//------------------------------// // Night Time Ride // Story: Psycho // by Bishibosh the Shaman //------------------------------// Psycho Chapter Six The train ride was rather uneventful for the first few hours. Krieg sat on the floor of the car while Twilight and her friends all sat in the various seats around him. She watched Krieg sit there, he was in a trance it seemed. She was concentrating on what Discord had said. Multiple Personalities... She knew ponies who suffered from that, Princess Luna herself. That wasn't the part that worried her though. It was what Discord said after, Schizophrenia. She had also heard of ponies with that mental disease. Most of them had to be locked up for their own safety, and the safety of others. That particular disease even led some ponies to ending their lives themselves. Twilight didn't want to think on those things much longer, she needed a distraction. Twilight stared out the window, watching as the trees rushed by. Her eyes caught every single tree as it whip'd passed her vision. She imagined a stallion running along the edge of the tracks, jumping over obstacles that came his way. She was amused for an hour until she over heard Rainbow moaning. She turned around to see what the mare was moaning about. What she saw stuck her as odd. "Oh yeah.... don't stop..." Rainbow Dash moaned as Krieg ran his hand down the back of her neck. Once his hand rested at the bottom of her neck, he raised at back to the top of her head and ran it down again. Rainbow was enjoying the attention. "I don't know what you are doing... but it feels soooo good...." Rainbow moaned again. Twilight found this odd for a couple reasons. Rainbow didn't like being pampered, yet here she was allowing Krieg to massage her neck. The other thing she noted was the fact that Krieg was massaging her in the first place. How did he know it would feel good to Rainbow? Also, why was he doing it? "Pretty pony's hair is soft" Krieg said, enthralled by Rainbow's matted mane. "Oh man...." Rainbow's voice led off as she raised her head to look at Twilight. "Twi, you have got to try this... This guy knows how to make a mare feel good..." "Uh thanks, but no thanks Rainbow. I'll pass" Twilight forced a smile to cover her concern. What had provoked this display of affection from him? Could it be because Rainbow Saved his life? Another thought came to her mind. He had openly accepted ponies as if he were familiar with them, despite being a different species. Perhaps ponies existed in his world, just not as the dominant race. How would they have been treated? Judging by Krieg's behavior towards Rainbow, maybe they were honored in some way. Pampered as royalty? She wondered many things before nightfall came, and even dreamed about the strange world she had envisioned, ponies pampered just for being ponies. It seemed too good. "Get up buddy, Ugh... jeeze you weigh a ton!" Gaige grunted as she attempted to help the psycho up. He had taken a barrage of rockets from a badass loader that knocked him down to the ground. She melted the machine down with her corrosive mini-gun and let Deathtrap deal with the other weaklings around. "Looove... youuu" Krieg mumbled as a thanks for helping him up. "Of course you do, now we need to hurry up or we are going to miss the train!" The both of them were on their way to catch up with the other four vault hunters on Pandora. Not like Krieg though, Gaige was on the run from law enforcement due to an unfortunate incident involving Deathtrap. Krieg was just looking for some more fun. Seeking the other vault hunters seemed like a good idea to the both of them. Just as they were leaving, more Hyperion bots landed behind them. If Gaige hadn't used her mechanical arm to hold Krieg back, he would have rushed them just like before. He got the point and followed his new friend. They still had a long trek before reaching the train station, and for some reason or another none of the Catch-a-Rides would accept them, even with Gaige attempting to hack into the system. "AHHHH! Freaking thing!" Gaige screamed as she beat the machine with her wrench. "Woah, unauthorized user up in my grill! You trying to hack my Catch-A-Ride? Uncool bro, uncool." The machine scolded. "Oh shut up! ugh..." Gaige steamed as she turne around to a confused looking Krieg. "Well buddy, I guess we are hoofing it. Braving the road one step at a time. Yupp, taking the hundred mile trek with out sneakers tied. Paving the path to UGH!!!!" Gaige kicked the machine, regretting the idea almost as soon as she did it. Now she had to walk the trip with a sour toe, or she would if Krieg wasn't so helpful. He picked the young girl up and put her on his shoulders as he began walking the same direction they were headed. Gaige was glad she didn't have to walk. Night had fallen on the six mares and human. Five of them lay asleep, Krieg was using Rainbow's mane as a pillow. She apparently didn't mind, in fact when later asked she mentioned she admired Krieg like she did Tank. A cute, lovable pet with a slight touch of awesomeness. Twilight however was still awake, even if barely. She couldn't draw herself to sleep, this bad feeling crept inside her. A feeling that wouldn't go away no matter how hard she tried. Eventually her exhaustion got the better of her. Her eye lids drifted down on her, and as they shut... There was a knock at the door. She groaned as she got up from her makeshift bed, and lazily walked to the door, still softly knocking from behind. As she approached, the door opened to nothing. The world had just ended it seemed. The only thing there was the blankness of space, yet she felt drawn in. Her first step hit solid ground, but her eyes betrayed her. There was no ground, just space. She took a few more steps, and once she was clear of the door, it shut. A soft, yet familiar voice rang in her mind. "A warm welcome to you, Twilight Sparkle..." The soft voice rang in the silence of space. "Princess Luna..." Twilight marveled. "Why are you here? I mean... in my dream?" "Am I not the Princess of the Night? Is it not my duty to come to your dreams?" Luna asked. "Well, yes but I mean why now?" "You are fearful of something Twilight, or rather someone..." Twilight felt her heart sink. "You can feel my fears like that?" "Yes, your fears are very powerful Twilight Sparkle. Tell me, what is it you fear?" Twilight gulped at the princesses question. "This new... human... I fear what he is..." "This... Krieg. You fear his power?" "I'm scared what he will do if he goes mad again, he almost killed Spike!" "You need not fear him any more than you fear me." "Wh-what do you mean?" "You do not recognize our similarities? Just as I was once Nightmare Moon, so was he once a crazed beast." "But you can control yourself, I'm not sure he can." "You doubt his promise?" Twilight opened her mouth, but spoke nothing. "He will keep his word, he will remain in control." "How can you be so sure Princess?" "Like I can see in your dreams, so can I peer into his. He has a lot of pain inside, but he will never harm the innocent. Of this you can trust..." Princess Luna faded into the darkness of night, leaving Twilight there alone. He voice echoed in the vacuum of space. Twilight woke from her sleep, and turned her head to Krieg who now had Rainbow locked in his arms as a young foal would cuddle with a doll. Maybe he really was harmless, but he still tried to attack Spike. She laid her head down again and drifted back into her dreams. They had a long day ahead of them.