Dreams of a Better Future

by FimFilms

Rating: teen
Tags: Gore, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Alternate Universe, Other, Nightmare Moon, Romance, Original Character, Sex, Tragedy, Adventure, Princess Celestia
Length: 1425

Have you ever thought of what the future would be?Have you ever thought of all the amazing technology that it would offer to make your life easier?Well what if I told you, all of that would be at the cost of...your soul?

In the near future of Equestria, scientists have finally developed the technology to turn dreams into reality; perfect weddings, technology, true love, ect. Everything was perfect, until the fateful day when the nightmares came to life; stabbings, shootings, robberies, etc. The nightmares were too powerful to stop,enough to possess their hosts and turn them into living creatures that feast off of the fear other living ponies; Akumus. To prevent the Akumus from spreading further, Canterlot created a special task force ward to off the Akumus. Now with fully recruited rookies, it's up them to save the future of Canterlot from turning to into a living nightmare.

Published 2014-12-27 22:30:07 UTC
Last updated 2014-12-29 02:55:32 UTC

Prologue

Prologue

Prologue

The setting is Iron Hoof Laboratories, one of Ponyville's most advanced research/development industries. The Day is 'Bring Your Son To Work Day', but it is also the day that Iron Hoof unveils one of the greatest scientific outbreaks in all of Equestrian history...but it is also the day that will be known as the day that changed Equestria forever...

"But Dad! I don't wanna move to Canterlot!It's too noisy and big, and I won't get to see all my friends!"A young brown colt pleaded to his father.

"Look son, we've been given a big opportunity to make money to help keep the lab funded so we can help solve everyponies' problems, isn't that a good thing?"A scientist said to his son

"NO! I don't care,I don't wanna leave all my friends! I'm happy here!"The colt argued with his father, protesting his words.

"I'm sorry son, there's I can do about this...I know change can be tough...but I'm sure you'll make lots of friends at your new school,and we'll get to live in a bigger, fancier house," He reassured to his son, trying to calm him down from protesting any further.

"But...but...whatever I guess..."The colt said out of disappointment and repressed frustration,not even looking directly at his father's face.

"Hmm...Hey! Why don't you go meet up and play with the other colts and fillies in the other room, and then maybe after we unveil our new project we can go to Sugar Cube Corner,"He said trying to calm his mind of the situation.

"I...alright, I guess..."He said wiping the running tears from his face.

His father handed him a tissue, and gently took his hoof and escorted him to the room where the colts and fillies were playing. "Now I'll be back in a half an hour, then after we're done I promise I'll come to get you, okay?"

"Yeah...alright..."The colt hesitated

"I love son, now be careful and don't leave this room until I come back, I don't want you to get hurt,"The father reminded him.

"Yes sir..."

"Good, now run off and play, and I even think that mare you like might be here,"He playfully winked to his son, making him blush and run off to find her. "Heh...just like I was...young and in love..."The scientist then returned to the main laboratory where the experiments were taking place.

The young colt continued to search the room of colts and fillies to find a certain somepony. The colt's name is Black Sun, but most of his friends refer to him as Sunny. Sunny keeps searching the room, but with almost no luck.Almost at the verge on giving up, he felt the tapping of a small hoof against his shoulder. He turned around to see the face of his best friend; Starla Universe.

The small filly giggles at him, "Hehe,I've been looking for you,Sunny!"She said playfully to her friend. "Heh...hey Starla..."He said shyly, almost as he was hiding something from her. "Hm?What's wrong?"She asked with a worried expression.

"N-nothing...I-It's nothing,"He said at attempt to reassure her, trying to seem less suspicious.

"Don't lie to me Sunny, I always know when something's bothering you, "She said in a comforting tone, "Now please,tell me what's wrong."

"I...I...I..."He struggled at spitting out his words, but then was finally able to complete his sentence without hesitation, "Starla...me and my dad our gonna be moving to Canterlot by the end of the month...and I might not see you again for a long time..."As he finished his sentence,a small tear began to form in his eye. The tear was almost shed, when suddenly he felt the warm, comforting embrace of his friend.

"Sunny...please don't cry,"She said in emotional pain,almost at the verge of hysterically crying in the large room of colts and fillies. "Come on...we still have the whole month to hang out, let's not think about what will happen when it does, and I'll always write to you,"She said tying to show him the positives of the move.

"Yeah...you're right,"Sunny said with a now enthusiastic smile, feeling a little happier to the help of his good friend.

"Now come on! They're about to unveil the new invention!"She said with utter excitement, as she grabbed Sunny's hoof and ran with him to the TV where the other colts and fillies were.

Sunny sat next to Starla,smiling as he was watching TV, waiting to see the scientific masterpiece that has been made. Sunny's father soon appears on the TV, seeing that he is the one that will be giving the speech.

"Greeting everypony, I am Dr.Sun, and most recently my team and I have finally reached one of the highest scientific goals anypony has ever set, and now we are here to present to you today the discovery that will be remembered for centuries,"He gave a speech to prepare all of the ponies watching the TV for the unveil, and right as soon as he finished he had an assistant bring out a very unusual, suspicious object.It somewhat resembled a bicycle helmet, but probably had a completely other meaning behind it's use other than protecting somepony's head.

"The device you see me holding is called a "Lunar Emulator"or you can also call it a "Nocturne",this revolutionary device allows one pony to turn their utterly most desired dreams into reality, just by wearing it. Now, if one of my colleague's would be so kind as to be the first to test out the Nocturne? "One of them went up to the good doctor, wiling to allow him to perform the experiment."Good, now watch I carefully strap the helmet to his head, "He put the helmet onto his head, then tied the straps together, keeping the helmet firmly onto the subject's head, "There, now witness as I start the machine."

The doctor then switched a dial located on the helmet, then flipped a switch to help run the machine. He then switched another dial, which was the one that enables to filter the dreams out of one's mental stasis. As the machine turned on,the subject slowly fell asleep, rendering the machine capable of doing it's use.

"Now watch as the Nocturne renders the subject's dreams, and filters them out into reality as physical matter,"He said very enthusiastically, filled with pure confidence.

The machine continued to run,as the other scientists could see a pink fog coming from the sides of the machine. They all began to gasp at the sight of the fog, both with shock and utter surprise at the sight. The fog continued to form around the subject's head,covering is entire face in the thick, dense pick fog.

"What you are seeing right now is the terraforming of the dreamscape as it makes it way slowly,but surely into the plane of reality,"The the doctor stated, going into further detail about the machine's process.It started to project the dreams of the subject from mind to matter, when suddenly something went...wrong. The bright pink cloud then turned to a dark shade of magenta, volts of electricity began to charge through the clouds as the other scientists and the colts and fillies watching could horrible,discriminating things peering out from the dark mist. Creatures of pure terror flashing before their eyes; blood, entrails, and reanimated, flesh consuming corpses. The scientists began to panic of pure fear, as the colts and fillies began to scream and tremble in fear.

"This can't be happening! This shouldn't be happening!"Sunny's father shouted in pure frustration and fear, his heart race through his chest at the horrifying sight of the disaster.

As the camera kept rolling, the nightmares filtering out kept getting worse. The poor scientist strapped to the device soon became it's victim, as it turned his coat into a dark black, as he was growing horns out of the top of his head, screaming and begging for mercy. Soon the camera cut out, and the building suffered from a large explosion, as even more of the nightmarish creatures leaked out into the world.

TO BE CONTINUED

Author's Note

Hello everybody,FimFilms' Alex ^w^.So this is the first story I've done in a loonnnggg time,the last time I remember posting a story on here...well...it didn't turn out so good,but I've been learning more and more.I've been practicing more on both the creative thought process and what it means to truly develop a character.So obviously I've still got a long way to go with this stories and the characters behind,but I'm sure I'll get there eventually,hoping you'll guys be there to support me >w<,anyways gotta get back to writting,peace!