Fear the Four

This was an odd feeling. Last night I had a nightmare but now, I forgot about it completely. It was like it was wiped clean from my head. I remember having a nightmare but I don't remember anything that happened in it at all. I climbed out if bed and walked to the window and looked out. My leg may be cleaned from its wound and burn, but a numbing sensation still shakes through. It's funny how for a brief moment I thought I was in my room, but I w actually in the hospital sing. The rising sun was a magnificent sight to behold. I left the hospital wing and out into the hall. It was normal that I'm usually the first one to wake up before anyone or anypony else. And since this happened almost the time, there is always a spot I go... Just to kill time and wait.... The castle rooftops.

I sat on said rooftop, surveying the area of Canterlot. "Meet me in the library with the other Horsemen once they wake... And after breakfast of course" the unmistakable voice of Princess Celestia said in my ear. But she has vanished the same time I turned around. Although it was definitely clear that she was behind me, I felt like she communicated with me telepathically. I couldn't help figure out what happened last night. What was the not are I had?

Hours went by and I got nothing. Not only that, when the other three woke, I couldn't believe what I was hearing. "Are you serious?" I asked.

"Yeah. I recall having a nightmare, but I don't remember anything" Jack said.

"Same here, I couldn't even remember a single pony or person in it" Remy added. So I'm not the only one who has amnesia with the nightmare.

"This is seriously strange" Chase said. I then remembered something.

"Princess Celestia requested that we see her in the library."

"Good idea, maybe she knows what's going on" Jack said as he ran down the hall.

"Wait what about breakfast?" Chase asked.

"I'm too disturbed about this to eat!" Jack called from around the corner. We followed him to the library. Sure enough, Princess Celestia was there, waiting for us.

"Have you had breakfast yet?" She asked.

"We're too disturbed about what happened last night to eat." She glanced down with a or row look on her face.

"What is it Your Highness?" Remy asked.

"I know what's going on." She used her magic to pull out a black book from one of the dark corns if the library. The cover had two yellow snake-like eyes on it. Still using her magic, she flipped through the pages and stopped. She showed us a page of a large black and scary looking castle.

"What the fuck?" Jack asked.

"Castle Nightmare" she said. "Located on the darkest part of Equestria." I read an inscription under the picture.

" 'This castle is so full of dark and evil, the creatures of the Everfree Forest and Nightmare Moon refuses to go near it.' Scary shit."

"And that's not all" she continued. She used her magic to flip through the pages once again and stopped at a page. The picture was a human shaped figure with only two yellow eyes visible as well as a toothy smile. "Pitch Black, King of the Nightmares."

"Oh shit" I gasped. "He's not from Equestria."

"He once was a human like us, but born with dark magic. It doesn't even mention his past" Chase said.

"It does say he can make characters from anyone's nightmares alive and real and lead them as his own private army" I continued.

"Because of a curse, he can't leave his own castle at all, but he can make his shadow do his bidding. Oh fuck, we're screwed" Jack said.

"His shadow can look into the memories, lives, and nightmares of anyone or anypony it pleases" Remy continued. "And whatever information the shadow gathers, Pitch Black knows."

"It gets worse" I said. "Any being or entity found from the shadow, Pitch Black can make out of fresh and blood. And depending on whose memory it came from, only they can see."

"So if he made my strict grandmother come to life..." Chase said shakily.

"You can see her... But we won't" I answered. We all didn't like the sound of this.

"What do you think he's gathering?" Remy asked.

"I don't know... But I have feeling neither of us will like it."

Castle Nightmare

Pitch Black stared at floating black aura in front of him. Hovering above his right hand are four floating violet auras. His shadow was hovering next to him.

"Can we see them again, please?" It begged.

"Of course. But like I said... We won't be able to summon them flesh, blood, and bone until midnight."

"I want to see them all!" The shadow exclaimed. Pitch Black threw one of the violet auras into the black one. An image of a giant spider formed. After awhile, it disappeared.

"So Remy is scared of spiders huh?" Pitch Black asked. "Let's see what scares Jack..." He threw another violet aura into the black one in front of him. An image of a killer clown appeared. Just like the spider, the image disappeared.

"What's chase scared of?" The shadow asked. Pitch Black threw the third aura and an image of a stringless marionette appeared.

"You'll be excited when you see Cale's" Pitch Black said as the image if the puppet disappeared. He threw the last aura in. The shadow gasped as Pitch Black grinned. "I'm glad you looked carefully into his memory."

"So? He killed him before, he could kill him again."

"Yes. But how can he without the proper weapons he used to take him out with the first time?" The two stared at the image of Slender until it vanished.