//------------------------------// // Sweet Dreams // Story: Never Alone // by New Spark //------------------------------// ----------------------------------------CS’s POV---------------------------------------------------- Everything felt so comfortable and familiar. This was his home. This was the place that society required him to leave, but this was his home. He was in his parents’ bedroom, resting his head on his mother’s chest, and holding his father’s hoof. A long, awkward, heartfelt and emotional talk had been shared by the three of them and now, at 3 in the night, Cottoncandy Soldier was finally feeling content. Tired, but content. He drifted to sleep surrounded by familiar sights, scents and people. society considered this to be leaching, but it felt like love. The darkness now felt calming and peaceful instead of cold and depressing. The rain pounded a sweet lullaby and the pillows were soft. --------------------------Whirlwind’s POV-------------------------------------------------------- Whirlwind had been contentedly sleeping for a long time. She was in Cottoncandy’s old room, and his bed smelled like him. It was so soothing. She’d called her mom shortly before going to bed, alerting her or her whereabouts, and was relieved that she didn’t seem too concerned that she was sleeping in the same house as an older colt. The filly had been having lots of strange, incoherent dreams that all tied back to one thing: Cottoncandy Soldier. Her dreams eventually led her to the middle of a deep, dark forest, which for some reason didn’t scare her. Within it she felt a magical kind of security that felt strange and familiar, old and new, warm and cool. A glowing light came down from the sky, white, steady, and powerful. The light bended and shifted until it materialized as a towering, motherly white alicorn with a multi colored mane. She had seen this face in the many history books she had avidly read, and knew that it was none other than Equestria’s former leader and savior, Princess Celestia. This didn’t feel like a dream. It felt real. Whirlwind.. she didn’t know what to do. Should she bow or kneel or just say hi or what?! She… she had not expected this. Like, who would even expect this anyway? Fear, confusion and sheer surprize made her freeze in place. Celestia smiled a warm, radiant smile upon seeing this. “You don’t have to be uncomfortable around me, child, for I am one of you.” One of us? Whirlwind thought, You’re a fucking goddess. “Child, what I’ve seen here with you and Cottoncandy Fire, that was a true friendship deeper than I’ve ever seen.” Yeah, Whirlwind got it. She and CS were close. But right now she had so many questions. So many things that all her books and documentaries couldn’t answer for her. What had happened to Equestria to cause true friendship to die out? What had caused all the princesses to vanish? Why had the Everfree forest grown so out of control? Where were the fabled Elements of Harmony? Did they even exist? Could Equestria ever be restored to it’s former glory? Princess Celestia smiled, almost as if she was reading her thoughts. “Your questions will be answered when the time comes. For now, I will be talking about the rain. The rain? It was definitely weird weather. It had been raining for two weeks non-stop almost and I had always wondered why that was, but it can’t be important enough for you to come back from the grave. “But it is dear. Remember how Equestria was founded? How ponies were full of hate s the windigos came? How there was a terrible blizzard? Well, the world is becoming more and more hateful, and the windigos are coming back.” Oh know, Whirlwind's heart skipped a beat, this is absolutely horrible. But how can they be stopped? “It will take centuries for a blizzard like the first one to form, but the sooner we act, the better. I am giving you this,” Celestia hooved her stone carved into the shape of a butterfly, “Keep it safe. When the time comes, you will find others like it. Cottoncandy Soldier will too. And then you two will save Equestria. I don’t understand “You will when the time comes. Now it’s time to awaken. ------------------------------------------------CS’s POV-------------------------------------------------------- CS awoke late in the day, feeling relaxed. He had had a very strange dream last night but that was nothing compared to his waking hours yesterday. He looked at his hoof. Yes, he was holding a small stone carved into the shape of