[Morphin/Crim] After Midnight

With a thump, Winter fell and landed on her face, crashing onto an enclosed room of glass and stone. The woman groaned in pain at the very uncomfortable landing, feeling her bones and muscles ache as she tried to regain her composure, standing up. Inside, she was in a small room, with no doors, a clean floor, and very thick concrete walls.

In only one direction, was a huge wall of glass, looking into an abyss as nothing but a dim light was her surroundings.

“What in the world I-“ Winter said to herself, not expecting a response back. It wasn’t until she heard a familiar voice cry out that she turned around to the light.

In the middle of this light, was a teenage boy, tied to a chair with rope and chains. His face and torso was riddled with cuts and bruises, and his clothing ruined.

"Mum! Please!” Crimson sobbed uncontrollably,not being gagged around the mouth so that he can speak.

“CRIMSON!” She shrieked in terror, trying to bang onto the glass. “Don’t worry! I’m going to save you!”

Just as she finished her sentence, the shadows around the light revealed a sinister arm. A hand with a pristine white glove came into view, every single silky detail in the knuckles and grip came into view.....with the cold sinister pistol that was in the hand. Winter's pupils shrunk to the size of a pea in terror as she smashed against the glass, watching the pistol's cocking slowly almost to taunt her.

"HELP ME MUM! HELP M-" Was the last words that Crimson would say, the sheer intensity of the gun ringing in Winter's ears. In utter shock and terror, Winter watched Crimson's final moments of him screaming.....before his brains were blown out as a streak of blood soaked the glass, the corpse of her son falling over along with the chair.

Winter collapsed, shrieking in absolute terror as her whole body shook, sobbing uncontrollably as something happened. Crimson's body began to vanish like ashes being swept into the wind, before nothing remained. Soon, the dust reappeared into the centre of the room, and the torture would begin again.

Winter Rush would suffer in terror, watching as every two minutes, she would watch her son be horrifically killed before her eyes in a death loop. Every single loop, every single death, all occurred in different terrifying ways.

And with every single one, she screamed....

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Orchid would wake up screaming, tucked into her bed. The lights in her room were on, and the girl looked around to see that all of her belongings were safe and sound. The young woman was absolutely drenched in cold sweat, soaked in fear from experiencing her nightmare, wearing nothing but her pajamas.

She blinked for a few seconds. Was this a dream? She pinched herself to find out, and felt a sting of pain to make sure that she wasn't asleep. It was real, and she didn't know what to do. She took her bed covers off and tried to get out of bed, before suddenly, her door was knocked down.

Before the young woman was a man in a black suit, blonde hair and a light reddish purple tone to him. His eyes were piercing with nothing but hate, his face in a scowl of permanent fury. Yet, despite his anger, he calmly walked into the bedroom.

"Hello Orchid....you've been a very very bad girl." Sangria frowned and sighed, almost looking like he was twitching with every step.

"Dad!?" Orchid exclaimed, automatically pushing herself away from him out of instinct. "H-how!? You're gone! You should be in Jail!?"

Orchid then received a hard slap to her cheeks. The slap to her face seemed to leave a vicious mark on her face, leaving her muzzle bright pink and raw, stinging unbearably as she was suddenly left in a daze, shocked at what just happened and already feeling tears welling up in her eyes. Sangria took his daughter by the throat and pinned her against a wall, ripping off her pajama shirt with one simple tug.

"Nonsense Sugar~" Sangria said with venom, before throwing the almost half-naked girl across the room. The intimidating figure turned around as he began to transform, parts of his face melting to reveal something horrifying, the man turning into something demonic. "Daddy will keep you warm." he teased mockingly. "Daddy will always keep his pumpkin nice and warm~"

As soon as Orchid backed herself against the door, the demon before her eyes clenched his fists and picked up the poor girl like she weighed like air, choking her neck as she dangled.

"Now pumpkin, I know we've both said things that we both regret. But I think we can put our differences between us, like a family." Sangria smiled, his face full of pure evil. "You monster..."

 

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Pinkie Pie crumpled and sobbed uncontrollably as she looked at the burning ruin of Sugercube corner, crying as she watched the whole place go up in flames. The screaming voice of her father blared in her ear, her family experiencing the worst form of shame towards the energetic girl. Apparently, the fire was caused by her, and it was her fault that the fire spread so rapidly due to her reckless nature that seemed to claim the lives of the Cake family...

Just as she wanted to scream and tell her family that it wasn’t her fault, she couldn’t. No words came out from her mouth, not even a single sound...

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Fluttershy sobbed as she sat in the pet cemetery, watching her pet rabbit Angel be lowered into the grave in a miniature coffin. She was the only one there, and despite the vivid nature of the funeral, it wasn’t the only pet that was buried.

She looked up and seen zoo animals, of all different shapes and sizes, look deathly ill. One by one, they began to drop to their feet and die. They all dropped dead right besides her, and they began to decompose rapidly.

Fluttershy looked in terror, wanting to scream and shout, but not before fainting.....saving her from the rest of her troubles.

 

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Orchid was held still by the demonic figure, no longer resembling her father, a single beastly tail swishing about violently, smashing into precious books. The demon began to cackle with laughter, taunting the helpless girl that he was choking...

"You've been a bad girl pumpkin....very bad girl." Sangria taunted, before letting go of her grip, letting a bruised and sore Orchid drop to the ground. Her glasses cracked and smashed onto the ground, one of the lenses cracking and making the eye-wear useless. "Stupid brat. All you've ever done is hold me back girl! You and your mother! You're nothing but trash to me, and you'll listen to me because I'm your father!"

Suddenly, Orchid shivered. “You aren’t real! Get out of my head! Get out of my life you monster!”

Sangria’s eyes suddenly went bloodshot in raw rage as he raised his beastly hand up in the air, showing a pair of razor sharp claws. He growled as he went to slide the air.

“No! You aren’t real!” Orchid defiantly began to yell over and over, screaming at the top of her lungs. “You were never my father!”

The monster’s arm went down and swiped her, but it’s effect was nothing more then phasing through her. The demon let out a loud roar before it soon vanished.

Orchid stared into space as the whole room faded to black, and she snapped back to reality

 

All of a sudden, in the corner of the room, there was a rustling.

“Ah! The Police Officer!” Midnight expressed in glee, almost feeling giddy.

Winter groaned as she held her head, before her eyes instantly went wide, bolting in a terrified panic as she sped to an unconscious Crimson, panicking.

Twilight held her mouth in shock. “Oh....oh no....I couldn’t even imagine what she had dealt with”

 

Midnight’s enraged eyes pierced daggers into Sunset, the demonic girl gritting her teeth. “That’s not going to work! She’s gone!”

Sunset interfered. “No she isn’t! I see her trying to fight every inch of your control! She’s afraid and kicking and fighting you ever single moment, admit it!”

“No! This....power!” Midnight said and waved a hand. “Such pathetic creatures! I’m going to....AAAAGGGGHHH” The demonic girl suddenly cried in pain, holding her head and wincing hard.

Applejack defiantly stood up to her foe. “You are not our friend Midnight! Your lust for power will destroy everything that we hold dear!”

“SHUT UP!!!” Midnight screamed before suddenly, she dropped to the ground in pain.

Sunset looked to the rest of her courageous friends. “Now’s our chance! Let’s finish this for good! Together!”

 

Midnight struggled to counter the overwhelming power that she was dealing with, her own seemingly limitless amount of dark magic being completely countered by this beam of majestic light. She didn’t want to admit it, but she was afraid.

“NO!” Midnight screamed. “I WILL NEVER BECOME A MEMORY!!!”

The girls instead began to focus their full power in purging the evil from their friend, concentrating their power into Midnight’s weak spot. The beam of light began to overcome the horrible magic that Midnight unleashed, and now, the tables turned against her.

“This isn’t happening!” She cried out before temporarily breaking her focus and suddenly levitating one of the girls. Orchid suddenly dangled into the air in sheer surprise. If she was going to hell, she was taking a guest with her.

Orchid screamed as she was tossed around by the magic, and suddenly thrown towards the girls, hurling towards them at full speed.

“This is it! Say goodnight, worthless scum!” Midnight cackled, the flying distraction hoping it was enough to throw the group of friends off guard so she can use absolutely 100% of her power to end this, once and for all.

 

Midnight's terrifying mist ghost menacingly laughed at the group, as many of them gasped in shock. The Jack-o-lantern's unsettling gaze of insane evil soon caused shivers down the spines of many of the girls and boys. As both the Twilight Sparkle's looked upon one another, the third demonic creation couldn't stop laughing. It was now free in every sense of the word, with the exception of having a true physical body to manifest itself.

"Midnight!" Everyone gasped.

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"You fools seemed to underestimate my abilities. A fatal mistake, I must admit" Midnight sneered, the purplish-black mist intimidatingly using whatever magic it could to at least form a temporary body, using the mist to give herself to at least have arms and legs, while it's face served it's belly. "And you're all out of juice as well! What a shame, if you just used a bit more, I could have been gone for good."

Midnight sneered over the group of girls, before looking at their friends, now gathered nearby and cowering in fear, causing her attention to focus onto them. Crimson and Ivy were both shaking life a leaf, and Orchid was absolutely petrified as she was held by her rescuer, Circuit. Even Winter was now backed into a corner, looking like a panicked animal. The Mist now chuckled to herself. "These friends of yours will be the first to die, pitiful humans. They shall bear witness to the full power of Equestrian Magic!"

Midnight cackled manically as her mist-like Arm began to charge a terrifying amount of energy, the distracted mist entity sadistically taking pleasure of seeing her foes so terrified. It was that, during the moment that Midnight felt that victory was assured, that it was within her grasp, that she made the biggest mistake.

Rainbow Dash lept into action to stun Midnight with whatever magic she had left with her, firing a bright vibrant blue laser beam at Midnight. Completely taken out of nowhere, Midnight didn’t react to the magic in team, slamming into the side of the “body” and washing over them.

Suddenly, Rainbow didn’t feel alone anymore. One by one, her friends stood up defiantly against this evil, their friendship coming together to destroy the monster before them. Each of them used whatever was left to destroy Midnight. Ivy, Orchid, Circuit, Winter and Crimson looked in total shock and began to cheer, almost in celebration, as Midnight began to suffer her end.

Midnight screamed, but it was too late. The mist began to vanish as her whole body cracked apart, the eyes of the jack-o-lantern glowing vibrant white as she cracked apart, before in a morbidly beautiful display, she finally went out in a literal blaze of glory, a small explosion completely vaporising her and anything an arms length away from her.

Midnight Sparkle was no more....

 

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Three days later

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“In light of recent events, the United States Government has recently declassified Cold-War era documents relating to a secret history that had been occurring right underneath our noses.” A television anchorwoman spoke towards the camera. “After several international governments have recently announced very similar documents in Europe, it seems that human history is about to change forever. The existence of magic is no longer a fairytale of myth and fantasy, it is real and hidden, according to the declassified documents. While many remain sceptical, the President is set to make a statement on the matter shortly.”

The camera then panned to a male news presenter. “This concludes the midday news for today! Coming up next, we’ve got Faraway Stars featuring Canterlot’s own A-lister, Iris Cornflower! Stay tuned for Channel 4, Canterlot’s finest!”

As soon as the news broadcast ended, the large group of friends were celebrating together at Sugercube corner. Outside of the windows, the town was absolutely jam packed with cars and tourists that had hopped onto a recent tourist craze around the area. While the media is only accepting the declassified news now, the internet went into an absolute frenzy upon it being uploaded, resulting in Canterlot becoming a major hotspot for activity.

Orchid and Fluttershy were both in deep conversation with each other about their favourite shows, and Ivy seemed to have found a very similar hobby that she didn’t know Crimson was interested in, cinematography. It seemed as if life was about to her peaceful for the first time in a long time.

“We did it...” Circuit said happily, a very proud Rainbow Dash right besides him. “Well, mostly it was all you girls. We were honestly dead weight for the entire trip”

A bashful yet smug Rainbow pulled Circuit closer as the rest of the girls seemed very happily with themselves. “Dead weight? We couldn’t do it without you, silly! You guys were cheering us on and everything! Heck, even Winter seemed excited!”

Crim chuckled. “She would come and celebrate with us. But, you know, she’s been so caught up with work and all. She’s been exhausted every day I’ve seen her this week.”

Soon, while the rest of the group was preoccupied, Rainbow And Circuit couldn’t help but look at one another affectionately. After saving the lives of their friends, along with the rest of the world, it came with a pretty good feeling of being the hero.

But just before they kissed, Rugburn leaned over their chair and looked at the group of teenagers. “Hey I think I forgot something at home. I’ll catch you two later.” He waved before looking at Circuit. “Oh, and Circuit, let me know if you are going to be home for dinner tonight. I have a feeling that you and your friends might do something.”

“Yeah, Alright.” Circuit nodded. “Catch you later”

As soon as Rugburn walked out of the door, the group of friends soon entered a laughing fit as they all laughed at Pinkie Pie playing a joke on Rarity. For them, Life was perfect.

And right now, nothing else mattered.


~FIN~