A strange dream of reality
My name isn’t important, for the past few years, when I go to bed, I would hear someone say, “I wish you could see me, it’s lonely being the only one that likes the night.” And when I wake up, the person saying that is gone.
It all started when I was in high school. I was getting ready for a test, I looked at the clock to see it was passed midnight. I got off my laptop and headed for bed. Was usual, when my head hit the pillow, I fell asleep. Then I heard a voice. It said, “My prince is now asleep and he dreams of a winter wonderland. Snow as the eye can see, and a small building made of wood with smoke coming out of the chimney. I am your princess, and we have so much in common.”
I woke up, scared out of my mind, and looked around. No one was there, but my chair was facing me. I made sure that I tucked it in before I went to bed. Day after day, the voice came back and said the same thing and told me what I was dreaming that night. It even wished me happy holidays and other holiday greetings. It gave me a present for my birthday. My parents didn’t know where my presents came from.
After a year or two, I caught a small glimpse of it for the first time. I bolted right up to see a hoof leaving my bedroom. I ran into the hallway to see nothing there, then I went back to bed, then it said, “I know you want to see me, but you can’t. You won’t understand who I am, and if you did, you wouldn’t like me for what I have done.
I wrote a note saying, “I don’t care who or what you are. I will never judge you on your appearance. You are kind, and that’s all that matters.”
That night, I felt something brush my hair up and kiss me on the forehead, I think it was kissing my forehead, and say, “You are kind was well. I will tell you when I am ready for you to see me.
I never heard that voice for a few years, then out of the blue. I heard it say, “I’m ready when you wake up. I will still be here. Watching over you like I’ve been doing for the past few years of coming to this place. I woke up to see a creature sitting there. The skin was a pitch-like black, its eyes were a teal color with a slit for the pupil, it had wings, a horn, tail and a mane, it’s feet and hands were hooves and a helmet rested in its lap. It had its arms on top of the helmet, resting it’s head on it. It said as it looked at me, “Well, what are you waiting for? Aren’t you going to scream, yell at me, look at me with disgust.” It lowered its head and said, “I don’t blame you for being scared of me. I wish I can undo the past, undo my mistakes.”
I walked over to it and said as I placed my arm around its shoulders, “I’m not scared of you. Why would something scary be wishing to undo the past? It shows that you are sorry for what you have done.”
She lifted her head and said, “You’re the first person that isn’t scared of me.”
I sat down on my bed, right across from her, and said, “Why don’t you tell me a little more about yourself and what we have in common?”
She looked at me and said, “My name is Nightmare Moon, I have a sister as well. We both live in their shadows. The only difference is that we are from different worlds.”
We talked for a few hours. Then I stood up and got ready for school. When I entered my room, Nightmare wasn’t there. For the whole school day, I couldn’t stop thinking about what Nightmare said. It’s true that I have a sister, but I don’t think that I live in her shadow. When school was out, I quickly headed home to see if Nightmare was there. I went into my room to see if she was there. Everything was the way it was when I left. I sat down in front of my computer and started typing an essay for school
Later that night, I heard someone say as they placed a hoof on my shoulder, “What are you working on?”
I turned around to see Nightmare sitting on my bed. I said as I shut off the monitor, “Nightmare, how have ya been. I’ve been meaning to ask you, where do you live or stay?”
Nightmare looked at me and said, “I live by myself for the things I have done. I tried to place my world into Eternal Darkness.” Then she started crying. I sat next to her and placed my arm around her. She leaned into me, avoiding poking me with her horn and kept crying. After a bit, she relaxed and fell asleep. I laid her down and slowly took her helmet. I finished my report, moved it off to the side and fell asleep.
The next morning, I was shaken awake. I turned my head to Nightmare, who was right behind me. I said as I stretched my arms, “Morning Nightmare, shouldn’t you be gone already. You leave every morning.”
She looked at me and said as she headed to the door, “You forgot your alarm clock last night, and I don’t want to late for college.
I walked after her and said, “I’m live by myself here, so you could live with me.”
She turned around and said, “I’ll think about it, thanks for the offer.”
That night, I was glad it was Friday. I didn’t have college tomorrow. I sat down in front of my TV and grabbed Bioshock. I was halfway through the game when someone knocked. I paused the game, and walked to the door muttering, “Who would come at this hour?”
When I opened the door, Nightmare was standing there, with her helmet tucked under her arm. She walked in and said as she sat down on the couch, “I decided to take you up on your offer. I’m going to live with you.”
I said as I shut the door and sat down next to her, ‘You know that this means that you can’t disappear every morning.”
She nodded and said, “I understand. What are you playing?”
I grabbed the remote and said as I unpaused the game, “Bioshock.” Then I explained it to her. After a while, I let her start a new game. She levitated the remote out of my hands and started playing. I said as I got up and stretched, “What is your world like?”
She paused the game, turned to me and said, “Equestria is what my world is called. It’s a beautiful place, but it had a lot of dangers. My sister and I had to fight many foes. My sister raises the sun and I raise the moon.”
I looked at her to see if I can find any hint of a joke in there. I didn’t see any, but I never could tell what was a joke or not. I said as I sat down next to her, “Okay, what type of foes did you and your sister fight?” She told me about the foes, I laughed at what Discord did, and that got me a stern glare that said it wasn’t funny, but the rest I just listened. After she was done, I said, “What is your sister name and why aren’t you in Equestria?”
She looked down and said, “Her name is Celestia and I don’t want to talk about it. What else do you have?”
I got up and said as I walked to where my games were, “Sure, here some games just pick one and I’ll put it in.”
She looked at the game as I saved, closed, and taken out the game. When I got to where she was, she levitated a game in front of me and said, “Is this game any good?”
I looked at the game front and back, then I said as I handed it back to her, “Diablo 3, it’s an okay game. It’s different from Bioshock.” I placed it in and said, “Do you want anything to drink, soda, water, milk. I don’t have any beer or alcohol, so don’t ask.”
She looked at me and said, “I’ll try a soda. Why do you say something you don’t have?”
I went to the kitchen, got it the fridge, pulled out two cans of Mountain Dew, and said as I headed into the front room, “Cause I don’t allow those in my house.” One can of Mountain Dew levitated out of my hand and I sat down and opened my can. Nightmare followed me on how to open it, then she placed it on the coffee table and started playing Diablo 3.
For a few month, we talked about our adventure, Nightmare did. I didn’t have any adventures. Every time I brought up why she was here, she would either change the subject or say that she didn’t want to talk about it. After getting dinner done. I walked in to hear her screaming at the game. I walked over to her and said, “What game are you playing.
She looked at me and said, “This hard game, I’m doing what it say, but it won’t work.”
I took the controller and said as I completed the part, “It’s kinda easy, but that’s probably because I’ve been doing it for a while.” Then I remembered the first night. I turned to her and said, “What did you mean by you are my princess?”
She looked down and said, “It’s nothing. What’s for dinner?”
I stood up and said, “Something I whipped up from the leftovers.”
We headed into the kitchen and I pour mine and nightmare’s bowl and placed it in front of her. We ate in silence.
A few weeks later, she finally answered my questions. I walked into the door from college to see Nightmare sitting on the couch, crying. I walked over to the other side of her and sat down next to her. After she was done crying, she said, “I was sent here by these powerful relic called the elements of harmony. How can you be nice to me, after everything I’ve done. I stalked you for years, crashed at your house without giving you anything, I almost destroyed Equestria twice, your bills are higher, but you don’t hate me. Why?”
I hugged and said, “True, you did stalk me at night, but you’ve been giving me stuff. You gave me presents for my birthday and Christmas, you gave me a reason for having a second remote, and you gave me a friend. Plus you said you were sorry for what you have done.”
She looked at me and said as she hugged me back, “How can you cheer me up like that?”
I smiled and said, “I just have that ability, I can cheer up almost anyone.” I got up and headed to the bathroom to take a shower. When I got out of the shower and got dressed, Nightmare had cooked dinner and was about to leave. I said as I headed to the kitchen, “Where are you going?
She jumped and said, “I need to find something to do productive. Now I want to save a world, not try to bring eternal night to one.” Then she walked out the door.
I walked to the door and said, “So you know, I always have a spare bedroom and a home for you.” She nodded and flew off. I sighed as I closed the door. When I enter the kitchen. I noticed that she left her helmet on the counter. I smiled and ate dinner, waiting to see Nightmare again, hopefully in a new world.