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// Nightmares And Bad Dreams 
// Story: The Fall 
// by Dr Poxx 
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“Ugh Where am I” I said as I glanced around. The room was an off white color and it was nearly blinding how bright it was. At once I realized this was the dream I woke up from yesterday. But something was off this wasn’t my room. No this was too fancy and expensive looking from what I can recall about this place. There was a huge bed designed to look like the moon. A smell of baked goods permeated throughout the room. Looking more seriously now I noticed that this room was absurdly big. But the last thing I remember about here was that I was being transported to my new assignment. So why am I here?  As I observed my attire I could guess what I was supposed to do. The white frills and black coat and overall the white apron I was wearing told me that I was cross dressing as a maid. Wait need to make sure I am a guy in this dream. As I lifted my skirt to check my nethers Lunar slammed the door open. She started shouting “I’ll show those ungrateful ponies how beautiful the night truly is. I just need to get my sisters to agree to let one of my nights last a full day. Oh you’re here and flashing your bits at me I see.” I was at a complete loss for what to say so I just let my mouth think for me. “The weather was just so nice I wanted to let them get a good view.” I need to think more. She walked over saying as smoothly as she could “And what makes the weather so good today?” I answered “ Well the sun is out and the clouds send wonderful patterns over the ground and…RAINBOWS  they are shining” she was getting closer now “Really I am surprised that you can see all from WHERE THERE ARE NO WINDOWS. AND ANOTHER THING IT ISNT DAYTIME OUTSIDE IT IS MY BEAUTIFUL NIGHT!!!” she shouted and right on that last note a quick kick to my groin shut me up for the last bit of this conversation. Now she started to rant “Why is only the day admired? Why do they only love those tacky rainbows and not my stars? Why do they adore my sisters and not me? Why? Why? WHY? I’ll tell you why it’s because they are awake during the day. So if my night replaced their day they wouldn’t be able to deny it or me any longer. I am a princess as well. I bring up the moon and the stars EVERYNIGHT ON MY OWN and yet not a single pony thanks me for it. Not a single pony writes books of my night. Not a single pony thinks of me first. So why should I sit there and take it.” She started crying somewhere in her rant. I had no idea what to do so I just sat there. I feared getting another kick to the crotch so I just sat there. Her cries were getting louder when I heard some pony coming down the hall and said “If you don’t want anyone to see you like this I would recommend regaining your composure for a while.” I felt like a dick the instant I said that. Surprisingly she just sat up wiped her eyes and stared at the door. A few moments later her sisters came in. “We heard you crying in here what happened?” they said. I knew this was going to go badly for me. “He flashed his thing at me the moment I entered the room.*sob*” she said. Damn her for using the truth but screw it I am sunk anyways so I nodded and said it was the truth. I knew where I was when she entered the room. I was in the royal palace meaning my status had been revoked and that I was one of their new servants. But now I am going to die which just ruined my whole week. I mean I planned on doing … yeah know I don’t know what I was planning. Guards showed up and I was escorted to a place called the factory. In here I was tasked to push different colored rocks into their corresponding tube. 4 hours went on in this peace before once again Lunar was standing in front of my glaring she said “You will tell no one of what I said in there and if you do you will be transferred to a much much worse place than this.” I replied “I understand. But if you want your night to be appreciated try to make a holiday to celebrate it. Or don’t be so snarky all the time.” Another crack on my head told me I said too much. She walked or hovered away. I finally started to look around my work place. It was old and rusty with conveyor belts laced through the contorted mess of pipes. Clumps of colored rock would fall 4 ft down from me onto the belt at regular intervals. In front of me lay 7 different colored pipes. I concluded I was working in the paint factory. It wasn’t too bad. The constant whir of machinery had a calming effect and the roar of a furnace somewhere in the distance gave off a bright orange glow to the place. And for some confounded reason it smelled like barbeque. Sometime later a horn sounded and we were all dismissed to head home and as I exited the building I looked up and saw the night sky. That lying princess. I would love the night if it weren’t for the fact that it was a total bitch. “Beautiful night we’re having right?” I asked the other leaving workers. “Who cares it’s just time to go to sleep. Now go buck off.” said some of the other ponies. Not the exact same thing but much to that effect. I could start to see why she could get bitter, but I am sleepy as well so I found a tree and lay down. Before I could close my eyes there Lunar was staring at me. “Did you really mean what you said about my night?” she asked. Something seemed off about her or more right I should say but I replied “Obviously because I am looking at the sky right now.” She seemed a little happy but her next sentence depressed me completely. “Then must watch the entire night.” As a grin crossed her face she jetted off to the sky. And so I begrudgingly watched the night sky THE ENTIRE NIGHT. I was dizzy and drowsy when the horn called us back to work but the moment I started to walk down that hill a white flash happened. I reached my hoof out to shut that alarm off .That was another weird dream tonight. Better get suited up and ready to head out to the hatcheries today. As I walked past engineering I saw a tired pony that seemed familiar. Probably some pony I barely know got to bed late last night.