Alucard’s mind drifted. It was dark, but he could tell he was in an ocean. Ripples marred its otherwise glassy surface. It was black all around him, but he could clearly see himself. The trail he usually gave off was much more powerful, and blue energy swirled around his hands when he looked down at them.
A presence made itself known. The moon appeared above him, large and beautiful. It was different than the one he knew from before he had slumbered in the earth for all those millennia. It was bigger, and the craters in its surface formed a unicorn’s head.
From the mare’s eye came a speck, falling like a tear, and it dropped down toward him. It sped like a comet headed straight for him. He observed it taking shape, and when the glow surrounding it died down, he could clearly make out who it was.
Princess Luna looked resplendent before him, her starry mane moving like water around her head. She lowered herself toward the earth, not realizing that it wasn't there.
Her hooves sank into the ocean underneath her, and shock washed over her face. She flapped her wings to get out of it, but it seemed to be pulling her in. Hands made of the viscous liquid that Alucard was standing in without problem grasped and clawed at her, and began to drag her under.
Once she was buried in it up to her chin, he addressed her. “Princess Luna, what are you doing here?”
“Get me out of here! Unhand me at once!” The more she thrashed the further she went under. Soon she was spitting it out, and sputtering.
“Calm down, Princess. Have some decorum.” At his cold words, she grew quiet and still and began rising back out of it.
“What is this stuff, Alucard? It doesn't taste like water.” She was standing in it like him now, and it was clinging to her fur like glue but was slick and slimy.
“That's because it isn't.” He said nothing else, and didn't answer her. He knew that if he told the truth, she would become horrified and panicky. “Now, I ask again. What are you doing in my dream?”
“I am Princess of the Night, and my domain is the stars and all who sleep under them.” She said pridefully. She tried to adopt a regal pose, but it didn't work as well when you had to crane your neck upwards instead of looking down at them.
“That may be true, but it is not night and there are no stars. I am sleeping during the daytime.” At his words, she looked away quickly.
“W-Well… That is to say…” Luna struggled to come up with an answer that didn't admit that she was spying on him. Most ponies didn't even realize she was there when she wandered through their dreams, and being caught so quickly and utterly left her flustered. “I… was simply making sure you weren't having a nightmare! It is one of my duties as Princess.”
Alucard hummed, not buying it for a second. But he would let her be for the time being. If she wanted to wade through his mind, he wouldn't stop her. She had done it once before when they first met, and when they touched mentally, he had detected not a single trace of malice in her. Perhaps she had made a good impression?
Or maybe, just maybe, he wanted to see how long she could take it in his head. A more sinister part of him wanted to see if she figured out what she was covered with and standing up to the ankle in, and what her reaction would be.
He sank down into the ocean suddenly, and started floating peacefully in it. His hair spread out behind his head like a fan. “As you can see, this is not a nightmare. I am quite at peace.”
“Yes… I can see that…” She was looking at the ocean beneath her, trying to puzzle it out.
Alucard could almost hear those dusty wheels creaking in her head as they turned. He stared up at the moon and saw a slithering figure shoot across it? ‘What was that?’ He thought curiously. Luna heard his thought and looked up at the moon, herself.
“What was what? We are alone here unless you are dreaming of somepony else.”
Alucard was silent, already dismissing what he had seen as his mind playing tricks on him. Being aware that he was dreaming meant nothing. A dream was a dream. Things happened without reason here.
He looked toward Luna, and could see that she was starting to shake. “W-What are you looking at?”
“You do not seem comfortable here.” He spoke calmly. His eye was drawn behind her head. He could make out another speck, red this time. It was drawing steadily closer.
“I-I am… F-Fine!” She yelled irately at him. Her mind felt distorted, like it was being pulled at the same way her body had been. The physical body she had left behind in her room was growing farther and farther away. ‘What is happening?’ She thought in fear.
Alucard huffed slightly, realizing his fun was over. That was quick. “My mind is not the place for you. We are too different. If you stay here much longer… Let us say only that you will regret it.”
He could clearly discern that the red speck was humanoid now, but he could make out who it was. Inside the swirling red energies was a burning white mass. It had the shape of a man but without a face, there was no way to tell who it could be.
He kept his eyes on the mysterious being who was getting very close now. “Go now, Luna! Before you lose the ability to leave!”
“There is no dream—that I can—not conquer!” She yelled, completely delirious. The figure drew up behind her, and Luna’s shaking suddenly turned to vibrating. Her whole body was blurring at the edges. She seemed to realize something was there and looked up.
The creature bent over her. Slits appeared on its face and opened up. Big, black eyes looked into hers. They were like a yawning void that beckoned her in. Alucard could not see what she was seeing. Whatever it was shocked her so bad, her mind abruptly disconnected from his. The strength of her passing jarred his sleep.
Alucard's body twitched awake under the ground. He arose from the earth like a zombie, and began wiping the dirt off himself.
Looking up at the sky, he could see it was now red. The sun was slowly setting, though he could not see the moon anywhere in the sky. Looking around, he spotted Twilight Sparkle staring up at him, a book was laying open on the grass in front of her. Spike was next to her, holding a handful of gems up to his mouth.
“Have a good nap?” Twilight asked quietly. Her eyes were wide, like she had been startled when he burst out of the ground.
Alucard was quiet for a moment, watching the sunset light up the sky. He ran through the events of his short dream. Luna appearing, a snake running across the moon, a mysterious figure, Luna bursting through one side of the wall of his mind and out the other…
“I do not know.”
“You don't know if it was a good one? Why not?” She asked with curiosity.
He did not answer her question, but asked one of his own. “Do you have a bath I could use?”
Twilight was predictably distracted by his subject change. “Oh, yes, of course. You ARE pretty dirty now…” She stood up and motioned with her hoof. “Follow me!”
Alucard took one last look at the sun, then walked after the small pony. 'How odd...'