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// In Her Dreams 
// Story: Wish of a Princess 
// by Tales Trails 
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Trixie closed her eyes as Luna had shown her and began blocking out all other distractions. She was effectively putting herself in a trance.  She had never entered the dreamscape intentionally and had only rushed rudimentarily instruction before heading out in search of the changelings. She began to feel the world slipping away from her as she focused on one pony, Twilight.  The dry desert she lay on began to grow blades of grass transforming into a rolling meadow. She looked around her taking a deep breath and getting to her hooves.  The last time she truly dreamt she had been chased by changelings, but there seemed to be none in site. She looked to the left and right of the endless horizon until noticing a tree she swore wasn’t there seconds ago. The tree grew larger as she approached, much faster than her getting closer, she had only walked a distance of ten paces before the tree went from a tiny dot to the full sized library.  
The door opened without Trixie’s touch or magic and she walked across the threshold.  She smiled, if there was anyone who dreamed about libraries it would be Twilight.  “Faust? Luna? Is that you?” she heard Twilight call from the kitchen. 
Before she could speak the princess strode into the room a tea service held in her magic. “I was hoping for some company today,” the lavender mare said before looking up and dropping the tray to the floor. In two big flaps of her wing she launched herself across the room and tackled Trixie, she said nothing just showered the mare with kisses and tears of happiness. Trixie wrapped her forelegs around the princess and pulled her tight the same tears streaming form her. 
“I thought they killed you,” Twilight said. “You were so brave. When Luna told me you were alive I almost didn’t believe her. Where is she? I want to thank her for letting me see you.”
Twilight slowly backed up allowing her marefriend to climb back to her hooves and looking for her aunt.
“She’s not here she’s helping ready a rescue when we find you,” Trixie said. “I got here on my own.”
“You learned how to travel into other ponies dreams,” Twilight said astonished.  “I’m an alicorn and can’t even do that.” 
“I didn’t know I could either until I stumbled into a few one night and Luna found me,” Trixie said.  “This it the first time I did it intentionally.”
“That’s amazing! I told you that I could feel a lot of raw power in you,” Twilight said.
“I am Great and Powerful am I not,” Trixie chuckled. “Twilight are you all right?”
“Oh I’m fine. When I’m awake I with Chrysalis and when I’m a sleep I’m here,” Twilight said nonchalantly. “Do you like it it’s a gift from my Grandmother?”
“It’s very  nice,” Trixie said concerned with her response. “But from what Princess Luna said you were being tortured.”
“Oh, I am, its just when I’m here I don’t have to think about it,” Twilight said.“So, if Luna isn’t here and this is a dream and there is no Spike to worry about… how about we snuggle up on the couch.” 
“Twilight, we need to talk,” Trixie said trying not to be destracted by the princess nuzzling her and rubbing up against her flank. 
“We don’t,” she said slapping Trixie on her cutie mark causing her to yelp.
“Twilight, we need to talk. I’m with Applejack and Rainbow Dash in the desert and we’ve tracked the changelings to their hive,”  Trixie explained, “We need to see where you are so we can find you.”
“I’m in what could be call the throne room,” she said.
“I need to see it if I’m going to sneak in there and get to you before they have time to move you,” Trixie explained.
“You don’t,” Twilight said looking away. “You don’t need to see it. It’s a big room dark, filled with changelings.”
“Twilight, what are you hiding?” she asked.
“Nothing, really,” the princess avoided her lovers eyes. “I don’t want you to see me like this.”
“You need to show me,” she said.
“I’m sorry, I’m just in so much pain there,” Twilight said. “and here, there isn’t any.”
“You have to be strong,” Trixie said lifting Twilights chin. “It’s only a matter of hours until we get you.”
The library began to fade and a world of dark hard stone came into existence.  The walls were honeycombed with tunnels and ledges each with pairs of green eyes looking out from the dark.  Trixies skin began to crawl as she took in the surroundings. Her attention shifted from the changelings to the sound of a weak cough.  
“Twilight!” Trixie cried and dropped to the floor she reached out to wrap the pony in her forelegs hesitated. The princess looked sickly and emaciated as if all the life had been drained out of her, which it had repeatedly. 
“You see,” Twilight said her voice sounding equally as weak as her body. “I didn’t want you to know.”
Trixie couldn’t help but cry looking at what the changelings had done to her beautiful marefriend. “Don’t you worry, we are coming for you, you’re brother, AJ, Rainbow, Spike, Rarity, half the Equestrian guard, Luna, and one really pissed off sun goddess. We’ll be here soon.” 
“Should we wake her?” Rainbow said looking over at the pale blue mare whimpering in her sleep. 
“No,” Applejack said. “If we wake her we break her bond with Twi and we need her to describe where she is.”
“But she seems so sad,” Rainbow said honestly feeling bad for Trixie. 
“I know it seems wrong not to wake somepony up from a nightmare but she has to do it,” Applejack said as the two continued their watch over the sleeping mare.  
“When do we have to meet Spike and Rarity?” she asked.
“We’ll meet them in the morning. He’ll send up a puff of smoke to let us know where they are,” Applejack explained. 
“I just hope this crazy plan works,” Rainbow said looking out at the large hill protruding from the arid plane watching the countless numbers of black specks fly in and out of the entrance.