The empress was shaking in her sleep. The dreams were still there. Everything else was gone, so that didn’t make any sense. Still they were there.
The dreams were still as vivid as ever too. There was less in them than usual, but they somehow were managing to make even less sense. In her dreams ponies were running around in exploding trains, flying on floating islands, throwing dragons through mountains, and fighting eachother in storms. All of it was just as maddening as it had always been, but just like before she couldn’t manage to wake up.
Things didn’t get much better as the dream progressed either. She had managed to hush away all of the places but the noisy train and the city once her dream characters had left them, but the characters themselves wouldn’t go away.
Things got a little quieter once all of her dream characters got together, but they were still far too loud. Everypony just wouldn’t shut up. Some argued and some talked on peaceful terms, but for the empress it was all still just noise.
Now they were all gathered in the city. It was a quiet city, but one that was still way too bright and annoying. And the characters were still being noisy. However, with all of their noise gathered in one place, the empress became aware of another sound in her dream. It was a loud sound, louder than the characters in fact, but it was hiding below them like the bass in a band.
Suddenly, the empress’s eyes shot open.