//------------------------------// // Memories // Story: Sunny Moonlight // by Sputniik //------------------------------// Sunny woke up, her heart beating fast like a cheetah. It was still dark, barely and light peaking out of the cracks between curtain and window. She held her chest tightly, grasping the fur on it. She exhaled and inhaled, and repeated several times. She felt tears well up in her eyes. She could only make out some words before collapsing onto her pillow. "I-It..... was only...... a.... dream........" She closed her eyes and gritted her teeth. She opened them again, seeing the familiar Princess once again. Sunny closed her eyes tighter and tighter. She began to sob quietly, and the Princess of the Night lowered her head. "I.... I wanna wake up, Princess.... I wanna remember... w-what happened.... where are my parents?" Sunny whispered. Princess Luna simply nodded. "We shall see," ....... ............................ The dark room was now a simple, small little house. It was quiet and gloomy, yet the decor and the lights shining through the glass and windows didn't seem to match. In the center were two ponies. One cyan mare with a horn, and a pegasus colt. The colt was embracing the mare, his hooves rapped around the shoulder of the mare. Sunny stared mindlessly at the couple. "A-are those my..... my... parents?" Sun asked. Luna nodded once again. Sunny slowly walked towards them. She seemed tranced in the two cuddling on the couch, and in their hooves.... was a familiar foal. "That was me....." Sunny whispered to herself. The foal yawned, as it turned to it's side peacefully. The couple were crying..... they were crying as if they would die... as if it was the end. Luna put a hoof towards Sunny. "W-what's going on.... why are they crying? And... and didn't I- I mean the foal fall into the trance? How did I wake up?" Sunny asked. Luna sighed, tears rolling down her cheek. "I sacrificed my own foal, my child.... to save you," Sunny woke up, and yet this time, she didn't have a single tear. The sun was up, and she only sat there, watching the birds fly across the morning skies. "I need to talk to.... that Princess again...If it was real, then my parents could still be alive," Sunny told herself, trying to trick herself into thinking positive. Then, she heard a bang from the downstairs window and a voice call "HEY!!! COME DOWN HERE SUNNY,WE GOT A SUPRISE FOR YOU!!!" She teleported herself outside to the group. Darkie hugged her tightly. "I'm glad you're awake.... I...I had something to ask you-" He was cut off by Lily. "Okay, so we planned like, a totally awesome day today, so.... you in the mood for it?" Lily asked, as the others grinned wide. Sunny winced."Uhh.... yeah... Sure." she said, hugging her friends, and secretly flashing a smile at Darkie. In return, he heavily blushed. "I sacrificed my own foal, my child.... to save you...." "U-uh, who said that?" Sunny asked in fear. Lily turned back to look at her friend. "Said what? Chill, girl you've probably been reading too much!" Lily returned to her slow walking pace with the group. Sunny looked down. "Too many books..... she's probably right......" ******************************************************************************** Lily trotted in the dimness of dawn next to her friend. She furrowed her brows. "Hey, you okay, Sunny?" The others turned in her direction in a mix of confusion and worry. Sunny flinched. "O-Oh, yeah, I'm totally fine, don't worry, guys... I just.... I just didn't sleep well last night!" she answered, a bit too quickly. Luckily for her, nopony seemed to notice. Lily only nodded, and inched closer to her. "Alright, but just know if anything's wrong, you can come to us- your friends!" Lily Blossom grinned, and Sunny returned a fake one. You know you can't trust them... "Wh-Who's there?" Sunny whispered in fear, her friends engaged on conversation. You call them friends, but you know they'd betray you in a second... "No, they... they would never...." Sunny whispered again, but then stopped walking for a second. Realizing she was getting a few stares from other ponies, she caught up to her friends. If only they knew..... "Leave me alone.....! Just.... g-get out...." Sunny's throat began to get sore, so she gulped it down, whatever that feeling was. Your friends could become you worst enemies..... "Stop...... stop!" Her voice was just above a whisper now, but still, noone took notice. Just..... "Leave my mind- get out!" She was fully audible now, and Darkie's ears twitched, though he was busy speaking with the others, and Sunny knew this. Like..... "Urgh....! Just... go.... away!" She was covering her ears by flattening them against her head. It just wouldn't go away! THAT. "Get...... OUT!" Sunny cried, tears streaming down her face and soaking her face fur. The group turned to stare at her in such a strange way, she couldn't read their expressions. It was as if time stopped, nothing moved, but the howl of wind. The disbeliving expression that hurt her most was Darkie's. He looked as if he'd seen a ghost. A ghost that murdered someone if front of him, yes. That was his expression: Pure, cold horror.