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// Infinite Shapes Most Dreadful - Part 7 
// Story: Book 1 - The Behemoth came to Canterlot 
// by Equimorto 
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Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes and grunted, but stayed put and didn't dash off deeper into the forest. Seeing this, the other Rainbow Dash began to head towards where they'd come from. Pinkie followed behind her, and after a groan Rainbow did too. They were soon back on the path they'd left, again alert for any other signs of anything else.
Not long after they'd started walking again, mere seconds in fact, Pinkie tensed up after a hop. "Does anypony else hear something?"
The two Rainbows, with exactly opposite degrees of nervousness and happiness displayed by their expressions at the prospect, both stopped to listen more carefully. A sound of something moving through leaves and branches came from inside the forest, slightly behind them.
They all turned. One Rainbow called upon her sword, the other flew at the head of the group, ready to rush towards whatever might be coming towards them.
It emerged a few seconds later. They did not react to it the way they'd have expected to.
"Princess!" The Rainbow farther away from her rushed forward and up to her, where she respectfully bowed her head. "Pinkie Pie arrived here through her dream, somehow," she explained at Luna's silent but questioning expression. "The other Rainbow is from there as well. We fought a nightmare along the way, it proved tougher than normal. Your sword bounced back at first."
"Princess!" Said the other Rainbow just a moment later. "I'm from the future! You need to help me get out of here, I need to warn Twilight of what's going to happen before it's too late! This is my one chance to save Equestria!" 
"Princess!" said Pinkie Pie. "It's nice to see you."
"I have noticed creatures in this forest growing stronger as well. I shall look into it more, and I shall investigate the potential connections between this dreamspace and other ponies' dreams as soon as I can. I am glad you are all safe," Luna said formally to the first Rainbow. "I shall see to that in a moment," she briefly addressed the second. Then smiling she looked at Pinkie Pie. "It is nice to see you as well." 
The armed Rainbow bowed her head again. "I will give a full report later, Princess."
Luna had already stepped past her, busy checking on Pinkie. Once she'd determined there was nothing wrong with her, she turned back to the other Dash, impatiently buzzing her wings in midair. "This is most peculiar," she said, moving closer to her.