Running from the Past

(Brain in this color.) ( Monster/Evil voice in this color. Try to imagine the evil voice sounding similiar to this)

Lloyd woke up screaming and sweating, worse than last time. He looked around, and realized he had fallen asleep in Rainbow's house. He slowly got up, and streched.

"Hello? Rainbow?" He looked around some more, and found a note by the door.

Lloyd, I went into town. I decided to let you sleep, I thought you needed it. Find me on the edge of the Everfree Forest when you're ready, we need to talk.

-Rainbow Lloyd walked around, and decided to go outside. *I'm gonna go flying.* He swanned dived down into Ponyville, being very careful to avoid anyone. He saw Ponyville in the distance, and picked up speed. It was dark out, and Lloyd couldn't see that well. He reached the ground without any accidents. *Well, time to go and find Rainbow.*  Lloyd started to walk around, now seeing too many ponies outside. As he was walking, he saw Pinkie hopping up and down in the middle of town. *Oh no, don't want her to see me...* Lloyd thought as he hid behind a barrel. He slowly snuck past Pinkie, trying his best not to get detected. He finally got past her, and when he thought he was in the clear, he got back up and walked towards Everfree.

Unfortunately, Lloyd was not in the clear, because as soon as he started to walk, he heard someone coming up from behind him. Just as he turned around, a pie was shoved into his face. *Damnit, I was that close to escaping.* He wiped the pie off of his face to see Pinkie and Rarity laughing.

"Alright, you got me, good job. I admit defeat." Lloyd said, raising his hands into the air. Rarity and Pinkie were still stiffling giggles.

"Hahahaha! We got you!" Pinkie giggled as she looked at Lloyd's face.

"Atleast the pie tastes good. I'll pay for the icing later, Pinkie."

"Okay then!" Pinkie said, hopping up and down.

"Yeah, yeah. I'll see you guys later!" Lloyd said, waving to them as he walked into the distance. *I should go check on Twilight. I haven't see her all day.* Lloyd made a slight detour, and walked into Twilight's house. Twilight heard him, and ran from her room.

"You okay, Twilight?" Lloyd asked, suprised by just how shellshocked she looked.

"I was worried, I thought you were in trouble or even hurt."

"Twilight it's fine, don't worry about me. I can handle myself." Lloyd said.

"But-"

"Twi, you know me. I always put other people before me, but I can get myself out of a sticky situation." Lloyd said shrugging.

"Okay....." Twilight said. She levitated a book and started to read it. Lloyd decided it was best to leave her alone. He walked outside. Lloyd then began walking towards Everfree again. *I wonder what Rainbow wants to see me for.* He walked on, into the dead of night.

Eventually, Lloyd reached the edge of Everfree. He saw Rainbow, standing there. She was looking around. Lloyd slowly walked up to her. She quickly realized he was there.

"Hi, Lloyd." Rainbow said nervously.

"Hey, Rainbow." Lloyd said, smiling. Rainbow gestured for him to come with her, and he followed. As they were walking, Lloyd saw the incredible beauty around him. *Everything looks so beatiful under the moonlight, especially Rainbow.* Lloyd stopped himself. *What the hell am I thinking? She's a pony, and my friend.* Lloyd stopped thinking and just focused on walking with Rainbow.

"So Dash...."

"Yeah?"

"Why'd you want to see me? And why right here?" Lloyd asked with curiosity.

"You'll see, trust me." Rainbow said as she kept on walking. He shrugged, and just kept on walking.

They eventually reached a lake, it looked quite pretty with the moonlight shining off of it. Rainbow sat down by the edge of the lake. Lloyd did the same thing, and sat next to her. Rainbow sat down next to him, resting her head on his shoulder. They just sat there, relaxing, for a few minutes, by the moonlight. They looked on.  After a few more minutes of silence, Rainbow Dash Lloyd something.

"Hey Lloyd?"

"Yeah, Dash?"

"Did you have a-" Rainbow stopped herself.

"What?"

"No-nothing." Rainbow said, looking away.

"You can tell me, Dash. Come on." Lloyd said.

"Did you have a...special somepony back where you lived?" Lloyd sat there, thinking for a few seconds. *Huh? Why would she ask that?*

"Um, no...not really....why?" Lloyd said. Before he could say anything more, Rainbow's lips were quickly pressed up against his. *HDFGFDHGDSWREHEGAH* After what seemed like an eternity, but was actually a few seconds, Rainbow broke the kiss. Lloyd sat there, completely dumbfounded. *Brain, wtf just happened?* *I dun know, some show of affection? I'm not experienced in this stuff! I'm FLIPPING OUT!* *Brain, calm the hell down.* *Okay....*

"Um, uh......" Lloyd said. Rainbow blushed.

"Rainbow, why did you just kiss me?" Lloyd asked, completely speechless.

"I guess it may sound silly, but I guess I've had a crush on you since I first started talking to you." Rainbow said.

"Hmmph, ok." Lloyd then mentally facepalmed. *How the hell didn't I notice? All of the blushing and stuff, of course she had a crush on me.*

"Well Rainbow, I feel the same way about you." Lloyd said truthfully. Rainbow then smiled, and kissed him again. To Lloyd, it felt like heaven. This time, they didn't break the kiss for a while. *Wow, this feels......good.* Lloyd then broke the kiss, and smiled at Rainbow. They just sat there, silent for a few seconds.

"I love you, Lloyd."

"I love you too, Dash." Lloyd said as he gave her a hug. After a few seconds, Lloyd got back up.

"I guess I'll see you later...Dash."

"See you later, Lloyd." Lloyd then walked away, waving to her. He intended to walk back to Twilight's, but ended up by the clearing where he nearly lost his life. The symbol in the middle changed. The creature was still there, but there was a ring of fire surrounding it. The fire was painted blood red. *What the hell? Now my dreams affect the physical world? This just keeps getting weirder and weirder.* He quickly fell to the ground, on his knees. He felt pain in his brain, as if something was invading his mind. He had no idea what was going on. *This is what you are...* For some reason, a song was quickly forced into Lloyd's head.

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More pain slowly seeped into Lloyd's brain. He couldn't stand it.* You are weak and pathetic...* He felt like his brain was gonna explode. He couldn't even scream. The song just kept playing in his head. He rapidly began thinking of everything in his life. His family, friends, Rainbow, his new life, everything..... It all surged through his head. He couldn't bear it anymore. It hurt too much. He couldn't even think. Lloyd just ran and ran. He ran towards Twilight's house, the song following him in his head the entire time. He finally arrived at Twilight's home. he ran as fast as he could into his room, and tried to go to sleep. As soon as the song ended, the pain in his brain slowly faded away to tolerable levels. He went to sleep quickly, not wanting to think about the night's events. He drifted off, thinking about Rainbow Dash.