I Land at the castle gates and the Royal Guards stop me, "State your business." The guard on the left says. Trotting into the light I smile and say, "I'm here to see the princesses."
The guards exchange a look with each other then turn back to me, "Sorry, 'Blaze' but we need some type of identification before we can let you in." the guard on the right says.
"Identification? Can't they tell from how look?"
"Remember that there are Changelings, plus Slipstream is still on the loose, so it's not totally strange for them to tighten their security."
"Well… how about this?" I extending my wings and concentrating my anger into them. Out the corner of my eyes I see that my wings are indeed on fire, looking to the guards I smirk, "This good enough?"
"I suppose that'll suffice. You may enter… just cool down will ya?" The guard on the right said, using their magic they open the door and allow me to enter.
"Bet you only wanted me to do that so you could tell me to cool down…” I mumbled, calming myself and making my flames disappear. I then look over my body to make sure nothing's changed… "Great… not only is my cutie mark black and red flames; but now they're moving… looks better like this actually." Pleased with my new cutie mark I trot into the castle and trot towards Luna's room, Celestia should be asleep right now and I haven't seen Luna in a while anyways…
After knocking on the huge Lunar double doors a soft yet commanding voice says, "Enter." Pushing the doors open I see
Luna laying down in her bed, but I also notice two other ponies in the room. One of them is a green Pegasus mare with green eyes and a soft light blue mane and tail. Her cutie mark is a small blue egg.
The other is an orange Unicorn colt with light blue eyes and a yellow and orange mane. His cutie mark is the Blink-182 logo.
Looking at them both I smile and open my mouth to speak, but I'm cut off by Luna, "Ahh Blaze, wonderful to see you. Let me introduce you to Lucinda." She points to the Pegasus mare, "And Solar." She then points to the Unicorn colt.
"Ahhh so this is the infamous Blaze I've heard so much about." Solar says, looking to me with a grin.
Again I open my mouth to speak but Lucinda cuts me off, "It is nice to finally meet you."
I wait a few seconds, looking over each of the ponies in the room, making sure none of them will interrupt me… "Ni-" is all I can say before Luna cuts me off, "Are you all right Blaze?"
Taking in a deep breath I walk over to the wall on my far right, put my front hooves on it to steady myself, then proceed to slam my head into the wall a few times… When I'm done there are some nice cracks in the wall. Satisfied I turn back around and say, "Yes I'm fine, and its very nice to meet you both and see you again Luna."
Both Solar and Lucinda are shocked by what I just did, while Luna simply giggles, "Yes it is very nice to see you as well… so to what do I owe this visit? I'm sure you did not come here to just chat."
"Well, it's actually about Slipstream." I reply, not wasting any time.
"Yes… my sister has told me that he has returned… but what of it?"
"Well, MY sister, Sally, has given me some very valuable information about him… and I expect to get more soon."
“Actually she didn’t cause you got cut off, then you came up with a brilliant deduction and decided to come here to tell the princesses about.”
"That's beside the point."
"That IS the point."
"You have a sister? And what does she have to do with Slipstream?" Luna shouts, rising up in her bed.
"I have a sister?" I pondered the thought for a while before nodding, "Yes I have a sister, and let's just say that she’s… a 'special' kind of human, and leave it at that."
She stared me in the eyes for a moment, but eventually stopped and sat down. "Very well. how do you expect to retrieve this information from her?"
"Through my dreams, it's the only way I can talk to her."
"Dreams? You can control them?" Lucinda says excitedly.
"Yeah… back on Earth it was called Lucid Dreaming, and I happen to be able to control them very well."
"Interesting… Well, I am a 'Lucid Dreamer' myself. Princess, do you mind if I tell him the story?" Lucinda says to Luna.
"Not at all." Luna replies, smiling.
"Excellent. Well, to tell you the story, I must first tell you what I am." Lucinda says, I can see a smile form across her lips.
"This may take a while… pop a squat."
"Unable to squat efficiently due to obvious circumstances…"
"Then sit."
Obeying myself I sit down and listen to her story. "I am the 7th element… the Element of Dreams." She stated, waiting to see my reaction.
Clapping… clopping? Yeah, clopping my hooves together I mouth the word, "Awesome…"
I can tell she wasn't expecting this, "You aren't surprised?"
"I am shocked, but not to the point where I would spit out my juice or anything…" when I was finished I picked up my juice and, "The buck did this come from? Not questioning it." And chugged it. After setting down the glass I look to Lucinda, still interested in her story. "Well, how come I haven't seen you around?" I asked her.
"Well… I've been on my honeymoon with Solar." She replied, blushing. And Solar in turn looked away for a moment.
"What!? You two are married?" I asked, after recovering from the news.
"Yeah." Solar replied after turning back towards me.
"I-I see… So… uhm, how did you find out that you were the 7th element?" I asked trying to change the subject… them being married made me think about how Dashie would react if I… proposed to her.
"Well, one day I… accidentally went into Luna's dreams and I saw how she really acts…" She said, slightly stuttering.
"Wow that's pretty cool… yet a little embarrassing." I chuckled.
"Oh it wasn't that bad… we were just surprised. After all… nopony has been able to travel into our dreams before. Not even Tia." Luna replied.
"Well at least now you don't have to hide your true nature around her… Anyways, I just came to tell you about Slipstream, well all the information I have on him… and since he's working with my sister we can expect an attack soon if he truly is after revenge."
"Very well, I will let my sister know."
"All right, thanks… oh, Solar and Lucinda it was great to meet you both." I said, getting up and trotting over towards the window.
"Likewise." Solar replied.
"It was great to meet you as well. Tell the other elements I said hello." Lucinda replied.
"Will do." I saluted, opening the window and taking off.
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Lucinda's POV
Blaze just opened the window and flew off… "Why didn't he just use the door?"
"Because he loves to fly… that may also be why he's dating Rainbow Dash." Luna answered me.
"Ahhh, well that makes sense… He must be really fast though if Dash is crazy about him."
"Why not ask him for a race Luci? I'm sure he wouldn't mind." Solar commented.
"Hmmm…. I may just do that." I smiled, loving the idea of a nice race.
"Yes but you will have to wait until after Slipstream has been dealt with… and speaking of him, I am going to tell Tia that we must be fully ready for any sort of surprise attack." Luna said, getting up and moving towards the door.
"I see… then we shall retire for the night. It was good to see you again Teacher." I said, following Luna out the door.
Solar gave her a smile, "Yes, it was great to see you again."
"Indeed, until next time." And with that she turned down the hall to go to Celestia's room, while I went the opposite way, with
Solar, to go to bed. But I couldn't get the things that Blaze had said out of my head… "He can control his dreams… I wonder if I should… yes, I think I will since curiosity has gotten the better of me."
"Stop thinking about going into Blaze's dreams Luci." I heard Solar say behind me.
"What? Moi? I would never!" I replied, obviously lying.
"And I know when you're lying."
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Blaze's POV
"I love flying!" I shouted into the night, I always felt free, whenever I flew, and tonight was no exception. The cool night air blowing through my mane, the soft moon light illuminating the clouds and making them sparkle…
Lost in the tranquility of the night I almost passed the house. Quickly landing I fold my wings and open the door slowly and quietly, making sure not to wake the sleeping mares… "Hopefully sleeping." I mumbled to myself. Trotting quietly inside I go up the stairs and notice that Dash's bedroom door is still open.
Moving towards it I lean my head inside to look… "I hope that they… HNNNGH!" and then everything went dark.
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~DreamWorld~
Yawning I walk to my bed and flop down, enjoying the comfort of the bed… "Wait… this isn't real is it?"
"Aww man… how do you keep figuring it out?" I heard Sally say from somewhere behind me.
"Not only does the bed smell like heaven… but every time I close my eyes I see a trollface… plus I'm a human." I replied, sitting up and letting my legs hang off the now very high bed.
"Oh… guess I was having a little too much fun." She giggled…
"So, two questions… One: did you get the TV and monitor. And B: who are you getting the information for?"
"Yes I did… and you already know who it is."
"All righty then… do you know when he's going to attack?"
"Yes, but I'm not telling you. I want to see the look on your face when it happens…"
"Yeah, I thought you would… Anyways, I'm gonna get going, Dashie should-"
"Blaze you all right?" I hear Dashie say on que.
"Ok I thought she'd be yelling… oh well, thanks for the info Sally." I said, materializing a door and walking through it.
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~Equestria~
Sighing I say, "Warn a guy next time you two want to look adorable… I'm pretty sure I had a heart attack there…" opening my
eyes I look at a sleepy faced Scootaloo and a giggling Rainbow Dash…
"Why'd you pass out like that Blaze?" Scoots asked me and yawned.
"One word… Diabeetus…" I replied, moving myself into a standing position. "Dash I'll tell you what Luna said in the morning with everypony else… right now however I need to have a long discussion with my girlfriend."
"Wait, isn't girlfriend the same as Marefriend? And isn't Rainbow Dash your Marefriend?" Scoots asked me, slightly confused.
Looking down at her I smiled, "Yes she is, but my girlfriend is that bed over there." I replied, pointing to Dash's bed and flying as fast as I can into it, "I missed you so much… promise to never leave me again!" and I began kissing the bed.
"Is he always like this?" I heard Scoots say.
"Always… but as long as he doesn't take it too far, it's ok."
"Ok I'm done and I'm going to sleep…" I yawned…
"Yeah, come on Scoots, let's go back to sleep…" I heard Dash say.
Diving under the covers I crawl to the edge, lift it up, and motion for them to come to bed. But my eyes get fixated on Scoots… she fell asleep… and she has her flank up in the air… "Diabeetus…" I mumbled, and receded back under the covers.
After a few seconds Dash climbed in with me and placed a sleeping Scootalo between us. "Night you two…" I yawned again, feeling my eyes get heavy.
"Night…" Dash replied, and immediately passed out, "Wish I could do that…" after a while of fidgeting I finally doze off.