My Terrible Nightmare

Discord turned around, seeing me quiet and unmoving.

”Whats wrong? Sad that your evil friend had to go?”

I felt him glide towards me, hovering above me. I shook my head.

”Well if your not going to talk about it, how can I, Discord, your new friend help you? Can’t help when you’ve gone mute.”

I felt like he smiled while talking, another flash and I’m holding an umbrella, with the rain coming down from inside the ‘brella, getting me all wet. I wasn’t having it and tossed the upbrella away, it landing on its side and and raining sideways, Discord moving away before the water hitting him. He rolled his eyes and snapped his fingers, the umbrella going away as well as the wetness on my body.

”Goodness me, you remind me of Twilight when I took over her home town and all of her friends were a lost cause. Oh that was the funny days.”

He smiled laughing a bit, looking back down at me then frowning.

”Are you even listening to what I’m saying? You probably have the best life not having to deal with an evil creature. Unless dealing with one would make you happy hm?”

Before he could snap his fingers, I knew that he’d probably snap a monster to attack me or someshit so I yelled out before it could of happened.

”NO NO NO NO! I don’t need that right now. I just.. I don’t know what’s wrong. I mean thanks for getting that thing away from my body but I still feel miserable. You probably won’t know what to do anyways so..”

Discord put a finger under his chin in though and rolled his eyes.

”Ugh fine. It’s not like I’ve done this before.”

He snapped his fingers and a ton of bags with yellow coins appeared under me, my height reaching Discord’s.

”Uhh what do I need these for?”

Discord raised an eyebrow.

”These are bits. You should know what bits are!”

Oh right. Isn’t this money? I do need a new place though but.. that place isn’t open near Ace so.. what’s the point.

I still looked down and Discord snapped his fingers again, small puppies replacing the bits.

”What about some puppies? Surely puppies will make you happy, hm?”

As the puppies gave me some happiness, I shook my head.

”These won’t really lift my spirits. To be honest working for it makes it more better to receive.”

I smiled awkwardly and Discord groaned, snapping his fingers and everything disappearing.

”Ugh now your acting like AppleJack. Twilight now AppleJack. You going to act like Rainbow Dash next? I’ll be a step ahead for that!”

A snap of his fingers and my color schemes changed to Rainbow Dash’s to where my fur was sky blue and my hair rainbow. I widened my eyes as I grabbed a piece of my hair in front of my face then swatted it away, it falling back into its place. I shook my head.

”Alright Discord, thanks for all of this but I don’t really need anything else! I have good friends, a place to stay in Twilight’s castle, not to mention I’m not even from this place and everyone is so nice to me I don’t know what to do or say! IT’S CONFUSING!”

I yelled the last part, stopping my front hooves in frustration. Discord backed up slightly at my outburst, then looked away then back, raising an eyebrow.

”Alright. I don’t want to get in the middle of your mess then. If you do need any more chaos in your life. Give me a call.”

He then snapped his fingers and disappeared, I looked down in sorrow then furrowed my brows.

”DISCORD!”

I yelled out, and he reappeared in front of me. He looked at me with an eyebrow raised, then raised them both as I looked at him angrily.

”What?”

I then lifted one of my eyebrows, leaning my head down to look at myself then back at him. He rolled his eyes and snapped his fingers, my color going back to my brown shades.

”To be honest, you looked better with her colors.”

He said floating up and sitting in the air, closing his eyes and turning his head, snapping his fingers and disappearing.

”ZJ? Is that you?”

I shook my head and saw a shadow, the hair making it clear that Ace was coming around the corner. I scurried towards the fountain and sat in front of it, right when Ace appeared around the corner.

”ZJ? You doing alright? That was kind of a show you pulled there, huh?”

He chuckled after it, sounding nervous. He then made a small gasp.

”Your cutie mark! It’s gone!”

I looked over and looked at my side, seeing it blank. I shrugged and shook my head, turning back around.

”It’s fine. I don’t have to cause people pain anymore.”

I laid my head on the side of the fountain, Ace coming around and sitting next to me, an eyebrow raised.

”Hurting.. people?”

Ponies! I’ve been hurting ponies.. b-but on accident!”

I shot my head back up looking at Ace after the last part.

”Apparently when you painted the mark on me a mid evil creature found itself inside my mind and started to take peoples souls. So far I’ve only taken one. Mud’s brother or cousin or whatever.”

I shooed at the air as I explained, cooped my arms up and placing my head on them. Ace sighed.

I kind of uh.. knew about that.”

He winced as I lifted my head up and glared at him.

”B-B-but!! But not on purpose. since I thought it was a thousand years later I thought he was to old to poses someone, mostly just thought he wasn’t real anyways.”

I looked down at him, the put my head back down. Ace looked up at the setting sun. He then had an idea.

”This might be an obvious answer but, have you ever been in the sky?”

I slowly turned my head to him, my head still resting on my arms but my eyes looking up at him. I shook my head.

”No. I haven’t.”

”Would you like to, y’know, go up there?”

I took a moment to think. I have been in the sky, just not, out of a plane. Plane. My.. other life. Damn. How long has it been since I came here? 4.. 5 days?

”It’s okay if you don’t want to, I know it’s pretty up high for a unicorn-“

”No no! I uhm, I’d like to go up there. It’s seems fun.”

I smiled shyly, and Ace smiled back, him standing up and back, his wings flailing open and take position low, able for me to hop on. I get up and walk to where he is, looking at his back, then at his face.

”It’s alright, I don’t mind, I used to fly my brother around before he was able to fly himself. And I don’t mind the weight, makes me get stronger!

He smiled triumphantly as I climbed on carefully. I angled myself to where his wings were able to flap with out slapping my legs.

”Alright ZJ. Hold on!”

His wings flapped hard and away we flew, I felt myself cling to his neck and rest my head on his neck to be more stable. From the side of Ace’s head I see that we start to fly next to a building, the windows passing by as I see ponies inside. I felt my eye bandage rip off my eyes, forgetting that it was even still on my eye, but it was to late to even turn around to grab it, unsure where it was going to land.

”You can look if you want. The view looks awesome!”

The air did feel nice, and I slowly lifted my head up. Landscapes don’t really fascinate me, but since I was in this.. pony world, the sun was almost passed the line of the horizon, and my eyes go wide slightly, feeling the wind go by my ears and into my hair, my ponytail wiping around, as well as my pony tail protruding from my butt bone.

This seems, surprisingly peaceful.

I thought. Looking around the ground, seeing the castle from a high view. I held on more tight as Ace turned slowly, starting to circle around the castle, then close to a waterfall next to it. We got so close to it to where I could touch the water, reaching my hoof out and feeling it splash. I felt myself smile, a big one this time than the other times I’ve smiled here.

Is this what feeling free feels like? Not worrying about much and just, living? This is to real for it to be a dream. Probably known that since I got attacked and felt it.

I shook my head at the last thought, and drew my hoof away as we flew around and down to the castle’s gardens where we flew off from. He gently landed next to the fountain so I can easily get off and hop off his back and sit on the dye of the fountain. I then stood up on my back legs and fumbled a bit, Ace turning around and catching me.

”Whoa there! You alright?”

”Y-yeah, I’m fine. Just getting my land legs back.”

He smiled as he looked at me, his eyes concentrating on mine. I was getting an awkward feeling, our eyes staying on each others. I then felt him get slightly close..

..”Ace? Did you find ZJ?”

We both whipped our heads around, hearing a familiar voice turn the corner of the hedge. It was Twilight, followed by Rainbow Dash, and Cherry. I quickly scramble to my hooves, my mouth going into a thin line. At the corner of my eye, I saw Ace blink quickly, then shake his head, brining his gaze back up to the others.

”Oh good! We found you guys!”

Cherry said jumping at me, flapping his wings to get a little bit more in the air and landed on me, sending me to the ground. He picked me up and hugged me, taking some wind out.

”When you didn’t come back from looking for ZJ, Cherry decided for us to go find you guys.”

Rainbow Dash said, landing next to Twilight. Cherry nodded enthusiastically.

”Yeah, yeah! And loooook, I save a cupcake for you! Chocolate!”]

Cherry reached behind him and pulled out a big chocolate cupcake. I was getting pretty hungry, so I took it and took a bit out of it.

”Wow, this tastes really good. Thanks.”

I said, giving a smile. Cherry reached a hoof out and patted my head, the cupcake hitting my nose and left some frosting. Cherry stopped as I looked over at him but then reached one of mine and scooped up a small piece for frosting and bopped it on Cherry’s chin and smirked. We all started laughing. Twilight smiled and Dash looked over.

”Guess he can make friends after all huh?”

She said, nudging Twilight’s shoulder. Twilight chuckled.

”Yes, Dash. Yes.”