escape from the mistress of dreams
The night has always been my favorite time of the day.
With its soothing breezeand soft glow from the moon,the sheer beauty of the star twinkling down at me as they created the illusion of shape, of poniesand objects once known.
It has always been ny favorite time of day...but now it does nothing but remind me of what I try to escape...who I try to escape, even whilst I remain tired and malnourised from lack of food and drink.
What went wrong...everthing was once perfect. Why couldn't she just accept my decision?
Why did she continue to pine for me evenafter I broke her heart?
I was running, my breaths now gasps as building after building became blurs in my sprinting spree.
"Halt Steven Bloom!" I hear behind me...very close behind me.
I ignored them and carried on running, weaving my way through building and ponies in the hope that the busy streets of Manehatten would give me cover.
Eventually I found an alleyway and dived into it, lying on my stomach in the darkness. My pursuers predictably ran past me, their eyes serious and their expressions grim.
I was so tired…
All of a sudden I felt something pressing against my side, causing me to jump slightly and open my eyes…only to see two pools of turquoise staring back at me lovingly.
“Thou look exhausted beloved,” she said worriedly, nuzzling her muzzle against my cheek soothingly.
“Well running away from your guards for the past thirty minutes or so can do that to a guy,” I replied sarcastically.
She gazed at me in slight amusement but quickly shook her head and stared at me… with such concern in her eyes.
“It doesn’t have to be this way Steven,” she beseeched sadly. “Come back to us and we can take care of thee, be with thee until thou art healthy again.”
Healthy?
I knew where she was coming from. I’d been on the run for a little over two months now. It had been three days in a row since I had last slept and even longer without food and water, I must have looked like a mess.
“Thanks but no thanks Luna, I’ll make do without you.”
I scrunched up my eyes tightly and used all my brainpower to make her illusion disappear. I felt her presence against me lessen, her wing that she had placed over me comfortingly, leave me…her voice slowly getting quieter.
“We shall find thee,” she whispered promisingly. “We shall make thou see that we art still prefect for each other.”
I opened my eyes and stared at her, only to find nothing there anymore.With a sigh of relief I slowly sat up and leaned against the alleyway wall, not daring to close my eyes this time.
“Come on Steve, we have to move. She was around long enough to pinpoint my location.”I slapped myself harshly in order to knock off the sleep, before sluggishly standing up and carefully making my way out of the other end of the alleyway.
“Perhaps I should try Stalliongrad next… they might take me in if I’m lucky”
