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// Dawn of Twilight 
// Story: Aslumber (Sanquil Version) 
// by Sanquil 
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	Twilight's day had been boring, as usual. Nopony had anything important to see her about, she made sure about that. The entire was consumed basically by the thought of the rainbow maned Pegasus she saw. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't seem to remember the stranger.

"Ms. Sparkle," A pony said, trotting into the office, excited, "The king has just come to say hello to all of us. Can you believe it?"

"Huh?" Twilight snapped out of her daydream, turning to the stallion. "Oh, I guess so." The king, to her knowledge, didn't go traveling across this part of town too often. Something must be up.

"You gotta get down here fast." The stallion said, "He wants to see you person..."

"Excuse me." The king spoke, nudging the worker aside. "Hello, Twilight Sparkle, how are you today?" His tone was soft, but Twilight saw straight through his falsehood. He wanted something from her, whatever it might be. "Would you please leave us?"

"Y-yes sir." Bowing, the stallion left the office at once. One doesn't delay if commanded to do something by the King of Dreams. Twilight watched as the worker left, and as the door was covered in a shroud of dark blue magic. The king closed the door, and then proceeded to lock it. He didn't want interruptions.

"So," Twilight started, "what do you want?" She decided to take the head on approach and confront him. No point in wasting either of their time.

"Ah, so you know I didn't come on a whim." The king replied, "Clever girl. Anyways, I just wanted to ask you a few questions. No harm in that, right?" He turned to her, after observing the random nick knacks scattered across the room, along with the pictures of her pets. She had a fish, hamster, owl, and rabbit.

"No, I guess not." Twilight replied, eying the king suspiciously. "Well, we might as well start. There's no point in wasting time."

"Indeed, there is not point." The king opened his satchel he carried with him, and proceeded to sort out various sketches, pictures, and notes. Finding the pictures he was looking for, he floated them towards Twilight. "Take a look at these, and tell me if you know any of them."

Twilight Sparkle gazed long and hard at each of the pictures. The thing is, all the ponies seemed familiar, and the rainbow pony was in the mix. The whole situation was becoming unreal. She felt herself slip from reality, sudden memories of recent dreams returning, involving any or all of these ponies. She knew them, but she didn't. She had seen them walk around town, and go about their daily lives, just like her. She couldn't think straight. She just had to get out of that office, had to go and lay down for awhile.

"N-no." Twilight said to the king, "None of these ponies are familiar. Is there anything else, I need to leave as soon as possible." She swayed slightly, feeling dizzy. Please let this be the end of the interview.

"No, there isn't." He replied, placing the pictures back into his satchel. "Sorry to interrupt your day. It... was a pleasure."

The king exited the office, followed shortly by Twilight. He entered his chariot, and hiding his face, he smiled wickedly. His plan was working so far. He just had to talk to five more special ponies to be safe. Next stop, a pink pony by the name of Pinkie Pie.