//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: Familiar Faces // Story: Eclipse // by TheNomad //------------------------------// The ever changing cobble stone road rippled at each hoof step. The pitch black sky could be seen through the towering pinewood trees. The grass along the sides of the path was a blood red. The world was that of fantasy, but that was a fact in many dream realms. The ever changing world of the dreamer. Princess Luna knew this fact very well. Truth be told Luna did get lonely in these endless worlds. Luckily though to night was different. "Luna, wait up!" Cried a voice from behind her. "What is wrong sister?" Luna replied. "This whole place feels wrong." "Tis but a dream, Tia." Celestia gave her sister a deadpanned expression. "I know that. It just feels like we're being watched." "That is because we are." The blue alicorn stated calmly. "What?" Celestia asked while looking over her shoulders. "The pony dreaming can 'see' us. We say 'see' in the same why thou would use hear under water. The pony's vision of us is muddy at best, they more than likely don't even relies we are real." "Ah I see, it's like when you see something in the corner of your eye. You know it's there you just don't pay it mind." "Yes, exactly." Luna said happily be for lighting her horn. "Are we done with this one already?" "There seem to be no nightmares so we must go. Most ponies don't enjoy someone else looking at their desires." And with that a nearby tree began to crack. A single crack formed straight down the middle of the tree, a blacken glow around it. "Why must we traverse it like this?" The white alicorn asked. "Like what?" The cracked tree began to rip open revealing a blacken abyss. "Last time the portal opened under us and we fell through the stars. It just feels all to random." "How would you rather we travel?" The void's outer edge had a slight white glow. "Just cast the spell and we teleport to a new pony's dream." "Sister, thou must understand that the realm of dreams is not as straight forward as the realm of the awake. The laws of magic hold almost no power here. One pony had a dream where gravity repelled instead of attracted. Thou can only imagine how strange it was. As well the portal into somepony's dream is a reflection of them self." A single golden ribbon floated out of the black portal, it waved to them to them as if in unfelt breeze. The golden ribbon stayed there, like how a rope looks when lowered through a hole. "I see. It still feels silly." The white princess huffed. Luna let out a small laugh at this. "Let us be on our way." Celestia smirked and simply stated. "Lets." The two sister's stepped through the portal. The only indication they where moving was blackened blues rushing past them. The single ribbon floated in between the two sisters, endlessly stretching down the blacken tunnel. Luna kept her eyes forward and her feet firmly planted as they moved. Celestia on the other hand looked down, only to see an endless nothingness. The only sign she was even standing on anything was the pressure she felt at her hooves and the lack of it when she lifted a hoof. "Sister, what is up with the ribbon?" Celestia asked her sister. "Like we said every portal represents the dreamer, but we did forget to talk about the 'ribbons'. These 'ribbons' are bacicaly the dreamers magic. It is how we enter our subjects minds." "Every creature have magic though, does that mean you can enter a Canine's mind? or a Minotaur's?" "Sadly no. We have tried, it seems we can only enter a creature of the same race." "Well, I'm sure the other races would be worried if they thought even their own minds were no longer safe for secrets." The White mare went quiet, but before her sister could get any ideas she spoke up again. "I didn't mean to sound like I wanted to probe the minds off foreign diplomats! I just was speaking from their point of view." "We understand, sister." The star maned alicorn reassured. Before Celestia could speak they were thrown forward. Both princesses being caught of guard fell the the ground. Both of them letting out unlady like screams. "Aghhh" Celestia groaned. "What happened?" "It seems we have reached our dreamer." Luna said as she got up. She looked out to the endless black rock that was the ground. A think fog hung over everything. The night sky didn't hold a single star in it. The moon could be seen through the fog. The moon itself was surrounded by the clouded night sky. Finally the most noticeable feature of the night sky was the unicorn face that sat on the moon. All around the sisters were blue robed ponies with a single crescent moon embroidered where their Cutie Mark would be. They walked around with no clear destination, some talked to each other in muffed conversation. The eldest alicorn walked over to one trying to see their face but was unable to, the face seeming to change too fast for her to take in any real features. Looking around she noticed all of the robed ponies were like this. Their genders and faces were unknown, their race however could be seen with some having horns or wings. "Luna, why are there so many robed ponies?" Celestia asked. "The mind always reverts to what is most familiar to them. Being ponies they know, their home, or a family pet." Luna replied as she began walking. "So does this pony know these ponies?" The elder sister asked as she walked next to her sister. "No, you would be able to see their faces then." "Ah, that would make sense." The white mare said looking at her sister. Luna was looking up at the moon she looked away and sighed. "Luna," Celestia said with a twinge of sadness. "You said ponies dream of what they believe to be familiar, right?" "Yes." "You've been gone for a thousand years so of course they would dream of your- the face on the moon." She finished with a smile. "Indeed, that doth make senses. Now let us find this dream so we know whether me must comfort them or not!" And with that ran blindly into an unknown world. A not but a few seconds later her sister followed. The sisters ran with each other. Something they could not do in the real world. To many judgmentally ponies that could tell the newspapers, or worse... the nobles! They ran, but soon they noticed something. "Luna! Can you see that! The moon?" "Yes sister, we can!" The moon's light was shining down in a small area in the distance. The sisters looked at each other, nodded, and took flight. They could feel the wind rush past them. With each flap of their wings they went faster. They went faster than they could every even to hope to achieve in the real world. In the manner of minutes the two alicorns could see what the moon's light was showing off. A dull dark blue mare could be seen surrounded by the robed ponies. The robed ponies were all chanting at the mare in a language that was not understandable to ether of the alicorns. The pony covered her eyes with her wings trying to talk back but couldn't as she choked back sobs. " T̡̜̝͖̮͔͈̲͓̠̣͎̳͚̻͕̑̿ͣ̈́̃̓̾̓̍̅͋͗̔ͪͦ̚̚͟͢͡h̢̏̈̈̉͊ͧ̐̽ͯ̉̽̄̿ͬ́ͮ̌̐̈͞͏̦̳͚̝̞̼̖̩̤e̷̸̙͔̥̞̻̩̫̞̳̹̊ͫ̾̅ͨͯ͑͂̈́̅ͦͤ̃̓͡͝͠ ̸̵̨̛̖̬̬͕̠͙̘̲̼̱͕͉̱̩͗͊ͪ͑̎̏͆̎͛̅̔̈ͤb̵̡̜̳͖͍̬̩͎̖͕̦͚̠̬̮̠̈̓ͦ̅ͫ̋ͨ͂ͣͬͧ̆ͣ̽͟ǫ̶̛̠̲͈̬̟̫͍̪̫̲̫̜̼͎̪̜̈̌ͣ͛̑͘ḑ͈̬̤̗̫̥̱͍̹̯̟͉̠͉͈̙̱̝ͦ͌̓͌̎ͬ͘y̐ͨ̓ͧ̃ͤ̃̑̌̀̊ͩͨ̚̕͠͏͏̢͉͔̳̲͇͉̥̠̹͎̘ ̵̵̨̨̖̙̙͈̼̺̻̝͌ͫ͒̑̏̾̍ͩ̀ͅoͧ͛͌ͧͥ͏̳͈̠͚͙͖̮̼̠̱̭͎̦̮̯̳͡ͅf̵̖̩̥͎͎͚͚͓̜͍͗́̌̈́̾͛̋̏́ ̛̺̳̦̰̰ͫͣ͆̾̄̂̾ͧ͌̂͛̈́͊̀ͨ̏͛̀́ņ̧̳̤̙̳̲̺̼̞̣̮̼̯̯̄ͩ̈́͂̎͌̃̊͆̄̑̈́̆͒͝ͅe̡̨͈̤͙̭͙̠̭͇͛͛̀ͬ̚͘͞ͅw̡̹̲͔͔ͥ̾͊̀̌͌̒̾̏ͬͭ́̚͘͟ ̸̸̵͚̞͖͎͕͍̥̠͉͉̄͛̐͛͗ͪͣͧ̂ͫw̵̷̠̗͚̰̺̟̬͔̼̳̰̭͕̱̥͎̄ͤ̆̓ͩ̉͐̈̒͘͘͜ͅi̫͖͔͇̊͗̀ͪͥ̐͂̂̈́͂̍́͝͠ͅl̴ͮͩ́̓̐͒̎ͫ̄ͪ̀̄̚̚҉̸̫͍̩̝̟̬̘̙͔͓̻̭̤͓̳̲͇̳͞ͅl͌͐ͬͥ͛̽ͤ̂ͮ͌̒̓ͦ͒̑͘͏̥̙̬̻̬̥̝̱͈̼͎̣͚̯͕̺̕͜ ͇̰̫̖͔̰̫̙̳̼͓̪͉̞̤͕̼͑ͯ͂̑ͤ̇̀b̴̧͚͖̜̩̹̳̖͍̄͆̆ͪ́͢ë̡̡̹̞̟̜͓̮̲͖̩̜̭͑͐̑̈̄̐̌̇̓̏ͫ̚ ̧̖͖̜̬̣̖͎͕͚͖̬̖͕̘̮͑͋̅ͧ̈́́̋̿̏͌ͦͬ͐ͬ̈͛͛̌͞f͉̻̫̟͔͚̿͊́͊ͯ̔ͦ̍́͠i̬͙̱̣̼͉̰̪̓̂̇ͧ̿ͤ̄ͮ̿͂ͮ͋ͩ͂͋̂̇́͘͢͝l̵͕͎̹̥̠̘͇͉̖͇͙͍ͤ́̃̇ͧ̏̎̊̓̈͋̑ͨ́̕͝͞ͅļ̶̶̝̰̣̱̙̯͖̙̟̠̰͍̘̦̽̈́̆̌ͪ̉͑ͨ͘̕ȩ̼̻͓͎̠̱͍̺̬̳͐ͭ͌̎̔̔ͪͩ͟d̸̴̢̺͓̰̞̝͎̻̭͕̗̣͓͙̲̟́̑̓͛͆ͬ͟͝ ̴́͑́̓͋̊̐ͯ͂͐̄̚͏̬̥̗͎̭̖̮͕̳͓̝̻͈̺͇w̶̶̬̯̙̻̺͍̹̘͈̞̅̅ͥ͐ͥͭ̒͐ͬͨ̃ͬ̆́ͧ̐͊̂̂́͡ìͨͨ̂ͫ͊͌̎̒̚͢͝͡͏̞͎̙̼̺t̷̸̖͓̦͖ͣ̏́ͩ̃ͮͥ̃ͭ͘͡ͅh̲̥͈̰̟̼̫̗̱̖̫̝̪̓͐ͬ̂̉̊̍͋̂̀̚͟͠ ̸̧̢̫͍̻͕̮̣̼̘̰̓ͤ̐̈͒̑̔ͮ͊̾ͭͧ͜͞ţ̸͕̺̥̥̥̜͓͙̫̥̥͎̮̪̼̯̟ͬ̓ͥͥͩͭͭ̕͜h̵ͧͫ͋̽ͮ͂͟͞͞͏͖̮̘̦̭̦̣̫͇̙͇͙͔̝ȩ̜̜̱̝̠̘̭̙̭̗̹̱͓̟̫͙͊̂ͥͭͬ̒ͭ̈́̉̔ͮͫ̀͡ ̨̛̠̩̰̬̱̟̳̝̘̣̩͕̣̳̟͇̖͎̭ͮ̏̿̽̄ͩ̆͑ͭ͒͗̅ͪ̋͢͠m̢ͤ̂͒ͣͨͣͧ̔͐̊ͤ͂ͫ̿҉̻̟͍͉i̵̪͔͉̣͓̤̱̻̦̬̰̩ͧ̈ͫ̆̏̍̓͊ͮ͆̋̓̏̋͂͌͐̕͝ͅn̷̢̡̰̙͔͙̺ͪ̉̆͆̅̂̐͂̍̿̈͐̒̉̂ͨ͋̎̐͜͞d̢̥̟̺͎̯͕̰̱͎̫̘̈́͒̅͗̀ͬ̂̐̓̈́̊̉ͩ͆̚͡͞ ̐ͥ͗̇̋͌̈́ͨ͂͌͛̃̎͋̀͏̣͚̗̻̟̟͕̲̼̩͙͔̯̥̪̀͢ͅō̵̧͕̖̯̬͚͔͕̞̍͋̊ͬ̾̉̊̈́̽͑̇ͩ̎̚ͅf̴̸̡̧̣̱̲͍͉̭͓͚̹̤̜̎͐͒ͤ̾ͥͧ͌̾ͨ͌̎ͣ̍̆͋̑̚͢ ͬ̎͗̈̒̄̈̚҉̵͖̱̫͇̠̭͈̼̩̤͕̥̘̩͖̱o̶͚̦̼͉̝̫̫͎͙̪̬̠̙̽̽ͭ̽̂̀̀͝l̡̗͕̰̦̤̿̋ͬ́͊ͩ̄ͨ̍ͨ̃̋̂͛͝ď̢͕̞̝̘͙͈̣̠͔̪͇͓̗̻̖̤͈͊̃̅̃ͦͬ̇̄͐ͥ͆̇ͪ̓͘.̧̞͚̰̜͍̞̳͔̟̦͔͚͔̠̲̟̫͆̒͛͒̃ͫ̈̓ͭ̀̿ͭ̉͊ͬ̚̕͢͡ͅ " The robed ponies chanted. "Please, just leave me alone!" The blue mare cried. " F̷̧̨̱̤͓̜̲̟͈̹̪͇̩̩̗̌̆̂ͩ͐͛ͅơ̡͓͚̖̼͍͙̲̎̅ͦͫͨ̽͆ͬ̅́̃̍̾͋ͦ̂ͥ̕͟͟ṙ͍̻̼̗̰͓̩̲͚̠͙̬̻͓͖͍͔ͣ̂͋͒ͣ̍̍̀͛́͞ ̷̧͎͎̣̜̦̖ͥ̎ͫͯ͋ͦ͛ͮ̇͛ͨͪ͟yͧ̆̊̆҉̢̛͉̣̜̗͟oͦͣͦ̐ͣ̅͂̅ͮ̐̈ͭ̆̊͆͜҉̴̲͙̬̦̤̺͜u͛ͩͫͩͮ͒ͦ̾ͩ͊ͨ͐̑̃̍͛̚͏̹̝̙̗̜̭̹͇̰͖͚͓̻̖̠̪̻̝̝͝ ̨̤̪͔̠ͥ̉͌̄͒ͪ̐͌ͨ̎̿͜w̴̨̝̫̰̯͖̓ͮ̆͗̇͌ͭ̓͟i͒ͧͦ͛́̓̾̌ͫ͑҉̙͍͚̲̜̻̠̜̤̞͜ḽ̶̰̰͓͔̩̠̪͙̺̱̱̥̳̼̙͊͛͊ͣ̅l̛̩̰͙̳͚ͥ̒ͬ̆͋͐̑̏ͦ́͞ ̸̲̞̫̲̗̗͓̬̹͖̲͙͚̫͈̄͂ͣ̓͟ś̶̛̯͓̩̮̻̘̱͍̗̲͇̣̯̺̟̟̐ͦ̃̿̌̆̒͆̚͞͝ḁ̵̢̬̱̝̺͎̙̖̩͕̗̩̤͇̩̹̞̰̔ͩ̍̍̋ͬͫ͂̓ͨ̑͌̈́͋̿ͮ̂͂͝ͅv̟̫̜̥̙͚͇͇̮͍͎̫̮̘ͤ̊ͥͪ̏͑ͪͪͩͯͦ̀͡e̗̱̪̱͈̻̬͎͍̯̱̘̐͛̒ͬ̈ͨ̀͠ ̸̵̛͈̳͔̠̬̣̥͕͙̗̝̖̦̜ͥ̋̽̆̅ͦ̉ͦ̒̊ͤ̃̍̓͡u̵̢̪͇͉̤̲͙̩̰̦͓̣̣ͤ͑ͭͦ̎ͭͫ̈́̽ͩs̹̭̞̺̰̝̭̫̳̦̦̖̹̉̑͋́̋ͬ̓̋͝.̷̷̨͓̼͎͔͉̺̹̰̲ͥ̎̇̀̐͡͠ͅ " The robed ponies began to circle the mare. " Y̖̝̝̺̘̩͕̹̩̣͎͉͉̲̣̦̺͐͐̋̂͌͑ͦͮ̒̑̔́͊̏ͮͯ̓̃̀͞o͙̣̬͈̜̮͚̹̼̘̠̙̰͚̼ͫͬͧ͗̾̓ͮ̐ͣ̓͗̕͞ŭ̴̵̥̱̬͈̠̈́̿̄ͣ̕̕ ̵̸̰͓͎͍͗ͩ̌͑ͪͣͦͧ̆́̇̀͡͡w̶͌͛̓̆ͥ̎͑͑ͬ̅ͪ͋͠҉͏͏̝̜̻̮̯͕̺̳͚͖̯î͊̎͋ͫͬ͊̀̾͑ͮ̚҉̷̡̯̜̝̭̙͉̯̯͚̬͇̖͕̳̱̼͜͢l̛ͪ͋̓̈͒͗ͥ̐͛ͪ̈́ͫ̚͏̥͚̟̭̞̻̺̱l̵͇̠̲͉̦̉͌ͧͤ̑̿̀͠ ̧̱̞̭͕̩̟̃͛ͩ͋ͣͮ͜b̢̛ͦ̄̆ͨ͑̂͊̓̐̇̈̿͛̓͊͘҉̙̭͙̪͖̹̪̺͈̘̱͈͕͖r̷͖̖̬̦̣̯͖͔̥̼̣̣͎̘̙̖͖͙͙̆̌ͥ̋ͧ͆͋ͥ͊́̉ͨ̋̉ͦͦ̀̇̏̀́ȉ̷͕͉̬̱̺̖̻͔̘̗͚̣̺͈̜͚͖͔̃̑ͤ̓ͦ͗ͪ̅̏͑͛ͫ̑͜͡n̷͓̦̠̼̹̮͕ͨ̾̌͗̐̎̽̈́̅ͧͦ̄̋́̈́̕g̛̝̥̗̯͎̦̩̬͖̳̤̬̠̞̞̝̖̉̇̾̇̃ͬ͐̔̑̅̍͌̓ͮ̆̕͡ͅͅ ̶͑̽̌͗͂́ͭ̒͂͐͛̑ͣͦ̋͞͏̠͈̗͔͕̞͈̠͖̞͖͕̦̳͝ąͫͫ̃ͥ͋ͯ͆͒̄̎̓ͨ͛̔̏̏ͪͦ́҉̶̹̳̳̯̝̞͔͚̩̯͓͕͍̭͎̟͍̜͕n̆̅ͨ̐̄ͦ̾̂̎̋̒̿̔̌̓͋̃ͭ҉̸͢͏̜̼̙͎͇͖̪̤̱͇͙͝ ̡́̏́̏̋̊͂̄ͦ̑̎̍̈҉̲̪̱̪̥͖̠͈͔̩̫͖̗̮e̷̴̶̳͓̣̼̯̭͙̺͕͙̫͇̱̬̓ͥͪ͋̋͊ͦ̆͆̀͞nͯ̆̒̉ͪͤͧ̈ͥ̎̃̈̋ͬ͘҉̷̶̙͍̜̮̫̱ͅd̅̈̄̔͏͈̺̯̼̪̳̲̻̹ ̷̵̛͖̬͍̳̳̒ͮ̉̆ͤ̓̔ͥͥ̃̿̒̚͡͞t̡͉̖̞̪̲̹̱̖͂̿͑ͤ͑̓̊̌ͩ͛̀͒͆͛ͨ́͢ǫ̺̙̗͉͓̝͕̞͕̝͕̗̬͉ͯ͂̌͗ͪ̄ͦ͑͆̔̍ͩ̚͞͡ ̢͉͙̖̮̰͙̝̮̰̖͕̭̪̪̳̘̣̻͂̂̓̅͆͊̃ͦ̿̋͒̃͛̈͗ͩ̃̏̚̕͝ͅtͤ̓̽ͫ͋͏̵̪̻̗͇h̴̴̛̭̼̥͕͙̮̼̘̣̩̞̺͎̝̔͑̓̾ͅe̛̟̯̣̱̮̻̘̜̩̪̤̖̱̹̲̠̫̟̟ͤ̓ͥ͒ͮ͜͟͞͡ ̧̥̹̩̤͚̲͕͂͑͗̈́̃́͝ẗ̡̨̳͎͕̗͉̠͖̯̤̜̤̱̹̞̥̳͚́̓̿̚͢͢ͅy̸͍͖̲̖̭̱̍̎ͦ͌͐̏̊ͧ̀ͤͤ͊̿̋́͌ͦ̀r̶̜͓̫͇͎̦̺̣͋ͨ͛ͩ̐͘a̽͋ͩ̽̿̍̑̂̿̿̔̉͏̗̟͎̠͍̖͓̙͟n̵̷̜̮͎̯͇̯̙̰̟̻͍̙̗͇̭̰͈ͮͦ͑̑̊̾̃̃͌͛̐̍̈ͦͦ̅̇ͥ̚ͅt̩̼̤̣̲̞̲̹̠̜̥̝͉͕̜͚̻͙ͫ̅͋̈́̉̐̌͒ͥ̽͆ͩ̚͜ͅ!̶̶̪̣̙̗̟͉͓͖̳̙͍̝͇̱̦̤̩̀̐̓̔̆̂ͬ̾̅̀̏̆̌̓̾͜ ̴͔̝̻̗͍̼̬̮͙͓̙̩̅ͧ̉͛̌ͮ " They began to close in. " Y̖̝̝̺̘̩͕̹̩̣͎͉͉̲̣̦̺͐͐̋̂͌͑ͦͮ̒̑̔́͊̏ͮͯ̓̃̀͞o͙̣̬͈̜̮͚̹̼̘̠̙̰͚̼ͫͬͧ͗̾̓ͮ̐ͣ̓͗̕͞ŭ̴̵̥̱̬͈̠̈́̿̄ͣ̕̕ ̵̸̰͓͎͍͗ͩ̌͑ͪͣͦͧ̆́̇̀͡͡w̶͌͛̓̆ͥ̎͑͑ͬ̅ͪ͋͠҉͏͏̝̜̻̮̯͕̺̳͚͖̯î͊̎͋ͫͬ͊̀̾͑ͮ̚҉̷̡̯̜̝̭̙͉̯̯͚̬͇̖͕̳̱̼͜͢l̛ͪ͋̓̈͒͗ͥ̐͛ͪ̈́ͫ̚͏̥͚̟̭̞̻̺̱l̵͇̠̲͉̦̉͌ͧͤ̑̿̀͠ ̧̱̞̭͕̩̟̃͛ͩ͋ͣͮ͜b̢̛ͦ̄̆ͨ͑̂͊̓̐̇̈̿͛̓͊͘҉̙̭͙̪͖̹̪̺͈̘̱͈͕͖r̷͖̖̬̦̣̯͖͔̥̼̣̣͎̘̙̖͖͙͙̆̌ͥ̋ͧ͆͋ͥ͊́̉ͨ̋̉ͦͦ̀̇̏̀́ȉ̷͕͉̬̱̺̖̻͔̘̗͚̣̺͈̜͚͖͔̃̑ͤ̓ͦ͗ͪ̅̏͑͛ͫ̑͜͡n̷͓̦̠̼̹̮͕ͨ̾̌͗̐̎̽̈́̅ͧͦ̄̋́̈́̕g̛̝̥̗̯͎̦̩̬͖̳̤̬̠̞̞̝̖̉̇̾̇̃ͬ͐̔̑̅̍͌̓ͮ̆̕͡ͅͅ ̶͑̽̌͗͂́ͭ̒͂͐͛̑ͣͦ̋͞͏̠͈̗͔͕̞͈̠͖̞͖͕̦̳͝ąͫͫ̃ͥ͋ͯ͆͒̄̎̓ͨ͛̔̏̏ͪͦ́҉̶̹̳̳̯̝̞͔͚̩̯͓͕͍̭͎̟͍̜͕n̆̅ͨ̐̄ͦ̾̂̎̋̒̿̔̌̓͋̃ͭ҉̸͢͏̜̼̙͎͇͖̪̤̱͇͙͝ ̡́̏́̏̋̊͂̄ͦ̑̎̍̈҉̲̪̱̪̥͖̠͈͔̩̫͖̗̮e̷̴̶̳͓̣̼̯̭͙̺͕͙̫͇̱̬̓ͥͪ͋̋͊ͦ̆͆̀͞nͯ̆̒̉ͪͤͧ̈ͥ̎̃̈̋ͬ͘҉̷̶̙͍̜̮̫̱ͅd̅̈̄̔͏͈̺̯̼̪̳̲̻̹ ̷̵̛͖̬͍̳̳̒ͮ̉̆ͤ̓̔ͥͥ̃̿̒̚͡͞t̡͉̖̞̪̲̹̱̖͂̿͑ͤ͑̓̊̌ͩ͛̀͒͆͛ͨ́͢ǫ̺̙̗͉͓̝͕̞͕̝͕̗̬͉ͯ͂̌͗ͪ̄ͦ͑͆̔̍ͩ̚͞͡ ̢͉͙̖̮̰͙̝̮̰̖͕̭̪̪̳̘̣̻͂̂̓̅͆͊̃ͦ̿̋͒̃͛̈͗ͩ̃̏̚̕͝ͅtͤ̓̽ͫ͋͏̵̪̻̗͇h̴̴̛̭̼̥͕͙̮̼̘̣̩̞̺͎̝̔͑̓̾ͅe̛̟̯̣̱̮̻̘̜̩̪̤̖̱̹̲̠̫̟̟ͤ̓ͥ͒ͮ͜͟͞͡ ̧̥̹̩̤͚̲͕͂͑͗̈́̃́͝ẗ̡̨̳͎͕̗͉̠͖̯̤̜̤̱̹̞̥̳͚́̓̿̚͢͢ͅy̸͍͖̲̖̭̱̍̎ͦ͌͐̏̊ͧ̀ͤͤ͊̿̋́͌ͦ̀r̶̜͓̫͇͎̦̺̣͋ͨ͛ͩ̐͘a̽͋ͩ̽̿̍̑̂̿̿̔̉͏̗̟͎̠͍̖͓̙͟n̵̷̜̮͎̯͇̯̙̰̟̻͍̙̗͇̭̰͈ͮͦ͑̑̊̾̃̃͌͛̐̍̈ͦͦ̅̇ͥ̚ͅt̩̼̤̣̲̞̲̹̠̜̥̝͉͕̜͚̻͙ͫ̅͋̈́̉̐̌͒ͥ̽͆ͩ̚͜ͅ!̶̶̪̣̙̗̟͉͓͖̳̙͍̝͇̱̦̤̩̀̐̓̔̆̂ͬ̾̅̀̏̆̌̓̾͜ ̴͔̝̻̗͍̼̬̮͙͓̙̩̅ͧ̉͛̌ͮ " They yelled! Celestia looked on in horror as the mare could longer be seen as the robed ponies surrounded her. "Luna, we must help her!" Celestia turned to look at her only to see she was no longer by her side. Luna was already charging at the robed ponies: her horn alight and ready for battle. Time seemed to slow down as the pegasus whispered, "Please, someone anyone help me... please." and with those six words all hell broke loose. The sun shot up from the horizon, showering the black nightmare in it's golden embrace. The Black grass caught fire. Trees shot up from the fire like hundreds of hands reaching for the sky. The burning grass was nothing but ash and was swept away along with the fog in a powerful wind. The ash ridden wind shook the leaves on the trees that now dotted the landscape. Green grass grew in place of the once black grass. The mare shot out of the group of robed ponies with a surprisingly amount of speed, taking flight for the now blue skies. A robed unicorn with a golden trim on his robes yelled out. "G̹̖̭̙͉͊̑̈͢E̵͇͇̦̤̯͍̞͒̄̈́̊̈T̗̦͎͖̱̞̅ͬ̍ͨ̌͗ ͦ̇͝HͦͭĘ̗ͭR̿̓ͤ͋ͦ̓!̯͙̑̔͛ͣ!͚̬ͮͥ!̇ͯ̽͊ͣ̊ " Several pegasi took off after the mare. The mare tried to shake them off by weaving through the newly formed trees. The two alicorns seemed to speed back to their normal flight speed gaining on the robed pegasi with in a few minutes. Luna used her magic and sent a spell towards the nearest robed ponies. Much to Celestia's surprise and horror the pony that was shot scream in pain then fall to the ground with a sicking crack. "Luna! You killed him!" "Sister! Thou must remember they aren't real! Tis but an illusion magic, a dream! They are not real!" Luna yelled to her sister over the the sound of rushing wind. "It just feels too real." "Tis the illusion dreams sister. Now help us!" Celestia hesitated for a second, but only for a second and shot a bolt of magic at another robed ponies. One by one the robed ponies fell from the sky. Now all that was left was the mare that was flying for her life. "Slow down we're here to help!" Celestia called out. The mare if she did hear the Princess she didn't show it. She just kept flying. "I'm going to stun her!" The white princess told her sister. "What!" But it was too late as the blue mare was struck by the stunning spell. Her wings shakily tried keeping her aloft., but all she could do was fall. Using her her wings she guided her self. In the distance was a small lake, or a very large pond. 'I can make it... I must make... it!' She thought as she fought the stunning spell. If she fell she was dead. She glided to the pond and right before hitting it she couldn't help but think. 'It feels like this has happen before.' Then she couldn't breath. The young mare could feel water rush into her lungs, She tried to swim but her wings and legs refused hurt too much. Her cyan eyes stung as she was pulled under the water. She reached for the sky in some vane attempt it would help .She closed her eyes. She knew it was over. She couldn't fight any more. She gave up. A cyan object smashed through the water. The mare could feel a pair of hooves around her as she was forced out of the water. The hooves that were around her hurt. Her lungs hurt as she was dropped on the ground. She couldn't breath and the all she was beginning to see was darkness. Tears streamed down her face. "She an't breathin'!" "Does anypony here know C.P.R.?" "Don't look at me!" "I didn't read that book! I lived in Canterlot there wasn't a need too!" "What cha doin'?!" Then just before the world was engulfed in darkness the dark blue pegasus felt hooves press against her chest. Someone tilted her neck up and a pair of hooves began to push down firmly. "One, two, three, four, five- " She herd a beautiful voice say. With each word the hooves of her chest pushed. "-Fourteen, fifteen, sisxteen,-" With each press the pain in her chest rose. "Twenty eight, Twenty nine, Thirty!" The voice finished, she felt a pair of lips touch hers and her lungs were then forced full of air. With air and water in her lungs she was able to force the water out. She coughed and sputtered as much water out. She could final breath. "Dear, you know C.P.R.?" "Of course I do! But that doesn't mater right now we need to get her to the hospital! Now!" The other voices did as the first said. Then she heard a twinkle sound, then she screamed! The sound stopped and so did the pain. She took a deep breath as her vision began to clear. "I don't know what I did!" "Dash! Fly to the barn and git a wheel barrel. It should be to the right when ya walk in. Git your move on!" The four noises continued to talk. A new voice and a welcomed old one could be heard next to the wet mare. "Hey, Miss Bluely blue! Don't worry you'll be fine!" The voice was waving between joy, fear, crying and was coming from the pink blob that now took up half of her vision. Two blue orbs surrounded by white looked at her, and right under them was a wavering smile. "Fluttershy here saved your life! You'll" the pink sniffed "be fine!" "Hey... hey looked at me. I need you to stay awake." said that angelic voice, she painfully looked over at the yellow mass. This was Fluttershy the mare that saved her life. She tried to blink the remaining water out of her eyes so she could see the mare. She could just barely see her soft facial features. Her blue eyes had a sheen to them. "Don't worry you'll be okay, just look at me." 'Wait... the mare thought. I know this face... It's familiar... come to think of it, this is all familiar... I'm dreaming.' The world around the two sisters speed up as soon as the bolt of stun magic hit the dreamer. Then it went to a grinding halt and in the distance a black void started to eat at the landscape. "What's happening Luna?" "It seems the dreamer is waking up." The void was closing on them "But will happen to us?" "We shall be forced out of the dream and we will wake up along with the dreamer." The void was only a couple hundred feet away now. "We shall see you on the other side." They were engulfed. In Canterlot castle the two princesses woke up. They both looked at one another, Celestia began first. "Want to go again?" "Of course." and with that they both lied back down and with a spell from Luna they we off to the dream world. Ponville's hospital's staff on the other hand were alerted to a scream coming from their newest patient.