Cosmic Boom
A OC fan-Fiction by Tomwhodoesmaths

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Chapter 2
Broken Dreams

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The wind rushed through his mane as he beamed; opening his eyes Backfire saw a sea of white beneath him, with a bright white moon gazing on him in a deep black sky. Backfire tossed and turned in the air, rolling in what he felt was freedom. With a grin, he dove down into the clouds, letting the condensation get the tips of his fur wet. He popped out from above them directly up until he lost all momentum.
Hovering, He looked up to see that he could almost touch the sky, reaching out he went to feel it but felt nothing. Feeling perplexed as he stared at the stars, his brain finally started to think instead of just enjoy the moment. ‘How… am I flying?’ he thought to himself with a bit of worry. Slowly turning his head, all he saw on his back was… nothing. Nothing at all, he was a mere earth pony still.
Suddenly he started falling. Fast. Diving out the sky like a rock. The white clouds from before were now a devilish back, with flashes of light coming from within. Backfire started to scream, falling through the clouds he saw shapes, demonic pony figures made out whenever lightning struck out.
He then fell through the cloud layer into a torrential storm; all he could see below were the lights of Ponyville. He still kept falling; tears were streaming from his eyes as he flailed about like a helpless foal.
The stallion was merely seconds from hitting the ground before he braced and then THUD! THUD! THUD!

Backfire yelped and sat bolt upright in his bed, sweating and panting as if he ran the Running of the leaves competition. He looked at his hooves in front of his eyes; they were shaking, As well as the rest of his body.
Taking all the information in, he sighed and relaxed a bit, realising it was just a nightmare. Looking at his clock it read 11:31AM, he overslept but that was expected after staying awake for a whole day and a half before, managing only to input his data and try to keep himself awake to a respectable time so not to upset his sleeping pattern.
Thinking of the previous day though reminded him of Contrail and how he treated him, he was tired but that was no excuse for his reaction. ‘I really should apologise...’ His thought trailed off. THUD THUD THUD!! “Backfire? Are you in?” Perking up his ears, he realised what woke him as his old friend’s voice drew him to open the door.
“Apollo!” He said with a surprised tone, whilst rubbing his eye’s “What’re you doing here?” making room for the mare to walk in. “Not even a hello? Where are you manners Backfire?” She said slyly, “oh sorry, I woke up a couple of minutes ago” Backfire replied examining his friend.
Apollo was a slim earth pony, with a similar grey coloured coat to his own, only a lighter shade. Her mane was tied up in a ponytail and tail hung un-tied, both a fair brown shade with a pink highlight streak. Her eyes were a lime green and were easy to be lost in. Turning his gaze, he took a glance at her cutie mark which was a moon with a pink ring around it, similar colour to her hair. Realising he was staring at a more defined area of Apollo’s body, he looked away, revealing a slight blush.
“I haven’t gotten myself together yet...” He sighed. Apollo picked up on his rather shaky appearance. “Why are you all sweaty?” The mare observed, looking at the rustled up bed which lay in the main bedroom to the side of the doorway, raising an eyebrow from her. “I didn’t come at a bad time did I?” She asked, Causing Backfire to blink, before he felt a rush of heat come to his cheeks “Oh! No! No, No, No, No! It may look that way, but it isn’t! I wouldn’t! I mean it’s natural and that it is perfectly fine but…” he cut himself off, covering his mouth with his hoof, face now as red as an apple. Apollo merely giggled with a smile. He liked her giggle, found it very cute. ‘Smooth.’ He thought sarcastically to himself.
Uncovering his mouth but still blushing, he finally thought of a line that wasn’t awkward, “No I wasn’t doing that, I just had a nightmare and woke up from it as you opened the door.” Breathing out in relief as he fixed his mess, Apollo asked curiously.
“What was the nightmare about? Was it about aliens?? Ooh! I just LOVE aliens!” She beamed, barely holding her excitement. Surprised, Backfire just smirked “No it wasn’t aliens” Apollo’s grin disappeared as her excitement turned out to be for nothing, “It’s nothing to worry yourself about, just a dream.” He smiled. He then thought again, never usually a good idea for Backfire, as he found out in his dream earlier.
“What brings you here Apollo?” he asked inquisitively, Causing Apollo to bounce over to him “They’ve got the mail pony coming today to announce who hosts the summer sun celebration next year!” By this point she was basically dragging him out of the door by his hoof. “Come on! We have to go! Hurry!” She beamed as she was jumping along like a little child. “Alright! I’m coming; you don’t have to drag me there!” He insisted but still the excitable mare pulled him along to Ponyville town hall.