"In these dreams..." Twilight Sparkle spoke before she fell fast asleep in Pinkie Pie's bedroom.
Twilight opened her eyes and saw that she was in the dark. It wasn't pitch black so she was able to see where she was. She saw black blobs in the darkness. She stared at the blobs for a moment before she realized that the blobs were simply trees. She must have be in a forest of some kind.
Deciding that she was sick of standing in the dark, Twilight used her horn as her own personal flashlight. The forest lit up, causing Twilight to notice that it was also very misty here.
"How odd, I wonder why I'm dreaming that I'm in a dark, misty forest?" she asked since she knew how to lucid dream after reading a book about dreams a few weeks ago. "What the hay am I wearing?"
Twilight looked down to notice she was wearing a simple white dress and nothing more. That was unusual, why was she dreaming herself in white as well?
"I can't stay here in this stupid forest. I have to find him! I rather him be in my dreams than nothing at all!" she cried out as as started to gallop ahead at full speed.
Twilight galloped through the many trees, not crashing into any of them since her horn lit the way. She went around one tree and turned right at another. She kept on running until she stopped next to another tree, exhausted from running through this forest. It was completely useless to keep on running through here. There seemed to be no way out of this endless forest. She flopped down against a tree and panted heavily.
She finally caught her breath as she laid comfortably against the tree. She put her hoofs against the tree when she felt something hard. Rock hard. Trees weren't rock hard, not even in her dreams! Twilight got up from where she was sitting and looked at the thing she had sat next to. Oh Celestia! It was Discord's statue!
"Discord! Hold on, I'll free you!" the alicorn screamed.
Twilight's horn glowed it's usual purple as the statue glowed the same color. Cracking noises began coming from the statue as it indeed began cracking everywhere. Twilight increased her magic output so he would be free faster. The spell did break the statue completely now, it laid as a bunch of rubble at her hoofs. She saw Discord standing before her, with a smile on his face.
"Oh interesting that I'm still a statue when you first fall asleep after what happened." he laughed. "I could have gotten out of that anyways."
"Dizzy, why?" Twilight asked, on the verge of tears now.
"Why what, my dear?" he questioned back.
"Why didn't you try to escape from the Elements? You could have easily poofed yourself away! Why didn't you flee while you could?" Twilight asked, sadness very obvious in her voice.
"I can't tell you why, my dear." he stated simply.
"W-Why?" she cried out. "I thought you wanted to be with me. I thought we were gonna be together and create chaos together. But now, without you there, there won't be any cotton candy clouds or any chocolate rain."
"I know you're hurt, Twilight, but I want to promise you something."
"What is that?" she asked sadly.
"No matter what happens in reality, whenever you dream, I'll be here. No matter what." he said with an assuring smile.
"I just might end up sleeping more just to see you. I don't want to leave you." Twilight said as she thought of her friends. "I wish my friends would have understood. I wish it couldn't have ended this way."
"Twilight, you must look on the brighter side!" Discord laughed happily.
"What brighter side? You've been turned into stone! Stone!" she yelled through her tears.
"That this isn't the end, it's a new beginning. The beginning of another story!" he smiled.
"What story? It'll be a pretty boring one if nothing happens in reality."
"Who says it has to be reality? What about your dreams, hmm? We can do so many things here to you, know. We are control of everything, after all." smiled Discord. "This dark forest is starting to bore me. We need someplace that is more, exciting. But where could we possibly go to?"
Twilight wiped the tears from her face. "H-How about we go to a snowy mountain top in a warm ski lodge?" she stated.
The surroundings changed before the pony and mismatched creature's eyes. The dark forest disappeared and instead turned into what Twilight had suggested, a warm ski lodge with a snowy mountain out the window. A fire was going in the fireplace that was on the opposite side of the lodge, it made Twilight feel happy, and at the same time, almost safe.
"Not bad imagination you got here, Twilight. It seems perfect a little too perfect for my taste." he said playfully as he snapped his fingers. A cotton candy storm appeared above them and lightly began raining chocolate milk rain. "That seems a bit better in my opinion."
Twilight couldn't help but laugh as she got pelted by chocolate rain. She hadn't been able to taste any while she was with him back in reality, maybe she could try some since she was in her dreams. Twilight tilted back her head and opened up her mouth with her tongue sticking out. Chocolate rain made their way into her throat. Twilight closed her mouth along with her eyes. The chocolate milk rain tasted so wonderful, even better than the chocolate milk she had drunk the other day at Sugarcube Corner. This is how she should always be. Completely happy.
Twilight tilted back her head into it's normal position and opened her eyes. She watched Discord snap his eagle claw fingers as he made the cotton candy storm disappear. He walked over to her and handed her a mug. She happily took the mug and looked into it. It was a cup of hot chocolate, with tiny little marshmallows floating on the top.
"Thanks so much Dis-" Twilight noticed that he disappeared in a flash. "Discord, what did you go?"
"Are you looking for me?" asked a small voice, sounding like his but oddly high and almost soothing. "Look down, my dear."
Twilight glanced down into her cup and her eyes opened as large of discs. He had turned himself into one of the marshmallows in her cup. She started to laugh.
"Why are you a marshmallow in my hot chocolate?" Twilight giggled.
"What?" he asked in the high voice. "I can't be a marshmallow in your chocolate? Afraid I'll cause something to your hot chocolate?"
"Knowing you, you most likely would do something to my hot chocolate." Twilight laughed.
"I have done anything. Much." he laughed in his normal voice.
Twilight sipped the hot chocolate, fully aware that marshmallow Discord was sitting happily in the cup. She quickly took notice that the chocolate didn't taste like it was supposed too, it tasted sweet, but a different sweet. Twilight pulled the cup away from her lips and looked into the cup again. Her drink was now pink! She looked closer at the liquid in the cup. She stared at it for a moment, when she realized what it was.
"Discord! You turned my drink into Cotton Blast?" she freaked. Cotton Blast was a drink that was meant to taste just like Cotton Candy. It was a popular item at Sugarcube Corner.
He let out another laugh. "I couldn't resist! It was too much of an opportunity." the marshmallow replied back.
"Dissy, get out of my drink. You a cute marshmallow and all, but I don't want my drink or it's contents to be able to talk back at me."
"Oh, alright." he said as he poofed out of her drink and right next to her, no longer a marshmallow.
Twilight took another sip of her drink, no longer tasting like Cotton Blast, but regular hot chocolate. She glanced down to see the drink had indeed turned back into hot chocolate. She smiled as she took another sip of it. She soon finished the drink and set the empty cup on the coffee table that was near her.
"That is something I needed." Twilight smiled.
"Twilight? Twilight?" a voice called out.
"What was that?" Twilight asked to Discord.
"It sounds like Pinkie Pie trying to wake you up. You probably should so she doesn't worry about you too much." he laughed.
"But, I'm having a wonderful time at the lodge here!" Twilight stated.
"Just see what Pinkie wants and then go home and go to sleep. We can continue our fun when you fall back asleep." smiled Discord.
Twilight gave him a sad smile. "Alright. You promise to be here when I fall back asleep?" Twilight want to make sure he didn't leave her in her dreams as well.
"Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." said Discord. "I did learn a few things from Pinkie Pie. Now go on and I'll wait for you."
"Alright then. Goodbye for now." said Twilight as she forced her real self to wake up to Pinkie's voice.
"Twilight? Are you waking up?" Pinkie Pie asked as Twilight sleepily opened her eyes to the pink pony. "Oh goody! You're awake!"
"What happened?" asked Twilight.
"You fell asleep here a few hours ago. I wanted to wake you up so you could get back to the library and get to bed in time." Pinkie smiled.
Twilight glanced at the clock. It was almost nine. Twilight thanked Pinkie for letting her sleep there for the last few hours. She quickly left Sugarcube Corner and transported herself back to her treehouse. She opened the wooden door to see Spike eating a blueberry muffin.
"There you are Twilight. How was Canterlot?" he asked.
"Nothing much really happened. I had an exhausting trip though. I'm gonna turn in now. Good night, Spike." Twilight said as she headed upstairs to her bedroom.
"Good night Twilight." Spike waved to her as he kept on eating his muffin.
Twilight got under her starry covers and fluffed her pillow. She lied down her head and close her eyes so she could go back to the ski lodge she had been before Pinkie had woken her up.
Twilight opened her eyes to see she was back at the ski lodge, but not inside it, but outside on the snowy mountain. She glanced around the area, seeing if she could find Discord.
"Discord! Discord! Where are you now?" she called out as she was answered by his trademark laugh. "I know you're there. I can here you laugh-"
SPLAT!
A snowball had made contact with Twilight's face and then it quickly fell to the ground. Twilight quickly made her own snowball and looked for the creature who she knew threw it. She turned around and saw him.
"There you are! You're gonna pay for throwing that snowball at me!" she yelled out.
"Oh, you mean this snowball?" he taunted as he magically made another one make contact with her face.
"Discord!" Using her magic, she threw the snowball at him, which hit a bull-eye's broad he conquered up in front of his chest. "I challenge you to a snowball fight!" Twilight laughed.
"A snowball fight against the spirit of chaos? Sounds fun." he said as he threw a snowball at her out of no where, this time being able to avoid it.
"Hah! You mis-" Twilight got pelted by another snowball mid-sentence. The snowball fell off her face as she saw Discord rolling in the snow, laughing at her.
"That was perfect!" he laughed.
Twilight used her magic and made several snowballs and began firing them at him. A few did miss, but most them did hit their intended target. The two went at it for an hour, until Twilight claimed defeat for she felt like she couldn't throw more snowballs at the god of chaos. She flopped herself into the snow and relaxed, noticing the snow didn't feel cold at all, just relaxing to her.
"And the winner is Discord, the spirit of disharmony and chaos!" he cheered as he flashed himself next to Twilight. "Ever want a rematch?"
"Maybe in another dream." she laughed. "I don't think I've had this much with you in my dreams for quite some time now."
"You need more chaos in you dreams, so I provided ir for you. We can't waste any opportunities to use chaos now!" he laughed.
"No we can't!" laughed the purple alicorn. "Where should we do now?"
"How about another change of scenery? I'm starting to get bored with this now dull ski lodge." he spoke as if truly bored.
Twilight simply laughed at him. "Maybe we could visit a beach?"
Discord smirked. "An excellent idea. I can create plenty of chaos there. You better make sure I don't find any crabs on the beach." he laugh evilly.
Twilight showed a look of horror. "You wouldn't actually do that to me, would you?"
Discord laughed once more. "Nah. It requires too much effort on my part anyways."
Twilight smiled. "I love you and your chaos, Discord."
"Me too, Twilight Sparkle." he smirked.
"What chaos have I caused?" she questioned.
"Your little doll." he laughed.
"Oh. That. Let's get to the beach now, shall we?" she smiled.
"Oh alright then. Be careful of me when we get there. I'm dying to try some new pranks." he laughed.
Back in reality, Twilight, still asleep, formed a smile and laughed quietly.