//------------------------------// // chapter 1. Mind of over matter // Story: Mind games // by Cero //------------------------------// chapter 1. Mind of over matter ________________________________________________________________________________________________ A few days had passed since Discord was defeated by Twilight and her friends. Twilight had stayed most of her time back in the library writing her report to the princes on how they had defeated the evil Discord and return harmony back to Equestria. Twilight sat at her desk her horn glowed as she held a quill with her magic. There was a small lit candle that sat in her desk and with the help of the moonlight filled the library with a dim light. It was late at night spike was asleep in his small bed mumbling in his sleep. “Rarity your looks so beautiful with your mane like that.” Twilight laughed softly to herself. “Looks like his dreaming about Rarity again.” The library was mostly quiet spikes occasional sleep talk broke the silence now and again. Twilight stood back to stretch her hoofs. “I should be finished with the report for the princes by tomorrow.” She told herself as she made her way to her kitchen. The candle that sat on her desk began to flicker before it blew out leaving Twilight in the dark. The small ray of light from the moon left the library in a dark haze only outlines of dark shapes could be clearly seen. “Darn the wick must have-“ She said as she turned around only to stop in a frozen stance. A large snake like figure stood in front of her. No clear details could be made out only to two large yellow eyes with red pupils that cut through the darkness was all that she could clearly see. She felt her heart pounding agents her chest her breath was choppy as she was engulfed in fear from the creature that stood in front of her. "No it cant be you should be in stone?!" The eyes stared at her her heart beat faster her body felt as if she had turned into stone. She closed her eyes fully concentrating on a light spell her horn lit up casting the spell that illuminated the entire library. A moment passed before she dared to open her eyes but when she did the eyes and the figure where gone. Her mind began to race trying to make any scene of what she had just seen. “Those eyes I know them from anywhere but how?!” She said a loud. The soft sound of something walking down the stairs caught her off guard. She panicked screamed. “STOP RIGHT THERE!” Spike was walking down the stairs was startled by Twilight's scream causing him to fall down the last few steps. The dragon fell hard on back with a loud hollow thud. “Spike! I’m Sorry I didn’t mean to scare you.” She said as she ran to his side. Still a little groggy from waking up but the fall help him wake up even more. “Its’ ok Twilight but whats with all the noise and lights?” Still confused from what she saw herself. Trying to make sense of what she saw herself she made up a quick lie. “It’s nothing Spike I just thought I saw something just go back to bed I’m just seeing thing.” Spike glaring at her could only just nod at her as he made his was back up the stairs. “Fine but could you see things a little quieter?” He told her as he crawled back into his almost instantly falling back to sleep. Twilight looking back to her desk letting out a heavy sigh. “I know what I saw but still.” She thought to herself as she made her way back into the kitchen filling herself a glass of water. “I just must be tired and my mind is playing tricks on me.” She let a almost forced laugh to try to calm herself. She took a sip of her water only to spit it back out as the taste of chocolate milk hit her tongue. Looking at the glass she saw that the water had turned into chocolate milk she gasped dropping the glass. The cup hit the ground the sound of braking glass echoed though the library waking spike again. “Come on Twilight this is getting ridiculous I’m trying to sleep!” She turned her head to the stairs. “I’m sorry Spike I won’t make any more noise go back to sleep. She turned back to see the broken glass but when she did the chocolate milk had turned back to water. But the small taste of chocolate still lingered on her tongue. “Ok its official I’m going crazy.” She thought to herself as she used her magic to pick up the broken glass as she used a rag to clean up the water. She made her way up the stairs turning of a light spell. She stopped at the top of the stairs to look back where she had seen the eyes but all she saw was in empty library. Letting a soft sigh she laid on top of her bed. “There is no way he could have already broken the spell already. No I’m just thinking to hard about the subject.” Twilight laid on her bed for what she felt was hours going back and forth fighting with her self. "What if he really has broken free?!" Looking out to her window all was peace full as if the events of Discord never really happened. "I'll just check the sculpture garden tomorrow just to make sure. Besides if he was truly free I'm sure I would have to deal with all the dancing buffalo and the chocolate rain again." Laying her head back down on her bad she began to relax more slowly drifting into sleep but the eyes she was still lingered in her mind as if they where permanently etched into her mind. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ I will be more that happy to take any criticism may it be positive or negative all are welcome.