//------------------------------// // Whole New World // Story: Once Upon A Dream // by awesomeponies03 //------------------------------// Twilight's dream... I found myself in a huge palace, in Agrabah. Princess Celestia was forcing me to marry, and I didn't like it one bit. "Twilight, you must stop rejecting every suitor that comes to court, the law says-" "You must be married by your next birthday" I finished, knowing what she'd say. "You've only got three more days!" said Princess Celestia, worried. "Princess, I hate being forced into this "I sighed, "If I want to marry, I want it to be for love" "Twilight, you're a princess" "Then maybe I don't want to be a princess!" I said frustrated. Princess Celestia sighed, trotting back inside. I stared into the mirror pond. "Twilight, you okay?" asked Spike, coming over. I sighed, "I haven't even been outside these palace walls!" That night, I wrapped myself in a brown cloth, and prepared to climb over the wall. Spike looked sad. "I'm sorry Spike, but I need to do this" When day came, I found myself in the busy marketplace of Agrabah. Merchants offered me all sorts of different assortments of items. I saw a small child who looked hungry, and handed him an apple from a stall. "You better be able to pay for that" growled a meneacing looking mercheant. "Pay?" I was confused. "Do you know what the penealty is for stealing!" he yelled raising a sharp sword. "Please, if you let me go to the Princess I can pay" I pleaded. All of a sudden, a yellow Pegasus colt in rags came out of nowhere. "Thank you good sir" he said to the merchant. "You, uh, know this girl?" said the merchant uneasily. "Sadly, yes, she is my sister- she's a little crazy!" said the colt. I opened my mouth to protest, but realised was he was doing. "She said she knew the Princess" said the merchant warily. "She thinks the monkey's the Princess" said the colt. The monkey faked royalty. The colt quickly picked an apple from the stall and prenteded to return it, and dragged me along. I was amazed, as he led me to his home. Meanwhile, an evil sorcerer Tirek, was plotting to get Flash Sentry, the colt showing me around, the open the Cave of Wonders. "There he is my diamond in the rough" he cackled, looking at him in his Crystal ball. We were talking as the subject of the palace came up. "I wonder what it's like to live there, to have servants, and valets" he said. "Oh sure, people would tell you where to go and how to dress" I said, thinking of my life back home. "It's better than here, where's always scraping for food and ducking the guards" "You're not free to make your own choices" "Sometime you feel so-" "You're just-" "Trapped" We said in unison. We looked into each other's eyes, feeling we had a connection, as we went into a sort of trance. "Where are you from?" the colt said, breaking the silence. "What does it matter? I ran away and I am not going back" I said firmly. "Really?" "My mentor's forcing me to get married" I explained. "That's- that's awful" said the colt. His monkey chattered something, probably in anger. "What?" I said. "Abu says that's, uh, not fair" said the colt. "Oh really?" I said in amusement, "And does Abu have have anything else to say" "Well, uh, he wishes there was something he could do" It was obvious we weren't talking about the monkey anymore. "Hmm, tell him that's very-sweet" I said, as we leaned in for a kiss. All of a sudden, the guards found us, and I knew Celestia must have sent them! "Do you trust me?" asked the colt, extending his wing forward. "What?" "Do you trust me?" he repeated. "Yes..." I said warily. We jumped down, and the guard captured the colt. I took of my cloak and showed them my crown. "Princess Twilight!" Said the guard, bowing. I could see the colt shocked, and I was upset I deceived him. I commanded the guards to release him, but they explained Grand Visier Tirek gave orders, and I had to take it up with him. I returned to the castle and confronted Tirek. "The guards just took a boy from the market, on your orders" "Your mentor has charged me with keeping peace in Agrabah, the boy was a criminal" sneered Tirek. "What was his crime?" I asked. "Why! Kidnapping the princess, of course!" said Tirek. "He didn't kidnap me I ran away!" I explained. "Oh dear, who frightenfully upsetting, but I had known..." said Tirek. "What do you mean?" "Sadly, the boy's sentence has been carried out" "What sentence?" "Death, by beheading" I gasped, and ran out to the courtyard in tears, sobbing uncontrollably, and that I didn't even know his name. In the dungeons, the colt, now named Flash, was muttering to himself. "She was the princess! I must have sounded so stupid to her" he said, struggling. Abu freed him, as he heard laughter. An old man came out, actually Tirek disguised. The stallion claimed of treasures, and to fetch him the lamp first. Flash arrived in the cave, where towers of gold,coins, gems, and all sorts of treasures.Abu nearly touched something, but Flash stopped him. There was a huge mountain, and at the top was a golden lamp, seemingly worthless.Once Flash had it, he noticed Abu overcome by greed and touching a huge fire ruby. "You have touched the forbidden treasure!" roared a deep voice, "Now you will never again see the light of day!" "Abu let's go!" said Flash, picking the monkey and flying away from lava and rocks. He could see the entrance, but a boulder flew and hit his wing, clipping it. He desperately flapped, soon grabbing onto a rock ledge. "Help me out" Flash said to the old stallion. "Throw me the lamp" he yelled. "I can't hold on. Give me you hand" Flash said. "First gives me the lamp!" shrieked the old stallion. Flash filled out the lamp and handed it to him. The man laughed with happiness, pulling out a dagger and grabbing Flash's wrist. "What are you doing?" Flash asked. "Giving you your reward" the old man said, and then his voice changing, "Your eternal reward" Luckily, Flash was able to fly a bit, landing in a cave, which a rockslide then blocked. After a few hours, Flash woke up, and Abu handed him the lamp. As he rubbed it, fireworks shouted out and a creature with the head of a pony, a snail tail, a bat wing mashed with a Pegasus wing, a goat leg, dragon leg, blue and white horns, lion paw, and eagle claw. Flash stared, as the creature danced a sang around about the power Flash now had, three wishes to be precise. Meanwhile, back in the castle, Princess Celestial was trying to settle the whole beheading issue. I growled angrily at Tirek. Celestial may want peace, but game on when she isn't around! Seeing the chance, Flash tricked the creature, Discord, to get them out of the cave without using a wish. Flash was still wondering what to wish for when a thought ran across his mind. "What would you wish for?" "Me? No one's ever asked me that before. Well in my case, ah, forget it." said Discord, looking away. "What? No, tell me" I urged. "Freedom" said Discord. "You're a prisoner?" "All part-and-parcel of the whole genie gig. Phenomenal cosmic power" he said, growing large, "Itty bitty living space" he added, shrinking into the lamp. "Discord, that's terrible" "But, oh--to be free. Not have to go "Poof! What do you need? Poof! What do you need? Poof! What do you need?" To be my own master, such a thing would be greater than all the magic and all the treasures in all the world! But what am I talking about, here? Let's get real here. It's not gonna happen. Discord, wake up and smell the hummus" ranted Discord. "I'll do it. I'll use my third wish to set you free. Promise" I said, "Hey Discord, can you make me a prince?" Discord flipped through a royal cookbook, pulling out all sorts of ridiculous things. "Ah to make a prince" First of all, Discord, changed Flash's rags. He transformed them into regal white and golden top, puffed and baggy pants. "Hang on to you turban kid, we're gonna make you a star" said Discord. I came out to the balcony, after crying for three hours straight. I heard loud sounds and song, as I saw a handsome prince in Agrabah, one of my suitors. But there was something about him, something familiar. Despite his bragging, he was cute, I could give him the benefit of doubt. But when he paraded in, I heard Tirek, Princess Celestia and the so called Prince Flash. I stormed off, and later, Prince Flash came to my balcony at night. He was so charming, but acted like every prince who just wanted riches. I was furious, and when Spike was scaring him off, he took off his turban, attempting to save himself. That hair... It looked like the boy who I met and fell in love with. I stopped him, but he acted so 'high and mighty' so I told him to jump off the balcony. He did, and I wasn't serious, and stopped him. I asked him how he stopped himself. He told me he was a Pegasus, and asked me for a ride. I knew he was the boy, I just knew it. The 'Do you trust me' and the way he did tricks with the apple, was exactly the same. It had to be him, it just had to. "A shame Abu had to miss this" I said, wanting to catch him. "Nah, he hates fireworks. Doesn't really like flying much either" Flash said, not realising." That is...oh no!" "You are the boy from the market, I knew it. Why did you lie to me?" I said, upset. "Twilight, I'm sorry" "Did you think I was stupid? That I wouldn't figure it out!" Flash looked around uncomfortably. "The truth... the truth... the truth is" he hesitated, "The truth is I sometimes dress as a commoner-to escape the pressures of palace life. I really am a prince" "Why I didn't you just tell me?" I said, not realising he was lying. "Well, you know, um...royalty going out into the city in disguise, it sounds a little strange don't you think?" "Hmm ,not that strange" I said, poking him playfully. We bid each other goodnight, and little did I know, that Discord pushed Flash from below the balcony, as both of us kissed. I combed my hair dreamily thinking of my wonderful night with Flash, when Princess Celestia came. Sort of in a trance, she told me I was to wed Tirek. But I told I chose Prince Flash, and I sensed Princess wasn't herself. Prince Flash came from behind, and shattered Tirek's Cobra Staff. The Princess' eyes changed colour to normal, as Prince Flash explained how Tirek had been hypnotising the Princess. I saw a gleam of gold in Jafar's eyes, as he through a liquid, disappearing. Meanwhile, Flash told Discord he couldn't set him free, as Discord got upset. They had a fight, and Flash left, and Iago swooped and got the lamp. Later, they whole kingdom was waiting for Prince Flash, and I dragged him to Celestia's announcement, wished him luck and shoved in front of the kingdom. Celestia's crown came off and landed onto Tirek's head. Tirek snapped his fingers and turned Flash back into a street rait, his real form, and made him disappear. Discord became enlarged and uprooted the kingdom. Tirek had covered our horns and wings, and with Discord by his side, he would do anything. He asked me to be his princess, and I refused. I saw Flash from the corner of my eye, and he needed the lamp. So I pretended to be in love with Tirek, and buttered him up. Flash accidentally dropped something, and before Tirek could look behind him, I pulled him into a kiss, which was disgusting! Tirek trapped me into a hourglass, with sand falling down. Flash and Tirek fought each other, but Flash started saying that Discord's powers exceeded his own. Tirek agreed, and for his final wish he asked to a draconiquis. But as Tirek enlarged, Flash picked up his lamp, reminding him, that he was a slave now too, trapping him into the lamp. Agrabah was restored, and for his final wish, Flash used to free Discord. And Celestia seeing our love, changed to law, and I could marry anyone, and I happily kissed him, overjoyed.