Sound pondered to herself as she walked ponyville, trying to recall what her mother had told her about Baku when she was a kid. Nothing was coming to mind and she figured she had to do research on Baku and quick.
She turned her head towards the local library, thinking they were sure to having something. Sound was hesitant because she didn't know the pony who lived there, but she decided she had to try before the Baku awakened and returned to tormenting ponies dreams.
She walked up to the front door and looked at it. The young mare thought to herself for a moment as to how she would convey what she needed and just as she was about to knock the door opened in front of her and a purple mare stood before her.
"Oh hello, I don`t recognize you, Do you live here in town?" the purple coated mare said, a shocked look on her face from seeing Sound standing there "Is there something i can help you with?"
Sound recognized the mare as one of the ones who had impersonated her. Sound nodded to the first question, but paused for a moment as she thought of how to answer the second one. The mare stood there looking confused as Sound tried to come up with and idea. Sound pointed to the books in her library, then made a motion like she was reading a book.
"What's with the miming, can you just tell me what you need" The mare responded with the same confused look.
Sound merely shook her head, then peering into the room she saw a pencil and paper laying on a table. Using her magic, Sound levitated it over and wrote what she needed.
I'm looking for a book about Baku
She wrote this and held it up for the mare to see
"Baku? .... hmmmm i think i read something about that, one moment" She said, disappearing into the library.
Sound waited for a few moments before the mare returned with a large book in her hoof.
"Here we go, Magical Beast Throughout the Land" She stated as she handed the book to Sound "May i ask, why you want to know about Baku"
Sound didn't want to reveal a Baku had been in town so she made up and excuse. Scribbling on the other side of the paper, she wrote her response on it.
I'm Just Curious
The purple mare seems like she had more questions, but Sound didn't have time and quickly wrote that she was in a hurry before she took off.
As she reached her house, she was flipping from page to page till she found the article on Baku. Closing the door behind her, she glanced over to the Baku. Who was beginning to stir. She began to read the Baku article.
Baku
A dream-devouring creature that is able to enter a sleeping beings dream, eating the good dreams and leaving the nightmares. A Baku devours dreams as a way to enhance its own power. The stronger the dream in which the Baku eats, the more powerful it becomes. To make a dream stronger, a Baku will use its magic to draw out a beings strongest memory so as to make the dream have an emotional weight. Appearing as a pony-like creature, a Baku's notable features are its soulless red eyes, its fanged grin, long trunk, tiger-like front claws, and the purple cloud it flouts on.
"I know all this, where is a mention on handling them" Sound thought, scanning the rest of the page
While Baku are in the Dream Realm, their strength is stronger then in the real world. However should a Baku be defeated in the Dream Realm, they will be removed from the dream by force. Should this happen the Baku will be in a shadowed state of being half in the Dream Realm and half in the real world, this is your chance to stop one.
While in this state, a Baku is greatly weakened. Should a Dream Charm is place around it in this state, it will limit the Baku magic and prevent it from eating the good dreams and making it need to eat the nightmares to survive. This makes the Baku helpful as they remove the fear-filled nightmares rather then leaving them.
A Dream Charm can be made from anything, one must only use the spell contained on this page. The spell draws on a powerful dream of the caster, embedding it into the charm. This dream acts as the catalyst to control the Baku's magic. The dream can be derived from a memory without worry, for it doesn't draw on the memory itself, but the resulting dream.
Sound closed the book and quickly looked around her home. She found a chain and after looking at the page a bit more, she casts the spell to turn the chain into a Dream Charm. While casting the spell, she recalled the dream of the past night, the dream of how she got her cutie mark. Since that was the memory the Baku drew on, she figured it would be the best dream to limit it. After a bit of time, the spell was complete and she place the charm around the Baku's neck.
Sound stepped back as the Baku reeled, it was clear the spell was working. The Baku awoke and flouted up onto his cloud. The Baku looked at Sound with its creepy fanged grin, but despite that grin always being on its face, it seemed as though the Baku's thoughts had shifted. Though he still looked like he always did, Sound felt that it was wordlessly apologizing for its attempts to devour her dream.
With a magical glow the Baku vanished, his fanged grin and red eyes remaining for a few seconds after as if it was and after image.
Sound let out a sigh, relived that the Baku wouldn't cause more problems for the ponies of ponyville. She looked up at a picture of her taken by her parents the day after she gained her cutie mark.
"Helping those who need it." She thought, looking down at her cutie mark before grabbing her costume " Even if they don't know its me, it is still refreshing to know that im helping in any way i can."