Chapter 2: Let it be known
Author notes:
Here's the next chapter…. Well that's it. There isn't much more I can say well except. Remember the things from the first chapter and enjoy the story.
Disclaimer: Like I said before I don't own My Little Pony; Friendship is Magic just my four OC's Panic, Paranoia, Fear and their Lord who shall not be named for the story sake.
Edit: Clean up of layout, filled in missing words, very minuscule changes to dialogue(Trust me their almost unoticable)
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Location: Dreamscape (Twilight's Dream)
Time:?
Books as far as the eye could see line Twilight's sight as she walk down the halls of the imaginary Library. She was first excited from the sight of all these books but grew slightly disappointed when she remembered they are not real but instead illusionary objects created by her mind showing one of her many desires. "If only a library like this existed in real life then I would spend most of my free time reading books I have never even read before." Twilight thought to herself as she continued down the hall but stopped when she saw a shadow on the floor. She looked up to find a strange bird face being floating above her taking one of the book's in the library and reading it.
Questions filled her mind wondering why this being appeared in her dream, but the only logical conclusion she came up with is that the being could be a figment caretaker of her dream library created by her mind. "I wonder if I can communicate with it?" she questioned not knowing if it was wise to disturb the mysterious being. "Uh excuse me? Do you take care of the books here?" The being paused for a moment before placing the book it was reading back in the shelf.
The mysterious caretaker then descended to the floor with its back facing her direction. The being then spoke to her in a well-mannered tone, "No I'm not" then it took another book from the shelf in front of it and started to read. Twilight was confused if it wasn't a caretaker then why is it here? It didn't make sense one bit to her since this is a dream she could have made up a caretaker for this library, but this being is not a caretaker which led to one possible answer. This being invaded her dream and is walking around in her thoughts.
"I'm guessing by the look on your face. You've realized I'm not part of your dream" the being said breaking Twilight out of her thoughts. The being was now looking at her giving her a full view on the being's appearance, it was humanoid in shape wearing what appears to be a crimson duster coat that is button up showing only the beings legs. The coat is also decorated with a large odd symbol that seems to give off an aura of uneasiness to Twilight as she looked at it. The being's head was covered by its most defining feature, a black bird mask used by plague doctors and a fedora that matched its outfit color scheme. Twilight judged it is a human male but at the same time it wasn't human and the way it dresses shows that it's well bent on keeping its identity hidden. "And now you are observing me. What is it about me you find interesting? Haven't you seen what a human being is like personally, and more or less become one yourself?" The being asks offhandingly. The question surprised Twilight since she didn't tell anyone about her parallel world encounter so how could he have known she became human once?
"Just who are you?" questioned Twilight who now begun shaking as started to feel cold. The being gave off a small chilling laugh before putting away the book in his hand "Well isn't that the question of day." He replied mockingly causing Twilight to grow a bit annoyed but before she could say anything the being continued talking "But if you really want to know I'm a messenger sent to give you a ….. Word of warning so to speak" Twilight grew confused "A warning? But from who?" The being said nothing but instead reach inside the pocket his duster and pulled out a scroll and gave it to her. Twilight opened the scroll and read its contents;
Dear Mane Six,
I've been watching you for a while now. All your lessons, triumphs, and somewhat amusing breakdowns I seen them all and because of your exploits I have issued a challenge for all of you. This is how it will go; starting tomorrow somepony you know will be marked and you got till nightfall to figure out who it is because I will be sending one of my messengers to foalnap the marked target. This will also happen for the two days following. Your challenge is to prevent the attempted foalnapping of at least one of the three targets. Succeed and any pony foalnapped will be returned unharmed and you will be rewarded for your troubles. Fail however then those who are foalnapped are mine to keep, but if such circumstances happen find my humble home and talk to me in person I'm sure we can work something out. Finally you are able to use any means necessary to complete the challenge. With this said I wish you good luck on this endeavor, but no doubt you won't disappoint especially you Twilight Sparkle.
Sincerely,
Lord Nightmare
Twilight paled as she finished reading the letter remembering how much trouble Princess Luna's darkness, simply known as Nightmare caused. It even possessed her friend Rarity just to make sure the elements of harmony couldn't be used against it. But, it isn't the same Nightmare she faced. The way the letter was written shown that this Nightmare considers this as a game then an actual threat. "Excuse me for interrupting your thoughts but I think you should start running now princess" Twilight was again for the third time broken out of her thoughts by the messenger. She faced the messenger to ask why but quickly regretted it. The messenger was giving off a murderous vibe as the shadows around him grew "I'll give you the count of ten before I start chasing you" The messenger said in a tone far more sinister then the tone he gave before.
To say Twilight was scared is an understatement; she was terrified. Her mind told her only one thing and one thing only, to get away from him as quickly as possible. "One…." Needing no other warning Twilight quickly ran off in the direction she came "…Ten." The messenger let out a sinister laugh as the shadows around him headed where Twilight ran.
Twilight ran for what seemed like forever in the endless library as her mind was beyond terrified she felt as if everything was watching her. "Okay Twilight you got to pull yourself together. Remember this is a dream and in a dream you can do anything you just need to calm down" Twilight stopped running and sat down taking deep breaths to calm her nerves knowing that the shadows weren't far behind. As she looked down the path she ran from, the shadows were closing in on her giving her only little time to think of a counter-measure. Thankfully, she thought of one, but it would take some time for her to use it. Just as her Horn started glowing the shadows surrounded her giving her nowhere to run, but she didn't plan on running.
"This is interesting…why are you just sitting there?" Question the messenger who just walked out of the shadows. Twilight didn't respond causing the messenger to question her further "Nice light show with your horn there, but I don't think it's going to help you much in this situation princess" Twilight smirked which surprised the messenger because this is not the reaction he had foreseen, but quickly assumed what she's was doing "Are you going for a light spell? Unfortunately that won't work in this situation, my shadows have the ability to absorb light so you're out of options my dear" He said confidently.
"Sorry to tell you this, but I wasn't preparing a spell" The messenger was confused since the only other way she could have got out of this situation is by imaging something in her dream and he was well prepared for that. He even placed a strong magic seal on her to prevent her from waking up; she can't be that strong could she? "Inconceivable…." Is all the messenger could say before Twilight faded from dream signifying she had woken up.
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Location: Twilight's Home (Bedroom)
Time: 5:45 A.M Friday
Twilight woke up a bit shaken from her experience with the messenger "That was close it was a good thing he underestimated me or else that would have ended differently. But, that message still worries me I have to tell my friends and Princess Celestia and Luna what happened." As she got out of bed she heard the sounds of her friends pounding and screaming at her front door.
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And that ends chapter 2! I hope you enjoyed it because I know I did but then again I wrote it. So go ahead and tell me what you think so far. This is TheFoolOfTheNoon signing off for now…
