Power of dream

So...my new name is Dream? Pretty cool name if I say so myself. It has also seemed that the purple unicorn is named Twilight, I think there was a movie named Twilight and a few memes of it on the internet.

"Can you talk?" Twilight asked me.

"Of course I can. I was about to talk anyway." I snorted at her.

Twilight gasped in all out surprise like the entire castle just got hit by a bomb.

"Anyway, I'll be going now...if it's alright with you three." I said shyly.

All three ignored me as Twilight walked to the direction of the library, Luna went back to her room, and Celestia sat on her royal throne. I took that as a yes and slowly walked away, making myself look as casual as possible. I wandered in hallways and rooms, until I found myself what seem to be the training grounds. The soldiers of this castle where bustling in and out, running on track fields, slashing with medieval weapons at straw dummies. I walked across the training grounds, with a few pony soldiers stopping to look at me, only to be yelled at their drill coaches. All of them, except for one...who was giving me an icy stare. For some reason, that soldier felt very familiar, almost like he has been with me my entire life and I never noticed. He was a light brown pegasus, like most of the others, but he had a pair of white eyes, but not the pair that showed that he was blind. His mane was a pale yellow. I continued staring at him, searching for a memory that included him. But he was then yelled at his drill coach and he ran back to the crowd. A white unicorn approached me, and I looked back at him for a while.

"Uh...hello." I greeted shyly.

"Hey, it's nice to meet you." that was very unexpected.

"I was...just wandering on my own and, I was wondering if...I could choose a weapon." I spoke.

"Of course." he smirked, suspiciously.

I walked to a stack of weapons, each one that seem to take my interest. But the thing is, I'm only familiar with the sword since that was the only medieval weapon I've tried. I picked up the sword...it was actually a lot heavier than I expected. I swung it a few times, which was super difficult, and I was already beginning to sweat. I looked up and saw a few of the guards smirking and snickering at me. But the thing is...I didn't care. I was immune to insults, and mockeries. I smiled at them, and they were suprised of my positive attitude,  how I had a great amount of determination within me. I continued slashing the blade until I could no longer, and panted...beaded with sweat. I still had the happy attitude smothered across my face, where it caught all the ponies off gaurd. But the world seemed to fade away from me, and soon...everything was black.

"Uhhh...is he alright?" Shining Armor walked over and took a closer look at Dream.

Other ponies edged closer to the boy, occasionally poking him with a stick, which was kind of awkward. Catalyst Blast, the pony that stared at Dream, was the one who was the closest to him, glaring down on the boy. Catalyst glared a bit longer, then placed his hoof on Dream's right eye. Ponies looked at him, then Dream as he stood still, asleep. Catalyst took his hoof away, and frowned...disappointed.

"Captain,  I need to take Dream to the princesses. This is critically important." he urged his commander.

Shining Armor bit his lip in confusion, but then nodded, allowing him to go.

Catalyst Blast picked up Dream and placed him on his back, and trotted off into the castle.

Catalyst went to the Grand Hall, and approached the sun goddess,  but bowed in respect first before getting closer. Celestia immediately noticed Dream in his back, and spoke.

"What happened to Dream?"

"Dream wore himself out in the training ground, but this isn't the reason why I'm here. I'm here because I need you to use a memory restoration spell, and a mind delve." Catalyst explained.

"And how do you know this?" Celestia raised her eyebrow.

"Because...because...*sigh*, I looked into his memory, and saw that all his memories are shattered." Catalyst confessed.

Celestia didn't look suprised at all. In fact, she looked like it was normal for her to see a pony with this kind of ability.

"Very well then." the sun princess nodded.

Celestia closed her eyes and her horn glowed a golden aura as faint yellow tendrils sprouted from Dream, and gently seeped into her head. She opened her eyes, which now glowed white. And she stayed still, with only her steady breathing showing evidence that she's okay. Catalyst sat down next to them, on gaurd...waiting for this to be finished.

The brightness in Celestia's vision faded away, revealing an empty , and dark mind. Celestia walked around without making the slightest footstep sound. As she wandered, she began to notice colored fragments floating in midair. She continued wandering, and the number of fragments started rising, from a few, to a sea of fragments.

"These must be his shattered memories." Celestia whispered to herself.

She decided to use the memory restoration that Catalyst told her. Once again, her horn developed a golden aura and she pointed to one fragment from the bunch.

"Restoration." Celestia said.

Suddenly, random fragments began piecing together, forming a rectangle. Bit by bit, the repairing memory glowed brighter and brighter. Eventually, all the fragments were placed together and the memory was fully repaired. She played the memory,  but what she saw, rocked her to the core.

She was inside a laboratory,  where what seemed to be scientists seemed to be inside a room, filled with buttons, panels and switches. But that wasn't what shocked Celestia,  what shocked her was the boy, now known as Dream, was in front of them, in a water capsule. Wires were attached to his spinal cord, restraints were on his wrists and feet, making him look like he's floating, wires also were connected to his chest, and his face was covered by a mask. Somehow, Dream seemed to be breathing just fine, but is he feeling pain? Celestia's mouth hung as the scientists pulled a switch, and volts of electricity shot through him, making him twitch madly.

"Stop!" Celestia ran to the scientists.

She attempted to pummel at the scientists to stop Dream's pain, but she passed right through them, and only tumbled in front of him. Celestia sat on her rump as she watched Dream suffer in vast pain. Finally, Dream began to scream in agony.

"Subject X-289 has responded. Now initiating release...remember, this is critical that the subject's life support must be carefully removed." a female scientist warned.

Celestia watched as the water in the chamber was slowly drained, while two scientists stood next to a medical bed right in front of the chamber. The glass slid to the side, and the restraints were deactivated, and Dream flopped onto the bed, motionless as a rag doll, with the wires still attached to his back and chest. Fortunately,  the wires across Dream's chest were instantly removed before he fell, showing the needles inside those wires, but he was still bleeding heavily on the bed. Medics rushed over and put massive gauze pads and bandages, strapped to his body with tape. Celestia watched, then almost puked when the medics began to slowly remove the wires from his back, revealing his organs and his spinal cord, dripping with blood and slowly pulsating . Medics immediatley sewed the skin on his back, as he lay there, almost as if he died already. Celestia walked closer as she stared into Dream.

It's just a memory, there's nothing you can do to change it. Celestia reminded herself.

And yet, it felt so real...almost like she was there. Suddenly, her vision started to brighten and soon she faded away from Dream's shattered memories.

Twilight Sparkle was finished her featured studying, and she just came out of the not well lit library with a set of books rotating around her as she gathered multiple pieces of information. As she went inside the Grand Hall, she realized that Celestia was on the floor, unconscious...while Dream sat in front of her, with a dull, but icy glare...with one gaurd next to him. Twilight ran to Dream, and almost crashed into him.

"What just happened to the princess? Tell me! Tell me! TELL ME!" Twilight yelled desperately.

Dream didn't looke fazed at all, due to the fact that Twilight practically just shrieked five inches fom his face.

"Celestia used a mind delve on me while I was unconscious from training. Because he told her to." Dream grunted, eyeing at Catalyst.

Catalyst smirked darkly.

Suddenly, Celestia's eyes fluttered open as she slowly stood up again. She was about to say something,  but Dream cut her off.

"Don't. Ever. Look. At. My. Memories. Ever again." Dream gritted his teeth as he pointed out every word.

Celestia understood,  but tears flowed through her eyes.

"What did you see in his memory?" Twilight asked.

Celestia stopped sniffing immediately and spoke.

"I saw him...in a laboratory,  inside a water capsule. With wires inside him that extended from his body. He was in pain, so much pain. But they released him, and he seemed lifeless. He was bleeding heavily, and he seemed that he was dead." Celestia sniffled a little.

Dream turned away and heaved a sigh. All the ponies in the room gawked at the information Celestia just gave out. How can a little boy survive all that and still have a happy personality?

"What she saw was my first memory. I was part of an experiment that had little chances of survival, but I surpassed. That's all I'm saying,  unless you like going insane if you like to experience the rest of my life." Dream said that like it was a joke, but everyone knew he wasn't lying.

"But I do have one question." Dream added."How did Catalyst know I had shattered memories? Oh, and when Celestia restored my first memory, all the others were immediately restored, just to let you know.

Twilight pondered on that question. Suddenly,  the answer flashed in her mind.

"Well...Catalyst Blast is actually an experiment. What we did is inject alicorn DNA into him, what were doing now is using a time lapse to see if the alicorn DNA would activate."

"But there's a little voice in my head that keeps nagging at me. And it goes like this." Catalyst began.

In the Age of Dreams, the Star Child shall descend to this earth and unlock the Key.

His Nightmares shall roam, but his light shall stop them.

The world the Star Child is bound to will never perish, but will be eternally protected on his own mind.

"Wait...that seems to connect to something." Twilight began.

"I remember that the experiment we made was called Project Key, specifically created to see if we can mix our abilities with different species. So far, it's still in progress. But what's Star Child?"

Celestia saw Dream's eyes widen as he heard the words Star Child.

"Dream, is there something you know about this...Star Child?" Celestia questioned him.

Dream masked the confusion from his face.

"That's called Project Star Child, the first Project to figure out how to give me abilities. So they gave me the abilities of the gods. I am Project Star Child."