Quelling A Nightmare
A Voice For The Dreams
"Rainbow!" I shouted upon hearing the screams fill the frigid air. I immediately shot into the sky, scorching the area I took off from.
As I flew, I continued to hear the screams from Dash's cloud mansion. They had never lasted this long before. This was more than her just waking up, something was wrong. Well, more wrong than I already knew of. I increased my speed even more, causing the corona of flames to intensify around me. The heat was becoming more than I thought I could handle, but I kept going.
"I'm coming Rainbow," I said through clenched teeth as a burned though the frosty night sky. "I'm coming!"
As I approached her home, something suddenly donned on me, I'm flying to fast, there's no way to slow down enough to prevent myself from smashing through the front door. And even though it was made of clouds, the impact would feel just like doing a belly flop into the lake. And that was a feeling that I wished I would never experience. But now I was at the point of no return. I just hoped that the impact wont kill me, or knock me out..... Celestia, do I hope it doesn't knock me out.
I smashed through the door with so much force, that I took out most of the front wall, but luckily, I remained alive, and wouldn't you guess it, I stayed conscious. The impact actually helped me more than it hurt me. Crashing through the door slowed me down enough that I was able to LAND and keep running, lucky me. But I didn't have time to pat myself on the back, cause now that I was in her home, Rainbow could be heard sobbing and screaming from her room upstairs.
"AHH!! Go away! Leave me alone!" I heard her scream out. "Please, please, just leave me alone!"
As I approached her door, I was brought to an abrupt stop when I heard a second voice come from within.
"No," the voice said. It was deep and distorted, almost like the voice was of demonic origin. "You fight and you fight, but in the end, I will win. You are WEAK! You will submit to me. You are having these dreams for a reason. You WILL kill her, before she kills you. Is that what you want? Do you really wish to be mutilated and gutted to make a batch of CUPCAKES?!"
Hearing the voice talking to Dash that way made me freeze, one hoof on her bedroom door, ready to push it open and save her. but the voice immobilized me.
'Why can't I move?' I thought, 'Dash needs me!' I tried to force my body to obey me, but it refused. 'Fine, if I can't open the door, then I'll just talk through it.' I opened my mouth to shout out to my marefriend, to let her know I was here, but the words caught in my throat. "What the hay! Why can't I do anything? I can't move, can't talk, am I just suppose to sit here while Dash is alone in there with Celestia knows what!'
"Now Rainbow," the voice began again."Its really only a matter of time now. She will get you, she will KILL you. And no pony will be able to save you. Not even your beloved Pyrefly. Just let me take over and end this once and for all. LET ME KILL HER!"
"Pyrefly will always be there for me, no matter what!" RD snapped defiantly. "Its because of you that I haven't been able to tell him the truth about my dream. He's worried sick about me and I can't tell him. Why wont you let me tell him?"
"BWAHAHAHA! Do you honestly believe that I'm the one preventing you from telling him? Oh no Dashie, my dear. That's all you. Your so afraid that he'll reject you, abandon you, if you tell him. And you are right to think that. Do you know why? Because you are his escape. His escape from the limelight. He is only using you. If you were never in his life, he would have either killed himself, or went back to racing. You are his anchor, and If you were to disappear, you'll become nothing more than a foot note in the story of his return to the top. But that sister of his is why he stays with you. If he was to go back to racing, then she would never forgive him, and she would run away. Just like she did that day those few, short, years ago. She would be without her darling brother in one form or another. And Pyrefly knows it. So he uses you as a reason to stay out of the spotlight. To hide from the fame that is awaiting his triumphant return. What I'm trying to say is that, in truth, HE DOES NOT REALLY LOVE YOU! Which is why after I kill HER for you, HE will be the next on the list."
'What?' I thought after hearing the malicious voice's speech. 'That's not true! Dash! Don't listen to him, um, her, IT! Its all a lie! I love you Dash! I need to move, I need to scream, I need to let her now I'm here!'
I began to struggle harder, trying to overcome the invisible force that help me in place and that kept me silent. As I fought, the voice spoke again.
"Ah? What do we have here? Is that PYREFLY on the other side of the door? I'm curious as to how he is here, figuring that our little talk is happening inside Dashie here's mind. I wonder how much he heard, not that it matters. Do you hear me boy? You're out cold in Dash's foyer. Crashing through the door was certainly a risky idea. Hmm, looks like I just lost Dash's mind. So now its just you and me. No doubt that she finally realized that her front wall was obliterated by your failed rescue attempt, and will now be rushing to your side, trying disparately to wake you up. but before you go, I want to let you in on a little secret. She doesn't want your help. You may have heard her say she does, but its a ruse."
Suddenly, the demonic voice stopped talking, and another, familiar voice filled my mind, calling my name. It sounded distant at first, but quickly grew louder.Then I recognized it. It was Dash!
'Was I really just listening to a conversation that was happening in her mind?'
"Pyrefly! Please, Pyrefly,wake up!"
'Rainbow, is this voice really the source of your problems? Do you really feel that way?'
"Of course she really feels that way. And it is the sudden realization of this that gave me such sway with her. I am the madness that dwells within your dear Rainbow Dash. And I'm gonna be straight with you, I want her mind, I want her body, I want her SOUL! But then again, I'm having so much fun torturing her. But, alas, the day to stop playing is almost here. In a few weeks, she will be mine.And on that day, my fun will really begin! Before you leave though, I wanna let you know that when the day comes when I take control of Dashie, one of her dear old friends will never throw another party ever again! BWAHAHAHAHA!"
"Please! Wake! UP!"
'Dash. I'm sorry that I wont remember this, but if I am still linked to you mind, hear me now. You are the only one that can tell me about all this. For your sake, and hers. Dash, if I wake up, you need to tell me everything. Then we can beat that thing.' The room around me began to blur, and I started to hear Dash crying again. But this time it wasn't from the dreams, or the voice of her madness. This time she was crying because of me. Though I was still in the dream world, I felt her tears falling onto my chest, soaking my coat. 'Dash, you know I hate it when you cry.' I thought with a smile on my face.
"Pyrefly, please, wake up. I love you, I need you! Do you hear me! I WANT YOU BACK! WAKE UP!"
And with those last words repeating in my mind, the dream world faded, and I fell into darkness.