//------------------------------// // A Date With A Dream // Story: The Magic of A Dream // by MajorFrostwing //------------------------------// The Magic of A Dream A Date With A Dream... By: Major Frostwing Lance woke up from a dreamless sleep he felt refreshed. "What happened last night?" He asked himself as he placed a hoof to his head and found a message on his hat. he read it out loud. "Dear Mr. Nightmare, I would like to personally invite you for dinner sometime today at the castle. We can discuss the dreamscape and other small conversations. I await to see you tonight at 7 pm. Enjoy sleeping soundly for a little bit. Sincerely, Princess Luna." The unicorn smiled at the care that was taken into writing the letter. "She is such a beautiful princess." Lance said with a smile. "Get real Lance you have no chance with her. She is a Princess you are just a freak who can't sleep right." A voice stabbed in the back of his head. "Don't even bother going." It said again. Lance looked down at the letter then at the clock 4 o'clock in the afternoon. "Shut up I'm going she invited me to go to dinner and that is what I will do." Lance said as he went to start getting ready. "Probably gonna need to use makeup to cover up my weariness." Lance said as he walked into the shower turning on the hot water to ease his sore muscles. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lance finished putting on his suit when he glanced up to the clock and saw that he only had 5 minutes to be there his eye twitched as he shook his head and galloped as fast as he could to get to the castle but when he got there he was stopped by the guards. "I am here for a dinner with Princess Luna." Lance said trying to dignify himself. "Present your pass." The guard said calmly not looking down to him. Lance froze he forgot his letter from the Princess. "If you don't have a pass we can't let you enter." The guard said unblinking. Lance lowered his head and turned around when he heard a whistle. His ears perked up and looked at the balcony. "Princess Luna?" He said as he saw her fly down to him. "Are you coming inside?" She asked with a smile. Lance smiled back to her. as she looked towards the guards. They moved out of their way. "Thank you Princess." Lance said with a gentle smile. "Please call me Luna Mr. Nightmare." She said as they walked towards the main dining hall. "Then Luna I ask that you call me Lance. Being called by my last name reminds me of my father and I don't like remembering him." The unicorn said as he lowered his head thinking about everything his father had done to him. "It's not a very soft subject for me Luna." Lance looked at her calmly but she could see the sadness in his eyes. "I'm sorry Lance I didn't know." She said worried about him but Lance raised a hoof to stop her. "It doesn't matter anymore he is gone and will never bother me again." He said as they arrived at the dining room the door opened and Lance saw the same bat ponies from before one of them recoiled when he saw Lance. "Hello again no nightmares right?" Lance asked as he walked by. Luna was confused by Lance. "What happened between you and my guard?" The Midnight alicorn asked concerned. "Nothing he was being rude so I put him in his place verbally. He was going to have a nightmare about me so I took it." Lance said with a smile. "You wouldn't know by looking at him but he has some pretty bad nightmares about you yelling at him. He respects you very much Luna." He said smiling. "It's hard to not respect someone of your beauty Luna." Lance felt his cheeks warm he became shy in a second. "Thank you for the compliment Lance." Luna said with a smile. "You're pretty handsome yourself Lance." She bumped her flank into his and he froze up embarrassed. "How do I react to that?" Lance asked himself he could feel the blush becoming more pronounced he looked up to her that warm smile those eyes that held kindness and wisdom. "She is absolutely stunning." Lance said out loud without realizing it. He saw Luna blush. "That's very kind of you to say Lance shall we get onto dinner?" She asked still blushing. "Y-Yes l-lets eat." Lance felt like his heart was going to rip itself out of his chest and strangle him for speaking out loud. He tried to keep his cool but to no avail. The dinner was filled with kind conversation and stories about the past but it suddenly took a turn for the worst. "What about your past Marefriends I bet you must have had many?" She asked taking a sip of her wine Lance almost choked when she asked. "Uh no not really never had a marefriend before most mare's see me as a freak so they avoid me." Lance said as he swirled his glass gently. "No one wants a Colt who can't help but drink himself to sleep every night just to dampen the nightmares." The unicorn sighed and downed his glass of wine he wanted something stronger He just wanted to stop this awkward conversation. "I wouldn't mind a colt like that." Luna whispered in her head she looked at him with compassion but when Lance looked up she turned away blushing. "He is not that bad of a colt problems yes but we all have our vice's and faults." She said to herself as she slammed her hoof on the table. The guards ran in about to attack Lance. "Go and get my private stock of hard cider. NOW!" Her voice boomed the guards ran out of the room as if their lives depended on it. Lance smirked at her methods. "Effective I normally just glare them down or tell them who my mother is." Lance said as the guards returned with two mugs of hard cider. "I'm guessing you have the same idea as me right?" Lance said as he picked up his mug and held it up. "Drinking contest?" She asked with a challenging gaze. "No offense princess but you are going to lose." Lance said as the drinking contest began. an hour later and 30 mugs of hard cider later Lance was looking at Luna drunkenly. She was blushing either from the alcohol or embarrassment Lance couldn't tell let alone think right now. "You sure can hold your alcohol Lance." Luna said slurring her words together. The unicorn only laughed. "No I can't Luna I'm barely able to keep looking straight." Lance said looking at his new mug of Cider he began to chug it. When he finished he slammed it on the table upside down. "Your drink..." Lance slurred out as his head slammed to the table. Luna went to do the same but her head hit the table before she even lifted her mug. The guards came in seeing that both Lance and the Princess out cold sleeping soundly. They picked up the Princess Gently along with Lance they brought both of them to Luna's quarters. They tucked Luna into bed and put Lance on the couch where they would sleep for the better part of the next day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lance woke up in a sea of black he looked around but saw nothing he curled up feeling alone and cold. He heard a giggle which made him look around scared but then his eyes locked with Luna's. "Luna..." Lance said with a gentle smile. He floated to her but her form changed into a demon attacking Lance enveloping him in a type of black goop. "A nightmare as usual but I guess this is my own creation." Lance said as he saw the demon turn into Luna again. "HOW DARE A COMMONER LIKE YOURSELF FALL FOR ME A ROYAL PRINCESS I WOULD NEVER LOVE YOU!" Her voice thundered in the abyss. Lance only felt tears stream down his face he felt foolish knowing she would never return his feelings. "GO AWAY AND NEVER COME CLOSE TO ME AGAIN!" She boomed. "I NEVER WANT TO SEE YOUR PATHETIC FACE AGAIN!" She turned around and began to walk away but something snapped in Lance's mind. "Shut up." He said quietly as he looked up anger in his eyes no longer filled with sadness. "Shut up you bucking fake." Lance pulled himself free of the black goop and walked forward. "If I wanted an opinion from you I WOULD TEAR IT OUT OF YOUR MIND!" Lance yelled back at her a brilliant flash of white slammed into the area surrounding him turning the area white. "I already knew she probably wouldn't return my feeling but I can dream even through my nightmares." The unicorn rolled up into a ball once again and waited for himself to wake up. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lance woke up groggly looking around he knew this wasn't his room or even his house. The room was pitch black but on closer inspection the room was actually a dark blue with little dots of white across the ceiling. "A nightscape?" Lance asked himself as he sat up everything was sore and he felt sick. "Drinking sucks." Lance said as he got off of the couch nearly falling over. He walked towards a wall trying to find a light switch he found it he shielded his eyes flicking the light on with a cringe. The he heard a groan that wasn't his. "Turn that infernal thing off." The voice said Lance did as he was told then he was confused. "Why would you even turn those lights on?" The voice asked. Now it clicked in his head The voice was Luna's but why were they in the same room? "Princess Luna where are we?" Lance asked as he looked around finally finding where she was. She was laying down in a bed the blanket had a large crescent moon on it. She sat up slowly her mane glowing in the darkness flowing gently. "My sleeping quarters Lance Why do you ask?" She asked rubbing her eyes yawning gently. Lance blushed now that he knew where he was. "I guess I have to take my leave right now." The unicorn said opening the door leaving swiftly he was so embarrassed. "What happened last night?" He asked in his head running in a panic.