You hadn't been sleeping for very long, but you had once again had you slumber interrupted by a strange dream. Quite honestly, you weren't even sure wether you could call this a dream.

Your body felt as if it was drifting through a large white tunnel, large yet sharp pieces of glass floating throughout the void around you. They seemed to be shards of broken mirrors, as the white light of the tunnel you found yourself in seemed to refract of off their surfaces.

The sense of touch didn't really seem to exist, and all you could do was look around at whatever realm your dreams had brought you to. You couldn't really see your own hands, or your own hoofs, so you believed that you were in the body of neither your human form or your pony form.

Out of nowhere, large bubbles began rising from the unknown depths of the abyss. They seemed bouncy and cartoony, just like the world you now found yourself living in.

At first, they were just that. Bubbles. But before long, you began to make out movement within each bubble that rose. Each bubble seemed to be showing you a scene of something that had happened in your life on Earth, ranging from when you learnt to walk, all the way up until your 'death' in the alleyway.

It was quite mystifying, to say the least. You felt quite relaxed watching each of your memories drift past you, reminiscing on what was essentially your past life.

That was, until they started popping. For every 10 or so memories that drifted by, the occasional bubble would burst, causing you to completely forget what you were looking at. You couldn't quite comprehend the bursting of each bubble, as each time it happened, you forgot it even had.

Yet somehow, you seemed to be capable of understanding what was happening. Some form of magical power overcame you, and you were able to witness each bubble burst individually.

Still, after each bubble had burst, you didn't quite understand the meaning behind what was inside the burst bubble. This eventually lead on to your realisation of what was happening.

For every few memories that you saw, you forgot one. Each time a bubble burst, you would forget the memory that it held within.

The memory of your 7th birthday party, gone. In an instant, all traces of that event ever happening in your life had been removed. You knew it had happened, but you couldn't remember a single detail about it.

You weren't quite sure whether this was a natural process, but you couldn't say you had ever experienced this before, nor had you ever heard any recounts of it.

Once the bubbles began to slow down their appearances, you were hoping that your ordeal would be over.

How wrong you were.

Just as you were about to relax, and fade off back into whatever state of sleep you were previously in, the single most important memory of your life slowly raised into your field of view.

Your parents.

The two figures that had raised you up to your life on Earth rose up to your line of sight, trapped within their bubble. pop.

And just like that, any trace of your parents ever having existed in your life was gone. You remembered seeing the two people in the bubble before it burst, but you didn't know who they were.

You didn't have time to contemplate, as quickly after a familiar voice began shattering the dream world you were stuck in.

"Storm? Wake up, Storm!"

The voice echoed throughout the dreamscape as if you really were in a long tunnel. It reminded you of one time when you were on Earth, when you and your friends had foolishly wondered into a train tunnel hoping for adventure. It almost costed you your lives, but they way your voices echoed along the tunnel was something you could never forget.

Thankfully, that was an experience you could still remember. Not many of your memories had been lost, but the few that had been removed from your memory banks were quite important ones.

You weren't too bothered though, as you would never really know what memories you were missing.

"Storm! Wake up!" you heard a different voice say. This voice was a male's voice, whereas the last one was a female's. You didn't fully recognise the voices, but you knew you had heard them before.

Suddenly, the white tunnel you were in began to be flooded by a pink mist. It seemed to sparks with yellow stars, and was quickly approaching you. As soon as it did, you began having difficulty breathing, which was then followed by blindness.

Thankfully, the blindness only lasted a few seconds, as before long you had woken up to a familiar setting. Your own bedroom.

The voices you were hearing in your dream were none other than Twiligt and Spike's, who had been attempting to wake you up for some time.

"W-what? Where am I?" you asked, rubbing your head with a hoof. Both of them were looking down at you from your bedside with large smiles on their faces.

Had something happened that you weren't aware of?

The last thing you could remember was being with Rainbow Dash, who then had to leave for work. After that, you fell asleep pretty quickly.

"Storm! We found it!" Spike exclaimed, bouncing up and down excitedly whilst holding onto your bed for dear life.

"Found what?" you asked, still slightly dazed after being pulled from your dream like that.

Twilight pulled out a small bag of purple powder, which seemed to have small specks of yellow dotted around in it. It looked incredibly similar to the dusty cloud that had flooded your dream.

"The cure!" Twilight said, pointing her other hoof towards the pouch of purply substance.

All you could do was look at the pouch and smile, as you finally had some relief to the pain you were feeling. Rainbow had somehow recovered naturally within a few days, but Tank seemed to have had it for weeks. While he was a tortoise, you didn't want to risk being bedridden for that long, so a cure was incredibly welcome.

"Well how do you use it?" you asked, wanting to get rid of the illness before it could do any more damage.

Both Twilight and Spike laughed slightly, causing you to feel quite confused. Now that you thought about it, there was no splitting headache anymore. Nor was there any stomach pains, or any grating sensations in your throat.

"You've already used it, haven't you?" you asked, happily.

"Yep! We tried waking you up, but you weren't having any of it, so we just threw it over you and hoped it worked!" Spike explained, finally managing to hop onto your bed.

"Well did it work?" Twilight asked, obviously planning to use this for future research and study.

Judging from the lack of pain you were feeling, it had indeed worked.

"I think so!" you replied, happily, causing large smiles to form on both of their faces. Finally glad to no longer be bound to your bed, you shot up into the air, hovering for a few seconds, before landing back down on the floor, "How'd you make it?"

"Well..." Twilight began, but she was quickly cut off by Spike, who quite clearly didn't want to listen to one of her lectures.

"We went into the Everfree Forest while Fluttershy was asleep and found a few plants. The end!" Spike explained, quickly, before jumping down from your bed.

"Well, actually... Yeah, ok, that's what happened." Twilight responded in an attempt to defend herself. Her ears drooped down, defeated, but you both knew that Spike was only joking around.

"Well, thanks! I mean it!" you said, sincerely. You were honestly really glad to not have all those pains in your system anymore, "But can I ask you one thing?"

Twilight's ears perked up once again, and she looked up to you with interest.

"Of course you can!" she said, gladly accepting your request.

You had tried asking Rainbow this question, but all she had told you was to ask Twilight. Not to mention she had changed the subject not long after.

"Seeing as how you live here and all, why was Rainbow Dash here instead of you?" you asked. You weren't worried, so to say, but more interested. Whatever the reason, it must have been a pretty good one.

"Well, because Fluttershy lives so close to the Everfree Forest, I thought that it would be a good opportunity to look for ingredients to a cure!" Twilight explained, seeming slightly nervous.

You had to admit, that reason was a little more boring than you were expecting it to be. Before you could respond, Spike interrupted with his own side of the story.

"That's just a cover up," he said, "Allow me, Storm!"

Twilight looked over at him, a look of slight anger on her face.

"Spike! We pinkie promised!" she said, sternly. Ok, now this was getting interesting.

"You pinkie promised. I didn't!" the baby dragon retorted, seeming to win the argument.

"Alright. Fine. Go ahead." Twilight reluctantly agreed, rolling her eyes slightly. She wasn't really breaking a
Pinkie Promise by doing this, so technically speaking it was fine.

"Yes!" Spike exclaimed, "Listen up closely, Storm!"

He hopped back up onto your bed, before beginning his story.

"You see, Twilight was going to take care of you, but Rainbow Dash came by to see if you were ok. Twilight then told her that you were ill, and that she believed Fluttershy was ill too," he explained, having your full concentration, "Twilight told her that Fluttershy need her care, but Rainbow insisted that she had to stay here, and that Twilight should go and care for Fluttershy. And when I say insisted, I mean begged."

You looked at Twilight, as if seeking confirmation in what Spike had just told you. Sure enough, she nodded, confirming what the baby dragon had said.

"Storm," Twilight said, looking at you with a slightly more serious expression that she had prior, "I don't know what it is about you, but Rainbow seems to care about you a lot more than other ponies."

You weren't really sure how to respond to that, so simply sat and stared.

"Make sure you look after yourself, and make sure you look after her. If anything bad happened to you, it would hurt her even more." Twilight continued. You weren't quite sure why, but hearing this didn't add any stress or any pressure onto you. Instead it made you happy.

"I promise I won't hurt her, and I promise I won't put myself in any danger." you said. Back on Earth, you weren't particularly well known to keep all your promises, but this was one of those rare promises that you intended to keep.

"Pinkie promise?" Spike added, now back at the side of your bed.

"Pinkie promise." you replied, with a reassuring smile.

That was enough for Twilight, as she seemed to trust you quite a lot already. After all, nopony breaks a pinkie promise. Not if they value their life.
Her look of seriousness shifted into a smile, matching that of your own.

"Oh, and Twilight, one last thing?" you asked, having one last question, "When does Applejack expect me back into work?"

You were almost hoping that you had atleast another day off. It had been a while since you had hung out with Rainbow Dash, if you exclude this morning.

"She said you can have the whole week off, so you can do whatever you like!" she explained with a smile.

Now that was what you were hoping to hear. Now you had the whole week to hang out with Rainbow, and maybe even get to know some other ponies a little better.

"So... Can I go out?" you asked, seeking approval as if she was actin good as your guardian. Technically speaking, Twilight was your guide in this new world. You had obviously seen this world before your arrival, but you were still a stranger to it, and Twilight had been your guide.

"Of course you can! Maybe take it easy with the flying for a day, though?" she requested, not yet knowing the limits of the cure she had worked up.

"Yes!" you cried, happily, leaping out of your bed and sprinting out in the hallway. It felt amazing to finally be able to properly stretch your legs and wings.

Neither Twilight nor Spike were able to respond before you were already metres out of the front door, but you knew they were subtly laughing at your eagerness. As soon as you met the outside world, you spread your wings and took flight.
While you didn't want to risk flying fast, she had never said you couldn't fly at all.

After what felt like an eternity, you were finally back in the skies, feeling better than ever. Never had the wind blowing through your mane felt so relaxing.

Since you weren't able to fly incredibly fast, you didn't want to waste Rainbow's time with a hang out, so decided to stay alone for this one day. You had all the time in the world to spend.

After all, it was a brand new day.

Author's Notes:

I've decided that I won't have 2 chapters focused on Twilight and Spike, as once again the chapter ended up a little longer than intended.
I was originally going to focus the whole chapter on Storm's past, but decided to split the chapter into 3 parts.
Beginning - Storm losing some of his memories.
Middle - Twilight and the cure.
End - Rainbow Dash's reason to be at the library.
This was to knock out everything I needed to explain in one chapter, rather than 2. I also eliminated any memory of Storm's Earth parents, so I didn't have to bring them back up later. Hooray, now I have an excuse to never explain his parents, as he doesn't remember them anymore!
If I was still following the whole Act layout thing, this would be the end of the second Act, The sickness arc, but obviously I ended that thing to make the layout of the chapters seem more free.
The next chapter won't be as lore/story focused as these last few chapters have been, so it should hopefully feel more laid back.

Anyway, and as always, thanks for reading!