//------------------------------// // the surprise // Story: portal to dreams // by pythorian //------------------------------// This is when I get a surprise that might have been expected. *** *** *** *** "What the heck is that?" I asked my self. I took a couple of slow steps just incase it was something dangerous, but I got real good look at it. "Is that a cake?" I asked myself. "Yes, it is." said an eavesdropping pony. When I turned around, I saw shine bright. "But why would you even give me a cake?" I asked "Well, the staff thought since we finally got a little revenge on blue blood, we'd give you a little token of our appreciation." she replied. "But you really didn't have to." I said. "No, it's fine. We already baked it for you, so don't let it go to waste." Shine said. "Well, I guess I can't say no." I said. It's weird though, that they baked a chocolate cake that had three different chocolates. I really like this cake. I should probably give some to shine bright. "Hey shine bright, would you like a piece?" I asked her. "Oh, no thank you." she replied. "Well, I can't finish this off all by my self." I said with a smirk. "Well I suppose I could help you finish it since you can't." she said before I sliced half the cake for her. It was a small cake, but still too big for me to eat. "Here you go." I said while giving her the piece of cake. "So, what is this cake called?" I asked. "It's called triple chocolate cake." she replied "Wait, triple chocolate cake?..." I then started to get twitchy, and then I'm on the floor looking like I’m having a seizure. I can hear shine bright screaming for help. The problem was that I didn't know why I was getting twitchy, but then I see a vision, a vision like the one in the hospital. This time I see me and.... I look happy. But there are other people, not ponies beside me. They look at me happily and then I see why. It's my birthday. This happened one month and a week ago when I appeared here in Equestria. But then I see the same cake that I was given a couple minutes ago. I don't recognize any of the people but before I can examine any of them my vision is taken away from me and then I see Luna. "Am I still asleep?" I asked "Yes, you are. You were having a seizure, and I decided to look into your mind, but I couldn't." she said. "Why couldn't you?" I asked. "It seems there was some type of force that kept me from looking in to your dreams." she replied. "One last question, how long was I out for?" I asked. "Three days." she answered. "Wait, what?!" I screamed. "But it felt like I was out only for a couple of minutes!" I said. "Yes, I bet it did. Your mind can give you the illusion that you were out for a short amount of time, yet it has been longer" she said to me. "Now, it's time to wake up, Axel." When she said, that I immediately woke up and Luna was there but this time so was shine bright. It seemed as if shine bright had no sleep. It also seemed like I woke up in another hospital again. Once shine bright saw that I was awake she ran over and hugged me. "I thought you were going to die!" Shine said holding back tears. "I thought so too, and this marks my second time in a hospital." I said "We were really worried about you Axel." Luna said. "So, what happened after I was out?" I asked "My sister came back, and said that I could have a day off to watch over you. She said the same to shine bright, but she never slept and kept watch on you" She said while shine blushed and laughed a sarcastic laugh. "Also, my sister sends this to you if you would wake up." Luna handed over a letter and I grabbed it. What could it be? *** *** *** *** Next chapter: The Letter. Thought the real surprise was in the beginning, didn’t you? Well, you guessed wrong.