//------------------------------// // Shining Armor... // Story: I'm Having Nightmares // by bronypanda //------------------------------// Author's Note: Greetings every pony it's your favorite panda brony, bronypanda here. Another chapter to I'm having nightmares! This chapter will start off seriously but then it calms down and we have some comic relief. Hope you guys enjoy the chapter! Chapter 3 Shining Armor........ Shining Armor.... No, no...no....NO!!!!! I staggered back and fell to the floor. I refused to believe what was in front of me. The other me was still sitting there giggling like a maniac with tears running down her eyes. I wanted to kill her, I wanted to make her pay for what she had done. I still did not understand why she could just sit there and giggle. I hate everything about this thing, it almost made me start to hate myself. I looked back at Shining Armor, his body just lying there twitching occasionally. The feeling of nausea overcame me and I could hold it in no longer so I threw up on the floor near me. The other me noticed and slowly turned it's head towards me. After I recovered from throwing up, I realized that it was crawly towards me. I got up and ran towards her and punched her in the face with all my fury. The next thing she said left me frozen in place and made my stomach ache. "Sunshine...no shine...what's mine I will...retake......Hold your hooves....and try...to stay............awake". I opened my eyes to see my aunt Luna shaking me violently to wake me. Shining Armor and my aunt Celestia next to me. I looked around and realized I was in a hospital bed with restraints on. Princess Luna had a bandage on her face. Shining Armor came to my side, unbound my arm, held my hoof and looked into my eyes, tears in his. "Cadence". He spoke, softly. "What's happening to you, I can't sleep anymore without worrying about you". "Huh"? I asked confused. My aunt Celestia stepped forward to explain the situation. She nodded to a guard at the door, and he closed and locked it behind him. My aunt looked back to me with sorrow and concern, which made me start to feel sick. "Cadence, what do you remember"? She started. I looked at every pony and thought about what I experienced. There was no hiding what I saw, I had to let them know for fear that something might happen to my husband. "What do you mean? I was in Princess Luna's chambers, and then she told me she had a plan. She placed her horn on my forehead and I blacked out". I told them. All three of them looked at each other then back to me, something was wrong, but they remained silent. "What is it"? I asked. Princess Luna looked at me. "Cadence, you never came to see me". She informed me. I was horriffied. I didn't want to believe her and struggled to get out of the bed, but the restraints held me. "What"?! I asked furiously, "What are you talking about!? Of course I did"! I was now more scared then I was angry. Shining Armor, my hoof still in his, slowly shook his head at me. "No, you didn't Cadence. That night, you started screaming in your sleep, shouting Aunt Luna, over and over again. I got scared so I took you to the Palace where the Princess was in the throne room, by then you had stopped but you weren't breathing, so we teleported to the hospital. Then you started screaming again, but this time it was my name and you were giggling. We quickly got you strapped into a bed so you wouldn't hurt yourself, but you accidentally punched the princess in the face". He told me. I finally knew what the problem was and I said out loud to them. "I was...dreaming"? They all just looked at me and nodded. I felt sick to my stomach again. Dreaming, all of it was a dream. My head ached and I was so sleepy, but Shining Armor started to speak again. But I wish he hadn't. "That's not all. We've been here for 2 days now, you've been in a coma. A couple minutes before you woke up, you whispered something". A chill ran down my spine as he continued. I was badly hoping that he wouldn't say what I know he was going to say. I looked to him, my aunts and then back down at the sheets covering me. I looked back at Shining Armor and asked him what I had whispered. He looked at the ceiling, trying to remember."Well all I could hear was..... "Sunshine no shine, what's mine I will retake....hold your hooves... ....And try to stay awake". I finished for him. He looked at me confused as my eyes started to water. I was back to where I started, and now it was only worse. The 3 ponies in the room with me were only puzzled and worried. "Cadence, whats going on"? My aunt asked me. "We cant help you if you dont let us. I know it must be painful for you right now but we can get through this together". I felt week and helpless. I felt like my whole world was fading away. How did I know i wasnt dreaming right now? I didnt know what was real or what was just going to end up another nightmare. And yet those same damn words echoed in my brain. Only this was the first time Somepony was around to hear it. I completely ignored my aunt's question as i was lost in thought. I felt Shining Armor touch my shoulder, as he explained to my aunts about my recent behavior. "She's been like this for a couple of days before we brought her to the hospital". He began. "It started on the day of our anniversary when she woke up from a nightmare. During the middle of the day, she brought it up but we just excused it as exaustion and never really thought it important". My aunt Celestia thought long and hard and decided and finally spoke up after about 7 minutes. "Cadence, what were your dreams about"? She asked. "If they somehow connect then maybe we can figure out how to put this to rest". I didnt have the courage to go back to those painful moments. After I saw Shining Armor in my dreams, I knew something bad was going to happen but I didnt know if it was all real or if I was just going mad. I looked to Shining Armor and told them everything. ooooooooo After 45 minutes I finished my story. What I saw, what happened to Shining Armor. Everything. The room was silent. I could tell by the look on Shining Armor's face that he didn't care what happened to him. All he was worried about was that I was safe and not hurt. I'm so thankful to be married to this stallion. So loving and selfless. He didn't even seem to be phased when I told him he died in my dream. My to aunts where whispering back and forth to one another. Probably thinking of what to tell me or how. After a couple of minutes, Princess Luna was the one to speak to me. She had an expression of concern and wonder on her face and I had a feeling I already knew what she was gong to say. "Cadence, it seems that these nightmares are more than just some extremely bad dreams that you've been having. Somehow, your magic is affecting you when you are asleep". She explained, similar to the way she did in my dream. "This isn't something you should take very lightly, if you truly want to get rid of this, its gonna take a lot of work and a lot of time". I was wondering what I could possibly do to get rid of this. After the first time I thought I it would be over, I'm not exactly feeling all too confident right about now. I mean, how would you feel if all your problems were going to taken cared of and then those hopes were all a lie? I just looked at my aunts with a condescending look, I really didnt know what to believe and I wasnt going to take any chances. I will say I felt a little bad for the way i was acting, they really did seem to be deeply worried and even if they might have been just a hallucination, they wanted to help me. But again, I didnt know what to believe. I looked at my aunt Luna shooting daggers at her. "How do I know this is even real"? I asked sharply, "How do I know this isnt just another dream and I'm going crazy. No offense but the last time I took advice from you, I ended up back in Nightmare Town". I was being serious. As bad as it felt, I meant every word. I was tired of this and I felt alone and stressed. I feel like I haven't slept in years. The princess stared at me blankly, clearly a bit offended but was soothed by my aunt Celestia as she knew that I was going through some tough times. "Cadence, we know this is hard for you, but you have to believe us, this all just for your own good". She said motherly. I was filled with a little hope from her words. I felt a sudden urge of confidence slowly gather inside of me. I felt a strong arm wrap around my shoulders as my husband Shining Armor cradled me in his arms. Even if this was a dream, I felt warm and happy in his hooves. I started to feel like this was the real thing. Only MY Shining Armor felt like this. Only my husband could make me feel this way. I looked up to him and gave him a small kiss on the cheek and he nuzzled me. I was NOT dreaming. I was sure of it. I felt the warmth of his chest on my face. All I wanted at that moment was to be as close as I could possibly be to him. It felt different this time. It felt real. I looked to my aunts and nodded, they took this as a sign that I was comfortable and we could talk again. So we talked for a little while. Ugh...when my aunt said "a lot of work" I didn't think she meant it. For the next few months, I would be waking up at 5 am, every morning, I would have to do a 2 hour meditation with my aunt Celestia, and a 4 hour meditation with my aunt Luna starting at 6. My diet would be changing as well, although I was a princess and was supposed to be all royal and crap, I loved my junk food, pizza, soda, hay fries, I ate it all. But my new diet was changed into a small salad, vegetable shake, one carrot every hour, glass a warm milk every night and this nasty paste thing that tasted like lettuce. The only bright side I could find was that I would be spending the whole day with Shining Armor. Haha unfortunately. I think this would be the only time in a million million years that I would rather be on royal duties than be with Shining Armor. When I was told that I would be with my husband every day from 6 in the morning to 4 In the afternoon I was so excited, thinking I we would just go on a walk through the royal garden, or spend some time reading in the royal library, or maybe even kill time out of the castle. Oh how I was horribly wrong. I walked into the soldiers barracks looking for him when I was stopped by one of Shining's men. "ATTENTION YOUNG FILLY! REGALIA OFF IMMEDIETLY"! He roared at me. I was a bit offended, finding a royal guard addressing me like some commoner, no offense, I was a princess after all. No Misses Armor, no princess, no Mi Amore, not even a Madame. Young filly......that's what the called me. I was about to give him a piece of my mind and report him. "Excuse me"?! I hollered back. "Who do you think you're talking too soldier"? With all that I was going through, I was not in the mood. "YOU HEARD HIM CADET"! A voice said from behind me. That voice, I knew that voice. I was so shocked to find my own husband yelling orders at me like one of his men. My face started to burn with fury as I stomped my way towards him grunting loudly at him. Unphased. Jeez he really COULD'NT be phased by anything. Not even me angry. I remember this one time when Shining Armor came home late after clubbing with his friends and not telling me, he thought I wouldnt find out. NOTHING happens to him with out me knowing. He was on duty when I confronted him. More like attacked. Oh boy how I enjoyed it. He cowered away and hid behind is men in fear. It was hilarious. But there was no fear in those eyes now. I took a step back with a look on my face that said "Who are you and what have you done to my husband"? He looked at me like with serious eyes and he started to circle around me inspecting me, more like staring at my flank. A tiny hidden grin appeared on his face. AHA! I got him! I knew he couldn't resist me. He was breaking and I had him wrapped around my body until that stupid guard snapped him back out of his little fantasy. Shining Armor shook his head and returned to glaring at me like I was a new recruit. He was soooo not getting any tonight. "AHEM, WELL THEN CADET, THE PRINCESS HAS ORDERED YOU JOIN OUR RANKS FOR THE TIME BEING UNTIL SHE SEES FIT. WHILE YOU ARE WITH US YOU WILL BE JOINING US IN TRAINING EXERCISES AND WE'LL BE GETTING YOU IN SHAPE. In shape? For his sake, he better take me home with a 500 page apology ready. He might be the badass Captain in the castle, but when he's under our own roof, He is mine to command. I know that I sound a little tyrannical, but that's how I am with him, after the wedding incident, I would not be letting MY Shining Armor escape me. And as for my aunt, let's just say she would be remembering old times of when I was a tantrum throwing teen filly 24/7, later. So for now, I would have to play along. So I stood their with an unpleasant look on my face. "YOU WILL REMOVE YOUR REGALIA AND PRIVATE SILVER WING HERE WILL TAKE YOU TO THE DRESSING ROOM AND YOUR UNIFORM, AFTER, WE WILL SEE YOU IN TRAINING ROOM, DISMISSED". And that's what I had to do, I took of my shoes, tiara and chest piece, and followed private punk ass over here where he showed me my uniform. Basic Pegasus armor and unicorn helm. Oh Celestia how I hated the exercises. Running laps, push ups, flying exercises, magic exercises. Once in awhile I would look at Shining Armor and he was just laughing he's flank off. I blushed a little, cause this was kinda embarrassing, being the only pony not knowing what was going on. 4:00.Quiting time. Thank Celestia it's finally over. I had 2 hours before my meditation with Aunt Luna. Time for some payback. Shining Armor was doing his daily rounds around the castle and I followed him. I knew he knew I was following him, but he tried hard not to notice. Oooh I could sense it. As a wife, I sensed my husbands fear. I saw the sweat pour down his face, but not yet, not here. This. Was. Hilarious. I knew what he was thinking. Probably something around the lines of, "Come on! Finish me already"! But no, this would be slow and merciless. I followed him until he reached the main lobby of the castle. Ponies everywhere and even some of his men. Perfect. He reached the center of the room and that's when I struck. I stopped him where he was a yelled a storm at him. "HOLD IT RIGHT THERE CAPTAIN, YOUR PRINCESS ORDERS YOU"!! Bam. This was it. He tripped and fell back and turned to see me with fire in my eyes. I approached him slowly and he tried to crawl away desperately but I grabbed his tail with my magic. No not his tail. His flank. I dragged him closer to me, I thought I saw tears in his eyes. Priceless. "NO PLEASE"! He begged, his voice was breaking sooo horribly. Now he began begging for his life. "SWEETY, HONEY, GORGEOUS, I...I WAS ONLY FOLLOWING ORDERS, IT...IT..IT WASN'T MY FAULT I SWEAR"!! Ahhh sweat revenge. "DON'T YOU TRY AND BUTTER ME UP NOW CAPTAIN! WAS IT ORDERS TO GET ME "IN SHAPE"? I was laughing so so hard in my mind, his men and the ponies were laughing hard as well. He was now desperate to escape. He called to his men in vain. "MEN, HELP ME! PL-PLEASE"! This was just too good. The brave Captain Shining Armor defeated by his wife. I began dragging him out of the room as he men didn't even bother out of fear, enjoyment, or both. His cries and screaming like a little girl could be heard. I continued dragging him to our special chambers in the castle for when we wanted to stay there instead of our house. 4:34. Plenty of time, I threw him onto the bed. He looked at me and still tried to beg for forgiveness "Cadence, no matter what, I don't think you need exercise, in fact, your sexy the way you are and I'm sooo sorry, Princess Celestia said to, please I'm sorry"!!! Pointless. I locked the door behind me and glared at him. "You will be". I slowly walked towards him growling seductively. "Now I'm gonna work YOU until YOU are exhausted. The next events that took place, I will only say started with me putting on a black leather hat. (giggle) Oh Shining Armor... Authors note: Oh celestia! Hope you guys like this chapter, like I said before, just a little comic relief. Anyway i'll have more chapters coming soon, same with my other stories (and plus a new one coming out that has to do with transformer ponies). leave suggestions and comments below. Till next time, ciao