Solar nightmare

Time: none Location: unknown

Darkness. Oh no not this shit again. I was back in what has newly been dubbed ‘memory hall’. I was still in the state of weightlessness I usually found myself in. I was at the back of the hall once again, making my way forward. No matter what I tried I could not for the life of me stop myself.

I was completely out of control at that moment. My body went through the normal routine of this dream, walking up to a few doors and opening them, until we arrived at the door with the fluid leaking out and 2020 plastered on the front.

The noises continued, just like last time. I reached up and swung the door open with all my force. What greeted me was the worst thing that I could imagine.

My mother was leaned up against her bed, a knife held against here throat. A man I didn’t know was behind her and he was…. God no.

At that point all thought was thrown out the window. The man had no idea I was there. I ran up behind him as quietly as I could. When I was right behind him, I grabbed his chin in my right hand, the back of his head in my left hand and wrapped his arm he was holding the knife in with my right leg.

I pulled him back, making him fall on me in the process, his knife was under my leg and I lost my grip on his head. Once I regained my grip I force all of my might through my arms and was rewarded with a sickening crack as I snapped his neck.

At that moment there was a voice louder than any other thing I’ve heard.

“ENOUGH”

And just like that, the environment changed completely. I was just black. Not really anything. It was like the Abyss if you ever played that old game Dark Souls©. Any way it was just black. I looked around a bit not seeing anything.

Then just like that a pony appeared in front of me. I’m not going to sugarcoat it kiddies, she scared the shit out of me. Once I got over the heart attack that I almost had, I looked over her. She had a midnight blue coat and a wavy asreal mane that looked as though there were stars twinkling in it. She also had wings and a horn so I assumed this was princess Luna, from what Celestia had told us.

“Hello mortal.” She spoke startling me out of my concentration.

“Um, hi.” I said weakly

“I wish to speak with thou in person of this dream.” She requested. I nodded and she disappeared. Seeing her in my dream really didn’t surprise me much because Celestia had already explained most of this worlds phenomenons and such. And just like that, I woke.

January 3, 2030. 03:27. Location: The Atlas

I woke with a start, seeing princess Luna leaning over my form. “follow.” She said simply. I nodded and made to get out of bed. She moved for me and I grabbed my sword. We walked outside and sat down on the cool earth.

Neither of us spoke for a good three minutes.

“Nice night hmm.” I said, trying to break the ice.

“We thank thou.” She said looking over to me. “We wish to speak to you on the topic of the dream we just witnessed.” She said in a way that was both demanding but gentle at the same time.

“It’s kind of a sore subject but if you don’t mind to comfort a full grown man sobbing like a bitch than I can tell you, I suppose.” I joked. She smiled and nodded for me to go on.

“Where to start?” I asked myself “Ok I should probably start with where that was. That was at my old house just before I moved out. I was actually about to head off to collage the next day. I was the ignorant age of eighteen. I thought that I could take on anything. Anyway, my dad had walked out on us when I was nine, I had been the man of the house ever since. What you saw was a memory nine years later. I had just graduated high school with a 4.0 grade average and the highest sat scores in the county. I had a scholarship at one of the most prestigious and hardest schools in the country. Things were looking up for me. The night before that incident I had just packed all my bags and was heading out in the morning.” I stop for a second to collect myself. “I was awoken by a slapping sound and a scream. We had lived in a bad part of town so I thought nothing of it.” I had tears in my eyes and tried to wipe them away. “But I kept hearing it so I went to investigate. I noticed it was coming from my m-moms room. When I opened the door….” I couldn’t finish it but I think that Luna had caught on.

I felt a pair of hoofs on me, but they felt familiar. I looked up only to see Zecora there.

“I heard everything.” She spoke. In that moment I did the only thing I could think of. I grabbed her and held her close.

When I was done I put her down and she looked up at me an ‘nuzzled’ my hand.

“We need to stop meeting like this.” I stated with a weak smile.

“I don’t mind I the bit Sam.” She said good naturedly (I think)

I smiled and nodded looking up at Luna. “I there anything else you needed princess?” I asked.

“Not at the moment young ‘Sam’ but I wish for you to visit my sister and I at some point,” She said summoning nine gold coins. “use these to buy tickets for the train, we will have escorts come here when we are ready for you.” She finished giving me the coins.

“Would I be allowed to accompany them princess?” Zecora asked, surprising me a bit.

“Of course miss Zecora.” Luna said acquiring three more coins from hammer space and handing/hoofing them to the Zebra.

“We think it is time we made our leave” she started before I cut her off.

“No disrespect princess but we never properly introduced ourselves.” She thought for a second.

“Very well, We art princess Luna of Equestria.” She said lifting here hoof to her chest.

“I am captain Samuel Paris, leader of the atlas project.” I said saluting and gesturing to the craft. She nodded and flew off without another word. I looked to Zecora and shrugged. “Thanks, I really needed that.” She nodded and jumped up and hugged my mid-section.

“Anything for a friend such as you.” she said I chuckled and hugged her back for a second before letting go and heading back to the ship, looking back and waving in the process.

When I got back to the room it was 04:12. I could still get an hour in. So I climbed into bed, after taking a swig of the calming potion. I fell asleep almost instantly.