***Hi everypony! It's Emmo13, here to give you the sequel to my story, "Gentle Dream". My buddy TheSnarkKnight30 and I decided to team up and combine our sequels into one, so this is also the sequel to "My Little Pony: Ignorance is Bliss". Ya'll should probably read these two before diving into this one. Especially hers, it's awesome! Anyways, we hope you enjoy! :)
Chapter 1
"Aw, she's so cute!" Fluttershy gushed.
"Indeed, she's quite a sight," Rarity agreed.
"I just love babies!" Pinkie bounced.
"Shh," Twilight shushed Pinkie. She turned back to my newborn daughter, Dream Chaser, and smiled.
"She will be a great unicorn, I can tell," Applejack said.
"Just like her mother," Star Chaser said grinning, holding my hoof.
"Yeah yeah," Rainbow Dash said, rolling her eyes.
"Aw c'mon Rainbow, ya know it's cute," Applejack said, nudging her.
"Whatever," Rainbow replied, but I could tell she was just hiding it. You could see the excitement in her eyes.
"Thank you everypony for being here," I smiled. I was just so happy; I was holding my own baby in my arms surrounded by ponies I loved.
"We wouldn't miss it for the world," Compose said.
"Yeah, even if it's just a baby," Meg continued.
"Oh my gosh, I'm Auntie Joy now!" Joyful Passion realized. "And, you're Auntie Compose and Auntie Meg!"
"My babies are growing up so fast." Mom started to cry. Dad held her close.
"We're so happy for you two," Star Chaser's mom said.
Sitting there, I couldn't help but just feel excited. This was the start of a new story. Looking at this fragile new creature, I vowed to do everything in my power to give her a better childhood than mine was.
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"Mom, why can't I go to normal school?" I asked.
"What's wrong with home school, Dream Chaser?" Mom said.
"Don't answer my question with a question!" I shouted. I looked at Mom's sad face. "I mean, I just don't see why I can't go. It's like home school but I get to make friends instead of being stuck at home all the time."
"Your gift…"
"Some gift it is," I mumbled. For as long as I could remember, I had been able to grant people's wishes. The only catch was that it had to be at night when all the stars were out. The stars gave me the ability to do so, for some strange reason. If I was talking to somepony and they made a wish aloud, well I couldn't help but grant it. The night I found that out was rather interesting.
"Dream Chaser, look at the stars," Dad pointed. I looked up, curious at the glowing dots in the sky.
"Pretty," I said. At two and a half, I couldn't say too much.
"Daddy got his cutie mark because of stars," Dad said, showing me his cutie mark. It was a shooting star.
"None," I pouted, looking at my flank.
"You'll get yours one day, don't worry about it," Dad comforted. Oh how I loved Daddy.
We looked back up at the twinkling sky.
"Gosh, sometimes I wish the stars would shine day and night," Dad said. Suddenly, a firework of colors burst from my horn.
"Did you just do magic? Dream! Dream!" Dad called.
"Chase? Is everything alright?" Mom asked worriedly.
"Just wonderful! Dream Chaser just did some magic!"
"Oh, I wish I could have seen it," Mom sighed. Another firework of colors spurted out of my horn.
"Oh Chase!" Mom exclaimed, and she pulled us all into a hug. Then, it was time for me to be tucked into bed.
The next morning was chaos. Everypony was freaking out because there were still stars in the sky. We called over Twilight.
"I had Spike send a letter to Princess Celestia asking if it was something she and Luna had planned. It wasn't," Twilight shared.
It was quiet for a moment. I was bored, so I started pounding my hooves for attention. The grown-ups looked at me. Dad's face lit up in realization.
"Could it have been…?" he asked.
"What, Chase?" Mom asked.
"You remember last night, Dream, when Dream Chaser did some magic?"
"Dream Chaser did magic?!" Twilight asked excitedly.
"Yes," Mom and Dad said simultaneously. I never understood why, but they did that a lot.
"Anyways, well it just occurred to me that she could've had something to do with this, and me," Dad started.
"How?" Twilight asked.
"Well, I remember saying something like, 'I wish the stars would shine day and night' and she—well she did magic," Dad explained.
"Are you suggesting that your daughter granted your wish?" Twilight asked skeptically.
"I think Chase is right, I mean, last night after he called me outside and told me that Dream Chaser did magic, I said something like, 'I wish I could have seen it'. Well, at that moment she did magic again," Mom said.
"Hmm…Let me try. I wish that the stars would only appear at night," Twilight tested. We all looked out the window to see that the stars disappeared from the day sky. They all looked at me and I giggled at their puzzled faces.
"It seems like our daughter has a very special gift," Dad said, scooping me up in his arm.
"A dangerous gift," Twilight warned, "if anypony found out…"
Mom's eyes widened.
"We can't let anypony know then," Mom decided. "You'll keep the secret, won't you?"
"You have my word, however don't you think Princess Celestia should know?" Twilight asked.
"She has a point," Dad said. Mom sighed.
"Alright, but that's it. We can't tell anypony else, not even our friends. It's too risky," Mom decided.
"Of course," Twilight said. "Well, I better get started on that report. I'll write it myself and make sure Spike doesn't peek when he sends it."
"Thank you, Twilight," Mom and Dad replied.
"You're welcome. Good luck you two," Twilight said, leaving.
"I think that we need to test this gift more, just so we know," Dad said.
"Fine," Mom agreed reluctantly.
During that day, Mom and Dad kept making wishes to me, and I just babbled. They looked frustrated since nothing was happening. Then, the stars came out.
"Oh, I forgot all about dinner. I wish we had something prepared," Mom sighed.
Suddenly, my horn lit up with the firework of colors. Mom and Dad rushed to the table and before them was dinner.
"Do you know what this means?" they asked each other.
"She can only grant wishes at night!" they answered, laughing. I laughed too, unsure what was going on at the time.
From that night on, my parents decided wishes could only be made in case of emergency. And they kept me locked up in my house so I wouldn't spill that I had this gift.
"Sweetie, if ponies found out about your gift—well things would turn out bad," Mom said.
"But, I'm eleven! I can keep a secret, I promise! And I promise that I'll be home way before dark!" I claimed.
"I'm sorry, sweetie, it's too risky," Mom said sadly.
"That's not fair!" I cried, running up to my room. I looked at my pathetic self in the mirror.
My off-white eyes were all red and puffy, my purple and white mane was a mess, and my dull light blue coat looked even duller.
"I hate my life!" I said, breaking the mirror in anger. "I don't have any friends of my own, I'm stuck inside this stuffy old building, and now I'm talking to myself, all because of this stupid curse!" I screamed. Then, I collapsed on the floor, bawling my eyes out. When I had calmed down enough, I looked at my window. Mom and Dad permanently locked my glass window so I couldn't open it. That didn't mean that I couldn't break through it.
I stepped back to the other side of the room, and then pushed off the wall and broke through the window with my horn. I remembered I was on the second floor and slapped myself mentally as I fell. Miraculously, I landed in a bush. Sure, it was all prickly, but it was better than hitting the solid earth. I shook myself off and ran away as far as my little legs good take me.
It felt good being free. I closed my eyes and grinned, feeling the wind in my mane. Suddenly, I bumped into somepony.
"Oh, I'm so sorry," I apologized, getting up.
"What's your name?" he asked.
"Dream Chaser, sir," I responded.
"Then it's alright," he said.
"It is?"
"Yeah, how 'bout you come with me? We can take a little…walk together," he said.
"Anywhere away from home is just fine," I replied.
"Oh really? Well, I think that can be arranged," he said. "Boys!"
The last thing I saw was a bag being pulled over my head.
