“Well? How did it go?” Luna asked with a smile as she walked along the crowded street next to me, the dream shifting slightly around us as griffons moved all around us.
“I hate ponies.”
That got a giggle from her. “No, you don’t.”
I sighed and shook my head in agreement. “No I don’t. But I do wish they would…ugh.”
“Be nice, My Page,” Luna said and poked my side with her wing. “Ponies rely on us for support, protection and rule.”
“…Not sure that’s fair,” I commented and looked at one of the stalls selling apples before floating one over to me to taste. Not as good as Apple Family crop, but not bad. “To them or you. Us.”
“How do you mean?”
“Why not allow them to make their own choices? Why rely on alicorns?”
“Because we know how things were before. We have experience, knowledge,” Luna explained and then looked thoughtful. “…Because they would no longer allow us not to.”
That was true, wasn’t it?
Even if all the alicorns walked away from the throne, would the ponies accept it? I didn’t know. Honestly, I didn’t think they would.
I didn’t want it in the first place and I refused to pick up the crown, but I knew they would still treat me like royalty. More than they did now anyway.
That’s why I wanted to hide it in the first place.
Finally, I sighed and changed the subject, looking around. “Now, how did you get us to a griffon dream?”
Luna smiled and looked around before leading me over to a small eatery. “All beings dream, but all species dream on different levels of the dream world. Griffons share their own dream realm, while ponies share theirs. Same with dragons, minotaurs, cows. All beings. To travel in one dream realm is not that difficult, but to travel between different ones means needing to bridge the gap.”
I applied a bit of will, getting a cup of hot tea to appear before us each when we sat down and I nodded in thought. “Ah. I see. Each dream realm is like a Vlan and to be able to move between them I need to set up routing.”
“I have no idea of what you speak of, but if you mean that you need to work your dream magic to move between then, then yes,” Luna agreed with a nod.
“How do you do that?”
“I’ll show you in a bit,” she said and looked around. “What do you see?”
Sipping my imaginary tea, I looked around. “A dream, clearly. Not one of the exciting ones, someone dreaming about moving through their day.”
“Whose dream is it?”
I looked over to the left. “That one. The female griffon with the stand selling carpets.”
Smiling, Luna nodded and shifted to lean against my side, scale shifting so we were the same size and she could fit beneath my wing as she cuddled close. “Her name?”
Her name? How would I find out her name from just a dream? They weren’t labelled.
Create a dream image to ask her?
A nuzzle at my ear kept distracting me as I tried to think. “Feel it, My Page. This is her dream, her realm. It’s everything she is.”
Leaning against Luna in time, I closed my eyes and focused on the currents beneath the surface, feeling and sifting through it. Mostly feelings, stray ideas.
Kara.
I opened my eyes again. “Her name is Kara. Kara Stonecutter.”
“Very good.”
Luna smiled and pulled away. “Can you tell how the dream will run?”
“… I think it will end soon.”
She nodded. “It will another few minutes in real time.”
“Should we leave?” I asked with a frown.
Luna nodded again. “In a minute,” she replied and nuzzled at my ear. “First, I have good news.”
“Oh?”
“The king has been selected and will be crowned tomorrow. I’ll be back home in a week,” Luna said with a smile, cuddling close.
Yes!!
Grinning happily, I pulled her into a deep kiss. Yes!!
“A week?” I asked with a grin as I let her go.
Luna nodded. “A week. Perhaps eight days depending on the winds.”
“I miss you,” I whispered and leaned against her, pulling her tight with my wing. “I really, really hate not having you next to me when I wake up. Actually, forget that. I hate spending the evenings without you. Just… Luna, even being in the same room as you as you work is better than anything else can compare with.”
Shifting close, Luna slid her horn against mine until her forehead rested against mine. “My Page.”
“My Sky,” I answered softly, looking into her eyes. “My nights are darker without you.”
“And your days?”
“Well, aren’t your sister keeping those lit… eep! No! No tickles!” I squeaked and wiggled as she pounced.
Quite a bit later, several wrecked tables and a collapsed dream later, I relaxed in the space between dreams, Luna resting against me, her head on my chest, her mane floating towards the side. “My Page?”
“Mmm?” I asked and pulled her tighter.
“I love you.”
“Love you too,” I murmured and nuzzled at her ear before I smiled as I started to get an idea.
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*Internal College Perfectionist screaming about repetition.*
The very specific mention of good news maybe makes me think there's some ever so slight bad news?
Really working that slice of life tag with the nightly dream chat with Luna, and she's coming home
These two are so deliciously adorkable
Naughty~
VLAN (and yes, this should all be in capital letters) is quite good comparison. I wonder if he ever come to means of setting up VPN proxy)
I wish you would flesh out the side stories a little more. Pizza, minotaur diplomacy, the night court. All introduced side storylines, and could have been far more than a side note. I know this is "slice of life" but could you make the slices thicker please?
Great writing in every other aspect.
Keep it up!
"Fluttershy, what does the scouter say about this chapter's hnnng factor?"
"It's over NINE-THOUSAAAAAANND!"
This is almost definitely setup for when Page needs to go into the dreams of Discord or someone like that. Knowing Hiver, either at the end of this book, or when he makes the fifth or sixth entry in this series.
8082025 Just need that Preggers belly on her return and it will be perfect.
This reminds me of a story, can't remember the name, in which Luna says the same thing to a Twilight that's struggling with her new duties, and as an example explains how the Everfree Castle was built.
Tired of being hounded up by ponies all the time the two sisters went into the depths of the everfree, one of the wildest and most dangerous places of the world, and took a decade long nap in the cave of harmony so that the ponies could let go of them. Only to upon waking up to find a freaking castle had been built above them and all the ponies still waiting for their princesses.
sweetness over load.
I am wondering how Luna will react seeing page walking out to meat hear with his wings in the open on full display?
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Aliconundrum is the story's name.
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I think you misspelled that. I can't find it. Who was the author?
8082123 I remember it being on here before Realitycheck threw a temper tantrum and left, taking his stories with him. I think they're all on DeviantArt nowadays.
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Archive of our own
The Mods had it out for him and it reached a boiling point. His account is still on the side with the details.
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I did misspell it. The author removed it from FimFiction and reuploaded it with the rest of his stories on Archive Of Our Own.
Oh that sinking feeling.
I really like what you've done in this chapter, it was extremely heartwarming near the end.
More, please. If you would be so kind.
-Ru
8082514 yeah sure but i am no judge or else i wiuld not have an F in law class
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I’m now imagining Fluttershy doing that just like she did when she practised her cheers for the Best Young Flyers Competition.
8082266 Was looking for a comment with the same thought... If Page says he has an idea so slyly, it can't be very good for the rest.
8084383 Yeah. But another piece is that they tell each other that they love one another. That just screams batten down the hatches.
I predict/hope Starlight still messes with time somehow and Page can see how history would of been when His Sky went dark.
8084513 That... is a dark and interesting path. I wonder how he would act in that situation? How Hiver would write it.
8084850 Meeting the woman (mare) you love twisted into a vile petty creature who is consumed by madness and jealously. God that would destroy Page.
Kara Stonecutter *upon awakening*: "......."
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more like
Kara woke up and looked around with confused blurry eyes for a moment before she turned to her girlfriend and asked "Why in the name of the gods, did i just dream of two Alicorns smashing up the marketplace while fucking like rabbits?"
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I'm in pain, thank you
And that morning a Griffin woke from having a very strange dream.
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Kara Stonecutter: "And that's where I got the inspiration for his name!"
Two Alicorns F***ing: "MOM! We're griffons! We don't even have a naming-dream tradition!"
Kara Stonecutter: "Traditions have to start somewhere."
Dawww... That was sweet!
Wonder who will be the rulers and how they will do...
Kara is gonna need some therapy after dreaming of two alicorns having sex
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Maybe they'll let her join them?
I got that Reference
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He's talking about a Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) right?
The comment section has me rolling in laughter.
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