That Night
I am having a rough night's sleep at the moment. I'm tossing and turning in bed. It's not because of the pain my back that Rarity afflicted, it's this odd dream. It's unlike any other.
Dream Sequence
I open my eyes slowly and see nothing but white. I notice I am laying on my back, looking straight up. I turn my head to the right and see nothing more than just whiteness. Am I in some sort of void? Purgatory maybe?
I get up and look down my body to see that I am in all black clothing. I have black Nike shoes on, solid-black jeans, a basic black t-shirt, and an unbuttoned black varsity jacket. I feel something on my head too. I grab it and hold it a foot away from my face. It is a black, Philadelphia Phillies snapback with a light grey P on it. Interesting.
I put the hat back on (backwards because I'm cool like that), and start walking. "What is this place," I say in my mind. "And why am I here?" "Hello!" I shout into the void, it carrying out a "Hello...Hello...Hello" This place has a nice echo. I cup my hands around my mouth to get more volume out of my shouts. "Hello!...Hello...Hello...Hello...Echo!...Echo...Echo...Echo…Now batting...batting...for the Philadelphia Phillies...Phillies...Ryan Howard!...Howard...Howard...Howard...Cool." After my fun with the echo of this void, I hear a voice that isn't mine.
"Follow the sound of my voice," it says.
"What? Who's there?" I turn around in various directions to see if I can find the source of the voice. "Show yourself."
"I shall reveal myself if you walk in the direction of my voice." Well, I got nothing to lose. So I do what the voice is tells me to do. I turn on my heel and start walking to the sound of that voice.
I don't know how long I have been walking. It could've been ten minutes, it could've been thirty, but I notice a dark speck in the distance. So, I start to jog towards it to save time. As I get closer to my destination, the speck gets bigger, and is taking shape. By the time I reach to where I want to be, I see the speck is not a speck, but instead, it's another pony. This one looks a little bit like Princes Celestia, but she's different. This one is shorter than her and has a deep blue color to her fur and her mane is as blue as the night sky with sparkles in her hair that look like stars. Her manes is flowing as well. Her horn reaches to my nose, but her head reaches about an inch or two lower than my shoulder. She also has wings like the princess. "Hello there," she says calmly and with a smile.
"Were you the one talking earlier?" I ask. She nods her head.
"Allow me to introduce myself, I am Luna, princess of the night and sister to Celestia." Sister?
"You're Princess Celestia's sister?" She nods again. "Hmm...Wait, how'd you get here?"
"As princess of the night, I am able to present my self in any resident of Equestria's dreams." Great, we got the pony version of Freddy Krueger here, except she seems less homicidal. At least I hope. "Please, walk with me." She turns around and starts walking, and I promptly follow her. After a minute or two of silence, she speaks. "So, how are you adapting to this new world?"
"I would say I'm adapting alright. I'm still getting used to the idea of magic and flying ponies being a real thing."
"I'm assuming that creatures like us are fictional or non existent where you are from?" I nod my head. "Were you shocked to see talking ponies when you arrived here?"
"Very shocked really. At first I thought I was hallucinating, but then I accepted the "weird" reality I am enduring."
"What is considered weird to you maybe normal to us."
"I guess that's true." I change the subject really quick. "So why are you here, in my dream?" Why is she here? Is the Night Princess just here for small talk or is there something bigger?
"I come here with a warning." I stop walking and so does Princess Luna.
"A warning?" What could she foretell?
"It is not something you have to worry about until the end of your stay here in Equestria."
"Well what is it?" I know she did just say that it is something I don't have to worry about, but by God she is making me paranoid already! I need answers.
"By the end of your stay in Equestria, your greatest fear will be in your presence for the rest of your life."
"Greatest fear? What do you mean? Snakes? My family is going into poverty? Chris Christie becoming president? What is it!?" She jumps and starts flapping her wings, ascending into the void. "Come back! What is it!? I need answers!"
"You do not have to worry about if for the time being. Just enjoy the stay in Equestria!" she says flying away, getting smaller as she gets higher with her voice fading.
"WAIT!"
End Dream Sequence
"COME BACK!" I shout, popping my head off the pillow. I am breathing a bit heavily and I'm covered in cold sweat. I take a look at my surroundings and see that I am still in "my" bedroom. "That was weird." I take a look outside the window and see that it is dawn. So it's only what? Five? six in the morning? Whatever time it is, I want to try to get a few more z's in before I can start the day.
But what was Princess Luna talking about? Was she actually in my dream, or was that just part of the dream? I was aware that I was just in a dream, so maybe she did appear in there? I don't know, I'm still getting used to this new world or dimension, or whatever place this is.
I know she said it isn't something I need to worry about until the week is over, but what it is that she isn't telling me, that's what is driving me crazy. My biggest fear will become a reality? I have quite a few fears, but what will become a reality? And how am I supposed to enjoy my stay in Equestria with that hanging over my head?
"It just keeps getting weirder," I mumble before returning to my slumber. I just hope it isn't anything too bad.