Trauma shapes us in many ways.

Ash. Ash is the only thing present, in a forest of fire. Nature crying out as hell's flames burn her bark and grass--her flesh and bone. Among many things, the sky cannot be seen, for that those on the ground can only see darkness above, fog that blocks out Celestia's sun, even Luna's moon can't penetrate hell itself.

The pegasus with a rainbow mane glances around her. She sees the corpses of the dead or dying as the fire raged on, leaving only ash as a path through the woods. Her sky blue coat remains untouched by the ground below as she takes step by step forward.

Rainbow Dash just observes the devastation, not knowing what to do, how to feel, as she just wonders. She suddenly sees movement in front of her, causing her to stop in her tracks. She sees a cloaked equine galloping toward her. The equine was speaking, no, was shouting something incomprehensible. Judging by the tone, it was female. The cloaked equine comes in front of her, as Rainbow remains frozen. The equine seemingly takes her hood off, revealing herself to Rainbow Dash. Her face was blurred completely, with her horn being the only thing that wasn't blurred.

"Woah! Your face! What's with your--" Rainbow pauses, as she listened to the unicorn. The unicorn is speaking gibberish. She was staring with eyes of concern, while gesturing her hoof next to her face, as if comforting the pegasus. Rainbow Dash stares at the equine confused, before something seemingly snakes it's way behind the equine.

It's black, with a hint of dark crimson for highlights and outline, and is slender in shape. It rises above the two. Rainbow can see it just past the equine's head, before it lunges towards the equine's back!

Thunderstruck! Rainbow jumps awake, gasping in surprise. She glances around in the pitch black darkness as the thunder quiets down.

Rainbow’s eyes land on the water dragon next to her. Dash releases a sigh of relief, seeing Neocros in deep slumber. While she’s awake, she glances over at the alarm clock. 

3:28 AM. 

“Not bad..but I might get an earful from Spitfire.” She mentally says, and tries to resume sleep. As she lays her head on the pillow though, she can’t help but think back to the dreams she’s been having. For the past few weeks, she’d have occasional dreams similar to the one she had now.

The one in the night before had a ruined Canterlot. Dash was concerned, and even told Twilight Sparkle about it. She couldn't get a proper conclusion, but was equally worried as Rainbow. She told Neocros about her dreams too, and he confessed to seeing such things as well.

Somehow it feels like a foreshadowing, or a bad omen of what's to come. Yet, it's unclear what the threat is. Her only guess would be Tirek, Sombra, or even a new menace entirely.

The sky blue pegasus shook her thoughts away, and watches Neocros. She glances at Neocros’ dorsal fin, the one on the back of his head, and focuses on it. She thought of their sexy time together, and ever since that night, she felt stronger than before. Rainbow Dash closes her eyes, and is getting sleepy once more...