A Nightmare's Nightmare

I stepped out of the house and walked down the porch. Back outside on the creepy-ass front lawn. Standing near some trees, bloodied, bruised, and nearly mauled up was Slender. He extended the claws on both his left and right hands and clicked them together. I reached into my pocket and pulled out my brass knuckles. I slipped them on and got into a fighting position. Slender maneuvered himself and began to crack some bones and joints. Although the wounds I gave him during the fights with him in the house, he was now well enough to fight me. Shit, I'd rather fight him in his zombie-like state. As quick as a flash, Slender charged at me. I quickly dove out of the way as Slender attempted to strike me. I threw a punch at his chest, and another to the rib. Slender slashed me in the chest. I cried out in pain. I threw a punch, but Slender evaded the attack,now coming up from behind, he slashed me in the back and kicked me to the ground. He grabbed me by the shoulders and tossed me across the forest-like lawn. I groaned in pain as I landed hard on the ground.

Slender approached me, clicking his claws together. I got to my feet and and began to throw punches and kicks, but the ghoul blocked them all, tripped me to the ground and pinned me down with his foot. It also hurt like hell because he was stepping on a wound from his scratch mark. I raised my fist up and punched him in the patella. Slender groaned and staggered off me. I got up and began to throw numerous punches at him. Slender then backhanded me and kicked me in the chest. The same time he tried to slash me, I used as much momentum as I could to counter him. However, I felt the impact of the brass knuckle collide with his clawed hand. Slender staggered back and shook the pain off his right hand. I decided to turn things up a notch and used my fire magic to burn the brass knuckles. With the weapons now red and burning hot, I charged at my opponent and gave it everything I got. I punched him in the face, legs, and sides. I would punch him in the chest area, but the blade of the carving knife still stuck out like a sore thumb. With every blow I delivered, Slender began to get weaker and weaker. As the attack went on, several ghost children began appearing one by one, including the ghosts of the men from earlier. All watched with the same emotionless expressions. To the naked eye, it may look like they don't care who wins, but deep down, they're rooting for me. It came to a point where the brass knuckles left a very bad burn mark on Slender. The entity fell to his knees as if he was tired out. When he looked up, I roundhouse kicked him and sent him sprawling on the ground. I watched the villain struggled to get up, but he was in too much pain to do so. The wounds, injuries, and burn marks had prevented him to continue to fight. I removed the brass knuckles and tossed them aside.

"Finish him" the ghosts chanted. "Finish him, finish him, finish him, finish him, finish him." I reached into my pocket and pulled out a sawed off shot gun.

"A shepherd I shall be" I said as I opened the gun.
"For Thee, my Lord for Thee (satisfied with the two loaded bullets, I closed it).
Power hath descended forth from Thy hand.
That my feet may swiftly carry out Thy command (I approached Slender).
So I shall flow a river forth onto Thee
And teeming with souls shall it ever be.
In Nomine Patri (I aimed the gun at his head)
Et Fili (I pulled the hammer back)
Spiritus Sancti (I pulled the trigger and watched as the bullet blow a big hole in Slender's head).

I shook my head and planted the second bullet into his head.

Suddenly, the clouds cleared the sky, and a bright light shine down, burning Slender's body until he was gone for good.

A ghost of an elderly man approached me and placed a hand on my shoulder. I was a little freaked out that I could feel his hand on me. "Thank you. Now that Slender is no more, we can now all go home." As he said this, he glanced up. I'm assuming that they're going to Heaven.

"What about me?" I asked. "I'm still alive." The man gestured to a portal that appeared not too far away from me.

"Your destination awaits" he said as the ghosts of Slender's victims gathered around him. One of the ghost children approached me and wrapped her arms around my waist. Again, being touched by a ghost, not really making me comfortable.

"Many men have died trying to kill Slender" a ghost of a young man said, "It amazes us that you did what the lot of us could not."

"It wasn't a problem" I said as I scratched the back of my head. "But I have a question. If you guys are dead, why aren't you in Heaven?"

"Those who were slain by Slender can't enter Heaven nor Hell. In order for that to work, a man with great talent among the living has to kill Slender by playing his game."

"How long has this been going on?"

"A very long time my friend. Because of you, the Gates of Heaven have opened to us and we are now welcome." The ghost child hugging me release her hold and joined the group.

"Now go, your home awaits" the ghost of the old man said.

"Thank you" I said.

"No, thank you" the old man said. I smiled and turned around. As I walked through the portal back to Equestria, the ghosts of Slender's victims slowly vanished and rose up to the heavens.

I found myself leaning against the halls of Canterlot. Looking at the clock, I saw that I was back to the time where I had 30 minutes or more to spare. "Fuck it" I said as I got up. As I did, I noticed that wounds I got from Slender were still there. What felt like a nightmare felt very much real. I made my way to Nightmare Moon's room and opened the door. She was bound and gagged to her bed with black tendrils. I rushed over to her and checked her pulse.

Alive, breathing, but only sleeping. Oh, thank God! I engulfed my right hand with fire and sliced through the tendrils binding her like butter. Nightmare Moon woke up and gasped. "Cale! What happened to you?!" She asked.

"Long story" I said. It occurred to me that most of the blood on me were Slender's damn blood splatter. "If you'll excuse me, I need to wash up" I said. As I walked away, I wasn't aware of the set of eyes watching me.

I stood under the warm shower thinking about the hell that happened. The note was right, no matter how long I spent in that hellhole, when I come back, the time will be the same before I was grabbed and brought to that realm. The slashes and cuts remained on my body but any loose blood, flowed down my body and down the drain. While I was lost in thought, a blue aura engulfed the door and it slowly opened. Nightmare Moon, still in her anthro form, now nude, made her way into the shower. She crept up behind me, and hugged me tight. What gave her position away was her nude furry body pressed against the bare skin of my back.

"I have a question for you" I said. "Why do you switch from being Princess Luna to Nightmare Moon?"

"I wasn't so sure which one you love, so I followed my instincts which was Nightmare Moon" she answered as she rubbed her face along my bare skin.

"I see" I answered.

"So which do you love?" She asked. I turned to face her. Her flowing mane and tail now wet from the shower made herself looked more mesmerizing than when she is dry.

"Both. Any form will do. Nightmare, Luna, anthro, or pony. Take your pick. Whichever look you present to me, I'll accept it with all my heart. Hell, I don't even care if you change forms every now and then." Nightmare Moon smiled. She was going to ask me a question, but I was so lost in her eyes, that I planted a kiss on her lips. Nightmare Moon wrapped her arms around me and kissed me back. I felt her tongue slither into my mouth and heard soft moans coming from her mouth. Nightmare Moon used her magic to turn the shower off. We remained inside until we were dry.

I was lying on my back now with boxers on. Nightmare Moon was on top of me, nude still. Prior to coming back here, she told me, the effects of the anthro spell is almost wearing off and she wishes to spend time with me like this. I accepted. Nightmare Moon snaked her arms underneath me and hugged me tight, she planted her lips firmly on mine and kissed me passionately. I felt her tail coil itself around my waist and gripped it as if it was a hug. I let out a startled yelp when I felt Nightmare Moon brush her foot lightly against my shin and up my leg. I shrugged it off and continued to make love with the mare I now love. No, that's not how it should be. Nighmare Moon enjoyed being with me, the one human she felt she deserved. Throughout the night, I was making love to an anthro nude pony. Although I wasn't aware just yet, Nighmare Moon/Princess Luna were hoping that someday I would approach her, get down on one knee, holding a box with a ring in it.

The next morning, I sat on the rooftop back in my clothes. "So it's official then" a voice said. I turned my head and saw Princess Celestia hovering behind me. "My sister told me that she and Nightmare Moon loves you and you accepted."

"Yeah" I said glumly.

"Cale, I'm not mad at you" she said assuringly. I'm glad that you accepted my sister's request to be your special somepony."

"I'm glad too" I said. Princess Celestia smiled at me.

"I'm sorry our relationship turned sour, but I didn't feel like that was meant to be."

"I know. I understand."

"Will you be ok on the roof?"

"Yeah. Yeah I'll be fine." Princess Celestia nodded with understanding and teleported back into the castle. It occurred to me that during my fight with Slender, not only did I fight for survival, not only did I fight for the freedom of the trapped souls longing to get out of that hell, but all this time, I had Nightmare Moon/Princess Luna in my mind. I fought knowing that even if I died and never returned to Equestria, I would love with her with all my heart. That being said, I will actually fight for the love of my life if I had to. If I was told to fight alone in the Everfree Forest, so be it! Although I don't really want to think about that happening. So much has happened last night that I can't help but play through it in my head. Sure I still have some wounds (which are slowly healing) to remind me what I've went through, but I'm glad all that was over.

When night arrived, I decided to lie down on my bed for awhile, little did I know, waiting for me on my own bed was an alicorn. Black coat, blue cat-like eyes, and blue flowing mane and tail. I smiled as the now pony Nightmare Moon returned the smile I gave. She lifted a hoof and gestured me to come close to her. I stepped into the room, removed my jacket, my shirt, hung them on a chair and approached the bed. As I climbed on the bed, Nightmare Moon used her magic to close my door and put a spell on it so we won't be disturbed during our moment together.

The End