An hour later, after consulting with Cheerilee and Scarlet Rose, Teotle had just arrived back at the castle to help Nyx and Daydreamer with doing on the final tests of the arc. When he went to the throne room, however, He found the two of them, along with Spike and Starlight, chasing the arc as it flew in the air, bouncing off the walls and sealing.
"What's going on?" He asked, following them with his eyes.
"The arc's going crazy!" Starlight explained. "All of a sudden it's blue glow changed to purple, and to red, then it starting acting up."
Teotle watched the arc as it violently began to increase in speed and became wild, like a hungry manticore running after its prey. Teotle started after the arc, jumping into the air and reaching out for it with his paws. Eventually he made a transfiguration spell on his bionic leg with some crystal from the walls, making a twenty-foot chain connecting his hand to one end and his wrist to the other. He swung his chain hand like a wrecking ball, threw it at the arc and grabbed it in mid air.
The arc tried to break free, it even tried to deconstruct Teotle's paw with its own magic, but as long as the bionic leg remained attached to Teotle, he could still keep it in his leg in its current form. As Teotle pulled the arc closer, it began to calm down and regain its blue glow.
When Teotle finally got the arc close enough, it said "Thank you, Teotle, I don't know what got into me."
"Why were you acting up?" Nyx asked.
"Well..." The arc said, contemplating how to answer her. "I think I had just unlocked some of my new knowledge and power a little sooner then expected. The new level of power must have overloaded me. Did I hurt anypony?"
"You kind of bonked me on the head when you turned purple." Day Dreamer answered. "But, other then that, I think I'm ok."
"I'm sorry." said the arc.
"It's fine." Daydreamer said, accepting the arcs apology.
"So, other than the incident, how has he been performing?" Teotle asked looking at Nyx, who held a clip boar with her magic.
"Let me see." She replied, scanning her eyes over her notes. "Everything seems to be working fine. We just need to run a few more tests and it'll be ready for the Science Fair."
"Great." Teotle said with a triumphant smile.
" I have to say..." Starlight remarked, "This is history of the making, you three must be really proud."
"Thanks, Starlight." Nyx said with a light chuckle.
"You're welcome." Starlight said back.
Later that night, Teotle and Nyx were in bed in their room. They hadn't fallen asleep yet, for they had just finished brushing their teeth, but they were still pretty tired. Before they went to sleep, however, Teotle sat up from his bed and asked, "Nyx?"
"Yeah?" She replied back.
Teotle wanted to take Scarlet's advice and tell Nyx about his nightmare, but he was still so scared he would hurt her feelings. So, instead, he just asked her, "Do you think we'll win the science fair?"
Nyx sighed and said, "I hope so, we worked super hard to make the arc. I can't imagine us not getting recognized, at least."
"Me too." Teotle replied, sounding unsure.
"Teotle?" Nyx asked.
He then replied, "Yes?"'
"Are you ok?" Nyx asked, sitting up in her bed to look back at Teotle.
"Yeah, of course." He answered back.
"You sure? You've been acting a little weird lately." Said Nyx. "Is there something you're not telling me?"
"I'm fine, really." Teotle said reassuringly.
Nyx furrowed an eyebrow, not really sure of Teotle's comforting words. "Is there something you want to ask me?"
Teotle, unable to move from where he sat, began to choke. He coughed in his paw and then looked back at Nyx, who was still watching intently for an answer to her question.
"Well..." Teotle said, still choking a little bit. "I had a nightmare a while ago and Princess Luna came to me and tried to help me understand what I was afraid of."
Nyx climbed down from her bed and walked over to the closet. She then pulled out the frame of an old tent. It was the same tent that she and Twilight were going to use on their camping trip. It, however, was only used once, that trip, when they and their friends found Teotle in that nasty bear trap that the wolf scouts planted.
Nyx assembled the frame under Teotle's blanket to set up a little cave for them to sit underneath. The two of them usually do this when they want to read books to each other, gossip to each other, or just talk in secret with each other when Twilight and the others were asleep.
Nyx shoved Teotle into the bed cave, used her magic to make a sound proof barrier, if only to keep the conversation to themselves. She then lit up her horn and softly asked Teotle, "What was your nightmare about?"
Teotle was now cornered in their tent. Nopony could hear them, nor could the two of them be interrupted unless somepony came into the room, which was very unlikely.
With that, Teotle told her everything about his nightmare, what he and Luna talked about, and what he was afraid of. The only thing Teotle didn't tell her was what he didn't know, at least not for a fact. It was why, why he was afraid of her, why the nightmare happened, or what triggered his fear from the start.
All the while, Nyx listened intently, changing from many different stages of horror and confusion. "You really don't know the reason why you're afraid?"
Teotle took a deep breath and said, "I don't know the reason."
"Had it crossed your mind that there might not be one?" Nyx asked calmly.
Teotle then asked. "What do you mean?"
Nyx huffed and replied, "Well, sometimes, on rare occasions, you have dreams where you feel afraid, but when you wake up, you realize how unrealistic the dream was."
"Have you ever had a dream like that?" Teotle asked.
"Sure, all the time." Nyx chuckled. "I even had a nightmare about you once too."
"Really?" Teotle questioned with blushed cheeks.
"Yeah, it's happened twice." Nyx remarked with a crooked smile. "In both dreams, you were killed by your brother, Brimstone, or your aunt, Smoke, but I know that could never happen. Do you know why?"
Teotle shrugged his front legs and asked, "Why?"
Nyx then leaned forward and kissed Teotle on the forehead and answered back, "Because you are the strongest and bravest person I know. Your heart is kind and your courage is like iron. You love everypony and you would never let the enemy hurt them. You would fight to your last breath and you would never give up until you keep everypony out of harms way. And most of all..." Nyx stopped and wrapped her hooves around Teotle and continued to say, "... its because I love you and I would do the same thing for you."
Teotle began to let out a light sob. Tears were flowing from his eyes as he returned Nyx's embrace and replied, "I love you too, Nyx."