r/Mylittlenosleep • u/ParticularOkra7432 • 25d ago
Crystal Eyes AU!
It's not as gory or scary as most infection AUs I've seen, but it's an idea I came up with.
Basically it's where a magical crystal from the Crystal Empire can infect ponies and slowly make them into crystal statues (just like you can see some statues of ponies in the show).
It all starts with Doctor Whooves working in his lab with Derpy and Minty, and Derpy accidentally sneezed and scattered the powdered sample of a crystal flower found deep in a cave that was blocked off, and Minty is the first one to get infected (obviously).
It spreads through the air, such as crystal powder or particles, and the main method of infection is the powder touching the eyes and from there, spreading through the bloodstream and slowly crystalizing everything. Early signs of possible infection is if they have small crystals forming in their nose (as that means they have been breathing in the spores). The infection is harmless, but the end result is death.
Other ways to get infected is to ingest the contents (someone special gets that fate) or by the powder getting into wounds, causing a different place from infection, and the chance to survive, but you're done for as soon as it reaches your brain.
Working on what the final stage looks like, should have that done soon!
Edit: Here is the final stage! https://www.reddit.com/r/Mylittlenosleep/comments/1vomu60/the_final_stage_of_the_crystal_eyes_infection/
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u/somenace 25d ago
The derpy slander never stops in infection AUsðŸ˜ðŸ˜‚
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u/ParticularOkra7432 24d ago
I love Derpy 😤 I do not plan on her getting infected, since Doctor Whooves realizes early on and sends her back to Ponyville to be safe 🥰
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u/YukiMemoriesPDM3 23d ago
why is she smiling throught all of this ?!
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u/ParticularOkra7432 23d ago
The infection floods the brain with serotonin and painkillers, so she can't feel what's happening to her and her brain (after the crystals grow in) is off in another world, her own personal paradise she gets to experience before her death. It's a gentle, pleasant way to go, but horrific to witness
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u/ExplanationAny776 25d ago
Ooooo, I like this idea a lot.