Haunted Dreams

Star Dust woke up, panting. "No!" she shrieked, her mind haunted by nightmares.

Hisss

She whipped around to see a pony with eyes like red pools of blood disappear into the shadows.

She began to sob. Why? Why had she been having nightmares like no others? Even Princess Luna appeared in her dreams, whispering.

"Help me!"

Star Dust looked up, hoping to find some other Pegasus who had heard her shrieks and flew up to help her. She sighed ,as she had only seen a vision of Princess Celestia crying and wailing and whispering for help.

"Help? What kind of help can I give?" she muttered to herself as she got up, stretched her wings, and flew down to her job as a mail mare.

Her boss, Derpy Hooves wouldn't pay her if she came late again. She couldn't take that risk.

"Good morning, Star Dust. Seems you didn't get any sleep tonight." Derpy inquired, squinting.

"Uh...Bad nightmares," Star dust murmured as she put the pile of envelopes into her bag.

Derpy Hooves nodded with sympathy as she turned to another Pegasus carrying a bag.

Star Dust loved to fly. She loved feeling the rush of wind in her mane, her eyes looking down. It felt so, so normal.

After what had seemed like hours of delivering mail, Star Dust flew home, her worries forgotten. Little did she know, her worries had only begun.

The moment she closed her eyes, she regretted it. Again, images of bloodshed, wails, tears, and murders filled her mind.

Blood... oh so much Blood!

When she opened her eyes, she wasn't on her bed, in her cloud home. She was in Canterlot, with Luna and Celestia looking down at her.

"Wha,Wha?" she sputtered, still groggy.

"Hello, little one," Luna greeted, smiling.

"Hello, obtuse one," Star Dust retorted, fuming.

Celestia cleared her throat. Luna was not smiling any more.

"Have you had any unusual dreams lately?" Celestia inquired, eyeing Star Dust carefully.

"Yeah..." Star Dust admitted, looking up with fear in her eyes.

Celestia looked at Luna with a raised eyebrow, and Luna nodded.

"What have you seen in theses dreams?" Luna asked.

Star dust shivered. "Ponies, Blood.... Bloodshed and murder. You two asking for help, whispering..." again she shivered, pushing the thought away.

Suddenly her stomach growled, and she blushed. "Errr... could I get some breakfast?' she asked, embarrassed.

"Why, of course." Celestia beckoned her with a wave of her tail.

Getting up to follow, Luna walked up to Star Dust.

"We can take more of this over breakfast." Luna told her, sympathy in he eyes.

She understood how it felt to be hopeless, forgotten, misunderstood....

Star Dust began to chew her bagel; she had forgotten to eat last night when she came back from work. She was so tired, Derpy had worked her to the bone. Derpy was kind, but she demanded a great amount of work.

"So, Star Dust..." Luna began awkwardly, then quickly sipped her tea, blushing.

Celestia cleared her throat.

"We have been sending dreams and visions and we believe you are the pony who can save us all." Celestia finished.

"Save you? From what?" Star Dust inquired, puzzled.

"From the darkness that threatens to overcome us all," Celestia answered darkly, her face grim.