//------------------------------// // 291. Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep - Part 2 // Story: Blaze the Pony Tale // by Wolven5 //------------------------------// Merrily and happily did Pinkie Pie la, la-la, la-la, as she hopped, skipped, and jumped from one place to another. From Whitetail Woods to the cavern of the Mirror Pool, from the Dragon Lands to Cloudsdale- “I followed the Tantabus here,” stated Luna who had just arrived, “Now I only need find-” *HOP* “Sorry! Can’t help it,” Pinkie apologized after she’d hopped into the Forbidden Jungle, “An idea pops into my head and-” *HOP/GASP!* Pinkie fund herself in Sugarcube Corner surrouned with some of the most beautiful, succulent, delicious, and tasty-looking cakes she’d ever laid eyes on! “Ooh! Cake!” She was so dazzled by the baked goodies around her she didn’t even notice the Tantabus float about like a cobweb before it touched one of the cakes and slipped away. Pinkie was just about to help herself when- *SPLAT* Shaking off some of the icing, Pinkie’s bright blue pupils shrank to needlepoints when she saw the cake turn into a monster! As did many more, as she backed up in abject horror, “EW! Cake!!” Thankfully, a triple decker hopped to her side and burst apart to reveal Luna, who surrounded herself and Pinkie with a shield spell that released a blinding pulse that obliterated the baked baddies into a mess, with cakey insides and outsides splattering the walls. Luna saw the Tantabus disappear into a box and tried to follow it- *SCENE SWITCH/BUMP/”Ow!”* Luna looked up to see the statue of Spike, the Brave and Glorious and realized the scenery had changed to the Crystal Empire! “No!” “Sorry!” Pinkie apologized, spurring a frantic Luna to move onto the next dream. Afterwards, Pinkie hopped into Ponyville and was greeted by a triple scoop ice cream cone even taller than she was, and best of all it had sprinkles, chocolate syrup, and a cherry on top! “Who wants ice cream!?!” Pinkie called and smiled to see everypony in town step out for a lick. The chase went on and on, from dream to dream, as Luna pursued the Tantabus into another of the Harmonic Twelve’s dreams, turning those pelasant dreams into terrible nightmares, and every time the Tantabus kept slipping away and growing larger and stronger. In Fluttershy’s dream, where Fluttershy dreamt she was a giant Angel’s pet and getting her mane brushed, the Tantabus turned the figment of Angel into a horrible monster. In Big Mac’s dream, the farmer pony dreamt of kicking back and relaxing... as a unicorn horn on his head worked his magic and did all his chores without raising a hoof or breaking a sweat. Then the Tantabus made Big Mac’s unicorn horn turn twisted and bent out of shape, which caused his magic to run out of control and destroy Sweet Apple Acres! In Thunderlane’s dream, Thunderlane was winning race after race, to the point where he became a Wonderbolt and even Rainbow Dash wanted his autograph. Then of course the Tantabus twisted it around into Thunderlane’s feathers falling off mid-flight to the point where he had no wings at all and he almost fell to his doom, only for Luna to save him at the end. In Applejack’s dream, AJ was shining the biggest apple she’d ever grown while basking in the fruits of her labor, all her trees heavy with the freshest, shiniest, most delectable apples she’d ever done seen, and of course the Tantabus came around, touching every apple tree and causing them to rot into mulch, including her humongous apple! In Soarin’s dream, Soarin was enjoying his favorite desert, Sweet Apple Acres cinnamon apple pie, while having a picnic with his Dashie, only for the Wonderbolts to come along and sweep him away form his despairing Rainbow’s hooves, forcing him back into uniform and performing for masses of nameless strangers, with no friends or family there to support him. In Rainbow Dash’s dream, Luna was surprised to see it was of Rainbow Dash (along with her Soarin in recent dreams) kicking bad guy butt and being the very definition of awesome... when it brightened into a sickeningly sweet dream of happy smily cutesie-wootsy flowers with gumdrop paths, cupcake bushes, frosting-topped trees, a bright pink sky, cotton candy clouds, and other unbearably cute garbage, leaving Rainbow to scream in terror! In Blueblood’s dream, Blueblood was standing at the bow of his most luxurious airship ever, Rarity before him as he held up her forelegs, the both of them feeling the wind in their manes as they watched the sunset, when the Tantabus came in, smashed through the airship and the shaking, to Blueblood’s horror, caused his Rarity to fall to her doom! In Cheese Sandwich’s dream, Cheese was performing one of his happiest songs with his accordion before a crowd of foals and their families, only for the Tantabus to swoop in and Cheese found himself dressed in business attire, his accordion replaced with a briefcase, his curly brown mane tied back, glasses over his eyes, and the foals all crying that the show was ruined and those tears and frowns made Cheese want to cry too. In Twilight’s dream, Twilight was at a desk within a vast library filled with all the knowledge she could possibly want, books flapping to and fro, some coming to her and stacking themselves as they waited to be read, the books that were finished flapping back to their proper places in the bookcases. The Tantabus infected these books, turning them into bat-winged monstrosities, forcing Twilight to flap for her life and she was almost engulfed by a larger Tantabus when Luna swooped in and blasted the abomination with her magic. “Luna!” Twilight cried out in relief as crystal encased the Tantabus from Luna’s spell... only for it to suddenly break free and Luna was forced to pursue it even as the evil books surrounded Twilight. That left only one more dream, and Luna found herself in Midnight’s dream where she saw Ponyville in the evening hours and there was Midnight, attending a party with his friends and family. Including a tall and dark red unicorn stallion with a black mane highlighted gold as he opened a present that was given to him by his youngest son Twinken. The stallion pulled out what appeared to be a framed picture and smiled while ruffling Twinken’s mane, causing the colt to protest but with a happy smile. But none smiled so happily and deeply as Midnight, who looked like a pony who could have asked for nothing more as he sat next to Twilight, who was visibly pregnant. Then the happiness ended as the Tantabus arrived and enshrouded the happy dream with darkness. Midnight could only watch helpless as one by one his loved ones were taken from him, grabbed by writhing black tentacles and dragged away into darkness... “No...!” Luna couldn’t let this go on as she saw Midnight fall into a weeping mess and she screamed, “NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!” *GASPS/YELPS/GROANS* “What happened?! Are you guys okay?!” Spike checked on his charges, seeing them all suddenly wake up, each with a terrified look on their face. “That... that was terrible!” Fluttershy whimpered as she clung to Macintosh who held her closely, both to comfort her as well as himself, “I never want to have that nightmare again!” “Oh... me either!” Cheese Sandwich moaned as he bitterly recalled his nightmare. “But Luna caught it... didn’t she?” asked Spike nervously. “Forgive me, everypony,” Luna floated down with a gentle flap of her wings, a look of shame on her face, “I’ve failed you. The Tantubus will return and continue to twist your dreams into nightmares when next you fall asleep.” “Oh no!” cried Fluttershy as she pulled her covers over her head. Midnight was shaking with fear that Twilight noticed and hugged his head to her barrel when they heard Soarin declare, “If I never see that thing again it’ll be too soon!” “But you will...” Luna said ominously, “Again and again until it grows powerful enough to infect the waking world!” Luna looked shamefully out the window to the moon as she bemoaned, “After what I did as Nightmare Moon, the fact that I am once again responsible for harming others is more than I can bear.” “It’ll be okay,” assured Pinkie with her chipper voice and a wave of her hoof like it was all no big deal, “Everypony makes mistakes.” “Well, as long as none of you dreamt about another pony, the Tantabus remains confiend to your dreams,” Luna added with just a hint of hope, “I still have a chance to catch it before it’s too late.” “Phew! That’s good to hear,” Pinkie said, while everyone sighed in mild relief... only to clench their flanks when Pinkie added, “Although after you left, I did happen to dream I was eating a giant ice cream cone with everypony in Ponyville while taking a test we hadn’t studied for.” Spike had never seen jaws drop like they did as everypony gaped in shock at Pinkie, “See, what’d I tell ya? Everypony makes mistakes!” “And disaster-prone Pinkie Pie does it again...” Midnight face-hooved in vexation. “HEY!” “But that means the Tantabus could be turning every dream in Ponyville into a nightmare!” exclaimed Twilight in worry. “It is far worse than that!” Luna interjected with even greater woe, “Infecting all of those dreams gives it more and more power. Soon it will be able to escape into the real world and infect Equestria- Nay... the world with its nightmare plague!” “Then you must allow us to aid you to prevent that from happening!” declared Blueblood valiantly. “But how? The Tantabus was able to escape Luna when it only had twelve dreams it could get to,” pointed out a morose Fluttershy. “It is true. With so many dreams to hide in,” Luna fretted, “I do not know how I can catch it...” “Hmm... what if everypoiny in Ponyville were having one dream?” offered Twilight. “You mean one single dream that everypony is having at the exact same time?” asked Midnight with a look of wonder. “I... can create shared dreams, yes,” Luna saw merit in the theory, “But for so many ponies at once? I have never done anything like that! The amount of power it would take...” “Perhaps I could help you,” Midnight offered, “I may not be a Dreamwalker but I am a Lunar Pony! Maybe I could help you muster enough power to create this shared dream and maintain it!” “And meanwhile we go on a Tantabus hunt!” Thunderlane cracked his fetlocks, looking ready for a challenge. “It is worth a try, isn’t it?” asked Fluttershy. “Of course. I will do anything to end this,” declared Luna, “Including accepting your help. The Tantabus cannot be allowed to escape into the real world. All of you must now go back to sleep...” As everypony lied back into their pillows, including Spike, Luna said, “and hope, with Midnight’s help, that I can create such a dream that encompasses all of Ponyville!” Once everyone was snoozing away, Luna focused her power again, her horn lighting up, threads of magic weaving out to connect every sleeping mind in Ponyville, spreading like a web as her power shined like a supernova...! Ponyville by night was a peaceful and relaxing place to be. Except... something was not right. Muffins flew on feathery wings. Mayor Mare was walking backwards until she bumped into the fetlocks of a GIANT Ditzy Doo! Lyra Heartstrings and Bon Bon found themselves attached at the flanks. A Lamppost was walking casually while giving a gentlemanly bow. Somepony was rowing a boat in mid-air, Berry Punch had no head, her head floating above her like a balloon on a string. A pony the size of an apple was running from a prowling Opalescence. “Princess Luna did it!” The Harmonic Ponies found themselves in this familiar-turned foreign place, Applejack mentioning, “Now Ah’ve seen many a strange sight but this takes th’ cake, don’choo agree Big Ma- !?!” Applejack looked up at her brother to see that Big Mac had a unicorn’s horn on his head! Noticing it, Big Mac concentrated, a faint green aura lighting his horn up before a glowing apple shot out the tip and soared over the sky while he shrugged, “Eeyup.” “PONIES!!!” Everypony present followed the cry of that voice and exclaimed, “Princess Luna! Prince Midnight!” Floating in a sphere of white light that shimmered like light refracting through water was Luna and Midnight, the both of them channeling their power to create this shared dream that connected every sleeping mind in Ponyville! They floated back to back, the tips of their horns almost touching, both of their faces grimaced with increasing effort as they sweated with exertion. The townsfolk approached the two alicorns of the night and bowed in adulated respect, only for Luna to cry, “There is no time for bowing, my friends! There is something coming- Something terrible!” Midnight gasped as he sensed it before he saw and pointed at it, “It’s too late! It’s already here!” Everypony looked up towards the night sky and cried out in horror to see a terrible haze of shimmering purple and blue darkness blot out the stars. Seeing her subjects beginning to panic, Luna swore, “I am so sorry that I’ve brought this upon you! But I will end it now!” “Luna, no!!” Midnight tried to warn her but it was too late as Luna channeled an energy beam at the Tantabus, causing Midnight to cry out in pain but the Tantabus didn’t seem at all bothered by Luna’s attack. She quickly ceased, the Tantabus writhing amorphously as it floated towards the ponies who ran screaming. “Princess Luna, Midnight!” The rest of the Harmonic Twelve galloped up to the two dark alicorns, Twilight asking, “What’s wrong?!” “Ugh, it’s taking all of our combined strength to maintain this massive dream!” Luna groaned, sounding like she were bearing an immense weight. “And when Luna divided her attention to attack the Tantabus, the magic drew way too much power from me,” panted Midnight, one eye scrunched shut while he rubbed his temples with his hooves. “It’s up to all of you to vanquish the Tantabus!” “I truly wish I did not have to ask this of you!” apologized Luna, sounding deeply ashamed. “Hang in there, you two,” Twilight looked up at Midnight, who gave her a shaking smile but the look in his eyes showed he had faith in her and their friends. “No worries, we got this!” Soarin took flight, alongside Rainbow Dash and Thunderlane, “C’mon, guys!” They all stampeded in pursuit of the Tantabus, which slithered through a house, its corrupting touch twisting this figment into a horrific visage of a house with eyes instead of windows, fang-filled mouths instead of doors, and began walking on monstrous legs. It did the same to another house, one pony barely escaping through the door before it became lined with sharp teeth while a claw reached into the second floor and pulled out Filthy Rich! “Please! I’ll pay you anything!” the business pony begged cowardly while offering a gold bit, only to get roared in the face. *“HiYAH!!”/THWACK* Thunderlane caught Mr. Rich and helped him safely to the ground, but more and more houses were becoming huge monsters by the Tantabus’s touch. Twilight, Blueblood, and Rarity combined a Magic Arrow spell that blasted a huge hole through one of the monster houses, which caused Noteworthy Blues to fall out and was thankfully caught by Applejack. The monster house then tried stomping on Crescent Skies as he ran for his life, only for Soarin to zoom him out of the way while hitting the monster house’s foot, causing it to trip and fall on its face. A houseplant that had turned into a giant carnivorous plant had Neon Lights in its viney clutches, only for its toothy maw to be lassoed shut by Applejack, but as she pulled on the plant, trying to shake it so it would let Neon go, Applejack was too distracted to see the winged muffin swarm surrounding her. Realizing his sister was in danger and that his brother couldn’t help them right now, Big Macintosh was struck with inspiration and whinnied with excitement as he transformed! His hooves were clad in golden hoofboots, his workhorse collar gained a jewel with decorative embellishments, a crown appeared on his head, shaped like a green apple, his mane and tail gained a slightly golden luster, and he spread a pair of magnificent wings, going “E-WHEEEEEEE!!!” as he took flight and zapped the winged muffins away from Applejack! Applejack was a little stunned by the display but smiled at her brother’s creativity when Rainbow Dash and Soarin zipped up to her. “Focus! If that Tantabus turns anymore of this dream against us, we’ll be too busy saving everypony to catch it,” Rainbow pressed. “And it won’t be long before it grows strong enough to escape into the real world!” Soarin reminded them. “How’re we even know when it’s gonna be able t’ escape?” asked Applejack as they regrouped with their friends and saw them looking up at the Tantabus. The fiendish fog formed a blade - *SLICE* - and slit a rift in the sky, which bled a blinding light, and the Tantabus began to reach in, as Rainbow Dash deadpanned, “Oh, I think we’ll know.” Twilight quickly shot a powerful Magic Arrow at the Tantabus, causing it to recoil in shrieking pain. Seeing the situation, Luna concentrated a beam towards the rift, quickly sealing it back up, although dividing her energies again caused Midnight to wince in pain as the energy he was sharing became apparent in the form of an infinity-like energy bridging his horn and Luna’s. The Tantabus flew past them, Luna crying out, “Hurry, my friends!” “The longer this goes on, the stronger it’ll get!” added Midnight. Rainbow Dash, Soarin, and Thunderlane took flight and pursued the Tantabus, only for it to form a hoop they sailed through, missing it completely. The Tantabus wasn’t just growing stronger, it was getting smarter! “Please! We need your help too!” Fluttershy beseeched the ponies who were all just nervously standing by. Blueblood launched a spiraling line from his horn in an effort to entangle the Tantabus with it, but the malicious miasma simply split apart to avoid the attempt before joining back together. Seeing that their efforts on their own weren’t working, Twilight joined Fluttershy and said to their neighbors, “Fluttershy’s right, we all need to work together to stop it from escaping!” “But how can we help?” asked anxious Carrot Cake, “Nopony in Ponyville has your magic, or-or your speed!” “That’s true,” Rainbow Dash boasted before pointing out, “in Ponyville...!” “But this isn’t Ponyville, it’s a dream!” Thunderlane reminded them all when they heard blasts of mana and saw Alicorn Big Mac fly by while blasting the winged muffins that were clucking for mercy in their vain efforts to escape. “Eeyup!” “And not just any dream, this is your dream!” Twilight helped them understand, “Anything you can do in your dreams you can do here and now!” Taking Twilight’s explanation to heart, Spike smiled before he concentrated with a big smile... as he glowed and grew into a larger, musuclar, and admittedly more dashing version of himself, complete with pauldrons on his shoulders, from which hung a red cape down his back. “Well, if you’re gonna dream, might as well dream big, right?” Spike leapt into action, landing astride the giant Ditzy Doo - “He-ya!” - and she rose up, flailing her forelegs before taking flight. The display of what any dreamer was capable of spurred everypony into cheering before they too charged into the fray, and just in time! The Tantabus formed a pair of scissors and began snip-snip-snipping another whole in attempt to escape into the real world, only for Sir Spike and his noble steed Ditzy Doo to fly up, a lance in claw, as they slit a gaping seam through the Tantabus, causing it to shriek in pain. Then Cheerilee rose up, standing on a giant flower before she summoned a blizzard of cherry blossom petals to waylay the Tantabus. It tried again, slicing another rift to get to the real world, only for Scootaloo and Rumble, the former with giant wings, the latter in adult form and garbed in Wonderbolt uniform, to fly up and work together to create an electric gale that both shocked and blew the Tantabus away. Thunderlane focused and became the Bronco Buster hero, Apollomino of the Arcane Arrow, garbed in the same outfit and wielding a bow with a quiver of magic trick arrows, three of which he strung, pulled back, and fired, creating a volley of firework-like missiles that burst the Tantabus apart into many wisps. Taking the initiative, Rainbow Dash turned herself into Power Pony Zapp and formed a powerful tornado to capture the wisps of the Tantabus! “It’s working!!” Rainbow Dash and Thunderlane shouted together! “But it’s not enough!” Twilight cried and they all gasped to see the Tantabus rise out of the tornado, bigger than before! “Keep it up, everypony! Whoo-hoo-hoo-HOO!” Cheese Sandwich rolled out his Cheese Supreme Cannonball Surprise Mark II (complete with cherry bomb catapult, triple-barrel sweet-seeker missile launcher, and nacho cheese splattershot, to name a few dream-possible upgrades) and fired his biggest P-Bomb (Party Bomb) that blasted the Tantabus, creating a mushroom cloud of confetti, glitter, streamers, and blinded everypony while a cacophony of noise-makers deafened the situation... and when it all died down, all of Ponyville looked ready for a party. But still, they sensed it. They couldn’t see it, but everypony felt the chill as the Tantabus was lurking in the shadows, as Luna began to give into her fears. “Ugh, I can’t hold this dream for much longer!” “Hold on, Luna...!” Midnight grunted as he tried to channel more power to Luna’s horn, “They can do it but we have to keep maintaining your dream spell!” “It doesn’t matter!” Luna wailed as her magic was faltering and her eyes tearing up, “Equestria will fall because of me...!!” A guttural growl sounded to everypony’s ears as the Tantabus made itself known, rising from every dark corner of the dream-Ponyville while releasing a pulse of power that disrupted everypony’s dreaming. Cheerilee’s flying flower platform lost its petals and she almost fell, only for Soarin to catch her. Big Mac’s alicorn wings molted until they were completely gone while his “royal” apparel turned to rust. Scootaloo’s giant wings shrunk back down to normal, forcing her to flap as hard as she could to hover, with Rumble coming over to help her down gently. Cheese Sandwich’s party cannon fell apart into a literal junk pile, and many other figments of the ponies’ shared dream disappeared too. “Am I crazy or did it just get even bigger after Luna said that?” asked a nervous Spike, who’d managed to maintain his dream form, but Ditzy shrank down to normal size under him, and everypony gasped as the Tantabus’s amorphous form began to take on a more distinct shape, vaguely equine but still imperfect. “Not if I can help it!” Twinken ran in out of nowhere and leapt into the air, a silvery cloud giving him lift as he rose up to the “face” of the Tantabus and channeled his own dreamwalking power in an attempt to weaken the monster! The beam was unleashed in a twin spiral of electric-indigo and deep sky blue with a burning red beam in the middle, striking the Tantabus with considerable force as it shrieked. Twinken smirked in satisfaction, only to gasp in horror as the Tantabus reformed, this time with a wicked mouth-like hole lined with jagged “teeth”. “Twinken, get away from it!” Twilight shouted to him, “It’s too powerful for you!” No! I’m Princess Luna’s student, Twinken thought to himself as he dreamed himself into an adult form that looked very similar to Midnight (minus the wings and a different manestyle) and formed a sword shaped like the crescent moon! I’m gonna be a Guardian of Dreams, so there’s no way I’m letting this thing hurt anypony! Twinken roared as he leapt at the Tantabus, sword raised, Luna crying out, “NO, MY PUPIL!! STAY AWAY FROM IT!!” But Luna’s warning camr too late as the Tantabus reared its ugly head back and blew a putrid plume of smog that engulfed Twinken, his sword crumbling to silvery dust, his form shrinking down to normal, and he was sent hurtling through several buildings until he crashed into the dirt, leaving a furrow in the ground several yards long! “TWINKEN!!” Midnight broke his connection to Luna, causing her to cry out as the full weight of the dream fell upon her, and the sapphire alicorn flew to his brother’s side. He picked up Twinken, seeing the little colt was covered with scrapes and bruises, but his eyes were open yet unseeing! “Twinken! Twinken!! Look at me, talk to me, little brother!” Everypony looked on in fearful concern while Luna was sobbing, helpless to do anything but struggle to keep the shared dream together! “Twinken, please talk to me!” Midnight was on the verge of tears as he hugged Twinken, when he heard something... Worthless... Weak! Pathetic. Loser... This is the student of Princess Luna?! More like a joke...a waste of time. The voices were harsh, whispery, cruel, pitiless. Midnight didn’t know who they belonged to, but then... shadows seemed to stretch out before rising up around him and Twinken. At first, he couldn’t see what they were until he recognized, “M-Mom?!” It looked like her but it was missing a very important something - A face! Then, Midnight saw figures of Twilight, of himself, of Luna, and even of Dinky Doo! All of them lacked faces, all of them facing him and Twinken in his forelegs. “How did I wind up with such a worthless colt...?” whispered the faceless Faerie Tail, to Midnight’s shock. “A weak little blank flank like you doesn’t deserve to live!” hissed the faceless Twilight. “Shut up, all of you!” Midnight had no idea what was going on but he knew these faceless ponies were connected to Twinken somehow. “How did I get saddled with a pathetic loser of a brother?” sneered the faceless Midnight, “It’s embarrassing, really.” “Twinken, don’t listen to them!” Midnight pleaded to his little brother, feeling his heart break to see those bright red eyes dulling and tearing up at the same time. “You’re not pathetic or a loser! You have a spirit brighter than anypony else’s I know!” “What was I thinking choosing you to be my pupil?!” scoffed the faceless Luna, “After all, clay cannot be turned into gold...” It was then Midnight realized, These are Twinken’s fears! His realization was confirmed as he saw Twinken’s coat and mane dull to shades of gray, especially when the faceless Dinky Doo giggled cruelly, “You’d actually be funny if you weren’t such a waste of time and energy...” “Twinken, you have to stop listening to them! They’re just figures in a dream!” Midnight begged as he gently slapped at Twinken’s cheek, trying to snap the colt out of it when he heard a loud and guttural growl. Looking up, he saw the Tantabus leering down at him- No... at Twinken! Midnight growled as he gently laid Twinken down before facing the Tantabus, baring his fangs and flaring out his wings, “You will not touch him!!!” Midnight willed himself to be clad in his Harmonic Armor and Helm of Faith before manifesting a majestic sword that bore an insignia of his cutie-mark below the handle... and charged the Tantabus, sword raised...!! Only for the Tantabus to split apart and flow around Midnight like a river around a stone! Midnight was flabbergasted for a moment before he realized what it was doing, and looked back in horror as he screamed, “NOOO!!! TWINKEN!!!” It was too late - The Tantabus engulfed the doubt-stricken colt, forming a hazy sphere that crackled with electric-like tendrils of energy that slowly rose into the air, a dark wind blowing that drew everypony’s attention as they saw the sphere light up from within, allowing them to see Twinken’s silhouette writhing as though he were in pain before his form appeared to grow! Then the haze of the Tantabus seemed to shrink inward, and hooves and a long tail appeared, all clade in very familiar cobalt blue armor until they saw him! Twinken now appeared to be a large stallion of slender musculature, his face concealed by a wicked helmet with a sharp beak-like piece extending down over his mouth, tiny bat-like wing pieces extended from the sides of the helmet while a demonic frill went down the middle over the head, his coat had turned from its normal electric indigo to a dark regal purple, and his eyes... through the holes in his helm they now burned a hellish red like hate! His mane and tail flowed like dark curtains of zaffre blue and he threw his head back to release a terrible wicked laughter that no colt could ever make! “HahaHAHAAHEEHEEHAAAHAHA!!!!” This creature that had been Twinken threw its cruel gaze towards Luna with a mocking sneer and stated, “You were right, Princess Luna! I didn’t understand the power of dreams before... BUT I DO NOW!!!!”