The Magic of A Dream
Royal Nightmares...
By Major Frostwing
Lance was standing outside of Princess Luna's room starring at the door and the guards in front of it. "State your business." One of them barked at the black unicorn. Lance only looked blankly at the guard. "Did you not hear me. I said." The bat pony took a deep breath then yelled. "STATE YOUR BUSINESS!" Lance didn't move and continued his blank stare towards the guard.
"Get out of my way." Lance shot back at the guard which must have shocked him most ponies were afraid of his breed. "I'm sorry did I stutter?" Lance asked with a smile. "I said." Lance's smile vanished and there was a venom filled glare now toward the bat pony. "Get the BUCK OUT OF MY WAY!" Lance Yelled and the guard moved out of his way. "That's what I thought." Lance was about to open the door when he stopped and handed the guard his card. "For the nightmares I just gave you come see me." The unicorn smiled and walked into the room. He saw Luna laying on her bed contorted in what seemed like a nightmare. "This one is going to hurt." Lance said as he sat down his horn glowing a black mist came from Luna's mind. It was wild uncontrolled and rushed Lance. "Come on I will take you away." The unicorn said as the mist melded with his body. Lance doubled over in pain this nightmare was pure hatred and pain. "What kind of nightmare is this?" Lance asked himself as he coughed up a small pool of crimson. He looked at the puddle in disgust. "I will deal with that nightmare tonight." He said as he wiped his mouth.
"Thank you..." A voice said gently. It made Lance jump. He looked back to see Luna looking at him with her beautiful blue eyes. Lance felt a blush form on his cheeks. "You didn't have to take my nightmare. But you did, Why?" Luna asked with concern.
Lance cleared his throat. "You helped me last night with mine I thought I could do the same with yours." Lance said motioning to her calmly he looked into her eyes and looked away trying to not show his blush to her. But she seemed to notice.
"Mr. Night are you feeling well? You look positively pale." Luna said as she walked up to him which made him blush more.
"I'm alright Princess just a little lightheaded from taking your nightmare." Lance said scratching the back of his head knocking his hat off. "Shoot." Was all Lance could say as he leaned down to pick it up but his horn collided with Luna's and he backed away nervously. "My apologies Princess." Lance said with a bow as he left the room in a hurry.
"Mr. Nightmare you forgot your hat." She said as she looked down at the hat a photo was inside the hat of his family but his father's face was scratched out. "What happened to you Mr. Nightmare?" Luna asked herself as she looked at the hat again.
Lance ran as fast as he could home he sat down in his study. He looked up at the picture of his family he picked it up and threw it against the wall. "BUCKING HELL!" Lance screamed out as he sat in the darkness. "Could you be more of an idiot Lance?" Lance asked himself out loud. He sighed explosively. He heard a sound coming from the shadows as he saw the dark blue alicorn manifest from the shadows.
"Mr. Nightmare you forgot your hat in my chambers." She said as she sat the hat down on his head he didn't look up. "What's wrong?" Luna asked as she walked towards him he raised a hoof to stop her.
"Pay this colt no mind Princess I only bring pain and suffering to those around me." Lance said as he moved his hoof down to his side he looked down at his hooves. "I..." He choked out as he tried to hold back his tears. "I don't want to be here anymore..." Lance said as the tears fell free from their prison.
Luna was shocked to hear this she walked up to him. She sighed as she sat next to him. "Mr. Nightmare why would you want that?" Luna asked him concerned.
"The nightmares... They never leave. All they do is increase in numbers and in strength." Lance said through his tears. "I can't even get a peaceful night of sleep." He said as he looked up at his ceiling. "Ever since I got my cutie mark and started my work I drink every night just to help myself fall asleep otherwise I would already be dead from sleep deprivation." Lance looked at Luna his expression went cold. "Some days I wish I would just drop of the face of this world and never return." He said calmly until a hoof slapped him across the face. He was shocked by this he looked up to see Luna glaring at him Lance glared back.
"I am painfully aware of your life and you will to give up all to well." Luna said angrily she walked up to him still glaring. "You want true pain Mr. Nightmare then I will show you true pain." She boomed as her horn glowed. Lance looked at her his glare turning into a soft stare.
"I know of your nightmare Princess Luna." He said calmly. Luna stopped glaring and now only watched his next move. "A thousand years trapped in the moon unable to leave knowing that everything you loved is now dead and will never come back and the anger that came with it." Lance wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. "I felt it all in an instant when I took your nightmare." he looked into her eyes. "All that pain slowly consuming you from the inside and no one to understand that pain." Lance walked up to her. "Except a person who could take that pain into them self." He sighed as he felt sick again a side effect of the nightmare but then he coughed up crimson once again. "Not just emotionally but physically." Lance looked down and began to walk away.
"How do you know all this Mr. Nightmare?" Luna asked confused at his perfect description of her thousand year nightmare.
"I am a dream analysis it is my job to understand the nightmares I take away from them and bring them peace of mind when the go to sleep." Lance smiled to Luna gently. "That's your job isn't it. Catch the ones who won't come see me out of pride." Lance walked to his desk sitting down. "Pain is nothing new to me." The unicorn layed his head on the desk the world went dark as he fell asleep.
Luna placed a hoof on his head her horn glowed as light enveloped Lance and was absorbed into him. "May this protect you as you sleep." She smiled sweetly to Lance as she melded back into the shadows disappearing back to her room in the castle.