Never give up Sweetie

}Some ponies describe the paradise as a giant countryside, where the sun shines each hour of day, you never feel hot even at midday, the wind remember you that there is no limit where you are, and the animals are plants are constantly remembering you the most important quality of the matter, the life. Well, it seems today isn't a good day to dream with the paradise, even when you can do it almost every night if you wish it with all your heart.

Hundreds of raindrops were falling over a land that used to be happy just twenty four hours ago. In the highest hill was a filly with a crown crying desperate in the dirt and surrounded of hundreds of worried animals, waiting for their leader.

“Go away creatures! Your Princess has failed all of you...” Sweetie Belle said with a really sad voice and making a pause when was necessary to keep crying. “Even in a dream… I'm a useless filly who just can burn cakes, wet beds…. And never get a cutie mark...” She added sadder each second.

“I HAD ENOUGH OF THIS!” An imposing voice said from distance, the shape of Princess of night came from the dark clouds in the sad sky.

“This is unbelievable, the night is just beginning and I have already visited ten nightmares and five ponies ruining their own dreams… including you...” Princess Luna said with an apparently angry tone, looking her sad subject.

“What's going on filly?” Princess Luna asked approaching to her.

“Nothing… just let me have my own nightmare in peace.” She asked for.

“I think we already had had a discussion about nightmares… and one more time, this is not a nightmare.” She explained with a kinder tone.

“Yeah, yeah, the signals, sometimes dreams are just signals, blah, blah…. I have already understood that…” Sweetie Belle said mocking what Princess Luna said.

“I guess my sister was right. Anger and sadness get along as hoof and horseshoe.” She said really disgusted with Sweetie Belle's reaction. “Maybe I was a bit rude few seconds ago. Look my little pony. Your dreams are a reflection of your mind, your likes, your passions, your future, your past, your present, your best friends and the places that you have visited. They are a relaxing way to pass a long night, for few hours your mind is clear, you feel good and you're free. Nightmares however, are reflections of another part of your mind,, that part you would never want to visit, but sometimes your mind do it by itself. Nightmares are a reflection of your fears, your anxieties, your worst experiences and everything that makes you feel pain...” She added.

“Aha… And what do you want to say exactly with all of this?” Sweetie asked in a rude tone again.

“A lot of ponies think that dreams are too different from reality, just because dreams can be crazy or strange or illogical. But they are wrong, almost each behavior of the dreams is exactly the same than real life.” She explained.

“Not again Princess. Can you explain it in a compressive language?” Sweetie asked for really bored with the explanation but at least without more tears in her eyes.

“Alright. Let me make you few questions little filly. Can you control what you do when you wake up?” Luna asked trying to change the explanation method.

“Ahh… yeah I guess.” Sweetie answered trying to understand why Luna made a question like that.

“What about where you walk? Do you choose where you want to walk? Or how? Or when?” Princess Luna asked.

“Yeah…But I still can't understand anything.” Sweetie said confused.

“And fears? Can you control when or why you feel fear? Luna asked making the small unicorn get really thoughtful.

“Ahhhh...” Sweetie tried to say.

“Exactly. No, you can't control when you feel fear, that's why you feel them. That's exactly what happens with nightmares, a pony can't control a nightmare, the nightmare just appear, maybe in the worst moment, maybe in a random moment, but appear. They just try to escape from the horrors of their own minds, sometimes they can beat them, sometimes, even they could die if they can't beat them, that's when I can give them a little help.” She explained really inspired looking around the sad scenery.

“Yeah…. And? Sweetie asked really bored with the explanation.

“You can think that you can't control your normal dreams, but if you do your best, if you put all your effort in that, your dream… is going to have the shape, color and weather that you want. Exactly the same than real life, the unique difference is that you need more time and higher efforts.” Princess Luna explained.

“Did you finish? I really want to be alone right now.” Sweetie claimed.

“I know you could have a hard day Sweetie, but you're wasting the chance to take the kind side of this and change everything before a new day.” Luna said with a really kind tone.

“I'm not wasting anything Princess. I just had the worst possible day. My life is going to finish tomorrow and I'm having a nightmare for that. That's all.” Sweetie said, trying to look sure of what was she saying.

“Look Sweetie Belle, if you see all the time the bad side of everything, your mind only will have negative thoughts. If you want to change your day… or at least your night… just a bit… you may begin to think in positive things.” Princess Luna explained.

“There is no positive things about wet the bed and that the most hateful pony in Equestria knows that!” She screamed crying again.

“Oh! Really?! Then tell me. How did you felt yesterday when you finally let everything go out in your dream?” Luna asked trying to show her that she was wrong.

“Please don't remember me that.” She claimed.

“What about the entire dream? Wasn’t it a good entry for your diary?” Princess Luna asked.

“It's the last thing I would want to write in my diary.” Sweetie Belle said angry again.

“How about what you learned last night? I'm sure you discovered things you never thought you could do.” Luna asked again.

“I only learned that I will never ask for extra juice at dinner again.” Sweetie said angry and sad.

“Alright then. My job as Princess of the night is help everypony when the sun is gone, but I can't help ponies who don't want to help themselves. If you excuse me, there are a lot of real nightmare tonight and someponies need and also want my help. Call me when you want to talk, and remember, kind side!” Princess Luna said just before go out of the dream flying into a storm cloud.

“THERE IS NO KIND SIDE IN THIS!” Sweetie Belle claimed from distance.