//------------------------------// // The Man and the Nightmare // Story: The man from the woods // by Jimbob //------------------------------// "I am beginning to think that these horses aren't here to capture me" I mumbled as I watched the five- no wait six the yellow one is hiding behind the orange one, horses messing around with the stone spheres in the main hall. Well, good for the horses maybe I can go back to my room and call it a day or night or whatever. Oh wait two of the horses are taking the spheres to the purple one with a horn....... You know what? I am not even surprised anymore. Wait why are the other horses leaving? What is that purple one doing with the stones? I was so intrigued with what the horse was doing I didn't even notice the blue mist curling up behind me until it gave me a shove, ejecting me from my hiding space and right in front of the purple unicorn thing. "Oh shit" "AHHHHHHHH" Little known fact horses can scream, loud. Recoiling from the horse I tried to make it back to my hiding spot until the wind began to whip around me, as the stone spheres were lifted up in a blue mist tornado. It was actually cool until it disappeared along with the purple unicorn. That's when fate chose to fuck me over, the rest of the horse ran in frantically yelling "Twilight!" Which is all fine and dandy until they saw me, and narrowed their eyes. I swear the blue one even snorted steam "Oh all of my fuck this" I jumped up and made a mad dash for the stairs all too aware of the sound of hooves behind me. "Where's our friend!?" I think that was the blue one, not really stopping to ask after all I was kind of busy trying to run up the stairs and escape from the horses. Exiting the stairs I was once again in the throne room except there was a purple unicorn charging a rather large black winged unicorn thing. The purple one disappeared in a flash of well, purple and the black one kept charging right towards me and well, what your first instinct when something is charging you? I swung batter style at the black horse's head *CRACK* "Oh that's gotta hurt" I mumbled as the black horses, completely unprepared for a side assault, tumbled to the side. The other horses behind me had stopped and were staring at the now prone black horse "You just hit The Nightmare" the blue one mumbled in awe "Is that a good or bad thing?" I asked while the black horse slowly regained it footing, it horn-thing was glowing a deep indigo blue, why do things on horses even glow? *ZAP* I went flying across the room as what felt like a bolt of lightning struck my side. "GAH!" my limbs began to spaz out as electricity flowed through my body. Eventually I came to a stop against the far wall of the room. "Well that hurt like hell" I grunted while trying to stand up while my now jelly-like legs refused to obey me. Which was probably just as well because the black horse was stalking towards me with hate burning in its eyes. "You peasant! You dare harm the all-powerful Nightmare!? You shall pay the ultimate price" the black horse seemed completely oblivious to the group hug the other horses were having behind it but hey whatever good for the colorful horses. "I don't suppose saying sorry will, ummm I don't know maybe stop your quest to have my head mounted on a pike?" I asked the horse who literally growled. "Horses dont growl! Learn your place in the animal kingdom!" Mouth shut-up it's trying to kill us "Nightmare!" Oh look it the purple one is wearing a crown thing, good on the purple one. And now all the horses are floating and the purple one's eyes have turned completely white, well, great now they're possessed. Hopefully they're not into blood sacrifices. Oh and the purple one mentioned something about 'the power of friendship' I think, I was trying not to pass out and there was a flying rainbow....... I think........ Maybe I did pass out. There was a flash of white as the rainbow hit the black horse, a giant Shockwave shot through the room. "Trippy" I promptly passed out. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX "What do you think it is?" Something poked me in the arm eliciting a groan from me. "Oh it's that hairless monkey thing I was telling you girls about" That bubbly voice sounds familiar. "I thought you were just making that up" Another poke to the ribs convinced me that I should open up my eyes. "I instantly regret this decision." I groaned as the light blinded me. There were several gasps "It can talk!" and several other variations were heard echoing around the room. "Of course it can Sillies, its name it Mr. Alex Johnson!" Oh god I recognize that voice, it the pink one probably back to try and talk me to death again. Slowly opening my eyes I saw that I was in fact surrounded by colorful horses. And my brain shut down, I mean complete offline mode. The purple one walked forward "Umm Hello there Mr. Alex Johnson, my name is Twilight Sparkle." I continued to sit there like a vegetable as the purple one extends her hoof for a handshake I presume. After several awkward seconds she slowly lowered her hoof and sheepishly moved back in line with the other horses. 'Brain do something we look like idiots here!' "Umm hello" Good job brain we look slightly less retarded now. The horses jaws had hit the floor, well not the pink one she was just smiling and..... bouncing..... is that normal here? "Hello Mr. Alex Johnson, I'm Pinkie Pie but you already know that since we met outside the Everfree forest when Berry Punch stole your bottle!" shes still bouncing "Excuse me for one moment" I said while covering my mouth with my hand "MMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" my muffled scream made the horse jump back a bit, I uncovered my mouth and heaved out a sigh "Sorry about that, really hard to get used to talking horses." "Ponies" "Huh?" the purple one seemed a bit peeved "We're ponies, not horses" "Of course you are" I sighed as a very tall looking hors- pony stood up in the back of the room. It looked very regal with a crown and everything. It had a horn and wings, but the most intersting feature about the pony was the flowing hair, now all the ponies had weird hair but this one's hair was freaking moving. Like by itself. No seriously. "Twilight how is our guest?" she had a very motherly(?) voice, it fit her very well I guess "It appears to be fine Princess" Princess, as in royalty? Should I be begging for my life right now? Okay mouth time to lay on the charm! "So is she a horse?" Why mouth!? WHHHYYYY!?