Shadow of a Nightmare

Shadow of a Nightmare

CHAPTER 9- What it means to be Human

{Rated M for Language and Mature content}

We all looked in disbelief, as a white Eagle Elemental. It was souring towards town and I knew it was going to be a blood bath if the town was not evacuated. Luna also knew this, and sprung into action.

“Caesar! Start evacuating the town! Twilight Sparkle, contact my sister, and tell her we are going to need help. Redheart and Plasma, I need you two to help Nightmare gear up. I am going to need him out there. Dawn, you will follow me, and we will intersect this monstrosity.” I smiled as she spoke. Her addressing tone- and I don’t know how, made me aroused.

But I had more important things to think about. Like; not getting killed, not dyeing, but most of all… getting laid. Who am I kidding…? I wanted to be with Luna, and at the same time I feel like I am not going to be with her for much longer. That was it!

Luna! I am going to tell you how I feel when we kill this fucken thing!

“Move, move, move!” She yelled. I snapped out of my dais and walked over to the two doctors.

“I am going to need two things! My sword and…” My eyes shot over to Luna. She was running out of the door. “A wedding ring…”

“A shit…” Plasma said, as he faced hoofed.

“My, my!” I turned around to see Rarity. “You are a sly dog, darling. And I think I can help with that.”

Five mines later

I stood outside of the hospital; next to two medical ponies and a very series Rarity. My bandages were all removed, and Kootetsu was strapped to my back. I could feel heat radiating off of her. It was rather strange. I met her before, and it was rather strange that she was now on my back. Still… I had a job to do!

“Now darling, if you take good care of that thing. I on the other hoof, will be running for my life.” Rarity chimed happily. She then turned and trotted off. In the show she was a mess half the time, but if real life she was a mess in the head. In other words, very crazy.

“Lessen,” I turned to see Plasma. “I know you can do this but I need to tell you to take it easy. I know you are in more pain then when you where in my care. You might not be able to tell, but you die if you don’t take it easy after this fight.”

“You’re not going soft on me, are you?” I asked. “And I still have to propose to Luna. What do you think come after that?”

“Oh my…” Redheart mouthed. Plasma in the other hoof only smirked at this.

“I will take that as a Human trait.” He added. “Now… Gets the hell going.”

I turned to the four figures in the sky. Two of the figures where Dawn and Luna. The third was… Rainbow Dash? What the hell was she going out here? More importantly, HOW THE FUCK AM I GOING TO FIGHT THAT THING!!! Then something happened. Something scary, scary, and even more scary… It went as fallowed; a Pegasus grabbed me, took off at speeds I didn’t like, and dropped me.

There I was, falling to my death. Damn it! I wanted to out in a ball of flames or something. If magic was in this world then I could be more creative this time around. Suicide was depressing. Then I landed on something hard and made of metal. It was the Eagle Elemental. Realizing this I jumped to my hooves and spun out Kootetsu. I lifted her above my head and thruster downward. She plunged into the metal body with little resistance. Then I started to scream. Why you might ask. Well… I was holding onto Kootetsu as the Eagle twisted downward. I would say it was going around… three-hundred mph… In a Falling Angle!!!

“FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-” Before I was able to finish, I crashed into the castle ruin, which was located in the Everfree. If the power that made Luna into Nightmare Moon still existed in this place… I was fucked. Then everything was black.

The bending of metal was the first thing that came to my mind. I didn’t know what at first, but the memories of the moments before started to plunge into my mind. Forcing my eyes open, I found myself face to face with… something. It looked metallic and rather familiar, but the strange thing was the dark-purple energy surrounding it.

“Crap…” It didn’t take a mastermind to tell what was going on. The Elemental was being forced into a new by shape the Evil power. “Is it just me or is my life a joke. It like some seventeen year old god is trying to get me killed.” I complained, as I pulled myself to my feet.

“Nightmare,” I looked up to see thee Elemental Dragon. The one that attacked the camp. “I need you! I need your body!!!” If I had to use the bathroom, I would have shit myself.

“What, what are you?” I barked.

“I am what you will become! I am your death! I am the one that is going to destroy this WROLD! But first… I am going to kill that Alicorn, known as Luna,” I am not going to lie. I could tell I was going to die. My entire time I was in Equestria didn’t compare to this moment. “After I make her mine!” My eye twitched at this moment.

I hope Hades has a good doctor, because I am going to send you to him in pieces!

My anger was now at the point where I could evaporate planets. I recently learned one good lesion. “If you mess with Luna, you made me you executioner.”  My eyes became slits as I bit into the handle of my sword. Time to pull out all the stops. Time to kill this mother fucker-

“Nightmare, are you ok?!?!” Luna’s voice broke through the silence, and I froze in fear. If this monster attacks, I cannot stop it.

“Looks like my job is now easier- AAAhhhh!!!” I attacked with great speed: cutting of one of its wings. Sadly I was not able to more out of the way of its attack. Get slammed into the ground by a Dragons elbow… ya, not fun. “For that, you will watch as I tear her limb from limb!” It then reached down and grabbed me. To my disbelief, the wing that I cut off reattached itself.

Flying was now my least favorite thing. No, it was my secant least favorite think. My least favorite was not being able to do anything as my loved ones suffered. And at this moment I was experiencing both of them. I lay limp in the hold of a Metal Dragon, as it chased my love to her death. My eyes sight stared to fade out. This was rather strange to be honest. I was in little pain and I was not bleeding out.

“The Fuck Are You Doing!” I dragon like shape of Kootetsu appeared. She was only inches from my face. “I Thought Having A Human As A Master Was Going To Be Fun! Yet You Are Giving Up! Like The Rest Of Ponykind, You Are Week” he word struck some unknown region in my heart Casing a small flame to ignite. “You Are Going To let Luna Die!” This was the tipping point. The small flame, soon became a raging sun. My eyes shot open, and the strange black magic that controlled the Elemental started to seep out of my body. I jerked my body, making the Elemental drop me in pain. Did I fall? No, I was flouting.

“So you are not dead yet? No matter, the death of Luna can wait-” It was never able to finish, as Kootetsu plunged its way into the monsters chest. My eyes beamed in anger, as I used this new found magic to kill this beast. Kootetsu then world around to my side. She flew as if she was a helicopter blade. It was rather amusing.

“You… You will see what a true monster looks like!” My voice boomed over the land. It was both grasping and evil. The dark energy started to expanded forward, and quickly engulfed the Dragon.

“Perfect!” Was the last thing I heard before I fully engulfed the monster.

I still think my life is a fucken joke…

I blinked, and found my-self in a white hell hole. Everywhere I turned I saw only one thing. The color white. The only thing good about this moment was… Fuck! There is nothing good about this! Nothing at All- hold on? What the hell is that? From a distance it didn’t look like anything, but as I ran towards it, it became apparent what it was. It was a small colt. He was a light blue and had a white mane. Every three or so seconds he would twitch. He did look a lot like me, and it was rather… sad.

“Who are you?” I asked. The small colt raised a hoof to the sky. I glanced up and froze. Above me flouted my old body. Surrounded by the evil energy that took over the Elemental. I knew exactly what was going on. The Nightmare that made Luna go all nuts… was me. Or the other me. I don’t fucken know.

I should have solved more puzzles when I was young… It would make this allot easy to figure out…

“So… we are the same thing?” My question was redundant. I knew the answer, but I needed to know. The younger me nodded. “How do I fix this? How do I make us hole?”

“Wake Up Nightmare!” Luna’s voice broke the silence. She sounded sad, and I could tell she was crying. “Don’t leave me! I need you!” My heart started to feel strange. I glanced down at the colt, his hoof still pointed at the third me. Or what the one floating the first me? Buck it! “I glanced down at the colt once again. His eyes went cold and his body became limp.

I glanced back up, and leaped as high as I could. I only went two feet up. I tried again and again. Nothing! I could not reach me, him, it… Then Kootetsu’s voice echoed in my ears. Then I became a machine. I leapt up into the air and slammed into the human me. We both screamed in pain, as our bodies were crushed into one.

Some Time Latter

I slowly opened my eyes and reside my hoof to my face. Something was wrong. I didn’t have a hoof. I had a human hand. My eyes started to fill with water. Was it all a dream? Was it all face?

“Well look who is awake!” I slowly turned my head to see Plasma. Seeing him was the best thing that could happen to me. You see, it told me that it was not a dream. “Nightmare, you did something no other pony- I mean human could do! You got rid of that thing for good! Not even the elements of harmony could do that!”

“So it’s all over…” I said leaning back into my pillow. I heard a grown to my right. It was Luna, sleeping on the bed next to me. “How long-”

“Has she been with you?” Plasma interjected. He smiled. “Look, humans are the fastest healers I have ever seen. That and some healing spells and you got yourself spontaneous healers. In other words, you saved the world yesterday!” My mouth fell agape. “Not to mention you have every pony in Equestria talking about you, and every mare wanting to be with you. I would be envious but I got a girl.”

My curiosity got the better of me. “Who?”

“Couldn’t you tell? It was Shadow.” I face palmed, and the sound made Luna awaken.

“Morning Princess Luna,” Plasma started. “I will be off so the two of you could talk.”

“What are you talking about-” She cu herself off as she looked at me. Then she took he in her arms in one hell of a hug. “I thought I was going to louse you,” She started to cry. “I thought you where going to-”

“I love you.” I said, cutting her off. I then reached around her and pulled her into an even tighter hug. She started to pull away and when she did, she leaned forward and kissed me on the lips.

You would think making out with a pony would be strange. Fuck you, if you think that. I loved Luna! Embraced  and returned her kiss, I lifted her onto the bed. So that we could lat together. Forever together. She pulled away and rested her head on my chest. I took one glance at the clock. It was 2:16 in the morning. I smiled at this. There was my old pall. Always appearing  when something happens in my life. Before it only happened when a bad thing was going to accrue, but now I have a good idea about it.

Thank you…

Authers Note-

One and a half more chapters until the end… Also I typed this chapter in one sit down.