Glass shatter.

Pain.

Blood.

A face.

Samantha Forster woke up screaming. Her throat was raw by the time she managed to stop her noise. She buried her face in her hands, trying not to cry as her bedroom door opened.

"Go back to bed, Mom," she said, not looking up.

"Baby," Louise Forster replied, sitting on the edge of her daughter's bed. "Was it the dream again?"

Sam nodded, crawling into her mother's arms. So what if she was sixteen years old? She needed her mommy right now. The tears came, now that she smelled her mother's familiar perfume, was wrapped in the strong embrace. She let herself shake, trying to rope in her wayward fear.

"Why do I keep having that dream?" Sam whined. "I don't understand. It's all just stupid bits and pieces that I don't understand."

"Honey, I don't think we'll ever know." Louise peered into her daughter's eyes, so like her own. "Your subconscious just came up with it one night when you were little. I just don't know how to save you from it."

"I'll be okay Mom." Sam whispered, though she didn't believe it. "It's probably from a scary movie I wasn't supposed to watch."

Her mother gave a weak smile. "That's probably it. Are you okay to go back to bed, or do you want me to sit up with you a little longer?"

"Sing me the song, Mommy," Sam begged, feeling like a young child.

Louise smiled, gently tucking her daughter into bed. "Yes, Baby, of course." She settled into the chair next to Sam's bed, and sang the lullaby Sam had always loved.

"Hush-a-Bye
"Don't You Cry
"Go To Sleep My Little Baby
"When You Wake You Shall Have

"All The Pretty Little Ponies
"In Your Bed
"Mamma Said
"Baby's Riding Off To Dream Land
"One By One
"They've Begun
"Dance And Prance For Little Baby
"Blacks And Bays
"Dapples And Grays
"Running In The Night
"When You Wake
"You Shall Have
"All The Pretty Little Ponies
"Can't You See The Little Ponies
"Dance Before Your Eyes
"All The Pretty Little Ponies
"Will Be There When Your Arise
"Can't You See The Little Ponies
"Dance Before Your Eyes
"All The Pretty Little Ponies
"Will Be There When You Arise
"Hush-a-Bye
"Don't You Cry
"Go To Sleep My Little Baby
"When You Wake
"You Shall Have
"All The Pretty Little Ponies
"All The Pretty Little Ponies
"Hush-Bye Don't You Cry."

Louise let the last note of the song linger. Sam had fallen asleep somewhere in the middle, calmed by her mother's voice. Louise rose from where she had been sitting, and brushed her lips across Sam's forehead. "Forgive me, Sam," she whispered to the sleeping girl, who didn't even stir at her mother's words.