Dreams Lead To Secrets

It takes me a few hours to get away from Pinkie, her talking never stops and if you ever try to move away from her while she's talking, she just follows right along. It wasn't until she remembered about having to make a cake for somepony's birthday did she finally dash off back to the shop, leaving me to wind down from the ever talkative Pinkie Pie's rain of nonsense.

I was full of cookies though, can almost feel them shifting as I walk, and that whole ordeal with Pinkie did take my mind off my troubles, so I'm secretly thankful toward her...

I make my way slowly home, some ponies giving me worried looks as I pass by them, those who either experienced or heard about my recent black-out in the middle of Ponyville. I give them all reassuring nods, showing them all that I am fine now. Some of them take it to heart and go back to their work while others keepa watchful eye on me as I walk. At least I know everypony cares...

I get home to see my unlocked door ajar, I ran out in such a rush that I even forgot to close my own door. "Ouwee, I'm home!" I call out as I trot into my house closing the door behind me. I know I won't get a response but it always feels good to be able to call out to somepony when you get home.

Celestia's sun is slowly sinking out of the sky now, being replaced by Luna's moon. It had taken a while for Celestia to trust her little sister with the moon again but eventually she gave control of it back to her. The day and night transition seems smoother now, more natural. But now I am not even looking forward to the night. For it will only bring me sleep, and sleep will bring the dream that I fear.

I grab Ouwee and trot to my room, the cookies now sit unsettling in my stomach. Too many sweets was never good for any pony. I flop down onto my bed, laying my head on Ouwee and staring out the window, watching Luna's moon rise into the sky, the stars starting to twinkle into existance as the sky transitions into night time.

I'v always loved the stars, and the night, the noises that come with it, the hoots of the owls and chirps of the crickets. It was all so calming. And I find my eyelids starting to droop closed, I fight it for a while, the fear still buzzing in the back of my mind until I give into the weight and fall into a deep sleep....

I can feel the wind blowing through my mane once again, the voice whispering unintelligibly into my ear, gradually growing in volume.

"Open...." It echoes through my mind, bouncing off the dark corners of my consciousness, and taking Twilight's advice I immidiately open my eyes. A shiver runs through me as I find myself staring into the same dark abyss from the same cliff that I had viewed so many times before. I gulp at the sight, the voice once again speaking, unintelligible, the volume growing once more, the tone different from before. It sounds almost surprised, almost...impressed...

"Aroule....why do you obey so quickly now when you didn't before...?" The voice was airy and whimsical instead of demanding as it was every time I had heard it before. I meekly respond to the best of my ability, my body still stiff and uncontrollable.

"I....I don't fear you anymore...at least I'm trying not to..." I admit,my voice quiet even to myself. The wind dies down, changing into a soft breeze.

"Trying not to fear me?" The voice chuckles. "Perfect, that is all that I wanted." The wind spirals around me, gathering into a physical ball of air that lands behind me, forming into a silhouette. Something with horns, and wings and claws. A shiver of fear works it's way across my body. Will this thing kill me, did I just give it reason to?

"Jump Aroule....jump and don't be afraid...prove to me that you are not afraid..." The voice sounded with more meaning, more...reality. Prove to it that I am not afraid....jump...jump...jump...

Willingly...I take a step forward, taking one last look back at the figure, shrouded in air, before I start plummetting to the ground, trying to relax my body as I fall...