//------------------------------// // Waking up // Story: Nightmare at Midnight // by Wynd~ //------------------------------// Rainbow Dash took five steps back. She heard a shattering noise behind her, the floor was falling again! The thing got closer, Blood and bones, blood and bones, blood and booooooonessssss Rainbow shut her eyes tightly and lowered her head, breathing heavily. She could feel it's darkness surrounding her. Heh heh..... She opened her eyes, just a tiny bit, for just a second, and saw the horror. The dark mist was closing in on her, squeezing her. behind the cute button eyes fire burned. Evil squirmy noises came out from it. Rainbow's eyes locked with it's. No matter how hard she tried to escape, she couldn't. It slowly crept forward, quietly crackling. Dash felt a clawed.........hand, grabbing her, but nothing was there. She felt she was going to explode when, she woke up. Dash lay in her bed, sweating and breathing heavily. Her friends were gathered around her. "She's awake!" "Finally!" "Sshhhh....you don't want to surprise her......" "Oh, dear! Look at that rat's nest of a mane!" "Let's throw a happy waking up after three weeks party!" Rainbow Dash widened her eyes, three weeks?! She sat up rubbing her head, "Wha- what happened?" she stammered. "Oh! I'm sorry, did we wake you up...?" Rainbow Dash looked over each of her friends, "Sooooo... is one of you guys gonna answer?" Twilight Sparkle stepped up. "Oh Rainbow! You feel asleep, and when we didn't see you for the next five days, we came up here to find you!" "And you were asleep! But now you're awake! Which is great! Wadduya wanna do?" Rainbow shook her head to clear her mind. The images still in her mind's eye, "How did you get up here?" she yawned. Twilight cocked her head, "....The spell we used to come see you compete in the Best Young Flyers competition?" Rainbow nodded, "Oh yeah," she said. Rubbing her head, she stretched out her back and smacked her lips to get the taste of sleep away. She hopped out of bed. "Do you have any idea why you slept so long?" Twilight asked. Rainbow shook her head, "No....." Twilight made a suspicious face, it sounded like a lie. Pinkie shrugged, "I donno about you sillies, but I'm going to go prepare for a party!" she took a party hat out of nowhere and placed it on her head. Fluttershy looked away, "Um....do you want some privacy Rainbow? 'cause I'll leave....sorry to bother you," she quietly walked away. Rainbow Dash desided not to answer, and got out of bed, brushing her teeth. "Dear, you must be simply starving! Let me get you some food," Rarity offered. Rainbow Dash nodded, she was pretty hungry. So Rarity trotted away. That just left Twilight, Applejack, and herself in the room. Applejack had hardly spoken, she was taking this very lightly. Rainbow had expected to see all her friends crowding her and being very worried, but this was fine. "Beg pardon Rainbow," Applejack suddenly said, "But just what exactly do you think yer doin' not telling us somethin'?" Rainbow bit her lip, "I uh.....I don't know what your talking about." Applejack came closer, "Me and Twilight KNOW your not tellin' us somptin'" Rainbow Dash pushed her away, "I'm not hiding anything," she said sharply. Applejack raised an eyebrow, "Alrighty then, but I you have any problems, don't come crying' to me." and with that, she walked out side. Just Rainbow and Twilight. "Um," Rainbow started,"Where did they all go?" There was an awkward silence. "In the ballon," Twilight finally said," Where else?" Rainbow felt stupid, "Oh," that's all she said. More silence. About five minutes later, Twilight broke the silence, but with something Rainbow did not want to hear: "Tell me Rainbow," she demanded, "What is going in? Why won't you tell us?" Rainbow Dash looked away, than suddenly looked back, her face a bright red, "THAT'S NONE IF YOUR BUSINESS!" she shouted, startling Twilight, "Now please go away and leave me alone!" Twilight was shocked. She stepped back, "Fine than," she stated, "I'll be leaving now." She walked away in a huff, leaving Rainbow to herself. Rainbow sat on her bed and ran her hooves through her mane, "It's all okay now," she said to herself, "It was just a dream, nothing more than a simple thought, but she knew it was more than that. It was a life, it was a reality, it was serious.