"Something big is gonna happen?" Twilight repeated back to Pinkie Pie. "What the hay are you talking about?"
"I don't know what it's gonna be!" Pinkie said. "All I know is that it's gonna be real big!"
"Real big huh?" Twilight repeated back once more. "I wonder if this has any connection with the dream I had." Twilight muttered to herself.
"Dream? What kind of dream did you have Twilight?" Pinkie asked, obviously overhearing Twilight's muttering.
"It was nothing. Just a regular dream."
"But anything can happen in dreams, silly filly! What did you dream about, huh? Being in an endless library, a weather factory, a moonlit forest?" Pinkie said as she began naming off various places one could be in their dreams.
Moonlit forest caught Twilight's attention. How did she guess that place of all places? "Moonlit forest?" she questioned.
"Yeah. I've been in one in my dreams before, it was rather cool. Why, were you in one in your dream?"
"I was, but does it mean something?" Twilight said as she let out a yawn. "I'm sure there's something in one of my dream meaning books."
Twilight trotted over to a bookcase and pulled out a book from the shelf with her magic. The front of the book read Dreams & You: Meanings for the Symbols In Your Dreams. Twilight quickly opened the book to the M section and quickly began to skim it, looking for moonlit forest. As quick as she had looked, she found the item titled moonlit forest.
"To dream that you are in a moonlit forest means that you are looking for something; perhaps a hidden part of yourself. This also means that you are slowly going through a change as well." Twilight read aloud. "Well, that didn't do any good."
"Aren't you having to adjust with having Cadence being your new big sister?" Pinkie suggested.
"Well, yeah, but that doesn't explain the other part, that I'm looking for something. What the hay would I even be looking before?" Twilight questioned as she let out yet another yawn for that morning.
"Are you feeling ok, Twilight? You seem to be yawning an awful lot. Did you sleep well last night?" Pinkie asked as she tilted her head in confusion.
Twilight let out another yawn. "Well, you did wake me up abruptly." she reminded Pinkie. "I guess I'm still tired. I think I'm gonna head back to bed. I can study later."
"Okey dokey lokey, sleepyhead! See you later!" Pinkie said as she happily bounced out of the library.
Twilight watched as the happy Pinkie Pie bounced out of her library. Now feeling the effect of just how tired she was as it washed over her, Twilight turned around and climbed the stairs back up to her bedroom. Spike had already been up and was running errands in Ponyville, so there was no one who could bother her.
Twilight sleepily walked across the bedroom and climbed into her bed with the best of her abilities. Making certain that she was comfortably under her covers, Twilight made one last glance around her bedroom. Everything was the same as when she got up this morning, as if something was supposed to be out of place. Satisfied that nothing odd was out of place (as if anything should have been) Twilight fluttered her eyes closed as her mind took over and sent her back to her dreamland.
Twilight opened her eyes to see that she was back where she had been before: right next to the pile of rubble that had been the Discord statue, wearing the same white dress. Twilight glanced up at the now pile of rubble, wondering why she had panicked so much when it had started to crack.
If Discord had broken free, what kind of chaos would that cause? Twilight shook her head at the idea, mentally calling herself stupid in the process. How could Discord possibly cause chaos if he broke free in a dream? Sure, he could plague her dream world, but it wasn't like he could plague the real world with his chaos.
Would it be so bad if he did plague her dream world with chaos? None of it would make no sense, not at all, but it would be an improvement over this moonlit forest, no matter how oddly calming in could be. The forest was oddly calming, but it was at the same time, creepy. A little sunlight would fix the place right up, but her mind wasn't cooperating with her and refused to change the scene into something else.
Twilight looked slightly harder at the pile of rubble before she let out a sigh. It must be uncomfortable to be entrapped in stone. Not being able to really much of anything. Not even talk to someone. It must be quite lonesome.
The Elements of Harmony had trapped him in stone once and they did it once again. But, why trap him in stone in the first place? The Elements were supposed to know what was the right thing to do, like with Nightmare Moon. They found the love that was in her heart (which was truly Princess Luna) and reverted her back to what she was before, a young princess who just wanted love and admiration. Could the Elements not sense any feelings of wanting a second chance in Discord, resulting them to turn him back into stone like he had been before.
"I-I thought it was the best for Equestria. B-But was it the best idea for him?" Twilight found herself wondering aloud. "Is being trapped in stone good for all of Equestria? Was there nothing else that could have been done? We couldn't have taught him the value of friendship at all?"
At that moment, a bright light flashed above Twilight. She shielded her eyes for a moment before the blinding light disappeared. Out of the bright light appeared a crown of some kind, it looked to be the Element of Magic crown. The crown lowered itself in front of her and simply began to float. Twilight peered at the crown for a second before she took ahold of it with her magic and brought it closer to herself for a better look.
"There was nothing better that could have been done. Stone was the only option. We couldn't have possibly have taught him how better order is then chaos." Twilight said as she began to feel a small hint of anger rise within her. "There was nothing else that could have been done? Stone was the only option?" she repeated again, anger now filling her voice completely. "There was nothing else that could have been done?! Why did stone have to be the only option?! Why? Why? Why?"
With a flick of her head, her magic sent the Element of Magic crown flying across the forest before it crashed into a tree, causing it to bend and the gem on the front to crack. "Some Element of Harmony crown that is!" she yelled. "I thought it was best for Discord to be sealed but the Elements are supposed to look into one's heart and decide one's fate! Guess how wrong and stupid I was! Elements of Harmony know justice, my flank!"
"I admit it! I feel remorse at what I did to you, Discord!" Twilight cried out as she looked once more at the pile of rubble. "You heard me! The Element of Magic regrets encasing you in stone! I know there could have been a better way to punish you and teach you how better order was. I don't know what, but I know there could have been a better way!"
Twilight collapsed to the ground below her. "I wish I could teach you how much better order is then chaos. But, silly me, you're trapped in stone, so that's impossible! If you did manage to get free, you just disappear and start chaos in a moment's notice, not even allowing me to teach you ANYTHING!" she screamed. "If you just let me, I could show you how wonderful order can be over chaos." she let out another sigh. "Great, I'm talking to myself. This cannot be a good sign."
Twilight's ears suddenly perked up when she caught sound of what seemed to be footsteps in the forest. Was somepony in her dream forest now? Twilight twisted her head in the direction of where the sound was coming from to see that she could make out a moving shape among the trees!
"Who is out there? I can see you moving in the trees!" she yelled.
As quickly as she had seen the figure move through the trees, it began running away from her. Now, it would be naturally stupid to run after a pony you saw in a forest at night, but this was a dream, and perhaps this pony meant something symbolically. Twilight got herself off of the ground and began to run at full force in the direction she saw the other pony run in.
She kept on running until she saw the figure of the pony becoming clearer and clearer. She had to stop this pony from running away from her. She needed to know who the hay was running from her. With her horn glowing and her eyes closed, Twilight teleported herself in front of the running pony, causing the other pony to crash directly into her. They rolled slightly and when they finally stopped, Twilight was on top of the mysterious pony, her hooves pinning them down.
"Now, who are you?" Twilight yelled as she looked at the pony she was pinning down. "Y-You? The driver pony who sent me here? B-But why?" she questioned.
"I brought you here for a reason, my dear." the pony said with an unusual smile, his snaggletooth very visible.
"W-Why? Why did you bring me here?"
"Because my dear-" the driver pony started before he was interrupted by a booming voice that rang through the trees.
"Twilight! Twilight! Wake up! Wake up!" The voice sounded like Spike. He was trying to wake her up.
"I needed to see my favorite mare face to face again." the driver pony spoke with a smile, his voice now sounding quite identical to Discord's. "And I'll be seeing you again soon, my dear."
"Favorite mare?" Twilight questioned as the forest began to swirl all around her. "What is that suppose to mean?" Twilight screamed out before the forest around her disappeared completely.
Twilight's fluttered her eyes open sleepily as she muttered something out. "What is that suppose to mean?"
"I don't know what you're talking about Twilight, but you must wake up!" said Spike as he held up a scroll to her face. "Princess Celestia has sent you a letter! It's about the upcoming Summer Sun Celebration next month!"