The Price To Pay For Power

by Crimson Blade79

Not So Silent Night

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Dreamscape

There was nothing but darkness surrounding Connor yet he was still able to walk. "Hmm, that's strange, how the hell am I walking, why the hell am I walking?" said Connor. Connor then realized something, he never had full control of his dreams before and now was his chance. "What the fuck am I going to do now, I'm in the dream realm and I still don't know what to do." said Connor. Then Chad decided to pop in. He looked like Connor except his hair is white, his eyes are blue, his jacket is blue, his jeans are red, his shirt is white, and his shoes are white. Pretty much the opposite color scheme of Connor.

Hey there Connor old buddy how's it going?

Connor then groaned and said, "Is there anywhere I can go to not talk to you again I mean seriously if I keep talking to you, people are going to think I'm crazy."

Afraid not my sane friend, although you may only be viewed as crazy if you talk to me directly.

"You know for once your right. How are you right, I thought you were supposed to be the crazy one?"

I have my moments. Oh yeah I almost forgot, Luna's about to enter your dreams so be on your best behavior and you may want to dream of your past because the readers want to know more about you.

"Well I have nothing better to do so why the fuck not?" said Connor. Chad waved and vanished in a flare of blue. Connor then thought to himself, "It could be nice to remember everything again." He then thought of when he was a kid. He always had a big imagination and loved to play with toys. He could see his memories like he was watching himself. Then he thought of the time he went to elementary school. Half of those memories were good and pretty much average but then came the bad ones. The insults, the bullies, and the pain. He remembered how his bullies would steal from him and beat him up. He also remembered the first time he met Jax. Jax was getting beat up by bullies until Connor came up from behind and knocked out the bullies. Since then, Connor and Jax became the best of friends. Connor also remembered his brother, his brother never did help him though even though he was a couple years older than Connor. His name is Travis. Travis's hair is black, his eyes are red, his jacket is red, his scarf is read, his shirt is black, he wears jeans, and his shoes is white. His face looked a little bit different from Connor as well. Connor then remembered the times they constantly fought. They were mostly even in their fights even though Travis seemed more cold and ruthless. Their sister however died during one of their fights. Her name was Kendra. She was a year younger than Connor. She had blonde hair and red eyes. Connor shed a few tears remembering how she died. Connor and Travis once fought on a highway and Kendra tried to stop them but she wasn't watching the cars because one ran her over. At the funeral many tears were shed. Travis however didn't shed a tear. Connor was angry at Travis for not crying and blamed him for Kendra's death. He remembered the exact words he said to Travis and he said, "How could you Travis, why didn't you even shed one tear you heartless bastard, she was our sister, this is all your fault, I will never forgive you, I'll make you pay!" Travis then said, "You're foolish brother, you should never linger in the past and besides, we all die in the end." Connor then punched Travis in the face and they broke into yet another fight.

Connor now viewed his middle school years which were for a time the best years of his life. It was at around this time when he met his girlfriend and her name was Maria. Keyword is was and Connor is now doing everything he can to not cry. She had long black hair, hazel eyes, white scarf, red coat, brown pants, and black boots. He remembered how he first met her. It was his first year in middle school and in his first period class she sat right next to him. At first he thought she was going to be just a friend and she was for a while but as time passed, a relationship bloomed. He remembered their first date, she asked him out to a school dance and would you be surprised if it was the Valentine's day dance. It was also that night they had their first kiss. Connor's life was turning for the better. Although it didn't stop his peers from constantly harassing him. Years passed and they spent those years happily together until that fateful night.

One night when Connor was walking Maria home, a thug came out from a corner and grabbed Maria and put a knife up to her throat. The thug looked like one of those stereotypical thugs that act like their in a gang. The thug then said to Connor, "Give me all yo money or the bitch dies." Seeing this, Connor was seething with rage and his memory version of himself was seething with rage as well. Connor then looked at the thug with anger in his eyes and said "Let her go right now!" The thug responded by putting the knife closer to Maria's throat and said, "Not until you give me all yo money." Maria then started to tear up and said to Connor, "Don't listen to him, save yourself, don't worry about me, go, please." Connor looked at Maria and said while tearing up, "No, I'll never leave you, not now, not ever." The thug now began to get angry and said, "Just give me the damn money or she dies." Connor then took out his wallet and said, "Fine, here's the damn money." Connor started to walk over to the thug but the thug said, "Nah ah, nope, I ain't fallin' for that. Toss me yo wallet and I let the bitch go." Maria then said, "Please, don't." Connor then said, "Sorry Maria, I don't have a choice." He then tossed the wallet over to the thug. The thug rigged through the wallet and found only five dollars. The thug then said, "Damn, you ain't got shit. Sorry bro but gotta dash. I don't need to leave any witnesses." He then stabbed Maria in the chest and she made a coughing sound. Connor then yelled, "MARIAAA!!" The thug then said, "Sorry but I ain't gonna leave any eye witnesses.". Connor then began to cry and said, "You bastard, you killed her, I'LL END YOU!!" Connor than pulled out a switchblade and dashed towards the thug. The thug tried to slash Connor with his knife but Connor dodged and stabbed the thug in the head. Connor stared at the body and said, "I-I killed him, no, no, no, I'm sorry but you left me no choice." Then Connor heard Maria say, "Connor, is that you?" Connor then saw Maria laying on the ground and ran over to her. He crouched down to her and hugged her, then he said while crying, "I'm sorry Maria, I failed you, this is all my fault, I should never have taken that shortcut, and now I'll never get to see you again." Maria then pulled him over for a kiss. When they broke apart she said as she pointed to the thug at the end of the sentence, "This isn't your fault, it was his. Here I want you to have this." She handed him her scarf. Connor put the scarf on and said, "I'll always love you." Maria then said, "I know and before I die, I want you to know that even when I'm dead I'll always love you." She then closed her eyes forever. Connor then noticed this and said, "No, No, NO!!" He screamed to the heavens above and sobbed. Once he managed to barely compose himself, he picked up Maria and walked home. This was the worst night of Connor's life, his true love taken from him in a cruel fashion. He tried to commit suicide once but Jax convinced him not to by saying that Maria wouldn't want this to happen to him.

This was every important memory Connor had to offer. The rest was either a blur or too fast to comprehend. He then took off his scarf to look at it and cried into it. Then Connor sensed a precense somewhere and said, "Hey I know your there, you can't hide from me." Then guess who appeared, that's right, Princess Luna.

Luna then looks at Connor and said, "How did you know we were here?"

"It's kind of easy to spot you when your the only other thing in an empty space and cut it out with the we thing because your only one person aren't you." said Connor.

Luna ignored the comment and said, "It saddens us to know that a being such as you endured so much suffering and cruelty. To have somepony that is special to you and love get taken from you in such a cruel way is one of the saddest things I have heard and seen in my life." She almost began to cry like she did when she witnessed the memory when Maria died herself but managed to compose herself.

"What, are you stalking me, my mind is private, I don't like it when people intrude, and don't you dare talk about Maria." said Connor as he began to have an angry look.

"We are not stalking you, the dream realm is my domain, and we are sorry for intruding without warning, we saw your memories and thought by observing them that we could find a way to make your sleep more peaceful but we failed." said Luna.

"Well you know next time so I'll let you off with a warning." said Connor

"But we wish to ask how did you endure all of the tragedies, the cruelty, and the depression?" asked Luna.

"Well, I always say if I die, what would I leave behind?" answered Connor.

"That's terrible, how could anything live like that?" said Luna.

"It may not have been a good life but it's my life. I also told myself to never give up on life, no matter what hardships I endure." said Connor.

"Even though you are not from this world, we welcome you to Equestria." said Luna.

"OK so when am I going to wake up?" asked Connor.

"In about a minute. It was nice to meet you Connor." said Luna.

"You too Luna." said Luna. "Oh shit she didn't tell me her name yet and I said it." thought Connor.

"How do you know our name?" said Luna.

"Um, I read Equestrian history." said Connor hoping that the lie would work.

"Looks like you have been busy since you been in our kingdom, we are surprised you know of us." said Luna.

"Oh please, the first volume mentioned you many times." said Connor. Then Connor thought, "Yes the lie worked."

"We should be leaving now. We shall inform our sister of you when we leave. Goodbye Connor." said Luna. She then disappeared.

"Well shit, looks like sunbutt is going to be a pain in my ass soon. Well all I have to do is wait and hopefully I can get something to eat. Maybe I'll go kill a deer or something and roast it on a fire when I wake up." said Connor as he sat down and waited.


Author's Note

Well looks like you all know the story behind Connor and I hope you liked this chapter. Looks like Connor is going to have to deal with Princess Celestia soon. I just hope that the next chapter goes well too. Soon Connor is going to meet more ponies and the Elements of Harmony. It's just the matter of which chapter.

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