What If: My Second Life

CHAPTER 28: Dream Scape

Author's Note: Hey guys! Sorry for the lack of updates! Been getting writer's block for the past few weeks and haven't willed myself to write anything. Anyway, hope you enjoy!

I gasped for air and shot straight up. I clutched my chest and felt the familiar weight of the Calling Card on my neck. My vision was blurred and I was moving wildly, panicking as my vision returned slowly. “JACE! Calm down!” It was a male's voice, but I couldn't hear it that well. It felt like my ears were submerged underwater. I kept moving then felt a hand on my chest push me down and my head landed on something soft. I could feel someone gripping the chain of the Card and I grabbed the arm of the person trying to take it away from me. It moved around but my arm was grabbed and pinned next to me. The being went back and pulled the card off me.

“I'LL KILL YOU ALL!” I yelled out, fury in my body. I felt someone strap something over my mouth and I yelled again, but all that came out were muffled screams.

I struggled to get out and closed my eyes and gritted my teeth, trying to move. “Get him some morphine! 50Mg in the IV! Keep him held down Coal!” It was another voice, but again, I couldn't hear it well. “WHERE THE HELL IS THE ANESTHESIOLIGIST?” My eyes shot open and I could see somewhat. Coal was holding me down and I was still trying to yell my head off. I kept trying to move, trying to push Coal away from me.

“STRAP HIM DOWN!” My arms had different colored auras encase them and pinned to whatever I was on. I tried to struggle but it was no use. I felt something wrap around my wrists and my ankles and a pressure on them. The auras faded on my hands and I tried to move, but I couldn't.

“I'M HERE!” Came a voice. “Get this in the IV bag now!” As my hearing came back to me, a beeping rang in my left ear as I tried to struggle.

I tried to yell out for help but the only thing that came out were muffled screams. I kept trying to move and break free. “GOT IT IN! PUT HIM OUT!” A sudden surge of tiredness washed over me as I tried to move. My arms felt dead after a while and I just stared up at white. I saw the face of a pony over me and smirk.

“Sweet dreams...My student..” A laugh came and my vision went black. I felt like I was free-falling, my hair felt like it was being blown by wind. Wait, is that rain I smell? What in the buck?

I opened my eyes slowly and turned to see nothing but blue sky and clouds fly past me. I blinked and turned my head down to see that I was headed straight for the ground. “AHHHHHHHHHHH!” I flailed around wildly and turned my head to look around my surroundings. Wait, that's not a hand! That's a hoof! I was that pony from that suicide dream! Oh god, that still gives me shivers..

I looked behind me. Yes! The black bracers, the yellow coat, I remember! I unfurled my wings and they caught the wind as I flew towards a cloud and landed safely on it. I sighed audibly, falling on my back as I tried to catch my breathe. 'What in the fuck was that about?' I thought to myself.

As I tried to make sense of what the hell just happened, I heard a voice from down below. “Black Gold!? Hey Black you out here?!” I peeked over the side of the cloud to see a brown pony walking down a dirt path. “BLAAAACK?!” Wait, that voice...Is that...Nutmeg?!

She turned and locked eyes with me before smiling wide. “Black! There you are! You scared me to death! I've been looking all over for you. Come down here!” Wait. Is she talking to me? I looked around and saw nopony else around us.

“Uh, I'll be down in a second!” Wait, my voice...Is that a Scottish accent in my voice?! It's deeper than when I last remember too. WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN.

I jumped out of the cloud and flew down to the awaiting Nutmeg. “Hey Nutmeg, what's u-MMMF!” WHY IS SHE KISSING ME?! I reared back at the kiss and she looked at me, worry in her eyes. “Nutmeg, what're ya doin' lass?” LASS? FUT THE WUK?

“W-What are you talking about Goldie? Darling we've been together for two years! I thought you'd remember who your own wife is by now..” WIFE? AHHH! WHAT IS GOING OOON? “Gold? You alright dear? You look troubled.”

“Hell yes I'm troubled!” She moved back from me. I took a couple steps back. “First off, who in the hell am I?!” He looked at himself, unable to comprehend what the balls is happening.

“Who are you?! You're Black Gold! The owner of the music store downtown!” Music store?! “You also DJ on request! You're best friend is Vinyl Scratch!” VINYL! Maybe she'd be able to clear things up!

“Thanks Meg, but I have to go see something!” I turned and ran off, leaving Nutmeg in the pathway. I ran as fast as I could to Ponyville and was instantly bombarded by people asking for autographs and pictures. I cleared the mobs of fangirls by flying and headed to Vinyl's mansion. 'Please let her know what's going on!'

As I got nearer to the house, I sensed something was off. I dropped to the ground and ran to the iron gate, getting stopped by a police-stallion. “Whoa whoa, can't let yo- Gold! Hey buddy! It's me Franko from the music store a couple days ago!”

“Franko?” I looked at him like he was nuts. 'Just play along,' I thought. “Ehhh! Franko! I remember you boyo! Say, how bout'cha let me in to see ol' Scratch fer a bit!” It felt like I was lsurring my words together like when I was blathering drunk.

“Sure thing Gold!” Franko pulled open the gates and I ran off to the front door, pressing the doorbell over and over.

“Come on Vi! Open up!” I started knocking on the door, pounding on it. “VI OPEN U-” The door opened and a pony with a black coat and black and red mane. He was wearing goggles like Vinyl's but they were red.

“Can I help you?” His voice was gruff and his build was muscular. He pulled off the goggles and his eyes were as red as Vinyl's. “Oh, Gold! Sorry dude, these new goggles make everything look red.. I thought you were someone else. Common in!” He moved aside and I just stood there. The pony raised a brow. “Uhh, Gold?”

I shook my head out of the daze and walked in past the pony into the mansion I've walked in a million times over now. The song Viva La Vida played through my head as I walked down the halls seeing pictures of this pony and Vinyl together. I narrowed my eyes as I made it to her room and knocked on the door. It swung open and I got a face full of blue mane as Vinyl hugged me. “Gold! You made i-” I pushed her off.

“WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?” I pushed her into the room and slammed the door behind me. “WHO IS THAT GUY?” She looked terrified.

“Whoa! Gold! Chill out bro! You don't remember my husband Shale?” I snapped.

“H-Husband?” I moved back and my eyes welled with tears. “Wh-WHAT IS THIS PLACE?!” I broke down and started to cry, falling to the ground and curling into myself. “I want to leave...I wanna leave...Let me out of this hell..” I felt a hoof on my head. I looked up and saw Vinyl rubbing my head.

“It'll be alright...You just gotta wake up..” I blinked away tears.

“What? What do you me- AHHHHGH!” I felt electricity shoot through my body and it felt like I had been sucked through a vacuum. My vision blurred and then blacked. I swear I saw a glint of a blade and my reflection in it as I was blacked out. It soon returned to me as my eyes shot open and I was staring up at a white ceiling.

“We got him! He's alive!” I turned to see the voice and saw a pony holding onto some defibrillators. I looked around the room and saw nurses and doctors all around my now awake body. I reached over and grabbed the doctor with the defibrillators and pulled him close.

“What...Happened...” The doctor went wide eyed and shook.

“Erm, well...You were banged up when we found you...Vinyl Scratch took you in and we operated. We had to call Coal in and hold you down while we performed surgery though...You went a bit berserk. We had to remove your jewelry for the operation as well...” A nurse walked over and put the Calling Card on the nightstand next to him. He quickly snatched it and put it around his neck, sighing as he remembered what happened when I woke up and went crazy. I looked around and saw the horrified looks in the ponies eyes.

“I'm sorry for what happened. But this..” I held up the hourglass on my neck. “Is a thing that should NEVER, be removed. I mean that for anything...I didn't mean what I said back then, I'm sorry if you were around to hear what I did say..” I sat up and sighed, rubbing my face. “Can I leave?”

“Y-Yes...Yes you may..” I moved my body and looked down, now realizing my attire.

“Where are my clothes?” A pony pointed at a small bag on a chair next to the bed I was laying in. I walked over and there was a card on the front. It read, 'Get well soon darling, hope these suit your needs. ~Rarity.' Well fantastic! This is a great start to my fucking day. I sighed and shooed the doctors and nurses away as I changed into a black shirt with a cursive DJ CX on the front. I put on some baggy black pants and a belt that sagged a little to the left and hugged on my leg. I pulled on my shoes that I came in and pulled out a black hat with the logo JR = CX on the front. I pushed it backwards on my head and walked to the bathroom in the room. Well, everything seemed normal. I pulled up my shirt and holy shit, I have a giant scar across my stomach. “The fuck happened?” I don't remember a thing!

I pushed down my shirt and walked out of the bathroom and out of the patient room. Ponies stared as I walked to the entrance and pushed open the doors to Equestria. The light blinded me a bit but after a while of my eyes adjusting, they got used to it. I was absolutely pissed off. This day started off bad then it went to worse. What in the fuck happened?! I walked down the streets of Ponyville, and got gasps when I passed certain ponies. Most I recognized from the concerts I did with Vinyl. Well, I was a celebrity around here, so it's bound to happen.

'Should probably stop by Twilight's house, haven't seen her in forever.' I thought as I got closer to the library. I got up to the door and heard collected gasps from inside. I blinked and knocked on the door and Rarity answered it. “Oh Jace! You look like a doll with those cloth- JACE!” She hugged around my waist and I looked around.

“Umm, hey Rarity..Hey girls...” I waved to them and then stared at the red stallion in the middle of the circle they were making. “Who's your friend?”

“Jace! It's me, Coal!” He waved a hoof at me and I blinked. “I got a spell from Twilight and I got turned into this!” He smiled and I moved into the circle.

“Wait, Twilight...You did this?” She looked down and nodded sheepishly. I pointed to myself. “Make me one, now..” Hopefully, this will turn my day around.