“This can’t be real?!” Luna stated in pure horror as she beheld the scene before her. The sight of a town burning around them, the smell of ass, blood and tears filled Luna’s nostrils as she beheld the terror before her. Bravesteel stood next to her clearly this memory was as painful as it looked as he was shaking uncontrollably but they were not alone. There was a grey unicorn crying over the body of a fallen blue unicorn, Luna stared at Bravesteel seeking some kind of explanation but found the black Pegasus with tears in his eyes.

“It’s not fair! Why must this moment haunt my dreams forever more?!” he croaked out, as the tears continued to stream from his eyes. He shook as he looked at the grey pony with anger suddenly overtaking him “And then you left my life!”

The grey unicorn’s body suddenly changed into the shape of a bright yellow crystal earth pony “You failed me as well! Why’d you let me die Braves?” the mare said with a voice that seemed to issue from the deepest graves of Equestria’s history.

“Sunnybreeze!” Bravesteel cried out as the mare spat up blood onto him. He lunged forward trying desperately to get to her. The form of Sunnybreeze faded away before Bravesteel could get to her and after he landed the form of another pony took her place. This was a tall white unicorn stallion with a cutie mark that meant he had been a medical pony “FATHER!”

“I told you, your no son of mine! Death has not changed that!” the stallion sternly told the whimpering Pegasus “Death will always follow you! I told you that the day I disowned you!”

“Enough! Bravesteel, none of this is real, your father loved you. He was the one who send those medical textbooks to you while you were training at the camp near Canterlot!” Luna screamed unable to witness the horrible scene before her any longer “He would have been proud of you for the lives you have saved and the lives you’re going to save”

“He’s right; I’ve let too many ponies die” Bravesteel cried into his hooves “Teammates, friends, family and even the mare I loved”

“Those were things beyond your control! Remember this is a nightmare! None of it is real!” Luna screamed “You have taken the first step to freeing yourself of this darkness”

Suddenly a voice cackled out from behind Luna and as Luna turned she could see one of the shadow creatures taking on a physical form “He’s already lost deep in regrets and mistakes! He’ll never be free!” it said as it took on the form of a dark lion with horrible yellow eyes and one had an ugly wound over the left “And now Princess your mine!”

“Who are you?!” Luna said angrily as she lowered her horn towards the demonic lion.

The lion laughed “I’m known now as greed but before hell consumed me, I was a lion from a far off world but did you know despite what world we may come, we all share the same heaven and hell” he said as he remembered his past “I was send there for murdering my brother and failing to kill my nephew”

Luna looked back at Bravesteel for a second and when she looked back the lion had changed into another creature, Luna knew as a human “what the?!”

“As greed, I’m the combination of the most greedy souls, any world has seen and of those three are dominant” it explained “My lion form was known as Scar, this one was known as, Luther and my final form most powerful and feared”

Luna took pause to consider how best to get Bravesteel ready for a fight because since this was his mind there might be a way “How did you get into Bravesteel’s mind?”

“He attacked me after I killed some crystal pony. I’ve since looked for a way to unlock his vice and I may have found it” Greed said with a cold sheer “Now Bravesteel give into your inner greed, the greed for what is yours, the justice long denied to you, the…oof!” Greed was interrupted by a vicious blow to the face “What are you doing?!”

Bravesteel snarled enraged “You toyed with my mind, you tried to turn me evil and for that you will PAY!” he yelled from his position next to Luna “I ‘am not your puppet!”

Luna smiled “That’s right, it looks like you underestimated the conviction in his heart!” she said full of pride “No pony will ever serve you!”

Greed looked at two through gritted teeth and said “Oh really what if I told you that, your sisters soon will!” his expression taking on a cruel smile “We have already captured one and the other will turn soon!”

Bravesteel’s anger deepened “You liar!!!”

Luna had to wrap the young Pegasus in magic to hold him back “Calm down, we’ll take him together” she said trying to sound reasonable and then she yelled “Prepare to decent back to the bowels that are the endless darkness of hell, Greed”

“Prove it…..RRRROOOAARRR!” Greed yelled before transforming into his lion body and charging.

Bravesteel feeling the release of the magic charged forward and shifted to the left before landing a devastating kick to the head of the lion. Luna meanwhile cast her magic to force the environment to change into a flat green field with no feature upon it. Greed at this moment was slowly rising to his feet but Bravesteel was there and landed a bone crushing sounding kick on Greed’s back legs.

“Well done!” Luna praised as she too charged with her horn lowered and rammed it through Greed’s front leg “How do you like that?”

Greed smirked as four giant red tentacles came up from the ground and captured the two ponies in there embrace “This is a world where I can twist things to suit my own ends!” Greed taunted as the ponies struggled fruitlessly “Now I’ll destroy your minds!”

Bravesteel laughed “This…is…my…dream! And I’m tired of having nightmares, it’s time for my first truly good dream in a long time!” he said as he closed his eyes and focused “I dream of ice cream…everywhere!”

With that the land around them changed, Ice cream of all flavours and types appeared. Luna watched as Greed was buried and the tentacles froze freeing the two ponies as they cracked and dissolved. Bravesteel looked upon his work before smiling, clearly holding back a sizable chuck of pride and amazement at his own intelligence. Luna and Bravesteel floated in mid-air admiring the beauty of Bravesteel’s imagination. There were rivers of chocolate sauce, mountains of mint chop-chip and it was freezing.

“You know, I may have over done it” Bravesteel joked as he shivered in place to which Luna had to nod “Right, I’m thinking a quiet Library with a nice warm cup of cider”

Luna laughed “Where do you think Greed went? He should have come up by now” she said with a look of concern towards the spot Greed had been in “We better check!”

Bravesteel closed his eyes and was clearly focusing “Don’t bother, Princess, he’s gone” he said as he sadly shook his head.

“I’m guessing he left after he realised he couldn’t control you?” Luna asked as the dream dissolved into a blank space “I’m proud of you, you overcame a difficult challenge and buried the ghosts of your past. This is never easy to do”

“You know from any other pony, I’d call them a fool or a liar but I know your story and you have more right than any other to tell me that” he said “But there’s one thing that puzzles me, how’d you know that stuff about my father?”

“Before I enter any pony’s mind, I study their past and your life has proven to be interesting. I also feel you deserve some happiness out of it” Luna said with a kind smile “I want to see you happy”

Bravesteel smiled back “Well what say we wake up?”

When they awoke, Discord was snoozing in the corner and Spike was standing next to them “How’d it go?” he asked clearly concerned.

Bravesteel smiled at the dragon “I won’t fear sleep again” he said as he embraced the dragon in a one leg hug “The princess has freed me of my fear!”

Luna stood and walked to Discord with a smile “You freed yourself, I just pushed you in the right direction and now you can go on living in peace” she said as she shook Discord gently “Now if you don’t mind, I need to go lower the moon and get some proper sleep after that”

“Ooo…Luna what happened, did you save, Pink vision over there?” Discord asked as he got to his hoof and dragon leg.

“Seconds awake and your that annoying. How do you cope with him, Princess?” Bravesteel said dryly.

“Question of the century that one” confirmed Spike.

It was then that the door opened and in walked Twilight looking quite tired but otherwise happy. As she looked around the room and sighed before saying “Bravesteel, did it work?” looking at the Pegasus clearly hopeful for good news “Did Luna help remove your nightmares?”

“Yes, Princess Twilight, I owe you more than I can ever hope to repay and for that reason, please accept my help” Bravesteel said with conviction adding to his words “The vice known as Greed tried to make me his puppet”

Luna smiled “He has shown that he can assist us against the evils of the vices” she said as she walked over to the stallion and directed her attention to him “I want to present you with this” as she spoke she her horn glowed and a new sword appeared.

It was a beautiful weapon, with jewels fused into the handle and a glorious silver finish to the blade. The straps that were designed to attach to the wing of a Pegasus were fine leather that looked as if they had just been made. A new scabbard was floating next to the sword with the words “Valour’s heart” engraved onto it.

“This is the sword called Valour’s heart” Luna explained “It was made for any deemed worthy of its touch. Bravesteel you have shown me and others that you’re worthy. I want you to accompany Twilight and her friends but with one promise”

Bravesteel swallowed “What is it?” he asked uncertain “Must I complete the bet with Rainbow?”

“That but you must also ensure, no matter the cost that they succeed and make it back alive” Discord said with a deadly tone “You understand what that means?”

Bravesteel turned, stared at Twilight and Spike before saying “No cost is too high”

Twilight whispered “No, we can’t risk it”

Hearing Twilight’s words, Bravesteel turned with a grim look upon his face “Without help, you and your friends cannot overcome the coming darkness. I have seen enough to know that the allies, you have at the moment will not be enough and you say you don’t want to risk lives” he said with his voice angering by the moment “You coward, the enemy is willing to take lives and destroy worlds. If you’re not willing to risk the same, you can never win!”

Discord scowled as Twilight looked to him for support “He’s right, Bravesteel’s nightmares weren’t just delusions of the mind, they were a window into the future and that future looks ill now” he said as the room darkened. Suddenly flames erupted from around them “This is what was seen in his nightmares!”

Suddenly a ball of flame formed in front of them and Twilight could see shapes dancing in the flames. As the moments passed she could make out three ponies Sweetiebell, Applebloom and Scootaloo! They were running from something as a horrible echo filled the room with their voices.

“Hurry! We must get out of here it’s already…” Applebloom’s shadow yelled as Twilight tried to drown out the sound of fear she could here from the flames.

“Miss Cheerilee! They got her!” Sweetiebell’s voice followed clearly full of despair “We have to go back!”

“LOOK OUT!...AHHHH!” came a third voice before the shapes disappeared in a horrible sound of screams and panic. The fire disappeared and Twilight was left shaken, what had she just witnessed?

“Discord! Was that necessary?!” Bravesteel snapped clearly just as horrified “I’ve had to live with those nightmares for so long and now I’m rid of them. You show them to ponies?! You’re sick!”

“You lived with these?!” Spike said clearly as scared as Twilight “I’m surprised you didn’t kill yourself!”

“SPIKE!” Twilight snapped

Bravesteel shook his head “I tried but Shining Armour stopped me”

Discord hovered next to Bravesteel “What you went through, no pony should have had to live with but thanks to your dreams we may have the best tool to defeat the Vices!” Discord said as he made another imagine appear “The vices have three forms each, if we defeat all three then that vice will vanish”

Luna sighed “Easier said than done”
Bravesteel shook his head “We may have stopped one of Greed’s forms?” he asked with doubt clearly in his voice.

“Doubtful. As that was just a dream and you don’t wield an element of harmony” Discord said with a sad look to Valour's heart “There is an old prophecy surrounding that sword but I don’t take stock in it”

“There may be some truth in it” a voice said from the door, as every pony’s head turned, Princess Celestia walked in and sighed “Bravesteel, you did well to face your fears and I’m proud of you”

Bravesteel was stunned “Um…yes…your highness!” he said alarmed as he bowed low “I...I…I’m honoured to serve your highness”

Celestia turned to the bowing Stallion “Rise; there’s no need to be so formal” she said as she looked down at the Pegasus “I agree with my sister, you should accompany the elements on this most dangerous of missions but if you made a bet with Rainbow then you should live up to it”

“Yes, your highness” Bravesteel said as he rose from the floor “May I also suggest that a team of other ponies be assigned to protect them?”

Celestia and Luna looked at each other before Celestia said slowly “Which ponies did you have in mind?” she didn’t doubt the Pegasus had a point but she was concerned about including too many ponies “I should state, I’m going to limit you to a team of five”

Bravesteel frowned “That’s fine, may I suggest that the other four be ponies that Twilight and her friends trust?” he said as he looked to Twilight “May I suggest you bring me a candidate each?”

Twilight sighed “If there is no other way” she said sadly.

“Where is he?” Rainbow dash huffed impatiently as she leaned against the barn door of Sweet Apple acre waiting for her entertainment. The sun was shining high above them as they awaited the late Stallion “Did he chicken out?”

“I doubt it, Rainbow” Applejack said with a shake of her head “Braves, doesn’t seem like the type to back down from a challenge”

“You’re not wrong there!” said a male voice from the other side of the barn as Rainbow Dash and Applejack looked around the barn’s side there stood Bravesteel looking confident and Twilight “So, Rainbow, ready to eat humble pie?”

Rainbow Dash smirked, confident, she liked that but this was a race the foolish stallion could never win “There isn’t any humble pie for me but soon there’ll be plenty for you” Rainbow bragged as the two stared each other down “So how about we race each other to Sugar cube corner and back. We also have to bring a cake back to prove we went there”

Bravesteel smiled “Fine but no flying” he said as he began to stretch his legs “Better tie your wings down”

Rainbow groaned “Why does everypony insist on that?” she said with a resented huff as Applejack secured her wings down “Right, Twilight, get us started”

Twilight marked out a starting line, as Rainbow Dash and Bravesteel prepared themselves for action and declared loudly

“Are you both ready?” looking to both racers as they nodded “Right…Ready…steady…GO!”

There was almighty dust storm as both racers pushed off, Rainbow Dash had the better start of the two and now was pulling far ahead. Bravesteel charged forward as fast as he could but he was nowhere near as fast as the energetic mare. Applejack and Twilight saw this and both groaned convinced the race was already over.

As Rainbow Dash hit the outskirts of Ponyville she wasn’t slowing down, her hooves pounded the ground and her heart rate was high. She then took a moment to turn her head and wasn’t surprised that the stallion was nowhere to be seen. She then slowed down, confidence on her side but how quickly confidence turns into arrogance. Bravesteel was out of sight but not out of the competition and he had a trick in his arsenal.

Rainbow Dash finally made it to Sugar cube corner and Pinkie was there to meet her “Hey, Rainbow Dash, how’d the race go?” Pinkie asked

“It’s still going on” Rainbow Dash said coolly as she approached the counter and looked at the cakes on display “Hmmm, Old Braves can’t keep up!”

Pinkie’s face fell as she asked “Don’t you think this isn’t very nice?”

Rainbow Dash was stunned “What?!” she asked “Pinkie, do you have a crush on Bravesteel or something? You heard him; he doesn’t believe we can do it without him”

Pinkie shook her head “He doesn’t want us to do it alone anymore” she said as tears filled her eyes “You haven’t seen what these monsters look like!” Pinkie screamed as she shook “Braves, made me laugh when I thought it was impossible”

Rainbow looked at the door “Well if he doesn’t hurry then I’ll win” she said simply “And then Twilight will decide his fate” with that Rainbow Dash hurried out the door and spotted Bravesteel approach “You stand no chance slowpoke”

Bravesteel snarled with resentment as he passed her and headed into Sugar Cube Corner and approached the counter “One Fruit slice please” he said as he handed over the bits for his purchase “Thank you” as the cake was passed over.

Pinkie smiled “Well done”

“What?”

Back at Sweet Apple acre Applejack and Twilight were chatting with a cup of Cider. They were waiting for Rainbow Dash to secure her victory as they spotted the blue mare appear over the top of the hill and they both released sighs of frustration.
“Well, what price will Bravesteel have to pay?” asked Applejack as she took another sip of cider

Twilight shook her head “I don’t know” as Rainbow Dash drew closer and closer “Maybe I can get him to work here, while you’re gone”

“We offered him that once before and declined” Applejack said as she took another sip “What makes you think he’ll accept”

“Remember the stakes” Twilight said simply as Rainbow Dash stopped in front of them.

“Oh buck yeah!” Rainbow declared as she raised her hoof high in the air.

“Um…Rainbow where’s the cake?!” Applejack asked in alarm

“What...Oh horse feathers!” Rainbow replied in shock as she turned to rush back but noticed Bravesteel coming over the brow of the hill “He won” she weakly stated.

Twilight couldn’t help but smile “Well looks like Bravesteel wins”

A few minutes later Bravesteel was taking a long drink of water and smiled at Rainbow “Well…looks like your cockiness cost you the race?” he said as he stopped drinking “I trust Twilight told you what you’ll have to do now?”

“I have just the mare in mind” Rainbow said as she walked away and as she disappeared into the barn she felt a hoof wrap around her “Please, mistress I’m sorry” as she looked down she saw a white leg? “What the…?!”

“Silence, Bitch” a voice said as ropes began to wrap around Rainbow and tied her to a table “I’m going to buck you!”

The door magically locked itself and Rainbow struggled “Who are you!?” she moaned before a gag was placed over her mouth.

As a hoof wrapped itself around Rainbow, the voice said simply “I’m the pony who’s going become known as Nightmare Lust!” as Rainbow then felt something poke at her marehood “Now I’m going to buck you!”

It was then Rainbow felt something big invade her marehood “MMMMM!” she screamed into her gag.

“Scream all you want. I’ve sound proved this place and by the time your friends get here, I’ll have finished and you’ll be mine!” Nightmare lust said as she continued to ram her cock into Dash “Your nothing but a common slut” as Rainbow felt a hoof caress her wings “These are lovely I wonder if you’d look better without them”

“MMMMMM!” Rainbow screamed as she felt her attacker continue to pump their cock in.

“Oh relax, I was joking and besides I’ll be giving you a lot of cum!” Nightmare lust said as she gave one last thrust and emptied herself deep inside Rainbow “Ah that felt glorious but now to put that mouth of yours to work!”

It was then Rainbow saw her attacker, a tall white Alicorn, with a dirty green and pink mane but what struck Rainbow was she was pure white “MMMCELMM” she moaned before her gag was removed “Who are you!? Why are you doing this?!”

Nightmare Lust sat on the table with Rainbow’s face mere inches from her marehood, where her dick had been mere moments earlier “I’m the embodiment of lust and desire. I’m doing this cause I want to!” as she wrapped a hoof round Rainbow’s head “But that’s beside the point, you better start pleasing me and I might let you go! Oh and if you don't I'll buck you till your mind....breaks” as she uttered the last word she forced Rainbow’s face into her marehood, leaving Rainbow no choice as she began to lick inside the evil pony’s marehood “AAHHH! That’s a good obedient bitch!”

Rainbow felt her attackers marehood begin to clamp down on her tongue “MMM!” she tried to scream as her attacker grabbed her tail in magic and tied it to her mane.

“I intend to tie you outside Sugar cube corner!” Nightmare lust declared as she came “DRINK IT!”

Rainbow was left with little choice as Lust continued to cum and with her mouth buried deep within the evil mare she could feel the liquid trickle down her throat.

After she finished climaxing Lust pulled Rainbow away “Now let’s get you ready for your show!” she said as a gag wrapped itself around Rainbow’s head.

“Rainbow!” Pinkie screamed as she walked out of Sugar Cube Corner. Above the shop Rainbow was tied to the sign of the business with her marehood and ass on full display with vibrators in both of them, her eyes were glazed over as the pleasure overtook her but with all the ponies gathering Pinkie had to think fast “Um…Was that Princess Celestia!?” she screamed pointing to a far off corner of the town.

Once all the ponies were gone Pinkie climbed up onto the roof and untied Rainbow and undid her gag “Soooo good!” Rainbow moaned.

“Oh Dashy, what happened to you?” Pinkie Pie said with tears in her eyes.

Author's Note

It's been a while since I began to write this chapter but for all the mistakes and delays. I liked writing Bravesteel's nightmare scene, it was fun to try to think up a humiliating defeat for Greed and it will be one of the few times I didn't go for some silly magic weapon to win. The Rainbow Dash race scene was hell to write. Overall I'm fairly happy with how this turned out. Please remember to comment, especially if you didn't like it tell me why.