//------------------------------// // Prologue // Story: Strange Dreams // by BronyWriterCentral //------------------------------// “P-please don’t” Night Glider whimpered as I pushed the barrel of my Browning Hp harder onto her cheek. “Right, now you shut de fuck up! Wasn’t dat what I told you?” I shouted back. “How could you? I thought that you were nice David” Night Glider said. “What de fuck did I just fuckin say? Right pussylips, I tell you what to do. Alright?” I shouted, my finger itching to pull the trigger and to watch this small, blue pony’s brains spill out onto the ground She feebly nodded her head, “I just-“ “Alright den, you want to fucking play it de hard way den let’s fuckin go come on, up you get” I said, removing the gun from her cheek and flicking it upwards slightly to signal her to stand up. Slowly, Night Glider stood on all four hooves and looked up at me with a terrified expression. I raised my arm with the gun in hand into the air and brought it down across Night Glider’s temple. The sheer force of my swing knocking her to the hard ground. “Ow!’ Night Glider shouted in pain. “You know what, f-fuck you David, that’s right fuck you!” “So you want to play it dat fuckin way, alright den” I said as I lifted the gun up and aimed down the sights at Night Glider’s front right arm. Pulling the trigger, a loud bang erupted from the barrel of the Browning and a splash of red blood spurted from Night Glider’s arm, splattering on the ground. A shriek of pain cascaded from Night Glider’s mouth, and she brought a hoof down to the bullet wound. Staining her hoof red. “Keep talking and dat will be all your limbs” I shouted, the anger building up in my gun hand. “You fucking monster” Night Glider whispered to herself as tears streamed down her face. “I’m sorry what was dat?” I asked, bringing a hand to my ear and crouching down in a joking manner. “You.. you fucking monster!” Night Glider screamed. I brought the gun up again but this time her rear. Pulling the trigger once more as another splash of blood spilled onto the ground. “Right on de ass!” I shouted in glee. “Please stop! Please!” Night Glider screamed, twitching in pain in a pool of her own blood. “Now you see baby. I want to stop you know. I really want to. Just kidding” I said as I shot another round into Night Glider’s back leg. The blood turning her dark blue coat dark red. “You know what, I’m gonna let you be free of any more suffering. But it’s gonna be painful for just a little bit longer” I said as I brought the gun to her head, pushing gently. “No, please Celestia no!” Night Glider whimpered. “Celestia ain’t gonna save you here” I said in a serious tone. “Say goodbye” I pulled the trigger and watched as part of Night Glider’s head burst open after the shot. Parts of her skull landing several meters away and blood spraying all over the ground. Night Glider’s body jerked slightly but soon rested and her eyes slowly shut as thick red blood trickled out of her mouth My eyes shot open to find that I was inside a well lit room with a white ceiling and white walls, and I was laying on a comfortable bed of some sort. “What de hell” I said, rubbing my eyes. “Oh thank Celestia he’s awake!” A cheery voice yelled. ‘Who’s dat?’ I thought, rolling over to see a white horse shaped figure with a light, fading pink mane and tail. Her eyes were a light blue colour similar to mine. “What da fuck!” I yelled in surprise, shifting away slightly. “Oh dear!” The white pony exclaimed. “I’m sorry if I scared you” “D-dat’s okay but w-what da hell are you?” I asked cautiously. She chuckled for a second before and looked at me with a grin. “I’m a nurse here at the hospital known as Nurse Red heart” She said proudly. “And over to your left is Night Glider, the helpful samaritan who found you and with the help of some other ponies, brought you here” I looked cautiously to my left and saw the pony from the nightmare I had just had. Dark blue coat with a white mane and tail with streaks of blue throughout it. Her eyes a beautiful shade of light blue similar to Nurse Redheart’s and mine. She flashed me a friendly and welcoming smile and waved one of her hooves at me. “Hey, I’m Night Glider” She spoke cheerily. “H-Hi” I stuttered out nervously. I don’t know why but I felt a strange feeling with this Night Glider. The feeling that we both had a connection as soon as I saw her. “I saw you while I was flying over Everfree Forest and you looked pretty much unconscious. I couldn’t leave you there in that scary forest all alone so I flew back and signalled for help” “Well thanks” I said. “No problem, I’m happy to help anyone” Night Glider said as she bounced slightly. She was actually kind of cute the way she did that. Awkward silence filled the room for several moments as I stared at Night Glider who was staring back with a warm smile on her face. “Well” Nurse Redheart broke the silence. “You seemed to have large amounts of trauma in your body when Night Glider brought you in. But we couldn’t trace it to where it was located” “W-well I’m kinda feeling a little pain on my back” I said to her. “Do you mind if I check it for you? We don’t know what it could be” Nurse Redheart kindly asked. “Uh yeah sure” I answered. “Ok, stand up. Come on” Nurse Redheart instructed. Mustering up some strength, I pushed myself out of the bed onto the slippery tile floor, surprisingly still wearing my denim jeans and leather jacket. Standing up straight I towered over Nurse Redheart and Night glider, they probably came up to hip level. Nurse Redheart looked up and at my jacket. “Uh, may you please take that off?” She asked. “Sure” I agreed, unzipping the jacket and sliding it of my arms. I draped the jacket over the bed and stood in front of Nurse Redheart. She looked at me with confusion as I had a polo shirt on. “Why do you wear so much clothing?” She asked. I looked down and saw my shirt. “I don’t know. I guess it’s a sort of fashion sense. It looks good” I answered her. “I don’t see why though, not to offend you” Night Glider perked up. “No offense taken” I responded. “Well can you take it off please?” Nurse Redheart asked. “Do I have to?” I asked, rubbing the back of my head. “Yes, come on. Show us a bit of skin” Nurse Redheart joked. “You might impress Night Glider here”. She started to laugh as I saw Night Glider rubbing her arm with her hoof, a blush starting to appear on her face. “Fine” I reluctantly said. I unbuttoned the three buttons below the collar of my shirt and pulled it over my head, messing up my hair. “There we go, wasn’t that easy?” Nurse Redheart asked. “Yeah just hurry up” I said back. I saw Night Glider’s mouth open slightly and her eyes widen a bit as she saw my toned body. The blush increasing on her cheeks. “Alright then, turn around” Nurse Redheart instructed. Doing what she said I turned around to show my back. I heard a gasp come from behind me. “Oh my goodness!” I heard Nurse Redheart exclaim. “What is it?” I asked, worried slightly. “I-I don’t know” Nurse Redheart said nervously. “Well do you have like a mirror or something so I can have a look?” I asked, slightly more worried. “No we don’t, but it’s like s-some sort of large wound on your back. It looks pretty bad though. It also looks like it was caused by something hitting you. Like if someone-“. She stopped suddenly. “Night Glider are you alright? You’re just staring at him. Hang on, what are you doing?” “Wait what?” I asked. I turned around to see Night Glider with her neck outstretched and her eyes shut, sniffing me on the crotch part of my pants. Startled, I jumped back a little. This made Night Glider’s eyes open and she gasped loudly, slowly walking backwards with her ears pressed down and an embarrassed look on her face. “I-I’m so sorry” she apologised. “It’s alright I guess. Why were you doing dat?” I asked. “I-I don’t know, I could just smell something nice on you” she admitted. “Oh it’s probably dat cologne dat I put on earlier today” I realised. “Well um, it smells nice” she said, looking down at the ground in shame. “Hey Night Glider, dat’s your name right?” I asked. She nodded her head slowly. “Well come here” I asked, slipping my shirt back on. Nurse Redheart looked at us both with a look of smugness on her face. “I might as well leave you two” she said as she walked to the door and opened it. “I’ll be in the hallway behind the door”. She walked out and closed it gently behind her. “Well okay” I said, confused. “Anyway, come here Night Glider”. Slowly, Night Glider started to lift her head and look at me with her ears still pressed down. “Don’t be shy, come on” I said as I crouched and put arms in front of me in a welcoming manner, gesturing for her to come closer. She started to inch her way closer to my arms, eyeing my cautiously. Once she got close enough, I wrapped my arms around her in a forgiving hug. She gasped slightly but soon raised her fore hooves and wrapped them around my neck, resting her head on my shoulder. It was kind of weird the fact that I was hugging a pony but it felt like the right thing to do in this kind of situation. “It’s okay” I reassured her, clearly she was embarrassed about her earlier mishap. “Sorry about that, I-I didn’t realise what I was doing” Night Glider said. I patted her back gently to calm her down. “Hey, honestly I don’t care” I said, releasing her from the hug and standing back up. “Oh I forgot to ask” Night Glider perked up. “What’s your name?” “David” I answered. “That’s kind of a weird name” she said back. “Well to me your name’s weird” I shot back. “Well anyways should we call Nurse Redheart back in?” she asked. “Yeah. Hey Nurse Redheart!” I called to her. Shortly, Nurse Redheart budged the door open and walked inside with a look of content plastered on her face. “Well, I guess you two are done” Nurse Redheart said. “Now, I’m going to have to ask Night Glider to leave the room” Night Glider looked at me, flashed a friendly smile and walked out of the room. Gently closing the door behind her. “Right” Nurse Redheart spoke. “I have some questions for you to answer, you can take a seat if you want” I walked back to the bed the bed and sat on it. “Go ahead” I said. “Alright” Nurse Redheart said as she looked down at the clipboard in her hoof that I didn’t notice at first. “Do you feel drowsy or light-headed?” “No not at all” I answered. “Can you feel any pain inside of your body, like chest pain or something like that?” she asked. I paused for a moment to think about that. There was a small feeling of pain in my lower back, close to my hip. “Yes der is, on my back” “Well that’s clearly evident by the wound that has nested itself there” Nurse Redheart pointed. “I ain’t seen it yet, how bad is it?” I asked, concerned. Could it have damaged something vital? “The only thing I can make out as to how that wound got there was that someone or something might have impaled you with maybe a knife or you might’ve have been shot with something” ‘Shot? Shit’ I thought to myself. “Anyway, question three is actually a test. Can you please stand up and walk around the room normally. Just to see if you’ve maybe taken some alcohol or narcotics” “Narcotics?” I asked inquisitively. “Yeah, drugs” Nurse Redheart said. “Um, okay den” I said as I got up and did as she had asked. Waking around the room several times, noticing that it was a little hard to keep myself up straight. “You seem to be faltering a little. Are you sure that you’re not tired?” Nurse Readheart asked. “Yeah I feel fi-“I stopped as I found myself falling to the right. Quickly, I put my hands out to protect myself from the oncoming floor. I landed hard, knocking my shoulder against the ground hard. “Oh gosh are you alright?!” Nurse Redheart exclaimed as she dropped the clipboard and ran to my aid. “Yeah, I’m fine” I reassured her. “That’s what you nearly got to say before you just fell over” Nurse Redheart said, clearly worried. “This time dough I’m right” I said, making my way back up to a standing position. “Yeah right. What made you fall?” Nurse Redheart asked. “I don’t know, I just lost balance all of a sudden” I described. “But you can balance yourself now?” Nurse Redheart asked. “Yeah, yeah I can” I said. “Well you can sit back on the bed now, only a couple more questions” she said, walking beside me to make sure I didn’t fall again. “Alright, bit of a scare there” Nurse Redheart chuckled as I sat back on the bed. “Definitely” I joined in. “Let me just grab this” Nurse Redheart said she bent down and picked up her clipboard off of the floor. “Okay, now do you remember how the incident that could have caused this wound happened?” I shook my head, “No, no clue. In fact, I don’t remember dat much before I woke up a bit ago”. “Hm, I can’t see what would’ve caused that wound on your back. I can only assume that it happened when you came here” “I think it would be a good idea to ask Night Glider about dat, she’s de one who found me after all” I pointed. “Well I’ll have to ask her later. Last question, do you have any symptoms that would make you think you have the flu or something like that, similar to question two” Nurse Redheart asked. “Basically, do you feel sick?” “Not really, it does feel like der’s something on my back though, like it’s really itchy and irritated” I explained. “Well it did look infected when I had a look at it. Pardon my language but it looked like it would’ve fucking hurt!” Nurse Redheart exclaimed,making me chuckle in the back of my throat. For a formal looking and sounding person or….pony, she did have a sense of immaturity in that sentence. “Well, it hurts a little now. But you said infected?” I asked. “Yes, it does look like you may have either a case of some sort of infection. We haven’t been able to take a sample to see what it really is but the skin was decaying around the wound, so it needs to be treated” Nurse Redheart explained to me, making me think of what it might look like. Blood probably drying around the wound on my back. “Alright den” I said. “Oh and final question” Nurse Redheart said. “Why do you talk that?” “What, like dis? Dat’s my natural accent from where I came from. It’s because my tongue goes to de top of my mouth when I say ‘t’ and ‘d’ sounds” I said in my natural mafia like accent. “Oh okay” Nurse Redheart said as she nodded in understanding. “Well, I better be off to determine what to do with you. In the meantime you just lay on the bed and rest”. “Alright den” I said. Nurse Redheart smiled and turned around to make her way to the door. When she had opened it she paused and looked back at me. “Oh and the things that we found on you are in the drawer next to the bed, feel free to take a look. And if you need me at any time just press the button on top of the drawer” Nurse Redheart said, closing the door behind her. “Okay” I said, sighing and bringing my head to my hands. “What have I gotten myself into dis time?” I hopped off of the bed and looked at the drawer. ‘What was on me?’ I thought as I opened the drawer and took a look inside. Inside the drawer there was a gold crucifix on a golden chain, mine presumably. “What de fuck” I uttered quietly as I pulled a Browning Hp handgun from the drawer, holding it up and letting the sunlight shine off of it. Curiously, I clicked the magazine release and caught the clip as it fell from the gun, making a metallic scratching noise as it slid out from the handle. “Hang on” I whispered. There’s meant to be thirteen nine millimetre rounds in the clip, so why are there only twelve? I could count them because of the holes in the side of the clip. “Weird” I said, confused as I pushed the clip back into the handle. Hearing the clicking noise as it passes fully into the gun. “What’s weird?” a voice said behind me. “Oh shit!” I exclaimed as I dropped the gun back into the drawer. “Woah! Sorry, are you alright?” Night Glider said behind me. “Yeah, you just scared me a bit. Never wake de bear out of hibernation” I explained. “What’s a bear?” Night Glider asked. “Don’t worry. It’s just a metaphor I heard somewhere, it means don’t surprise someone when der in deep thought” I said. “Oh okay, so what did Nurse Redheart ask you?” Night Glider asked. “Oh just general things about my health and such. She asked me if I had any idea about what could have caused it. I told her to ask you because you found me after all” I answered. “Yeah, she did ask me. I told her that I found you face-first on the ground with a red stain your back. That’s all I know” Night Glider explained. “Anyway, what were you holding in there?” I glanced nervously back at the drawer, the gun laying down over some other objects. “Um, just some stuff dat de nurse said was found on me” “Like what?” Night Glider asked. “Oh nothing really, just stuff like my necklace” I said cautiously, I didn’t want her to know about the gun. “Okay. You better get some rest like the nurse said” Night Glider said. “I know, I was just about to” I pointed, closing the drawer with my hip and climbing onto the bed. “Well if you need me then I’ll just be over here” Night Glider said as she pulled a seat over to the bed and sat down with her head resting on her arms. “Don’t you like, need to go home or something?” I asked inquisitively. “No, I’m good” Night Glider said. “Or do you just like de smell of me?” I joked with a small smirk on my face. Night Glider’s cheeks turned red slightly and she softly punched my leg with one of her hooves. “Shut up” she said through laughter. “Well, how long do you have to stay here?” “I don’t know, until dey treat dis thing on my back. Dat would at least take a couple of days” I explained. “Shit, it’s not bad is it?” Night Glider asked, leaning more on her hooves. “Well Nurse Redheart said it could be an infection of some sort, at least dat’s what I could deduce from what she said” I said, rubbing my eyes. “Listen, are you sure you want to stay here for at least a couple of days? I know you might be caring but you need to look after yourself” “Look I’m fine and yes I am caring. Besides there’s a restaurant near here” Night Glider said. “Well okay den, I can’t change dat” I gave in. “What, me or the restaurant?” Night Glider joked. “I think both” I joined in. Night Glider sighed in content and stared at me with half-lidded eyes as she rested her head on the bed next to my leg. "De thing is doe, where am I gonna stay after they're done with me?" Night Glider looked upwards for a second, thinking to herself before saying, "You could stay at my place, on the couch is the only bed for you but at least it's a roof over your head Suddenly, a loud bang erupted from down somewhere in the hallway outside the room, jolting both me and Night Glider. “What de hell was that?!” I exclaimed. Night Glider had one of her hooves to her chest, “That nearly gave me a heart attack!” she screamed. Someone from outside the room shouted, “Griffons! Everyone evacuate!” Night Glider’s eyes widened and her mouth dropped open in shock. “What’s wrong? What are griffons?” I asked, still shocked from the explosion. “G-griffons are like the predators of the sky, they’re ferocious. I don’t know why they’re here though” Night Glider stammered. Someone could be seen running past the door, getting punced on by a large winged creature with sharp yellow talons and equally sharp and equally yellow beak. Brown feathers covering all of it’s body. The griffon stood over the helpless doctor who had fallen over, ready to tear his throat out with it’s beak. “Oh Celestia someone please help me!” he shouted in terror and panic. Quickly, I jumped out of the bed and opened the drawer grabbing the Browning, noticing that there was a few spare clips underneath it. I pulled the slide back and released it, emitting a clicking sound as it struck back. “So that’s what was in the drawer” Night Glider said to herself. “Yeah cover your ears” I instructed as I brought the gun up to look down the sights, bringing the griffon into them. “Why do I ne-“ Night Glider didn't get a chance to ask as I pulled the trigger and a loud bang erupted from the gun along with a burst of fire as the griffon was knocked backwards off of the doctor and onto the ground. Blood spraying the wall behind the griffons head. “Fuck David!” Night Glider screamed. The doctor, meanwhile, had gotten off of the floor and was running away from the corpse of the now still griffon. “Thank you so much!” he yelled as he ran as fast as her could. “No problems” I called back, slowly making my way to the door. Carefully I leaned out and looked down both ways of the hallway. To the left, two griffons had Nurse Redheart pinned to the floor. They were pecking her with their beaks, leaving small gouge marks in her flesh. Nurse Redheart was screaming in pain, the red wounds evident on her white fur. The natural anger when I see someone getting hurt building up in my veins. “Hey! You pricks!” I yelled out, bringing the gun up to aim down the sights. They both stopped injuring Nurse Redheart and looked in my direction. With astonishing speed, they both took off the ground and sped towards me leaving a small dust cloud before their feet. I turned slightly and managed to hit one in the head, sending it sliding across the ground as its blood smeared the floor. The other hit me and knocked me to the ground. “You will pay” the griffon said through gritted teeth, showing its anger as it stood over me. The towering figure seemingly intimidating due to the beak. As it thrust its head down to impale me with its beak I grabbed its neck with my hands and stopped the griffon in mid-air. The strength of it matching mine. I removed the hand with the gun in it and brought it down on the griffons head as hard as I could. It screeched in pain and I managed to push it off of me and onto the ground, it got back up quickly though and growled with seething anger. It lunged forward again and raked it’s talons down my leg, cutting deep into my thigh and ripping downwards. The pain was unimaginable and I lost control in my left leg, this sent me into a kneeling position as blood trickled down my leg. “Not so strong are we” the griffon mocked, slowly walking closer. “Ahh!” I yelled, dropping the gun and placing both hands on my leg. The griffon saw my weakness and took his time in making fun of me. Fuelled by anger, pain and adrenaline, I lunged forward not caring about my leg and grabbed the griffon by the neck, bringing both of us to the ground. I put one hand on his head and lifted it up, before bringing it back down on the floor. I repeated this several times while the griffon screamed in pain, struggling to escape. Eventually, its movements came to a standstill and the griffon fell limp in my hands. Slowly, I made my way to my legs and limped towards the gun on the floor and picked it up. I then made my to the room I was just in before I heard Nurse Redhearts whimpering. I turned around to see Nurse Redheart, amazingly, standing on all four hooves. Her eyes shut tight and her teeth gritted in pain. Tears could be seen streaming from her eyes “God, Nurse Redheart!” I yelled, limping as fast as I could over to her. “Are you alright?” Nurse Redheart’s only response was falling onto my hip, leaning softly on it. “Y-yeah, I’m alright” she said softly through tears. “Come here” I instructed, putting the gun into my shirt pocket and holding my arms out. Nurse Redheart slowly climbed into my arms and I carried her to my room. The pain in my leg burning with the intent on making me fall. When I got inside the room I gently placed Nurse Redheart onto the bed and sat down on the chair. Nurse Redheart’s breathing was incredibly fast and she looked at me with a look of sadness on her face. Like she knew that she was going to die soon. “Don’t worry Nurse Redheart, you’re gonna make it” I reassured her, squeezing her hoof gently. Her breathing calmed slightly. “W-where’s Night Glider?” Nurse Redheart asked. “I don’t know” I answered. Night Glider then suddenly emerged from underneath the bed, squeezing herself out and standing up straight. She noticed Nurse Redheart and gasped loudly. “Shit! Nurse Redheart!” She exclaimed as she rushed over and put her hooves on the bed. “Its f-fine Night Glider, I’m alright” Nurse Redheart said through tears. The wounds on her abdomen were quite severe looking and were bleeding all over the blankets of the bed. “I’m gonna go get a docter, Night Glider stay here with her and shut de door behind me. They could still be here” I instructed Night Glider, she nodded in agreement. I made my way to the door, pain still burning in my leg. Pulling the gun out of my pocket, I nudged the door open and looked down the path that the doctor ran through. “T-there should be an evacuation room to the left of t-the corner down there. You should find some doctors there. Hurry please” Nurse Redheart struggled to say. I simply nodded and made my way down the hallway, reaching the corner and turning left to a door marked ‘Evacuation Room’. I knocked on it and waited a couple seconds. “Hello? It’s David, open up Nurse Redhearts injured” I yelled. Slowly, the door cracked open and an eye peeked out, before the door opened and two doctors rushed out. “Where’s Nurse Redheart?” One of them asked. “Here” I said as I walked back to the room. The doctors entered and saw Nurse Redheart laying still on the bed. Night Glider was crying. “She’s not answering to anything” Night Glider sobbed. The doctors quickly rushed past me and went to Nurse Redhearts aid, pushing Night Glider out of the way. I walked over towards Night Glider and looked over to Nurse Redheart, who was limp on the bed. Eyes closed. “What if she’s dead?” Night Glider asked, staring at me with tear soaked eyes. “She’s not dead, don’t worry” I reassured as I wrapped my arms around Night Glider. Her tears soaking my shoulder. The only sounds around us were the doctors arguing over Nurse Redhearts condition. Her eyes closed tight as the tears mixed with the blood on the bed. Suddenly, she coughed and the doctors looked at her in astonishment. There was a moments silence before the doctors rushed back to the bed and started to try and get her to respond. Nurse Redheart's eyes opened weakly and she looked around. One of the doctor started to check her pulse and make sure she was breathing properly. “David”, one of the doctors called. I looked up and nodded for him to go on. “Thanks so much for alerting us so soon, it looks like she’s going to live” he explained. "Oh thank God" I said to myself. Night Glider looked at me with a look of amazement and hugged me tighter. “Thank Celestia you saved her!” Night Glider shouted. “I’m just glad that she’s gonna be fine” I said. "But what about you? The scratches on your leg look terrible" one of the doctors said. "Dat's exactly what it is, a scratch. " I reassured him. He looked at me dumbfounded but turned back to Nurse Redhearts aid. "Come, let's go somewhere else. Let the doctors do their thing" Night Glider said, gently tugging my hand. I agreed and followed her out of the door, stepping over the dead griffon. We both made our way into the waiting room which was down the hallway opposite the evacuation room. Night Glider helped me take a seat in one of the rows of seats which lined the walls, she then took a seat beside me. “Today has been quite an eventful day” Night Glider said. “Can’t argue with dat” I said back, turning to look at her. "I'm still surprised from that explosion. That was terrifying!" Night Glider exclaimed. "Mhm. I'm just surprised dat I managed to bring down three griffons, is dat what you call them?" I asked. "Yep, I could hear banging from outside" Night Glider explained. "Dat could've been one of der heads against de ground" I said to myself. "Wait, you managed to take down a griffon your own hooves, or whatever it is those things are on the end arms" Night Glider exclaimed. "Yes I did. Just seeing Nurse Redheart on the ground, crying out and injured just made me so furious and seething with anger" I said, clenching my fists. "Well, adrenaline is one hell of a drug" Night Glider said, her eyes wide. "Yeah, can agree with dat" I responded. "I just wanna sit here and chill for a bit. you can go see how de doctors are going with Redheart. Go on" "Okay then, I wanted to check on her" Night Glider said as she got up and made her way down the hallway to the room Nurse Redheart was in, stopping for a moment to look at the dead corpse of the griffon. She pulled a disgusted face and went inside the room. I sighed loudly and looked up at the ceiling. "What de hell is all of dis. Dis can't be real, I'm in a world where der's colorful, talking ponies and large winged creatures of death. Please tell me dis is a dream" I said to myself quietly, rubbing my eyes in the hope that when I opened them everything will be back to normal. When I did open them however, the ceiling was still there. "Well, at least dis place isn't dat bad" I thought to myself.