Author's Note
For ChaoChao0071. May this provide you with a sense of comfort in these troubling times for you. I know it isn't much, but I wanna do it to give you some hope. When things are always in their darkest times, know there's someone out there willing to try and give you a beacon of joy no matter how big or small.
Pitch Bible is owned by ChaoChao0071.
Richard is Chao's friend.
(Some liberties were taken with adapting some of Chao's real life into her OC.)
Comforting Stars
Cold winds, cold nights. The typical kind of nights to be found as the fall and winter seasons, rarely would you ever find them in the spring provided it wasn't raining that night... But it hadn't rained in a long while. The night was actually a rather lukewarm temperature if you were to ask any other creature, but Princess Luna, princess of the night and guardian of the dream realm, wasn't any other creature. For her, where there was a cold chill in the air, there was trouble in the dream realm.
Her hair flowed roughly as she stood on her balcony, overlooking Ponyville. While she had helped many through Equestria in their dreams, she was no stranger to finding herself often coming back to Ponyville's denizens for one reason or the other. Wherever the wind blows, Luna would follow the origin and help whoever needed her. But this one... This wind felt chillier than others. It felt like a stab through her fur and into her body, a pain Luna knew all too well. This was a wind... of tears. Somewhere in Ponyville, someone was having a dream of sorrow.
Quickly activating the spell, Luna soon found herself in the realm between dreams. A gateway that allowed her access to the dreams of those who slept. The question now was, where was the creature who needed her? Luckily, she didn't have to look far. One window housed a brown-furred unicorn mare with darker brown hair and a darker brown tail. On her head was an army camo cap and along her neck was a dog tag while her cutie mark was two crossed sparkling pencils. The mare looked to be in a field all by herself, a saddened look on her face as she stared at the flowers underneath her.
Luna then carefully entered the dream, appearing behind the mare as to not startle her.
"So this is the source of the sorrowful winds I felt," Luna spoke up, announcing her presence.
The mare slowly turned to see Luna coming up towards her with a look of concern on her face.
"Tell me my little pony, why are you so sorrowful for tonight?"
"I don't wanna talk about it, your highness..." the mare moped as she turned back to look at the flowers.
"But you must. It is not healthy to hold such emotions to one's self." Luna stated as she went in front of the mare and sat down in front of her, "Tell me, what is your name?"
"Pitch Bible,"
"Hmm... That name appears to ring a bell to me." Luna went as she tried to think back to when she heard of a similar name, "You wouldn't happen to be the same Pitch Bible that draws the popular Pupster and HTF + Comics aren't you?"
"Yes. Why are you asking?" Pitch asked with confusion.
"I must say, I found your comics to be quite amusing, even by freelance standards." Luna smiled as she replied.
"Ugh... Pupster's really the only one I'm proud of anymore..." Pitch groaned, "Those HTF + comics were just the results of a filly wanting to do it for the heck of it. Nobody else was doing it, not even the owners of HTF themselves, so I thought I was doing something original, but all it ended up being was a confusing mess that made no sense in its story that I'm just doing nowadays to finish up the story and move on from it. Why I ever did that deal with MM when I was younger I'll NEVER understand. At least it got me my cutie mark."
"Tis only natural to look at the actions of your younger self and.. how you newer generation ponies say 'cringe' so to speak. But, idle chatter is not what I'm here for." Luna explained, "I sensed a disturbance in the dream realm and looked for the source. It lead me to you, dear Pitch Bible."
"Oh... S-Sorry for-"
"Do not apologize, for I'm here to help you. As guardian of the dream realm, it is my duty to make sure every creature gets a good night's rest. So, please... Tell me what's wrong." Luna begged.
Pitch Bible looked like she was about to break down but quickly tried to pull herself together.
"It feels like everything around me is crashing down..." Pitch somberly answered, "I had a second job working retail at the new Ponyville Shelf 2 Shelf Mart location, but everyone there was complete jerks to me! The manager constantly got all up on my ass for no reason, yelling at me to do something that wasn't even IN my department, calling me in when I had sick days, REALLY sick days mind you, pushing me to tears not just once, not twice, but MULTIPLE times... Eventually, I just had it and quit. I thought things were finally gonna look up for me... But boy was I wrong!"
At this point, Pitch was really starting to tear up.
"My best friend... I call him Richard... He recently came down with an illness that put him in the hospital..." Pitch began to explain, "At first, everything was going fine. He was looking to make a speedy recovery... But then that new doctor... That DAMNED DEVIL OF A DOCTOR... She ruined everything... For some stupid fucking reason, she took him off his IV Bags and started pumping TEA into his system claiming it was better for him! It wasn't better! IT MESSED HIM UP! ... She got rightfully arrested... But Richard was screwed up BADLY! He was supposed to have been out of the hospital two days before that event happened... Not anymore... His condition just got worse and worse as day after day went by... He... He could barely even stay conscious... I... I... I thought I was gonna lose him..."
At that point, Pitch couldn't hold it in any longer. She unleashed the flood gates, unleashing all her pent-up grief into the flowers below her, prompting Luna to pull her into a hug of comfort eventually allowing Pitch to pull herself together enough to continue, albeit through her crying.
"I-It's only recently that it's looking like he's gonna be released... But he won't be the same... They say he's more than likely gonna suffer some internal organ problems from here on out that'll affect him for the rest of his life... Th... This isn't fair... I... I just want my friend back..."
"Perhaps, I can help with this."Luna proclaimed, making Pitch look at her in surprise. Luna's horn then lit up and in a blinding light, it looked as if nothing had changed, until...
"Ammm I dreaming within a dream or am I really seeing you being hugged by Luna?"
Pitch quickly perked up and looked behind her to see a grey Pegasus colt with black hair and a black tail wearing glasses and a dark grey scarf looking extremely confused at what was in front of him.
"R-Richard?" Pitch ask as Luna let her go to let her go up to the pony she claimed was Richard.
The duo stared at each other for a bit before Richard booped Pitch on the nose causing her to squeak and blush.
"What'dja boop me for?!" Pitch asked.
"To see if you were real and you are DEFINITELY real," Richard replied.
Luna couldn't contain her laughter before stopping to say, "Indeed. Both of you are real. What you both are experiencing is a shared dream."
"Shared dream?" The friend duo asked.
"Specifically, Richard, as you call him, is in Pitch's dream world. It is one of my many abilities as the princess of the night."
"But... Why do this?" Richard asked.
"Pitch Bible worries for you Richard. She told me of the living nightmare you had to endure at the hospital. To that, I will see to it that the doctor who mistreated you is thoroughly held responsible for her reckless malpractice, the endangerment of your life, and the damage done to your body," Luna stated, "Besides that, she's also told me of the after-effects of it... To that... I am truly sorry for what you had to go through. I told my sister this would eventually happen if we didn't reform the healthcare system as we did 1,000 years ago but she just would not listen... But you needn't worry about such problems in the dream world. Consider this a gift from me. This shared dream?"
With another flash of blinding light, the tendril coming from Luna's horn to make the shared dream possible disappeared... And Pitch and Rishard were still together with Luna in the same area.
"Is now your shared lucid dream dimension."
"Wh-What?" Richard went in complete disbelief.
"J-Just for us? Why?" Pitch asked.
"If there's one thing I cannot stand more than anything, it's seeing creatures weep or be fearful in their dreams. Dreams are supposed to be a place where creatures can escape reality, not have it on them all the time. As such, it is my duty to guide and help ponies with depressing dreams or horrifying nightmares. I will do whatever it takes to see to it that creatures don't suffer the same fate I did..."
"But... You didn't have to do this for us princess." Richard said.
"Nonsense dear colt. I have every reason to do this. For now, I must leave. Farewell Pitch Bible and Richard."
And with that Luna was gone, leaving only Richard and Pitch Bible to themselves in the flower field.
"Sooo. What now?" Richard asked.
"Tag your it!" Pitch giggled, touching Richard before running off.
"Hey! Get back here!" Richard called out, giggling as he chased after Pitch.
From the window looking into the shared dream dimension, Luna looked at the two friends who were laughing and acting like as if nothing was wrong. At the same time, a smile propped up on Luna's face, her hair's flow returned to normal, and a single tear of joy fell from her eyes... The wind was cold no more.