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// Story: Book 1 - The Behemoth came to Canterlot 
// by Equimorto 
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"This is... unexpected. Very unexpected." Rainbow awkwardly shifted from one leg to the other, watching the scene in front of her.
Shining Armor looked at Rainbow Dash. Then he looked at the other Rainbow Dash. Then he looked back to the first Rainbow Dash, though she was actually the second one for him. Then he opened his mouth, and closed it. "This is a dream, right?"
Rainbow Dash nodded. Only one of them. The one who'd gotten there second, and had spoken a moment before.
Shining furrowed his brow. "Are you also part of the dream?"
Rainbow shook her head.
"I see. Why are you here, exactly?" Shining asked.
"I was curious," Rainbow Dash explained.
"I can imagine that," Shining Armor replied. "That does not explain how you got into my dream, or why exactly you came into my own. Twilight hasn't told me anything about this."
"Twilight doesn't know." Rainbow gave a small cough. "You won't know either, I'll make sure you forget this part after I'm gone."
"Ah." Shining looked at Rainbow for a bit, silently. "I don't get a choice there, do I?"
"Nope."
"Alright." Shining blinked. "You still haven't answered my other questions."
"Luna needed help," said Rainbow. "That's all the answer you're getting. You'll forget about it anyway. Mind explaining what this is about?"
Shining had a look around. "It's a dream. That's about it I'd assume. You're the one being granted Luna's powers, why don't you tell me what this is about?" 
"I clearly don't have enough experience for that just yet." Rainbow swallowed.
"Fair enough, I suppose." Shining turned away from the real pegasus and back towards the imaginary one.
"What are you doing?" asked the Rainbow who was no longer being looked at by the unicorn.
Without looking back, Shining said, "I have a dream to get back to."
"I'm still here," Rainbow said.
"I know," Shining replied. "You're free to watch if you want to."
Rainbow shifted in place a few moments longer. "Is Cadence asleep now?"
"She should be, assuming Flurry didn't wake her up without waking me up as well," answered Shining. "Why? Do you want to spy on her dreams as well?"
"Hey, that's not..." Rainbow hesitated. "That's not exactly what I'm doing. I'm checking on you. For your own safety."
"I've heard a lot of younger guards say the same thing when trying to justify taking a peek inside Celestia's room." Shining chuckled. "And Luna's too, once she came back. And pretty much every single room in the castle, really."
"Ugh. Anyway. I'll, uh, be going then. You have fun. With me. Other me. I'll check on your wife. Maybe your kid too." Rainbow took a step back.
"Have fun," Shining said.
Rainbow didn't reply, and she simply walked away. A few moments later she disappeared into nothingness.
"Was that me?" asked the Rainbow who was still there, looking past Shining.
"Technically, you are her," replied the unicorn. "Let's just get back to what we were doing for now."