Edited by Cartoonfan20.

Chapter 5. Dreams, Trains.

Matt stood outside of the barn as he waited for Applejack to come out of her home as he had a bag packed for the trip "It's been awhile since I've last been to Canterlot." His thoughts went back towards the old farm he grew up on and the one human he remembered talking to a lot, her name was Amber and she was his only true friend he had in his life.

Matt looked up at the night sky and remembered how they use to talk about random things and play in the barn when they weren't working. Sadly, she was sold to a family that lived in Canterlot and he never saw her again "Wonder if I'll see her there?" He thought as he looked back at the house in front of him.

"Ah got everything Ah need." She said carrying out a bag as she walked up next to Matt "Ya ready ta go?" She asked.
Matt nodded holding up his bag.

"Good, let’s get goin' then." She said as she walked down the path way.

Applejack stood by the train station as they waited for her friend's to show.

"What is takin' them so long?" She thought as she sat there.

"I'm sure they have a reason for being late." Matt said as he stood.

"Are ya sure ya don't want ta sit?" She asked looking up at him.

"I'm sure." He said as he notice the other ponies around staring at him making him worry something might happen if he sat next to her.

"Alright, But if ya get tired of standin', Ah have a nice spot right here." She said patting the spot next to her.

"There you are!" This made both of them turn their heads to see none other than Rarity herself walking towards them "I hope I'm not late!"

"Ya about an hour late." Applejack said "But ya the first ta beat the other's here."

"Well, I hope the other's show soon, I would hate for our train to leave without us." She said taking a seat next to Applejack "Why aren't you sitting Matt?" She asked.

"I just feel like standing Miss Rarity." Matt said as he noticed a guard pony staring at him "I'm not sitting, so he can't do anything to me." He thought.

Matt felt something kick the back of his leg making him fall to his knees as a spear was placed towards his side.

Applejack went to move to help Matt back up when a spear was placed in front of her.

"What are ya doing!?" She yelled at the guards.

"We must search this human for any weapons." He said as a female guard came walking over.

"Take him to room 234, Search him there." She said.

The guards did as they were told as they dragged Matt across the room.

"Ya let him go now! He's not hidin' any weapons!" Applejack yelled at the guards.

"Sorry ma'am, but we mus-" The mare's words were cut off by another mare.

"Release him at once." Everyponies head turned to see Twilight Sparkle standing in front of the guards dragging Matt.

"You're highness! I must tell you he must be searched for weapons before he is allowed near you." The mare said as she looked at guards "Take him."

"No! You will release him at once!" Twilight said slamming her hoof down "If Applejack says he doesn't have any weapon's, I trust her."

"We have orders to search any human who may be holding any type of weapons." She said.

"No, you will not check him." Twilight used her magic to pick the human up and place him near Applejack "He will not harm anypony here, Applejack is the element of honesty, She wouldn't lie to us."

"As you wish Princess." She said as she walked away.

"I'm sorry for my Captain giving you trouble, It won't happen again." Twilight said looking at the human.

"I-It's alright you're highness, I'm used to it." He said avoiding eye contact with her as he remembered a saying he learned from other slaves "If you are addressed by royalty, Keep eyes to floor or you'll end up dead."

"The others will be here soon; they said something about Pinkie Pie got stuck in a tree." She said still confused on how Pinkie Pie got stuck in a tree.

After a while of waiting Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash came walking in.

"Alright were here!" Rainbow said angry "Let's get going." She said walking pass the bunch.

"What's eatin' her?" Applejack asked.

"Pinkie Pie kicked her in the face and knocked a tooth out, Now she has to go visit a dentist." Fluttershy said as Pinkie Pie kept her face down.

"I said I was sorry." Pinkie said.

"I'm sure she'll forgive ya, just give her some time." Applejack said.

The group made their way towards the train when Matt was stopped by the guards.

"This way human." The guard said pointing his hoof towards the cargo car.

"He's riding with us." Twilight said looking at the guard.

"What's this? Princess Twilight Sparkle what's us to ride in the same car as her? Mmm, wonder if she wants us as a sex slave?" The voice inside Matt's head said "Shut up!" Matt yelled back at the voice.

"As you wish." He said allowing the human to enter the car.

Matt went to step inside when a hoof stopped him "You dare hurt the princess in any way shape or form, you’ll find yourself dead." Matt looked at the captain and gulped as he nodded.

She removed her hoof and moved in front of him as she walked inside.

"Or she might fuck you. Either way we're getting laid!"

Matt closed his eyes as he tried to make the voice go away. He opened his eyes and made his way inside.

Matt sat near the corner as he watched Applejack speak with her friends.

"You think he's alright?" Fluttershy asked.

Applejack looked at Matt who sat there looking down at the ground "I'll make it up to him; My Captain had no right to hurt him." Twilight said "She can get carried away at times."

"She had no right ta hurt Matt like that."

"She did, she was making sure I was safe." Twilight said "But her way of doing it was wrong."

Matt notices the Captain sit down on the other side of him as she glared at him "I'm watching you." She said. When he didn't speak she took that as a sign of obedience.

Matt relax as he looked out the window as he watched the night sky. His eyes slowly closed as his mind began to surround in darkness as his dream world awoken.

Matt stood in front of an old barn and wondered why he was here.

He then heard someone let out a scream from within the barn and he rushed inside. He heard the screams get louder and louder as he got closer towards whoever it was in pain.

He stopped dead in his tracks as he saw a women lying in a bed of hay as a unicorn was between her legs "You need to breath." Matt looked at the unicorn, His blue mane and black hair looked familiar to him as the unicorn looked at the women. Matt looked at the women and noticed her brown hair along with her blue eyes that looked to be in extreme pain, He then looked at their stomach to see she was with child and was in the middle of delivering.

"Honey, Breath." He said calmly as he continued to do as he was doing "Now, Push."

She grunted as she huffed as tiny beads of sweat fell down her face.

Then a faint cry of a baby could be heard throughout the barn as the unicorn used his magic to hold the little one as he finished his work.

When he was done he wrapped the baby in a blanket and placed it in the mother's arms.

"Hello little one." The women said with a smile as she ran a finger across the baby's face.

The unicorn walked up towards the women and gave her a kiss on the side of the cheek "He has your eyes." She said looking at the unicorn.

"And he has your hair." The unicorn said with a smile "What will we name him?"

She looked back at her son and smiled "Let's name him Matthew, Matthew Shimmer's."

The unicorn chuckled "You do know ponies don't have last name... Right?" He asked.

"I know, but I want him to have something of his father." She said looking back at the unicorn "After all, He'll wonder why his name isn't Shimmer's."

The unicorn just smiled "Matthew Shimmer's, it fit's him well." He said.

"How cute." They heard a voice making the couple turn their heads to look at the opening of the door.

Matt looked and only noticed two thing's about this stallion that now stood right in front of him, His eyes were the only thing he could see and he was wearing a golden suit that matched that of the royal guards "W-Why can I only see his eye color's and not what he looks like?" Matt thought as the stallion walked right threw him as he walked towards the two.

"What are you doing here!?" The unicorn yelled his horn glowing.

"I came for you, Midnight." The stallion said as five other guards surrounded the unicorn and the women as they held their spears towards them.

The unicorn went to attack when something clipped around his horn as he felt a jolt flow through his body "W-What did you do to me!?" He yelled.

The stallion chuckled "It's a magic suppressor." He said walking up towards the now defenseless unicorn "It's time for you to face justice for what you have done."

The unicorn glared at the stallion "You cannot, take me or my family." He said getting up into the stallion's face "We are no longer in Equestria, Her law doesn't count her." He said.

The stallion just grinned as he punched the unicorn in the face knocking him to the ground "Take the child, Kill the women." He said.
The unicorn let out a scream as he attacked the guards who went to grab the child and harm the women.

But sadly, the unicorn was out matched by the guards and was slammed to the ground.

Matt could only watch in horror as the unicorn let out a scream as one of the guards took his hoof and slammed it into the back of the unicorns back leg "Take Midnight to the wagon, And make sure his son is in there with him."

The woman was held down by magic as the baby was ripped from her arms "Y-You can't do this to me!" She yelled.

The stallion looked back "I can, you ugly beast." The barn doors closed trapping her inside.

Matt was dragged out of the barn by an unknown force as he found himself inside the wagon.

Midnight was slammed into the wagon as his son was placed inside the wagon in a basket. Midnight limped over towards the basket as he pulled the basket towards him to make sure his son was unharmed.

He looked back at the barn as tears fell down his face as he saw the guards take touches to the barn and set it ablaze.

He could hear the women he love scream as the fire engulfed the whole barn "N-No... Sarah!" He yelled.

The red eyed stallion chuckled as he walked past the wagon "Enjoy your time with your son, for this will be the last time you will ever see him again." He said as the wagon began to move.

Midnight looked down at his son who was still crying. Midnight picked him up in his hoofs and held him as he calmed him down; Midnight looked up into the sky and saw the moon shinning bright in the sky "Mother, Please watch over my son as you have watched over us in our time of need, Please... Don't let him suffer as so many others’ do... And please... Help my wife find peace in the afterlife." Tears ran down his face as he looked down at the small child "May Luna watch you for all your days." He ran a hoof across his face "I will always love you, my little Matthew."

Matt blinked, His mind was racing as he wondered what was going on "I-Is this real?... O-Or is it fake? A-And why can I hear his thoughts! WHY!?" Matt grabbed his head as he felt pain go through his body as he was sent flying around the car as he felt pain go through his body.

He slowly opened his eyes as he notice he was no longer in his seat. He felt something wet on his head and he placed a hand to it and looked to see blood "W-Why am I bleeding?" He thought as he noticed he was sitting in a different seat. Then he looked to his side and notice the car was now hanging off a cliff "T-This isn't good." He thought.

He looked up towards the front to see that none of the girls anywhere, He hoped they were safe as he just sat there in his seat as he tried to figure out what happened.

"W-What happened?" He heard a familiar voice coming from just above him "W-Woa." He heard the voice say "Twi! Rare! Rainbow! Pinkie! Shy! Ya'll alright!?"

"We're alright! Are you okay!?"

"I'm fine, just stuck. Are the others awake?"

"No, they are all out could, I'm the only one awake! Are you up here with us or down there in the other car?"

"I'm in the other car Pinkie, Is Matt with ya?"

"No, He's not up here."

Matt went to move to see where she was at when he felt a jolt of pain surge through his side making him sit back. He looked to his side to see a large metal rod large inside his side "MATT! Please answer me!"

Matt took a deep breath "I'm right under you." He said.

Within seconds he saw her head handing from the side "You're hurt."

"Just a flesh wound." He said looking at her. The car moved making Applejack fall forward.

Matt caught her just seconds before she could fall. Matt let out a painful grunt of pain as he felt the rod go deeper into his side. He used everything he had to pull the orange mare up onto the seat with him as he took deep breaths "Y-Ya save mah life."

"A-Anytime." He said taking deep breaths.

Applejack looked at the rod in his side and began to worry "You two need to hurry up and get up here! The guards are saying the car is about to break off!"

"W-We're coming!"

Matt knew he wouldn't make it up to the other car with this metal rod in his side. So he gripped the rod in his hand and with one swift pull he ripped the rod out of his side as he let out a painful scream.

Applejack eyes went wide "W-Why would ya do that!? Are ya tryin' ta kill yer self!?" She yelled.

"I-I can't climb with this in my side." He said tossing the rod off the side "C-Can you climb?"

"Y-Yes." She said.

"You go first, I'll follow." He said as he helped Applejack up to the other seat as they made their way up towards the other car.

When they reached the top Matt jumped and caught the edge and held out his hand "Come on, I'll catch you."

Applejack gulped as she jumped.

Matt caught her hoof as he held her "Alright, I'm going to toss you up." He said, He felt the pain in his side act up but fought through it knowing he'll get it looked at.

Just then the car shook and in a split second they were falling.

Matt had only a split second to act as he knew he couldn't throw her in time, So, He grabbed her and held her as the car fell down the cliff side. Pinkie Pie yelled as the car fell into the darkness as tears fell down her face as she saw her best friend fall to her death and she was powerless to stop it.

To Be Continued.

Author's Note

Here is the next Chapter! Enjoy!