Strange Human

by smirker

Chapter 2

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Dwayne fixes Sugarcube Corner early in the morning before the store opened, Mr. and Mrs. Cake went over to go see him,

"So this is your new assistant, Pinkie?" Carrot Cake asked,

"Yup, I'm having him fix the building after last night, I'm baking what he needs in order to fix it." Pinkie Pie replied,

"How did his character seem?" Cup Cake asked,

"He seemed nice and friendly, I'm planning his welcoming party right now." Pinkie Pie replied, Dwayne saw he had to fix the roof next, and could not reach, and there was frosting on the roof, he took his clothes off so he does not get frosting on it, revealing his socks were also black, and was now only wearing his black boxer shorts. Dwayne jumped and he landed on the roof, shocking the other ponies who saw it,

"Whoa! Did you guys see how high he can jump?!" Rainbow Dash asked,

"Yes, Rainbow, we all did, I can't believe it, either." Twilight Sparkle replied,

"Surely, the humans on the other side of the mirror can jump high." Rarity said,

"Well, yes, but not that high, even the basketball players at Canterlot High couldn't jump that high." Starlight Glimmer replied, Dwayne continues fixing and he finished quickly, the others took notice that Dwayne moved really fast,

"Humans don't move that fast, either." Twilight Sparkle said,

"Have ya contacted Sunset, Twi?" Applejack asked,

"Yes, I told her to come here when she has the time, I hope it can be today." Twilight Sparkle replied,

"Oh my, look at the scars on Dwayne's body." Fluttershy said, they look and see Dwayne had a scar on his right chest, a scar on his right forearm, and several scars on his back, this worried the ponies watching him. Dwayne was already finished, he jumped down and put his clothes back on. Pinkie Pie looked and saw it was fixed almost perfectly,

"Wow! How'd you do it?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"I just mashed it together." Dwayne replied,

"Oh, that works, too, come on, Dwayne, it's time to open the shop!" Pinkie Pie said happily, and they work.

Dwayne just stood in front of the counter and watched while Pinkie Pie baked and had fun. People come in and Dwayne saw Cheerilee with her class,

"Okay, everypony, you all saw him last night, but let's get to know him." Cheerilee said,

"Hi, Dwayne." three voices said, he looks and saw Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle, they waved at him,

"Hi, girls." Dwayne replied, the three smiled,

"I'm Cheerilee, their teacher, I'm here to teach them not judge people by what they are." Cheerilee said,

"You mean my species, right?" Dwayne asked,

"Yes." Cheerilee replied,

"That's something the humans in my world can learn." Dwayne said,

"You mean, the people in your world hate other species'?" Diamond Tiara asked,

"Oh yes, and don't get me started on race hating." Dwayne replied,

"I can't blame you guys, I don't like running races, either." Truffle said,

"Not that kind of race." Dwayne replied,

"Well, what do ya mean, then?" Apple Bloom asked,

"If I recall, you all are either unicorns, Pegasus, or earth ponies, right?" Dwayne asked, they all nodded in agreement,

"Let's say the class was divided into three sections, one with unicorns, one with Pegasi, and one with earth ponies, while you all like each other, you hate the other two because they're different from you guys." Dwayne replied,

"Oh." the class said,

"Exactly, that's race hating, the practice of it is called racism, one who practices it is called a racist." Dwayne replied, they hear walking and saw Sandbar, Gallus, Ocellus, Yona, Smolder, and Silverstream come in,

"So that's the human." Smolder said, Silverstream flew to him,

"Wow! I've never seen a creature so big!" Silverstream said,

"Who and what are you?" Dwayne asked,

"I'm Silverstream, niece of Queen Novo, I'm a hippogriff, but with this necklace, I can change into a seapony, I'm from Seaquestria and Mount Aris." Silverstream replied,

"And the rest of you?" Dwayne asked,

"Smolder, dragon from the Dragon Lands." Smolder replied,

"Gallus, I'm a griffin from Griffinstone." Gallus said,

"Me Yona, me yak from Yakyakistan." Yona said,

"I'm Ocellus, I'm a changeling from the Changeling Kingdom." Ocellus said,

"My name is Sandbar, I'm an earth pony, and this is my home country." Sandbar said,

"Are you from this town?" Dwayne asked,

"No, I'm from Canterlot, it's north of here." Sandbar replied, they hear more walking and saw Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, Applejack, Starlight Glimmer, and Spike come in, Pinkie Pie ran to them,

"You all did class without me?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"No, Pinkie Pie, only Rarity and Applejack are teaching today, Twilight brought us along, we're going to do a party with the leaders of each kingdom since today is the day they see how their creatures are doing." Fluttershy replied,

"Okay, leave this to Pinkie." Pinkie Pie said,

"So, what do you think about the other creatures, Dwayne?" Rainbow Dash asked,

"Diverse, I'll give you that." Dwayne replied, the others chuckle,

"What's yer home like, Dwayne?" Applejack asked,

"Why you ask?" Dwayne asked,

"Well, you already met the other creatures, and learned about them, I think it's time we'd learned about you." Rarity said,

"Yeah, it's your turn, Dwayne, what's Parado like?" Twilight Sparkle asked, Dwayne sighed,

"That didn't sound like a pleasant sigh." Spike said,

"It's okay, Dwayne, you can tell us, we won't judge you." Starlight Glimmer said, Dwayne looked at the others, they all smiled,

"Okay, Parado is divided into six districts, the North American district, the South American district, the European district, the Asian district, the African district, and the Australian district, each district is divided into sections, the North American district has seventy three sections, the South American district has twelve sections, the European district has fifty sections, the Asian district forty eight sections, the African district has fifty four sections, and the Australian section has three sections. Three sections are in two districts, they are the Russian section, the Kazakh section, and the Turkish section, and fifty sections in the North American district make up the United section." Dwayne replied, surprising the others,

"What district are you from, Dwayne?" Twilight Sparkle asked,

"The European district." Dwayne replied,

"Which section?" Applejack asked,

"I'll leave that up to your imaginations." Dwayne replied,

"Please, Dwayne, can we know?" Fluttershy asked,

"Sorry, but I'd rather forget my memories of my home." Dwayne replied,

"According to what you were talking about earlier, it sounds like there's a lot of racism in your home country." Cheerilee said,

"There was, each section hated the other sections, the United section was the worst one." Dwayne replied,

"How, exactly?" Twilight Sparkle asked,

"They had two types of racisms, the first one was the common one, hatred of other sections, they especially hated the people who lived in the Canadian and Mexican sections, the other one was racism from inside its own section, where they hated other people with different skin colors from them." Dwayne replied, shocking the others,

"You mean... as in... the color of one's outer appearance?" Silver Spoon asked, Dwayne nodded, this shocked the people in the store, they have never heard of such a thing,

"How bad was this race and heritage hating thing?" Sandbar asked,

"Bad, there would be wars and murders in the country between sections to determine who is the superior race." Dwayne replied, horrifying the others,

"That's not right, every race is equal, no one deserves to lose their life over such a thing." Twilight Sparkle said,

"Well, that was the second most common hate in my home country." Dwayne replied,

"Second most common?!" everyone asked in shock,

"Yes." Dwayne replied,

"What was the most common then?" Rainbow Dash asked,

"Ageism." Dwayne replied, everyone was speechless,

"Uh, what's that?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"Hatred against someone just because of how young or old they are." Dwayne replied, shocking the natives of the world,

"We had two, hatred against children, and hatred against adults, the former was extremely common." Dwayne said, the natives were horrified,

"You mean? Adults would wage war and takes lives of children just because they're children?!" Silverstream asked with horror, Dwayne nodded,

"Yes, I almost got killed several times when I was a kid because of it." Dwayne replied, horrifying the others, Rarity fainted from shock from it,

"What other forms of hatred were in your home country?" Twilight Sparkle asked,

"Classism, hatred of one because they're either rich, poor, or in-between, hatred of the poor was the most common." Dwayne replied,

"That ain't right, them poor folks have to work harder than others to make a livin', they should be helpin' 'em, not takin' their lives." Applejack said,

"How many more forms of hatred are there in your home country?" Rainbow Dash asked,

"One more, and that's sexism." Dwayne said,

"Uh, Ah don't know what that is." Apple Bloom replied,

"Hatred of someone because of their gender." Dwayne said, the others gasped,

"Which one was more common?" Sandbar asked,

"Misandry, that's hatred against males, hatred against females is called misogyny." Dwayne replied,

"Were you a victim of that too, Dwayne?" Smolder asked,

"Of course, my schools strongly believed in female superiority and domination when I was a kid, if me and a girl did something wrong, only I would get in trouble, because I'm a male." Dwayne replied, saddening the others,

"I'm sorry to hear that, Dwayne, but I promise, if you attend my school, no such thing will happen." Twilight Sparkle said,

"I'm not too sure on that." Dwayne replied,

"Do you hate girls because of it, Dwayne?" Smolder asked,

"No, I don't hate them, but I am a bit uncomfortable around them sometimes." Dwayne replied,

"We can help you get comfortable." Silverstream said,

"We'll see." Dwayne replied,

"Now that's out of the way, we're doing a parent and teacher meeting Dwayne, every ruler from each nation is there, too, they want to meet you." Twilight Sparkle said,

"When?" Dwayne asked,

"Now." Twilight Sparkle replied, Pinkie Pie's eyes popped out of her sockets,

"Oh no, I have to get the party ready!" Pinkie Pie said, and she dashed out, Dwayne shrugged and followed the others.

Every ruler of each nation was at the School of Friendship and the others arrive and see Dwayne,

"Everyone, meet Dwayne, a human." Twilight Sparkle said, and they all looked at him with awe,

"So this is the human you talked about last night, Twilight." Princess Celestia said, she walked over to her with Princess Luna, Princess Cadence, Shining Armor, and Flurry Heart on Cadence's head,

"Dwayne, meet Princess Celestia, the Princess of the Sun, Princess Luna, the Princess of the Moon, Princess Cadence, the Princess of Love, and my sister-in-law, Shining Armor, my big brother best friend forever, and Flurry Heart, my niece." Twilight Sparkle said, Flurry Heart smiled and tried to reach out to him, Dwayne looks at her and his eyes widened,

"What's wrong, Dwayne?" Princess Cadence asked,

"I was just wondering how my nephew's been." Dwayne replied,

"Wait, you have a relative too, Dwayne?" Twilight Sparkle asked,

"Yeah, Flint, my sister's son, he lives with me, I was just wondering if he's been alright." Dwayne replied,

"We have to get you home quickly, then." Princess Luna said,

"It's alright, he has a babysitter, six doctors to watch him, a family of four to take him in, and because of my neighbor, he has forty four other people to watch over him." Dwayne replied, surprising the others,

"Wow, that's... a lot of people." Twilight Sparkle said,

"Yeah, he's used to me coming home late as well." Dwayne replied,

"You don't spend much time with your nephew?" Shining Armor asked,

"I do now, but back then, I couldn't, I had two jobs to do, and had to go to college to finish my education, while he had school." Dwayne replied,

"How old is your nephew?" Shining Armor asked,

"Seven." Dwayne replied,

"How old are you?" Princess Luna asked,

"Twenty one." Dwayne replied,

"When is your birthday?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"March seventeenth." Dwayne replied,

"Aw, it already passed." Pinkie Pie said sadly,

"Yeah, it's November twelfth in my world right now." Dwayne replied,

"That reminds me, what were you doing before I transferred you here by mistake, Dwayne?" Twilight Sparkle asked,

"Sitting on the couch, reading a letter." Dwayne replied,

"Oh, that's wonderful, your world does letters on lessons of friendship as well." Princess Celestia said happily,

"Actually, no, I mean, yes, the letter is from a friend, but it wasn't a lesson, I got transferred here before I got to open it." Dwayne replied,

"Oh, I see." Princess Celestia said, Starlight Glimmer walks over to him,

"Dwayne, meet Sunburst, my childhood friend." Starlight Glimmer said,

"Hi there, I've been wanting to meet you for a while." Sunburst said,

"How many more people are left to meet?" Dwayne asked,

"Three more. Oh, here's one right here." Twilight Sparkle replied, Dwayne looked at her,

"Bow and greet the Great and Powerful Trixie!" Trixie said, Dwayne glared,

"I have no patience with narcissism." Dwayne said,

"Now, now, Dwayne, Trixie is a show magician, it's part of her charm." Cadence replied,

"I still don't like it." Dwayne said, Trixie had a shocked face,

"Here's the next one, this is Zecora, Dwayne." Twilight Sparkle said,

"While you look rather tame, I'm sensing something strange in your brain." Zecora said, Dwayne's attention was caught, it sounded like she knew of his powers,

"What exactly are you sensing, Zecora?" Rainbow Dash asked,

"I sense he has powers based off of his fear and distress, I do not know about the rest." Zecora replied, the others look at Dwayne with surprise. Running is heard in the castle and they hear the door open, everyone looks and they see Sunset Shimmer come,

"Sorry I'm late, I'm here to see the human." Sunset Shimmer said,

"He's right behind you, Sunset." Twilight Sparkle replied, and Sunset Shimmer turned around and looked at him,

"Is he from your world, Sunset Shimmer?" Princess Celestia asked,

"I've never seen him in my world before." Sunset Shimmer replied,

"You're a human, too?" Dwayne asked,

"I live in a world full of humans, but I'm actually a unicorn, this is my real appearance." Sunset Shimmer replied,

"I see." Dwayne said. Buzzing is heard to the east and everyone sees a bugbear coming, scaring everyone except Dwayne,

"Quick, y'all, evacuate!" Applejack said, and everyone got ready to run while the Mane Six and the Princesses were ready to fight. Dwayne walks forward stoically and was ready to fight,

"Dwayne, no!" Twilight Sparkle said, the bugbear flies down and grabs him to squeeze him, Dwayne's painful memories flood his mind and he screams, scaring everyone, but white mist appears and ice appears, the bugbear was shot back, surprising everyone. The ice in the center disappears, and Dwayne was holding his arms out, everyone gasped at what they saw, Dwayne now had white bandage wraps around his head in the shape of a perfect sphere, with the two ends flowing behind his head, he was wearing a hoodless black cloak, it flowed behind him like a cape, and he was covered from neck to toe in a black suit of armor, his entire eyes glowed light blue. Dwayne bent his knees and held his right arm out with his palm open while the others watched in shock and surprise at what Dwayne has changed into.

Dwayne jumps and lunges forward while making a loud snarling noise, causing the others to cover their ears' since they did not like the sound. Dwayne tried punching the bugbear several times but it did not harm it, the bugbear tried to bite and scratch Dwayne, but he teleported around to dodge it, surprising the others. Dwayne's attacks were not working, so he teleported away, he uses his painful memories to power himself, he soon had white mist on his right hand, and blue water on his left hand, he shoots ice out of his right hand while water came out of his left hand, the bugbear shivered from the water and the ice froze it. The bugbear breaks free a few seconds later and flies down to attack Dwayne, only for him to teleport away, he remembers a painful memory and screams, the bugbear's teeth breaks apart, shocking everyone who was watching.

Dwayne teleported away and remembered another painful memory, he spreads his legs and holds his arms out, and began to shoot pistol bullets out of his entire body, shocking everyone, especially Sunset Shimmer. The bugbear flew over it and charged to attack Dwayne. Dwayne has had enough and he flexes his left arm, he flexed it so much, red blood came out of the spaces of his armor, he growled first, and then let out a scream that sounded like a fusion of snarling and screeching, hurting everyone's ears, and making Flurry Heart cry, Dwayne jumped up and grabbed the bugbear's head and forced it down,

"DIE!!" Dwayne yelled, his voice echoed as well, causing the others to realize he was empowered. Dwayne smashes the entire bugbear into the ground, starting with its head, it left a crater in the ground. Dwayne panted and looked at the bugbear, which there was no trace of. He looked at the natives of the world, most quivered in fear, while Twilight Sparkle and her friends looked at him with shock and horror,

"I have never seen such power." Princess Luna said,

"What?" Dwayne asked in a calm tone,

"I knew you had some kind of power, but I didn't expect this." Twilight Sparkle replied,

"Come with us to my castle, Dwayne, I think it's about time we've learned about you." Princess Celestia said, and she walked with the Mane Six, the Princesses, Shining Armor, Starlight Glimmer, Sunset Shimmer, Sunburst, and Spike, Dwayne changed back and followed them.

Dwayne stood in the throne room with Princess Celestia in front of him, and everybody else to her left,

"I'll get to the point, Dwayne, what is this power you have?" Princess Celestia asked,

"It's different for everybody who has it." Dwayne replied,

"Well, what is it called?" Princess Celestia asked,

"A psychic disorder." Dwayne replied, surprising the others,

"What?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"It's called a what now?" Applejack asked,

"Explain what it is." Princess Celestia said,

"A psychic disorder is when someone's mental disorder empowers them, they have a mutation in the area of their brains where their mental disorders are at." Dwayne replied,

"What is your mental disorder?" Princess Cadence asked,

"Post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD for short." Dwayne replied,

"How did you get that mutation?" Princess Luna asked,

"I was born with it." Dwayne replied, shocking the others,

"Wait, Dwayne, you said the power is different for each individual." Twilight Sparkle said,

"Yes, what powers they have depends on what their mental disorder is, those are their secondary powers." Dwayne replied,

"Secondary powers?" Rainbow Dash asked,

"Yes." Dwayne replied,

"What gives the user their primary powers then?" Princess Celestia asked,

"Their fears, it also determines what their disorder form will be, they change into a form that is to protect them from their fears." Dwayne replied, surprising everybody,

"What are your fears, then?" Princess Celestia asked,

"Fears of people, and society." Dwayne replied,

"And your primary powers?" Princess Celestia asked,

"Teleporting, and destroying things, I can destroy things if a painful memory comes to my mind due to my desire to get rid of it, and I can teleport due to my desire to get away from people, and to get out of society." Dwayne replied,

"And your physical form?" Shining Armor asked,

"My desire not to be noticed by others." Dwayne replied,

"Dwayne, everybody needs friends, maybe your powers can be useful if you make friends." Princess Celestia said while smiling,

"That's the thing." Dwayne replied,

"What?" Princess Celestia asked,

"Psychic disorders are powered by the person's fear and distress levels, any positive experience or happy memories will make my powers weaker." Dwayne replied, shocking the others,

"You mean, friendship will make your powers weaker?!" Twilight Sparkle asked with complete shock, Dwayne nodded,

"I see, give us some time, Dwayne, we may be able to use our magic to reverse that, so you can have powers from your happy memories instead of your painful ones." Princess Celestia said,

"My psychic disorder has a bad side effect, though." Dwayne replied,

"What is it?" Pinkie Pie asked,

"Since I have PTSD, and my powers stem from my painful memories, the side effect of my power is I can remember every single event in my life, all the way down to the smallest detail, from when I was an embryo in my mom's womb to now." Dwayne replied, surprising the others,

"Whoa! I sure would like to have that!" Pinkie Pie said,

"You wouldn't with the memories I have." Dwayne replied,

"Is that why you screamed last night?" Twilight Sparkle asked,

"Yeah, that's the worst part of the side effect, I'm forced to have those memories be my dreams, so I have nightmares every night." Dwayne replied, the Mane Six gasped along with Starlight Glimmer and Sunset Shimmer,

"I control the dream realm at night, Dwayne, my job's to make sure everybody sleeps peacefully, I'll take a look at your dreams tonight." Princess Luna said,

"Thank you." Dwayne replied,

"Is that why you were looking strangely at the other ponies and animals, Dwayne?" Twilight Sparkle asked,

"Yes, I can sense who has a psychic disorder, and who doesn't, not just people can have it, animals have it, too." Dwayne replied, much to everybody's impressment,

"Wait, one problem, Dwayne, why were you just looking at the males for?" Twilight Sparkle asked,

"I wondered about that, too, you really scared them." Fluttershy said,

"Oh, uh, about that, only males can have psychic disorders." Dwayne replied, much to everyone's horror,

"WHAT?!" Rarity asked,

"Only males can get it?!" Starlight Glimmer asked,

"Yes, but there is a reason, it involves science." Dwayne replied,

"Still, that's not fair!" Twilight Sparkle said,

"You girls should be grateful you can't get psychic disorders." Dwayne replied,

"Just why should we?" Rainbow Dash asked,

"Do you know what it's like for me? Forced to remember all of my painful memories to empower myself. Be hunted by two organizations. And have nightmares every night." Dwayne replied, this shocked everyone present,

"I agree, that doesn't sound pleasant." Spike said,

"Exactly, it's something you don't want." Dwayne replied,

"Are there anymore side effects to the psychic disorder?" Princess Celestia asked,

"Every single person and animal that has a psychic disorder has enhanced physical capabilities, what can kill a regular person or animal cannot kill someone or an animal that has a psychic disorder." Dwayne replied,

"For example?" Princess Luna asked,

"I noticed you guys have spears, if you thrust the spear into the head or heart of someone with a psychic disorder, it will not kill them, they will just regenerate." Dwayne replied,

"Dwayne, please refrain from referring to such, we don't take lives in this country, we forgive and offer friendship." Princess Celestia said,

"Then you will be killed by them, people in my world don't forgive, and they're willing to backstab." Dwayne replied, shocking the people present,

"I see, I would like to know how to incapacitate someone with your power." Princess Celestia said,

"The only way to incapacitate is if someone can counter the psychic disorder, you all might be able to, magic does work against it." Dwayne replied,

"Oh, Princess Celestia, maybe we can create a spell to control that part of their brain to disable their powers." Twilight Sparkle said,

"That's a good idea, Twilight, if those with powers similar to Dwayne are as powerful, creating a counterspell is essential." Princess Celestia replied,

"You do know music can mess up a psychic disorder too, right?" Dwayne asked,

"Oh, that makes sense, music interferes with the brain and emotions, maybe a catchy song will work." Twilight Sparkle replied,

"Don't you worry, leave the music making to me." Pinkie Pie said,

"One more thing, psychic disorders also result in a decrease of appetite due to another side effect, we can live ten times longer without food or water, a human can only go three days without water, and thirty days without food, I can go thirty days without water, and three hundred days without food." Dwayne said, surprising everybody,

"Well, Dwayne, I am ready to hear why only males can have psychic disorders." Princess Celestia said,

"Very well, back in ancient times, we had gender roles, and lived in tribes, males went out of the tribe to hunt for food, while females stayed to gather fruits, nuts, and berries, and tend to the young. Several males were hunting for food with dogs and other animals that can track things by smell, they came across some kind of unknown virus and got infected. Twenty four hours later, those males developed powers based off of their mental disorders and fears, and the virus evolved to where only males can get it, and after that, their sons would have psychic disorders when they were born." Dwayne explained,

"Oh, so it did evolve." Twilight Sparkle said,

"Yes, before that, it could have affected both genders, but since it affected many people and animals, and they were all males, it evolved to where only males can have the powers." Dwayne replied,

"I'm surprised, there's no magic involved in your powers." Sunset Shimmer said,

"No magic at all, it's all science." Dwayne replied,

"I see. Can you step away for a minute, Dwayne? I wish to speak to my people in private." Princess Celestia said, and Dwayne walked to the left side of the room,

"Be careful around him, everybody, I have seen many things in my life, but I have never seen anything like this." Princess Celestia said, unbeknownst to them, Dwayne's psychic disorder enhanced his senses, so he can hear the conversation completely,

"What are we going to do with him, Princess Celestia, he's too dangerous to go unwatched." Twilight Sparkle said,

"True, but I'm trusting you all to keep an eye on him, and report to me whenever he does something with his powers." Princess Celestia replied,

"I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm sensing a bit of love in him, maybe there is goodness in him." Princess Cadence said,

"I hope so, if possible, I'd like to teach him the power and joy of friendship, and the importance of the lives of others." Twilight Sparkle replied,

"I hope so, too, and if you can, try to make him more positive, since he talks about taking down his enemies by taking their lives, I'd like you all to teach him how that's wrong before he takes a life." Princess Celestia said, Dwayne looked back on his memories when he heard that,

"It's way too late for that." Dwayne muttered under his breath, the others look at him,

"Did you say something, Dwayne?" Princess Celestia asked,

"No, just thinking about my nephew." Dwayne replied,

"Look at that, he really does care bout his family." Applejack said,

"Well, continuing on, make sure you all watch him, and make sure he doesn't hurt anyone, I don't like the look of this psychic disorder." Princess Celestia replied; Dwayne felt something strange in his head and let out a soft grunt, he realized someone from his world has contacted him telepathically,

"It's me, Dwayne, using your psychic disorder allowed me to find your brainwaves, I cannot teleport into that world with my magic, it's too far, but I can send you supplies since they're small." a male voice said,

"Dr. Shadow." Dwayne whispered, happy to get in touch with someone from his world,

"Do you need anything?" Dr. Shadow asked,

"The medicine that suppresses my powers." Dwayne whispered, and a black shadow appeared on his right hand, it disappears and an orange bottle with white pills in it appeared, Dwayne quietly opens it and takes a pill to suppress his powers,

"Remember, all of you, except for Twilight, since she knows what post traumatic stress disorder is, but the rest of you, be careful, anything can trigger Dwayne's painful memories, and if that happens, he'll likely transform, so be very careful when conversing with him or showing him around." Princess Celestia said, everybody just looked at her, she then looked at Dwayne,

"We're done, Dwayne, you can come back now." Princess Celestia said, and Dwayne put the bottle in his right pocket and walked back. Princess Celestia casts a spell on Dwayne,

"This will allow us to see your dreams, and get an idea of what your memories are, my sister will be watching you in your dreams." Princess Celestia said,

"Come to my place tonight, Dwayne, I have several things I'd like to ask you tomorrow." Twilight Sparkle said, and they all go to her castle. Dwayne slept in a bed with Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack, Starlight Glimmer, Sunset Shimmer, Sunburst, and Spike sleeping in separate beds, they all see Dwayne's dream.

Dwayne was a child living in Parado, the city was cold, dark, wet, and had rats and bugs everywhere, it was filthy. Dwayne had a mother, a father, and a sister older than him by four years, the father's name was Patrick, the mother's name was Elan, and the sister's name was Aileen. Dwayne was constantly belittled, beaten, and had to stay outside, he was not allowed in the house. Dwayne's only friend was a boy named Ryan, who snuck into the European district from the North American district, Dwayne was always scared and cried a lot as a child while Ryan was calm and reasonable. Ryan and his family left because Ryan's mother got into an argument with Elan, over the gender of Ryan's sibling, which was a female, Elan kicked Ryan's mother in the stomach and killed the baby, and then said to Ryan's mother that as long as Dwayne and Ryan remain friends, she and Patrick will decide the gender of Ryan's siblings. Dwayne was constantly bullied in school, there was one memory where there was a fire in the school, and the students bullied him by locking him in the classroom, and did not let him out until he caught on fire, the students laughed as he rolled around to put the fire out, getting the scar on his chest.

Dwayne had a dream when he was in second grade, where he was embarrassed because he urinated and defecated himself in class at the same time, causing the students and teacher to laugh at him, they also see Dwayne held hostage by someone with Patrick in front of him, Patrick shoots Dwayne in his right forearm with a pistol, which shocked the man holding him because Patrick just hurt his own son, he then took Dwayne as hostage and told the man to back down or he will kill his own son, the man stood down, and Patrick then shot and killed him.

Another memory of Dwayne's dream was the girls in his third grade class taking him out of the classroom and beating him up just because he was a male, they went back in while Dwayne was in pain, he tried to get back up, but Aileen attacked him and beat him up as well. Another memory was Dwayne was sneaking into his house to get food, and Patrick and Elan argued, because Patrick got drunk, and made love to another woman, Elan was not mad because of her husband's actions, she was mad because the woman was Spanish, and she accused Patrick of tainting their family with the genes of an inferior race, they argued and it resulted in Patrick punching and beating up Elan, the ponies and Spike could not help but look away, unable to bear what other memories Dwayne had.

Princess Luna zapped the nightmares away and appeared before Dwayne, she ran to him and consoled him,

"Are you alright, Dwayne?" Princess Luna asked, Dwayne was speechless, and had tears in his eyes,

"Shhhh, it's okay, Dwayne, I'm here, you won't have anymore nightmares for the rest of the night." Princess Luna said, Dwayne panted and then sighed,

"Thank you." Dwayne said,

"You're welcome." Princess Luna replied while she consoled him and smiled, he slept peacefully for the rest of the night and Princess Luna got rid of whatever memories tried to invade his dream.

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