Universal Connections

Everypony was sleeping through the beautiful night. Unbeknownst to them that this night for a few ponies, was special, as it started a new age…with a new catalyst for everything having arrived at their world.

But you have bragging rights now to shove in the faces of all the bronies you are a part of, because you are in the dream void, in an embrace of the princess of the night. Both of your bodies faced the same way, just that because ponies were smaller than alicorns, you were basically moved up to sit on her lap (don't even ask how that works, pony land is weird), and she has her big wings draped around your frail body.

***

Luna sat there in the void with you, she had two screens on both sides of her, one was basically a camera that could see anyponies’ dreams to check if any were having nightmares, she couldn’t exactly dreamwalk right now with her new guest. On the other screen lies Anon’s dream. It was complicated, both of them being in the dream void, but yet still Anon was able to dream without Luna being in it as well.

She soon sensed some red darkness seep from Anon’s screen, he was spiraling down, the dream he was having slowly morphed into memories, faces, screams, all from Earth. Luna’s embrace around him tightened, then slowly caused his dream to go back to normal.

Really? I can’t believe you're doing this! Why are you comforting him like he’s your son?

Not now Nightmare, you saw those images too, and he needs this just as much as I do.

Why would you need any of…this?

Well…Anon, unlike most of our subjects, is more mature. Probably being a human and all, but he also carries his darkness from his past. So, I feel like he…gets me..

Pfft! Get you? Hahahaha! Lulu, don't tell me you're going to try and make one of your subjects your friends. Everytime you try to make friends, all your subjects run away-

A scowl went across Luna’s face as she disconnected Nightmare’s voice from her mind. She is still in agony after all these years of being free of her, because the elements (for some reason) instead of killing that beast…decided to lock her up in Luna’s mind, forever torturing her. But now…she has somepony, or…someone who feels her pain…

***

You slowly wake up from your dream, well “dream dream”, and still find yourself in the dream void. Yea it's complicated, it took a long time for Luna to convince you that you can have a dream while being in the void during dreaming.

You turn your head upwards, careful not to poke Luna with your horn, and see her smile facing back down at you. That gets you a tired smile in return.

“Rest well, Anon?”

“Mmm..” Is all your tired brain could respond, but then your tired smile disappeared from your face as your mind started to wonder.

“Luna,” You deadpan. “I need to show you something. It’s one of my memories, it's something I never wish to show anypony, but yet…I can’t handle it anymore.” Tears started to make your vision blurry as the wings around you wrapped around your small body more as your voice started to break. “I need to get it out of my system, so, I need to show you it.”

Now Luna has you in an embrace of not just her wings, but her forelegs as well. She uses her feather to wipe your tears. With a flash of her horn a big screen appeared in the void in front of both of you. Saying “Memory input required”.

“I understand, Anon. This is a hard time for you, you can show me it if you want, but if you start spiraling down, I will be here to bring you out of it.” You look back up with your semi blurry vision to see a face with genuine care and comfort. You only nod before closing your eyes and taking a deep breath. Letting those memories in the back of your head reach the screen at full force….

***

A virus from space, that was all that it was, but yet it infected ALL humans on Earth. There were only two types, light and severe. The light version made humans have a need for chaos, but eventually a vaccine was made and eventually eradicated. But the severe….never got a cure, because of how rare it was, out of all 8 billion people, only around 200,000 people had the severe type, and your friend was one of them…

The severe type made a human have an INTENSE bloodlust. Wanting to see the life drain from a person’s eyes as they slice their throat open to taste the spraying blood.

You run into an abandoned house, hiding from the red smoke that plagued the landscape. You sigh before you realize that you were in a room full of dead bodies, and your friend was in the middle, looking at his next victim as he stabbed him in the stomach. He looked back at you with that twisted smile, blood coated his skin and clothes, he smile of insanity was so big that blood came from his gums and stained his teeth in a reddish pink.

“W-Why…why hello there Ano-” Nothing, your friend was launched back to the end of the room lying in his own blood. You stand there with your hands shaking and breathing shallow. Sweat all over you as you hold the gun you just used. Out of shock and realization you drop the weapon and run for it…

***

Luna quickly broke the connections and began to hug you tightly. You instinctually turn around to hug her back while staining her chest floor with your tears, while putting your small pony muzzle into her ozone scent.

So what were you saying about him being mature?

You saw the memory too, Nightmare..

But you have to admit that the ponies nowadays are so…weak.

Well is Anon a pony?

Just look at him you idio-

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT PHYSICALLY!

Well…if he’s not a pony or… what was it…human, then what do you think he is?

I know, he’s a soul. A soul and nothing else, he only transfers his soul into other bodies.

Try saying that to him, then we will see how this “make Anon your friend” plan will work out…

Luna only sighed, while the pony she embraced went back to a calmer state. Then the light in the void appeared again.

You feel something tapping your side and you look to see Luna’s feathers pointing towards something, turn around, and it’s time to wake up. But you can’t just leave without at least saying something.

“T-Thank you Luna…I needed to get it out of my system.” You say before letting the light swallow your small body…