//------------------------------// // The Dream Sequence // Story: MLP: Journey Across Time // by B. J. Williams //------------------------------// The ponies were back at the infirmary back into Pottok. Basil was by Twilight Sparkle when the ghosts of the two princesses, Celestia and Luna came in. "Basil," Celestia asked. "Are you ready?" "I am ready, Princess Celestia." Basil replied. "I am ready to begin." "Close your eyes and clear your mind." Basil done so. He entered a surreal area looking around he saw various islands of land over a bottomless pit. Walking up to him was the two princesses. "I and my sister will help you get to the dream. That is all we can do." Luna said. Basil nodded. "But remember, in that dream, we will not know you. You would have to go this alone. Understood?" "Yes." "Let's go." The three ponies galloped across the plains jumping from island to island when needed. Along the way, they fought against the aggressive and territorial dream wolves. The wolves had purple fur and red eyes. The group battled various enemies. "How much farther?" "The dream is over there." Celestia replied pointing her horn to the entrance of the dream which is of running distance. Basil began to run over toward it and ran into it. Then, they encountered a monster. The monster was described as a huge tortoise. It was even larger than Princess Celestia. The creature was spiked on the massive shell and on it's head, neck, and legs. Also, it included a spiked mace-like tail. The entire creature was a dark brown in color and had a terra cotta flesh, and had yellow eyes and sharp teeth. "It's an Adamantortoise!!" Celestia shouted. "Brace yourself." The creature roared, reared up and blasted fire at the three of them. Luna put up a shadow shield around the three of them blocking the fire from the three of them. Celestia countered with a light blast striking the creature. The creature reared up and slammed down for a seismic attack. Celestia lifted Basil off the ground as the tremors went by. Luna countered with a shadow blast. Basil aided the two alicorns by slashing at the beast. Eventually, the beast was defeated but like the princesses said to him. The ones in there are a dream. The two weren't able to go in there; he had to go it alone. The two princesses wished him luck as he went inside. Twilight Sparkle was floating in the darkness. Only pitch black around her. Then, she heard a voice. "Twilight, Twilight?" said the voice. "Spike, is that you?" Twilight thought. "Twilight, wake up." Twilight opened her eyes. She was in her room in the library back in Ponyville. "What just happened?" Twilight asked. "You were asleep for some time." "So, that whole thing was just a dream?" Twilight was disappointed. "If that was a dream, then I will definitely will probably feeling down for a while." She went outside in the lively Ponyville. It was exactly as she remembered it. She went to Sugar Cube Corner to talk to Pinkie Pie. "Hi, Twilight." Pinkie said. "Hey, Pinkie Pie." Twilight said in a near depressed mood. "What's wrong Twilight?" Pinkie was concerned. "It's just I had a dream last night about going on a quest to find…" "These things called the elements of chaos?" Twilight was now surprised. "Wait a minute, how did you know what my dream was?" "I had the exact same dream. Of course, Rarity and Fluttershy came by earlier to tell where the picnic is going to take place and they had the same dream too." "That's odd." "And apparently, Rainbow Dash and Applejack also had the same dream too." "So, we all had the same dream?" She thought. "This is an extremely odd coincidence." Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash was helping Rarity find her stuff when a baseball came crashing through her window. "AHH! My window!" Rarity shouted. She went over to the window. "Who broke my window?" Then, she noticed the cutie mark crusaders with a baseball bat and a few balls. "Okay, here's the pitch." Applebloom said as she threw the ball for Sweetie Belle to swing. It hit Sweetie Bell in the gut. "Oww." Sweetie Belle flinched. Rarity went outside. "Sweetie Belle, what are you doing?" Rarity asked. "Well, we were trying to see if we would get our cutie mark in baseball. I guess it didn't turn out very well. Applebloom got a black eye and Scootaloo got a shoulder cramp. I don't understand how she could get one though." "You just need to try it elsewhere, dear. So, you don't break any more stuff." "Okay, I guess. I'm sorry." "It's okay." "Well, we'll go elsewhere to find our cutie mark." Scootaloo said. "Cutie Mark Crusaders, roll out." All three of them said. Rarity headed back to the house, but looked back noticing something odd. Rainbow Dash came out with the scarf. "I found your scarf." Rainbow Dash stated. "Can we go now?" "Rainbow Dash," Rarity replied. "Did you notice Sweetie Belle and her friends?" "Yeah, I saw them. Their going out to find their cutie mark." "But the problem is they already have their cutie mark, isn't that a bit unusual?" "So, it is. Anyway, we got to go." So, the main six went to go on their little picnic completely unaware of what was going on. But the dream that they shared was too real, they all had that doubt. Could have it all been a dream? Basil stepped out of the Everfree Forest right into Ponyville. He was curious on the setting of the place as he was searching for his friends and the guardian. "So, this is what it looked liked in Ponyville in their time." Basil said. "But the guardian is difficult to find because he can fit in very well." Basil looked around. While, he was doing that he bumped into some pony. "Oh, sorry." He helped the pony up. "That's all right, I'm Ditzy Doo." the pony said. "My friends at one point called me by my nickname." "Your nickname?" "Derpy." "Okay, I'm Basil. I have no time to chat though." "How come?" "I got to find the guardian of the dream and free my friends or else the world is going to end." "You are talking crazy talk." "HEY, YOU!" a pony shouted. The two ponies turned toward the voice. It was Screwball. "What are you doing here?" "Screwball, what are you talking about?" "I'm not talking to you, Derpy. I'm talking to Basil." Basil thought for a moment. "Wait a minute," Basil stated. "How do you know my name when I haven't given it yet?" Screwball was silent. "Unless, you were the guardian I was looking for." Screwball laughed. "You are a clever one and I know why you came here. I will not allow you to do that." "I'm going back to the real world empty-handed." Basil drew his blade. "So be it." Screwball drew a butcher knife. "Your life will end in this dream." "This can't be happening." Derpy said under her breath. Then, Basil and Screwball fought and crossed blades. When Basil struck Screwball across the chest, he pointed the sword at her. "Now, explain to Derpy." Basil said. "What happened to Screwball." She laughed. "Screwball was replaced by me, and I am the one who keeps this dream together. Now that you know that I am the guardian, I no longer need this pony form." The thing inside Screwball grew until it tore out of her skin. The thing was a large green-skinned creature. It had yellow eyes and was wearing a brown ninja suit and bandanna over where its mouth would be. It carried a chef's knife comparative to its size and a lantern on a chain. "Oh crap. A giant Tonberry." "Not just any tonberry, I am an assassin tonberry, the most dangerous type around." "BUCK!" "Now, you die." Then, Ixion and Anima appeared. "What? That's impossible." "I'm glad you're here." "Sometimes, we act on our own accord." Ixion said. "I will help Basil fight this tonberry." Anima said. "Ixion, hurry. Find the my friends, I and Anima will fight this foe." Basil replied. "Got it." Ixion replied as he fled to find the main six. Basil turned around and faced his foe. "Now, where were we?" The monster roared. Some of the ponies in the town panicked at this sight, Meanwhile, the six ponies were having their picnic. Then, Twilight turned to town sensing something. "What's wrong Twilight?" Applejack asked. "Something's not right." Twilight replied. "I'm sensing a high amount of magic from inside of town." "I sense it too." Rarity added. "Something is going on and I'm going to find out what it is." Then, they saw Ixion come their way. "Wait, that can't be right at all." "Oh good, I found you six." Ixion said. "Wait, it can't be Ixion." Fluttershy replied. "Lady Fluttershy, I am truly Ixion." "What's going on here?" Rainbow Dash asked Ixion. "Girls, this town is only an illusion. The other world is real. You need to help Basil before he gets killed." "You are joking, right?" "I'm not joking." "Prove it." "Follow me for your proof." Ixion cast a spell. "By the way, you need these." The weaponry they had in the other world appeared in their hooves. "It really is real." "Come on." The main six followed Ixion and Ixion lead them straight to Basil and the assassin tonberry. Basil had some cuts and Anima was defeated. The tonberry threw his lantern at Basil. The chain wrapped around him twice and the tonberry caught the lantern. "Now, you will meet your end." The tonberry began to constrict him pulling on the chain tighter and tigher, making it harder and harder for Basil to breathe. "Nothing can save you now." Then, a magical bolt came from Twilight and struck the tonberry's hand. It lost its focus and Basil was able to escape the chains. It looked and saw the main six ready to fight him. "So, you discovered the truth. You will die with Basil then." Twilight went over to help Basil. "Basil." Twilight stated. "Twilight." Basil responded. "Basil, I'm sorry for what I did." "Twilight, you are not the one to blame." "You aren't to blame yourself either." "Will you forgive me, Twilight?" "Of course, I do Basil. Nothing can tear us apart." "Okay." They faced the tonberry. "Tonberry, you're going down." Then, the six fought the tonberry. As they attacked it and caused it damage. It would do a counterattack with karma. He would spin his lantern around releasing the spirits of the ones whoever they have beaten. The tonberry attacked with either its knife or its lantern. When the tonberry was weakened, Rainbow Dash disarmed the lantern from him. Pinkie Pie removed the chef knife from him. Afterwards, Basil and Twilight struck him down with their blades simultaneously from above. The tonberry shook vigorously as it disappeared. [Cue "To Zanarkand" from FFX] The group was finally united at last. After, Basil explained the situation to the ponies, the main six left the dream one by one. Twilight was only one left with Basil. "Are you coming, Twilight?" Basil asked. "I'll be there in a minute." Twilight replied. Then, Basil and the other five returned to the real world. Schism, now created from the elements of chaos, has proclaimed that the world will end in about one week. He released his fortress of doom that floats above Equestria. The planet down below began to die; the plants began to decay from the dark magic. The land became more wrapped from the chaos. It seemed hope was lost; however, in Pottock there was still hope yet. Twilight was lying unconscious on a bed in a medic room in the church of Pottock. The room around her was terra cotta colored and the bed was rather well made. Basil was tempted to leave the room to let Twilight wake up alone. But he resisted that temptation knowing it was not the right thing to do. What was noticed on her forehead was a symbol for a sleep curse in Germanic runes circled. Basil was next to her waiting for her to wake up. We see her peacefully sleep. "I have explained what I needed to." The runes on her head began to disappear. "Now, I will unite with my friends and fight Schism." Then, Twilight Sparkle opened her eyes waking up from her slumber and she saw Basil next to her. She smiled to know he was there. "Basil?" Twilight asked. "Yeah?" Basil replied. "Thank you for waiting for me." He smiled and let out a quiet squee.