Chapter Fifteen
I brought the sandwiches back to the car where everypony else was, and they all gasped.
"Wowie Bolt! Where did you get those sandwiches?" Pinkie exclaimed.
"I thought that we should have something more than just cupcakes, if that's alright with you Pinkie." I asked.
Pinkie nodded, and everypony indulged in the food.
I stuck with my sandwich, and so did Applejack.
"Why aren't you having any cupcakes?" I asked Applejack.
"Oh, ah thought it would be odd if you were the only one not eatin' one, so ah'm just gonna have a sandwich." Applejack said with a smile.
I nodded, and she ate her sandwich, and I ate mine.
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Everypony was stuffed, especially Pinkie Pie, who had at least seven cupcakes.
"That was delicious! Thank you Pinkie Pie!" Twilight said happily, but Pinkie was napping after eating all those cupcakes.
I flew over to Dash, who was half asleep, and I put my arm around her shoulder.
She smiled, and fell asleep.
I too slowly fell into a bit of a slumber myself, and then, I fell asleep.
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I felt myself on something soft, not as soft as the bed at Dash's.
It felt familiar.
I opened my eyes, to find myself in my room.
"What, how did I get back? Was it all a dream?" I said outloud.
"Was what a dream?" I heard my father ask.
I'm imagining things, I can't be here, or... Am I?
I got out of bed, and what do you know, I saw hands.
Hands with four fingers and one thumb each.
I slipped out of bed, and stumbled a bit.
"Haven't walked like this in a while." I thought.
I walked of my room, and went in the bathroom.
I turned on the shower, to a hot temperature, and stepped in.
"No, no, no, I was there, I did all those things! How can I just, go back?" I thought to myself.
I was in the shower for a bit, and I dried myself off, and then got dressed.
After putting on something decent, I went into the kitchen, to see a note.
"Derrick, your sister and I went out, we'll be back soon, love, Dad."
"Well, that's cool I guess. At least I can listen to music now." I said to myself, and I put on some Green Day, and began to surf the internet on my netbook."
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Two Hours Later...
"Well, that was a good fic, *yawn* I think I'm gonna take a nap now."
I paused the music, brought my netbook into my room, and flopped onto the bed.
I was slowly closing my eyes, when I heard someone say something.
"Probably the neighbors." I mumbled.
I heard it again, and it was louder.
"Bolt!" a familiar voice called.
"Bolt! Get up! Were here!" It was Dash's voice.
I felt reality start to slip away, and I fell.
"Reminds me of when I first came here, hopefully I won't crash this time."
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I shook my head a bit, and everypony was around me.
"Hey everyo- pony. What's wrong?" I asked.
"You were asleep! We got to the station an hour ago!" Twilight exclaimed.
My eyes widened, and I jumped up.
"Whoa! We'd better hurry to the castle then!" I said, as I flew out the door.
Everypony followed, and we hurried to the castle.
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We made it to the castle in record time, and we all rushed into the throne room.
"Ah, good to see you Twilight Sparkle, Star Bolt, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity. May I ask what the delay was?" Celestia asked.
"Oh, Bolt was sleeping deeply, he wouldn't wake up!" Rarity said.
"Well, at least you all made it here safely. Now, we must go to somewhere more private." Celestia insisted.
Everypony nodded, and we all followed her to another room.
We all followed Celestia into a secret room, which had a map of Equestria, and even other lands.
Celestia sat at the end of a table, and the rest of us sat around the table.
"So Bolt, you encountered Queen Chrysalis? Is this true?" Celestia asked.
"Unfortunately, it is. They took form of The Wonderbolts, and they almost attacked Dashie." I said, with a small frown.
"Hmm, Bolt, do you have any feelings for Rainbow Dash?"
"Most certainly, why do you ask?"
"The Changelings feed off of love, and they sensed the love between you two is immense."
Dash and I looked at each other, and we both blushed.
"I can see the love between you two, and it is important that you both keep an eye on each other. We wouldn't want Chrysalis to do what she did with Cadence." Celestia said.
Dash and I nodded, and so did the rest of the group.
"Now everypony, please leave, except for you Bolt." Celestia said.
Everypony left the room, and it was just me and her.
"So Bolt, care to enlighten me on what happened in your dream?" Celestia asked.
"Well, any dream? Or the one on the-"
"Every dream." Celestia said, intent on knowing what has been going on in my dreams.
I began to explain my dreams to Celestia, and the expression on her face was less than happy.
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"I... Don't believe it." Celestia said in disbelief.
"You don't believe what?" I asked.
"Luna has been in the archives, and she has been looking through some older documents. some of them seem to match what has been occurring in your dreams." Celestia explained.
"So, what does that mean?" I asked
"It means, you will be tested, to see if you truly are the Element of Hope."
I shuddered, realizing my dreams have been a vision of what is to come.
"Wait, what about the dream with Dashie and... Snow? Snow was the filly." I ask, fearing the worst.
"Your dreams show what the future could be, not what it will be. You are in charge of your destiny." Celestia said.
"Okay then, thank you Celestia." I said kindly.
"Thank you? Thank you for what?"
"For showing me that life is not on one guided path, that one can change their future." I said, as I walked out of the room.
"He is Hope, I know it." Celestia said to herself.
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I joined the others outside, and we all headed back to the Train station.
"So Bolt, what did Celestia have to say?" Rarity asked, insisting on knowing.
"I'd rather not talk about it." I said, in hope she'd back off.
"Oh, alright then." Rarity said, then sighed.
"Hey Bolt!" A voice from far behind shouted.
I turned, and it was Alexx.
"Hey there Alexx! How have you been?" I asked.
"Oh, I'm good. The princess wanted to bid you and your friends farewell, since she wasn't able to earlier." Alexx said, a bit short of breath.
"Oh, well tell her we all say thanks, and hope to see her again soon!" I said happily.
"Alright then, nice to see you again!" Alexx said, as he began to take off.
"Good to see you too! Say hi to Shining Armor for us!" I shouted to him.
He nodded, and set off towards the castle.
The seven of us made it to the train station, and we all got aboard.
"Hey Dashie?" I asked, giving her a small kiss on the cheek.
"Yeah Bolt?" She replied with a small smile.
"I think I'm going to take a nap, it's been a bit of a long day." I said, yawning a bit in the process.
"Alright then, I think I will too." Dash replied.
We both hugged each other, and we fell asleep in our arms.