These Dreams

by lorettafox


Chapter 2

BAM!

Twilight bolted up from her bed when she heard something sound like they had fallen. It was about the middle of the night and Twilight quickly galloped downstairs to see what had fallen.

She reached downstairs and realized that a book had merely fallen from the shelf. She relaxed, thinking it could have been some breakable so some kind. She used her magic to pick up the book from the ground and brought it over to herself. The title on the book quickly woke her up. The book in question was titled My Love In Stone. She shook her head and decided to put the book back, it was just a coincidence that one book fell off the shelves.

Twilight returned back upstairs to return to bed when she got eye of something in her pillow. It looked like a pair of green sunglasses. She suddenly realized that she had seen Discord wear these glasses once, in a dream of her's. But how did these glasses get here? Maybe Spike found them somewhere and got it for her? Twilight glanced over at Spike, who was snoring away in his bed. It couldn't have been Spike, he looks knocked out completely. Then where did these glasses come from? Twilight set the glasses on her nightside table and got into bed and quickly went back to sleep.

Twilight reappeared in her dreams, but this time, she was at a beach, wearing a ocean blue, one-piece swimsuit on herself. Twilight did like the suit her imagination gave herself, but she had to find Discord...again.

"Discord, why do I have to find you when I fall asleep and not the other way around?" she said annoyed.

"What's wrong with a simple game of hide and seek, hmm?" his voice sang out.

"Discord, we're on a beach! There's not really any place we can hide."

Discord appeared before her wearing his giant red sunglasses upon his head. "Do you always have to be so logical Twilight? Can't you just be a little more fun than that?" he asked her.

"I am fun! I just pointing out the logical part of your hide and seek game and why it wouldn't work to well on a beach. The game would work better in an ocean's coral reef, where there are plenty of places to hide, that is, if you were small as a fish." she giggled slightly.

"You're full of ideas aren't you, Twilight?" he asked.

"Full of ideas? What the hay are you talking about?" she asked when she saw a flash and saw that she had been transported underneath the ocean, nearby a coral reef. She also realized she could breathe as well, but since this was her dream, it really didn't exactly matter. "Oh, that idea. What are we supposed to do under the sea?"

"Oh we could so many th-"

Twilight shot open her eyes to the sunlit room. She looked around in panic seeing what had woken her up so rudely. She saw Spike running towards her.

"Twilight! The princesses are here!" he yelled.

"What?" she panicked. "Why are they here for?"

"Celestia said she needed to check on you after the whole Discord thing that happened yesterday. She says you got hypnotized while in Canterlot!" he panicked.

"Spike, calm down. Let me see what the princesses want, ok?" Twilight said with a calm smile.

Twilight headed down the stairs to see the princesses had indeed showed up. Even her brother showed up as well! Twilight descended the last stair and warmly greeted them all and asked why they were all here.

"You were under a very powerful spell that Discord placed upon you. I wanted to make sure you were alright." Celestia smiled when she took notice of Twilight's body. "It seems he gave you a pair of pegasus wings as well."

"He gave you wings, Twilly?" her brother, Shining Armor, said in shock.

Twilight glanced at her back to see the wings he had given her still existed on herself. She swore that they would have disappeared when he was turned back to stone yesterday, but there they stood on her, clear as Celestia's sun.

"I guess he did. It must have happened when I was under his spell." said Twilight. "I really don't remember what happened with Discord exactly, but the others told me what happened."

"Are you feeling ok, Twilight Sparkle?" Luna asked her.

"I'm feeling ok, Princess Luna. I'm just a bit sleepily since Spike just slammed the door open so loudly." Twilight said as she rubbed her eye with her hoof.

"You sure you're alright, Twilight?" asked Princess Cadence. "Do you want me to stay with you awhile just to be sure his spell doesn't have any effects on you?"

"Well, the only affect his spell on me is that it just made me more tried than I usually am is all. I think I should spend some time today recovering on some sleep." said Twilight.

"Maybe I should stay with you, Twilight. I could be your foal sitter once more." Cadence laughed.

"That's alright, Cadence. I'm just tried is all. I just need some more sleep and I'll be fine, really." Twilight argued sleepily.

"Maybe it is a good idea for Cadence to stay with you, Twilight." said Celestia. "I know Discord's powers didn't have any after effects on your friends when he first was released, but on a pony with as much magic as you, your magic and traces of his might cause an effect."

"How so, Princess?" asked Shining Armor.

"It happened to me. After I was released from his power over a thousand years ago, I shortly caused short bursts of chaos for a few days, but it did fade away. If Cadence is there by Twilight and something should happen, she can contact me immediately." said Celestia. "This is for your own safety, Twilight. I just to make sure nothing happens."

"I understand, Princess Celestia. If this is what you want, who am I to question you?" spoke Twilight.

"I'm glad you understand, Twilight." Celestia smiled. "Let us go and let Twilight get some sleep. Cadence, make sure nothing happens to her, ok?" asked Celestia.

"I'll make sure she's ok, Tia. She's in safe hoofs." Cadence smiled.

"We'll come back later to see how you both are doing." Celestia spoke as she, Luna, and Shining Armor disappeared in a bright flash of light.

"You should really get back to bed, Twilight. You look like you're going to pass out any moment now.' said Cadence as she lifted the purple alicorn with her magic. "I'll send you off to dreamland." she smiled as she carried Twilight to her bed.

They reached Twilight's bedroom and Cadence placed Twilight back into her bed. She even was kind enough to tuck Twilight under her covers.

"Thanks for foal sitting me again." Twilight smiled.

"It's no problem, Twilight. You were my favorite foal and now you're my favorite mare." Cadence smiled. "Now, you should go back to sleep. I'll still be here whenever you decide to wake back up."

"Good night then." Twilight said.

"Good morning." Cadence laughed as she conquered up a tiny heart that touched Twilight, giving her the feeling of love.

Twilight closed her eyes as Cadence left the room and went to read some books downstairs. Twilight took a moment to close her eyes as she watched Cadence to leave the room. When she was completely gone, Twilight closed her eyes and quickly drifted off.

She opened her eyes once more and was back under the ocean with Discord giving her a look of worry.

"What happened?" he asked.

"Spike scared me awake. Now Princess Cadence is here foal sitting me to make sure your supposed hypnotic spell doesn't have any after effects on me." she spoke.

"Princess Cadence? I'm not sure I've met that princess."

"She's Celestia's niece. She married my brother recently. I sang at their reception."

"You sang?" Discord said, stunned.

"Yes I sang and I'll have you know I have an excellent voice, thank you. I sang the song called Love Is In Bloom."

"Interesting." he chuckled. "I believe we were talking about that there are many things we could do any the ocean."

"Like what exactly?" she said mockingly when suddenly, the scenery changed into a dark, misty forest. "Discord, what did you do?"

"I haven't done anything at all. You must have changed it."

"That's strange. I don't remember wanting to change it from an ocean to a forest. What is going on here?" Twilight asked.

"Twilight, where are you?" asked a voice.

"Whose there? Who is calling my name?" Twilight yelled.

"It's me, Twilight!" yelled the voice. "I'm just through the clearing!"

Twilight ran through the clearing just to find out who the voice belonged to. She stopped when she saw the pony whose voice was talking to her, but it wasn't no normal pony, it was Nightmare Moon!

"Nightmare Moon? Get out of my dreams! Get out!" Twilight screamed. "Get out!"

"Twilight Sparkle, I have a message for you and I intend to deliver it." said Nightmare Moon.

"What message?" Twilight asked curiously.

"It's a riddle from a very powerful pony who knows how to free Discord from his stone prison again and won't go back to stone if the Elements are used again." Nightmare Moon cleared her throat and delivered the riddle.

"One that dreams of him day and night She misses him with all her might Stone can be reserved and crumble If she allows her voice to rumble."

"What does that even mean?" Twilight asked.

"You must figure that out for yourself, Twilight Sparkle. Discord may know the answer, but he cannot tell you for if he gives you the answer, he can't ever be freed by anypony."

"But why did he allow himself to turn to stone in the first place?" Twilight screamed.

"That answer you will also find out in due time, Twilight Sparkle. But now, you must wake up if you wish to free Discord permanently." Nightmare said.

"What good will waking up do if I simply wake up? I have no idea where to start on figuring out your riddle!" Twilight just then realized that Discord had vanished when she ran to Nightmare Moon. "Discord? Discord? Where are you?"

"He will be back in your next dream, Twilight Sparkle. My messenger has told me to tell you that they have left an object to help you start on your way to free Discord. If you want to help free the pony you care for, you must wake up, Twilight Sparkle. Good luck and may the odds be in your favor."

Her dream started to blur around her as she was starting to wake up. Twilight opened her eyes and looked at the clock that was in her room. It was 2pm. She really must have been tired, or she didn't want to leave her dreams. Twilight glanced at her nightstand and saw that next to her new green sunglasses laid a book titled, "Love's Melody."

Twilight opened the book and began reading it, hoping that the book would help her solve the riddle she heard.