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// One, Two, Freddy's Coming For You. 
// Story: A Nightmare in Equestria 
// by Imperium Bedlam 
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'God I'm bored.'

"Miss Cheerilee, what's that one over there?" Inclined a small yellow coated, red maned filly with an oversized bow. Her hoof pointed towards me as I stood motionless on top of a block of stone.

'Yes I wonder what it could be? A fish perhaps? Maybe a log of wood? Don't be a stupid foal and just read the damn plaque like every other pony that's wandered by.'

"Ah that one," said an average sized mare with a purple coat and three smiling flowers on her plot, "that one is called The Nightmare, Applebloom. It is said that  thousands of years ago, when Celestia and Luna were only foals, he would enter the dreams of ponies who'd done bad things and.... turn them into nightmares."

'Aww don't be shy wittle pony, tell them what I really did. Really wish I could cut the petals off your stupid tramp-stamp.'

"Do you mean like Nightmare Moon? And why does it look sort of like a scare-pony?" questioned a small orange filly with a purple mane that sure would look good as a coat.

The purple one shook its head as it began to tell of my failures, "No Scootaloo, it is said that this creature was the origin of the word nightmare altogether, and that it was the source of them originally. Some going as far to say that it was the very source of fear itself. Though many ponies disagree as it's silly to think of it like that because fear is a natural emotion."

'Woo, dodged another bullet hey you dumb horse? I'd certainly like to find out if those butt flowers have stems.'

"Now come along, we really should check out the other exhibits." The dark mauve mare shooed the little colts and fillies away from my statue, towards the more friendly ones perhaps, like Discord. Discord just looks so cute and cuddly.

So I waited once more, nothing but silence to accompany me and my thoughts.

And I waited some more.

And I Crack waited some more.

And Crack I waited even Crack more.

For some reason it had taken me some time to realise one of the statues was cracking open, when I did however I made sure to mentally scream 'That's no fair!' as loud as I could. Looks like cute and cuddly got out and was having a merry ole stretch. That was, until he decided to have a look around. He was appearing in front of every statue seemingly simultaneously with an inquisitive gaze that could scare a chicken into devolving into a dinosaur just to show him everything it had been.

It took him only a few seconds before he came across my statue. Though my face was kept in an eternal frown, my eyes covered by the shade of my hat, his became an unsettling grin. "Well, well, well, look at you! You look absolutely and utterly odd! Though I can't help but feel like we've met somewhere..."

His expression became thoughtful for a few seconds before he shrugged it off and clicked his talon. I suddenly felt a lot more lively, my frown becoming its feared smile. Cuddly didn't notice however as he was already gone in a cloud of see through confetti. 'What's the point of see-through confetti? Confetti was MADE to be colourful!'

I didn't move from my original position though, merely lowering my hands to a more comfortable degree and stretching my gloved one slightly. I was still covered in a layer of stone for some reason but it only barely hindered my movement.

Once more I waited. One thousand years is a lot of time to get good at waiting. I hadn't wanted to get in the way of Cuddly before his inevitable recapture, why did I know it was inevitable? Because he was captured in the first place, meaning whoever captured him would remember and pass it on in case he'd been freed. Retard.





'God I'm bored.'

"Don't sweat it Princess Celestia! It was nothing we couldn't handle!" proclaimed a rainbow-maned, blue-coated pegasus that I was almost certain was a lesbian. She was promptly yanked out of the air by a purple unicorn.

'Gee, purple sure is a popular colour.'

"What Dash means to say is that without your help in sending those letters I may have never remembered what truly keeps us together, that no matter what our faults are we can always stick together thanks to our friendship!"

'First. You are definitely first. Or second. I don't really care but either way I swear I am going to kill you.

Celestia just chuckled at their antics, still maintaining that calm demeanour she seemed to have surgically attached to her face. "No Twilight, it is thanks to you and the bond you share with your friends that Equestria is safe once again from the tyranny of Discord."

'Bah, I remember when you used to be scared of gaining weight. I'm surprised you managed to beat Discord the first time actually. Oh Nightmare, please allow me a peaceful sleep without a hint of fat~ Stupid Princess, I don't stop nightmares, I cause them.'

"Now, I believe one of your friends wished to host a celebration par-" she was cut off by a pink mare with a tasty looking mane jumping up in the air and shouting "SAVED EQUESTRIA FROM DISCORD THE MEANIE-PANTS PARTY!" and zooming off at a speed that could only be matched by a bunny running from a manticore.

The other ponies seemed to laugh as they all headed off as a group towards what I assumed was the main hall, all of them besides Luna. She seemed to sigh before walking in my direction and giving me a fierce glare as she sat her plot in front of my statue. "'tis thou's fault that our sister and I can no longer wield the elements. No, we- I am merely blaming myself." Her face got a little more dejected at this point as she stared at the ground. "Had we-I not grown jealous of my sister then we could have worked things out perhaps. Maybe even become closer through our flaws just like the new wielders."

She sighed and looked to the ground while I just stared at her. How much pain had I caused her all those years ago? Maybe I should not have tortured her dreams relentlessly and instead worked towards- Pfffft fuck no. "Hey whorse," that certainly got her attention, she was now staring at me slack-jawed while I pointed a bladed finger towards her, "Be wary bitch, the Nightmare returns and he's going to have so much fun gutting your precious little ponies!"

I laughed at her rather menacingly as she seemed to be shaking slightly. Her expression one of fear, how delicious. I leaned down towards her, the stone breaking and falling apart while I placed the tip of one of my blades against her forehead, a few inches below her horn. Blood dripped down her face and fell to the ground while she just sat there in shock. My grin grew wider as I uttered a single word before disappearing in a burst of fire, "Boo."

The scream was beautiful.