Zehire age 10

I awoke from the same dream of the stripeless white Zebra attacking me. I had no idea what it could mean I decided to head off to the shaman that lives off in the mountains. "(Mom I need some help)" I said to my mom as she turned to me as she was finishing setting up the table.

"(What do you need, my little Lion?)" she asked as I took a seat

"(Can you help me with packing a bag for a trip to see the shaman that lives on the mountain?)" I asked, she stopped placing the meal on the table and looked at me.

"(Why do you need to see him?)" she said before gasping "(Are you sick?)" she ran to me, placing her hoof on my forehead.

"(No mom I've just been having a weird dream over and over again and I want to know what it means.)" I said as she let go of my forehead.

"(No you can't go see the shaman as you have school today.)" she said as I started to eat breakfast. I started to plan a way to head out to see the shaman. I knew I had to see him, he was the only one who could explain those dreams.

After eating breakfast I headed out to school as I told my friend Zacora to cover for me as I headed towards the top of the great mountain the is at the foot of our village.

"(Where is Zehire?)" the teacher asked

"( Well, Ceaser Zehire is sick and had to go to the shaman.)" Zacora lied as the teacher went on with his work

"(Class, today we have a special guest to teach us today)" the teacher said as Xenith the mountain shaman came into the door as Zacora mouthed '(oh no)'

I spent the morning climbing the mountain the rest of the day waiting for the shaman as he wasn't there. About half the day passed before the shaman finally came to his hut "(What are you doing here, young one?)" The shaman asked as we entered his mountain side hut.

We sat down and he poured me a cup of tea "(I came here because I'm having the same dream every night and I want to know what it means)" I said.

Xenith looked at me for a moment before saying "(Why didn't you just see me at the school while I was there?)" he asked. I looked dumbstruck, before I could reply he got up from his stool and headed to his cabinet pulling out a weird herb, breaking it apart and placing in my tea.

"(Drink the tea It will show you the spirit realm)" He said. I took a sip of the tea. As the tea took effect I began to see a weird creature standing on two legs. I could not understand what It was saying but it did do some hoof motions that I mimicked and when the tea wore off. I found myself on top of a ball made of solid air.

"(Amazing. You have great power and your future may be a great one, but you must return home as the sun will soon rise)" He said. I gasped and rode as quickly as I could down the mountain on my air scooter. The shamans last words still going through my mind, ("Remember to meditate, it will give you knowledge).

As i got to my home I found my Mom awake and talking to my Dad "(He is in so much trouble when I find him)" she said. I wondered if they were talking about me.

"(Don't worry your pretty little head, his friend told us he went to see the shaman on the mountain. He should be fine.)" My dad said as I walked into the door, not wanting to worry them.

"(Hi mom, hi dad.)" I said in my lowest tone as they looked at me.

"(Zehire, where were you?)" mom asked as I mumbled "(speak up i can't hear you)" she said in an angry tone.

"(I went to see the mountain shaman about my dreams.)" I said as she looked at me

"(After I told you no?)" She said. I looked down onto the floor in shame.

"(Yes mom)" I said, she looked at me before Dad stepped in.

"(Son we are not mad we are just disappointed at you. You lied to your mother then ran off to see somepony you could have seen at any other time. If you had listened to your mother you would haven't had to have waited on that mountain for half a day.)" Dad said. I looked up,

"(but you did still run off when you where told not to. This was the final straw. You are being sent to the capital to learn at the military academy)" He said. My face quickly grew into one of fear as I had to live somewhere I have never been before.

I would have asked what did I do to deserve this but I remembered the whole not really a zebra bit, plus that one time that I accidentally broke the town shrine so I kept my mouth shut.
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Zehire age 16
I sat on my bunk and meditated. I had been getting the dreams again and I decided to meditate on what to do but I was interrupted by my bunk-mate returning.

"(Hey Zehire, battle tactics practice is starting)" he said.

I climbed down from my bunk and walked to the training yard to see the instructor and the rest of the squad.

"(OKAY MAGGOTS!)" the drill instructor yelled "(TODAY WE WILL BE DOING A SMALL SIEGE, TEAM A )" He shouted as he indicated to me and my group "(AND TEAM B)" He pointed to the other group "(TEAM A WILL BE THE INVADERS WHILE TEAM B WILL BE THE DEFENDERS YOU KNOW THE PENALTY FOR LOSING!)" He shouted as he got off the field. We went to our respected bases.

"(Aren’t these...)" i started before somepony finished my sentence.

"(Real weapons. They ether mean business with this or there was a mix up.)" My friend said. I really wanted to leave at that point, if only to avoid being shot by an arrow.

"(okay, somepony really wants us dead.)" I said, stomping my hoof on the ground in frustration. As soon as I did this, a large rock appeared from the ground and rose into the air. Everypony looked at me in fear.

"(You can ask or you can get the drill instructor)" I said quickly. One of my troops went out to warn the Drill instructor while I went out to be a distraction. I ran out in the field where they shot actual darts. I slammed my hooves on the ground and a pillar of stone rose up to block their darts.

"(HALT!)" a shout came from the sidelines, it was the Drill instructor "(WHAT ARE YOU DOING?)" he said

"(SIR OUR GEAR HAS BEEN SABOTAGED TO BE REPLACED WITH REAL ONES)" I shouted as he looked at the rest of my squad. It was kind of a one goes down you all go down sort of aspect.

"(I WILL HAVE THE WEAPONS CHECKED BUT THIS MEANS BOTH TEAMS LOSE AND YOU KNOW WHAT LOSING MEANS.)" The drill instructor said as we all headed to be punished cleaning the latrine.

"(How did you move the earth?)" my friend asked as we walked to the latrine.

(I don't know how I do it, Its just something I can do. Maybe it has to do with a past life?)" I said.
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Zehire age 22

It was graduation day. I was going to be a solder In the Zebra Confederacy like my father and his father before him. The ceremony was just a few hours away and I was meditating. As I laid there a voice sounded in my mind, "revenge" the voice said in equestrian. Confused, I got down from my now former bunk and decided to follow where the voice came from. As I walked the abandoned hallways I wondered where everypony was as It was almost graduation time and the academy should be packed with zebras visiting the academy or young foals starting their first days at the academy. So where was everypony?

"Revenge" the voice said again this time louder. I entered the main hall where It was all decorated for the big event, as I walked through the aisle of chairs I saw a black and orange bipedal figure standing face to a wall with its claws behind its back. "(You there the hall is closed to all non academy workers and students, leave)" I ordered as the creature turned around and said "Oh but I am a student here" I looked at it and wondered how I was able to understand it as I could barely speak Equestrian.

"(How can I understand you?)" I asked as its head turned revealing its one large dark orange eye in the middle of its head with dark orange lines going everywhere on its front body.

I took a step back when it lunged at me shouting "REVENGE AGAINST CELESTIA!" It jumped on me I could not get it off me I tried to scream as I was being swallowed in the darkness.

"(Hey wake up)" my bunk mate said as I got knocked out of my trance.

"(What happened?)" I asked.

"(You where mumbling in your sleep)" He said as I got down from my bunk

"(Did I miss the ceremony?)" I asked. He shook his head in response "(Okay good)" I said.

And with that we left for the ceremony, but I couldn't get that dream out of my mind, regardless of how much I tried.

(What could it mean?) I asked myself as I looked in the nearby mirror and for a second I saw the dark orange creature for a second before the reflection returns to me.