My Terrible Nightmare

There was a knock at Shadow’s door.

”Hello?” Oh! ZJ! What’s up?”

I stood at the door with 2 tickets in my mouth. I saw him look into my eyes and then down at my mouth where the tickets where, and his eyes widened.

“Holy Celestia! Are.. are those real?!”

He leaned in close examing them. I nodded and placed them in my hoof and moved them a bit closer to him.

”Yeah! To be honest, the Princess her self gave them to me, mostly because I tried out Marble’s spell book and I accidentally learned something odd. Not sure if you heard an explosion buuuuut that was me.”

I smirked a bit, it being a bit crooked, and I see his lips part and his eyes dart from the tickets to my eyes and then back to the tickets, then back to my eyes.

“I’m so glad I made friends with you! I can get into so many things!”

He was about to grab it in his opened mouth, but I swiped it away.

“Uhhh, excuse me?”

He was looking up at me and slammed his mouth shut. I saw his cheeks flush a bit.

“Oh no no no!! I was being sarcastic! That’s a thing I do, sorry I forgot to tell you, unless if the time ever came up, which is now. Dang now I feel stupid. My bad.”

He slammed his hoof onto his forehead. He did look guilty. But my trust issues are kind of on the edge from the real world.

This ‘is’ just a party thing anyways. It’s not like anything bad could happen. And besides, this is the first thing I’m ever gonna do with him.. and he’s never asked me for anything.

I started to remember that he’s the one that gave me this hoodie. He does have a funny and kind spirit, and I guess I do get carried away when I joke around to much.

“Hey man it’s fine. I get carried away with jokes some times.”

I handed him the one on top and he looked at me and smiled kindly, and gently took it out of my hoof.

“Ah ok good. I didn’t mean to sound like a snob or anything.”

I nodded in response.

”Oh yeah. Do you know when it is?”

”Yeah, in like 2 days I believe. Twilight also said we can get prepped at Rarity’s shop tomorrow if that’s alright with you. You can get a cool outfit with being around famous ponies you know.”

I gave him a little sneaky smirk, and he returned with a scrunched nose and a smile, seeing that he got my ‘joke’.

”Ha yeah, I guess so buddy!”

He couldn’t help it but he started to laugh, me just standing there and feeling my brain go numb, my weird smirk falling.

Dammit, I better not be having mood swings. I am trying to be funny after all. Well I can’t shove negative feelings around this world and ruin it like the real world. Guess this is the part where I try to actually laugh, even when it might be fake.. I guess?

I started to chuckle, trying my best to show that I was also having ‘fun’. He wiped away a tear and smiled up at me, my chucking coming to a hault. His smile fell slightly.

”You.. don’t show too many emotions at times, do you? Like your mood just kind of dies then and there.”

I pull my head back and felt my ears droop, which felt weird since I haven’t had pony ears at all and normal boring human ones.

”I uh, uhm..”

I couldn’t find the right words and my eyes starting looking around. I shook my head sorrowfully.

”Yeah sorry, I don’t know why my emotions just suddenly drop at times, I don’t mean it, honestly.”

I then looked down, seeing my hooves. I started to try to ‘close my hands’, starting to feel myself grab dirt.

Man this doesn’t make any sense. I can still grab things but I don’t have any fingers.

I then felt pressure on my shoulder and I looked up, seeing that Shadow’s hoof was on it. He was smiling.

”I understand man.”

He then leaned in and gave me a hug. I flinched slightly, but being hugged my something soft feels comforting. I feel him rest his head on my back as he hugged, and then pulled back and patted me on the back.

”But hey! Thanks for the ticket, really! Do you uh, want to come inside? Maybe watch a movie or, just hang out?”

He scratched the back of his head nervously.

I nodded, smiling slightly. He stepped aside and lead me in, following behind me and closing the door.

”So what movies are you into? Like drama, adventure, horror, uhm.. romance..”

I hear him hesitate at romance, but I didn’t think much of it. I was looking around the room, mostly at the pictures, him still listing movie genres, but then I looked at him.

”I don’t mind a horror movie.”

I shrugged a bit. He smiled.

”Oh awesome! I actually have the best horror movie for us to watch!”

He dashed over to a small shelf, grazing his hoof over what seemed to be the movies, and pulled one out.

”Track Pad and The Questionable Horse Shoe! Trust me, it’s a classic but sooo cool. It is a bit bloody though. You don’t mind blood do you?”

I snorted slightly at the name, but then focused my gaze at the cover.

”I don’t mind gore.”

He smiled and ran to the TV set. I walked over to the couch, making me remember the moment of me sobbing here and recovering from the bullies, but just shoved the thought away and sat down at the same spot as earlier. The tv turned on and in a few seconds the name popped up on screen.

”Since I’ve watched this a few times I’m gonna go get some snacks and drinks. Your fine with soda for a drink? I could also bring other stuff as well.”

”Anything is fine.”

He nodded smiling all the way to the kitchen, me blinking my eyes towards the tv. I tried sitting in a way that was comfortable. These new legs and bones feeling weird when trying to sit like humans do. I found a good position, me leaning on my side slightly with my arm over the arm rest, and I placed my head on my hoof.. after swiping some dirt of it from earlier.

He came back about 7 minutes later with a tray on his head full of food, and leaned his head down as it slid onto the coffee table in front of me.

”Alright ZJ! I got the goods right here! Got some chips, hay sticks, peanuts..-“

My eyes shot open as I looked down at the tray, seeing the peanuts in a bowl closest to me.

”Ahhh Shadow! I uh, ah crud I forgot to tell you I’m allergic to peanuts.”

I feel myself cringe a bit still looking at the peanuts. I see his eyes widen and he gasped as well as he grabbed the bowl and rushed it to the kitchen, me hearing clambering sounds and the water running, then him rushing back.

”Oh crap I’m sorry about that! How highly are you allergic to them?!”

”If they’re around me I’m fine. It’s only when I eat them because if I do my throat will close up and I’ll slowly suffocate.”

His lips parted and his eyes winded more.

”Dang dude. You know, actually, my younger brother is allergic to blueberries. Yeah it’s some what funny and sad at the same time, but I guess the universe wasn’t to greatful with him either.”

I shrugged. After a weird awkward pause we both look to the screen as a yelp happened in the movie. Realizing that we were watching a movie, I scooted over slightly and he sat next to me, reaching down and grabbed some chips and crunches down on them.

After 30 minutes into the movie, a really ‘scary’ part was about to happen, where the pony named Track Pad, was walking through a hallway of a hospital, the ambience having a scared suspenseful sound. Course me not knowing what was going to happen I decided to spit out a statement.

”He’s gonna appear around the corner.”

I blurted out. He looked at me and raised an eyebrow, then looked back at the movie, minutes later, the murderer jumping out and swinging an axe at Track Pad, Track jumping back and screaming, beginning to run down the hallway with the man in pursuit.

”How’d you know that?””

He looked back over at me again.

”I don’t know, just felt like it was gonna happen.”

”Can you do it again?”

”Uh maybe, just give me a bit, gotta see if I can think of what’s gonna happen next.”

He nodded in response and looked back at the tv. 25 minutes passed and I felt the thought of something that might happen again, needing to say it.

”She’s gonna die.”

He looked at me and his mouth opened in question, his eyes darting from me and the tv as the girl dies from a knife getting thrown into her throat.

”Is this your secret talent?! It’s amazing! I did see that you made noises to cliche parts, so I guess you knew those moments as well?”

I tilted my head and shrugged.

”Heh I guess so. I mean I still wish I had a cutie mark.”

I looked at my ass seeing nothing there. He did as well which was a bit awkward, but I guess everyone does cuz of the cutie mark. His eyebrows raised.

”Oh! We could I mean, draw one on if you feel insecure about it, or if you just wanna have one. But I mean.. you can literally have any cutie mark you want! Which is actually better than an actual one to be honest.”

He looked down at his own flank, seeing his cutie mark which was an Ace of Spades; half black and Half white in a wavy line, like it being the Yin Yang sort of.

”Yeah, I guess I could have anything. What would it be though?”

”Well, what do you like to do?”

I thought for a second. Games and drawing, I guess sleeping, hah.

”I’m not really sure actually. I like to do a lot of things really. I don’t have a special talent. Guess that’s why I don’t have a cutie mark.”

Shadow thought for a bit, then he got up and walked over to a dresser and moved some things around, eventually pulling out some paper and a pencil.

”Do you mind if I draw some ideas?”

He said with a smile.

I nodded.

”I’d like to see what you come up with. I don’t really have any ideas on my mind anyways.”

He hopped once and came over and plopped on the couch, grabbing a book from underneath the coffee table and placed the paper on. I leaned my head on a hoof as I kept watching the horror movie, which I think had 35 minutes left.

I felt my eyes slowly close as I drifted off to sleep. Hopefully he comes up with cool marks.