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// 12.2: Sleeper Wake! 
// Story: The Legend of the 'Mon: The Three Forces 
// by NeotheTwilitUnicorn 
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12.2: Sleeper Wake!


(Alex's POV)

But I was still there! I find myself floating over the yawning chasm that separates my world and theirs. I blink, confused in the extreme.
"What the?"
I then start floating back towards the Everfree, but not of my own volition.
"What is going on?!"
I shiver a bit as I hear a response...but it is in my head.
'Your dream is coming to pass.'
'What do you mean it is coming to pass? For that matter, who and what are you?'
'Let's see. First, I mean that your dream is changing history. Second, I am a renegade Twili.'
'Hang on...you mean my dream is changing the course of history? And also, what the heck is a Twili?'
'Yes, that is what I mean. And as for what a Twili is, that's a bit of a story. A Twili is a member of the race of Twili. I am a renegade, looking for The One Who can Save my Race. I left the Twilight Realm to escape from the usurper King. Our ruler has been missing for a while now. I might have found The One, but he must be able to defeat the usurper King.'
I facepalm. 'Let me guess. You're looking for Link, right?'
'Yes, I am.'
'Yeah... I'm Alex. I'm a friend of his. He's still in Hyrule, last I heard.'
I hear a facepalm-like sound. 'Well... that figures. But I am quite serious about the dream-changing-history thing.'
'Interesting. Anyway, good luck, and tell Link I said hello.'
The voice leaves, but I'm still floating over the chasm. I blink again, and the next thing I know, I'm on my back near the ruins of the Old Castle.
"Well, that was... strange."
I stand up, open my eyes and brush the dirt off of my back. "Ow..." I then look up, and look away quickly. "Note to self. Celestia-Sun just as dangerous as my Sun."
I blink away the retina-burn that was a result of my foolish glance at the Sun. I finally see a little white rabbit that seems to be rather impatient.
"Well, hello there. What do you want?"
It just thumps its foot on the ground over and over.
"What?"
It hits itself in the face with a paw and then scampers off to the tune of my sigh.
"What do you want to bet it wants me to follow it?"
I sigh again and start making my way through the tangled undergrowth, following the small trail it made.
A few minutes later, I reach the edge of the Everfree and I see a cottage.
"Now who lives there? Who would want to live so close to the Everfree Forest?"
I see the rabbit, who, based on its attitude and actions, I assume is a male, go up to a yellow pegasus. I feel a click as memories connect dots. I don't know her name, but I know who she is. I walk closer, sticking to the shadows, but then I lean on a tree, coming into the light.
"You're a Bearer, aren't you?"
She yelps and then disappears behind a barrel. The rabbit hits himself with his paw again and then manages to bring the pegasus from her hiding spot. I catch a glimpse of her cutie mark and laugh.
"Ah yes... Kindness."
She looks up at me, blinking, shivering, staying low to the ground.
"Who are you?"
"Come again?"
She swallow almost audibly and then her voice becomes a bit louder.
"Who are you?"
I sigh. "Speak up please."
She shivers again, but her voice finally becomes audible and understandable.
"Who are you?"
"I am Alex."
"Why does that name seem so...important?"
"I don't know. But I have two questions for you. Who are you, and is that your rabbit?"
"I'm Fluttershy, and yes, Angel is mine.
"Okay then."
"If you're wondering why that name seems so important, it's because I have a hunch that he helped defeat Nightmare Moon."
I turn. "Well well well. Look who sought me out. Still mad at me?"
Fluttershy turns as well. "Twilight? What are you doing here?"
"First, why would I be mad at you Alex? Second, I felt a ripple in space-time, and I traced it here."
I blink, and then I sit down, holding my head. There's a war going on in there. Half of my brain is raging at Twilight for what she did to me. The other half is just confused and ready to accept this new version of her.
"Someone... please make sense of this...."


End of 12.2: Sleeper Wake!