I rubbed my head as I sat in my living room. Two days back with a series of nightmares later and my girlfriend was absolutely horrified. The mare of my life walked into the rather cozy sitting area with two cups of coffee, "Clark...you don't look good. Can't you see someone about this?"

I rubbed my tired eyes and took a cup as she sat with me, "I don't even know how to see!" I slammed the coffee and laid back into the couch, "Do I see a doctor for insomnia, or the guard for rape?" I let out a defeated sigh as Cold Stream sat next to me, "Babe...you know I love you...but I can't really talk right now."

Cold rubbed my knee with her hoof, "I know honey, I know. Just relax, try to get some sleep--"

"No!" I snapped, nearly jumping out of my seat, "She comes in my dreams...I can't sleep."

Cold glared at me, "You can't live like this! It's been three damn days! Just go see Cadance!"

I rubbed my head, "It's been two day--"

"Clark!"

"Alright!" I snapped, jumping sloppily upright and stumbling about, "I'll go see her...it's not gonna do anything, but I'll go and talk to her."

Cold smiled wide at me, "Thank you honey. Do you want me to tell Photo?"

"Photo?"

Cold's smile faded quickly, "Clark...you don't remember?"

I rubbed my aching head, "It's a little fuzzy...I remember...a phone call yesterday."

Cold nodded slowly, "It was Photo...she wanted your pictures...."

I leaned my head back, almost tumbling backwards, "Aw fuck.... I can't deal with this right now." I leaned against the nearest wall, almost decimating a coffee table along the way, "Jesus, Cold...I think I'm going to die," I rubbed my head and turned to the door, "You know how to get the card out of the camera right?"

"Yes, yes I do!" Cold stated proudly.

"Can you just give it to Photo? Tell her I'll write up the articles whenever I get this sorted out."

Cold nodded, walking over and throwing her foreleg around my waist, "Alright. Now go get help, before I have to fight a princess for you."

I rubbed my head as Cold's beautiful turquoise eyes stared at me, carrying a warm sympathy behind them. "Cold...I love you."

Cold just smiled, soft champagne colored mane jostling, looking absolutely beautiful against her dull crystal blue coat. "I know Clark." she let out a soft sigh, "Where would you be without me?"

I laughed tiredly, "Probably lost in some city, alone in some crappy apartment. Who knows, I might have left Equestria without you."

Cold shoved me, "Oh stop it. Now seriously, get going. Get this sorted out so we can finally have some fun tonight." she flicked me with her tail and leaned against me.

I gave her a halfhearted hug and walked out of my house. The streets of the Crystal Empire were full to the brim with ponies going about their days, a few humans dotting the crowd as things got underway. I joined the crowds and sloppily made my way towards the center of the city.

Little by little the roads grew larger and larger, leading towards the castle. Ponies and humans gave me a few strange looks as I entered the more open areas of the empire, growing more expansive and wide open around the castle. My head was spinning as I reached the grounds. I forced my way through a large herd and made it to the main entrance without dying.

Two pony guards stopped me at the door, "Purpose of visit?"

I scratched my head, my mind lagging behind rather harshly, "Uuuh... harassment?"

One of the guards cocked an eyebrow hard, "Alright then, but this seems like a guard matter so just-_"

"It's Princess Luna invading my dreams damn it!" I snapped, almost falling forward from the exertion, "I haven't slept in fou- two- oh fuck it, I haven't slept in days!"

The guards looked at me with a harsh glare. "Sir...do you need someone to take you to the hospital?"

I snapped, grabbing one of the guards and falling to my knees, "Dude...have you ever been raped in your dreams!? I'm not going back, damn it!"

The guard to my right looked horrified, nodding slowly and making room for me. "You uh...go ahead.... Sex crimes are on Cadance's priority list anyways."

I stood up in a flash. I felt like crying at his strange understanding, "Thank you...just...thanks."

I started up the steps, chugging along like a fat kid as my drained mind and body refused to properly coordinate. Little by little I charged up the steps, clawing my way up to the main hall and before the throne room door. I stood there, swaying like a drunk as the guards looked me over.

A human attendant walked over, holding her hands out carefully, "Sir...are you alright?"

I took a deep breath, my brain barely holding together from the constant throbbing, "I need to see...the princess.... Now."

The woman looked me over, "You need to get some--"

A pony guard peeked in from the stairs down, "Send him through...this is case thirteen."

"Oh- oh...that...yeah, I think she was gonna call for you anyways." she lead me to the throne room door and pulled it open, "Go on ahead."

I mumbled incoherently as I charged forth, my momentum carrying me from place to place as I stumbled down the bright blue halls. My head was spinning, my mind completely drained and torn apart from the lack of sleep, my dead appetite leaving me starved and terribly dizzy.

I managed to reach a few feet before the throne before falling. My feet slipped out from under me, sending me crashing to the floor. My hearing petered out, leaving me to lay deaf and immobile before the Crystal throne.

I slowly closed my eyes, my body giving up as a pink hoof stood before my darkening vision.

I awoke in a familiar place, "No...." I looked around, a warm spring rain over a small rolling hill, "No!" I screamed, scrambling to my feet and starting to run. "Not again damn it!"

I ran through the blurry fields, tripping on a root and slamming to the ground, "No!" I tried to claw away, my hands digging into the dirt. I flopped over, finding a jet black alicorn looming over me.

A wicked smile grew over her face, "This time, our night shall never end." she pressed herself against my chest, "You will be ours, forever." I felt my pants draw down as the onyx mare jammed her tongue into my mouth. I pressed against her neck, trying weakly to push her off.

I failed, my nightmare mare pinning my and sliding her body up and down my groin. The thick warm tongue forced into my mouth was horrid, slobbering like mad as my erection was instinctively brought up.

I felt a horrid wet warmth against my tip, my muscles straining to free myself. But just as I felt myself press against her entrance a wonderfully forceful voice snapped the mare back to reality. "Luna!" my princess screamed, slamming into the mare's side and sending her rolling off me. I was freed, quickly rolling onto my stomach and bolting a few meters away.

I watched as Cadence stood off with the nightmare, "Luna...you can't do this. You won't do this! Not to my subject!"

I felt my heart start racing as the duo flared their wings out, "You will not keep us from him!"

Cadence stepped forward, "Luna...you can't do this." She folded her wings, levitating me out of my hiding place and across the strange grassy dreamscape. "This isn't right, it's not legal, and it's so wrong."

The nightmare faded to black smoke, quickly rematerializing into Luna. "We...we wish for his company, but he ignores us!" She stepped forward, "We love you...do you not see this?"

I felt my breath pick up, my rage filling my throat, "You fucking raped me! You tried to rape me in Transylmania! You couldn't get me in real life, so you fucked with my head!" I ran at her, grabbing her by her throat, "You're ruining my life!"

Cadence plucked me from her setting me beside her, "Luna...he's not your subject. Even if you invoked Royal Law, he wouldn't be yours." Cadence stared Luna in the eyes, "Auntie...you need to stop. He has someone special, and you can't just take that away, or try to enforce your rules in my land."

Luna's face contorted into a series of horrifying displays, "You will love us...and you will see how happy we could be!" she screamed, stomping her hoof and lowering her head, "We will win your heart...we know we will."

The dream slowly faded away, Cadence lingering by my side as I shrunk down, becoming a grain of sand in an ocean of giant grass. I could feel myself rest, my body repairing and slowly returning to reality.

I snapped awake in a soft white room, letting out a sharp gasp that made a pony jump upright. "Clark!" Cold Stream had been laying across my legs, "Oh thank Cadence...." she threw her forelegs around my neck, "They told me you collapsed, I came as soon as I could!"

I held her head against my chest as I looked around. I was in a hospital room, an IV dug into my left arm. "Cold...what happened?"

"I--"

"I can answer that." Princess Cadence peeked into the room and walked over to me, "Clark Lowell, you are hereby ordered to remain in the Crystal Castle until your case has passed from our courts into the high court of Canterlot." she adopted a grim look, "I saw what was going to happen...I'll do my best to stop it, but I can't make any guarantees if you go home."

I looked down at Cold's crystal mane as she kissed my bicep. "...So what, I'm under house arrest?"

Cadence licked her lips, "I think it would be safer that way--"

"Well I agree." I played with Cold's ear, rubbing her thing skin between my fingers, "Can we...still--"

Cadence chuckled slightly, "Yes.... Believe it or not I can feel love, and being around you two...it's quite calming."

I took a deep breath, "Trust me...the feeling is mutual." I stopped playing with Cold's ear and extended my hand, "Hoof?"

Cadence smiled and put her hoof in my hand. I brought it to my lips, giving it a quick peck and letting her go, "...That was...formal."

I looked Cadence dead in the eyes, her smile growing wider, then fading completely, "You saved me tonight. I don't know what you think that means, but I'm at your service whenever you need me."

Cadence smiled assertively, "You know...since you humans showed up, it seems like everypony's finding someone to love. It feels good...and you saying that...." she chuckled, "I'm a married mare and you just made me blush...." She took a deep breath and fixed her mane, "Well, I'll leave you two alone. You can stay here until the morning."

The door to my small slice of sterile safety swung closed, the white curtains fluttering in the breeze. Cold looked up at me, her eyes just as beautiful as before, "See...I told you she could help."

I nodded, watching as she crawled into bed next to me, "Yeah...I knew, I just.... Thanks for the push."

Cold Stream snuggled against my side, hugging my chest sideways and nuzzling her neck along my shoulder, "Clark...I love you...I'd do anything for you. So when you're being stupid, I'll be sure to put you back on course." she took a deep breath, her chest expanding and pressing even more of her body against me, "Now let's go to bed...have a sweet dream for once...."

I kissed her crown and looked around, finding a lamp at my side and shutting it off. The white room quickly growing slate grey as the sunset lowered in the far off distance. "It's gonna be easy with you...." I kissed her crown, moving my hand from her back to her flank, "I love you."

Cold just giggle, "I know...."

Things were slightly quiet, "That's it?"

"Yep...because you shouldn't need me to tell you by now." She nipped at my neck, "You should know I'll always love you." Next Chapter: Bite Estimated time remaining: 26 Minutes