“Are you sure it was Princess Luna?”
“Yeah!” Starlight answered.
“I don’t know. You said that she told you she was ‘taken’ right?“But if she were, how could she enter your dream?”
Starlight’s worried frown turned into an unsure one. “I...don’t know. Now that you said it like that, it doesn’t make sense.”
I rubbed Starlight head, hoping to calm her further. “You see? I think it was just an actual nightmare, but you woke up before she needed to come.”
“Maybe. I have had nightmares before that felt real, so maybe that was another one?”
“I think so. Come on, let’s go back to sleep, okay?” I suggested.
Starlight smiled and responded, “Okay.”
I wrapped an arm around Starlight to hold her to me, and we both fell back to a peaceful sleep.
Maybe an hour later, my door opened hard, waking both Starlight and me up. We looked to see who it was, and it was Twilight standing there.
“Twilight? What are you doing?!” I asked.
“I see we missed two.”
“Huh?” Starlight and I asked at the same time.
A green fire surrounded Twilight. I found myself face to face with a changeling, and more appeared by the door.
I started, “What are you--”
A green beam of magic hit and froze both Starlight and me, and we found ourselves wrapped in a weird green cocoon. More beams hit Starlight, maybe making her cocoon stronger so she couldn’t break herself free with her magic. I fought with all my might to break free, but to no avail.
“No! I can’t move! Jake!” Starlight exclaimed.
“Starlight! Leave her alone! If you must take someone, take me!”
But my pleas fell on death’s ears. I could do nothing but scream for help and for Starlight to be freed.
I didn’t know where they were taking us. But I knew one thing for sure.
I was the worst boyfriend ever. If I just believed Starlight, maybe this wouldn’t have happened.
Captured