Quick note: Just a little heads up: This is the first story I've ever written so let me know how it is and I really hope whoever reads it enjoys it! Also it'd be a great help if you guys could point out any mistakes I may have made or some helpful advice on how to make it better.
Now onto the story!
Crazy dream
“Well, that coulda gone better I suppose.” Grumbled Jack as he left the store.
Yet another interview had gone awry. It didn’t help that there were few jobs he was actually able to do, most of the time he’d prefer to be left alone so that too made it difficult to find a job. Fresh out of high school and needing money it wasn’t exactly the best time of his life. Hell most of his friends if not all of them already had jobs which made him feel even worse.
Walking down the street Jack mumbled to himself, “Bad enough I still live with my parents, at this rate I don’t think I’ll ever get a job let alone anything else...”
Sighing Jack continued down the street making his way home. Home wasn’t exactly all that great either, a small apartment that his parents and he had lived at for nearly 3 years, not exactly the friendliest of neighborhoods, and the roads were in a pathetic state. Heck even the buildings could do with some much needed maintenance. It didn’t help that there was a slow increase in gang activity in his neighborhood so if he wasn’t out looking for a job he would stay inside his room and play video games. Basically the place sucked and he knew it all too well.
As Jack made his way home he noticed some garbage here and there. With some reluctance he decided it best to pick it up and at least try to make his neighborhood look a tad bit better. Collecting the garbage he made his way over to the garbage dumpster to throw out said trash. Usually he wouldn’t bother with small bits of trash but since he lived here for so long he might as well do his part to make it nice, least that’s what he told himself anyways.
After throwing out the trash Jack resumed heading home, not that far not just around the corner and a couple feet and there’d be the door to his apartment. Walking around said corner however revealed something Jack simply did not want to deal with.
“Hey dipshit bout time you showed up!” hollered Nick, Local douche and all around moron. He had his 3 idiot ‘henchmen’ with him too.
“Ugh…uhh hey Nick.” Replied Jack in a rather neutral voice.
“Still owe me that twenty bucks ya lil prick.” Nick said as his buddies slowly started to circle around Jack.
‘I am NOT in the mood for this crap!’ Jack thought to himself as Nick and the others now had him completely surrounded.
“What’s the matter lil prick? Don’t tell me you thought I’d forget.” continued Nick as he glared at Jack waiting for a reply.
“Look, I don’t owe you jack squat and you know it. Just leave me the hell alone I don’t have time for this.” Jack snapped as he tried to make his way past Nick and to his apartment.
Holding up a hand and pushing Jack back into the center of their circle. Nick replied in a threatening manner,
“Alright Dipshit we both know that’s a load of crap. You and I both know you owe me for getting that damn game you wanted; now either you pay up or my friends hurt you. So what’s it gonna be?”
‘God damn it…’ “Alright fine take you damn money.” Jack spat the words out as he shoved twenty dollars into Nicks face.
“Now take your money and bug off.” Jack continued as he again made his way past Nick.
Again Nick halted him from leaving and said, “Thank you. Now if you’d be so kind as to stand still…”
“Wha- “Jack was interrupted as one of Nicks buddies took a baseball bat and swung it at Jacks head.
Being unconscious sucks in case anyone wanted to know. What sucks even more is waking up and having your head feel like it’s been split open. Slowly getting up Jack noticed there was a few drops of blood trickling down the side of his head. ‘Great, I get beat up and had a messed up interview, what more can go wrong?’ Jack thought to himself as he took a look around. It was getting dark out. Best thing to do Jack considered was to probably just head inside and get his parents to look at his head and see what damage there was. Of course they’d start asking him what happened and that was something he’d rather avoid. Jack wasn’t in the mood to talk to anyone he just wanted to curl up in bed and hope the next day would be better.
Heading inside Jack noticed it must have been later then he actually thought. Entering the living room of the apartment he found all the lights turned off. ‘Guess they went to bed already’ Jack thought as he turned on the hallway light so he could find his way to his room and finally get some peace and quiet.
“Jack is that you?” A voice called out from the other room down the hall. ‘Shit’ Well there went his chance to get some sleep as his mother came out of his parent’s room.
“Uhh Hey mom.” Jack said as casually as he could.
“What are you do- Oh my goodness!” His mother exclaimed upon see Jack’s face.
To be honest he was a mess. Jack’s left eye was swollen and the area around his eye was smeared with blood. Not to mention the blood still dripping down the side of his head and continuing down his neck.
“What, what happened?!” His mother asked very concerned about the state Jack was currently in.
“Oh you know, had another screwed up interview then headed home only to get beat up by Nick and co. Ya know same old same old.” Jack said sarcasm evident in his voice.
His mother rolled her eyes still worried but went to the bathroom to get the first aid kit they kept under the sink. That’s when he dad decided to come out too. Great.
“Hey what’s go- Well hello there kiddo, who’d you piss off?” His dad said in a not so caring manner.
“Oh by all means don’t freak out about the fact that your son just got his ass beat by a couple of a-holes.” Replied Jack clearly annoyed that his dad seemed to never take anything seriously. His mother then came back out of the bathroom.
“Go sit at the kitchen table I’ll be there in a minute.” His mother ordered Jack as she got ready to help treat his wounds.
“I’d really like to get some sleep so could we just do this some other time?” Jack complained as he sat down.
“And get your bed dirty? I think not!” his mother exclaimed as she started to apply some ointment to his eye.
“Shit! That stings!” Jack practically yelled.
“Oh hush you big baby, it’ll only sting for a bit now let me finish up so we can all get back to bed.” His mother told him as she continued to help clean up Jacks head
After a couple of minutes Jack was finally able to head to his room. Closing and locking the door so he couldn’t be interrupted he then went about changing out of his clothes and getting prepared for bed. It didn’t take long for him to fall asleep considering what a horrible day he’d been through. So almost immediately after his head hit the pillow off to dreamland he went.
Or so he thought.
First thought to come to his mind was ‘Woah’. Standing before him was the most beautiful pony he’d ever seen. Her mane seemed to match the night sky perfectly. Her fur coat was a dark blue and she seemed to be wearing a tiara and necklace which only made her that more stunning.
For a while Jack just stood there starring at her until she seemed to finally notice him. A small part of him yelled to find a place to hide after being discovered but Jack couldn’t bring himself to move, he was to awe struck by the beauty before him.
Luna had just finished raising the moon when she noticed what seemed to be just some random magic, probably somepony trying to use magic for the first time but then it started to grow and actually take form. This made her worried for she didn’t recognize the shape this magic was taking so Luna braced herself for what might be a confrontation.
‘I should call for the guards to come help’ was the first thought Luna had as the shape the magic was taking slowly became more alien as the magic was coming to an end. ‘What if this...whatever it is is hostile?’ Luna continued thinking as she weighed her options. One the one hoof she could simply blast this, thing back to where ever it had come from. But what if it was friendly? Surely she couldn’t destroy it without find out more about it.
Soon the Magic began to fade and Luna gazed upon the creature that now found itself on her balcony. It was strange to her. It stood on its back legs and had very little fur if any at all! Also on its front hooves where these strange appendages. The creature’s eye are what got her attention however, they were the most beautiful shade of blue the princess had ever seen.
After Luna’s quick examination of the creature before her Luna decided it best to try and welcome the strange being before her. Slowly raising her hoof to shake she noticed the creature was just starting dumbly at her. Thinking back she recalled her ‘lessons’ on using her inside voice with fluttershy, thinking it would probably startle the creature if Luna used her traditional canterlot voice she asked in a much quieter voice,
“Ahem. What pray tell are thee supposed to be strange creature?”
Still starring like an idiot Jack slowly noticed not only did this beautiful pony have her hoof extended in greeting but she also freaking talked! Since when could ponies talk!?!?! ‘Oh crap I must be dreaming!’ Jack thought as he took in the sight of both the pony before him and the immediate area.
“Are thou capable of speech?” Luna asked as Jack stood there taking in the area before him.
Then suddenly he brought his hand up in which Luna thought it would finally shake her hoof. He then slapped himself. This took Luna off guard unsure why any creature would physically harm themselves.
“Oh my! Why would you do that to yourself!?” Luna exclaimed.
“Huh. Well this has got to be the most vivid dream I’ve ever had.” Stated Jack as he thought aloud. This was both exciting and terrifying, never had he had a dream that felt this…real.
“You can talk? Well then all me to introduce myself, I am Princess Luna.” Luna was trying to be as polite as possible and make sure she didn’t do anything to possibly upset the creature standing before her.
Jack stood there for a minute still distracted by her beauty before finally saying something, “Uhh I’m Jack, nice to meet you, and Princess Luna was it?”
He then shook her hoof with his hand, slightly nervous with this whole experience. ‘Holy crap I’m shaking hand/hoof whatever with a talking pony!’ Jack thought. This must be one hell of a dream! Finally taking a better look at the princess Jack noticed that not only did she have a horn she had wings! Yup a dream definitely a dream.
“Umm if you don’t mind me asking, what are you exactly?” He asked as he continued to look her over.
“We should be asking you that very same question err whatever you are!” Luna replied still unsure of his intentions. Calling the guards was really starting to seem like a good idea.
“Well I’m a human of course. Now can you tell me what YOU are?” Jack answered as he took a seat on a nearby chair.
“We are Princess Luna! And we are what ponies call an Alicorn, a mix of unicorn and Pegasus with long lives and a natural affinity for magic. Oh and what is a ‘hooman’?”
“Alicorn? Really? Well alright Princess now I got another question, why the hell does this dream feel oddly… real?” Jack asked as he realized that none of his dreams were this… detailed to say the least. ‘Wait did she just ask what a human
was’?! Jack quickly thought to himself, ‘well this dream is getting weirder by the minute..’
“A dream? Why do you think this is a dream?”
“Umm duh? Ponies don’t talk for one and last thing I remember before coming here I was asleep in my bed.” Jack replied nonchalantly.
“I am sorry to break it to you but this is most certainly NOT a dream, this is thy royal bedchamber in the castle which is located in Canterlot.” Luna answered as she used some magic to alert her guards down stairs that there was an intruder. Better safe than sorry.
“Canterlot? Wait you mean THE Canterlot!? And another thi-” Jack was cut off as two dark looking ponies in ornate armor came out of the shadows it seemed and tackled Jack to the ground.
“Oof! Hey what the hell?!” He exclaimed trying to break free of Luna’s guards.
“Stop resisting! Thou shalt be taken to the dungeons until we speak with our sister and figure out what is to be done with you!” Luna yelled as the guards managed to subdue Jack with magic.
“Let me go! I haven’t done anything! Argh! Worst. Dream. EVER!” Jack complained still struggling against the magical restraints holding his hands and feet together as the guards took him out of Luna’s bedroom.
Luna would have alerted her sister right away but it was the middle of the night. Deciding it could wait until morning Luna took off into the sky to get some fresh air. Clearly the ‘Human’ was agitated and seemed convinced that this was all a dream. ‘Perhaps it was a little extreme sending it to the dungeon like that’ she thought to herself. She found the whole situation odd and could only hope Celestia could help her figure out what this Jack was doing here and why he appeared in her room. That however would have to wait till morning.
End of chapter one.