//------------------------------// // Guiding Dream // Story: The Epic Journey // by JerryTheHouseGhost //------------------------------// The six ponies all spent the night in Applejack's house. That night, Twilight had a dream. It was different from any other dream she had ever experienced. It wasn't a nightmare, luckily. She really hated nightmares. This was a very weird dream, almost like it was from somepony else's mind. Twilight awoke in a field. She didn't recognize it at all; it definitely wasn't part of Sweet Apple Acres, where she remembered falling asleep. None of her friends were there. This has got to be dream, thought Twilight. Some books that Twilight read held information about dreams and how one could figure out if they are dreaming or not. Not remembering how you got to where you are is one of the ways to tell if you're dreaming, and Twilight certainly remembered falling asleep in Applejack's house, and not in a large field like this. "Hello? Is anypony else here?" Twilight didn't get any response. Something that did happen was that the field suddenly started to change. Twilight saw wood forming around her in the shape of a room. She recognized this room as her own, and also heard a fire alarm. "Oh no!" Twilight said aloud. She wasn't afraid of her house burning down or anything, since this was only a dream; she was afraid of catching fire in her dream and waking up. She had that happen to her in many dreams. She was tired of catching on fire. Twilight ran downstairs to try and vacate her home, but ended up stumbling upon a familiar scene. It was the exact same thing as yesterday morning. Green stuff flying out of the oven at Spike- or at least it was supposed to be Spike. It almost looked like him, except it was a little bigger, a teeny bit smaller, a hair fatter, and a millimeter skinnier. Spike was an amoeba, constantly changing. It still had his voice though, but it spoke very slow. "Oh, hello Twilight. I'm an amoeba. Watch out for me!" This wasn't the only thing different from the other morning. The box of pancake mix was talking to her. "Why don't you go answer the door, Twilight? Catch the one who delivered the letter before they run off?" Twilight never expected to listen to a talking box of pancake mix, and especially never thought pancake mix could have such a great idea. "Thanks, pancake mix," Twilight said with a happy smile. "Pay me," replied the pancake mix. Twilight walked over to the door to wait for the sound of knocking. Right when she got to the door, the knocking started. Twilight opened the door to find that the one who delivered the letter was: Zecora! "Zecora? It was you who delivered the letter?" "Well, of course it was me. Who else would it be? The normal mail-delivering pony?" Twilight had no idea how Zecora came up with these rhymes at the top of her head. "Um, yeah. That would make more sense." "Come see me at my creepy hut of traps-" "What?-" "And then let us play a nice game of craps." "What the hay are you even talking about? Hut of traps? Craps? What in Equestria does that even mean?" Twilight was very confused by this zebra sometimes, but this time was the most confusing ever. She blamed her dream for being stupid. "Just come over to my hut when you have the chance, and then maybe we will have enough time to dance." "I'll come over tomorrow. Just get out of here. I'm tired of your stupid rhymes!" "These rhymes of mine are not for nursery! You talk like that again and I'll send you to the infirmary" "Did you just threaten me? I told you to leave! Scram! Go back to your dance-party hut of traps, or whatever it is!" "Okay, bye!" And with that, Zecora walked away and then violently exploded into confetti. After the confetti stopped falling, all of Twilight's friends were standing where Zecora once was. Pinkie Pie started talking. "Hey Twilight! Do you want to do back-flips with us?" "Uh, I don't think I can do a back-flip." Twilight had never tried a back-flip after the incident she had as a little filly. Let's just say all the king's horses and all the king's men almost couldn't put her back together again. "Oh, well then, you're totally missing out." All of Twilight's friends starting doing back-flips. They did one, two, three, four; they showed no signs of stopping! Rarity began to vomit, but that didn't stop her from continuing to do back-flips. Eventually, they all started vomiting. Twilight decided to leave before she did the same. Twilight caught sight of the three little fillies that called themselves the "Cutie Mark Crusaders." "Hey, girls! Lovely day we're having, isn't it?" She tried to initiate a conversation, but the three little ponies showed no sign of paying attention. "Cutie Mark Crusaders Space Explorers is a go!!!" They all said in unison. All three jumped in the air and flew into the sky. They continued to fly away until that generic little star-flash thing that meant they were out of sight happened. "What did I just witness?" Twilight was dumbfounded. She decided that it would be best to continue going in whatever direction she was going. The dream Ponyville had all of the buildings the regular one had, but they were all in different places. Twilight saw the spa ponies having a mud fight. She thought it would be fun to join in, until she realized that it wasn't mud. The purple unicorn had no idea what to do in her own dream. Then something interesting happened, and it wasn't the sight of her friends back-flipping past her. Out in the distance, she saw a light shining down from the sky. It was over the Everfree Forest. What could that be? thought Twilight. She continued to wonder until she saw Zecora flying around the light. "That stupid zebra really wants me to come see her at her hut! Screw you! I'm not going to your hut! You suck in this dream!" Almost as if Zecora heard Twilight, she started flying straight at her. "Oh no! I didn't mean it! I swear!" But it was too late; Zecora had already launched a fireball at Twilight. "Sometimes I wonder why I still have dreams." Said Twilight aloud, just before she caught on fire and woke up as a result. She woke up where she remembered falling asleep, which was a good sign. At least this wasn't another dream. Twilight looked around and saw that everypony else was awake already. She also noticed that Rainbow Dash was on one side of the room holding her face with her hoof. Rarity and Fluttershy were next to her. "Oh look, Twilight's awake! Good morning Twilight!" Pinkie Pie fell from the ceiling and almost gave Twilight a heart-attack. "What happened to Rainbow Dash?" Asked Twilight. "Is she hurt?" Rarity answered. "When we woke up, we all noticed that you moving in your sleep. Rainbow Dash decided to try and wake you up, but when she got close, you kicked her in the face." "Ouch, that sounds bad." Twilight couldn't begin to imagine what it would feel like if she kicked her own face. "It wouldn't have been that bad if she hadn't decided to try and wake you up a second time. When she approached you, making sure she wouldn't get kicked in the face, you punched her in the face. Right in the same spot." "Oh my.. Well on a good note, I know how to start our journey." Twilight said. "Really? How?" Asked Applejack. "We've got to go see Zecora first," replied Twilight. "Well it's not going to be very easy with this blizzard," said Rainbow Dash. Twilight had forgotten about the blizzard that the weather ponies had scheduled. Twilight looked out the window at the raging blizzard and said, "I hate you."