a meadow on an angel's wing

by venelopi

a meadow on an angel's wing

Sunset woke up in a meadow.
It was full of green grass, and small flowers everywhere she looked.
A few trees, butterflies and clouds completed the setting, and warm sunlight hit her face and body, keeping her warm.
It had the silence of nature, with the exception of a few birds tweeting in the tress.
Overall, it was a nice place, that she and her friends should totally come to one day to have a picnic, and that fluthershy would find a great place to be alone, or rather, being with some little creatures.
But sunset was still surprised, but not for the reason one might think: she knew this was only a dream, somewhat of an alternate world which she went to in her slumbers. Knowing that, the thing that surprised her was different:
Ever since she came to this world, she never, ever had dreams. Until she became a demon. The night it happened, as she slept late that night, she finally had a dream: well, a living hell if were honest, because the alternate universe toke it upon itself to punish her, making her feel guilt, pain, suffer and nightmares- or rather, flashbacks of all of her actions and her demon.
It would happen every night, and it would shake her to her core and soul. This went on for three mounts, right up to the battle of the bands. It stopped, but sunset's mind wouldn't let her forget any of those dreams, so she carried with her every single one of them, trying to live with them, and fix her mistakes.
After the battle of the bands, the dreams left her, leaving no trace but the painful memories: like they never really existed.
But that was in the past, and this is the present: and this present tells about one sunset shimmer and one Sci- Twi, who just went through the friendship games, and were waiting to go to sleep after a long, confusing and magical day.
The second sunset got to bed, late at night, as one would guess; she woke up in the meadow.
So, her surprise was fully understandable:
Why did the dimension come back? Why was she in this meadow? Could it really be nice and not full of, well, reflections of her demon?
"Sure it can". Sunset know the answer. She didn't know who made the white universe, but she was sure that it had something to do with the elements of harmony.
Sunset got up, and looked around. She took a few steps, wondering what else is in this specific dimension. But after she took a few more steps, she realized that this was a dream, and she could easily change her point of view, and see the whole place from sky high!
Sunset stooped, closed her eyes, and concentrated on the sky above her. Soon, she saw the whole place from the sky's point of view, like she was flying.
And what she saw left her in shock:
She saw a giant demon, sleeping in front of her, and the face of the demon facing her, towards the sky.
Its wings were closed near its body, and on the right wing was the same meadow that sunset's body was standing on, eyes closed. somehow, sunset stood on the wing with gravity, without falling to the side, like the wing was the ground, and the surface that she was sure was above her, was actually to her other side, the one with no demon.
So, basically, sunset stood in a meadow on her demon's wing, as her legs were on it, but her whole body stood to the side of it, like she had super shoes, and she was climbing it, but with her eyes closed.
Sunset was surprised at this too, but it had answered her question from before: she was definitely in the same universe as the one from… the fall formal.
Sunset didn't say a word, but none were needed, as she took another look at the demon in front of her:
It was quiet, and seemed to be sleeping peacefully in the white universe that surrounded them. Sunset stayed there, looking at her for some time. She couldn't really tell for how long, since she had lost all track and feeling of time in her dreams.
But then, something happened:
Slowly, but gently, her demon changed, turning into, something lighter: the red colors changed, and so did the wings, and the dress, and her hair. It happened slowly, but in the end, sunset could see what became of her demon: it turned into… the angel. The angle that sunset had become that same night:
She looked so different from her demon, but there she was: not in her demon's place, but rather as a transformation of her demon.
They stood for different things, but yet, they came from the same place: sunset shimmer.
Her demon looked like the physical form of a nightmare:
But as she looked at her angle, it looked to her like a dream: or rather, a day dream, if you take into account the great fire and light coming from her:
she had a pink and white dress, with a horn and wings that looked like they were made from pure light and magic.
Her hair was the same, but the magical aurora around it made it go up, instead of down. She had a simple but beautiful necklace on her neck, with her gold and red sun in the middle of it.
Her hands were in glows, as they now rested on her chest, as she too slept in the white universe that was sunset's dreams.
The meadow stayed the same, with sunset on it, eyes closed, since she was still looking at the daydream angle.
Was that really her? She could totally see how that demon was once her, but she had come a long way since then, and she wasn't that demon anymore. But was this really her?
She knew the answer. It was her: but it was still shocking to think and realize that it was.
She slowly opened her eyes, as she was back in her body, looking at the meadow before her, smiling a little.

She looked to the ground, and felt it going up and down a little, like it was the body of something, and it was breathing, slowly and gently taking its body up and down.
Sunset knew that it was the graceful breathing of the angle. No, her angle:
Daydream shimmer.
"Hey, that's a really good name: I should remember that when I wake up."
And just like that, she finally accepted something extremely important:
From this day on, she will own up to every part of her: demon or angle. She finally accepted the fact that what's done is done, and that both her she demon and angle were a part of her.
And she decided to take this dream as a message from the spirits of the elements, who was probably watching over her ever since she stole the element of magic, that she was on a good patch, and that her achievements didn't go unnoticed:
Someone saw how far a way she did in since the fall formal, and was helping her find herself.
With that, she smiled a little, and walked back to where she lay on the grass, and sat down.
She put one hand on her heart, and the other on the ground.
She listened to the heart beat of her giant, demon and angel, and her own. They were beating together, as one.
Sunset gave a big sigh of relief and happiness, as her angle did the same out of its sleep. Then, sunset went back on the side, feeling the grass and the sun on her, as she peacefully slept in the meadow, breathing in her sleep exactly with her angle.

She woke up in her bed to another morning, but this time, she felt relaxed, and free, like a bourdon had been lifted from her shoulders.
She got ready for school, and then went out to the street, walking to school.
She quickly got a text from Sci- Twi:
"Hey, sunset: did you look at the school website? Someone uploaded a video of the events at the friendship games."
And with that text, was a link, which would have probably lead to the school website and the previously mentioned video.
Sunset chuckled and smiled to herself brightly, as she didn't reply to that:
She didn't need a video to remember what had happened. Because unlike the nightmares, that will fade away in time, this was one dream she will never forget.

The End.