//------------------------------// // Chapter 14: Dimensions // Story: Tales of a Brony: Love // by YourPrivateNightmare //------------------------------// Chapter 14: Dimensions I woke up. Everything seemed blurry. I felt like I just woke up from a dream. From a bad dream. “Tw- Twilight?” I mumbled. No answer. My stomach churned. I tried to open my eyes and look around. “Twilight?” I said a bit louder this time. Still no answer. Finally I realised where I was...The bathroom. The bathroom of the library. I was on the toilet, sitting with my pants down. What had happened? I tried to remember. “There was the void, and these two gods. And they said I had to go...wait! NO!” I looked around in panic. I looked at my...hands...They were hands again. “NO! This can’t be.” I sobbed. I stood up and walked in circles. Could it really be? Was it just...a dream? I wasn’t entirely sure, but it was the only logical explanation. But why did I fall asleep? I just took a dump. Did I faint while I pooped? That would be pretty embarrassing, but the only explanation so far. Then I realised that my pants were still down. After all that Pony stuff I wasn’t used to clothes anymore. This again let me doubt if it really had been just a dream. I pulled up my pants, when I suddenly felt something stinging my leg. I reached for my pockets...and pulled out a rose. It was all withered, like it had been there for quite some time. However I couldn’t remember picking a rose. Then I suddenly recognized the flower and my eyes filled with tears. It was the one rose I bought for Twilight, but forgot to give her. I tried hard not to cry. Everything was real. It all had happened and now...I lost everything. I clenched my fists, still holding the rose. Its thorns stung deep into my flesh, causing blood dripping on the floor. I didn’t care. I was sad, angry, frustrated, hated my life, and wanted nothing more, but die right away. I was able to hold my emotions back. , though and left the library as fast as I could. I noticed the worried look the elderly woman at the counter gave me. I tried my best to give her some sort of a smile, but failed and just gave her a weird look. Then I busted out of the library and headed for the city, crying in frustration... Switch to Twilight Twilight woke up in the park. She looked around nervously. “Xenos?” She whispered. Nothing. Twilight realised that she had no idea how she got here. She slowly tried to remember. She remembered being in the library...together with Xenos...and they were about to...share love. Then they were...suddenly...in the...void...and there were these creatures. And then they... She sobbed. “Then they sent him away...” Twilight was desperate. She still had no idea why she was in the park. Then she suddenly realised where exactly she was. She was lying underneath the tree. The one tree she chose to sleep under before this certain unicorn stallion stepped into her life. “But that means...that all this was...just a dream,...” Twilight hyperventilated. “NO! NO! This can’t be true. It wasn’t just a dream! It was real. IT WAS ALL REAL!” She cried. Twilight tried to calm down and think logically. “It must have been a dream. There’s no logical explanation for all this. But...why did I dream about a stallion, who came from another dimension. I dreamt about things I’ve never heard before. All this makes no sense.” Twilight ran around in circles. Nothing made sense and this caused her to have a headache. In her frustration she decided to do what she had never tried before and headed for the town, leaving a trail of tears behind. Switch to Xenos I walked through the city. I had no idea where to go. I just walked and walked and walked. I don’t know how long I was walking. I just remember that after some time, I went into a side street. It was a small and lonely side street. There were three waste containers. One was knocked over. I just sat down and leaned against the wall. Then I started crying. I cried for hours. And it just didn’t stop... Switch to Twilight Twilight entered the bar. There was only the barkeeper, a plum coloured Earth Pony with a cutie mark showing grapes and a strawberry. Twilight went up to her. She had never really talked to her, but she knew her name was Berry Punch... Switch to Berry Punch Berry Punch looked up, when a purple unicorn mare entered her bar. That was unusual. Normally nopony visited her bar before sunset. Berry recognized the unicorn. It was Twilight Sparkle, Element of Magic. Berry had heard a lot of gossip, means she always thought Twilight to be more formal. Not that kind of Pony who would walk into a bar as soon as the day broke. When Twilight came closer, Berry noticed her red-rimmed eyes and the tears on her cheeks. Berry didn’t know exactly what happened, but her experience had taught her that it’s best not to ask. “Heartsickness get us all one day...” She thought. Twilight didn’t even have to say a word. Berry placed a bottle of liquor on the bar. “Appleloosa Whiskey. There’s nothing better against heartache than this stuff.” Berry said. Twilight didn’t even bother to say a word. She just grabbed the bottle with her magic and took a big sip. “Must be something serious...” Berry thought with a grin. Switch to Xenos When I finally calmed down and stopped crying, all my sorrow turned into anger. No, not just anger, rage! I stood up, picked up a wooden board from the ground and hit it against the wall until it broke in two. I didn’t know what I was doing. I just ran around in circles and started randomly destroying things while screaming as loud as possible. Finally I couldn’t find any more things to break and busted out of the side street. Occasionally I bumped into two guys. “Whoa, what’s your fucking problem, retard.” One of them shouted. I looked at them. Skinheads. Neonazis. I recognized them immediately. I always hated Nazis, but I would never start a fight because I knew I would never have a chance. But this time it was different. This time I was blinded by fury. So I did what I should have never done. I punched one of the Skinheads right in the face. He stumbled back with a surprised look on his face, which immediately turned into anger. I was ready for a fight. Ready, like I had never been before. However, I had no chance. I was alone and they were two and they also had more fighting experience. Long story short: I fainted after the first hit and woke up hours later. My head hurt as well as the rest of my body. One eye was swollen so I could barely see anything. I realised that one of my eyeglass lenses was broken and when I tried to get up I realised that some of my ribs were too. I had no one to blame, but still I hated everyone in the world. I didn’t know what to do, so I headed for the city-bridge, a big bridge, which was built over a highway... Switch to Twilight Twilight didn’t know how many drinks she had. She didn’t care. She just drank one bottle after another. Everything already seemed blurry. She noticed that Berry Punch had a worried look on her face. “Don’t you think you had enough?” The plum coloured mare asked. “Just shut up and give me another bottle.” Twilight answered harshly. Berry sighed, but still pulled out another bottle. Twilight grabbed it and emptied it in one gulp. Then everything turned black. Switch to Berry Punch Berry saw Twilight collapse. She didn’t try to catch her. “Some have to learn it the hard way...” Then she went around the counter and picked Twilight up from the floor. Fortunately she had a spare bed for such cases... Switch to Xenos I was on the bridge, leaning on the balustrade. It was already around midnight. I looked at the stars. It was a clear and beautiful night. “Twilight would love it...” I thought, but immediately regretted it. Tears ran down my face. I hated my life right now. I mean, I really hated it. As I looked down from the bridge, down at the cars passing by, I had this strange feeling. The strange feeling that it wouldn’t hurt...That it wouldn’t hurt...to JUMP. Yes, I actually considered suicide that moment. You have to imagine my state of mind. I had just lost everything and there was no way to get it back. “It’s actually really nice to die under the stars.” That was the last thing I thought before I hit the ground... Switch to the void “Brother...” “Yes?” “Maybe we made a mistake...again.” “What do you mean?” “First we made the portal. It was our fault that he had come into this situation.” “It was an accident. You know we have to create these portals to release the interdimensional pressure.” “Yes, I know.” “It was an your fault. You watch the time. You should have known that somebody was there.” “I know. I still cannot explain it. That is the reason why I think we made a mistake.” “What do you mean?” “Look at them. I erased their mind, but they still remember everything. Maybe we were not supposed to tear them apart.” “You know that this is impossible. WE decide what happens. It was our duty. He was a possible threat to the universal order. We could not take the risk.” “But still, it feels...wrong” “What do you mean by feel?” “I do not know. It is a term used by our subjects. They use it frequently.” “We do not make mistakes. We need to concentrate on our duties.” “No! We made a mistake and we have to admit it!” “I suppose you are right, brother. How do we make amends for this?” “We send them back. We send them back to the time where we took them from.” “But how do we manage it, without causing damage in space-time continuum?” “I know how. We delete his original form. We delete him from the world inhabited by the species known as human. We make him an official inhabitant of the universe he travelled to.” “That means a lot of work.” “I know, but it was our mistake. Now it is our duty to set things right again.” “It shall be. Let us focus our powers. Let us do...the right thing.” END OF CHAPTER 14 Author's note: Kind of a sad one this time. One or two Chapters left than its done. Again, I want to thank you all for the support at this point. You are the reason why i'm writing this. I write it for the readers.