//------------------------------// // Pulling a Dream // Story: Techno of Emotions // by Ripcord //------------------------------// (Still in Octavia's point of view) I walked back to the hospital with Celestia, she kept her wing over me covering me from the snow. I stared at the ground, walking in a grave stage never daring to look up. We continued on, Celestia's magic lighting the to the hospital. It was a few blocks away still so Celestia took this time to ask me a few questions. "Octavia, how long have you known about these night terrors?" She asked quietly. "O-only a few days now, my grandma told me about it but I paid no attention to it," I replied. "But how did Night Terrors escalate to this? I've had them before and, and they weren't this bad," "Thats because you were able to escape your fears, but Vinyls fears she could never escape. The fear manifested into a being within her soul and it's trying to destroy her," "I-it can't possibly do that," I said in a state of shock. I quickly looked up from the ground and into Celestia's eyes, she wasn't lying. "Unicorns react to imagination differently then other ponies, our magic can make what we dream a reality. It is difficult even for master magic user's, even myself and Luna, to project our thoughts," "But there was no one there, it was only Vinyl scratch s-screaming on the roadway," "That's because it had already taken her, the creature pulled Vinyls soul into it's realm....and it's torturing her," Celestia tone was strong yet passionate. She wanted peace in her kingdom and happiness for everypony, even one pony that is unhappy. Can make Celestia trifle over it. We walked the last block in silence, the steps to the hospital were large dragon stone blocks. Celestia looked and me, a tear formed in one of her eyes and she flew to the top. I walked up the steps and entered the building, a nurse noticed me and came over quickly. "You need to come with me mam, the doctor needs you," She said hurriedly and started off towards the intensive care unit. I followed behind her and we entered a large room, it was white with curtains covering each individual room. I was two stories high and had at least 50 rooms, the nurse led me up the steps and we walked down the isle. She stopped and room B-14 were they were keeping Vinyl sedated. "Dr. Cross, I brought her here like you asked," the nurse said. "Good, thank you nurse now please go back to your duties," said Red Cross. "Now Octavia please come here," Red Cross motioned me in. As I entered the room I saw Celestia standing on the other side of the bed, she looked deeply saddened at this sight. I came in, Vinyl had an IV sticking out of her arm, her breathing was short and raspy. The thought of her being in this state crushed me, but I did not show it. Celestia came over and nudged me closer to the bed, she walked over with me and we all looked at Vinyl. "So Celestia, how do we proceed with this "operation", it's new to me," Red Cross said moving to the other side of the bed. "We need someone close to Vinyl to free her from the monsters grasp. Then I can pull her out of this state," Replied Celestia. She looked over at me "this is where you come in Octavia, only you are close enough to Vinyl, only you can free her," Celestia finished, she put her wing over me again. "Do you think you can do it Octavia?" Red Cross asked. "I-I don't know, but I'll try," I replied worriedly. Celestia let go of me as I moved closer to the bed, I got up on it and pulled Vinyls head into my chest. I moved her hair away from her face and removed her glasses, she looked so calm, yet she was dying. I began to hum, and rest my head on the wall, I remembered the lullaby I always sang to her when she was mad. I took in a breath of air and began to sing. "Now in the night, it'll be all right. For the worries of the day have gone away. So come with me, and I'll set you free, let your spirit roam the land and be with me." I began to whimper as I sang, tears fled down my face and hit Vinyl face. I continued on, I had to save her. "Now hush my dear and just let me lead the way, for my love will keep you safe in the night. Cause in the night, It'll be alright, Just let the worries your day fade away with me." I finished the lullaby. Vinyl began to move a little, she let out a small moan and then began to speak. "T-thank you Octavia" and then her voice faded. Celestia looked at me and I moved off the bed, her horn began to glow and she hit Vinyl with beam of pink light. Vinyls back arched and she began to scream, but it wasn't her voice, it was someone else's voice. The scream echoed throughout the room and hospital, black dust rose from her mouth. I stepped back a a black shadow appeared from the dust in the air, it dropped to the ground and slithered toward me. I backed up running into Red Cross as I did, the shadow stood up and retained its form. It looked like me, a creepy smiled came across it's face. It began to walk toward me, Red Cross stepped in front of me and rammed the shadow back. "NOW!" he screamed and Celestia's horn began to glow brighter. She cocked back to get her bearings, and a crimson beam of light shot from her horn hitting the monster in the cavity in it's chest. It screamed again and started to rise, white speckles of light began to show as the black shell cracked. A black plate fell from her face, It was me, I was Vinyls monster. I stepped back and looked at her, she smiled and exploded into a cloud of white dust. Her ashes fell over Vinyl, it speckled her face, her eyes began to move rapidly before she woke. _*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_Vinyl_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_ I woke from my nightmare, I was in a hospital bed and Red Cross, Celestia and Octavia were standing next to me. I sat up in my bed and Octavia came over and hugged me, tears were streaming down her face. Celestia was smiling and Red Cross looked intrigued at the situation, I came to my senses and hugged Octavia back. "V-Vinyl, your back, you came back for me," Octavia said quietly. "I could never leave you Octavia, I love you," I said weakly. "I love you too, Vinyl Scratch,"