In the dead of night, a translucent purple unicorn was watching herself sleep. In her bed was a solid version of her body. Its eyes were closed and the horn on her head was glowing a faint purple. The translucent pony blinked.
“This is rather surreal,” she said. Snoring came from behind her. She turned around and saw a baby dragon sleeping in a basket. A smile was on his face as he slept. Up above him was a swirling cloud. The translucent pony walked to the cloud. “Okay, let’s see if this works.” She reached for the cloud and touched it. In an instant, her body was dragged into the cloud.
*
After so many years, Spike had finally done it. He had finally achieved flight. He was flying through the air without a care in the world.
“Wooo!” he cheered. He tilted his body upwards and looped around. Nothing could take his joy away. He turned to his left to see Twilight flying alongside him. “Twilight? How are you flying?” He stopped in the air.
“I should be asking you the same thing,” she replied. “You don’t have any wings.” Spike turned his head around. His guardian was indeed correct.
“Aw nuts,” he said. Gravity instantly took control and he plummeted towards the ground. Spike flapped his arms wildly, trying to stay afloat. He looked up and found that Twilight was still flying. “Help me!”
“This is a dream Spike,” she called. “You can do whatever you want.” Twilight tilted herself down and fell towards her baby brother. Both of them were beside each other as the ground was quickly approaching them. “Come on, try it!” Spike closed his eyes.
“Okay,” he took in a deep breath. The two of them slowed down and eventually stopped. Spike opened his eyes. A smile appeared on his face. “Ha ha! I did it!” He began prancing around.
“That’s great,” Twilight said. “Well, I better be going now. Bye Spike!” Her body slowly faded away. Spike looked to the fading unicorn.
“Huh, oh, bye Twilight,” he said. A cheshire grin appeared on his head. “If this is a dream…” In an instant, three ivory unicorns appeared. “Awesome.”
*
Twilight stood in her room again. The cloud above Spike was directly in front of her. She pranced around her room.
“It worked!” she said. “This is incredible! I can’t wait to see what everypony else dreams of!” She stopped and looked out her window. From the window she could see Carousel Boutique. A smile appeared on her face. “First stop, Carousel Boutique.” Twilight jumped through the window, and floated towards her destination.
After a few moments of floating, Twilight ended up at the top of the dress shop. She was standing in front of a four poster bed with her friend sleeping in it. Like with Spike, a swirling cloud was over her head. This one however, was pink.
“Hmm, strange. I wonder what it means,” Twilight said. Her hoof reached for the cloud. “Only one way to find out.”
*
A table was set up on a balcony. Candles and a bottle of wine sat at the table. Rarity raised a glass of wine to her lips. A satisfied smile was on her face.
“This was a wonderful idea,” she said. “I know you normally hate these kinds of things, but I appreciate you making the effort.” A chuckle came from her companion.
“If it would make you happy, I’d move mountains,” her companion said. A giggle escaped Rarity’s mouth. Both her and her companion were moving closer to each other. Rarity’s eyes closed as their lips were about to touch.
“Applejack?!” a familiar voice screamed. Rarity’s eyes shot open. She turned to her right to find her friend gawking at her and Applejack.
“Twilight? What are you doing here? I thought Applejack reserved the entire restaurant.” Twilight’s mouth was still on the floor.
“Um, sugar cube?” Applejack asked. “You all right?” Twilight shook her head.
“Yeah, fine,” she said. “I just wasn’t expecting this. I mean, you and Rarity, it’s just unfathomable.” The orange pony stood up.
“And what’s that supposed to mean?” she asked. Her eyes narrowed.
“Well, I mean that you two as an item seems… well, impossible.” Applejack walked towards Twilight.
“Are you saying I’m not good enough for Rarity?” Applejack was in Twilight’s face. Sweat dropped from the purple pony’s forehead.
“That’s not what I’m saying at all!”
“Then what are you saying?” Twilight chuckled nervously.
“Oh look at that, I have to go, bye!” Her body faded into purple dust. Applejack turned around.
“Now, where were we?”
*
Twilight stood in Rarity’s room once more. She cracked her neck.
“Okay, pink clouds means that they’re dreaming of love. Good to know,” she said. A moan echoed in the room. She turned to Rarity, a smile was on her face as well as a blush. Twilight backed away. “And that’s my cue to exit.” Twilight ran forward, not caring where she was going, as long as she wasn’t there.
In the blink of an eye, she ended up at Sweet Apple Acres. Twilight was standing at the top of the Apple household. She looked down and saw three clouds, two white, and one pink. This one was a different shade of pink though, it was deeper. The cloud was rising.
“I’ve learned my lesson, I’m not touching that.” She walked towards the edge of the roof. Unknown to her, the cloud was close to her tail. Just before Twilight could jump, the cloud brushed her tail. She turned around just before she was pulled in.
“Damnit!”
*
The first thing Twilight noticed was the smell of cinnamon. All around the room were burning candles.
“This is, actually kind of nice,” she said. Giggling reached her ears. She turned to the source. Off in the distance were two ponies, one orange, and one white. The orange was on top of the white. Both of them had sultry smiles on their faces. The orange pony kissed the white one one’s neck, a gentle moan came from her mouth. A blush appeared on Twilight’s face. “And, now I can’t look at Applejack or Rarity the same way again.” She closed her eyes, and her body turned to dust. The orange pony’s head shot up.
“You hear something?”
“Nothing at all,” a hoof wrapped itself around the orange pony’s neck.
*
As soon as Twilight left the dream, she leapt from the roof. Anywhere would be a welcome change.
“What has been seen, can never be unseen,” she said. Her translucent body landed outside of Sugar Cube Corner. Bright multicoloured light could be seen from Pinkie’s room. “Strange.” Twilight jumped to the pony’s room. She saw her pink friend sleeping, above her was a rainbow coloured cloud. Twilight walked around it.
“This is strange, even for what I saw tonight,” she said. “I wonder what it means.” Before Twilight could continue musing, half of a translucent pink pony pushed its way out of the cloud. She looked at Twilight with a smile. “What the…” The pony grabbed Twilight and pulled her into the dream.
*
Twilight had her eyes closed. She was scared. She was pulled into Pinkie’s dream, she had no idea what to expect from the crazy baker.
“Are you going to open your eyes?” a voice asked. Twilight slowly cracked her eyes open. In front of her was her friend sitting at a desk. A smile was on her face.
“Pinkie?” Twilight asked. Her head moved around, taking in the scene. She was sitting in an office, not just any office, a well-organized office. “This is your dream?”
“Yep! And the point of this dream,” Pinkie began. She reached into the desk and pulled out a file folder. “Is to return you to your body.” She opened the folder
“I don’t understand, how exactly are you going to do that?” Pinkie stood on the desk. She raised the open folder over her head. Before Twilight could question Pinkie, the folder was pushed down over her head. Her body was slowly being consumed by it. Her hind legs kicked in resistance. Eventually, her entire body was shoved into the folder.
*
Twilight opened her eyes. She sat up and found that she was in her bed. The sun was beginning to move above the horizon. Her body felt weak and heavy. A chuckle escaped her mouth. I’ve been using magic all night, of course I’d be tired. She yawned and rested her head on her pillow. Her eyes slowly closed just as she finished preparing to go to dream land.