"Nightmares you say?" Luna said as she paced back and fourth listening to Sunset shimmer explain what was happening to her. "you say last night you feel that an entity in your dream tried to take control of you in the physical world?"
"Yes Luna i felt something trying to tear out of me... I was in so much pain... I couldn't fight it." sunset responded as she had felt slightly embarrassed coming fourth with her nightmares.
"this is actually a common thing. Dreams and nightmares can sometimes become so realistic you feel like they are. I think tonight i will enter your nightmare to see what kind you are experiencing. I have dealt with Lucid dreams before." Luna said as she looked at the small unicorn whom had come to her for help. "Sunset shimmer have you spoken to my sister yet... About these dreams?"
"I haven't spoken to your sister since my return... I see she still doubts me. Her eyes can't hide her feelings. Do you think i will fail Luna?" sunset said as she tilted her head in curiosity.
"I have no reason to dislike you. I was on the moon when you were my sisters student. I believe you are willing to change whatever wrongs you have committed, Just remember don't let anything ditur you from it... I have done my fair share of mending." Lua gave a soft smile as she replied to the young mare. Luna was definitely the one to talk to. She wasn't perfect either. After all she had in the past rid the world of it's days attempting to make an eternal night.
"thank you Princess i will be off now." sunset bowed slightly to the princess of the lulay moon night. She didn't want to waste anymore of her time. sunset walked down the candle lit hallway back to her room. Sunset was unaware that every candle flame was slightly pointing at her as she walked. every flame nearby was attracted to point at her like she was a thermal magnet. sunset as about to make it to her room when she ran right into twilight. they both fell to the ground. sunsets mane was now really roughed up and hanging in front of her eyes. She looked to see who she was on top of. She looked to see the violet eyes of Twilight Sparkle. A surge of all kinds of emotion shot through Sunset.
"nice to see you Sunset." Twilight giggled softly as she looked right into the cyan eyes of Sunset shimmer. Shimmer was breathing very heated breaths and she was feeling all kinds of sexual and embarrassment tensions right now. She was practical frozen onto of Twilight. Her soft body against hers was enough to make her unable to move.
"H-hello p-princess." sunset stuttered. "what a weird position we have found ourselves in here." she gulped as she finished speaking.
"Yeah i must say we found ourselves in quiet a awkward... n-nice....ummmm." twilight seemed nervous herself. This threw Sunset off her mindset and caused her to become more attracted to her. She felt a little more at ease now that she knew the princess was also flustered. They were both there on the crystal floor with blushes spread on their cheeks. Sunset thought she should get off, yet Twilight wasn't asking her to. They were just frozen in place on the crystal floor. Twilight was about to speak when Sunset lost it. She had locked her amber lips with twilights mulberry colored lips. Twilight slowly closed her eyes and her ears pinned back. Sunset purred deeply as her ears were also pinned back. as their eyes were closed sunsets mane was waving in some portions. Parts of her hair was acting like fire. Once twilights eyes opened the motions stopped but the kiss was still heavy. Sunset slowly pulled away. She felt like a literal elephant had just got off her chest. That was not the end to what would soon lead to a dramatic decline. Before sunset knew it she was making out with Twilight in her bed in her room. Both of their horns were glowing but producing no spells. This was happening this was literally happening right now. Sunset was doing this with the princess of Friendship. She was lost in her own pleasuring thoughts. Only to make the future worse, they didn't stop at a make out. Both mares were getting deep into this. In both literal and metaphorical terms. This had become a full on sexual interaction. Sunset shimmer doing anything two mares could do together. Twilight was doing the same, without mention that she herself was hiding a dirty secret. Twilight was no element of honesty and she was going to find that her lack of current honesty was going to degrade the mind of the one loving her right now. sunset didn't know any better. She figured that Twilight was single, the terrible fact was that she wasn't.
After this sunset fell asleep with Twilight still next to her, She quickly drifted into REM sleep and before she knew it. she was dreaming.
Sunset was once again in a world of darkness. there was something immediately different this time. Luna was there with her.
"sunset Shimmer, this is your dream?" Luna said in a very confused tone of voice. She was mostly confused as to why this dream felt so real.
"No this sin't my dream, not yet, she isn't here yet." sunset said now that she knew her demonic form from the fall formal was the doing of her subconscious punishing her. Or so thats what she thought.
"could you name the entity that you see in your dream?" Luna said as she seemed to be looking for something. Luna was also hiding something from sunset. Something so crucial that it could change everything. She knew there was more going on here than a lucid dream.
"she called herself..." sunset paused, she could remember the name. She had only heard it once. "I c-can't seem to remember?" sunset said as her head began to heat up as she tried to conjure up the memory of the name. She closed her eyes and flames started to form in areas of the darkness. Luna took notice to this quickly. The dream was responding to Sunset Shimmers thoughts. Luna walked up to the fire and used her horn to make the entity of the dream disappear. Upon making the flame disappear, Empress appeared behind the lulay moon Princess.
"Oh lulay moon princess." empress said in a still raspy and weak voice. "I would appreciate it if you left. " Luna responded by turning around to face this entity.
"Her name is Empress of flame.." sunset said opening her eyes as she ahd remembered the name. She looked towards luna. Her ears pinned back when she saw empress again. Empress was as tall as Celestia so Luna was shorter than Empress.
"so you are the entity that...wait... i know that face" Luna said before the surrounding area turned into a part of caterlot castle. Empress spread her wings and flew right into Luna's chest pushing her up against the wall. Luna's horn was glowing bright trying to make a dream entity disappear. Empress wasn't disappearing. She was not part of this dream. she was a physical being stuck inside Sunset.
"get out of my world." Empress said as she repeatedly tried to bite lunas neck. Luna wasn't having it. She used her back legs to kick Empress away. Her horn immediately shot magic at the entity. this energy sent Empress flying into a glass window which slightly cracked from the pressure. Luna tried using magic to wake up Sunset but for some reason something was overpowering her in a field of magic she was the master of.
"Sunset you have to wake up if you don't.." Luna was interrupted when Empress shot two balls of fire magic into her side. Luna groaned as she lay on the ground. She slowly got up and started to use magic against Empress. Luna shot a beam of blue energy that was powerful enough hat when it cut through the air molecules it created a sound of a razor. The beam hit a magical shield that was surrounding Empress. The shield cracked slightly as Empress let out a manacle laugh. sunset was trying to find some way to wake up. she was frantically looking around for something. She looked over at the cracked window. she had to suggest the were on the cliff side of the castle. If she jumped she would wake up. Sunset made a mad dash for the exit. Empress saw her tying to escape from her corner eye vision. She had to stop her. Empress flapped her wings sending out a wave of energy that made Luna trip up. Her magic beam now hit the window Sunset was heading for. this made it much easier for sunset. Empress spiraled in mid air as she headed for sunset. Her mouth open and fangs showing she was inches from catching her when sunset jumped. The feeling of falling was terrifying enough but to have an evil entity swooping down for you. That was a new story. The fall was much longer in this dream world then it was in reality. Luna folded her wings as she jumped out the window after Empress whom was after Sunset still. She had reached her peek in speed with her wings not open. She let out a yell as she landed on the back of the larger empress.
"Get off me you excuse for a princess." empress said as she yelped from Luna's impact. Red armor formed on Empress as she turned her attention toward Luna. Luna used her dream magic to form a opal and laps lasso like armor.
"you will not win, leave sunset alone." Luna said as she used her magic to form a fighting weapon. she used her levitation magic to hold the scythe. Empress copied her with a much bigger scythe. the both swung at each other the moment sunset hit the ground. this thrust her into consciousness.
Sunset looked around to see Twilight had left. She was breathing heavily once again and she feared that maybe she would feel the pain again. The last thing she wanted was to feel that. It was so painful the first time. sunset rolled slowly out of her bed. Her vision was getting very blurry as she was going to pass out if she didn't escape this room. It was so hot, the last thing she wanted would be to fall asleep again. Lunas suddenly opened the door and drug her out of the room.
"Sunset stay with me, don't fall asleep." Luna said as she looked her in the eyes to make sure she would not wander into unconsciousness. "That thing was not part of your dream." Luna said as she got her in a colder room. the single candle flame in the room pointed at sunset as she was drug by. "Whatever it is it wants you to fall asleep so it can be you." Luna said in a very worried voice. "It was weak but it still managed to overpower me, i don't want to know that thing at it's full power."
"She wants t-to be me?" sunset said in a very weak voice herself. "I don't understand i thought s-she was my subconscious?" Sunset coughed and tried to stay awake.
"She is far more than just a mind entity. She is a living thing trapped inside you. Some kind of cursed entity. I felt so much life, at the same time..so much death." Luna said as she made a cold wet rag appear. she started to wash off her forehead with it. "You need to stay away from sleep until i figure out what to do, i will have to inform Twilight and Celestia about this... You just can't visit with twilight in ponyville in your condition."
"n-no i want to go, you can't take tomorrow away from me." sunset said as she groaned. "I need to meet her friends tomorrow, can you hold off the news until tomorrow?" sunset asked in an act of desperation, she would never understand true friendship without tomorrow.
"sunset it's very urgent that they know.. if we stall we could risk you.." Luna said in yet another concerning voice. She then took a deep breath and realized that if Sunset wanted it.. she should just wait. "Ok... i will wait till after you ponyville meeting to break the news to them."