//------------------------------// // Chapter 16 // Story: These Dreams // by lorettafox //------------------------------// Wicked was over for the night and the three walked out happily, well Twilight was happy that she had just got to see her one of her favorite operas. She may have been a bookworm, but she did admire the art of theater. "That was a great opera!" Twilight smiled as she felt Discord's presence run itself over the top of her body. 'I have some lecturing to do with the great god of chaos.' she thought to herself. "It was a great opera." smiled Cadence. "Excuse me, I need to step to the side just for a moment." said Twilight. "I won't be long." she said as she went to a corner where no pony was when she began speaking to the wall. "Discord, we need to talk about the flower pot." "What about it, my dear?" his voice was heard. Cadence and Shining Armor were not too far from Twilight and the invisible presence of Discord. They were behind a wall that was conveniently placed so that could spy on Twilight when they heard Discord's voice. They knew it had to be him, she wouldn't be arguing with anypony else about a falling flower pot. "Why did you cause that flower pot filled with Poison Joke to almost hit Flam? He wasn't doing anything like that stupid Passion Heart did!" she yelled in a quiet tone. "He might have tried to pull something on you, so I made sure he wouldn't be able too." he said. "Or you're just simply jealous." "Jealous? Me?" "Why else would you do something like that? You do get easily jealous whenever another stallion talks to me, the only exception being my brother, really." "I was not jealous, I was looking out for your well being." "I know you are, but that is still no reason to hit stallions with flower pots filled with Poison Joke for no potential good reason! If the reason is you are simply jealous, it isn't a very logical reason." "Caring about your well being isn't a good reason?" "Can't you just admit that you were just simply jealous and wanted Flam to not get to close to me because I'm your mare?" "Well, you are my mare and no other stallion should be flirting with you at all." Twilight laughed. "I'll take that as an answer that you were jealous." "Perhaps I do get jealous when another stallion tries to flirt with you. Though, I can't blame them for wanting to flirt with a beautiful and chaotic looking mare." Twilight blushed. "Discord, you're making me blush. Stop it." she spoke with embarrassment. As Cadence and Shining Armor kept peering from behind the wall, they both took notice that Twilight had her eyes closed and a light blush on her face, signaling that she was being kissed by the invisible Discord. They both looked at Twilight and looked at themselves in confusion. "He doesn't seem to be that bad. He cares about Twilight." spoke Cadence. "I don't like to admit it but he does treat her right." spoke Shining Armor. "Perhaps Celestia is wrong about him wanting to create chaos across Equestria. He could have easily started by now. Nothing was holding him back after he was freed." "Expect Twilight, that is." "True, but I don't think he wants to create a bunch of chaos this time. I think he simply wants to be with Twilly, is all." "Perhaps his intentions aren't what we thought originally what we all thought they were." "I'm going to go to dinner with my siblings now. Don't cause any more flower pots to fall on anymore stallions tonight? Ok?" spoke Twilight to the invisible Discord whose arms she could feel wrapped around her neck. "As you wish, my dear." he spoke. Twilight walked over to the wall where Cadence and Shining Armor had been spying on her from. The two had quickly made it look like they had been talking to each other, Twilight believing it without any question. "Ready to grab some dinner? Olive Garden from the other day sounds like a good choice right now." smiled Twilight. "That sounds great. Some pasta does sound good right at the moment." Shining Armor smiled. "Let's get going before yet another flower pot decides to fall on some stallion here tonight." The three Canterlot ponies left the Magic Theater and began to walk the few blocks to Olive Garden. On their way there, the only thought on Shining Armor's mind was how he could possibly prevent Twilight from having to go under Celestia's spell and perhaps, even though it did bother him quite a bit, how to prevent Discord from going under that spell as well. He didn't exactly like the god of chaos, but he didn't want to have his sister have her heart broken, either. Shining Armor then remembered the old fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty where the entire kingdom was put to sleep when the young mare had pricked her hoof on a spinning wheel. The entire kingdom in the story was trapped in a sleep state for the next hundred years. He couldn't help but wonder would Celestia put them all under a sleeping spell with Twilight so that her subjects couldn't feel the pain upon hearing about what she had done to Twilight? No, it can't end this way. There had to be another way. When he saw Discord (well, he heard his voice that is) arguing with Twilight, he hadn't done anything to her but calmly speak to her. It even sounded like he was even joking half of that time, too. Discord didn't seem to have any intentions to hurt his little sister at all. It was instead that he was simply jealous of the other stallions hitting on his marefriend. He had to think of a way to prevent his little sister and her lover from being placed under a sleeping spell. But how? The three reached the restaurant shortly after Shining Armor's thought of how to prevent his little sister from going under that sleeping spell fell into the back of his mind. They all grab a seat in the back of the restaurant nearby the restrooms. A waiter pony came by as soon as they all sat down and took their order straight away since they all knew what they wanted to eat before they walked into the restaurant. "Excuse me you two, I have to use the restroom." Cadence spoke with a lump in her throat as she quickly left the table for the restroom. "Is she ok? She sounded like she was about to cry." Twilight spoke in concern. "She'll be ok. Maybe she just has an upset stomach or something like that." Shining Armor reassured his LSBBF. "That is a horrible aliment to have fall upon you." said Twilight. "I'm glad you were able to come see Wicked with Cadence and I last minute." Shining Armor smiled. "I'm glad I did too. I need to spend a little more quality time with my little sister before she heads back to Ponyville in the morning." "It's definitely been great to spend time with you, big brother. Unlike the last time I was here in Canterlot, there's been no big attack or any unusual event that's happened." "The changeling queen trying to ruin the wedding. I'm glad she's out of Equestria for a long time. Twilly, I never told you how grateful I was the day you saved the wedding and Cadence. If it weren't for you, I would have married the changeling queen and have lost Cadence forever. Thank you for saving the wedding." "No problem, Shining. I can't have my big brother marry some brat now, right?" she laughed. "Twilly, you really don't know how much it meant to me. I'm so glad that you're my little sister and one of the Elements. Only you could have saved the wedding. For that, I love you more than you'll ever know, little sis." Twilight gave him a look of slight confusion, but mostly a look of admiration, showing how touched she was at her brother's comment. She leaned in closer to her brother and wrapped her hooves around his neck in a hug. "I love you too, big bro. More than you'll ever know, too." ------------------------------------------------- In the restroom, Cadence was in the very last stall, crying her heart out over the possibility of losing her newly acquired little sister. She didn't want to lose her little sister, she had just barely began to getting to know her again. "There must be another way. I can't lose Twilight!" she cried aloud. Luckily, no pony was in the restroom at that time to hear her mournful tears. But there was an invisible force who was listening to the sobbing pony's pain filled words. It had followed Cadence into the restroom out of curiosity after he had been watching over Twilight and the loving couple. Shining Armor and Cadence were giving Twilight alot of positive attention and were trying their hardest to not start crying by the way their voices sounded when they were both speaking to Twilight, faking happiness towards her when they obviously seemed saddened by something. "Why does Tia have to be so unfair to put Twilight under that sleeping spell after tonight?" Cadence cried out. "He's changed though. Twilight must have changed Discord somehow. He hasn't caused any chaos at all." The presence overheard Cadence's words and started to panic. Celestia was going to put Twilight under a sleeping spell? It quickly came to the conclusion he would be put under the same spell as well as he knew that Celestia would never separate a pair of lovers as she could never handle knowing that she was the cause of the pain in a lover's heart. "I wish I could just confront Tia and tell her to not do this, but I can't. I respect her to much to disobey her. Maybe there could be a way to at least delay Celestia before she could do anything to poor Twilight?" Cadence spoke aloud, tears were simply just falling down her cheeks. "What am I thinking? How could Shining and I slow her down? Tia says this spell is the only way Equestria can be safe, but there has to be a way to just Tia that he's changed for the better. There has to be." He knew he couldn't tell Twilight what he had overheard Cadence crying about. He knew she most likely would start panicking and plead to the princess to not anything about it. Then a thought struck him. His acceptance spell on Celestia and Luna must have broke. There would be no way Celestia would even be thinking of this if she were still under his spell. How did she even break free in the first place? He would have to figure that out later, he had to protect himself and more importantly, Twilight, from being placed under a powerful sleeping spell. He quickly departed from the restroom and kept his presence on Twilight's shoulders, wrapped around her protectively. Cadence was able to clear the tears from her cheeks and walk out of the restroom. She came back to the table and spotted the two siblings hugging each other. "Did I miss something?" asked Cadence, faking a smile. "Nothing much. Just telling Twilly here how grateful I am for saving you and our wedding from the changelings." said Shining Armor. "I'm glad Twilight was able to see past the changeling queen's facade and tell that she wasn't actually me. I'm more than grateful as well that she saved our wedding and me from the horrible gem mine. If the queen hadn't drain my magic, I would have freed myself. Thank goodness Twilight here is so powerful and got me out of that place." smiled Cadence. Twilight gave Cadence a warm smile. "I couldn't let my brother marry a brat like her. I wanted him to marry a kind pony like I know you are. And here we are today, having this wonderful conversation." Cadence gave Twilight a warm look with her eyes. "Yes, here we are. One happy family eating a meal together after the opera." They finished their meal and left Olive Garden. Twilight was going to get their carriage to head back to the castle, but Shining Armor made a suggestion. "Twilly, how about we sleep at Mom and Dad's tonight? I'm sure they would love to spend some more time with you before you head home back to Ponyville." he offered. "I would love too but what about my stuff I brought? It's all over at the castle. Shouldn't we go back and get that first?" she asked. "Don't worry about it. I'll take care of it for you, Twilly." smiled Cadence. "I'll take a taxi and meet you both up at our parents'. Sound fair?" "Cadence, I can't let you do that. You're a princess, not a valet service. I should go and get it. It's my stuff, after all." Cadence put up a single hoof in protest. "No, Twilight. I need to talk to Celestia about something anyways. Since I'll already be there, I'll just pick up your bags for you. I don't want you to argue with me about this matter either. I want you to go with Shining Armor in the carriage over to our parents' place and I'll be there a bit later. I want you to spend a few more hours of quality time with your family. It is very important that you do. It would make everypony happy to see you one more time before you head back to Ponyville." "Well, alright then, Cadence. I'll see you abit later then?" Twilight asked as the carriage arrived. "I'll be there within an hour from now. I'll take a taxi like I said so don't be shocked when one pulls in front of the house." smiled Cadence. "Alright dear. I'll see you when you return." Shining Armor said as he gave his wife a quick kiss on the cheek. "Come on, Shining. I'd like to see Mom and Dad ASAP! I just remembered that Dad wanted to show me something before I left for Ponyville!" Twilight said with her head poking out the carriage window. Shining Armor got inside the carriage and stuck his head out the window and looked at Cadence. "I'll make sure they won't get to her just in case. I won't let them get her." "I know you will. I'll be there soon. I love you." Cadence said as she hailed a taxi to her. "As I love Twilly too." "I know." Shining Armor said as he pulled his head back into the carriage as it rode off towards their parents' house. After about a fifteen minute ride, the carriage arrived at Twilight's parents' house. The two siblings got off the carriage and walked right into the house, as it usually was unlocked when their parents were at home. Their parents were at the table, playing a game of poker. Their mother was the first to take notice of them. "Twilight! Shining! It's good to see you two!" smiled Mrs. Sparkle. "You two, Mom. Could we spend the night here tonight, Mom? Cadence is coming by later with Twilight's luggage. I thought it would be good for Twilight to spend time with her family before she left for Ponyville." said Shining Armor. "Well of course you three can spend the night! We would never say no to our three favorite ponies!" smiled their father. "Besides, perhaps Twilight could beat her old stallion at a game of poker?" "I haven't played a game of poker in quite a while. I think I may be a bit rusty." Twilight confessed. "You rusty? I think not, Twilight!" laughed her father. "You are one of the best poker players I know. I should know because I AM your father. I don't want to hear that you're rusty. We can start a new game right now since I know this hand most likely beat your mother's." he spoke as he laid down his hand. "Horsefeathers!" shouted her mother. "I should have known he had that darn hand!" "I guess I'll play since I know I can beat you and Mom no problem." smiled Twilight. "Are you gonna play, Shining Armor?" "Sure thing." he smiled as he grabbed a seat next to his little sister. -------------------------------------------------- Cadence arrived exactly an hour later, her magic levitating Twilight's bags as well as her and Shining's overnight bags. She set them down in the hallway and walked into the kitchen, seeing the Sparkle family was deeply into a game of poker. She had played a few games of poker with Twilight before and could tell the game was about to come to an end. "Read it and weep!" Twilight said proudly, lying down her hand. "Horsefeathers!" shouted her brother and parents in happy disappointment. "Beaten by my own daughter! I've taught her well!" laughed Mr. Sparkle when he spotted Cadence. "Hello there, Cadence! I was wondering when you were gonna show up." "Hi Dad." Cadence smiled, already used calling her in-laws Mom and Dad if they were her own actual parents. "I brought over our bags. Shall I just take them to our rooms?" "Oh no. You already were kind enough to bring Twilight's bags along with your own over here. Dad and I will take care of it for you, my dear." Mrs. Sparkle said when she heard her oven go off. "Goodie! My brownies are done cooling!" Mrs. Sparkle walked over to the tray of now cool brownies that were sitting atop the counter. She used her magic and cut the brownies into six equal pieces. She levitated each of her children and husband a piece of brownie. "You three stay out here and enjoy my freshly made brownies. Dad is going to put down his brownie and help me with your luggage. You three can split the last brownie piece however you would all like. It's all yours. Dear, help me with their luggage now, please." Mr. Sparkle set his brownie down on the napkin he had been using. "I'm coming, dear. I'm coming." The two parents left their three children alone with their brownies to devour. They ate the brownies pretty quickly as they all loved Mrs. Sparkle's homemade brownies. After devouring their brownies, there was a single brownie left on the tray. "Who gets the last brownie?" asked Twilight curiously. Cadence and Shining Armor looked at each other for a moment, both knowing who would get the last brownie. "You have it, Twilly." said Cadence. "It's your last night here in Canterlot for awhile and your last brownie from Mom." "Are you both sure?" she asked. "It's yours, Twilly." smiled Shining Armor. "Thanks!" Twilight said as she levitated the brownie towards her and took a bite from it. While chewing, she began wondering where Discord had gone when she left the restaurant. His presence quickly rushed off shortly after her brother had said that they were going to their parents' house instead of back to the castle. Perhaps he went to cause a tad bit of chaos? She laughed softly at the idea. It was around 11pm when Twilight decided that she had to go to bed after having such a wonderful time with her family. All that poker playing had really taken alot of energy from her. "I'm going to head to bed now." Twilight announced. "Here, let me help to bed." offered Cadence. "Might as well say good night to you as well." "I'll help you, Cadence." said Shining Armor. "Well, good night, Twilight. We'll see you soon sometime soon." said Mr. Sparkle. "Good night, dear." smiled Mrs. Sparkle at her sleepy daughter. Shining Armor and Cadence walked Twilight to her old bedroom and tucked in the tired mare. They exchanged good nights and like that, Twilight was out like a light. The married couple looked at their sleeping sister, noticing how peaceful she was as a smile was on her face. Her peaceful sleeping state sent the married couple into a state of tears, knowing this is how their sister would sleep for the next several years if they couldn't stop Celestia from casting her spell. "Shining, what are we going to do? We can't let Celestia cast her spell over Twilight and Discord. I'm still unsure how I feel about their relationship, but I don't want things to end like this." sobbed Cadence. "I don't know, Cadence. Celestia will be here in the morning, definitely. All we can do is hope that a miracle comes along." said Shining Armor. ----------------------------------------------------- Two hours later, it seemed like Shining Armor's asking for a miracle come true when there was a loud knocking on the door. It was about 1am at the moment, so it scared him awake when the loud knocking started. He climbed out of bed with Cadence following him as the knocking woke her as well. Shining Armor opened the door to reveal Derpy carrying a telegram in her mouth. She pulled it from her mouth and held it in her hooves. "Urgent telegram to the Sparkle family!" she stated. "What is it?" asked Shining Armor. Derpy opened the telegram and began to read it aloud. "To the Sparkle family. I am sorry to send out this telegram in the middle of the night, but we need Twilight back in Ponyville immediately. Pinkie Pie is starting to go into a sadden state and trust me, you don't want to be around her when she gets sad, it becomes rather creepy. Could you send Twilight as soon as you get this telegram? We'll pay for any late night charges you may have to face, but we need her back ASAP for Pinkie Pie. Thanks for understanding! From, Rainbow Dash." "Thank you for the telegram, miss." he said giving the mare a muffin as a tip from their parents' kitchen. "Have a wonderful evening!" Derpy said as she took to the skies, eating her newly acquired muffin. "We have to wake Twilight immediately and get her to Ponyville now." whispered Shining Armor. "I'll pack up her things and call a cab for her. You get her up." replied Cadence. The two went to Twilight's room and Cadence immediately began packing up Twilight's stuff. It only took her a few moments with her magic before she went out of the room to call a cab for Twilight. Shining Armor stood over his sister and shook the sleeping alicorn. "Twilly, wake up. You have to go." Twilight opened her eyes sleepily. "Go? Go where?" "You need to head back to Ponyville. A late night telegram from your friend Rainbow Dash said that Pinkie Pie was going into a saddened state because of your absence." "Can't we wait until morning?" asked Twilight, now more awake. "The longer they have to wait, the more your pink pony friend will be disheartened. You don't want that,do you?" he asked. "I guess not..." "Good. Cadence packed up your stuff already and has called you a cab. It should be here any moment. We don't want to keep them waiting." he said. "I'm up. I'm up." Twilight mumbled as she heard a noise come from outside. It was the cab that was for her. Shining Armor helped his little outside where the stallion pulling the taxi was waiting her her. Her parents are already outside, already been told by Cadence when the knock on the door awoke them as well. Hugs and kisses were given to the purple alicorn wishing her a good trip back home. Out of the hugs, Cadence and Shining Armor hug their sister the longest and the tightest, the couple thinking that nothing will separate their little sister from them. They pulled away from Twilight finally when the stallion said that he needed to get going. They both had tears in their eyes as they helped Twilight into the taxi and Cadence lifted the bags into the back of the taxi. Shining Armor walked over to the stallion and used his magic to levitate a good amount of bits that would be more than enough to pay for the trip to Ponyville. "I want you to get to Ponyville as quick as your hooves can carry you." said Shining Armor. "She really needs to get back to her friends immediately. Drop her off at Sugarcube Corner." "I will do that, Captain." said the stallion, recognizing Shining Armor as Captain of the Royal Guard. "Good bye, Twilly." said Shining Armor as he levitated a blanket over his little sister. "Just sleep until you get back home. We'll see you soon, ok?" "See you both soon." Twilight said as she laid down in the taxi, blanket over her, and fell back asleep as the stallion running the taxi took off running in the direction towards Ponyville. As Cadence and Shining Armor watched their little sister take off towards Ponyville, they looked at each other with determination in each of their eyes. "We must distract Celestia for as long as we can." said Cadence. "The longer we do, the longer Twilight will be awake and happy." "I may be the Captain of her guard, but I must stand up for what is right, even it means I must disagree with Celestia. We must and will distract the princess for as long as we can. She'll be here tomorrow morning." "Until then, we need to go back to bed and hope for a better morning." said Cadence as she took herself back inside as Shining Armor followed her in as well as their parents. --------------------------------------- The stallion got to Ponyville in just three hours, not feeling too exhausted as he was trained for these kind of journeys. He stopped in front of Sugarcube Corner like he was told and woke up the sleeping mare. "Madam, we've arrived at your stop." he stated. Twilight sat up, feeling more awake now that she gained a few more hours of sleep. "Thank you for the ride." she said as she used her magic to lift her luggage in the air. "Twilight!" said a happy voice from inside Sugarcube Corner as a light came on from inside. "You're back! You're back! You're back!" It was Pinkie Pie, who rushed outside and grabbed some of Twilight's luggage. "I knew you'd come as soon as Dashie sent the telegram with Derpy! Come inside, come inside! You are going to stay here to rest of the morning!" Twilight walked inside with the rest of her stuff she was carrying using her magic and sat it down in the corner near a table. "Thanks for being so kind, Pinkie. How long were you waiting up for me?" "All night with the others silly! We were having a slumber party upstairs! Now you're here, we can have a Twilight-is-back cupcake early morning party! I'll whip up the cupcakes!" Pinkie Pie said eagerly as she went to the kitchen. Twilight turned her head when she heard the stairs that lead to upstairs creek. It was the rest of her friends, obviously hearing Pinkie Pie's happy comment from outside. They all smiled when they saw Twilight. "Twilight! You're back from Canterlot!" smiled Rarity. "Good to have you back, sugarcube." smiled Applejack. "What's Pinkie Pie doing in the kitchen?" asked Rainbow Dash. "Making cupcakes for a Twilight-is-back early morning party." Twilight laughed. "At 4am? Isn't it a bit early in the morning for a party?" asked Rarity. "It's never too early for a party!" shouted Pinkie Pie from the kitchen. "I guess not." Fluttershy laughed quietly. "Almost done with the cupcakes!" Pinkie Pie called from the kitchen. "Since we're having an early morning party, we might as well party, right?" smiled Rainbow Dash when a thought striked her. "Hey egghead. You wanna join me in Cloudsdale for awhile?" "What for?" she asked. "Cupcakes are done!" Pinkie said as she carried a tray of them on top of her head and set them on the table. "They're covered with rainbow frosting!" Rainbow Dash took a cupcake and bit into it. "Well, ever since you gained wings from the whole Discord thing, we never had a chance to truly test those purple babies out! We could catch so much air and I could teach you some awesome tricks that I know you could pull off." "Well, it does sound fun and there is going to be a Wonderbolts show there in two days. I'd like to see that." Twilight said as she took another bite of her cupcake. "You just wanna see Soarin again, don't you?" Rainbow teased. "I know you have a thing for him." Discord, whose presence was now wrapped around Twilight's shoulders after returning to her during her taxi ride back to Ponyville, felt his jealously grow a bit by Rainbow's comment. "Rainbow!" Twilight said as her face turned red. "I do not 'have a thing' for Soarin! He just happens to be my favorite Wonderbolt and that's all! Just like Spitfire is your favorite Wonderbolt!" Discord relaxed abit after Twilight defended herself against Rainbow. He still was jealous no matter what, afraid that Rainbow could be right and Twilight did have a crush on Soarin'. "Right." Rainbow spoke sarcastically. "Just like I simply like the Wonderbolts for their ground work, Twilight." "Whatever. How long would we be in Cloudsdale?" "A week or two. Maybe longer." "Why so long, Rainbow?" "With all the new tricks I'm gonna show you, our flying, and our hanging out we're gonna do, it's gonna take up some time! Besides, I'm off weather duty for awhile anyways. It's just clear skies for Ponyville for the next few weeks." "I want to go but what about everypony else?" "They're still affected from your cloud walking spell, remember? You said it was permanent, remember?" Twilight remembered that she did indeed say the spell was permanent on Earth ponies. "I remember now." "They can come and visit us in a few days then." said Rainbow. "So, you coming or not. I really want you to be there. It's always cool to teach a newbie some awesome stuff that only I could show them." she spoke happily though it wasn't the true reason that Rainbow wanted Twilight to come with her to Cloudsdale. "I'll come with you then, Rainbow." smiled Twilight. "Awesome!" Rainbow cheered as she finished her cupcake and let out a yawn. "I almost forgot that it's past 4 in the morning. I'm still more tired than I thought." The others let out a series of yawns, them too forgetting that it was rather early in the morning. "I guess the cupcake party turning back into a Twilight-is-back slumber party! Let's get the slumber started!" Pinkie Pie joked. The mane 6 headed upstairs and got into their sleeping bags, Pinkie Pie already prepared a place for Twilight to sleep between her and Rainbow Dash. Rarity clicked off the lights and everypony went back to sleep. ------------------------------------------------ The next day, everypony was awake and were about to see Rainbow Dash and Twilight fly off to Cloudsdale. Twilight had a saddlebag on her as Rainbow told her she wouldn't need much as they would mostly be flying and hanging out around Cloudsdale. "You have everything you need, dear?" asked Rarity. "Yup. I have a few books for my downtime." smiled Twilight. "Good. Make sure to keep a good hold to that crown on your head. You wouldn't want to lose such a beautiful accessory." smiled Rarity. "I will. It's pretty much glued on anyways." Twilight joked. "Come on. I wanna get to Cloudsdale today please." Rainbow said impatiently. "Relax, Rainbow. She's all yours now." smiled Rarity. "See you in a couple days!" "See you both soon!" the others chanted to them as the two flew off the ground and towards the direction of Cloudsdale. The four ponies that were grounded felt abit sad to see Twilight leave again so quickly, but they smiled at the thought that they would be able to spend some quality friend time when they visited Cloudsdale in three days. As they were flying, Discord's presence made sure to keep itself on Twilight at all time. He was looking from behind her, feeling relieved that Rainbow took the message he gave her in her dream seriously and was taking Twilight somewhere else besides Ponyville. He also felt he must keep himself on high alert, just in case Celestia and Luna managed to come to Cloudsdale looking for the two lovers.