Chapter 4
Smitten by her beauty... and that rock
--Galvanic Spark--
This isn't your problem! Spark screamed in his head, Emotions lead to familiarity, familiarity leads to attachment, and attachment leads to the pain you feel already! Despite all the reasons he had to simply ignore the sobbing mare in front of him, he stood there... frozen. He had only felt this way for one other pony in his life, and she had died because he had done something stupid. Every bit of his logical mind demanded that he turn and leave, go to the next town, never come back. You're still just standing there like a gigantic buffoon! Do something and get it over with! While this inner debate raged, Galvanic Spark felt a tear roll down his cheek, GREAT! You care about the little unicorn who lost somepony she cares about, why would SHE feel the same way? At that point he realized that his eyes were closed... and something else was missing... the mare's crying had stopped. He opened his eyes just in time to see the rock she'd flung at him.
Galvanic Spark awoke to a sound he knew he hadn't heard in months... the steady ring of his old alarm clock... the one he'd lost while evacuating Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns. He sat up fast and looked around. His old dorm room was exactly as he'd remembered it. Something's wrong, he thought aside from the fact that I'm in a place that was utterly decimated, something's missing. It took him a moment to realize that his roomate was missing. He got up and walked over to the door. What greeted the unicorn, upon opening the door, shocked him. "Golden Shine?" he asked, a note of happieness in his voice that had long since died out.
The golden yellow unicorn looked at him with the green eyes that he had loved so much and missed dearly, "I've missed you so much Gal, it's lonely here without you."
His face burned at the mention of her old nickname for him. The happieness he felt melted away upon a sudden realization "I'm dreaming, aren't I?"
"Sadly, yes," she said giveing him that same comforting warmth as she did in life, "It was the only way I could give you the message you needed."
"Message? What do you mean?"
"I want you to promise me something." She had a pleading look her green eyes, "You'll be waking up soon."
"I don't want to wake up!" The sense of loss he had felt when she had first left him was returning, "I want to be with you."
"Promise me!"
"But-"
"Just promise!" Tears were rolling down her eyes.
He sighed "Okay, for you, I'll promise anything."
"Talk to Twilight Sparkle, the unicorn you met today. You can't dwell on me forever."
The idea of having another shocked him. "I... I," he looked at the face he had loved so dearly again, "I love YOU!" I can't just forget about you!"
He was choking back tears and she kissed him "I don't expect you to forget, I just want you to find happieness."
"I c-"
"My time is up, I have to go back. I'll always love you." She gave him one last passionate kiss "Goodbye forever, Gal."
Spark frantically tried to stay with her, but the world was melting away."Don't leave me!" he cried, but she was gone. Then, he awoke to a butter yellow mare's pink mane on his forehead.