//------------------------------// // Chapter 67 // Story: Welcome to the jungle // by Hiver //------------------------------// Luna entered the dream realm a couple of minutes after me, plenty of time to prepare. “What are you up to?” she asked suspiciously with a small smile as she moved over to me, “You have acted strange all evening.” I shrugged my wings with a smile, “No idea what you’re talking about. Now follow me.” I led the way over to a silvery blue portal a small distance away, “Follow me in.” Luna paused, one hoof off the floor, “Page, that is my sister's dream. I usually don’t enter those.” I winked at her, “Trust me,” and then touched my horn to it before stepped through. I knew I only had moments, so I instantly teleported to Celestia and made her conscious of the dream. Currently just of her reading things on her throne. “Ready?” I asked as she blinked and looked around. Celestia nodded and smiled, “Ready,” she agreed, closing her eyes and focusing. Using my dream magic, I let her dream change according to her thoughts which made it blur and change before leaving us in a forest. Birds sang above and the sun shone in through the green leaves above. I looked at myself, spreading my wings. I was a pegasus, but I had the same coloration and my cutiemark was the same. Celestia looked different, her mane and tail were pink and she was significantly smaller. For once, I was actually taller than she was! She was still an alicorn, but looked like she was in her late teens at most. She didn’t even have the long legged look yet Twilight had started to get. Can’t have been more than a couple of years since she became an alicorn. I felt a disturbance in the dream behind me and I turned to see Luna enter it. As she did, I sent a dream suggestion towards her and her form blurred along the lines of the dream, leaving her looking very similar to her sister. Her mane and tail are now just blue instead of shimmering with stars. Luna paused and looked around before looking herself over. She spread her wings and looked at them as well before she frowned slightly and trotted over to us, “What is this, sister?” Celestia smiled at her and instead of answering, she turned and walked off through the forest. Luna looked at me, “Page?” I just smiled at her and nodded towards Celestia, “We best catch up, I have no idea what the way is.” Luna raised an eyebrow at me, “Very well…” she agreed and moved to trot along with her sister. I grinned and quickly moved to follow them. We didn’t need to walk for long, just a minute later we reached a path through the forest and Celestia turned towards the left, Luna falling in next to her while looking around. “Where are we going?” Luna asked her. Celestia just shook her head, “You’ll see. And no cheating.” The path moved around a turn to avoid a large rock. We were halfway through the turn when Luna froze with a gasp. Celestia stopped and looked back at her with a small smile. Luna slowly folded her wings again, looking between me and Celestia before she walked up to her sister, “This… this is the summer camp, sister,” she said softly, “From where we were little, from where the tribe stayed in the summers.” Celestia nodded, “More specifically… the summer before everything began for real.” I joined them and Luna looked at me, “This was your idea, Page?” she asked softly. “Actually, it was Sunshines in a way,” I admitted, “I happened into a dream of hers where you two were little fillies, traveling with your parents. I thought that even if it’s just dream images… I thought it might be nice for you to see them again.” Luna looked at me and I shifted a bit uncomfortable. I really, really hope I didn’t misjudge the situation here, I wanted it to make her happy, not sad. Finally she moved up and pulled me into a tight hug, resting her head against my neck, “Thank you,” she said softly before pulling Celestia into it as well, “Thank you both.” I hugged back as I felt Celestia's wings wrap around us both. I smiled and slipped a foreleg around her as well. I had to admit, being similar sizes made it a lot easier. Celestia finally pulled back and smiled, “Shall we go?” Luna nodded and got up, kissing my cheek with a smile before she turned to her, “We should,” she agreed and stretched her wings before she flicked one ear as I felt her relaxing into the dream, letting herself fall into the role it had given her more, “Uhm… Sister, how… well do you remember things?” I copied her, relaxing into the fabric of the dream, letting my role in it surround me and guide me and it formed a leather pack for me to carry. “I think well,” Celestia said and looked at her in question, “How come?” “Did you warn Page?” Luna asked, looking amused, “Remember that time when…” Celestia smiled at her, “Might have slipped my mind.” I put my hoof up, “Uhm, may I be let in on the secret?” Both sisters looked at me before turning away and trotting down the path. I looked after them for a moment before scramingling to catch up, taking to the air for a moment to gain ground. Why did I suddenly feel rather unsure about this entire thing? No matter how nice the view was from this angle. It wasn’t a long walk to the village, only some ten more minutes. There were some defensive positions set up with wooden spikes, but the village itself was set up as large tents, maybe twenty or thirty of various sizes. The wood looked permanently installed, maybe they only took the fabric when they moved? Ponies were milling around the place, all pegasi. As we entered the village, both Celestia and Luna slowed down, looking around as they walked. This was where they grew up.