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// New Possibilities 
// Story: Two Lifetimes 
// by Nightstalker18 
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“Is he dead?” I shake my head trying to make sense of what has just been said 
“what? No he is not dead he is just passed out… I hope” 
“look Autumn he’s dribbling just like you do hah hah snort hah hah” Pinkie is laughing so much tears are running down her face ah that pony is so easily amused.
“PINKIE THIS IS NO LAUGHING MATTER THERE COULD BE SOMETHING REALLY  WRONG WITH STORM” at this outburst Pinkie instantly stops laughing and her ears drop down to the side of her head, her eyes widen and tears begin pooling in her eyes she looks at me her bottom lip wobbling. Oh gosh what have I done!? 
“Oh my! I’m so sorry Pinkie I didn’t mean to upset you I don’t know what came over me.” Her ears prick up again and a large grin spreads across her face… ok maybe I preferred it when she was going to cry that smile is starting to creep me out.
“I know what came over you Autumn!” she exclaims, I can’t help myself from asking “what?!” 
“you love storm!” as soon as she says this I feel myself blushing and my ears dropping I have to think of something quick!
“I do not!” ughh nice one Autumn that is possibly the worst comeback ever.
“You do you’re blushing!” great! Now pinkie knows how I feel about Storm.
“So what if I do? There’s nothing wrong with that is there?” ok that was very bitter and uncalled for. “look let’s just forget about it for now ok?”
“okie dokie loki!” yeah like she will forget about this little nugget of information for a long time.
“What are you two talking about?”  oh no Storm I wonder how much he heard.
“ugggghhhh we were talking about…” come on Autumn think.
“We were talking about how amazing cupcakes are!” well that was random Pinkie.
“Oh you were?” Strom raises an eyebrow as he says this “Pinkie can I talk to Autumn in private for a moment?” 
“okie dokie loki but don’t take too long I’ll get lonely!” Pinkie lonely? Yeah that’ll be the day. Pinkie bounces out of the carriage Storm waits for the sounds of her skipping to fade before he speaks.
“I heard what you and Pinkie were talking about”
“what! How long were you listening for!?” 
“just before your outburst” ah that is awkward.
“So uh you heard Pinkies theory?”
“Yes is it true?”  What should I say should I tell him my feelings? Should I lie? ughhh this is so confusing! “Autumn? Are you ok you seem to be in a world of your own”
“no I’m fine I was just… never mind” I can’t tell him what if he doesn’t feel the same? Storm is looking at me with a concerned and slightly sad look on his face I need to change the subject… “Pinkie sure comes up with some weird things to talk about doesn’t she?” I give him a nervous smile he must sense that I want the subject changed so he answers my question.
“Heh! yeah she does” why have things suddenly gotten awkward between us?
“MY EARS ARE BURNING MY EARS ARE BURNING!”  Could that be because we were just talking about you Pinkie?  Just play along Autumn maybe she can break the awkwardness.
“Yeah? What does that mean Pinkie?”
“Dunno never happened before it’s probably nothing” well that didn’t do much to break the tension.
I am standing over the body of my interrogator the rope that had originally bound me now wound tightly around his neck. I have to get out of here somehow I search the body for something anything that could be used as a weapon all I find is a small pistol and a knife. As I stand up however I am hit with a wave of dizziness damn him! He must have drugged me before he interrogated me this is going to be harder than I thought…
“Welcome to Canterlot station” wait! When did we get here?
“Autumn your finally awake I was so worried” for some reason hearing those words from Storm makes me feel warm and fuzzy.
“I’m fine it was just another dream.”
“It didn’t seem like just another dream you have been out for 3 hours” 3 hours! Well hopefully I can make sense of these dreams now that we are in Canterlot...  “so that’s all we have experienced so far princess”
“hmmm this is indeed a strange occurrence I don’t think anything like this has ever happened before” this isn’t very helpful .
“sorry to sound rude princess but how so?”
“well from what you both have told me it sounds like you are experiencing something called parallel universe syndrome” well that’s a new one.
“what is this parallel universe syndrome princess?” that’s Storm always wanting to know everything.
“hmm well let me put it this way it is believed that every universe has one that is parallel to it in which places may have similar or different names, creatures may have the names of your friends and family. For example in this world of your dreams the creature you are living as which is called a human by the way shares your name however she is very different from you. She is a member of the army she revels in the fight am I correct?”
“yes you are right princess”
“however you would never fight unless it is absolutely necessary am I right?”
“yes”
“then this proves what I was saying about the parallel universe you may be unintentionally following key events of this otherworld Autumn’s life or you may be experiencing memories from this otherworld Autumn’s life”
“So you think this otherworld exists?”
“I don’t think it does I know it does” what?! Princess Celestia knows that a parallel world just like the one from my dreams exists? the main question is how? This new information is almost too much to process in one go I need to see what Storm makes of this revelation. Suddenly a blinding flash of light then as quickly as it came it has gone. I look towards storm to find that he is not there where did he go? I look around and find that I am alone even Princess Celestia has disappeared. Suddenly I hear a movement from behind and hear a laugh. However this is no ordinary laugh this is the laugh of somepony who is evil to his very core but that’s not the unnerving thing about the laugh the unnerving thing is I recognise that laugh…