Author's Note

I should probably give you all a heads up, I stink at writing Shakespearian so I'm just not gonna do it. Also, it was a pain in the butt writing down all of Nick's powers in a fashion that fit the story. I'm sorry that it took me so long and I hope that you will forgive me.

4. A Conversation in Lalaland

Nick's POV

It was night-time in Ponyville and everypony was sound asleep... except for me. I was not having very pleasant dreams. Why don't we go inside my head because that's where the real action is taking place.

Nick's Lalaland

Imagine this if you can. The sky was red and there were no clouds in sight. The sun was covered by the moon, generating a solar eclipse. Monsters of all kinds were running amok. But, that isn't the scariest part. Zombified ponies were walking or crawling about. I didn't see anypony that looked even remotely alive until-

"Daddy?"

-Nyx arrived.

"Nyx, what are you doing here?"

"Don't you remember, Daddy? I came to you because I was having bad dreams. But, from the looks of it, you need more help than I do!"

"Yeah, it doesn't look very pretty, does it?"

"Nope," Nyx said as she shook her head.

"Well, at least I know its a dream now, that's always a good place to start."

"Really? How?"

"Now, I'm no expert but I remember reading some studies back on Earth about dreams. Ya see Nyx, the trick to taking control of your dream is to first acknowledge the fact that you are having a dream. After that you can do pretty much whatever you want I suppose."

"Oh, okay. But, Daddy..."

"Yeah Nyx?"

"How did I get into your dream?"

"Iii... have no idea. We should probably try to talk to Luna when we get a chance. Maybe we could ask Celestia and see if we could set up an appointment or something," I mused to myself.

"Or perhaps we would like to talk to you right now," echoed a voice out of nowhere.

"Daddy, look up there," Nyx said as she pointed at the eclipse, which now had an outline of the Mare in the Moon before Luna replaced it.

"So, you are one responsible for our freedom?"

I came up with something clever to say, "well, seeing as I don't have any twins running about, I would have to say yes."

Luna rolled her eyes.

"So, why are you here Luna?"

"Well, as it is our duty to watch over the dreams of all in Equestria, We decided to start as soon as possible. What We did not expect, however, was the nightmare that our... relative, was having. Even less, was when We found the dream that you were having."

"Oh, okay. Hey, Princess, would it be alright if you were to teach Nyx on how to use the abilities that she recieved from you?"

Upon hearing this, my daughter used on Luna her weapon of ultimate destruction: the puppy dog eyes.

"...Very well. Now, pay attention young one, because this isn't going to be easy."

Time skip

Honestly, I didn't have a clue on what Luna was talking about. I also had no idea how long the two were going at it, though thats probably because we were in a dream and dreams have no sense of time whatsoever. Anyway, Nyx was finally able to clean up my dream. Well, that is if you consider making all the zombie ponies dead an improvement.

"Hey, I think it would be best if we throw in the towel," I announced

"What does that mean," asked Luna.

"It means that we stop for now," I explained.

"But Daddy, how am I supposed to get better," asked Nyx.

"How about this, you will practice on me each night and Luna will see how much you've progressed once a week. How does that sound?"

"Actually, that sounds like an excellent idea," Luna commented. "Now then, We would like to talk about you Nick."

Uh-oh. Best tread lightly here. "What would you like to know?"

She began asking me various questions and I answered them as best as I could. Until she started asking me about what I can do as far as special abilities go.

"Okay, umm... is it okay if I just show you my abilities?"

"If you wish to do so."

"Thank you. Now, let me bring up some stuff to aim for because my powers are centered around doing damage." I materialized some boulders and trees, then I began to call forth my eldritch powers. I decided to go with my tentacle whip, basically it was just my hand changed into a black whip. "Okay, first off I have the ability to create tentacles from any part of my body. They can be used for mid-range combat," I said as I lashed a tree branch, making a good crack as I hit my mark. "Second, I have the ability to sprout mouths from the palms of my hands. If you get bitten by them, they will make a wound that will never heal and bleed for eternity... or whenever the being dies. They also have the power to produce a mind-crushing shriek that can shatter solid objects. You might wanna cover your ears for this demonstration." As they did so, a mouth with pirahna-like teeth took form in the palm of my right hand and produced a powerful noise.

SSSSCCCRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Everything in the direction of the attack bursted into fragments. I decided to cut of the usage of the move because while its very powerful, its also very draining.

"Next, I can summon various creatures from certain areas of the multiverse and I know that your going to be asking what they are but I can't really give you a straight answer or else we're going to be stuck here for a while with me droning on about this one subject. Anyway, next on the list I know when someone is lying to me. I can also fly-"

"Hold on, how can you fly? You don't have any wings," Luna stated.

"Luna, I just designed these powers. I never expected to have them forced on me when I was blasted from my universe into this one. Okay?"

"Very well. Continue."

"Now then, I can create balls of psionic energy known as 'Rift Spheres'. They have an extremely powerful gravitational pull." I produced what some might call a purple version of Naruto's rasengan (an orb of energy spiraling into itself). "Its meant for mid- to long-range attack." I threw the orb at a nearby tree that began collapsing in on itself once it came into contact with the sphere. "Next up are my eyes. They allow me to see sound waves as they travel. They also allow me to show Truth to others using eye contact-"

"Excuse me, but what is Truth exactly," Luna asked.

"Truth is the ability to show anypony anything that has ever happened or existed in the multiverse, it is particularly useful for interrogation or making threats. However, when I use this ability, I also run the risk of turning that pony insane. But that is determined by how strong the pony's mind is and what I show said pony. Now let me think what else can I do? Oh right, I know when I am being lied to, I have telekinetic abilities, I can shapeshift, and I can see through any illusion. I can also read any language, and use slight necromantic powers-"

"WHAT?!" I dare ya to guess who yelled that. "WHY CAN YOU USE ONE OF THE MOST FORBIDDEN MAGICS IN HISTORY?!"

"Luna, I understand your concerns and I promise that I will limit the use of such abilities... except for pranking. Besides I can only control dead matter and talk to those that have passed away. How about this, as a means of earning your trust, I will tell my greatest weakness no matter how embarassing it may be, okay?"

"... Very well, but I get to inform my sister and the Bearers of the Elements of Harmony of this weakness."

"That's perfectly fine with me. Okay, here we go... my greatest weakness is... magic."

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"That's it," Luna asked.

"Well, I planned on having my abilities serve as an opposite of magic. Imagine that you have light and darkness. How do you defeat darkness? By replacing it with light. My abilities are symbolic of all the things that lurk in the darkness. Though that shouldn't be surprising since I gained my abilities from the most powerful book in the multiverse. Luckily, while I can be outmatched by magic, it can't kill me. Anyway, I -"

I was interupted by Nyx. "Daddy, what's that," Nyx asked as she pointed at a gathering at Town Hall.

"I don't really know Nyx. Let's go check it out. Hey Luna do you wanna come with us?"

"I don't see any reason not to."

As we got closer to what appeared to be a weddingceremony, I was able to make out a few of the ponies in the audience like Nyx, Derpy, Mr. and Mrs. Cake, the CMC (the Cutie Mark Crusaders), and the Mane Six-

Hang on... where's Fluttershy?

-except for Fluttershy. And then, music started playing.

Wedding Music.

Fluttershy came in, walking down the aisle in a beautiful wedding gown. And at the end of the aisle was me as the groom. What was even crazier was the fact that my dream-self wasn't using a disguise. He was dressed in a fancy tuxedo while his scars were completely visible.

"Awww, that's so cute," Nyx said. "You like Ms. Fluttershy."

"No I don't, she's just... uh... really nice! Yeah! That's it. Heh heh."

"... You have a crush on Fluttershy, don't you Daddy," Nyx said in a fashion that reminded me of a particular talking, yellow sponge.

"*Sigh* Fine. Yes, I do have a crush on Fluttershy."

"YES! I knew it!"

"But now that you know this, I am asking you to not get involved in my love life, okay?"

"Okay," Nyx said.

"Nyx."

"Yes Daddy?"

"You're lying to me. Seriously I just said that I know when somepony is lying to me! Was anypony listening when I said that?"

"Oops."

"Let me guess, you're gonna get involved no matter what I say aren't ya?"

"Yup," Nyx said.

*Sigh* Whelp, I wanted to be a dad, this is just part of the package experience. "Fine. But nothing crazy, okay?"

"Like what," Nyx asked.

"Love potions." Yeah, I remember how that 'Hearts and Hooves Day' episode went and as funny as it was, I do NOT wanna get into a forced relationship, even if its with a mare that I like.

For some unknown reason everything began to fade out of existence. "Daddy what's happening," Nyx said.

"I think that we're waking up. So Nyx, are ya ready for your first day in Equestria?"

"Mm-hmm! I'm ready!"

"Then let's go!"

Unfortunately, as soon as I woke up, I saw White Devil standing over me ready to torture me with his White Club of Doom!

Actually, it was Angel with a bowling pin ready to put me to sleep. He konked me on the head and I was out like a light.