Snoring, Nemo was dead asleep, and as Icarus tried to wake him, he too began to feel sleepy. Looking at the bed, he noticed that the covers did look warm, and as he flew over, it took all of a few seconds before the squirrel was asleep himself. As Nemo continued to snore, his body twitched for a second, as something began to happen deep within the recesses of his mind...
Dream World
Opening his eyes, he looked around, shocked to see that he was still at his desk, but he was floating in space. His bed, along with Icarus asleep on it, was alongside him. As he jumped from the chair to his bed, he rustled Icarus to wake up, looking at everything around him. Stars shined all around him, and he could see planets in the far distance. As Icarus woke up, Nemo kept a hold on him so as to not scare his friend from flying off.
As Nemo tried to understand what was going on, he heard a voice reverberate inside of his head. It was the voice of a woman, but she sounded regal, as if she was of royalty.
Who are you...? Why have you come...?
Closing his eyes, he couldn't make out where he was. Where they in a dream? It wasn't anywhere he had seen before, and he had never heard that voice neither. As they passed over a planet, the bed began to wobble slightly before it plummeted through the atmosphere, he began to scream in terror as the ground became visible. As the bed came towards the surface, Nemo woke up, startled.
He was back in his own room, at his desk. Breathing hard, he saw Icarus was still sleeping. Putting his hands over his eyes, he tried to figure out what had happened. Where had he gone? It had been like that nightmare he had back when he was a kid.
Right before he had gone to Slumberland...
Running a hand through his hair, he looked at Icarus, trying to make sense of what he had experienced.
Canterlot - Royal Castle
Celestia had been spending the last few hours at her desk taking care of trivial matters across Equestria from some politicians complaining in Canterlot to handling some business in Cloudsdale. Really, she was getting tired and wanted to get some rest, but as she put the quill down, the doors opened up, Luna approaching her in a hurry.
"Sister, we might have a problem. As I was watching over the dreams of ponies, I felt an intrusion, something that shouldn't have been here. It's strange to say, but was as if this force was coming into Equestria from the dreams, something that isn't part of our world..."
"Is it dark magic? Is it something trying to harm Equestria?"
"That's where it's strange. I don't believe so, sister. This figure, whoever it was, seemed shocked at where he was. He was... unlike anything I've ever seen before. This being wasn't anything that we've ever encountered before, but I don't think he's evil, because it seemed to me he didn't even know how he got here."
Celestia frowned, thinking over Luna's words. Luna knew the dream world, and if she felt that this wasn't dark magic by a pony or another creature, than that meant that whatever had tried to come into their world was either sent or came on purpose. Looking at Luna, she asked the obvious question.
"Is the being still here?"
"No, he disappeared before I could investigate anymore."
"I think we need to tell Twilight Sparkle about this, then. If we're not sure of what we're seeing here, this may be beyond just us. I'll send a scroll right now to her, and in the mean time, try to see if you can find out more on this mysterious creature.
"Of course, sister."
As Luna left, Celestia brought out a new scroll, dipping the quill in new ink while beginning her writing.
My dearest student Twilight...