Dennis woke up, but he wasn't in his bed anymore. He looked around him and all he saw was darkness. And then the darkness around him slowly turned white, and then it was cold, and then it started snowing. Dennis looked around and heard sniffling. He followed the sniffling noise until he came across Luna. She was crying and shaking, next to the frozen pond. He walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her. He began to stroke her mane and rock her back and forth.
"Its okay Luna. I'm right here. I'm right here, you don't need to worry, I'll always be here for you, no matter what. I promise you that, I will always be there for you. Luna?" Dennis asked.
Luna nodded and wrapped her fore hooves around him and hugged him tightly.
Dennis heard slight laughter. He looked up to see Nightmare Moon smiling deviously at him.
"What do you want Nightmare Moon?" He asked. "What do you want with Luna?"
She laughed a bit louder and grabbed Dennis and flew off with him.
"Dad!" Luna shouted.
Nightmare took him to another place and slammed on the ground causing him to yelp in pain. He rubbed his back and slowly stood up. He glared at Nightmare and she smiled at him.
"You didn't answer my question." He said in a demanding tone.
"Oh, calm down Dennis I'm going to tell you. You see, Luna is young, Her mind is vulnerable, so I can easily slip in and out. Its kind of like-"
"Stay the hell away from my daughter." Dennis snapped.
"Oh. Don't expect that to be a walk in the park, Dennis." She said smiling deviously. "And it'd also be a shame to let your own daughter find out that she's a cartoon character from a TV show."
Nightmare Moon instantly disappeared with the wind and Dennis heard Luna calling out for him.
"Dad? Dad?! Dad where are you?!" She called.
Dennis followed the sound of her voice.
"I'm right here Luna, I'm right here." Dennis said picking her up and holding her tightly. "I'm right here." He said stroking her mane.
They walked back over to the pond and sat down. Luna looked down at the frozen pond and saw her reflection. She sniffled lightly and a tear welled up in her eye. She continued to stare until she finally spoke up.
"What *sniffle* what am I to you Dad?" She asked.
Dennis' heart fell into the pits of his stomach.
He instantly grabbed her and hugged her tightly.
"You're my daughter Luna, and I never wanna lose you, ever." He said with tears streaming from his eyes.
"I'm going to have to leave someday..." She said before Dennis cut her off.
"Don't think like that Luna, I'm here for you."
"Yes you are, but you're not going to be forever."
"Stop it Luna!"
"Please Dad you have to understand that."
Dennis pulled away and put his hands on Luna's shoulders and looked her dead in the eye.
"Luna stop! I will be there for you, I love you, you need to understand that!" He shouted.
"I do understand Dad! Why don't you?!" She shouted back.
Dennis was taken back by her shouting. This was the first time she or Celstia or Cadence had ever raised their voice at him. He hands fell from her shoulders and his head fell. Tears began falling from his eyes. Luna sighed and comforted her father. She wrapped her arms around him and hugged him tightly. She rocked him back and forth the way he did with her to try and calm him down. Dennis put a hand on her hoof and began to cry.
"I don't wanna lose you Luna, I don't-"
"Shh, it's okay, I don't want to leave, you just have to understand that I have to leave someday. Please. I love you." She said hugging him tighter.
"I love you too Luna..." Dennis said wrapping his arms around her hugging her tightly.
They both pulled away and they looked out to the snowy wasteland. Dennis picked up a bit of snow and shoved it in his mouth. Tasted like vanilla ice cream.
"Hmm. Hey Luna, try this." He said hand some to her.
She took some in her hoof and tossed it in his mouth.
"Wow, tastes like vanilla."
"I know right!'
They both laughed and Dennis rolled his ice-cream-snow into a ball and smirked at Luna.
"Hey Luna?"
"Hmm?"
"Heads up."
Dennis threw his ball of snow at her and it hit her in the face. She laughed and rolled her own little ball of snow and threw it at Dennis hitting him in the right shoulder. They both ran in opposite directions throwing snowballs at each other. They hid behind the snowy hills and waited. Dennis looked over the hill and got a snowball to the face. He laughed and ran over the hill. He did a battle cry and Luna turned around to run. She screamed and ran away laughing but Dennis pounced onto her and they rolled down the hill laughing.
They finally reached the bottom of the hill and Dennis landed on top of Luna. Dennis looked at her and laughed. Luna laughed slapped in the face with snow. Dennis rolled off her laughing. They both got up and laughed. They smiled at each other and hugged. They held each other tightly, smiling with tears streaming from their eyes and snow all over their bodies.
"Hey Dad?"
"Hmm?"
"I love you."
"I love you too Luna... I love you too."
Dennis and Luna woke up and Dennis looked at his digital clock. 6:30. He looked at Luna and they both shrugged. They smiled at each other again and Dennis grabbed her quickly and pulled her in for another tight embrace.
"Hey Dad?" Luna asked lightly. "Did we have the same dream?"
"Were we having a snow fight?" Dennis asked.
Luna nodded.
"Was Nightmare Moon there?"
She nodded.
"Were we hugging constantly?"
Luna smiled and nodded again.
"Then yes, we had the same dream." Dennis said hugging her tighter. "I love you so much Luna."
"I love you too Dad."
Dennis looked at Celestia and Cadence. He reached over a shook them lightly.
"Psst, hey, girls, wake up." He whispered.
They woke up and looked at Dennis.
"What?" Celestia asked.
Dennis pulled all of them in for a tight embrace. "I love you, ALL of you, so much. And I never want to leave you. I want you to know that."
They all hugged him tightly. "We love you too!" They shouted.
Dennis smiled.
I know...
I know...