//------------------------------// // Impossible // Story: An Everlasting Nightmare // by lorettafox //------------------------------// “Spike...its too early for breakfast...” Twilight Sparkle mumbled in her sleep as she rolled over in her bed, pulling her sheets up over her head using her hooves. “Spike...I said its just too early...” Twilight mumbled again as the scent of warm food hit her muzzle, making it tickle slightly. “Spike...didn't I...” she started when she opened her eyes fully, only to be meant with a plate a slightly warm porridge that shined under the moonlight. “Right...It was a dream that he made me breakfast...” Twilight mumbled as she glanced up at the ceiling, which was a pale white as were the walls of the room she was in, expect for the fact that on one wall, several shelves of books were all lined and organized by name. Sitting up and letting out a yawn, she glanced down at the soft blanket and soft mattress she was lying on. She let out a sigh of unhappiness. She wished she could go back to before she had to come here, but she couldn't. “A little unhappy are we?” called a voice out in the darkness. Twilight let out a sigh as she tried lying back down and turned to face the wall. “I know you can hear me, my dear. Don't pretend that you can't.” Stuffing her pillow over her ears, she tried to drown out the voice, but it just seemed to get louder and louder. “Fine, be that way. Pretend that you can't hear me, the great and powerful Discord.” “Uggh...what do you want now, Discord?” Twilight called out into the darkness. “Its past 3am. Can't you let a pony get any rest in this place? You've already driven me crazy enough!” “Oh, you are simply no fun now, Twilight Sparkle. Besides, 3am is the perfect time for chaos.” Discord chuckled as he sat on top of Twilight, earning a sigh from the purple alicorn. “So, do you have any suggestions, Sparkle Butt?” “And here we go again with the Sparkle Butt comments!” Twilight moaned out in frustration. “Out of all the stupid names that you could possibly call me, you keep calling me that one! I've said it once and I'll say it again, my flank does not look like its sparkling!” “Oh really now?” Discord chuckled as he snapped his fingers. “I think its very sparkly now.” he smirked as he put on a pair of sunglasses. “Any brighter and we could hang you from the ceiling and use you as a disco ball.” “And there he goes with the disco ball comments.” Twilight groaned. “And to think I once loved you too! Now you've simply driven me into madness!” “Isn't it great?” he mused to Twilight. “Driving a pony so insane that they have to lock her away? The look on your face that day! It was simply priceless!” he laughed aloud. “You should have seen it! They didn't believe you at all!” “Its your damn fault that I'm in here!” Twilight screamed and threw the pillow at him, but it did nothing as the pillow simply passed through him. “Its your damn fault! Why can't you just do me a favor and finally just leave me alone? Or at least be the Discord that I once knew! Please, just do one of them and finally give me my peace!” “And stop having all this fun? Now, why would I do a stupid thing like that?” smirked Discord. “Besides, I quite like being around you. Its nice to have somepony to actually talk to instead of being encased in stone, but you wouldn't know that, would you since your little Princess doesn't turn ponies into stone!” “For the last time, you are not in stone and Princess Celestia had no choice!” Twilight screamed once again at Discord. “You were threatening to rain hot tea rain on all those poor ponies! How could Princess Celestia and Luna not use the Elements of Harmony on you? You didn't even see them as a threat! I know, I witnessed the event for myself.” “But those poor Earth ponies always kept coming up to me and begging me to bring rain for their crops. I only did what the poor ponies asked.” Discord teased. “And how would you know if I was encased in stone or not?” “I said go away!” Twilight screamed as she tried levitating the pillow at Discord to throw it at him again, but it was simply no use. Her horn was covered by a special black bag which prevented her from using her magic. Her wings flapped in aggravation as she simply glared at Discord. “What did I just go through screaming at you? Go away!” “Twilight? Twilight, are you in there?” came a knock at the door. Twilight glanced towards the door, her voice still screaming at Discord to go away. “Twilight, it's Nurse Redheart! I'm coming in!” There was the sound of unlocking before the door burst open and in walked a nurse pony, she rushing over to the alicorn. “Twilight dear, its alright! Its alright! Is he bothering you again?” “Yes, please...I beg of you...make him go away.” Twilight begged Nurse Redheart as tears began forming in her eyes. “He just won't stop haunting me. Is there anything you can do to make him leave?” “Alright, Discord. Go away now, Twilight needs her sleep! You can play with her later.” Nurse Redheart called out into the darkness. She looked around the room and waited a moment, before speaking up again. “Is he gone now?” “No, he's floating above your head with a bucket in his hands. I think he's gonna dump it on-AHH!” Twilight screamed as she bounced up in shock. “That jerk! He dumped that stupid bucket on me! Uggh!” “Its alright, Twilight...” Nurse Redheart smiled weakly as she placed a hoof on Twilight's shoulder, which to her was completely dry. “Do you want me to fetch Dr. Entropio? It is time for you to be taking your medicine anyways.” “Please do.” Twilight nodded. “Maybe my meds will make Discord go away and leave me alone for the night!” Twilight glared up Discord, who simply faked an air of innocence around him. She glared at him hard for a good minute before she looked back at Nurse Redheart, giving out an exhausted sigh. “Please, I'd like to see Dr. Entropio.” “Alright then...I'll be back in a moment with him, alright?” Twilight simply nodded her head as she watched Nurse Redheart walk out of the room, closing the door behind her. As soon as she heard the door shut, Twilight's voice started up. “What was that for, Discord? I didn't do anything!” “But that look on your face was just simply priceless!” he laughed. “You should have seen the way you jumped! Your nurse must think your completely bonkers!” “I am not bonkers! You're the only one who is making everypony think that Princess Twilight Sparkle has gone crazy with grief!” Twilight screamed at him. “If you hadn't appeared after that stupid accident, I wouldn't be here and I-” Tears started streaming down Twilight's eyes as she thought about the day of the incident. She didn't wanna remember it, it was just too painful. Losing the one that she had loved, it was too much. She had managed to save Screwball that day, but she couldn't save him. What she wouldn't give to just reverse what happened that day and go back to the way that things used to be. Before this Discord had appeared and started tormenting her. Twilight let out a sigh as she thought back to the day that she had told her friends that she began seeing Discord again. Tears streamed down her eyes as her memory played the perfect details as she had remembered it from that day. “Girls! Girls!” Princess Twilight Sparkle yelled towards her group of friends. Her face was just simply beaming, as if she had just received the greatest news in her life. “You won't believe what has happened!” “Twilight, dear, what is it?” Rarity asked as Twilight had been locked away in her palace for the last week ever since a certain incident happened. She couldn't dare bring it up and neither could the others in risk that Twilight would start crying again. Just simply mentioning Discord this week alone was enough to send the princess pony into a crying fit. “What in Equestria has simply gotten you so worked up?” “Its Discord!” Twilight bounced excitedly as her wings also flapped in excitement. “He's back! I thought he perished when Tirek was here, but he didn't! It was all just a clever ruse! You have to come see him immediately!” “Wait...he's unharmed?” Rainbow Dash said as her jaw dropped to the floor in shock. “But I saw him...” she started, remembering the scene that had happened a week ago with Tirek. From what had happened, there was just simply no way that anypony even Discord, could have survived that massive power blast. “Is he back at our palace?” “Yes! You all must come see him! He's wants you all there so that he can tell us the story of how he escaped!” Twilight giggled as she disappeared and reappeared behind her friends, eagerly trying to push them all forward towards the palace. “Come on! Get a move on, you slowpokes!” “Alright, alright, sugarcube.” Applejack stated as she simply laughed at Twilight's state, glad that her mood had finally taken a turn for the better. “We'll go see him with ya.” The six ponies walked, or rather ran, towards the palace as Twilight flew in front of them, excited to just show them all that her beloved had finally returned and wasn't gone. They all ran inside the place as Twilight led them towards the throne room, throwing the doors open with her magic. In the center of the room, Discord was sitting there, simply just waiting. “Discord, we're back!” Twilight said excitedly as she flew up to him, nuzzling him gently. “Now, are you gonna finally tell the girls how you escaped Tirek?” Twilight smiled up at Discord before turning towards her friends, who all had looks of surprise and confusion written onto their faces. One of Twilight's eyebrows lowered as she too had a confused look appear on her face. “Girls? What's the matter? Aren't you happy that Discord is alive?” “Umm...darling, you know that...” Rarity started, but stopped, not sure of how to form her sentence correctly. Instead, she simply bit her lip, unsure. “Rarity...girls? What's the matter?” Twilight asked as she slowly walked up to them. “I know its a shock to know that he is alright after the week we've all had, but I thought you'd all be overjoyed, not weirded out.” “Sugarcube, there's something you should know...” Applejack started as she walked up to Twilight and looked her dead in the eye. “There's no pony here in the room. It's only us.” “Ok. Ok. This isn't the time to be messing with me, AJ.” Twilight said with a slightly angry glare. “Are you not happy to see Discord?” “Twilight, there isn't anyone in the room.” said Rainbow aloud, allowing them all to hear it. “Seriously, there really is no pony besides us in the room.” “W-What?” Twilight questioned as she turned around and looked at the center of the room. Discord was still sitting there, but now simply had a smirk, almost evil-like, plastered smack on his face. She blinked a few times to make sure she wasn't hallucinating, but he was still there, even waving his lion paw at her to signal that he was there. “I know you girls aren't the bestest of friends with him, but this is no way to be acting towards him! You are all being utterly rude!” she almost screamed at them. “Twilight...maybe you should lie down.” Fluttershy calmly suggested. “Rainbow and Applejack are right. There isn't anypony else in the room.” “W-What?” Twilight said as she held her head with her two front hooves, falling onto her flank in the process. “Ok, Ok. I get it! You're all just trying to be funny, but this seriously isn't! Now stop it!” She screamed at them all when she heard a familiar laugh. Turning around, she could see a certain draconequus laughing his head off. “Discord, what's so funny?” she questioned. “They're right, you know.” he stated simply as Twilight gave him a confused look. “Only you can see me, Sparkle Butt.” “W-Why are you being so mean all of a sudden, Discord?” Twilight questioned. “I know you have your names for me, but isn't that a little mean?” “Excuse me if you mistook me for somepony else but the fact is...only you can see me...” he laughed evilly. “Only you can see me...” the words echoed clearly as if he had been telling her over and over again, in which he did constantly, to remind her of the truth. Everypony else thought she had completely gone insane, even Princess Celestia. She thought it would be best if Twilight had some medical attention and be looked after for awhile, but Twilight could see past her words. She didn't wanna be rude and say that she was gonna be sent to the insane asylum. “Princess Twilight? Its Dr. Entropio.” came a voice outside of the door. The door swung open to reveal a dark brown stallion with slicked back black hair and was wearing a white lab coat. In his magic, he carried what looked like a small pill. He walked up to Twilight and sat down next to her. “Has he been bothering yet again?” “Yes.” Twilight cried. “Can you at least make him disappear for the night?” “Well, he'll go away for the time being if you take your meds. It'll send you right back to sleep and that's what you'd like, correct Princess?” Dr. Entropio asked as Twilight nodded her head violently. “Alright then, Princess Twilight. Open up and here's your juice.” Levitating a small cup of orange juice to her, he placed the pill into her mouth before allowing her to take the orange juice, sending the pill down Twilight's throat. “You should feel the effects very shortly, princess. Just lie down and he should disappear.” Writing down a few notes on his clipboard, he smiled gently at Twilight as he pulled the covers over her. “It'll be ok now, Princess. We'll make you better and get him out of your head. You must remember he is simply a figment of your imagination. He isn't real.” Twilight let out a sigh. “I know he isn't real but he still won't st-” Twilight's body began to feel woozy as her eyes suddenly began to get heavy. “Just won't stop-” Her eyes began to close on their own accord and soon she was fast asleep, snoring lightly. Dr. Entropio smiled at her as he got off her bed. “Good night, Princess Twilight.” With that, he left the white room and closed the door, locking it behind him. ~~*~~ Twilight slowly opened her eyes as she took in her surroundings. She took notice that she was in a misty forest, at the base of a statue. Looking up at the statue, she saw that it was Discord, frozen like the very first time that he had been entrapped. Twilight simply let out a sigh as she lifted her head up and curled her tail around her. “Again with this dream scape.” Twilight stated again. “I come here almost every single night after I take my medication, and what do I come too? A simple statue of him. Why do you have to torment me with the memory? I get it, he was killed by Tirek. I get it.” Her magic suddenly charged up, making Twilight gasp out in surprise, as she hadn't wanted to cast any spells of any kind. Her magic grew and grew until it erupted from her horn and spiraled right towards the statue. The sudden force of magic made the statue crack and start breaking. Twilight watched with wide eyes as the statue began to crumble. Bits and pieces of stone fell down to the base, all of them barely avoiding her, until a force made the entire statue explode. Twilight instantly created a barrier to protect her from the blast. Opening one eye to make sure that everything was alright, she could see that the statue was gone. Taking down the barrier, she let out a sad sigh. “At least that troubling thought is gone. Maybe tonight I may actually have some peace for once.” “And what? Not be able to mingle with me?” called out a voice, a voice that made Twilight became angry very quickly. “NO! You are not supposed to be here!” Twilight screamed. “My meds always work! This is supposed to be the only time I get peace from my constant torment! My dreams are supposed to be only place for escape!” “Escape?” called the voice out again as a bright light appeared, causing Twilight to shield her eyes temporarily. Once the light subsided, Twilight peaked out from behind her wings to simply see Discord smirking at her. “What, not happy to see me?” “Why would I?” Twilight stated simply as she turned her back away from him. “You torment my waking life everyday and never give me the chance to leave that blasted mental hospital! Why in Equestria would I be happy to see you here, in the one place that I could at least have a little bit of solace.” “Mental hospital?” he questioned, sounding actually surprised at what she had told him. “Yes, mental hospital!” she screamed. “Because you decided so lovingly to appear one day and get me to show my friends that you had returned when you hadn't, everypony thinks that Princess Twilight Sparkle has gone insane with grief!” “I don't know what happened, but I didn't do anything of the sort.” “And here we go again with the innocent routine! You're just gonna wait until I believe you're actually the Discord that I loved before turning it back on me and laughing in my face! Isn't that joke getting a little slate? Can't you come up with something new?” Snapping his fingers, Discord disappeared and reappeared in front of Twilight, grabbing her face with both of his hands. He looked at her dead in the eyes and could see nothing but intense anger. “I don't know what your mind has done to you, but I am not this illusion of me that your mind is tormenting you with.” “Why should I believe you?” Twilight barked, tears streaming down her face. “Isn't this where you just start laughing in my face? Go ahead, laugh at me.” Twilight simply stared at him, waiting for Discord to laugh at her, but he simply stared at her, worry in his eyes. “Why aren't you laughing at me? Go on, I deserve it.” “I'm not going to laugh at you. I may be the god of chaos and find amusement in other ponies' troubles, but not when its actually serious. Twilight, I know this is going to hard to believe, but you have to listen to me.” “Alright, fine. I'll listen. What is it?” “I am not the illusion that your mind has been tormenting you with. I am the actual Discord, the one who fell in love with a Princess Twilight Sparkle. And I know you were hurting when Tirek blasted me with that magical blast and I never returned, but you must know I kept trying to, but the spell he blasted was so powerful, I couldn't get to you. I've only barely manged to get a fraction of my power back so I can at least tell you that I am alive.” “If you're so alive, why don't you just appear to the doctors or the princesses and tell them you're alive and get me out of this damn mental hospital!” Twilight screamed. “I will get you out, my dear, I promise I will get you out but I don't have enough power to come back to you yet. I'm still very weak from Tirek's blast.” Discord stated. “And when you wake up, you have to keep going and fight this illusion that your mind has created of me. From what you keep yelling at me, he really has been tormenting you. You must keep fighting him.” “Are...Are you really my Discord?” Twilight looked up at him sadly, the anger that was once in her eyes were now replaced with sadness. “Please...if you aren't...just laugh at me and get it over with.” “I'll prove to you that I am not your mind's illusion of him.” Discord stated as he pulled his arms forward and connected his lips with Twilight's. Twilight opened her eyes in surprise before her eyes slowly lowered, finally giving into the kiss. The Discord that had been tormenting her for at least two months pulled many jokes and pranks on her, but he had never once kissed her. He could have easily pulled this rouse on her in the beginning, but he never did. His kiss was just like she had remembered it, like she had never stopped kissing him. It was soft and gentle, but had a slight...chaotic nature to it, if you will. The kiss lasted for a moment before Twilight pulled away and opened her eyes slightly to look into his red and gold ones. Slowly opening her mouth, she whispered, “Are you really him?” All she got was a simple nod from him. “Please...I beg of you...save me from this everlasting nightmare...” “I will soon, my dear. But you must hang on until I regain my power. Until then...hang on. Even if all you have is the memories of me to keep you going through the torment, just hang on for me. Just hang on...” With that stated, Discord slowly faded away from Twilight's eyes until she saw nothing but a pile of rubble in front of her. “Hang on...” Twilight muttered to herself. “Should I just hang on...to a possible hope..that he may be alive and this isn't just a trick?”