Twilight and Doctor Fate were standing in front of the signpost.
Twilight had explained to Doctor Fate what had happened back in Scientropolis.
"I see," Doctor Fate murmured, after doing some thinking, "we must press on."
"How?!" Twilight asked, "every dream we've been to has been destroyed! And we still don't have any clues to where Midnight Sparkle is or who is behind these nightmares!"
"That's not strictly true," Doctor Fate replied, "you said that the voice mocking you came from your reflection."
Twilight nodded.
"Well," Doctor Fate continued, "that tells me that whoever is behind all of this connected to you in some way."
He looked at the signpost, "Mount Timber Spruce sounds like a good bet," Doctor Fate said.
"Are you sure we're going to find anything there?" Twilight asked, blushing slightly.
"Why, is there a problem?" Doctor Fate inquired.
"No!" Twilight answered, "no problem At. All."
Without another word, Twilight strode off briskly in the direction Mount Timber Spruce.
Doctor Fate sighed with a smile, "humans," he murmured.
Mount Timber Spruce.
Twilight and Doctor Fate stepped out of the summit of the mountain.
It was as if someone had re-carved Mount Rushmore, but with Timber Spruce's face replacing the faces of the presidents.
"Well," Twilight stated, trying to hold her blushing back, "this isn't embarrassing at all."
"You need not worry," Doctor Fate replied, "There is no wrong way to fantasise."
The two began to descend the mountain.
When they reached the bottom, they were greeted by thousands of Timber Spruce clones.
"Hi there, Twilight," the Timber Spruces said, altogether.
"I don't think that we're going to find anything useful here," Twilight said, no longer able to hold back her embarrassment, "I suggest we move on."
She suddenly heard the sound of church bells, she turned to see herself in a wedding dress and Timber Spruce in a tuxedo.
"NOW!" Twilight said, quickly.
And with that Twilight and Doctor Fate moved onto the next dream world.
BBBFF Boulevard.
"Now this is more like it," Twilight smiled, gazing around at the art gallery-like street.
All around them were windows depicting Twilight's fondest memories and moments with her brother Shining Armour.
"Your brother," Doctor Fate remarked, "I assume he is someone important to you?"
"Yes," Twilight replied, "before I went to Crystal Prep, before I met Dean Cadance and before I met Sunset and the others at Canterlot High, Shining Armour was my best friend in the whole world."
As she finished what she was saying, Twilight looked at one of the windows, depicting a still image of her as a child with her brother playing board games together.
Suddenly, Twilight noticed something was off about the memory, she looked closer and gasped at what she saw.
The dice that younger her and Shining Armour were using to playing their board game, was a cage and inside the cage was....
"MIDNIGHT SPARKLE!" Twilight cried.
Without thinking, Twilight charged at the memory window, disappearing into it.
Doctor Fate following shortly afterwards.
Once Twilight and Doctor Fate were inside the memory, it sprang to life.
Young Twilight and Shining Armour didn't seem to notice the arrival of two strangers and continue to play.
"Sorry to interrupt," Twilight began, "but....."
Neither the young Twilight or Shining Armour seemed to hear what she had said.
"This is a memory," Doctor Fate explained, "you're not a part of it so they can't see or hear you."
"Then what to we do?" Twilight asked, "how are we supposed to get the cage?"
"We play the wait game," Doctor Fate replied.
Twilight was about to question what he had just said, only for Doctor Fate to put a finger to his lips.
The two continued to wait.
"It seems like Shining Armour is winning," Doctor Fate said, after a while.
"I LET him win!" Twilight corrected, "how long are we.....?"
Before she could finish a voice was heard.
"Kids, dinner!" the voice of Twilight's mum called from somewhere else.
Both young Twilight and Shining Armour rushed out of the room.
"......Going to wait?" Doctor Fate finished, "until now."
After making sure the room was clear, Doctor Fate nodded to Twilight to get closer to the cage.
Midnight was inside the cage and wildly mouthing something at her.
"I can't hear you," Twilight said, pointing at her ear.
As Twilight reached for the cage.
"Be careful," Doctor Fate warned, "interacting with objects in memories may cause unforeseen consequences."
"But this is what we're here for," Twilight responded, "I'm here to save Midnight."
Before Doctor Fate could stop her, Twilight had touched the cage, causing it to become full size.
"Midnight!" Twilight cried, "don't worry, everything's going to be alright."
"You shouldn't have come," Midnight whispered, "it's a trap."
Before anyone could react, the room and everything in it, along with BBBFF Boulevard was enveloped in a black void.
Twilight, Doctor Fate and Midnight started to drop into darkness.