Ray of Dawn

   RayDawn awoke in his bed  after hearing a noise. He got up and looked around. All the glass around him was broken. "Wha?" RayDawn looked around more and saw a note in front of a cracked mirror.

You need to give back what you took...

   "I haven't taken anything. Well, I don't think I have..." RayDawn looked at the cracked mirror. He saw himself, a gray unicorn with dark blue hair, but no wings or horn of light like at the empire. "What?" He saw his flank, no cutie mark. "NO! It couldn't have been a dream." RayDawn saw his crimson eyes staring back. "I...I thought I had a family again." RayDawn lowered his head. Behind him King Sombra appeared.

   "Look at you! Pitiful." Sombra chuckled at his "son."

   "LEAVE ME ALONE!" RayDawn began to sob. "I hate you!"

   "Why? I haven't done anything to you." Sombra laughed and RayDawn lunged at him, only to fall through. "You need to face reality finally."

   "I don't want to!" RayDawn heard a voice outside.

   "Is everything alright? Hello? Sweetie?" An elderly voice called out.

   "Eventually you will have to stop imagining these adventures and ponies like me. Goodbye. Hopefully, for the last time." Sombra disappeared from the place in a blink of an eye as an elderly nurse walked in.

   "No! I was a hero! I...I...I was somepony important! I...I..." RayDawn started sobbing and the nurse hugged him.

   "Shh. Shh. It's okay. You are a hero, it's alright." The nurse held RayDawn as tightly as she could. "Calm down and take your medicine. I'll go get it for you." RayDawn hesitated. I need to leave this place, this place...it is taking my sanity and with each passing day, I lose myself. RayDawn opened the window and and jumped out of it. He landed immediately and started galloping. He heard alarms start blaring as he jumped to the fence. He grabbed it and climbed only to get caught by a securi-pony who lifted him in magic and dragged him away. RayDawn read the sign and all the suppressed memories came back.

Canterlot Institute For The Criminally Insane

I killed Aqua Blaze in one of my delusions. RayDawn thought as they dragged him away. RayDawn sobbed again and finally stopped fighting. I've faced my reality, but I don't want it. I would much rather live in my dreams than in this reality. I don't want to face this again. RayDawn thought of all of his imaginary friends and closed his eyes.

   ...

   When he opened his eyes he was in his made up world again. I'd much rather believe this lie than face the truth. RayDawn then said to himself

             "Home sweet home."

    ...

   "Master, I have retrieved the first ingredient for your resurrection. The alicorn amulet." The mysterious cloaked pony said.

   "Good. How did you get it?" Another cloaked pony said as it grabbed the amulet.

   "I gave some schizophrenic a good dream and grabbed it from his dream, making his dream partially real."

   "As always, a good job. Maybe I will appoint you my advisor when I take over this world." The second cloaked pony grinned.

   "As you wish, Master." The first cloaked pony said.

   "But why a good dream?" The Master said.

   "Because, he used to be my brother." Aqua Blaze pulled her cloak back and revealed a stitched up horn attached to her, with stitches trailing her face.

   "Now, go back to your Franken-corn buddies." The master disappeared in the shadows.

   Aqua Blaze walked away and frowned. "I wish things were better between us Ray, but you make it so hard."