Author's Note

I know the first chapter was really short, and so was the wait, but as the chapters progress, I'm sure this will get more likes. This chapter will be longer,and I sure do hope you like it. And thanks for the watches and likes, I u guys

Nightmares seriously?

Discord walked down the long hall again, muttering to himself as he went. Twilight was a jerk, and Spike sucked. His nap helped him regain his strength and enhanced his vision. Discord's red pupils were more aware of its surroundings. The crystal walls were sparkling, and had a new smell to them, as if they hadn't been touched before. That just proved how big the castle was, so big there were even areas and places Twilight Sparkle hadn't even gone to yet. It was very quiet in the castle, so quiet in fact it was like you could hear the air. Air. Too quiet for Discord's taste, it made him feel lonely almost. Like their was no one in the world who cared or could understand your feelings. Even to him this huge castle, felt like a prison cell, and that was when two others were in the castle with him, imagine what Twilight must feel like every day alone on her throne, waiting to be called by a map, even Spike can't always be by her side. Discord gulped, he couldn't leave Twilight alone. He would sit on one of the white wooden thrones, and wait for that thought-consuming mare to wake up again.

Twilight fluttered open her violet eyes. She could see trees, the green leaves on them looked like dogs, trying to escape their leashes. The wind hit Twilight's face like a knife. There was no space, this forest was super thick and the branches scraped and scratched at the alicorn's face, as if beating her up for invading their space. Thorn bushes were scattered amongst the trees, one bush in particular got caught on Sparkle's wing. Terrified because she thought sompony grabbed her, she pulled on it and tried to run. Her wing however, got cut very deeply cut, purple feathers were flying everywhere and blood soaked her body. Twilight instantly cried out in pain, and fell. The mud made a sickening "sploosh" sound when she landed. Water flowed down her body, causing her wing to sting. It was raining and the smell of dust was every where. Twilight got up and hesitantly limped forward. She had no choice, flying was out of the question. She could here a voice nearby, it was a deep female voice, kind of like Zecora's. Twilight let herself move forward taking one step at a time. Her fur was now a brown and red color, the plants around her seemed to be dying, the further she limped into the forest the more brown and burnt the leaves and the trees were.

Soon there was nothing but stumps, so dark and wet, nothing to be seen but the light from Twilight's horn which allowed her to observe where she stepped. The magenta aura sent little sparkles into her surrounding, like a burning fire sends sparks into the sky. This allowed her to see little bits of what the area around her looked like. It felt as if she were being pulled in to the dark, deadly forest, as if in a trance. The stumps were opening like a wave leaving a large gap in this creepy forest. But soon there was a much more disturbing structure then dead plants, In the mud scattered were skeletons of unfortunate ponies who had suffered the fate of what Twilight would soon suffer. Twilight now wanted to turn away but when she turned around there was nothing but black, like a wall closing in on her. She turned back around to see that there were five crystals floating above the skulls. It didn't take long for Twilight Sparkle to recognize them, they were the elements of Harmony. A skull to the left of her had a glowing, pink butterfly gem floating above it. The skull on the right of her had a glowing orange apple gem. A skull farther in front had a purple diamond gem, the one behind her a red lightning bolt. One skull was badly damaged but a blue balloon could be seen floating above it. Twilight knew this was a dream. She'd had the same one many times before. And she hated it, because seeing her friends...dead and herself alive and healthy. It gave her this funny feeling, like maybe this was a vision of the future. "NO! WAKE UP!!!!WAKE UP!!!!"

"Oh don't be so modest..you know as well as I that this isn't a dream, but I can help you stop it from happening" said a deep female voice from behind. Up closer Twilight realized the voice didn't sound much like Zecora's as it did from afar. It sounded like Zecora,but with a sinister tone like nightmare moon, but it also had an echo to it like Chysalus.

"This is'nt supposed to happen.." Thought Twilight. She turned around to face a sleek female alicornish figure. The first thing Twilight noticed in the dark was her glowing red irises and a reptilian pupil.She had a green cornea, the purple glowing purple smoke proving she wasn't a pony to be trusted. Wait scratch that. It definetly wasn't to be messed with, but it was no pony. As the thing decended into the light provided by the elements, Twilight could see the creature was a dull whitish green and covered in scales. She had a holy horn like chrsalus and bat wings. Soon her hooves....er legs could be seen. She had razor sharp claws almost like dragons in the front and lion paws in the back. Following close was a long rattlesnake tail.

"But we'll continue this another time...you have a draconaquus to talk to. Don't want to deal with this alone if I were you." And just like that the scenery started to fade away, like when you clearly see something in the ocean water and the waves come and you can't see it any more. Twilight woke up... without panic for the first time in two weeks. She fluttered open her violet eyes to be greeted by the smell of warm pastries. The sweet smell of cakes and cinnamon soothed her worry.

" Spike really out did himself this time." she said to herself. Twilight got up and walked out of her room, she was so used to the warmth of her blanket , that as her hooves clicked on the cold crystalline floor she felt like she was in that freezing forest again. But she kept trotting and eventually her body adapted to the temperature of the castle. The scent got stronger and her stomach was getting impatient. It rumbled, like she had never had food before. As she rounded the corner to the kitchen, she was surprised to see Discord set a tray of many different pastries on the table, Spike was nowhere to be seen.

"Morning Twilight, eat something would you? The foods getting cold." Discords deep voice always sent shivers down Sparkle's spine for whatever reason. Twilight sat at the table, the cloth was decorated with the same yellow star pattern as her blanket, and the chairs were wooden and had a blue cushion at the bottom.

"Where is Spike? I thought he'd be down here by now."

" He left to Rarity's place to let off some hot air...I guess that must be one of his many excuses he uses to drool all over that white chick for a few hours." Discord handed Twilight a plate covered with chocolate donuts and cinnamon rolls, the warmth of the greasy crisp brown pastry melted the chocolate and it drizzled all over the cinnamon rolls making Twilight's mouth water. Discord smirked, his snaggle tooth sticking out of his mouth like it always did. " I am a good cooker, Sparky Mc. Sparkle Butt, don't worry. I didn't poison it." Twilight frowned at the nickname but couldn't help giggling at its randomness.

" Really, Sparky Mc. Sparkle Butt? My flank has a star, not a sparkle."

" You can be very literal sometimes Sparky."

"That's my job...I like youre cooking by the way...I'm just afraid that I'm going to choke on something."

" Why is that?"

"Because you may not be hiding something in the food, but your purposefully trying to make me laugh and choke."

" Sweet Celestia, your so blunt. Are you always like this."

"Eh, only when you are around." Discord gave Twilight a weird smile and scooted closer to her after she said that.

"Why? Are trying to hide something from me?"

" What do you mean? I'm not hiding anything?" Discord's smile widened and he scooted even closer.

" You are definetly hiding something, awe... your so cute when your in denial." Twilight tried to ignore him and took another delicate bite
out of a cinnamon roll, but Discord knew he was getting under her skin when he saw her blush. Twilight finished her food and started washing her plate, but Discord's antics continued.

" Aaawwweee..... your blushing, your so cute!!!" Twilight started walking to the throne room ignoring him. It was then Discord noticed something about the mares wings. Twilight normally had her wings folded neatly on her back, but this time one of her wings were in an akward position. It was dangling and stiff, the muscles were tightened, meaning that she was afraid to move it. Discord decided to talk to her about it," Hey Twilight, what happened to your wing?" Twilight remembered what happened to her wing in the dream, and realized she still had it in the same painful position. She imediatley folded it back.

" Oh, nothing." Twilight gave her best smile and sat on her throne. Discord was still suspicious but decided to interrogate her on a different matter. He summoned his own throne with a Discord face on it.

" Say Twilight, you wanna talk to me about your stress with things lately? I mean, it must be something very serious if you kept refusing to sleep." Twilight gulped and remembered what the unusual mare had told her. Twilight needed to tell Discord, she didn't want to be alone on whatever was going to happen next. She took a deep breath.

" I've been having.... nightmares." Twilight heard Discord laugh, and she wanted to disappear.

" NIGHTMARES SERIOUSLY!!!??" Discord was wasting time for a mare having nightmares. Twilight felt like she was being cornered in a tight spot and couldn't escape. A lump was forming in her throat making it hard to speak, she felt so embarrassed around Discord sometimes.

" But you don't understand! Every night I have the same one! I am walking through a thick muddy forest in the middle of the night and it's raining. My wing gets caught on a bush and I pull at it and it gets injured. Its completely dark and I hear a voice overhead. I follow it. There is an opening and I see my friends dead around me. I try to get away but I find myself trapped. Everypony has there elements floating above their bodies, and there I am.... alive and young..." Twilight started crying tears streaming down her face. Discord frowned and felt guilty for laughing at her." What if I'm immortal, Discord? What if I stay young while my friends grow old and die around me? And I get reminded of this pain, Every. Single. Night." Discord grabbed the crying mare and held her close.

" I'm sorry Spa-Twilight, really I am. Immortality is a serious thing to deal with. Friends grow old and die around you, but please, don't make the same mistake I made." Twilight sniffled.

" What?"

I got angered by losing my friends so much, that I gave up on friendship. I envied the happiness of others around me, and let my jelousy and hatred of others around me turn into pure evil. I started destroying the harmony and friendship of the ponies of equestrian. I got so indulged into that I became greedy and self centered, I dethroned the princesses. Over the years that's just what I got used to, turning the lives of other ponies into chaos. And I eventually got what I deserved. But you ponies were so nice as to offer me friendship, despite my past mistakes. And that taught me something, your friends will never truly be gone, as long as you remember and respect them, and keep that friendship going."

Twilight smiled and wiped the tears from her eyes." Thank you, Discord, I'm glad to have you as a friend" She wrapped her hooves around Discord's brown body, giving him a tight hug.

" Your welcome Twilight," Discord smiled and hugged her back. And they both shared in the friendly embrace.