My Little Program

Luna was not one for this new technology that surrounded her, especially since it seemed to create new ways for ponies to hurt each other. Though no matter how much she wished, there would be no going back to that simple time, when she and her sister rules that fledgling town around their castle. The castle walls and foals in its garden, how the light from outside the window would make the halls fell like they were alive. Now, though, they lay in ruins, inhospitable after a millennia of neglect, with not even the combined efforts of her sisters student and her friends able to fully restore it. The only place where the true appearance of her old home, is in her dreams.

As she stood within the dream construct of the castle, it shifted into a star filled sky that filled all the space around her. The empty space directly in front of her was then filled with door after door, all different colors and stamped with a cutie mark. Luna absent mindedly went through the row of doors, checking the dreams that were behind them, and bereding the nightmares she came across. That was another thing that had increased in frequency since she returned.

With so many new things to hurt her subjects, they began having nightmares about them, and she had to take her time to fix as much as she could. The fact that she was in the dark on so much advancement did not help her efforts. She stepped past each door, feeling the emotions of the dreamer as she continued to check, once again, more of them than there used to be.

With so many advances, more children were born, which meant a larger work load for her. It wasn't bad, in fact, that made her happy, the fact they were having more children means that they must feel safer.

As she continued to ramble in her head, she came across door. It wasn't the same as the rest, it was... transparent? The door was a swirl of black and blue, with not cutie mark to be seen. Luna looked a little closer, and she noticed falling green text that moved across its surface.

Perplexed, she grabbed onto its handle, and slowly cracked open the door.

The door then swept past her, dragging her into the space, before disappearing. In front of her, was a massive wall of flames, one that continued upwards for what seemed like a eternity. It was also very thick, and didn't have any visible weak point or change in intensity.

Trying to look past the wall of fire, her eyes were met with... another wall of fire. It was followed by another, then another, and then another for what seemed like forever. Her eyes strained and her eye sockets hurt with how hard she was trying to focus.

Luna decided to try to see if it ended, using her dream powers she moved herself faster than what would physically possible to reach an endpoint, but it never came. She then noticed the wall curved, which meant that it was a ring of fire. She slowed herself to a stop and contemplated what this could mean.

Ponies who dreamed of fire and walls were usually isolated with a hatred for their surroundings in the real world, but this was something she had never seen before. She eventually decided that it was past time for her to try to make her way past the wall.

She sent magic into her horn, and began trying to drill a hole into the wall, so that she could create a gateway into it. As soon as her magic touched the surface of the flames, her magic was sent shooting back at her, which was strange. The sensation was almost as if her magic was...rejected?

Suddenly the fire and areas around her faded into the same falling green text she saw on the door, before a blaring alarm blasted into her ears.

immediately after the falling code mashed together to create strange pony like structures. They looked unisex, and didn't have any wings or horns, they also looked like they were also made out of the falling text. The text mashed together in their arms to form shock batons and guns.

Scared for her safety, Luna blasted the constructs with her magic as soon as they began charging at her. The constructs were stunned for a brief moment, but continued directly after. Luna then used a pulse of magic to blast back the constructs, and quickly summoned the door out.

As she opened the door she was shot at by more constructs, but it was already to late as she ducked out of the door.

Immediately her head sprung up, as she found herself in her bed. She looked around for any more possible dangers. When she saw there was no one around she hugged herself, holding her covers close to her.

"What was that?!"