The Bad Dreams

This is my first (attempt at a) fanfiction, so please judge lightly.

Chapter 1: The Madness Within.

It was just another average, ordinary day in Equestria. the sun was shining, the sky was clear, and all the small ponies of Ponyville were in school. Some might think that everything was in order, but it wasn't, for Twilightsparkle, Rarity, Pinkey Pie, and Fluttershy had been having horrible dreams about things that were so terrifying that it eventually drove them insane. Every night, these four poor ponies would attempt to sleep, knowing what they would see in the dream realm.

"Hey Pinkie Pie." Twilightsparkle had said, trying to sound as if she had gotten more than two and a half hours of sleep the night prior. "Hey Twilight." Pinkie said back, almost as if having Twilight around scared the living happiness out of her. "Twilight. can I talk to you, Please?" "Ok Pinkey. what about?" Twilight had said. "well" Pinkey said hesitantly. "I've been ha-" she was interrupted by rarity, who had yawned almost directly in her ear. It startled her a little bit, but she was able to hold in the scream of pure terror. "I don't think I will be able to get any work done with all the sleep I have missed throughout all these nights. I must look absolutely horrible. i mean, all that beauty sleep, GONE. " Twilight interrupted her rant. " Well girls, i would love to stay and chat, but I have to go and ...uuummmm...... find a book of ancient spells." Pinkey then made up a story. " Yeah. I have to go and.. make.. A CAKE!" The two ponies then scampered away, leaving Rarity alone. just like in the beginning of her dream. ' yes." she said very lightly to herself, almost on the verge of tears, " I suppose I should go and work on some dresses."

The reason she had gone to see her friends is to comfort her, to make her forget about the dreams she had been having for the past few nights. The dreams were eating away at her very being. She was being driven closer and closer to madness. She then ran home and locked herself in the carousel boutique. She was sad, alone, and scared of what haunted her in her dreams. she could remember it all so vividly. Her bones cracking, her eyes making a waterfall, her legs feeling as if they were on fire. " Get out of my head. Get Out! GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT!!" She kept chanting to herself. She then picked up a chair and threw it at a mannequin, which was wearing Rarities newest design she liked to call "The Golden Flower". The chair hit the mannequin right in the head. It then toppled over and hit the ground. Rarity then immediately fell on the ground and started weeping.

You might be wondering where Fluttershy is in all of this mess. She had locked herself in her house, and been sobbing in a corner to the left of the dining room. Her shy personality and fragile emotions had been tormented and abused by the images that had filled her head. The torture. The madness. The brutality. She couldn't take it. She had tried many things to try to get the horrible thoughts out of her head. She had visited some of the animals, bu whenever she did, they would scamper away, because she would start crying out of no where. She had even tried calling Rainbowdash and Applejack while they were on vacation in Canterlot, but whenever she did, she only got the voice mail in response. . She had no one left to turn to. She had no food left in her house, and she thought of just staying inside of her house until she eventually died of starvation or dehydration. She had contemplated suicide, but knew that she wouldn't have the guts to go through with it. All she knew was that whatever happens, she would never forget the dreams.