#32

Night hit us fast here, the day was all cheers and milkshakes, while the afternoon was all me alone. I looked off into the distance off a balcony on the castle, I never really felt as confused about life as I did there on the balcony. The setting sun rushed a few memories back into my head and most were of the pleasant part of life which mostly were the ones with Mom and Dad. Life did me unfairly at times but my parents were the sources of joy for me until their demise.

"Life…what is this new life?" I whispered to myself, reaching my hand out to the sun and making it seem as if I grabbed the sun with my hand. I let go of it and retracted my hand to the edge of the balcony and sighed from the coagulating memories that only made me depressed.

As the sun slowly disappeared into the mountains in the distance, I stared as if my hopes and dreams were slipping along with it. Once the last glimpse of sun disappeared the world became dark and I could feel the instant chill of the nightly breeze; it was unpleasant and heavy. I felt like this ever since I got here, it must have been the extremely quiet atmosphere or something because the first thing that was felt was the depression sink in.

I waved at the sun as the final glow behind the mountains diminished into darkness.

"See ya tomorrow-" I whispered as I turned around and was confronted by the sunlight of this world herself. Celestia stood there with her comforting motherly smile while I stared wide-eyed and embarrassed back. She trotted to my side and looked off the balcony towards the direction I looked off to earlier. As for me, I was hoping this didn't get too emotional or deep from me or her.

"It'll come tomorrow, I'll make sure of it," She reassured me. I didn't feel well, I felt like this depression was getting to me; that word "tomorrow" just made it worse. I tightened a fist in frustration as I tried to rid my head of these thoughts but they only piled up even taller and got heavier. I must have caused some disturbance since I had Celestia on my case immediately, her worried calling of my name was numb to me and I ignored the first three times she said it before she yelled out my name near desperately and my eye twitched a bit.

I was fucked up, this damn-out-of-the-blue depression was really messing with me. So many questions that I might never get answered unless I do something about it, but right now I felt as weak as my efforts to understand life again. I heard my name yelled out once more before I felt a sudden searing pain come from the right of my face. I blinked my eyes multiple times before I looked up to Celestia who was holding back tears as she gritted her teeth and stared at my hand rub out the pain. She just slapped reality back into me.

"I-I'm sorry…I'll numb the pain!"

"No!" I denied, she retracted a step and stopped her horn from glowing before I sighed deeply and let myself fall to the ground and sit with my back to the balcony railing.

"I don't feel well,"

"What do you mean!?" She asked me sounding worried but mostly frightened. I didn't mean to cause this effect towards her but I couldn't argue that I was feeling hurt internally.

"Celestia…I don't think- I took a breath before using my hand to signal the stars that began emerging -I've fully adapted to this new life…"

"It takes time, you shouldn't rush it- She placed a hoof on my lap as she sat by my side -it'll only hurt you later on," She whimpered out a bit. I looked down at her hoof and felt as if I had been touched by a miracle. How could it be that I never realize that I still have friends until the final minute?

Despite that, I wish I had been told that sooner but I wasn't, and now I could feel the effects of trying to get involved with something I should've been more serious about. I wasn't going to be negative in front of her, for her sake and mine; I was always looking for the sliver of light in a dark tunnel, and this wasn't too different. Celestia scooted closer to my side and laid her head on my shoulder as we both looked up to the stars.

"I remember when I first met you, I kinda wanted to end you for the sake of protecting my little ponies," she whispered making me looked down at her on my shoulder with a slight smile. She smiled as well as she continued.

"And ever since then, I kinda felt like my life was going to change…it did,"

I smiled a bit wider as she giggled. I couldn't explain the fuzzy warm feeling inside my chest but I guess, for now, I can call it was love and friendship at its max.

"I continue wondering how life would be if you had not happened, pretty dull. Do you know what a struggle it was to hold composure while saying "Tis" And "Thou"? We still have to, but only in royal presence excluding Cadence and Shining." Celestia giggled. I let my chuckle slip out, I wasn't feeling as hurt as before but the feeling still lingered.

"We called that Old English," I chuckled making Celestia look up at me with a soft smile.

"Really? Can you recite something?" She asked closing her eyes and letting her head loosely rest on my shoulder.

"Sure," I casually stated before clearing my throat.

"Tis the love of my life by thy side, who thou lifted thy from the grasp of darkness with thou's heavenly touch.

And hath is thy to call thyself a true love when thy leaves thou beauty to suffer in the absence of thy love?

Tis a sin, to leave thy for another, but when the other is another thy, then thou must understand a single human's struggle. What dost my love to say?" I ended looking down to the princess, a gentle smile on her was all I wanted to see, she was still on my shoulder and her eyes remained closed. I might or may have butchered that, but hell, it sounded right to me.

"May thou sleep with thee tonight?" She asked holding a warm comforting smile. I smiled the same smile and sighed in peace.

"Thy shan't refuse,"

K reached out quickly a fist and retracted it for a high kick into the air before switching it to a slash from his wooden blade. He remained frozen in that last position for a few seconds, panting slightly quick and a bead of sweat making its way down his cheek. He huffed once more before sitting on the edge of his bed and resting the sword by his guitar on the counter by the bed. "Why does it feel so cold in here?" He asked himself rubbing his hands up and down his arms.

"Oh well, it's too early to sleep anyway,"

With that, he headed towards the door of his dorm and stepped out to confront himself with Derpy, who backed away in an instant, a bit embarrassed, while K smiled at such a pleasing sight. "Look is the Muffin Mare" he teased making her giggle and greet him back nicely with a slight blush, "Hi".

"What are you doing out here? Aren't you supposed to be asleep with the others?" K asked her. She quickly nodded and leaned in closer to K's ear. "I heard Celestia was having cake at the dinner table but she only ate half!" She whispered excitedly but K didn't get it, he stared at her completely lost and derailed from sense.

"Listen, what is cake and why is it so important to you?" K whispered back. Derpy quickly whacked him a good one on his forehead and K growled as he rubbed the impact area. "What was that for!?" He sternly asked keeping a low volume. Derpy giggled as she patted K's forehead as if to heal it with her kindness, K was even more lost but her way of being silly softened K up by a mile.

"I'm sorry, I forgot you don't know your foods," Derpy stated making K looked down as he nodded in agreement, "Poor me."

K sighed as he lifted his head back up but didn't catch Derpy in sight; she disappeared. "Uh…Derpy?" He asked looking around himself but she was nowhere to be seen. "Slippery girl."

Without warning, Derpy flew down on K's neck and slid her legs down and around his neck. K quickly froze up as he felt the back of his head warm up with the soft feeling of her belly and his eyesight went black as she blinded him with her wings.

"Woah, Derpy! I can't see!" He exclaimed as he refused to send his hands behind his head to not touch her. Derpy didn't lift her wings from his face and now another thing was felt; a warm feeling on the back of his neck, "COULD THIS BE!?" he thought as he gritted his teeth. K couldn't move due to his stiffened back, all he could do was hope; it wasn't an easy thing for him to do.

"Uh…Derpy, you're warming my neck up a bit too much now," He hinted. Derpy rested her head on the top of his head with a smile. "You're warming me up too," she giggled holding onto this tone of speech that matched her playful self but didn't fit what she was doing. K was being teased around by who he never expected to do such a thing.

"What are you-" K asked before Derpy shifted herself and pressed tighter onto his neck with her crotch. K's mouth trembled as Derpy snuggled in a bit more rubbing against his neck more and finally allowed her wings to retracted just a little bit. K finally saw around himself again, and rapidly looked to see if there was anypony nearby; fortunately, there was none. He sighed deeply before feeling a warm sticky liquid run down his back. His eyes widened and he panicked. He placed his hands on her wings and gripped them firmly. Derpy yelped instantly and closed her legs tighter around his neck. As soon as she tightened around his neck, K gave a gentle tug to her wings by instinct and was quickly met with another cry.

"AH! NO! LET THEM GO PLEASE!"

K paused for a moment to draw his conclusion before. "What…the…hell," he whispered as he felt the wings stiffen and his neck seared in the heat of Derpy's…Marehood. He felt his neck moisten with warm fluids, he felt it drip and travel down his back and leave a strange tingling sensation making him giggle a bit.

"It's wasn't funny!" Derpy cried with tears dropping onto K's hair. "I know!" K quickly responded changing his mood to a serious one but that wasn't easy with Derpy sobbing over his head. "WHAT'S GOING ON HERE!" Luna quickly asked swinging open both huge doors at the end of the corridor and approaching both K and Derpy. Both of them looked towards Luna, Luna quickly asked what was happening, she was about as surprised about Derpy crying as K was about the huge bulge in his pants.

"HE GRABBED MY WINGS and-AND SOMETHING WEIRD HAPPENED TO ME!" Derpy whimpered out, making Luna recoil her thoughts into a simple blush. "Oh, uh…that sorta happens Derpy to Alicorns and Pegasi," Luna admitted, making Derpy sniffle away a few tears.

"Really?"

"Yes, it's a common tradition to do so during intercourse," Luna added making Derpy nodded in acceptance and turn to K who was giving Luna an exaggerated smile as he tried to come up with some excuse. Nothing popped up and Luna quickly gave him a magical punch to the stomach.

"OW! THAT ONE HURT!"

"WHY DID YOU DO THAT TO HER!?"

K squatted and wrapped his arms around his belly to rid the pain. He huffed out as he shook his head. He would say what happened but for the sake of Derpy's reputation as an innocent creature; he forced out a lie.

He chuckled as he quickly lifted himself up and reached behind his head; he brought Derpy up to his chest and cradled her like a baby, a pretty playful baby. Luna stared at him as walked his two fingers down Derpy's chest area to her lower regions. Resulting in Derpy huffing out a shaky breath.

"I like Derpy, I just wanted to play around, like Ben does with you!" K smiled down at Luna. Luna looked away with a barely noticible smile and came back with a frown, "Don't compare yourself to Ben!" She seriously stated. K retracted his fingers and became serious about her sudden outburst.

"What does that mean!?" K sternly asked balling a fist; he'd never been told such a thing and he took it offensively. Luna clearly didn't want to offend him, she only wanted to help him out but that didn't work out. She sighed as she lifted a hoof to reassure him she meant no harm by what she said. K released his fist and inhaled deeply.

"It means…you obviously have your own feelings and personality, I've never met a demon with feelings like yours, you're something new and I'll admit I'm still unsettled by your presence," Luna stated nearly regretting adding that last comment as she stared at the floor. K looked down at her with a new smile; one he'd never used for the sake of not looking to kind.

"Luna…I've met other demons in my life, and I'll say this right now,"

Luna looked up at K's smile and quickly widened her eyes by such a sight, she had never seen him smile like that before. "y-yes?" She responded allowing him to continue. K looked at Derpy as he noticed her half-shut eyes. "Sleep…for now" he whispered placing a finger between Derpy's eyes and she blacked out. He chuckled a bit as he leaned down on a knee and placed his hand on Luna's cheek. Luna cut her breath short as K made his eyes glow a slight red.

Almost by instant Luna switched forms; a flash of light surrounded her before it dimmed out and all that was left was who K summoned from inside Luna. It was still Luna but in her Nightmare form. Luna looked around herself and studied her form before giving K a look of horror. K smiled as he quickly placed his hand on her chest and pulled out what looked like a transparent blue aura and absorbed it through his hand.

"I never thought I'd meet another demon as kind as you…"

Luna quickly placed both her front hooves on K's shoulders shaking her head in fear, "Don't tell no pony! Please!"

K smiled as he adjusted her mane which got a bit rustled by her sudden movement, he wasn't buying what she said or how she felt. "Your Nightmare Moon, be proud of it!"

"I can't be proud of it, you don't understand what I did!"

"Plunged all of Equestria into darkness and tried to overthrow your sister?" K chuckled; maybe reading all those books at Twilight's did pay off after all. Luna whimpered as she gave him credit for knowing that bit but she still refused to be proud of herself for what she was. She let go of his shoulders and shook her head in hopelessness, K wasn't as understanding as she expected. K stared in disapproval as she cried out one last self-destructive comment.

"I'm a monster, I can never forgive myself for what I did!"

Luna looked down at the floor and whimpered out a few tears as K balled his fist again in disappointment, it was those words again. He placed his free hand on her head and lifted it up to face him, Luna stared at him with her teary eyes and K stared back with a frown.

"You…you call yourself a monster? yet, you know you did wrong and regret it!?

Luna shook a bit by his sudden change of voice and tone, but most importantly she trembled because he pointed out something that quickly made her feel blank inside. She stared back speechless as K shook his head, "Forgive me for this but that's just plain stupid!" he claimed.

Luna clenched her teeth and quickly ducked her head aiming her horn at him; she couldn't find the truth in his words. She became frustrated with herself and quickly shoved K away with her magic flinging him a few feet away before he used his levitation to stop. "I'm sorry K! I can't accept your words! I hate myself and you know that as well as I do!"

K laid Derpy on the floor and appeared before Luna; he picked her up from both her armpits and violently placed her against a wall. She stared back at him freighted as he yelled at her his feelings, K wasn't getting anywhere with Luna and his frustration reached a limit he never expected to reach so early, "YOU IDOIT! All you hate about yourself are your mistakes, not what you are! Why…WHY CAN'T YOU SEE THAT!?"

Luna quickly yelled back with a full stream of tears streaming down her face, "HOW DO YOU KNOW!?"

"ASK BEN!", when you see Ben, you don't think about what he's done, just the fact that he's there! THAT IS HOW I, BEN, YOUR SISTER, AND EVERYPONY SEES YOU! THE FUCK DON'T YOU GET FROM THAT!?" K yelled; his aura exploded with his anger. Luna stared back with nothing but whimpering and sobs as she cried into her hooves leaving K with his own wound…an internal wound. He huffed out a few breaths before gritted his teeth and bringing Luna into a tight embrace, holding her over the ground. Luna cried onto his shoulder as he patted her back and comforted her like the softy he came off as.

"I'm sorry, but if I don't tell you, who will?" K apologized, slowly letting his tight embrace loosen so to look at Luna face to face, they both smiled at each other, Luna's being teary and wavy while K's was soft and unlike him. "Don't cry anymore, or I might end up crying too you fool!" K chuckled before laughing out loud. Luna couldn't with him, she embraced him back and laughed along with him. She embraced him for a minute before letting go and falling to the ground on all fours with a smile still going and the evidence that she'd been crying still printed across her face. Luna reverted back to her original form and K dropped his aura as both of them exchanged "goodbyes".

But before they left each other, Luna giggled as she flew up K's face making K lift an eyebrow as Luna thanked him, "Oh, and thank you, for being a …a friend, I'm glad you're a rogue demon…if not, I wouldn't be able to do this…"

K turned away to look at Derpy, who twitched a bit as she slowly awoke. "Do wha-?" He chuckled before Luna quickly grabbed his head and turned him to face her. K became paralyzed in place as he got a taste of Luna's lips before he could ask anything. A good ten seconds past before she parted from him and giggled as she patted his head. She returned to the ground and began trotting away humming a joyous tune. K didn't know what to think, he raised his hand and waved goodbye as Luna peaked from the door that led out the corridor before leaving with a huge smile.

"She…just…" K whispered out with an anxiety spreading through him as he slowly ran his fingers over his lips in disbelief. "Looks like she like you!" Derpy quickly yelled out from behind K forcing him to turn to her with a trembling hand and shaky eyes. It took a few seconds but in a span of a few seconds K locked his eyes on Derpy and give her a daring grin if there was anything K could do now it was get back at who caused all this. Derpy gave a nervous chuckle as she slowly retreated a step. K chuckled before quickly appearing behind her and lifting her up like he did earlier. Derpy smiled unwillingly before K quickly place his fingers on her belly and slowly moved lower.

"Epp! What are you doing!?" Derpy squealed covering herself with her hooves.

K swung open the door to his room before looking to Derpy and chuckling out one more thing before shutting the door close behind them.

"Remember to swallow…"

"Swallow?"

SLAMS DOOR SHUT!

The shower I took was probably the most comfortable one I've ever taken considering it was more of a jacuzzi than a shower but it got the job done. Now I lay here in bed with Celestia, what about her made me feel all warm and fuzzy? Probably the simple fact she snuggled in so close that she was practically on me or that she comforted me earlier; I don't know, to be honest, all I can think of right now is that I had her by my side and I should enjoy it. I rested my head back and let my conscious drift into that dreamland, it wasn't long before the voices from the dream emerged although the voices were faint and barely understandable.

"Save…us…"

"Ah shit, not this again!"

I didn't know if my body twitched in its sleep but it must have, the voices gave me chills and all I could do was listen to them as they plead for something.

"…please…" the voices whimpered in a horrifying way. It was nearly undetectable but the voices were slowly becoming distorted and faint screaming could be heard in the background. I wanted to wake up but this was like any other nightmare, you must wait till something wakes in the real world or if you die/experience something in the dream. I felt like I was covering my ears but that wouldn't cease the voices, it just irritated them.

"…they will kill us all…" The voices began sounding "demonic" and the screaming in the background amplified to screams from Hell itself. The dream was a black canvas with nothing to be seen, it was those dreams where you can't see but you can hear it play out. As the screaming and cries for help continued, I quickly listened in as one final scream was heard and the sound of something being impaled by what sounded sharp metal silenced everything. A small ringing could still be heard. Soft whimpers and sobs followed as the ringing stopped and the black canvas was changing; red dots dripped from everywhere onto it, a very deep color of red…blood red. I felt my heart stop and my eyes quickly shoot awake, I was paralyzed to the bed in fear and sweat for a few seconds before looking to both my sides.

It was a miracle that I awoke and that daylight arrived in time, I thought I was never going to awaken from that damn thing. I lifted my head and took a moment to look around myself; it was morning and the sun happily shined through the curtains that covered Celestia's window. Celestia was still sleeping with a smile printed on her face and the sounds birds happily chirping outside of Celestia's window that brought a strange feeling into the room; a feeling of insecurity after having that dream. I let my head fall back onto the pillow gently and sighed deeply, thanking all living things that it was just a dream.

It was that dream again, the one from when Dash showed me her moves, the same one that came with that massive storm that introduced me to Strike. I wasn't in the mood to draw conclusions from the dream but I will at least expect something to occur, hopefully, that was enough to not bother me for the rest of the day ahead. A deep breath was all I needed to get me calm and cracking a few jokes in my mind to brighten my spirits and get me out of bed. As I was putting on my ocean blue button up, I turned to Celestia; she quickly noticed my absence and was awake but still a bit dazed from sleep.

"Ben?" She called out stretching away her sleep in a very human-like way, I wasn't going to press on that but it gave me something to stare at for a few seconds while it lasted. "Good morning, good dreams?" I asked buttoning the 2nd last button from my collar, hoping to hear something better than my own dream, she giggled a bit as she nodded. I smirked as I placed my hand on the two stones I left on the counter next to the bed; it was just yesterday that I discovered who that last stone belonged too and boy was I surprised to hear it was Cadence's; what wasn't a surprise was why it was always glowing pink.

"What about you?" Celestia asked rolling off the bed like a rascal would, the more I studied them, the more it seemed they acted unlike their roles say. I pocketed the stones and chuckled as I replied with "Nope, I had bad one…again"

Celestia turned to me seriously, "A nightmare and twice?" She asked hoping she didn't hear right but I wasn't kidding about it. "Yeah, I had the first one a few days ago and again last night," I replied wrapping my sword around my waist; like I said I was going to expect something to happen. Celestia stared at me a bit worried as I tied the sword to my side and gave it a pat.

"What was it about?" She asked curiously. I scratched the back of my head as I turned to her, I could hear the voices again in my conscious as I explained it slowly to her. At times, she nearly lost her composure and drifted off to alert mode so I had to be a little bit less explicit but she wasn't spared from the disturbing imagery I put in her mind.

"That's…That's terrible!" She exclaimed with a frown.

"Tell me about it, I'm thankful I woke up before it got a bit too…out of…hoof," I replied with a smile that I hoped would calm her down, it didn't and she quickly inquired about Luna and where she was. I shrugged, "I just woke up a few minutes before you woke up."

She growled as she whispered out her sister's name. I wanted to ask what was going on but I gave my tongue a good bite when I saw that fire in her eyes, literally. "Ben, I'm sorry about your rude rest, I'll make sure you don't experience that again," She reassured me. I wanted to ask how she would do that but the fact she was looking undoubtedly pissed gave me good enough reason to just nod and thank her.

"You can go and enjoy your day, I'm sure everypony and K should be awake," Celestia finished allowing me to leave the room; she tossed me the bag of bits which I still haven't wasted but I might consider doing so today, and with that, I quickly found myself outside the room. I didn't know what Celestia was going to do but I hope it didn't get out of hand/hoof between them, for their sake.

I made it to the corridor I was shown yesterday and found no pony or K in it; this was strange, Celestia assured me that they might be awake by now. I approached the first door, K's door, and gave it a good three knocks. I quickly got a response by K swinging open the door with an alarmed look, which was strange but it was just him being himself. "What the- BEN! Wassup!" He joyously greeted changing his tone on the dime with a huge smile followed by a gentle punch to the chest.

"You seem a bit cheerful this morning, What's-" Before I could ask him what was up with him, Derpy quickly appeared over his head and waved, startling me with her sudden appearance.

"HELLO!" She happily greeted making me smile widely but unwillingly.

"Uh…hey! How's it going?" I greeted her with my huge smile, hoping to not show how awkward this just became. Derpy quickly embraced K's head in a hug and smiled with a blush which honestly made me want to laugh out loud; K's expression was priceless.

"I swallowed!" Derpy quickly joyously exclaimed with a giggle making K bite his lower lip and swing his arms back and forth as he had nothing to say, not even a lie. I might have been stunned for the first few seconds but the rest of it was pure laughter, which caught K off guard. "You sure did! I'm proud of ya!" I chuckled with my thumbs up towards them, leaving K with so many questions that he mumbled them out in shock. I wasn't mad, on the contrary, I found this a bit heartwarming…maybe even a miracle.

"Y-you're not pissed!? Why!?" K asked making me grin and aim a finger towards Derpy; she was still blushing and giggling out loud as she let go of his head and grabbed tightly onto his arm.

"You see…I got an army of ponies, and with that being said, I can't be with all of them at the same time…we're friends! I don't need to say much now do I?" I chuckled. K nearly lost all sense he had in him as he embraced me in a hug that squeezed the life out of me, Derpy luckily escaped her fate. "THANK YOU! I PROMISE TO NOT ABUSE OF IT!" K thanked overwhelmed with joy, I quickly shoved him off and did my best to regain my breath.

"Geez, don't suffocate me about it though! A "Thanks" was good enough!" I expressed slowly adjusting my breathing. K quickly apologized and grinned widely as he sent a fist out to meet me. I looked at his fist before hitting it with my own, both of us chuckled as we parted. "Well now, why don't we find we check on the others," K offered with a smirk. "Sure, then let's go find something to do! Maybe we spar or something today!" I grinned.

"Spar!? HELL YEAH!" K yelled as he quickly went towards the door, which kept the rest inside, and launched it open. "Awaken your pony flanks now!" he yelled before quickly dropping his excitement and become confused, "What the!? WHERE ARE THEY!?"

"Seems they went to do their own thing, but why all of them though?" I asked entering the room along with K, K looked around the room studying the series of beds that were neatly parallel with each other. "Maybe they went to eat something!" K inquired but I turned him down on that theory, "I just came by the dining room, no pony…"

"Weird…they disappeared!" K quickly stated, I agreed with him on that, they were obviously gone but it was strange, I would at least have expected one of them to still be asleep. I scouted the area a bit before coming to a bed with a huge bump on it, I chuckled as I realized I was right about there being somepony still here, without a second thought I quickly grabbed the cover and pulled off of whatever was under it.

"Oh, my Celestia! It's a rare entity!" K joked around looking over my shoulder at the heavy sleeper known as Rarity. "Nah, it's just Rarity," I chuckled letting the cover go over her body before K quickly pulled it off again and threw it off to another bed.

"Hey RARITY!" K shouted. I turned to him and facepalmed myself as Rarity sprung up from the bed and looked off in all directions, quickly shuddering threats left and right. K didn't really plan out the part of him getting a magical punch to his stomach, I quickly retreated myself as far I could to not get the same K got.

"Wha-Ben?" Rarity quickly asked rubbing out the blur in her eyes.

"Good morning," I greeted with a smile.

"Demon known as K!?" She pointed out aiming a hoof as K.

"Salutations…" K chuckled rubbing his belly gently.

"And cross-eyed friend aka Derpy!" She exclaimed looking at Derpy by my side.

"Hi!" Derpy cheerfully waved with a huge smile.

"What going on? Aren't the gentlecolts supposed to have their own room?" She asked quickly standing from her bed. "Yeah but we're looking for the rest of the group! Have you seen them?" K asked indicating all the empty beds in the room. Rarity looked at the bed before scratching her mane and shrugging.

"I'm sorry darling I haven't the slightest idea where they could be," She said hopping down from her bed and meeting K right next to me. "Did you require them for a reason?" She asked. K shook his head, "We just wanted to spend some time here in Canterlot!" he claimed making Rarity brighten up with a smile.

"Then why don't we go and wander about Canterlot until we find them, we might even get something to satisfy our hunger," Rarity offered convincing K on the spot; must have been that food part of her offer. All three (Derpy, me, and K) of us nodded with a smile making Rarity clap her hooves together before trotting over by my side, "Well then, let's go find them!"

Celestia approached and looked up at a transparent-blue floating platform with Luna clearly asleep on it. She inhaled deeply before stomping a hoof and yelling at the top of her pony lungs, sending fire specks in nearly every direction, "LUNA! GET DOWN HERE THIS INSTANCE!" Luna jolted awake and sent out a cry as she looked in all directions frantically before looking down to her sister through the transparent platform, she sighed calmly as she rolled over to the edge of the platform and waved greeted to her clearly pissed sister. "Good morning Sis! What's happening?" She casually asked in a joyful tone. Celestia quickly became irritated by her being so naive about what was going on.

Celestia stomped her hoof again, "GET DOWN HERE!" She growled startling Luna. Luna quickly lost all her morning joy and lowered the platform floor level; if she knew better it was to not argue with her sister when her body was covered in flames. She stepped off her disk and trotted to her sister but kept a safe distance away. "Sis? Is something wrong?" Luna asked being gentle and compassionate about it to lower her sister's temper, it had a slight effect; it stopped her yelling. Celestia took in a deep breath before closing in on Luna and staring down at her.

"It's Ben, Luna..." Celestia stated being abrupt about it. Luna tilted her head in confusion before quickly picking her head up, she was lost and uneducated about what was going on but her worry was sparked; she was a deep feeling towards him and it was only natural for her to fear for him. "What about him!? Did he get hurt!?" Luna suddenly asked forcing Celestia into a slight pause, Celestia was expecting an explanation not a sudden cry for information. Celestia was dumbfounded and above all curious now about what was going on.

"No, he's not hurt, but are you telling me you don't know!?" Celestia asked. Luna shook her head, "Should I know?" She asked forcing Celestia to spill it out right then and there.

"Ben had a nightmare last night!" Celestia exclaimed. Luna's eyes went unrealistically wide as she froze in position mumbling out the same words over and over again: "How?". Celestia quickly nodded and added the other piece of the dilemma, "-And it wasn't the first time! He had the same one a few days ago too!"

Luna shook her head and refused to believe what she was hearing, there hasn't been any signs of nightmares for months. "But Sister, there hasn't been a nightmare in months, IT HAS TO BE A MISTAKE!"

Celestia instantly objected to her sister's sudden denial and came back defending Ben's side. "BUT IT MUST BE TRUE! HE WOULDN'T LIE!" Celestia argued, growling a bit as she did. "THEN MAYBE IS WASN'T A DREAM!" Luna growled back.

They growled at each other for a few seconds before it suddenly struck them like lightning; it wasn't a dream. They stared at each other in shock before Luna slowly nodded and agreed with the random explanation she said that in the end made sense. "Yes…it wasn't a dream! It must have been something else!" Luna said nearing a conclusion. Celestia was lost now, the tables have turned and now Luna picked up on the problem as she pondered what it could have been.

"If it was something else, then what?" Celestia suspiciously asked watching Luna go about pacing around the room. Luna mumbled out random things as she pondered it deeply and connected theories.

She waited about two minutes before Luna quickly blinked her eyes wide-open and aimed a hoof towards her sister. "IT WAS A VISION OF THE FUTURE!" Luna exclaimed with a huge joy. Celestia quickly froze, what dread she felt as those words entered her ears; if this was a vision of the future, then what kind of future involved death, pain, and suffering? Luna rejoiced as she provided her evidence, "If it was a dream, I would have been able to see it, and if it happened twice it then it must be a warning that it's going to happen soon, very, very soon!"

Celestia shivered with fear and Luna being so cheerful about it was not helping. Luna ranted about how she got the conclusion before being quickly shut down by Celestia's look of horror. Luna morphed her bragging to worried questions as she tried to understand her sister's fear, but Celestia was a bit too stunned to even speak straight.

"Sister! Please answer me! What's wrong!?" Luna pleaded for the fifth time, Celestia broke her gaze with the floor turned to Luna. Luna must have felt the same dread her sister felt as Celestia slowly explained the alleged "Vision" to her. Luna became weary and she was stunned into a silence that allowed their shaky breaths to be heard.

"That's…that's…horrible!" Luna exclaimed taking short breaths between her words. Celestia agreed as Luna continued expressing what she thought. "Does that mean, somepony is going to die!?" Luna asked shivering and pacing around the room as if she was losing her mind. Celestia locked up and remembered something else that might just be the breaking point in their sanity.

Celestia stared at the ground as she let out the sliver of information, "Ben said…"

Luna turned to her, she knew it was bad news by the regretful tone Celestia spoke with. "What?" Luna asked holding back her tears that would fall at any moment from fear. Celestia choked up a bit as she regretted saying it.

"He said…there were multiple screams…" Celestia pressured out, Luna shook her head and let a few tears go down. "This isn't…this can't be!" Luna cried out making Celestia nod and hold back her own tears.

"Sister! We must find Ben!" Luna cried.

"I know…" Celestia agreed thinking of it deeply.

Luna quickly shook her head and turned Celestia to face her. Celestia stared at Luna's terrified eyes as Luna warned her about time. "No sister, When I said soon, I meant it!" She warned. Celestia cut her breath short and trembled as she asked, "how soon!?"

"If the vision was last night and he's experienced it before…" Luna began, "Then…then…"

Celestia threw her hooves on Luna's shoulders and forced her to look at her.

"THEN WHAT LUNA!?"

"Then…whatever it was…begins today," Luna emotionlessly whispered out, placing Celestia in a trance before she clenched her teeth.

"Let's go…" Celestia whispered as she stood back up and stared at the door out the room. Luna followed and stood up. "What? Where?" Luna asked making Celestia turn to her with a stern/determined look.

"I'm not going to take any chances, for the sake of my little ones!" Celestia exclaimed moving to the door leaving Luna behind pondering what her sister was going to do.

"What?" Luna asked slowly moving to her sister's side by the door. They both began moving out the room and trotting down a corridor.

"If this is Ben's vision, then he must have something to do with it!" Celestia growled forcing Luna to brake her sister with her magic.

"WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO!?" Luna yelled out tears raging from her eyes, Celestia refused to answer and continued moving nullifying her sisters magic with her own. Luna quickly froze in place as she whimpered out a few sobs before trying to stop her again.

"STOP IT LUNA!"

"NO!"

"Hey, Ben, what's that red flashing in your pants?" K asked me pointing out the very bright flashing light that came from my pants. I turned to my side and pulled out the stone with both Luna and Celestia's marks on either side. K was right, Celestia's side flashed a bright red while Luna's flashed a deep blue. I held it in my hand for a few seconds before I felt like a hole was being burned into my hand and I tossed the stone into the air and K quickly caught it with his hand.

"OH FUCK! THAT THING BURNS!" I yelled out blowing onto my hand to cool it down. K cocked an eyebrow as he held it in his hand and squeezed it. "No, it doesn't!" K chuckled making me frown.

"Wha-let me see it!"

"Sure thing, here," He said tossing it to me. I cupped my hands to catch it but I quickly let it fall to the ground since the burning quickly left a scorch mark on my hand. K stared a bit surprised as he picked it up and squeezed it. "Well, at least it doesn't burn me!"

"Why is it doing that!?" I asked patting and wafting my hand. K turned to me and stared at Celestia's side and noticed the red. "Red is anger…and blue is fear…" K eased out turning the stone side to side. I looked up at him confused before quickly remembering Celestia being pissed about that nightmare and going to visit Luna.

"Oh no, fuck me," I cursed myself as I quickly aimed my eyes back at the castle. K turned along with me before asking, "What's wrong?"

I stared at the castle as I tried to overcome my worry but that wasn't easy. "I have a feeling we should go check on the princesses…" I expressed. K turned to me and gave me a punch with the hand that had the stone, in other words, he burned a Bit sized hole through my sleeve.

"My bad," K apologized.

"And why does that thing keep burning me!" I asked irritated by the number of burns I'd taken. K stared at it before looking at the castle and at Derpy and Rarity buying Jewelry from a fancy store. "I think…and it's just a guess…maybe the princesses are trying to hurt you," K seriously stated. I quickly wanted to deny that but his serious tone and look force me to consider it.

"K! You stay here with Rarity and Derpy," I ordered him, he rebelled against it.

"What!? No! I'm going!"

"K! Listen, I have a bad feeling about this!"

"No shit, that's why I'm going!"

"LISTEN! You stay here with them! Look for Twilight and the others! They're still gone remember!" I exclaimed. He listened this time and pouted as I thanked him. He sent me off with a "good luck" and with that, I was prepared to leave. I raised my fingers to my head and sighed, hoping everything was alright.

"I'll keep this until you find out what's happening!" K chuckled waving the stone in his hands. I nodded and closed my eyes as I focused on the one of the princess's energy but it seemed that wasn't necessary; their energy was already so swollen with power that it practically came to me first. I waved and closed my eyes again as I felt my surroundings quickly change.

I reached my destination with yells being thrown left and right. I didn't open my eyes for the sake of not seeing what I was hearing.

"They're really going at it...maybe I should have brought K."