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// Chapter 27: A Troubling Night 
// Story: The Lost Shimmering Sun 
// by Pinkie Pie Sweets 
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Sometime after the part, it is past ten at night. Screwball and Eris are in the room hoping to get over the terrible event that has happened earlier. Screwball and Eris are very worried about Sun, since she almost become a victim but the jewel thief. Discord has taken Sun to her room so she can calm down after the shocking experience.

Discord open the door to Sun and Screwball's room to see how she and Eris are doing. Eris and Screwball walks to him with sad and worried look in their eyes and hoping Sun is doing alright.

Eris sadly asks, "How is she?"

"Well, she wasn't feeling easy about what happened, so I told her to get some sleep for the night," Discord sadly answers.

"At least she's able to rest easily now, but I'm still worried about her," Eris replies.

"Yeah. That thief really scared her," Screwball answers sadly.

"Yeah. I'm just glad I was able to reach her before that robber does something to her," Discord says.

Discord then turns around to face the door to the room where Sun is currently sleeping at. Sun has experienced something that is very hard and troubling for many innocent people. Discord also notice that while he's with Sun, she's started to get really scared, like the thief really scared her, but there is another theory. Discord believes that Sun has experienced something like this before, but the question is what that would be.

Eris comes close to her brother and asks, "Discord, is there something wrong?"

Discord hear his sister asking her and thinks it might not be the best time to tell her what he thinks about this theory.

Discord answers, "It's nothing. I just need to clear my head for a little."

Discord then walks away and head towards his room. Eris and Screwball are looking at the door with Discord walks to with worried looks on their faces. They are more worried about Sun and wish there is something they can do to help her.

Sometime after midnight:

Everyone are sleeping in their rooms and are trying to get some sleep after the incident at the party. Sun is fast asleep and the only noise that are around is the sound of cars and other city noises. As Sun is sleeping, she is starting to turn from side to side, making whimpering noise. Sun is starting to experience a terrible nightmare and it's just as bad as the last one.

Sun scaredly mutters in her sleep, "No...no… please… let me go."

In Sun's memories, she is starting to see a vision of a small little filly being carried by a grown stallion. The stallion seems to be taking the small filly against her will and a mare and another stallion are chasing after her.

The filly sheds tears and cries out, "Mommy! Daddy!"

In Sun's dream, a little filly is being taken away from her parent and they are trying to get her back. It's cold, and snow falling from the sky hard in the wind, and she feels hail is falling too. She can see the couple getting farther and farther away as she is being carried away from them.

Just then, the nightmare becomes too much and she wakes up in a cold sweat. Sun isn't understanding what the nightmare is about, but for some reason she feels like it happen to her before, a long time ago. Sun is too scared to go back to sleep, so she decides to go out for a walk in hoping to calm her down. She is still wearing her magenta nightgown, puts on her flat shoes, and her rob. After getting her flats on, she sneak to the door and hoping to not wake anyone us.

After Sun leaves the room, she starts to look around the dark hallways to see that there is still light, so there wouldn't be any trouble finding her way around here. After going on the elevator, and walking down the halls, she find her way to the ballroom, the same room where the party has taken place. Right now, Sun can see that it's empty, except for the dj system at the back of the room. Sun is kind of glad that no one is here so she can get some time to herself so she can think about what happened in her dream.

As Sun is trying to think about what happened, there is something else that is in her mind, but isn't sure how to say it. Ever since Sun is introduced to Eris friends, Chrysalis, there is something about her that is very familiar. She isn't sure what it is, but she knows that her eye color is something very familiar that she remember seeing that kind of eye color before.

As Sun walks around the room, she starts to hear a someone singing and the song sounds very familiar to her. She then see a vision of someone, she can tell that the one on the rocking chair is a female and rocking a little girl, about 4 or 5 years old to sleep and singing a special song.

The female voice sings,

On with the wind

Cross the sea

Here this song and remember

Soon you'll be home with me

Once upon a December

After hearing the song, Sun feels like she has heard that song before. She looks around and feels like another part of her memory is flowing into her mind and heart.

Sun starts to walk around as she sings:

Dancing bears,

Painted wings,

Things I almost remember,

And a song someone sings,

Once upon a December.

Someone holds me safe and warm,

Horses prance through a silver storm,

Figures dancing gracefully across my memory

Just then, Sun starts to remember that she's surrounded by ponies of different kinds. Unicorns, Pegasus, and Earth ponies wearing fancy clothes and dresses. She then dance along to the song from her mind and the ponies she imagines in the room with her. She feels so happy.

As she continues to sing, the ponies she seen from her last dream are there too and she can't help but feel like their very special to her.

Someone holds me safe and warm,

Horses prance through a silver storm,

Figures dancing gracefully across my memory.

Just then Sun, imagines herself wearing a beautiful gown and she's pony too. She sings as ahs dances with the ponies.

Far away,

Long ago,

Glowing dim as an ember,

Things my heart used to know,

Things it yearns to remember

Just then, the stallion from her dream before her trip. She walks over to him and he dance with her as she sings.

And a song someone sings

The stallion then kiss her on the forehead and she feels like she know their love before. She steps back and sing the last verse.

Once upon a December

She then sits down on the floor with the gown flowing on the ground. She feels very happy and it makes her with she know the ponies who she dances with.

Just then, Sun hears a familiar voice saying, "Sun."

Sun imagination disappears and she gets up very quickly. Sun turns around to see her dad in front of the door and he is in his pajamas as well. Sun must believes that her dad must have find out she leaves the room and decides to see where she has gone off to.

Sun surprisingly says, "Dad!"

Sun can see that her dad is just leaning against the door and with a smug on his face. Sun starts to blush with embarrassment and realizes that he seen her singing to herself and dancing across the room.

Sun nervously says, "I was just… on a walk."

"Just like what you did last time," Discord calmly replies.

Sun starts to feel embarrassed and says, "Right."

Discord comes over to the middle of the room where Sun is. He believe it's a good time to ask Sun what is on her mind and see if he can do anything to help her.

Discord asks, "Sun is there something bothering you because if there is, you can tell me what it is?"

Sun starts to feel nervous. She feels she isn't ready to tell him what is going on inside her mind and memory. She also knows that it's very important to tell him about it. She feels so indecisive that she isn' sure out to answer him.

She starts to speak to her dad, but feels like she starts to cry that she is having trouble speaking, "To be honest, I… I…"

Just then, Sun starts to cry and hug her dad as she says, "I felt like something happened to me before, but it was so scary I felt like I was going to cry and faint or go into shock or something."

Discord can see that Sun is very scared and upset for what happened. He then hug Sun back with one arm and hand and rub her head with his other hand hoping to calm her down. He now know that his theory is right, Sun has experienced something like this before and he needs to help her get over that fear.

Discord calmly says, "It's okay Sun. It's okay."

Sun looks at her dad with tears still coming out of her eyes and says, "I'm so… I'm so..."

Sun tries to apologize for crying, but she is so upset that she is struggling saying these words.

"It's okay Sun, you done nothing wrong," Discord replies calmly.

Then Discord tries to calm her like he is doing earlier. After that Sun manages to calm herself down, but still have hears coming from her eyes.

Discord looks at Sun and says, "Sun, I understand that you're having trouble with the kind of memories that you had, but even if the memories are hard to handle it will be best if you talk to me or any close one and we'll try to do what we can to help."

Sun whips her tears and sadly says, "I know, but some of them were so unbearable that… I have trouble saying it sometimes."

"And that's okay. Sometimes it's good to let your feeling out and then you can tell someone about your situation." Discord replies.

Sun says, "Okay."

Then Sun thinks it will be a good time to tell him about what she been thinking about.

Sun nervously says, "Um… dad,"

"Yes Sun?" Discord asks.

"Well, it's about this woman Chrysalis. The one Eris is friends with," Sun replies.

"Yes. What about her?" Discord replies looking a bit confused.

Sun looks a bit nervous and isn't sure about telling him, but she knows that it might be longer or never if she puts it off for too long.

Then Sun answers, "Well… I don't know… I go this feeling like I know her from somewhere before, but I can't put my finger on it."

Discord eyes widen and asks, "Really?"

Sun nods her head answering yes. Discord is shocked about what Sun said. He knows that Chrysalis never know Sun until now, but maybe there is something she isn't telling or isn't aware of.

Then Discord asks, "When did you felt that way?"

"Since I first met her. I wasn't sure about it at first, but after seeing her a few time I'm sure that I met her somewhere, but I can't remember where," Sun explains still sounding unsure.

"That's strange,"Discord replies.

Discord is trying to figure out what Sun is talking about. Then again, there might be someone who might have the same eye color as Chrysalis or it's possible that Sun see her at some point, but not actually face to face.

"Well, maybe you only met her in passing at some point," Discord suggests.

"I guess you're right. The only reason why I thought of it is because her eye color reminded me of someone else, but I wasn't sure if it's her or someone who just had the same eye color as her," Sun replies, but still trying to think about Chrysalis and her eyes.

Discord and Sun are still kind of confused, but Discord feels more concern for Sun and her strange memory relapse. Even though she tells him and her sister about her good visions of her past, but she seems to have trouble telling her about her bad and scary memories. Now, Sun has a feeling that she actually seen Chrysalis or at least someone with a similar eye color to her.

Discord decides to call this memory situation a night since it's very late.

Discord says, "Well, maybe someday you'll be able to remember her more and clearly, but right now, let's get to bed."

"Okay," Sun replies calmly.

With that, Sun and her father, Discord leaves the ball room and back to their rooms. When the trash the room, it hasn't taken Sun to fall right to sleep. Discord is glad that he is able to help her for now, but it seems that Sun have some bad memories from her past and who knows when a bad one will come. All Discord can do is do whatever he can to help her get through it. After tucking Sun in, he leaves to go to his room to sleep for the night hoping tomorrow will be better for his daughters.