My Terrible Nightmare

,’Wake Up.’,

I jolted awake, my eyes shot open, and all I saw was purple, sitting up fast . Course I wasn’t actually awake.

”Uhh, hello?”

I asked, still looking around, but only being surrounded by purple. Eventually I see a black mist float towards me then swirl around in one place, eventually forming in front of me.

,’Ahhh, you’re finally awake.. at least awake in my domain.’,

He swirled around me, then floating above me and continued.

,’I know your not from the conscious world, I do not feel the power of these, ponies, inside you.’,

A mirror floated down in front of me and I.. was human again? I looked down and saw that I was back into my original form, but of course not realistic and in the usual cartoony form.

,’Your friend should have known better to draw a powerful entity on your flank for a cutie mark. So much as cute hm?’,

He chuckled as I felt my face.
It seems like it’s been months since I was back in my original form. I looked back at him as he floated down behind the mirror and then peeked out.

”Uh.. why’d you bring me here? And why at the point of me getting beat up and passing out?”

,’Well, you see. I wanted to talk to my victim face to face since all I can do is come out and consume people’s consciousness’s from them. Sure they’re still alive, but in a deep, deep sleep.’,

He chuckled evilly as I looked from him to the mirror again and straight into my eyes.

,’Besides, it’s been a long time since I’ve been awakened from my own sleep. I need to thank your friend sometime if I can get a hold of him.’,

He swirled at me and closed my eyes, feeling a chill as I look back up and seeing my eyes change into a bright purple light, no pupils, my hair starting to float out like there was no gravity.

,’It is a shame that I was thrown into someone that doesn’t have any powers, like an alicorn or the chaos lord, what was his name.. oh right.. Discord. But I cannot go near him. He knows of my power, and probably can locate where I am, well for instance you weilding my power.’,

”Are you able to do anything about.. like go into another pony?”

,’Sadly no, I’m stuck in your worthless body.’,

I frown and roll my eyes.

”Anyways, uhm is this your actual form? I can’t remember what Ace told me about your form unless he never did.”

He smiled devilishly.

,’And why would you like to know?’,

I raised an eyebrow in question.

”Because I’m interested in evil designs of characters.. or uh, things… like you… I suppose.”

The last part was mumbled, and my artist and curious side just wanted to see what he looked like actually, instead of just hearing about the details.

,’Hmmm, alright then.’,

He floated out from me as I shut my eyes from the weird feeling again and looked back at the mirror, seeing my eyes were back to normal again, but then shooting my gaze at him as he grew bigger, forming more into a pony shape… or maybe not a pony? Defiantly has hooves.. but then his face formed.

His face was sharp, looked like teeth pierced out from his mouth, and what looked like pointy ears, 8 of them, 4 on each side sprawl out, almost the size of his own head. He scratched a sound that made my eyes widen and cover my ears. Since this was part of my mind, the sound went right through my hands, making my ears hurt. He did look pretty cool though.

,’There, happy? Probably better than your form.’,

He said as he towered before me. He then leaned his head down towards me.

,’Speaking of which, I haven’t seen your species at all before.. and you don’t have any dragon features on you at all. No wings, no claws. All you got is stubby fingers’,

I’m uhm, a human. And yeah, your right, I’m not from this world, or even the conscious world, outside, where life happens or whatever. I actually came from a portal that opened up in my original home. Magic doesn’t even exist in my home, mostly in movies we humans make, which of course isn’t real, just what some people call ‘television magic’.”

,’Worthless that this.. television.. isn’t superior in your world with it being fake. Such a shame.’,

We then both pay attention to an intense sound happening. I lol up seeing if he was doing it, but he was also shocked of what was happening.. eh sort of.

,’You are going to wake up shortly. Do not talk to anyone about our meeting, or I will do something you will regret.’,

I furrow my eyebrows as I see him shrink down into smoke again, and as he flies inside my chest again, everything goes white as I hear what seems to be someone saying something, then things go black.

”Hello in there? Hello- Oh!! Twilight! They’re waking up! They’re waking up!”

It seems that I hear Pinkie Pie’s voice when I stir. That’s strange.. I thought Ace would be near me…

”Oh my celestia! ZJ your awake! Are you feeling alright? We heard what happened!”

My eyes… eye?… fluttered open, and I saw half of Twilight, and Pinkie Pie on the right, but I turned my head back at Twilight and saw her fully. I slowly raised my left arm up, abut a shock of pain shot through my arm and hit some nerves in my neck. I made a groaning sound from it.

”The.. the hell happened to me?”

Twilight used her magic to lift a small mirror over to me, and my eye widened, wincing from my left eye trying to widen as well. My head was bandaged, remembering what Mud did to me. Did he really hit me that hard? Well duh I passed out from it. Hopefully my eye doesn’t look bad.

I lifted my other arm which didn’t hurt, except the spot where Mud held me down, and placed it over my covered eye. I felt like smirking a bit, but the thought left my brain, which was good, because I didn’t want to smile with them looking at me with concern, and then looking at me in shock.

”Where’s Ace?”

Twilight cocked her head, then blinked her eyes remembering.

”Oh! Your friend! Uhm…”

Her face fell a bit.

…”apparently his father is here as well but a level up from us in the hospital. He told us that then ran to go see him.”

”He left once they set you on this bed!”

Pinkie added, putting her hooves up on it next to my leg smiling. It is weird seeing her smile at this point. Somewhat different than me smiling at my probably disfigured face.

I looked at the clock, seeing that it was 4:30 in the morning, then looked back at them.

”I want to go see him.”

The girls both looked at each other, Pinkie’s happy demeanor falling into a concerned look which I guess was grateful for in this situation of course.

We made it to the room in a few minutes, Pinkie pushing me in a wheelchair as Twilight helped with the IV fluids with her magic. I knocked and heard a quiet…

”Come in.”

…from Ace. He didn’t sound like himself, which I guess I understood.

Twilight opened the door with her magic and Pinkie pushed me in a bit to see Ace fully. He was sitting in a chair next to the bed of where his father lay, the only sound came from the monitors. I turned my head towards Pinkie and Twilight, then back at Ace.

”Do… do you want me to leave?”

A few seconds pass and I see him shake his head.

”No, but… just you please. I don’t want things to get.. overwhelming.”

I look back at the two girls and they both nodded, Twilight moving the IV along with me as Pinkie pushed me next to Ace. I thanked them as they quietly left, Twilight shutting the door behind Pinkie. I look at Ace’s father. He seems in worse shape than me. I felt like asking him, but of course he seemed like he just needed to be comforted instead of bombarded with questions.

”You remind me of him sometimes.”

I heard Ace say, his head turning slightly towards me, but still looking at his father. I felt my pony ears twitch at the fact.

”Oh.. how so?”

It was quiet for a couple seconds again, and he looked at me with tears pouring out his eyes, a small wavy smile on his face.

”Understanding.”

He blurted out and threw his arms around me.

Understanding?

I tired thinking of what I did, only remembering this moment with just being quiet and… understanding of the situation. Hmm.. I guess I am.. I mean I wouldn’t be like Pinkie with her happiness, but even she knew how to read the room and be sorrowful.

He was crying on me now, and to show that I was more understanding to him, like his fathers I suppose, I gently put my arm around him. I guess that’s alright.. or understanding enough.

A few minutes pass, and I feel that he’s calming down, leaning back and wiping some tears from his eyes. I pat his back a bit and rubbed it, and it seemed like it soothed him a bit more.

”Can I ask uhm, why he’s in here?”

He looked up at me, and then backed at his father, then sighed.

”He’s part of the military and… had a bad accident with a bomb. Lost both his legs.”

His head was kept a bit low, looking directly at the bottom half of his father, and now as I see it, his legs were short, probably just stubs under there.

”Oh wow.. I’m, I'm sorry to hear.”

I didn’t know what else to say, so I just sat in silence with him and his father, looking at Ace, his father, then just looking around the room.

What felt like 30 minutes were only a few minutes, as I kept looking around the room, back at his father, then glanced around the room again. I looked back at Ace when he told me something.

”Have you ever been injured baldy?”

I thought for a bit.

”I guess a car accident. But I only had a badly swollen left eye.

I pointed to my eye while looking at Ace still. He turned his head slightly towards me.

”Car?”

I looked at him confused, but then realized this isn’t home.

”Oh uhm, carriage I guess?”

”Oh.

He said, nodding slightly then looking back at his father. He then lifted his head up and scooted his chair back slowly and hopped off.

”Lets go. I don’t want to disturb his sleep anymore.”

He started walking away, the clip clop of his hooves on the dark floor. I got up to, then sat back down again since I was in a wheelchair. Forgot I was a patient here. I never really operated a wheelchair in a while, but eventually it got easier as I placed my IV fluid pole i front of me to where it moved along with me as I rolled out, I looked back to close the door and looked at his father for a second, then closed the door.

”You guys alright?”

Twilight said as I turned back around.

”Oh, uhm, we’re alright.”

I said, looking back at Ace, and I made a surprised face. He was, not sad anymore. He was.. smiling.

”You still up to go to the Gala tomorrow? Well actually in a few minutes since it’s turning to tomorrow soon!”

Pinkie said, smiling a little after she said that.

”I’m fine with going. Hopefully my look doesn’t throw anyone off.”

I gently rubbed a hoof over my covered eye.

”It’ll be alright. Rarity will think of something nice for you otherwise!”

She gave a kind smile.

”Now let’s get some more rest before the Gala since we are going back to Rarity’s place, if that’s alright.”

”That sounds nice, I need more sleep anyways.”

Pinkie and Twilight smiled and walked me back to my room, Pinkie going behind me and pushing the wheelchair as Twilight helped with the IV.

After they helped me back into bed and closed the door, Ace wanted a few seconds with me alone, and Twilight and Pinkie said their goodbyes and slowly closed the door.

”Hey, uhm, ZJ? Thanks for sitting with me back in my dads room. I just get a weird feeling each time I see him, and I don’t even know what to do.”

He rubbed the back of his neck in the middle of his sentence.

”Oh of course, I understand.”

He gets more close and wraps his arms around me, and I did the same. He pulled away first and then I followed after.

”See ya tomorrow. Gonna be exciting.”

I gave him a small smile and nodded in agreenment. He gave me one back and walked towards the door, opening it. Then closing it.