//------------------------------// // Chapter 9 // Story: Secret in Canterlot // by Bella1365 Cooler //------------------------------// The Demon in nightmares 'Sweet dreams, Amber.' Flash opened both his eyes, and kissed Amber's forehead, making her smile even though she was still asleep. He lifted his head up, and looked up at the ceiling to see a clock, revealing that it had just turned two, making him smirk.I still got time. He placed his head back onto Amber's shoulders, smiling. 'I've got all the time in the world to spend with Amber. ' Flash closed his eyes,still smiling, as he fell asleep. } On The Train { Twilight bit her lip, as she stared at her pegasus friend."Rainbow I-"Rainbow Dash only lifted up her hoof, making Twilight go silent. "Don't tell me anything till your fully sure you want to say." Twilight smiled, and placed her head onto Rainbow's neck. "I'm glad I have you as a friend." She whispered, making Rainbow's smile widen even more. " Same, but your still an egg head!" Twilight groaned, but before she could say anything in response, Rainbow placed her head on top of hers."Your still, my, egghead." Twilight smiled once again, joy sprouting inside her. "And you'll always be my most loyal friend, even though your a slow poke!"Rainbow scowled. " Is that a challenge?" She chuckled. "Maybe....Maybe not."Twilight gave her a challenging look. " I bet when we get back to Ponyville,Im gonna clear the sky, im ten seconds, flat !"She smirked. "Prove it!"As soon as the last worda left the alicorn's mouth,they both were laughing their heads off, as the memories came back to them. " Those were the good old days." Rainbow sighed, as she wiped off a tear from one of her eyes. Twilight nodded. "Ya..." She sighed. That's when the train stopped. Everypony got up from their seat, and made their way off the train, and into the Canterlot train station. "Yipee!" Pinkie cheered, as she jumped up and down, excitedly. Applejack simply rolled her eyes, as a grin grew across her face. "Same old Pinkie Pie!" The Six Mare's chuckled, while Spike groaned. "Could we please, pl~ease, hurry to Lemon Heart's house, so I can nap! My body can't take not napping for more than three hours!" Twilight laughed at Spike's whinning, making him groan once again. " Alright! Alright! Me and the girls will drop you off at Lemon's house so you could take a nap, then, we'll go around Canterlot, and walk around for a bit. Sound good, Spike?" That's when she saw him, laying down on the floor, snoring. She chuckled."Same old Spike since sixteen years." }Silver's house{ 'Wow.... 'Flash's eyes widened as he looked around the area. There were trees, everywhere. The sky was pitch black, only a few stars shone in the night sky, some covered by the clouds. 'What is this place? He turned around to see a clear spot, without any trees at all. Without questioning, he started to walk tword the empty patch of the forest. 'Why...does this place, feel so familiar? H-have I been here before?' He kept walking, as though he had been in the dream forest a million times. His eyes moved everywhere,looking for any signs for anything out of the ordinary. That's when something light fell on top of his head. "What the..." He started shaking his head, trying to get the object off. When it did fall, Flash's eyes widened. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. A feather, a crow feather. "How the hell...? " The black feather slowly fell down to the floor, and while it did, Flash watched, as though it was his first time seeing a feather fall. "J-just....whatever. It's not important to me right now." With that, he kept walking, but he didn't go to far. A gorge had stopped him from his 'adventure'. Below, was a rushing river.. He stopped just in time before anythingseriously bad could happen. "Holy, shit!" He backed up,breathing heavily. He turned around, to see the crow feather, sitting on the ground. He chuckled, slightly. "Guess that feather was important, after all, but...where did it come from?" He looked up at the sky, to see the full moon, beaming down on him, but it was slowly covered by the frost colored clouds. His ears twitched at the sound of rustling leaves. He looked behind him to see nothing."Who's there?" No reply. "Show yourself!" Nothing. Flash snorted."Coward." He mumbled, as he looked away. That's when the rustling began again.His eyes widened, as he looked up before him. A dark shadowy figure shown, with two ice blue luminous eyes."W-w-who are you!?" The figure only chuckled. "Don't remember me? I'm not surprised. You barely paid any attention to me." His voice was demonic, which made chills go up Flash's spine. "Hell, I wouldn't even be surprised if you didn't even remember my name, but surprisingly, I know yours...Flash"Flash's eyes widened. "H-how'd do you know my name?" Anger pricked up inside him, as he scowled."Who the hell are you!? Why are you here!?" He yelled. The figure smiled, revealing his sharp white teeth. "Do you remember..... this!?" He quickly leaped at Flash, and tackled him on the ground, both his hoofs on the pegasi ' throat, making it hard for him to breathe."I should have done this sooner!" Flash's eyes widened when he realized once again, this was a dream. "T-this isn't real. Y-your not real! Nothing here is real!I don't believe this!" His opponent only chuckled. "Believe it, Sentry! Everything here is' real! This forest is real! I am real! And best of all, all I'm going to hear, is you being tortured to death!" "You sick bastard! Your lying! Nothing here is real! This is all fake!" Flash shouted, even though he felt pain at his throat.The shadowy figure laughed. "Maybe I should show you, how real all this is." Before Flash could even open his mouth to object, the figure quickly bit down into his neck,hard.Flash yelled in pain, as his own blood trickled down his throat,and onto the ground he laid on.He kicked at the demon's stomach,trying to get him off, but it was no use. His screams became faint, as his eyes slowly leaked out tears.That's when the feeling of being bit faded away. " I've had enough with this,torture porn.' But don't think this is the end of this. The next time you sleep, I'll be waiting...always." Flash's eyes slowly closed, as more tears ran down one of his cheeks. The last thing he saw was the luminous eyes the demon possessed. ~ยค~ "FLASH, WAKE UP!" Flash's eyes immediately sprung open, to see Amber, tears filling her eyes. "Amber?" He manged to say."W-whats wrong? D-did I wake you up!?" He sprung up, and looked at Amber, wide eyed. "Y-y-you were screaming in your sleep. I tried waking you up, b-but it didn't work, and you kept on screaming,as if-" " I was in...pain?" She nodded. Flash placed his hoof around her back, and smiled."It was just a nightmare I had. " "Y-your sure?" She asked. "Amber, I'm fine. It was just a nightmare!" He chuckled, as he got off the bed, and walked tword the door. "Where are you going?" "Ive... gotta go to the bathroom." Amber smirked. "I have a bathroom in here, pea brain!" Flash chuckled."It's over there!" She pointed at a white door, smirking. " Thank you." Flash walked into the bathroom, looked the door, then looked in the mirror. His eyes widened in horror at what he saw. Two bite marks laid on his neck, with faded blood lines running down his throat.