Dreams & Demons

She stood just a bit taller than me, at least at the moment. She sported an incredible jet-back fur, that made her seem to blend in with the darkness of space!. She had a horn, and beautiful black wings. She also sported what looked to be pure Moon Stone armor, which covered most of her body.

The second I saw her, I felt a blush rush to my face. I want her to become mi--- Wait, no. Get a hold of yourself, Cipher!

“”Who was the... THING, to release me from my prison..?” this mare said, in a commanding tone. So authoritative, I was impressed.

“I released you from your prison…” I said, flying back down to the ground, and taking strides toward her. I felt nervous the entire time I walked closer to her, and yet I do not know why. I could EASILY, fight this female, and win, so why was I nervous? She looked me over as I got closer, and to keep my nerves, I stopped directly in front of her.

“Hmmm..? What is your name, sir..?” she asked, curiously, cocking her head to the side. She seemed very interested about me, and I knew why. On her planet, Equis, they were said to be no alicorns left except two. Luna and Celestia. I knew this mare was Luna, her magic confirmed it.

“First, tell me yours…” I replied. She scowled at me for a moment, but replied.

“I am Queen Nightmare Moon, Ruler of the Night...” She replied, smirking.

"Interesting name... truly spooky!" I sang out, chuckling to myself. She seemed to smile as well, only for a moment. After that, her face became a serious, angry look, that was so powerful, it could probably kill any normal person that received it.

“It does have a good ring to it… Now, answer my first question!” Nightmare moon screeched in her Canterlot voice. Normally, that voice could make any pony flinch. Not me. Even if, the force of that voice tried to throw me off the damn moons surface.

“The names Bill Cipher, also known as the Dream Demon Prince.” I said. As I told her this, I tipped my hat, and the moment I did this, the ground slanted, as if all of reality was connected to it. Rocks tumbled, rolling away, as she did too. Her eyes were wide, seeming surprised. I quickly put the hat back on my head, as reality returned to normal slantitude.

Slantitude? Is that a word? I really do not know.

“What the--- You are a powerful being…" she replied quickly, trying to get a good footing, as if scared that I would tip my hat, and send her tumbling away, forever into space. "I give you my gratitude for releasing me. Now, if you may excuse me, I have a kingdom to darken...” Nightmare moon said, as her wings expanded, showing off their color, and span. She flapped them once, throwing her upward, as she quickly zoomed away, aiming towards the planet.

It was at this moment I realized, I forgot to warn her…

“Wait, I forgot to tell you about the---” I tried to say before it happened, but, it was too late.

*WAAAM*

The moment she had flown a good distance away, she hit something, as a gigantic... Bubble, seemed to reveal itself, around the moon. That, was one of the flaws of only releasing PART, of a binding spell! It only releases, PART, of what is trapped. Very tricky things, binding spells.

She plunged downwards, towards the rocky surface. Things became hazy at this point, I can honestly, barely remember what happened.

All I remember, was everything going red. My wings flapping. Then? She was in my arms, in an instant. All I felt, was happiness, holding her in my arms. Such a... new concept, for me. Happiness. Normally, whenever I had happiness, it went horribly wrong, very quickly afterwards.

I floated myself back down to where we had been talking, and looked around, noticing there was no where that was... fit, for her to be. She snored loudly, having been knocked out by the impact of it all. And so, I summoned a chair, a cooler, and a couple other things. I was a godly being, I wanted to be comfortable. I wanted, HER, to be comfortable.

There's that odd emotion again! What, IS that?

This is so... so...

Pines twin-y. So, ANNOYING...

. . .

I sat in the chair next to hers, her breathing quiet and gentle. I had sunglasses on, as I found after awhile, the completely white, and grey surface of the moon was a bit, annoying. I sighed, looking back down at the book I had. Well, I was kinda reading a book that I had made myself…

Long ago, I decided to make a journal of my own, after learning of the journals kept by old six fingers. This journal was something I used to keep track of my life, and maybe someday sell it to see how popular it could get. Well, thats a lie. In reality, it was just that first option. Being so old, crammed the mind with so many memories, some painful, some different, and I tended to lose track of the older ones. This book, helped.

I had just finished reading over some of my really old, enjoyable memories, when I decided to stop, just to be able to look over at the sleeping Nightmare moon. She didn’t have her Armor on anymore, since it all shattered from the impact of the shield and her face. I had wrapped some bandages around her head, so then her small head injury would heal. I then snapped my fingers, a beach umbrella appearing so it covered the queen. Based on her fur, she liked darkness. Deciding that she was thoroughly taken care of, I reached into a coat pocket, and pulled out a metal thing…

*groan of pain*

“Uuuhhhggg… Wait, what... What a-are you doing..?” Nightmare moon said, confused, when she looked at me. I smirked back at her.

“”What, haven’t you ever seen a yellow alicorn sunbathing and tanning on the moon before..?” I said, smirking. Nightmare moon giggled. She was so cute when she--- NO! Snap out of it, Cipher!

She then groaned again.

“Uhhhggg… What hap... happened?” She asked, placing her hand onto her head, where she felt bandages. I snapped my fingers. A second later, my tanning stuff vanished, and I sat up on my comfy chair, and turned towards Nightmare moon.

“When you were bound into the moon, whoever did it used many spells to keep you locked away, each stringing itself together with the others, creating a nice chain-link effect. Very strong, and very intricate. Now, I’ve done my best, and I was able to destroy one of the binds, and this bind basically kept you within the moon...” I told her, sighing. I wish I could have done more, but, I couldn’t. Not without risking a total tonal collapse, which basically mean't, BOOM. “But, there's still a bind keeping you in the moon's vicinity… So, you aren’t trapped in the moon anymore, but you are trapped near it…" I said, watching her. Her body language seemed sluggish now. Depressed. I quickly continued, aiming to cheer her up.

"Luckily, I have made it so all of the binds keeping you here are slowly deteriorating, so they will one day all break, releasing you… In about 1,000 years...” I told her. She seemed sad, utterly defeated. It kinda broke my heart to see her like this. A tear fell from her face…

“S-S-So I am stuck h-here… FOR 1,000 YEARS!!!” Nightmare Moon screeched, upset.

“Pretty much..." and now, came the worst part of information I had to tell her.

"And I am sorry, but I must be going… I have matters to take care of, planets to turn into cheese, and some twins to go destroy.” I said, and my hat turned into a fedora, and my cane turned into a suitcase. I then snapped my fingers, and a portal opened. Well, not a mortal, more like a crack in space time. Fun way to get around, but bad place to be stuck in.

“Goodbye...” I said, as I was just about to walk through the portal, back to my chaos dimension. I could feel her sadness, and, to be honest, I felt sad too that I had to leave, but it was just something I had to do!

Before I could though, I felt a pair of hands grab mine, with an incredible grip. I turned around to see her, clutching me like a life preserver when a boat sinks. I was curious as to why she was like this. She had been so strong when she had gotten here...

What changed?

“PLEASE DON’T LEAVE!!!” She cried, and burst into tears. I had already been fighting the urge to do it, but this... This, you cannot ignore. A sigh, a snap of my fingers, and away with the portal, suitcase back to a cane, and fedora back to a tophat. I was sick of that fedora anyway. I wrapped my arms around her, a gentle blue flame aura clearing away her tears.

“Fine, I’ll do it…” I told her, and her frown instantly twisted upside down, so fast it made me think she had been faking it all. She then leaned up a bit, and...

She nuzzled me.

I bent down, and nuzzled her back.