Entering Ponyville, Cloud Flicker crashed into Pinkie Pie. "Hi! Haha!" she laughed. "Sorry Pinkie, no time to talk, I'm kinda in a hurry. Maybe I'll catch up with you later." He said, already starting in the direction of his house. "Okey dokey lokey!" she happily exclaimed. Hurriedly, Cloud Flicker bolted to his house, swung the door open, and yelled : "Mom, Dad!" Inside he found his mother cooking dinner, his father had just got home from work. "Cloud Flicker! I thought you said you weren't coming until Tuesday, whats wrong?" asked his mother. "Oh, I had this terrible dream, It was so real, and I thought that you were….never-mind."

He struggled to get the words out over his gasps for breath. "Well are you alright?" asked his father. "Yes. It was just a bad dream." Cloud Flicker said, relieved. "Well now that you're here could you go pick up some groceries? I hadn't planned to make dinner for three." ordered his mother. "Sure!" Cloud Flicker answered. So Cloud Flicker sets of for the groceries, but just a moment after leaving the house, He heard a scream.

Cloud Flicker whipped around, and flew back home. Again he swung the door open, only this time to find his parents dead. His father was barely holding on, and knew it was over. "Dad!" Cloud Flicker screamed. "C-C-Cloud Flicker..don't feel hatred for the one who did this. But take care of yourself, I know you will." and with that, Cloud Flicker's father slipped away. He immediately called 991, the emergency number and told them what he saw. The police were there in minutes, taking pictures, collecting samples, but there wasn't much to work with. Everypony was gathered around the scene. Cloud Flicker just couldn't comprehend what happened. The dream, it came true!

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