Opal's dreams

later that morning, Opal is writing about her dream the night before in her diary. She wears a worried expression and writes furiously using her magic.

...the entry...

Deary Diary, I had another one of those dreams again. It started out simple with mom and dad walking down the isle happy, smiling but the cheerful mood of the dream was gone when mom looked right at me and her face, and her body changed into that of a beastly looking creature with the wings of an insect and holes in her legs. Next thing I knew I was seeing images that appeared to be from before the wedding. Father's bedroom, the one he had before he and mom shared one after the wedding. Dad and this...creature... where together on his bed! Father was kissing it and it became clear to me that he did not know it was a monster, that it revealed itself to him with the appearance of my mother. I well...I could tell that...things... were about to happen and thankfully the scene changed to a different one. But as it turned out, this one was not much better. I saw my mother , my real mother thankfully, standing with my father in one scene.( I remember this though, I have seen pictures of this very moment. It was when mom told dad she was expecting, although at the time they hadn't known there would be two new babies on the way, my sister and i being twins was certanly a suprise!)

But on the other side I saw that creature from before, minutes after giving birth it seemed. She was handed a small newborn alicorn foal, with a light pink coat, deep blue mane, and big crystal blue newly opened eyes,(in short this foal was adorable and would no doubt would become a beautiful mare) but the creature turned away in discust before begrudgingly taking it into her arms. But immedatly after the nurse left the room the creature dropped the little filly in such need for a mother at this delicate time in her life, into a crib far away from her. The little filly flapped her wings and cooed trying to get her mother's attention, but the creature only rolled over on her hospital bed putting the young child out of her sight. It was impossibly sad watching this heartwrentching scene right next to this happy, overjoyed one.

The scene changed again revealing my sister's and my fourth birthday party,cake, gifts, and love, truly it was a happy day! But as before I also saw another scene next to it at the same time. This one stole my attention and had me in tears. It was an image of the little filly, the child of that creature, on her birhtday. There were no decorations, but something told me she was turning five. Strangly enough, I could hear this one. Her mother entered the room and was greeted by the smiling filly, at witch she grimanced. She then trew a dark object to the ground by the filly's feet.

"Happy birthday i guess...wear this if you EVER have to leave your room, it will ensure that nopony will be able to see the way you look." The little filly put it on as she spoke. She turned and looked at her reflection as her mother said the last words"...that nopony will see the way you look..." and frowned at the realization that no part of her was showing anywhere. The little one faked a smile and turned to her mother.

"It's great Mother! Thank you so much!" At this her mother nodded and left the room. As soon as the door closed behind her the filly collapsed to the floor with her head in her hooves, the little cloak shaking with the force of her tears. I remember waking up to find my face wet with tears and even now as I write my heart breaks and tears begin to fall for the sad, sad life that child is forced to lead. (I quite recall an earlier dream of this filly about a week ago, though i did not yet know who she was. Oddly enough I could hear this one as well. I saw this young filly looking to be about twelve sitting on the edge of her bed levatating a small but sharp knife over her foreleg. I had loudly gasped in my sleep to see that she had written in blood "Why Can't You Love Me?" on her foreleg with it. Small tears fell down her face as she moved the knife just above the vital vein, but these small tears turned into big sobs and she dropped the knife to the floor and once again cried with her head in her hooves.)

It is clear to me now that somewhere out there is a young mare about a year older that me forced to live a sad, lonely life at the hooves of a mean and heartless mother who didn't love her all because my father, HER FATHER! couldn't see that her was being tricked! Now this young mare has to lead a horrible, horrible life because of the mistakes of my dad! But at the same time I can't blame him, this creature had masked herself as my mother. This scary mare had wanted, for some reason, to "be with" my father but CLEARLY did not plan on having a child. And now this poor child has had to suffer because of these desisions. And I want so much to help her, but I don't know how. I don't even know where she is...

Fearful and yours,

Opal Shimmer