take me for?” I ask with a half smile. “But what does she have to do with anything. Wasn’t she banished by the elements a few weeks ago?” I ask as I raise an eyebrow.

Celestia Sighs.

“Max, I don’t know how, but you.....” She pauses again. “Have been corrupted by the Nightmare.” she says.

I let myself down from their shoulders.

Could I really be corrupted by the nightmare?

No, I felt fine.

“Max, I have no doubt that you are asking yourself if you could really be corrupted; But the answer isnt that simple. The Nightmare is a complex Magic, created by negative magic; Something your home world is riddled with.” Celestia now looks like she's reliving something horrible.

“Max, I will not let the Nightmare take you as well.” She says to me as she pulls me into a hug.

I try my best to return the hug, but find myself slightly outmatched by her strength.

“Never again” She says to me.

We push out of the hug, and I look at Celestia.

“So how do we get rid of this pest?” I ask with a smile.

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I Approach the bed and lie down on it.

“Are you guys ready” I ask the six ponies standing in front of me.

They all nod.

Celestia approaches me from the left. "Max, i hope you know why we have to do this." She says.

"I know why you have to do this; to get rid of that crazy shit from my brain. And thats why i need to know if youre-"

Everything went black before i could finish my sentence.

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3rd Person POV

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Celestia backed away from Max as she completed her knock-out spell. "That should keep him-" Celestia was inturrupted by Max yelling in his sleep. "Objection!" He yelled as he thrusted his left hoof into the air. Celestia giggled a little and looked at the six ponies sitting in front of her. "To voice Max's concerns, i actually must warn you; Max's brain will be the most dangerous challenge you have faced yet. But despite the hardships, you must stay strong; and let your friendship guide you.

Twilight was nervous, but she knew that the power of friendship could overcome even the hardest of challenges.

Celestia looks at the six once more, then her horn starts to glow. "Im going to send you in now, remember; be careful." She says before Pinkie, Applejack, Rainbow, Twilight, Rarity, and Fluttershy fall to the ground. Celestia coushins thier fall with her magic as she finishes the "Inception spell" as Max would call it.

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3rd person (Inside Max's mind.)

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The six mares were blinded by the pure power of Celestias spell.      

Once the light died down from blinding the six mares, they had noticed that they stood in what looked like a lobby to a hotel of sorts. The sea-foam blue walls complemented the dark wood stained boards that covered at least the bottom half of each wall. To the right of the group housed what looked like a check in counter even with the small little boxes that housed all the keys to the different rooms. Roughly six benches lined around the room with the only two doors in the current room they where in was two. The one they seemed to have entered from was closed being held in place by what looked like a radiating symbol of the sun. The other one a just as dark stained wood door as the bottom half of the walls met them directly a crossed from the white painted one that housed the symbol on it.

       “Twi what is this place?” Applejack asked after she was able to see again. One thing she didn't think she would get use to was the blinding light from being teleported. In honesty she didn't quite like getting teleported around like that. But Twilight didnt quite know what this place was, but she sure could take a guess.

"I believe this is a sort of Hub for Max's mind." Twilight said as she looked around the odd building. "Why would Max's mind take the form of a hotel?" Rarity asked twilight, while cringing at the design of the wallpaper. "I dont know Rarity, but i sure would like to find out." Twilight responded as she walked up to one of the doors, specifically the one with sun on it; with the rest of the girls in tow. As she got closer to the door, she could hear voices coming from the other side of it.

"Objec......onor...."

She grasped the door with her magic and opened it slowly.

In this room, there was a large courtroom, full of what Twilight assumed was other humans.

Max was standing in front of the judges booth (In a blue suit, and red tie), talking about something Twilght or the other girls couldnt make out. As the six mares got closer, they could make out what he was saying.

"As you can see here your honor, the defendant was clearly with his friends on the night of the murder."

Max said as he smacked the papers in his hand with two fingers.

"Hold it!" Came from the other side of the courtroom.

Another human, sporting what looks like the same suit Max was. "Mr. Wright, you need a clear explination to why youre inturrupting Mr.Taylor once again." The elderly judge said, putting face in his hands. But "Mr.Wright" seemed to back down a little.

The six girls couldnt even process what was happening in front of them, and in stead of staying any longer, they slowly backed out of the court room.

After they were out, The six girls started questioning everything.

"Does anyone know what the hay that was?" Rainbow Dash asked. "I dont know, but ive never seen my Maxie being so intense." Pinkie said, boucing over to Twilight; who was pondering what exactly had just happened.

"Nevermind what just happened girls, i think what we need to take care of is in THAT door." Twilight says with a bit of hesitation. The door parralel to the Sun door was seemingly staring at them. It looked as if it hadnt been opened for hundreds of years. "A-are you sure we need to go in there" Fluttershy asks, visibly shaking.

"Dont worry shy, nothing in there can hurt you when were around" Applejack says to Fluttershy.

"Yea, we would never leave you hanging Fluttershy." Rainbow dash says, putting a hoof on Fluttershy's shoulder.

As the girls approached the door, they all had gotten a sense of inpending doom.

Twilight grasped the door with her magic, and flung it open to reveal another hallway,with each wall lined with doors in the same condition.

As they walked into the hallway, the door that was once behind them dissapeared from existance.

"Ah dont like this one bit Twi." Applejack said, looking around the small hallway.

"Well, Celestia told us how to get rid of the corruption, i think we should work on that." Twilight said nervously.

Twilight observed the hallway.

The color scheme was similar to the lobby, but a litle darker.

The doors that were on the left side of the hallway were leaking black ooze. Twilight also noticed that there were labels on the top of each of the doors (on the left side).

They Read:

Childhood Memories

Adolecent Memories

Teenage Memories

Values

73 (Which is covered in 8 locks connected with chains.)

Desires

Fears

Habbits

Repressed

Sanity.

"I wonder why they are so" Rarity paused. "Icky" she finished with a shiver.

Twilight agreed, but she knew the real reason for the black sludge.

"Girs, it looks like the Nightmare has effected him more than Celestia had anticipated." Twilight said in a grim tone. This seemed to strike a nerve with Pinkie. "How dare that meany pants attack my Maxie. Why i oughta give her a good smack when i get my hooves on her."

Twilight was surprised, she had never seen Pinkie so...agressive.

"Pinkie, Nightmare Moon isnt doing this to Max." Twilight says.

"What?" Was the responce from the rest of the mares in the room.

"Then what IS doing this to him." Fluttershy asked her out of curiosity.

Twilight looked at Fluttershy.

"Well, it IS The Nightmare, but its not Nightmare Moon." She says in a Matter-of-Fact tone.

"Sugarcube, youre gonna have to elaborate." Applejack inquired.

"The Nightmare is sorta like a parasite, but instead of blood, or nutriens, it feeds off of hate jealousy, andall other negative emotions. Back before Nightmare moon, It saw how Jealous Luna was by her sister, and took advantage of her. It turned her into Nightmare Moon when she got infected because of her ammount of Raw Power. Luckily, Max here doesnt have any raw power, but from what Celestia told me, the Magic inside of him has an Infinite possiblity of power." She finished, and looked at the girls, who were looking at Twilight with shock and awe.

"Gee Twi, how did you know so much about the Nightmare?" Applejack asks, still in a state of awe.

Twilight holds a hoof to her chest. "Well after the Nightmare Moon incedent i found the time to read some old scrolls with information on The Nightmare."

"Theres only one thing im confused about Twilight." Pinkie says as she approaches Twilight.

"What is it Pinkie?" Twilight asks

"If Max has an Infinite possibility of power, than how come he hasnt turned yet?" Pinkie asks.

Twilight stops to think.

But is baffled.

'Maybe thats why Celestia sent us in here.' Twilight thinks to herself.