There was...something in the distance.
What was it?
Venturing closer, I swallowed ever so slightly and glimpsed...something quite remarkable.
Right in front of me...were a group of the most bizarre things I've ever seen. At first glance they just looked like a few colorful ponies...yet as I continued to look, I quickly saw that my first assessment was quite incorrect.
The first one I saw was an alabaster mare. When I first noticed her, I didn't see anything off, yet as I take a closer look...I notice her wings and horn, as well as the way in which her mane seems to flow in the wind, almost like magic.
However, the most bizarre thing about her, as well as the others, is that she's wearing what appears to be golden armor.
The other three were opposite this mare, their expressions somewhat angry, if not completely serious.
Two of them seemed to be the same race as the mare, yet had noticable differences. For a start, one of them, a stallion, was as alabaster as the mare in front of him. Yet there was something about him that...felt wrong, but I couldn't place what. It wasn't his normal mane that was for sure, but whatever it was, I just couldn't grasp.
The mare on his left was just a little taller than him, and a hell of a lot darker. Her mane seemed to resemble the night sky, as opposed to the bright and cheerful colors the other mare had. But most importantly...her eyes, they looked so sad as they gazed at the other mare.
Why, why was she sad?
The last and most bizarre creature was...interesting. Her coat was pitch black, yet she had some sort of green chitin as her underbelly. Her horn wasn't like the others, it was crooked and appeared broken...yet something told me that it wasn't. The thing about her that shocked me the most however, was the holes that seemed to be placed randomly all over her body. They looked painful, being as exposed as they were.
Yet like before, something told me that they weren't.
Wait...the stallion, he was saying something to other mare, the one who looked like him.
Was she his mother?
What...what was he saying?
"I'm so sorry mother...but I cannot stand with you knowing what I do.
His mother was obviously near tears...yet she still spoke so strongly, like a true leader.
"Please Cosmos," she pleaded quietly. "All of what I did was for you, can;t you see that?
"For him?!" the chitinous mare screeched. "Don't you dare lie about that Celestia, it was all for you and your selfish desires, nothing more!
I...What was going on, why couldn't I hear them anym-
I opened my eyes and sat up abruptly, wheezing somewhat as I attempted to regain my breath.
"What was that?" I spoke aloud, looking up for an answer...only to realize that I was alone.
I was always alone.