"You mind explaining something to me? What exactly is Subnotica?" Twilight asked. The ponies were in the strangest of places to say the least: Subnotica the Realm of dreams.
"Allow me to answer your question with one of my own: Have you ever wondered what happens to your dreams after you wake up from them?" The Guardian pondered.
"...Sometimes I do. But because Princess Luna here makes sure we understand our nightmares, I've not put much thought into it beyond that." Twilight said.
"Nightmares are just another form of dream here in Subnotica. Which is where the collectiveness of dreams that were dreamt take shape. It is thanks to Subnotica that dreams exist at all. And of all the dreams that take form here in subnotica, some dreams take on certain themes often enough to create lands here in the grand collection." The Guardian stated. "So, six figures emerged in those lands to serve as Subnotica's Pillars; the very glue that allows dreams to continue their existence."
"So basically, what your saying is that without those pillars, there are no dreams." Rainbow Dash said.
"That is admittedly a simple way of looking at a very complex structure. A structure so complex, I would spend hours explaining it. But yes: The simple way of putting it mildly would be to say, without the six pillars, dreams will cease to exist. And because of your Princess's creation, they were kidnapped early last night in your world." The Guardian said.
"So let me guess: You want us to find them since this is technically our world that has responsibility?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"That...is remarkably straightforward, but to make a long story short, you are absolutly correct..." The Guardian said. "Once you've found a PIllar, bring them here and I can transport them back to their lands. Just bare in mind that, this realm does not function like the waking world it--"
"Is the realm of dreams. Meaning if I wanted to, I could just make myself an alicorn for the funsies. Right?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Okay, can you just stop making things so simple and uncomplicated please? I normally spend hours explaining this, and you just summarized things into a few short and simple sentences." The Guardian said.
"What more is there to know? We're in the land of dreams after all. Kind of figures anything is possible here. Not that difficult to understand if you just simplify it." Rainbow Dash said.
"Yer not wrong there..." Applejack said.
"Spoilsport..." The Guardian said. "I would've asked my apprentice to assist you at the least but I've been unable to contact her for whatever reason. I'm not worried that she's been kidnapped by that creation of the night princess, as it's impossible to kidnap someone's unconciousness."
"I'm here I'm here!" A female voice said before suddenly what Twilight recognized as a Cinderace appeared.
"Sorry I showed up late. I just needed some time to--"
"You...evolved?" The Guardian asked.
"...That obvious huh?" The Cinderace said.
"Who is this?" Raiden asked.
"Name's Score. Apprentice of The Guardian at your service. Also...kind of his adopted daughter too. It's complicated." The Cinderace said.
She's a Cinderace and her name is Score. Someone's birth parent wasn't very creative. Sunset thought to herself.
"Go back a moment: Your an adopted daughter to one of the fates? Didn't Deca mention that they aren't supposed to get involved with other mortals?" Ray asked.
"I was given special permission. After all, when I adopted Score as my daughter, she was only ten years old. Her father was presumed dead at the time, and her only other living retaliative which was her Uncle was put to death for murder. The full story is way too complicated to tell in full." The Guardian said.
"So...she had no living family. Shouldn't she have been put in foster care then?" Raiden asked.
"Yeah about that: My father was a human. So it wouldn't matter where I would end up, I'd always have cursed blood. I've essentially been living as an Orphan on the road since I was ten." Score said. "Because officially, I have no family. The Guardian is only my adopted father through a technicality. See, I have a really rare gift of being able to Lucid Dream very easily."
"But wouldn't that require you to you know, be able to dream?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Not me. See, my ability to Lucid Dream so vividly, has allowed me to access Subnotica like it's my own back yard." Score said.
Luna suddenly gasped. "You mean...you can lucid dream on a wavelength that allows you to dream walk."
"Yeah. Exactly that." Score said.
"That's incredible. It took me several months before I could start dream walking. And yet, you were able to pick that up at such a young age." Luna noted.
"Yeah. I've been able to do this since I was ten, and I had it down in only three days." Score said.
Luna's jaw dropped to the floor. "...I'm no expert, but even I'm willing to bet that due to Princess Luna's reaction to what you just said, means that what your talking about would normally takes months or even years to perfect to that degree." Rainbow Dash said.
"Are you kidding? It would take even the best dreamwalkers most of their life to get to Score's level of control. And yet, she was able to do it in just three days." The Guardian said.
"But...that would make her the youngest dream walker ever." Princess Luna said.
"Not to brag or anything, but yeah, I am officially the youngest being in the meta-verse to ever be able to Lucid Dream as easily as breathing." Score said.
"...Luna.mlp will stop working now..." Princess Luna said before actually falling over.
"...Wait, how'd she faint when she was already unconscious?" Rainbow Dash asked. Suddenly Luna vanished.
"Oh that's easy: The shock of that news was so great, that she just woke up from it." Score said.
"Who can blame her?" Applejack asked.
To be continued...