My Terrible Nightmare

As we walked into his house, he closed the door behind us. He began to turn around to face me, and I felt my legs quiver, starting to collapse. He rushed over but missed as I stumbled down.

”ZJ! You alright? What’s going on?”

He rushed in front of me and picked me up. I never had this feeling before, but my vision was blurry and everything around me was muffled, only for Ace to snap me out of it with some cold ass water. I shook my head in response.

Ace what the fuck!”

He looked at me for a second, him shaking his head slowly.

”What the fuck yourself! Your eyes started getting all weird and you weren’t responding to me! What is it that you wanted to talk about?!”

He raised his voice a bit, him gesturing with his hooves as the cup he held smaller on the ground, rolling over to the tv stand. I felt myself get angry, then sad, then confused. I breathed in heavily.

Get this mark off me right now.

”What?”

”GET IT OFF ME RIGHT NOW DAMMIT! IT WAS ME! I KILLED THAT GUY. OR… AT LEAST SUCKED THE LIFE FORCE OUT OF HIM OK?! THIS MARK MADE ME DO SOMETHING BAD ACE! I ALMOST KILLED AN INNOCENT MOTHER AND HER CHILD IF I WOULD HAVE WENT OUT OF CONTROL! ACE PLEASE, PLEASE ACE YOU HAVE TO-“

I look up at him, and my head suddenly turned to the side, pain starting to follow on my cheek. My eyes started to focus at the spot my eyes landed on after the hit and lifted a hoof up to it, then slowly looked over at Ace, his hoof still raised. I just looked at him, hopeing he’d say something, but then in that moment his eyes constricted and he dragged his hoof back down.

”I.. I’m sor-sorry… sorry it’s just that I don’t like yelling. It.. frightens me.

I look at him for a few more seconds, then turned my head and laid down on the couch, closing my eyes. He looked at me, and I saw him make a movement to where his hoof was about to reach me, but pulled back slowly.

”I’ll be.. in my room.

He walked passed me and headed upstairs, him slowly closing the door. My mood has drastically changed. Now I don’t care if I get this mark off or not. I feel tears start to form in my eyes, and one falls down my cheek. I closed my eyes.

Maybe if I just sleep everything’ll be fine.

I start feeling myself enter dream land, the sounds outside fading away and my mind going blank. Then it happened. A dream faded into existence. Everything was blurry again, seeing a figure in front of me, probably a pony, cyan color, ran up to me, their face not really showing any emotion, but I did see a face. IThen my vision began to grow again, and this time a cyan color came out of the pony and I guess I breathed it in, my vision lowering down again. I looked left and right fast and ran away. I hard screaming again, sounded like someone calling out a name, then they just started screaming, and screaming, probably seeing the body.

”ZJ! ZJ!!” ZEEEEJAAYYYYYY!!!”

I shot up and yelled out, arms flailing around, eventually feeling something cold splash on my face. I woke up in a cold sweat again, then just got doused in cold water.

”Sorry! I’m so sorry! All I heard was screaming and ran down here and saw your eyes glowing and I didn’t know what to do except wake you up!”

Ace dropped the bowl he had in his hooves and it fell with a clang. I sat up and shook my head, some water flinging off and landing on Ace’s face. I looked up at him.

”I need this mark off me right now.. this is what I was trying to talk to you about, but I guess I kind of freaked out.”

I felt tears start to form in my eyes, but I quickly shake my head.

I’m having dreams of sucking the life out of someone.. and then it happens in reality. Ace. I’m the one that possibly killed Mud’s friend or whatever. I didn’t mean to do it too. Something… came out of me and did it. I know that sounds stupid but.. what if Cyrobe is controlling me.

I’ve never described anything like that before to anyone, but I see Ace slowly nod his head. He looked around, I think him trying to figure out what to say.

”How do we stop it from happening again?”

I put a hoof under my chin.

”Well.. I believe it only happens when I sleep and dream about it.. but sadly enough I already dreamed about a cyan pony that I uh.. take their soul.”

I rub the back of my head.

”Hey uh.. you can sleep here tonight. If it happens again I could probably wake you up before you take the ponies soul. If that’s alright with you of course.”

I looked down and nodded.

”Guess when my eyes started to glow you can wake me up then.”

He smiled, but then it went away quickly.

”Sorry I slapped you earlier. I sort of panicked.”

”Eh it’s fine. I needed to be quiet anyways.”

I shrugged as it was his turn to rub the back of his head.

”I’ll go get some blankets and pillows for you. Do you want me to sleep down here or back in my room so it won’t be awkward watching you sleep. I could put on a movie as well.”

”Whatever works, I don’t really care. Sleep down here I suppose.”

He gives me another smile again. A bit later and he has pillows and blankets on the couch and around it as well for him. I sprawl out on the couch and roll up in a blanket, snuggling deeper into the warmth. Ace lies down in front of me, the coffee table moved towards a bookshelf. The movie he put in was an adventure one again. I felt tired anyways, so placed my head down and closed my eyes. I think a few seconds passed and I felt a blanket cover me. Guess it was Ace just trying to be kind. I felt myself smile slightly, and drifted off to sleep.

ZJ? Psst, ZJ?”

I woke up, my eyes looking around lazily but then focusing on Ace.

”Did it happen? Or did you stop it.”

”No no shhh, I think someone is outside.”

He put a hoof to my mouth for a second, and then creeped over to the window.

I guess I slept until when dinner usually is since it’s somewhat bright outside, but the shadows make it darker. He was looking out one window, and I got up and decided to look out the window from the kitchen.

”WWAAHHHH!!”

I shrieked and fell back, almost doing a backwards somersault. I shoved my hooves on my mouth, rolling over and jumping to where Ace was, almost jumping into him since he faced me and got up, then paused as I farted towards him.

”THERE! THERE THERE THERE!!”

I whined with gritted teeth, sharply pointing towards the kitchen. I’ve never been jumpscare so badly, since everything was so quiet, and seeing 2 almost glowing green emeral eyes staring deep in my own.

Ace grabbed a knife from the kitchen, and unlocked the front door and stomped out. I then saw him walking where the kitchen window was and ran over to it.

”Where are you dammit?! Come out!

I heard him say, somewhat yelling but not much to not draw any attention. I then heard a hoofstep at the door. I turned and saw… oh.. my.. It was Mud Rock, and he was staring right at me. His hair was messy, his pupils small as a pin prick.

”YOU. IT WAS YOU. I KNOW IT WAS YOU!”

He jumped at me screaming out. I pushed myself against the sink to the right and landed down on the ground, Mud Rock, landing on the sink, banging his chin on the faucet. I yelped and scrambled away, Ace coming in the front door with the knife in his mouth. He then grabbed it with his hoof.

”The fuck you doing in my damn house?! I could kill you right now and no one would care because I was defending myself from an intruder!”

Mud turned around quickly and stomped back down on the ground.

”I KNEW IT WAS YOU. That new mark on your ugly face PROOVES IT! The same color.. AS MY COUSIN!!!

He leaped for me again but Ace turned and kicked him in the face, him flying at the bookshelf, some books falling all around and on Mud. Ace shot a look at me.

”THE TELEGRAPH IS IN MY ROOM!! GET THE DAMN COPS!”

Ace was jumped by Mud as he was flung on the ground, both of them rolling to the tv. I breathed heavily as I ran for the stairs, hearing Mud try to run at me but Ace grabbing his leg and tripping him, Mud throwing a hoof back and punching Ace in the face. I ran smoothly up the stairs, having ran on all fours when I was little was a lot easier than running on two, so this was no sweat, except when you’re running from a crazy shit stain.

I saw the telegraph on the table near the only window and ran over to it.

A telegraph? Fuck I don’t know how to operate this! How would I even send it to the police station?”

I said to myself, looking all over the boxes and seeing the little thing for what looks like morse code.

”ACE I DON’T KNOW HOW TO WORK THIS!”

I quickly looked down the stairs but saw Mud’s face also appear there as well, blood coming from his nose and mouth. Ace’s hoof coming into view and tripping him again, and I quickly pulled my head back, looking around the room for something to smack him with. Then I see a lamp.

I rip off the cover and hold it in my hooves, waiting until I see Mud’s brown fur. I feel my chest rise as I hold my breath as I hear thumping up the stairs. When I saw brown, I swung, a huge crash happening and I threw the lamp at him, seeing Mud slam up against the wall. I backed up tripping over the lamp cover. As I fell back and pushed myself up, it was to late, Mud jumped on me and held my arms on the ground.

”HE WAS CLOSE TO ME YOU FILTHLY BITCH! YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO GO AND KILL HIM!”

”HE AIN’T DEAD YA CUNT!”

I see his hoof raise and swing. I cringe and feel his hoof collide with my face hard. I’ve never been punched before, always being the innocent one when younger, and growing up never really faught with anyone, other than just having the thoughts to. He punched hard, my jaw stinging the nerves, my brain getting an instant headache. My jaw quivered from the blow. I slowly opened my eyes just in time to see him swing again. I felt everything go dark for a split second, opening my eyes slowly, seeing the wall, knowing that he punched more on the soft spot on my skull.

I started to cry, feeling something leak out of my mouth, and my tooth ache. I don’t know if my tooth was there, but it hurt. He punched, and it went dark again. I could hear before I could see, but I saw 2 ponies loom over me and Mud, and yank him off me, him flailing around to try to get to me to finish me off. I just lay there, my vision blurry and my ears ringing so much that that’s all I could hear except the muffled sounds of what seemed to be the cops restraining Mud, and Mud screaming at the top of his lungs.

”Alright alright let’s go!”

”Stop kicking you psycho!”

”I’LL COME FIND YOU FUCKER!! I’LL ALWAYS FIND YOU!! I SWEAR YOU’LL BE DEAD! DEAD!!!”

The voices faded away as a new voice came into view. It was Ace. His face was above mine talking to me.. I think. I felt something fall on my face. I think he’s crying. Eventually some more ponies surrounded me, seeing white things in their mouths, guess there the medkits, as I feel them touch all around me, searching for more wounds I think. I don’t know if I had anymore wounds, or what else Mud did to me, but I didn’t care. I saw that they coaxed Ace away for the medics, but he was reaching out to me.

The voices started to fade out more, as my vision got more fuzzy. My eyes rolled in the back of my head, and I was out.