"Are you sure Princess? I'd like to think that Steven would have told us if he was having nightmares..." Twilight said, while Luna nodded in response.
"I am positive Twilight Sparkle, he has been having terrible nightmares that feature his friends..." Luna paused, inhaled sharply, and quickly finished. "Meeting their doom." Twilight's eyes widened at the very statement, having never thought of Steven's young and innocent mind being able to even consider such things.
"Really!? He has nightmares about the Gems... Dying? He's... He's just so... Good hearted, I never would have thought he was capable of thinking such things..." Rarity said, while Luna created a sphere before them.
"It is strange, I wish to help him, but something is preventing me from entering his mind and clearing away these foul dreams." Luna began. The orb began to glow, and they saw Steven standing near a tall cliff, while Amethyst pranced around the edge. "Almost as if they aren't natural, it seems like an outside force is causing them... Although it may invade his privacy, I believe that you should see these nightmares for yourselves..." Luna muttered.
Steven looked around, he recognized this place, and saw the lighthouse nearby. "The light house? That must mean I'm..." Steven started, but noticed Amethyst near the edge of the cliff, and it looked like someone had taken the fence down. "A-Amethyst! What happened to the fence?" Steven shouted, cupping his hands around his mouth to project the sound. Amethyst let out a loud laugh before looking to face Steven.
"Fence? You're crazy Steven! There hasn't been a fence here!" Amethyst shouted, and that's when Steven noticed the smokey tendrils of darkness lazily moving around the edge of the cliff, almost as if they were waiting for...
"This is another nightmare... It... It isn't real... It isn't real!" Steven shouted, grabbing the sides of his head. Amethyst had stopped and looked at Steven with a raised eyebrow.
"Uh, Steven? You okay there? You're starting to sound a little... You know." She twirled her pointer finger near her head, and let out a whistle. "Crazy." Steven looked up and let out a gasp as one of the tendrils suddenly shot to life, wrapping around Amethyst's ankle, before starting to slide back down towards the darkness off the edge of the cliff. She grabbed onto the grass, but it was quickly ripped from the ground as she was yanked down, shouting Steven's name. "STEEEVEEEN!" Steven rushed over the edge and saw nothing but a pair of red eyes staring back at him, with a malice that made his spine shiver, and his skin crawl. Steven had failed to notice to the tendril moving towards him, and it wrapped itself around his wrist, pulling him down into the darkness below.
The orb had faded to black, and they couldn't see anything at the moment. The Mane Six were shocked to say the least, this nightmare seemed so intense, so real, almost as if they were being included in it, but the blackness of the orb began to clear, and they saw Steven again, this time lying on the sand of a beach.
Steven climbed back onto his feet and noticed the Gems standing in front of him, with an ominous green glow emanating from around them, he heard speaking as well. "All right... This is still a dream, now let's try this again..." Steven muttered reaching into his pocket. "Mashed potato." He pulled a tiny Pinkie Pie out of his pocket and stared at her.
"HI STEVEN! OOH I'M SO TINY! AND MY VOICE IS SO QUIET! LOOK THE AUTHOR USED THE TINY TEXT TO SHOW THAT BECAUSE I'M SMALL ENOUGH TO FIT IN YOUR POCKET, MY VOICE WOULD BE..." The adorably tiny Pinkie was cut off when Steven placed her back in his pocket, he sighed and continued to move closer to the Gems, and the voice began to grow more clear.
Steven thought he recognized this voice, but hoped that it wasn't. "This is all you've brought me here for? A perma-fusion, a Pearl, and a defective Amethyst?" Steven moved around them, and his suspicions were proven. It was Jasper and Peridot, they stood on the extended finger of the large hand ship, and Lapis was standing near them. Steven saw Jasper's eyes finally land on him, and her face twisted to confusion. "What is that?" She asked, and Lapis rushed forward.
"It's a human! It doesn't have anything to do with them!" Lapis shouted, and Jasper rolled her eyes.
"I know what a human, just... Just blast them with the ship's cannon." Jasper said, waving her hand, as Peridot began to punch commands into her small screen. Just as she was about to punch in the final command, a loud roar filled the air. Something began to rise out of the ocean, two giant, pitch black hands extended onto the beach, pushing the massive creature up. It continued to rise and rise, revealing many other features, six more hands began to aid in its rising, its horned head had risen, and its blood red eyes glared at them all. It stood on its knees, but its back was perfectly straight, even then it was big enough to crush the Temple with four of its eight hands. It slowly began to laugh, while the small tendrils of darkness that Steven had seen before protruded off its body. It scooped Jasper, Peridot, and Lapis into three of its hands, before squeezing its palms, until they disappeared in clouds of white smoke.
"So We FiNaLlY mEeT. sTeVeN uNiVeRsE aNd ThE cRyStAl GeMs." It's deep voice echoed, and it glared down at them, never once moving its eyes. "ThIs Is HoW yOu TrEaT tHe OnE wHo SaVeD yOuR lIvEs? WiTh SiLeNcE?"
The Gems summoned their weapons, and glared at the monster, who cocked his head to the right. "We don't know what you are, but you're obviously not a Gem, and not friendly at all!" Garnet shouted, lifting her gauntlets into the air, while Pearl an Amethyst nodded in agreement.
"NoT fRiEnDlY? aS i HaD pReViOuSlY sAiD, i JusT sAvEd YoUr LiVeS! hOwEvEr, YoUr AsSuMpTiOnS aRe TrUe. I cOmE bEaRiNg A mEsSaGe... BeWaRe StEvEn UnIvErSe! FoR yOuR eNd ApPrOaChEs! AlOnG wItH tHoSe WhO vIeW uS nOw!" It shouted, before raising one of its gargantuan hands above its head.
The ponies could only watch in horror as the beast brought its hand down upon them, and smirked, but soon its arrogant look disappeared, as it lifted its hand. There was a large pink bubble around them, but a fifth figure had joined them. Twilight's eyes widened as she recognized the person from the photo that Steven had shown them. It was Rose Quartz.
"Mom?" Steven asked, while the Gems themselves had looks of shock. The bubble faded and the monster began to chuckle.
"It SeEmS yOuR mOtHeR's StReNgTh StIlL lIeS wItHiN yOu ChIlD... jUsT kNoW tHiS! tHe EnD fOr BoTh YoUr WoRlD aNd ThE wOrLd Of YoUr LiTtLe PoNy FrIeNdS dRaWs NeAr!" It shouted, before disappearing in a large cloud of thick black smoke.
Rose sighed and turned to face Steven, before reaching out a hand. "Steven... You need to wake up... Your friends are going to need your help... Don't let them down..." Rose said, giving a warm, motherly smile. "And... Remember... I love you..." Rose said, and Steven's vision began to go blurry, and the world around him began to fade.
The sphere popped like a bubble the moment Steven woke up, and they quickly rushed in there to check up on him. Steven was met with a flurry of questions and comments, about his dream. "Steven, look next time you're having nightmares, you need to tell us. We'll be here to help you." Twilight said.
"And we'll help you beat that big monster too!" Rainbow Dash added.
"Did you see the teeny tiny me? She was so adorable!" Pinkie yelled, and Steven smiled.
"Thanks guys, I'm glad I can count on you... I have just one question though..." Steven said.
"Ask away." Twilight said, and soon wished she hadn't.
"How did you all know what happened?"