Boreas dreamed as he slept, but Luna couldn't even close her eyes because of the human-turned-beast's constant squeezing. She suspected it had something to do with the dream he was so caught up in, so, against her better judgement, she went in to try and fix it. After all, anything was better than getting violently spooned by a dinosaur for 8 hours. She braced herself for the worst, then entered his head. Upon entering, the following scene played out:

A human that bore a striking resemblance to teenaged Boreas was yelling in the center of a mass of guards in the middle of what looked like Ponyville, smashing and hacking them to bloody giblets. Judging by the armor designs and buildings, the time was likely shortly after Celestia had banished Luna. However, she stayed silent as the enraged human continued to slaughter the guardsponies, using the fallen corpses as makeshift weapons, tearing some in half, even beating some of to death with his bare hands! No wonder he was so violent while he slept! However, that did not explain what he was terrified of. If anything, he was winning. Then, Boreas did the last thing Luna expected: He spoke.

"GIVE UP, WORMS!!! MY FIGHT POWER IS TOO EXTREME FOR YOU!!!" Bellowed Boreas in an earth-shaking, but not fully-developed voice. Luna was shocked that he could speak their language so fluently, but why did he not do so now? Before she could think of an answer, Boreas swatted the rest of the guards away with his staff, then proceeded to demolish the town, killing thousands in his wake. Timber wolves and manticores killed and devoured, driven to an unholy rage by Boreas's power, and Boreas summoned great pillars of flame from the ground, demolishing buildings and disintegrating ponies, and then summoned a giant, fiery elemental she only recognized from an ancient book she read once: A Slag Titan. She remembered only a little from what she read, but she knew that very few creatures could summon any kind of Titan, much less control them. This human, however, guided the metallic, half-molten monstrosity through the streets, and it stepped on buildings and ponies alike as it marched toward the castle. However, It stopped and swatted at a cloud of pegasi that gathered around its head. Though they were but the size of gnats to the Slag Titan, they still managed to distract it from its goal. However, Boreas, being an impatient teenager, quickly brought them down with hordes of strange, flying insects Luna had never seen before. They looked like giant grasshoppers, with rhinoceros beetle-like heads, and dull gray and black exoskeletons. These odd insects flew into the cloud of pegasi, tore them apart and devoured them, and flew off into the distance when their prey was depleted.

Never, not once, had Luna seen such wanton death and destruction before, and she grew terrified as the Slag Titan continued on it's warpath, and teen-Boreas laughed like a maniac as fires roared and dying ponies drew their last breaths all around him. Stallions, mares, fillies and colts, all were slain indiscriminately as the pre-adolescent human carved his mark in fire, scorching the town and leaving the citizens to die. Was this what he was having nightmares about? Tears filled Luna's eyes as she watched this horrible scene unfold. Celestia had a reason for her genocide, but this... This was madness! Suddenly, a terrifying presence manifested behind her: Boreas. She turned around, and saw he was looking unusually sad and tired. She wanted to ask him what this was, but she already knew: This was his revenge. Then, Boreas shifted the scene to much later in the battle. The Slag Titan was destroyed, more strange insects and royal guard pegasi filled the air, and Teen-Boreas and Celestia were fighting on the balcony outside of her room.

"Well, never thought it would end this way... You certainly didn't put up much of a fight, now did you, 'princess'?" Taunted Dream-Boreas, a psychotic grin glued to his face.

"Damien, you won't win this fight." Replied Celestia. "You may as well give up; your race is dead, and killing me won't bring them back. Just stop this madness and crawl back into your hole in the woods!" Boreas, or "Damien", as Celestia called him, only grinned wider.

"You're right, Celestia. This won't bring them back, but this can make my life a lot happier, knowing you just got killed by a human." He said. Suddenly, Damien stopped smiling, his expression now one of pure rage. Then, with a mighty battle cry, he lunged at celestia, swinging his staff wildly, and Celestia narrowly dodged each blow. Finally, she was backed up to the balcony, and Damien's unnerving leer returned. He raised his staff for a final blow, but Celestia quickly bucked him in the gut, sending Damien flying backwards, And embedding the boy into a wall. Celestia, looking quite pleased with herself, Walked slowly up to the incapacitated young human. Luna Looked to Boreas, but he had hidden his face, as if he did not want her to see him. She turned back to the scene, just as Celestia had reached Damien. Damien looked up at her, coughing up some blood, but still glaring defiantly at her.

"Aww, still resisting your fate as a human, even when you're so close to it?" Celestia mocked, an evil grin on her face. Damien only glared, then responded:

"I don't believe in fate, Celestia. I only believe in kicking your a-AAAUGH!" Damien cried out in pain as Celestia kneed him in the gut, causing a sickening snap to be heard from his ribs.

"Oh, don't be such a baby, Damien, I didn't break them... yet." Said Celestia smugly.

"Don't... taunt me... you bitch... You have what you want... Just kill me and be done with it... and let that weight weigh on your soul, too..." Begged Damian. Celestia seemed to think about this, tapping her hoof to her chin in mock thoughtfulness.

"You know, boy, that sounds like a curse. I don't particularly like curses, but I like you. You got spunk, and I could always use a tough little guinea pig like you for some.. stuff... I've been working on. Yes... You'll be my personal pet project."

"Kill me or release me, you whore, but don't try to sell me your 'mercy'." Demanded Damien. Celestia laughed, then got really close to his face, and whispered:

"I don't think you understand, Damien. You don't get to make demands here. You're mine, now... and forever. At least, until I get bored of you, anyway." Celestia smiled evilly as she spoke, And a look of horror spread across Damien's face, causing Celestia to laugh evilly at his despair.

"You almost had me, Damien, I'll give you that... Maybe an eternity in the dungeon will let you think about everything you did wrong today." This time, Damien laughed.

"Ha! I'll die sometime, witch! Either of starvation or old age, and where will your 'eternity in prison' be then?" Taunted Damien. Celestia, frowned in thought, then got an Idea that caused an especially creepy grin to spread across her face.

"Well, I'll fix that with a curse of my own, then!" Celestia said, and Luna suddenly got very sick to her stomach. Boreas Only watched in anger as the scene played out. Then, Celestia's horn lit up, and Damien's eyes began to close, and he started to fall asleep. Finally, he passed out, and awoke in a dungeon, with no clothes or possessions to speak of, not even his wolf plushy. He was chained to a wall, and he hung his head, defeated. Suddenly, several uncorns walked in, and started murmuring among themselves. Damien didn't care, but he had a bad feeling about the whole thing. Suddenly, Boreas tensed, causing Luna to look at him. Boreas looked at Luna with a pleading look that said "whatever you do, do not look." She obliged this, cringing in pain as horrible, pained screams came from Damien as the unicorns began their dark practices. When it was over, Luna had tears in her eyes, and Damien was laying face-first on the ground, sobbing as he clutched his cauterized wound. They put something in him, something that would guarantee a very long stay in this dungeon. Hours later, the unicorns came back, and they strapped him to a table while they injected Damien with various chemicals. When they were done, they left again, leaving Damien to stew in his anguish and pain and rage, all of which fused with the chemicals to turn him into something else... a monster.

Years passed, and the tests continued, Celestia herself popping in every now and again to "Check up on him". Really, she just wanted to see how much pain he was in. Then, one day, on his 18th birthday, Damien snapped. He was chained to a wall, being force-fed gruel, and injected with more magic, all while Celestia watched with sick, twisted delight. Finally, His anger reached breaking point, and he changed. First, they all, including Celestia, reeled back in shock as one of his chains broke due to his arms getting to large for them.

"Ma'am! He's undergoing a rapid metaphysical mutation! We need to get out of here! Now!" Cried one of the unicorns that was looking at a strange monitor. Suddenly, Damien roared a horrible, guttural roar, and broke his other chain. Celestia looked on with slight interest, ignoring the unicorns that were pleading that she do something. A magical field erected, but Damien did nothing, and simply kneeled as his features became more muscular and more reptilian.

"His muscle mass has increased over 400%!!! Princess, do something!" Cried the unicorn at the monitors. By now, Damian had completely morphed from a human, into a giant, reptilian monstrosity. Celestia was beginning to worry, but shook it off. Her plan was almost complete: Damien would become her ultimate weapon, one strong enough to take any territory she wanted. Damien still did nothing, and continued to kneel as his vitals stabilized.

"He...He's slowed down... His heart rate is normal... Princess, I think he's-" Suddenly, The beast that once was Damien punched through the force field, shattering it, and grabbed the poor unicorn, crushing her in his hands, letting the gore and blood drip from his fist onto the floor. He then turned his sights to a terrified Celestia and the fleeing unicorns. Ignoring Celestia, who was too stunned to react anyway, "Damien" pounced to the doorway, Blocking the unicorns from escaping. They tried to stop, but they were too close: He grabbed one, tossing her into his mouth, chewing noisily, then pinned the other two down with his hand. They tried to struggle and escape, but the beast was too strong, and he slowly crushed the life from them. When the last two unicorns had died, he finally turned to Celestia, who looked rather upset with him.

"Killing my subjects, eh? That's a paddling, young man." She then tried to cast a binding spell on him, but it had no effect, which caused Celestia to reel back in shock. He wasn't supposed to be magic-proof! Celestia tried to make a run for it, but the monster she had created blocked her path. Then, he slowly stalked toward her, ready to end her life with a swipe of his mighty claws. However, the room filled up with guards before he could act, and the monster ran out the door, mauling and crushing anypony in his way. Soon, he entered a hall way, and his rage cooled, and Damien turned back into a human. The transformation took a lot out of him, however, and he stumbled tiredly into a lab. However, this lab was where they stored his stuff. Taking back all his things, he made a run for the exit, but was stopped by a big guardspony before he could leave the hall. The mare stood a little taller than him, and wore unusually ornate armor, along with a spear attached to her side.

"Where do you think you're going, pipsqueak? Celestia's going to give me one hell of a raise for your sorry hide, but maybe I'll mess you up a little, first..." She said, getting ready to charge him. Unable to think, Damien resorted to the first course of action he could think of:

"If your princess couldn't handle me, what makes you think that you can?" He asked. The tall guardspony snorted, then replied:

"'Cause she said you turned into a dragon, or somethin'. Now, you're just a boy with a stick." The guardspony began to laugh. "Oh, this is going to be fun for me, runt..." Fed up with being called runt, Damien prepared to charge the mare, who then charged after seeing his change in stance. However, Damien feigned, then jumped over the mare, who was now skidding to a halt, but ended up falling on her side. Then, Damien decided to give his opponent a taste of her own medicine. He walked over to the downed mare, and rattled his staff.

"Hey! What are you doing, you weirdo!?" demanded the guard. Luna watched as Damien finished the spell, slamming the butt of his staff on the ground, then became horrified as the spell cast, and the guard began to shrink, growing smaller and smaller, until she was only up to Damien's shin, and her armor lay all around her. As the formerly- tall mare looked up in horror at Damien, she began to panic.

"H-hey, now... I was only kidding about the whole 'runt' thing, you know that, r-right?" The mare was shaking uncontrollably in fear, and Damien became disgusted by her cowardice. Damien raised his boot and brought it down, but the mare quickly jumped out of the way. When she got back up, she started backing away from Damien, trying unsuccessfully to talk her way out of getting stepped on like a bothersome insect.

"W-wait, man! I was only kidding! Get it? Ha-ha? Come on, please don't kill me!!!" The guard pleaded. Luna, though annoyed by the guard's cowardice, still felt bad for her, and felt rather sick to her stomach that Damien would torture her like this. Suddenly, the hall ended, and the shrunken mare tried to back further into the wall to escape her imminent demise at the bottom of Damien's boot, but to no avail. Suddenly, Damien raised his boot one last time, brought it down...

And stopped inches from the miniature guard's head. The guard was cowering but soon stopped when she heard rattling. She looked up, and Damien had cast another spell. This one, however, returned the mare to her former height, and she stood there, and stared at Damien, completely baffled at what just happened. Damien said nothing, and turned around, leaving the confused guard behind. Then, Damien walked out the castle doors, plushy in tow, and began the long trek back home. When he reached ponyville, it was still completely destroyed, and a graveyard had been built nearby. Damien walked over to the cemetery, then found a headstone that broke his heart: A filly, only three years old, was killed by a fire that he started all those wasted years ago. Somberly, Damien silently kneeled, placing the wolf plushy on the filly's grave, and he silently walked away, not saying a word or shedding a tear the whole trip back to his cave. Then, the dream ended. When it did, it was morning, and both Boreas and Luna were awake. Luna tried to say something, but Boreas left the room before she could, slamming the door behind him.

Author's Note

Oh, the plot just got complicated. Is the human truly as innocent as you all thought? Or is he no better than Celestia in Luna's eyes? Guess we'll see if she forgives him or not, or if he even WANTS to be forgiven.