Flare of Love

Whitetail Woods, 6:44 A.M., March 21st, 2012

Midnight slowly opened his eyes to find himself still in lying in the woods. He turned over to see that Rainbow Dash was gone. He was sitting alone in the clearing. He sat up and rubbed the tired out of his eyes. It was still early, the sun was low in the sky, and the woods were still somewhat quiet. Getting to his hooves, he blinked a few times to get rid of the last traces of sleepiness. Midnight looked around for the missing pony, but she was nowhere to be found.  “Where could she have gone?”

“Oh, would you look at that.” Nightmare had spoken up.

“Look at what?”

“It seems like she was the one who was just trying to get sex out of you. Oh this is too good. What an ironic twist.”

“Shut up Nightmare. How could you think that? I’ve known Rainbow Dash for long enough to know she’d never be like that.”

“Oh? Isn’t it obvious?”

“What are you getting at?”

“You’ve been gone for a whole year. Don’t you think she could’ve moved on? Maybe there’s another pony. Did you ever consider that?”

“No. Of course not. You saw how happy she was to see me when I showed up at her door.”

“Yes, I did. That doesn’t mean she’s not cheating on you. You know nothing about what she was really thinking.”

“Oh come on, what proof do you really have?”

“Last night you said that you would do anything to prove you still loved her. She chose sex. She could’ve chosen many other things, but she chose sex. And now that you woke up, she’s abandon you.”

“Shut up! I know she’d never leave me like this! I know she’ll come back! Rainbow Dash wouldn’t just leave me like this!”

“How do you know that?! Don’t you remember? You had suddenly left her 1 year ago. You had left the poor girl heart broken for an entire year. Just face it, Midnight! She doesn’t really love you anymore. She just used you as a sex toy last night, and left you in the middle of Whitetail Woods.”

“God damn it, Nightmare! Why can’t I just get you out of my head?!”

“You can’t get rid of me, Midnight! You will never get rid of me!” She had gathered up enough energy so she could stab Midnight’s nerves. Midnight fell to the ground shaking his head in pain.

“Gaaaah! Get out of my head!” Midnight pressed him further, a dull throbbing in his head on top of the sharp pain Midnight continued to inflict on his body. She was trying to break through, but she still needed Midnight weaker before she could truly gain control.

“Who is going to save you now? Your precious Rainbow Dash? She’s gone! Just admit it Midnight, she doesn’t love you anymore!”

“No! I don’t believe you! I will never believe you!”

“You’re in denial, Midnight!”

“I know how you are, Nightmare. You’re trying to trick me. You’re trying to make me slip up. You don’t want me to be with her. I will never submit to you. I’ve told you before and I’ll tell you again, I’ll die before I let you win.”

“Well then, I’ll just keep you down like this until you finally realize she has given up on you, or when your precious Rainbow Dash comes back, which we both know she won’t.”

“You’re wrong. I know she’ll come back. I know she’ll come back, won’t she?”

“You poor foal. You just can’t get over her can you. She’s gone, and you just won’t admit that.”

“I...I, don’t know.” The pain on top of Midnight’s constant prying was beginning to get to him. He started to feel the slightest edges of doubt. Then he shook it off, he knew Rainbow Dash, Nightmare was wrong. “No. I will never believe you.” Nightmare stabbed Midnight in his nerves harder than before. The pain sent him onto his back and causing his lungs to seize up momentarily. “Gaaaaah! God damn it! Would you stop doing that?!”

“No, not until you admit that she’s left you!” Nightmare was being particularly vicious this time, she must have felt like she could win, and she was getting close.

A voice called out from the sky, “Midnight! Just hang in there!” The voice was Rainbow Dash’s.

The pain had suddenly left and Midnight regained his strength. “I knew she couldn’t have left me.” Rainbow Dash landed down next to Midnight as he stood back up.

“What was wrong with you? Why were you on the ground?”

“Long story, I can explain later. Where did you go? Why did you leave without telling me?”

“Well when I woke up, I saw you were still sleeping so I went to go see if there was anyone to talk to while I let you sleep. I didn’t think it would end up this bad.”

“It’s okay, as long as I know you didn’t leave. Rainbow Dash, listen to me. We need to talk to the princesses as soon as we possibly can. I cannot deal with Nightmare anymore.”

“Okay, but what did she do that crossed the line?”

“She tried to get inside my head. She kept trying to convince me that you had left me and that you had used me for sex. I kept denying her. She eventually used her energy to stab the nerves in my brain. She continued to try and convince me, and I almost believed her. She said that she wouldn’t stop until you came back, or until I believed her. I’m just glad that you actually came back.”

“Wow, I think you’re right. We’ll talk to Twilight later today. For now I think we should get you back to my house. I think you could use the rest.”

“Thanks Rainbow Dash. That would be nice."