(Dominic’s P.O.V.)

It felt good today. Tremendously so...

Standing with my hands behind my back, I looked out over the wide and calm waters of the Pacific Ocean. The taste of salt was accompanied by the crisp ocean breeze, and as I inhaled deeply, I felt a smile running over the length of my lips. As if to punctuate how good of a day it was, a pair of jets roared by overhead, maybe a few hundred feet from the ground. I let the vibrations of their engines calm me even more, before I opened my eyes, and looked towards the source of the noise. What I saw warmed my heart. It looked like they might be doing a patrol of sorts as they flew over the ocean in formation, but I shook my head. Turning to my side, I began to walk along the sandy shoreline, enjoying the loose sand that sunk slightly beneath my bare feet.

Bending down before I continued on, I snatched up a handful of rocks. Running my thumb over a few as I continued to walk, I noted the smoothness and thickness of a few of them. Dropping the ones that were too jagged or heavy as I walked, I let out a clipped chuckle as memories of my childhood flashed before my mind’s eye. A childhood filled with times at the lake near my home closer to inland Florida, skipping stones over the surface of the water. That childhood may not seem like fun to many, but that was only a fraction of what I did as a child, and it was that small fraction that meant a lot. Living away from the cities that everyone was so accustomed to, exploring the small woods nearby, and riding bikes along various trails. Over time as I grew older, those activates began to dwindle as I went to school more and more, and studied for careers I had wanted. The amount of free time dwindled drastically once I found an interest in flying, and I dedicated my time in college doing well, all the way to signing up for the Air force.

Clearing my head of its current thoughts, I stopped walking, and I faced the water in a partially sideways stance. Smiling, I pulled a rock from my pile, before using that hand to pull further back behind my back. Tensing up briefly, I prepared myself, before flinging the rock into a spinning motion. It bounced a few times of the surface of the water, before it ran directly into a small wave. Chuckling a bit, I did this a few more times before I continued on, no destination in mind, just the will to walk until I couldn’t anymore, or I reached an unspoken destination...

Closing my eyes as I interlocked my fingers, I placed my hands behind my head as I took in a deep breath, all before letting out a chuckle. I knew this was all a dream, but it was so vivid, it was still almost as if it was all real. My lungs would burn if I didn’t inhale, I could feel the cool breeze that was blowing through the air, and I could even taste the ocean spray from the waves that got bigger than a few feet big. The only reason I could even say this was all a dream, was the fact I knew my base was nowhere near the ocean, but more importantly; there weren’t any Pegasus or unicorns or regular ponies.

Yet, if it is a dream, then why not enjoy it in all its glory?

Smirking a bit, I glanced around nearby, before I saw a nice place to put my clothes, before I began to strip down to nothing but my shorts. Placing them all neatly to the side of the log of driftwood, I turned around, and made my way towards the water’s edge.

I stood there, letting the cold water shoot icy chills up to my spine. Smiling a bit after the initial chill subsided; I began to make my way deeper into the chilly water. That is, until I felt the need to get on with it, so I dove headfirst into an approaching wave.

It felt like ice rubbed over my skin, and the feeling forced me to exhale while underwater. My eyes shot open, and I found myself somehow back at my graduation ceremony. I looked down and found myself in my old dress uniform, with half a dozen ribbons and a medal that congratulated one of my achievements in air simulators. Looking back up, I couldn’t make out the faces of those around me, as their features were obscured, almost like a haze or fog blocked their features out to me. Instead, I turned my attention towards an elderly man on an elevated stage, all attention locked onto him, and it took me a moment or two before I recognized him as an Admiral for an aircraft carrier. Which aircraft carrier, I had no idea...

(Princess Luna’s P.O.V.)

This is... odd...

I wasn’t so much as observing Dominic’s dreams anymore; rather I was fighting just to make sense of them now. I had not once ever encountered something within the dream realms such as I was now, but that could be attributed to Dominic’s unique mind. It was a maze in itself that while it was easy to find his dreams... it was hard to, grasp them...

I could see that Dominic and I were in a ceremony of sorts, but it was almost as if I was inside a storm of some kind. Everything was canceled out to a loud humming noise, akin to when a wind shakes glass a certain way. Yet that wasn’t my only obstacle. Every once in a while, his dreams had blown a haze over my perception, and it was like looking through a thick fog with bright lights shining back at you... at first I had thought I had been banished to the moon again from the similar perception.

“...gratulate these... men and... for...” Turning my head towards the voice, I peered through the flickering haze, and saw what must’ve been an elderly human of some sorts, speaking into a black object before him that was akin to a short pole. His eyes seemed to wander over something of wide expansion, before his voice cut in and out again, but this time it was almost as a whisper, like the speaker was just behind my ears instead of far ahead of me, “For completing Basic B... honorary to... Eric Uval! Derik...”

Feeling myself blown back a few paces, the dream vanished from site, and I was standing in darkness again. I could feel the dream pulsing around me, yet it was no longer visible to me. Letting my head hand down as I let out an irritated sigh, I knew that this was going to be a tougher task than I had previously assumed...

...

(Dominic’s P.O.V.)

Closing my eyes as I felt the feeling of falling overtake my body, I felt myself twitch slightly as I tried to ignore the feeling. My hearing was all but absent as the rushing wind canceled out all attempts to hear anything else; even my own beating heart or breathing wasn’t distinguishable. Moving my arms and legs out a bit, I felt the turbulence of the wind forcing my body to slow down, though not by much...

Slowly opening my eyes, I saw the wide dirt field far down below me. I remembered this was another part of training for the air force. It was meant to represent the possibility of having to ditch out of a jet, or even if I was required to drop from the back of a carrier aircraft for behind enemy line insertion.

Reaching a hand to my chest, I grabbed the strap that was attached to the bag on my back, which was where the parachute I had resided. Choosing this time to let myself enjoy the wind that rushed past my face, letting my body calm and relax as the feeling of the wind buffeted my suit.

After nearly a minute, I pulled the chord, and the parachute let out a brief tug, before nothing else happened for several seconds. When the chute did catch however, I felt and heard a snap, before my downwards momentum ceased entirely, but so did this memory...

(Rainbow Dash’s P.O.V.)

That’s it; he can’t be alright with all that moving around...

Throwing the covers off of my tired body, I stood up, and stretched my wings a bit. A glance to the window showed it was still well into the night, but another light jerk from Dominic’s body pulled my attention from the night sky. Opening up my wings, I slowly lifted off into flight, and flew over to and above Dominic’s sleeping form. Watching him sleep, it was now that a problem arose for me; I wasn’t sure if I should wake him or just let him continue on sleeping through the nightmare he was most likely dealing with. That however, was solved after he let out a silent mummer, and when I reached down, I gently prodded him on his exposed hand while I said, “Hey, Dom... wake up Dom...”

(Dominic’s P.O.V.)

Running down the dirt path as I raised my pistol into a ready position, my eyes kept darting to the timer. I was trying to beat the record time of fifty point four seconds, but so far, I was halfway through the obstacle course, with twenty seconds remaining.

Slung-PUNK!

Twisting my back and bringing my pistol to bear, I saw a figurine target bolt upright, before I shot it, forcing it back down. I knew that this was basic operating course for all services to go through, but I turned back down the path as dual sounds greeted me.

Slung-PUNKPUNK!

Bringing my pistol to bear, I fired three shots, one of them having missed. One target fell, and I shifted my aim to the next, but held my fire as the figure showed a civilian instead.

“Area clear, move on!”

Quickly taking off down the path, I ran around the corner and saw a bunker like building that sported four windows, along with a slit in the middle of the concrete building.

Moving towards the top of the incline, I waited for anything to pop up, but nothing did, so I continued on. The metal doors that led to the building shot open, and I ran through, instantly firing five rounds. Two for each target, yet the last one shot the concrete beside the last one as I desperately forced myself to miss... but it wasn’t a target, rather a figure...

“P-Princess Luna...?”

(Rainbow Dash’s P.O.V.)

I had since opted to stop flying, as I was already tired, and my constant hovering wasn’t improving my energy levels at all. Though I hadn’t woken up Dominic, I was now growing irritated instead of worried. The faces Dominic were now making seemed to mock me. Raising a hoof, I poked him in his arm, just a bit firmer this time. He didn’t move or make any movement aside from shifting his head a bit. While I couldn’t confirm that he was indeed asleep, I wanted to make sure he didn’t have any more problems in his sleep before I left him to return to my own bed. Besides, he seemed different when he slept...

(Dominic’s P.O.V.)

Sitting down beside my ex-girlfriend, it had been a long while since I had a dream like this. I didn’t care about the dream, but it was going to run its course either way, so I made do with it. We were sitting atop a hill overlooking the valley below, the sun was setting, and there were very little clouds in the sky. It was cliché, yes, but it was truly a romantic setting, so it was no surprise when I was more or less forced into a passionate kiss with the one I had thought to be the one long ago.

Running my hand through her long hair, I felt her lips pressing against my own in a way that slowly began to heat up my face. I could feel my heart pounding more and more ferociously as adrenaline started to course through my body from our shared passion... that is until a bright flash behind my eyelids alerted me that the fireworks in town were being set off. Smiling, I felt her shift a bit, and there was suddenly a new texture to her hair, one that I hadn’t ever felt before. Then I felt all the subtle differences that left me curious as to what my dream was doing...

(Princess Luna’s P.O.V.)

Feeling a bit flustered, I looked around, mentally berating myself for now foreseeing this problem that I was now faced with. Dominic might be a living creature, but when I first sensed his mind in the dark void between dreamers, it ‘looked’ normal, yet when I first attempted to enter it, I had needed to expend a bit more ‘energy’ to even penetrate the outer tendrils of his mind. When I had first entered, it was rejuvenating from how different it was, but now; it was a like Discord was trying to tease me in my own element.

Growling a bit, I shot my head in a direction that seemed to radiate something akin to warmth, happiness and joy in vast quantities. If I had learned anything from Dominic’s dreams so far, that would be where he is. The problem at hoof however, was getting ‘into’ the dream. Feeling a bit zealous, I smirked, before I let my magic start to flow as I concentrated on that small sparkle of his subconscious. It wasn’t easy, but it wasn’t exactly hard... it was different.

Letting the magic cease as a gasp left my muzzle, I felt confusion run through me. Raising a hoof, I lightly touched my tingling lips, “What in the moon was that...?”

The burning sensation in my cheeks, along with my fluttering heart left me feeling breathless, but I felt so happy for some unknown reason; perhaps this was a part of Dominic Wilds dreams I should go look at more than anything else if it held something as powerful as these emotions.

Surging up my magic again, I felt myself entering his dream, yet at the same time, I felt a whirlwind of emotions and feelings swirling throughout me. That was when I felt something warm pressing against my lips, and I shot my eyes open as the magic ceased, and I felt my eyes widen as I saw Dominic’s closed eyes within close proximity, but that surprise and slight fear was drowned out by pleasure as I felt his hand caressing the back of my neck, but I also felt his lips moving against my own.

By the gods... this is... is...

Letting my eyes slide close, I felt a smile spreading across my muzzle as I began to press back myself. This was a new experience for me, and it was amazing! I sought more, and almost as if instinct held my actions, I opened my muzzle a bit, and forcibly pressed my tongue into his waiting mouth.

Bliss...

(Dominic’s P.O.V.)

Her lips were warmer than I thought my dream would make them, yet that didn’t stop us from gently kissing each other; she even had the same passionate half-heartedness that the real person had. Yet, something that felt off, was not only did this dream feel a lot realer, but there was a sense like my hand wasn’t rubbing the back of her neck anymore, but like some of her hair had gotten under my hands. Her neck didn’t only feel fuzzier, but it felt longer. But it wasn’t until I felt her tongue slowly make its way into my own that I froze. Dream or not, never once had Veronica tried to kiss me like this. I opened my eyes to not find myself looking in surprise at my ex-girlfriend, rather a pony instead.

It wasn’t just any pony either... but it was Princess Luna...

Another swipe from her tongue against my own forced all earlier passionate lust to dissipate, and I pulled away instantly, though I wasn’t able to go far. Just like in reality, my car was beside where our make out session was, so I bumped against the tire as I store at the Princess in shock and surprise. Surely this was a trick from my mind... but it appeared that it wasn’t when her eyes opened, and I saw so many emotions running through them; something my dreams always failed to depict.

She smiled widely towards me, and she pulled her tongue back into her mouth, but not before she ran it over her lips. When her twinkling eyes landed on my own, she giggled lightly, before I mustered enough courage to ask a question I feared was true, “P-Princess L-Luna... is that r-really you?”

It looked like she was moving intentionally slow as she got up, before she sauntered over to me with the never ceasing smirk. She nodded her head lightly as she said, “T’is truly I... thee kiss was unexpected... but a pleasant surprise nonetheless. Now then dear Dominic... where were we?”

Forcing myself awake, I gasped as I shot into an upright position. Something felt wrong in the darkness however. My breathing was muted from my mouth, and instead, I still felt warmth being applied to my lips.

Feeling a shape pressing against me, I began to blink to try and accustom my eyes to the dark, and as I did, I grabbed whatever was pressing against me. It felt warm and fuzzy... almost like fur...

Then my eyesight became accustomed as a bit more moonlight streamed in through the window, and there in front of me, was Rainbow Dash. Her eyes were wide, her wings were out at her sides, almost like she had been shocked into almost taking flight, yet then I felt my hands holding her body. Her eyes were wider than I had ever seen them before, yet even then, with only moonlight, I could see the blush on her muzzle...

...Finally I realized my current situation...

Yelping through the kiss, I quickly and forcefully pushed her away from me as I slid back as far as I could go. I wasn’t sure what in the hell was going on, but first I'm smooching it up with one of the rulers of this land, next, I'm kissing my only friend in this land. I brought both hands up and covered my lips; it was almost like everything was out to kiss me.

So, there we sat; her near the foot board of my bed, me near the headboard. I knew we both had to be blushing fiercely, yet we both couldn’t seem to look away from the other. That was where the awkwardness reared its huge and hideously ugly head...

Dash was rubbing her lips, and her blush was somehow becoming deeper. Her wings slowly, yet seemingly forcefully refolded themselves, but they seemed to have that itch from before. My eyes slid past hers for once, and I found myself looking towards her empty bed; the covers appeared to have been thrown off of the occupant, who was still sitting on my bed. That was when a question came to to the forefront of my mind, and it would not only break the ice, but temporarily put my mind on another subject.

“D-Dash... what were you d-doing in my bed in the first place...?” I asked, still unsure if she had indeed meant for that kiss.

She rubbed her hooves together nervously, but she said sheepishly, “I woke up when you kept making noises in bed... so I came over to try and wake you up.” It was now that she broke eye contact, and it was when she looked down at the ground.

“Sorry that I woke you... but uh... about that kiss,” she lowered her head a bit more as a small smirk crossed her muzzle, though I did see the embarrassment flash through her eyes, “maybe it will be best if we keep that as a secret accident.”

I didn’t need an answer to know what Dash would say, but it did rest my mind a bit more when she nodded, before she stood up, and looked to the side. “Uh, I uh... I will just be heading back to my bed... um, sleep well Dom.”

Nodding my head I watched as Dash flew over to her bed, but before she began to even get remotely comfortable, she smirked again. I knew that smirk all too well, and I groaned inwardly as she looked over at me and said, “B-By the way Dom... n-nice kiss...”

My face must’ve turned brighter than a tomato from the laugh she had afterwards, but I saw her own face glowing as well.

Lying down, I looked towards the darkness, but for some reason, I couldn’t find myself thinking of anything other than the kiss I just shared with Dash. It wasn’t passionate. It wasn’t caring. It was just an accidental kiss...

But if that was true, why couldn’t I stop myself from having vivid thoughts of Dash and I making out...? Rolling over, I looked towards the night sky, and I felt my cheeks burn as my heart gave an uneasy tug. Princess Luna really could enter my dreams... and the last thing she said to me kept replaying over, and over, and over again, “Now then dear Dominic... where were we?”

I wasn’t sure if I was going to be having anymore dreams for tonight or not...

Author's Note

I will try to sort out what I'm doing for this story soon... I've been reading WAY too many romance fics... and how in the hell do I keep finding all these 'Dark' fics!?