//------------------------------// // Bad Dream [Flashback(part 2)] // Story: Coffee Bender // by spirit shin //------------------------------// AN: IF ANYONE FINDS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CHARACTERS' PERSONALITY(ie octavia or vinyl) PLEASE TELL ME IN THE COMMENTS also what does everypony think of the perspective swap? also this chapter i had alot of writer;s block That night I had an awful dream, I was standing on a ledge of a cliff. I was about to walk away when I hear a voice calling for help. I look over the edge and see a mint green pony there, hanging on for dear life. "I'll get you out from there don't worry." I yell to him. "Help me..." his voice was almost inaudible. He was holding on to a rusty iron pipe sticking out of the face of the cliff. "JUST GIVE ME A SECOND!" I can feel myself crying now. "Are you going to save me?" "YES!" I can see tears fall down the cliff hitting the ground below. "Save me." he was looking at me with a clam face. "I WILL!" I screamed. "You wont, because you didn't" he said. He let go and fell, looking into my soul. I didn't see him hit the ground because I woke up. "NOOO!!!" I was covered in sweat, covers ripped of the bed and my face was stained with tears. I sat up in bed and started to consciously cry. (muffled through walls) "Was that Deejay?" "I think so, we should check on him, he might be hurt. I hear crying" Octavia said "What if there is a burglar?" Vinyl asked? "Then we are just going to have to deal with him won't we?" "YEAH!" The busted through the door. Octavia had a bow and arrow weapon made from her cello bow and a kitchen knife, and Vinyl had levitated a bat and was ready to swing. After looking for an intruder, they focused on me. Rushing over they asked what was wrong? "Nothing, *sniff* I'm fine." "Are you sure dear?" Octavia asked. "Ye-yea, just a bad dream..." I said between sobs. "C'mon bud, let's go get you some hot cocoa, you are in no condition to sleep right now." Vinyl offered me her hoof to help me out of bed. "I guess that I could go for some hot chocolate." I say wiping the tears away. We walk to the kitchen together, and I go to sit at the kitchen table, but Octavia interrupts me. "Darling, this is a special occasion. We can have our cocoa in the living room." "Are you ponies sure? I don't want to spill the chocolate on anything." "Hey colt, don't sweat it. Things are replaceable, you aren't." Vinyl commented. "That's kind of corny." I said, returning to my normal gai demeanor. "Yea, well, it's true. Obviously something is bothering you, and we just want to know how we can help." she points to herself and Octavia. "Really, and truly we care about you deary, if there is anything, anything at all that you wish to share with us please feel free to do so." "Well... I guess... I... I can't really get into details, let's just say I let somepony down..." I felt so shameful that I couldn't look them in their eyes. 'It's O.K. brony." Vinyl said hugging me. Then Octavia put her arms around me as well, I was stuck in a hug sandwich. "Fine" I said. We went over to the couch cocoa in hooves and I told them about what had happened they coaxed it out of me like ants to honey.[theme for the below passage] "Oh hun," Octavia started, " it was chivalrous and all to stand up for that colt, but you barely know the pony. While I do agree that it was wrong of them to do that, but they were still your friends and you shouldn't have blown up on them like that." "Well you won't have to worry about me hurting them anymore, because I don't want to be friends with those kind of ponies. Especially since *gesture at myself* you know, what they said." "You don't have to worry about those ponies anymore," said Vinyl "and I am sure that you are better off without out them. Nopony deserves to be treated like that" We just sat there, we didn't talk and eventually Octavia fell asleep while leaning on Vinyl and after putting a blanket over both of them I just went to my room for the night. I looked at the clock and it read 3:43 in the morning. "Vin and Octy hadn't been home for ten minutes before busting down their own door at three in the morning to 'save me'" I mused. " I've got good friends" Sleep came easily. I woke up in the morning feeling like my head was going to explode. I tried to get up, but it was too fast and I nearly blacked out. "Ugh, what happened last night?"? I asked nopony in particular. I stumbled out of the guest room using the walls as a brace. I make it to the living room, I see Vinyl and Octavia sitting watching viewtube videos. "So... Loud... " I whisper. "Please turn it off!" "OH HEY SLEEPYHEAD!!! I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE UP YET!!!" Vinyl said, "WHY IS YOUR FACE LIKE THAT?" I was cringing, It felt like she was using the royal Canterlot voice with a megaphone. "Dear, " Octavia said "I think he is hungover." "You guys spiked the hot chocolate?" "YEA WE FIGURED YOU COULD USE A LITTLE PICKMEUP!!!!!!" Vinyl said. I covered my ears. "Shhh! Can't you see his ears are sensitive?" Octavia said to Vinyl. "Sorry bro." "I don't ever drink, It affects me too much. Obviously." "We didn't know, we're sorry." "I am just going to go. I don't want to take up anymore of you guy's special day." "But..." "I'm fine. I just need to go." I left the house. The sun was blinding, so I put on some sunglasses. I walked to the park and sat under a tree to escape the sun. I laid in the grass, I thought that I would try to sleep off the hangover. I awoke to the glare of the sun. I went to rub my eyes and my hooves hit the lenses of the sunglasses. "How long have I been out?" I said. Nopony answered. "Right... *sigh* At least I don't have a hangover anymore." I sit up and take in my surroundings. There were young fillies and colts swinging in swings and riding the merry-go-round. "What am I going to do now?" I walk into town and ramble down the streets, still groggy from my afternoon sleep. Knowing that i can't go back there I had to find a new place to sleep. On the main strip i saw a sigh that read "Barley's Bed Breakfast & Bar" I walked in and the place had a simple ambiance. The bar goers were happy ,sharing stories and drinks. "Hey kid! Welcome back." I hear someone say. "What?"