Dream of a Nightmare (remake)

It was night now. All that I could hear were a few cars driving right by my house. The insects and the animals were making noises that could be heard from inside my house. I was at my desk doing some math homework that's due on Friday of new week. Honestly, this math can be hard to understand. It was like taking calculus in college. I was in Discrete Math. Some of my friends would always have hard times when trying to follow all the stages to get the right answer. You need to understand the basics of math.

My mom and dad hardly think about me. Ever since I was a kid, they hardly saw anything in they even cared about. I was like a nobody to them. My mom dropped out of high school, while my dad was able to graduate on time. Least he had some commitment in getting his high school diploma.

Dad doesn't really think about my education either. It's like it's a waste of time just being in school learning new things that could help a person out in the long one. He's....I don't know. He's just messed up. Dad is an alcoholic. One time he almost caused a huge accident on the interstate, and he was drinking WHILE driving. The police gave him about three years being bars. Then is comes out like he were a brand new man. Yeah right. That was a complete lie to me.

Sometimes, they would just ignore me. Even when I had a hard time in school, they still wouldn't want to even help me in my problems. That's how many teenagers at my high school feel about their parents. I'm one of the lucky few that's so far continued to pass the necessary classes to graduate high school.

I'm thinking of majoring in mathematics. Math is essential to be successful in life. Without it, everything would not be what it is now. Math comes into financial stuff; such as paying the bills for the house, buying food, construction, basically...its used in everywhere.

It's 11:39 PM now. I seriously need to get some sleep to refresh myself for tomorrow morning.

I took my clothes off and put on my pajamas. I've been the one who's been paying for the cloths I wear during the day and night. My parents wouldn't care if I wore worn out cloths to go to sleep. I even bought the covers for my bed to stay warm when it's cold. That's how my parents treat me. Heck, I have a job that helps me make money to buy the necessary things to keep me going. Does it help that I have a job? Absolutely. Though, it’s not enjoyable.

I work at McDonald's. It's the only place that makes a lot of more business than the rest of the other fast-food restaurants where I live. But it still helps me make money, I give it that much.

I honestly just wish I could be something else. Not a human, but an animal.

What I've read on the Internet is about what happens when a person passes away from this world. Some theories point out people would just go to heaven or hell. But there was one theory that seemed to have attracted my attention for quite awhile.

That theory would be about reincarnation.

Some believe that when you die, you would be reborn into new form in life. Instead of being reborn as a human, you are turned into an animal. I personally believe that reincarnation does exist. If it's true, I wouldn't mind leaving this world. My parents suck and a few of my friends are hardly what I call "friends" for that matter.

Sure. Education is important. But there are points where I just wish I could just leave everything behind me and just enjoy being in a new life for myself. I think that's how a lot people feel now these days. Life can sometimes be unfair in many cases. Trust me. I've been there when it comes to getting my parents to actually look at me directly in the face. It never works like I plan it to be.

Turning the light off, I got into my bed and wrapped myself in the covers to keep me warm.

I just...I just want to have a different life for a change. I don't want to have to worry about what my parents may think of me. I want to live in a different world.

I want to be the animal I want to become. That would be a horse. Horses love to roam free in the wild. They're the most beautiful animals that I've seen when I was a small kid during a field trip back when I was in middle school. It was something that I didn't forget after leaving junior high to make it to high school. That memory is still strong in me. But that's just a dream that'll never come true. If it were possible, I think I'd me more than happy to leave this world to make it to world where there's nothing but peace and harmony. Hehe. Wish that was true in this world. But it ain't. It will NEVER be true when when I'm old.

I said one thing before falling asleep. "I wish I could become the animal that I always wanted to become, and that I'll never have to think about being in a life where people see me as a shadow. God, please. I want to be happy for once in life. Please..." I closed my eyes and embraced the abyss of darkness.

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Something felt strange. I didn't feel like I was in my bed anymore. I started to think I may have fallen right out of the bed and was on the floor. That rarely happens to me when falling asleep.

Getting on my feet, I noticed that I was in a forest. I also noticed that it was foggy. It wasn't dark, I could still see a little further from where I was.

“Am I dreaming?” Normally I wouldn't even know I was dreaming because I would never remember a single event about where I was in a dream.

Continuing to venture off in the forest, I could tell that all the trees were dead. None of them had a single leaf attached to their branches. This place looks kind of creepy for the most part. Reminds me of a movie I saw in the theater about two friends trying to find their way back to the car, but were suddenly killed by an unknown creature that lived in the forest.

Voices could be heard while walking deeper into the forest. The voices were both feminine and masculine. There were multiple voices I could hear. None of them sounded angry. I could not fully understand what they were saying. They were speaking in gibberish. It didn't sound like a language I had ever heard of.

I crossed my arms  and was still wondering why I was in this place, also wondering why I haven't woken up yet.

Okay. I should be starting to wake up at this rate. Either that, or my mom would already be shaking me up to see the morning sun coming over the horizon. She always loved to wake me up to see the sun slowly peeking over the edge of earth.

What's taking so long? This is really getting annoying. So far, I'm still not finding any exit from this 'horrifying' forest that's not really scary. For kids, yeah. For me? No.

I heard something from the right. Turning my head, I noticed a small pond just a few feet from where I was standing. Getting to the pond, the water was pitch black. It was like someone had dumped ink into the water. There was no sign of any ducks or anything.

Sitting down, I decided to put my hand in the water. I just hope I wasn't going to regret doing this. It's a dream. It's not like it's real or anything.

Putting my hand in the water, I could feel pain. The water was cold. Cold to where you could freeze to death in seconds. I jolted my hand out of the water to not have it freeze up.

“Phew. Least I was quick about it.”

I could hear another noise.

It sounded like someone was in pain. Crying was what I was hearing. I couldn't make out who it was. But someone here was crying. I was getting up to see who was making those crying noises.

I stopped to notice a black figure that was lying on the ground. I was able to make out what it was. It looked like a horse. But this one horse seemed to be....unique in its appearance.

Although it was black, its mane and tail were a blue purplish and were flowing. There was no wind I could feel. Seems it was flowing magically. The other thing I noticed was it had some kind of marking on its flank. It looked like a splash of purple with what looked like a blue crescent moon on it. I couldn't make out its eyes, but they looked a lot bigger than what a normal horse was born with. Its eyes were.....looked kind of like a lizard's eyes. The color looked maybe blue.

There was something else that was on the ground right next to it. Torn up armor. The color of what remained left of it was either blue or silver.

The horse didn't pay any attention to me. It was still crying. Getting closer to it, I saw what looked like bruises all over the horse. Who could do such a thing to an animal? Though this is just a dream, it wasn't right to see such an animal be hurt this way!

I was slowly walking towards it. I didn't want to move too fast, otherwise it might try to run away from me. I noticed something else. It had wings and a horn! If I remember correctly, this would be an alicorn horse. They were fictional creatures that ancient civilization once thought to roam free in the world. I think it was the Ancient Greeks who told of such a creature. Granted that, I remember they had pegasi as their animal, but I think the alicorn was also part of Ancient Greek culture.

"Hey," I quietly said. The horse froze instantly. Eyes were dilated upon me speaking to it. It turned its head to look at me.

"It's okay. I'm not gonna hurt you," I cooed to it. It started to shake. It was like it was thinking I was just lying to it to make it think I wasn't going to hurt it more.

"W-who… who a-are you?"

It talks! Maybe introducing myself might make it easier to calm it down, "My name is Ada. It would seems you are in my dream. What happened to you? You're injured." It looked down with a sad expression on its face.

"I… I was killed by some ponies years ago. This is… where I live now. In… damnation ." It was killed by ponies? How's that even possible? And why would it mean that it was living in damnation?

"Wait, before I ask some other questions. What's your name?" The horse looked at me once again.

"My name is.... Nightmare Moon. I-I once lived in a world that is called Equus… it's also known as Equestria. A....a place where ponies live...in peace and harmony." It started to sob once again. She covered her face with her hooves.

I got closer to Nightmare and placed my hand on her shoulder to keep her company. I could feel something in her. I don't how I was able to feel what she was feeling. There was nothing but pain and anger mixed together. She was suffering in my dream.

"You don't need to cry anymore. I'm not leaving you here." I didn't get a chance to even talk due to her wrapping her arms around me, crying her eyeballs out. I sensed more pain coming from within her.

I squirmed to get an arm out to try and stroke her mane. It was a success. She started to calm down a bit. Least that's good to know.

"W-why… do you care about me? I was once an evil demon that once tried to bring eternal darkness to Equestria!! How can some..." She tried to figure out what I was.

"I'm a human, Nightmare Moon," I told her.

"How… can a human care about something that was created out of jealousy?!"

"I don't like seeing animals hurt like you are. No one deserves to suffer like this. I felt a lot of pain radiating off of you. But I'm here to help you get back to normal," I told her.

"That's easier said than done. I'm.....forever ever trapped in this hellish place. I'll never......get another chance to redeem myself from my....from my past mistakes." She didn't let go of me. Nightmare didn't want me to leave her. And I didn't want her to think I would abandon her like she was no importance to me.

"Maybe there's a way to escape this place," I said firmly, "Nothing's impossible. Are you able to get up?"

"N-No.... my body is hardly functioning to even stand on all hooves. You can't lift me up. I'm too heavy to even have some pony… to assist me." Her expression saddened more.

I'm trying to think how I could get her out of here. As soon as I was trying to think of a way to get her to stand up, the pond started to glow. The color went from black to a bluish color. There was something written on it.

"Is this the animal you want to be reincarnated into?"

"Will you try to make things better for this poor soul?"

"The road ahead is far from over."

"Do you want to leave everything behind and start a new life in the where Nightmare Moon once lived in?"

"The choice remains for you to choose. We do not decide who gets this chance. You are the one who decides how you want to live your life, Ada."

Nightmare Moon saw the writing too. She wasn't moving anymore. She was frozen in fear, her eyes frozen in place looking at the strange writing. Only I could decide whether I take her place.

She's committed crimes against her race in her world. Then again, she want to have a second chance to redeem herself. Hmmmm...

This is a not a difficult choice to think about. I didn't want to see her suffer anymore. My parents mean nothing to me. I don't have friends and life on earth is just messed up.

I think I made my decision.

"I do."

"Your wish is granted, Ada. You will be turned into the creature that once tried to bring great pain to the ponies that inhabit the land in Equestria."

"You will not be a filly. You'll be a full grown mare."

"The adventures you will have will greatly change the way you look at life from a different perspective."

"Is there anything you wish to say before you enter Equestria, Ada?"

"I have nothing else to say." Everything lit up like a flashlight and then my vision went black.

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"Ugh... My head. I....I don't feel so good." I groaned. I could hardly move my body… I guess my wish came with a price. I tried opening my eyes, but what felt like the sun's light caused me to shut my eyes tight like a drum. My temples are hurting. This is really starting to annoy me.

I just wanted to help Nightmare Moon. I really hope I didn't develop the same physical injuries she had when I discovered her in my dream. If I'm really her now, would this also mean I would develop her personality, powers, and her memories? If that were case, I would have to be careful in knowing how to get used to being an alicorn.

I no longer felt pain from both sides of my head.

Hopefully my eyes should get adjusted to the sun light. I opened my eyes to notice that I was in a field. The field consisted of flowers, grass, bunnies and butterflies. This place must've never been disturbed by anypony. Hehe. Looks like I'm starting to adapt to speaking in the language of the equines of this world.

I inspected myself to notice that there were no signs of any physical injuries to my new body. I noticed that I am wearing armor on my chest area, hooves, and I also had the helmet piece that Nightmare once had in her possession.

YES! It really did come true! I'm finally an animal I always wanted to become! No more human me now! Hahah. This feels so great to have earth behind me and to be welcomed to a whole new world that might be better off than earth.

No longer will I have to deal with parents that don't really appreciate who I am. And I don't feel sorry for them now. They went their wrong path in life. I shouldn't even be thinking about them anymore. They mean nothing to me.

Now I need to get on all hooves. It was difficult to know that I had to walk on all fours and not on two legs. I had to balance myself to not fall on my side.

Of course, I wasn't even a human anymore. I'm an equine horse that has great power that can be used as a weapon or a power that could be used for peaceful purposes.

Hmm. I need to know more about this place. But where would I go that would help strengthen my knowledge of this world? If this place was what Nightmare had described to me with a little information, then I need to find the best place to read about Equestria.

"You will find the knowledge that you seek in the Royal Sisters' Palace, but be warned. Danger lies ahead of you, Nightmare Moon."

"Are you one of the voices that I met in my dream?"

"Yes. I am. But you mustn't worry about who I am. You could say I will merely watch over you. Should you go to the former place where Equestria's rulers once reigned, or will you decide to pick an alternate plan to learn about this world?"

"What other places can I go to?"

"You may enter Ponyville if you want. But that is your decision, not mine."

"Why are you wanting to even help me? I understand that I made the decision to take Nightmare Moon's place to redeem herself, but why is that you want to assist me? I can handle this all by myself. Not like I'm a kid or anything."

"If that's what you wish, then I will remain silent during your time living in Equestria."

"Thanks. Now, please leave me in peace. I have much to learn of this world and its inhabitants."

"Verily."

Finally... at least that voice is gone. Why does it feel like I can sense something is about to not end well for me? Or is that just a coincidence?

Giving a shrug, I decided to see what it feels like to be in a different body. Kind of hard to know that you have to rely on trying to keep your balance while walking on all fours. This really reminds me of how when a child is welcomed to the world, it has to learn how to walk, talk, blah blah blah. I think I get the picture.

While getting myself to understand the ways of walking, I was curious to understand how to fly with these wings. Extending them seemed to be natural for me to do. Looking to my left and my right, I could tell that I look very intimidating with my wings stretched out.

Then I wondered what my horn is capable of doing? I understood that's where mostly all the power would be stored in an Alicorn. Same would go with a regular unicorn. But since I'm an alicorn, I would be superior over the unicorn race… or any other race it seemed.

Maybe I should go this village the voice had once told me about before I told it to shut its trap to let me focus in understanding this place thoroughly. But there would be a slight problem when doing so.

Nightmare Moon had said that she was a villain that had once tried to take over Equestria. The outcome of me going to Ponyville would not end well. How hard is it to go and visit a village that's full of ponies? First, I know they would be scared of me. Second, they'll problem try to call in the police or whoever is in charge of protecting them from certain disaster. Finally, they would take me to their so-called leader or leaders to interrogate me.

This would complicate things more expected.

How do I charge my horn up to release power? Might need to learn how to do that when it comes to understanding the antonym of Alicorns.

“She will strike you upon no sympathy. *She will kill you for taking her away from her beloved sister.”***

What the buck? Did that voice just say that I was going to be killed by somepony of these lands? Who would try to kill me? And why did this voice sound… stranger than the previous one? Perhaps I'll have contact with this anonymous pony later...

Why is it that I can sense something not right right now? It feels like....darkness is rising from the ground. I can feel the dark taint all around me.

Maybe I should leave this place, for now.