//------------------------------// // Chapter 01: The Dream Journey Begins // Story: MLP: Nights Journey Of Dreams // by JusSonic //------------------------------// MLP: Nights Journey Of Dreams Chapter 01: The Dream Journey Begins At this moment, an event is happening in the realm of Tartarus. For within the castle of Grimmore, the Dark Elf's in a meditated state, his dark aura overflowing with great magical might that any that feels it would drop their courage & become snibbling cowards. Suddenly, his eyes slowly open forth in having seen...something unique! “Ahhhh…I sense something….or rather….someone….as powerful to be….like me, but different/” Grimmore stated in sensing there is someone else that bears a similar power to his own, but just barely. “Let us make contact with another….” He stated in what shall be done here, to make contact. Soon Grimmore uses his powers that created a burning inferno window gate that stretched 40 feet width, height and length within the throne room of the War God. There was images of many worlds seen across the vastness of space, time and reality, across dimensions to other worlds that exist different from Equestria Prime. Soon one world was seen, but this was in truth a realm that existed separately from the living…as it was all spiritual of some kind. Soon something is seen, a strange, caped humanoid creature with a spiked metallic ball helmet covering his head. He is shown not to have a mouth and he has 6 eyes on his 6 metallic flying hands. It appears he has some sort of amulet with 2 pieces of Green magical source and a piece from a Blue magical source, but it is not known what they are. He also has some sort of spiked crown on top of his head. 
 “Who is it, that dares be so bold to speak with Wizeman, the ruler of nightmare? A powerful god among many Nightmarens.” The revealed being spoke in addressing himself as a cruel creator & dictator & fancies himself a god. 
 “Hmph-hmph, hmph…I am known as Grimmore, the Overlord King of Tartarus. A Dark Elf that has become…a War God.” Grimmore lets loose a wicked chuckle to respond with his own claims of who he is. 
 “So, it would seem you possess power to be beyond all others.” Wizeman slowly spoke in where he sees Grimmore unfazed, even with one of his moving hand eyes to stare at him. 
 “Indeed I do, I felt your presence of existence from another world.” Grimmore responded with a calm demeanor to speak of terms of a subject. 
 “To communicate between two worlds differ from another of which are separated, only a powerful being…could perform such an act.” Wizeman explained the case of what it was that was going on here of how one being of great power could speak to another from a separate world. 
 “Which is why, I offer to you…something of key interest.” Grimmore stated forth in getting straight to the point. 
 “And what would you, elf, have that could interest me?” Wizeman asked in where he moves closer to the magic gate window, two hands with eyes glared out in asking what would intrigue him to such matters. 
 “A chance to gain power to rule not just one realm of dreams, but worlds beyond filled with dreamers.” Grimmore waved off his left hand in stating what it is this Nightmaren would get out of this. 
 “Hmmmm. What you speak…sounds all too good to be true, what is it I would need to acquire such power?” Wizeman settle himself down to ponder what it was he was told here, but pondered if there was nothing of a hidden motive. 
 “The power of elements…of beings that represent harmony. Take their dream spirits, & let them be swallowed up by your nightmares. Once they lose their elements in the dream realm, you will be able to harmonize their power to cross countless borders of dimensions & worlds alike.” Grimmore explained the plot of what Wizeman can do if he gain such power, he would not only rule the dream realm he currently resides in, but could expand himself to countless other worlds and countless vacant dream realms that do not have anyone to command. 
 “Thus giving me greater power to expand my own, for the more dreamers that lose their Ideya to my Nightmarens.” Wizeman spoke in having learn of what he would come across & it would allow him to keep growing in power all the more. “But what is it you seek in aiding me?” He asked in why Grimmore would wanna help him out. 
 “Consider it a free gift, of one mighty entity to another. I wish to see how those that have cause minor annoyance when awake, survive…when they are but Dream Spirits & are alien of their new standings.” Grimmore smiled evilly in stating how those that would be taken, while they have done fairly well awake, when in the dream realm, all their abilities with a physical body will be lost and they will be helpless. 
 “Very well, I shall set the conditions to greet our guests that you….shall send forth.” Wizeman responded to say in seeing what has already been developed here; he’ll make preparations while Grimmore sends those they are targeting to his realm outside their own world’s borders. “I do wonder, how well these visitors will do in a realm of nightmare, the likes….unknown to them.” Wizeman ponders in knowing that for those that are human, they struggle, but for something different from human, more animal, how will they fair. 
 “We shall see….” Grimmore smiled off fiendishly to say this as a last claim on the matter. 
 Soon Wizeman begins to vanish from sight as nightmare mist swirls around him. Soon what is seen looks like a bridge form, leading from one spot to another. Grimmore smiles in seeing that things have begun to settle as everything fades into darkness…as an evil plan between two evils world apart, are setting things in motion for those that shall be targeted. ------------------------------------- The scene begins to open up at Rainbow Castle as it was already close to be nighttime. Everyone in the kingdom was getting ready for bed or others decided to sleep a little later after some little activities. Right now, we find the Mane Six together in a private room for the mares to be doing some slumber party feats. Twilight read a book about spells, Rarity & Fluttershy were brushing the other’s mane, Applejack & Rainbow Dash were having a hoof-wrestle match to see who was stronger, & Pinkie Pie was balancing some rocks together to make a tower (how she’s doing it and they don’t fall is a mystery), but all in all, they seem to be doing fine. “Everyone, I am so excited that you could come for this.” Twilight smiled forth in being really happy at this very moment. “Well darling, I must admit, it’s been ages since you last had a slumber party.” Rarity smiled off to say this in recalling the last time they had a slumber party sleepover. “Last time was when me an’ Rarity got stuck here from a storm.” Applejack pointed out a fact of how the first slumber party Twilight did, was with her and Rarity during a storm issue. “Then we had another moment we all slept together, but…something weird happen then.” Pinkie Pie scratched her head in recalling another event that happened that was almost like this one, only a weird event happened. “Let’s not bring up what already happened in the past, okay Pinkie Pie? Especially like the time with the Tatanbus.” Rainbow Dash remotely pointed this out to her friend to not bring up bad memories of one sleepover. “Still, is it only going to be just us sleeping together here, Twilight?” Fluttershy stated to say this in knowing that it’s only the mares sleeping together. “Yes it is, I needed something where we can all be together.” Twilight nods off to say this while explaining her case here. “Starlight Glimmer & Ben are helping with Nyx’s own sleepover as we speak.” Twilight smiled in knowing that nearby, her daughter is having fun with her own slumber party event. “Hey Twilight, I brought the treats you requested.” Spike came in showing a tray of food and tea-cups for the ponies to take. “Thank you Spike, how’s everything with Nyx’s slumber party?” Twilight thanks her assistant while everyone got what they want, wondered how Nyx’s group was fairing. “Well, she & the Cutie Mark Crusaders are trying to give Phobos a makeover.” Spike pointed out in what Nyx’s group was currently doing & Twilight was gonna ask, but… “Don’t ask, I’m just glad I’m not stuck in his place.” Spike cuts in to say this, he rather not go into details on something that even guys don’t like being force to do. “I bet they are having as much fun as we are!” Pinkie Pie smiled off to say in what was going on with the fillies that were as fun and exciting. “Oh, yes….I think so to. There were so many things to do &…” Fluttershy slowly nods meekly in agreeing to the objective. “And so many exciting stuff to do in which I was awesome!” Rainbow Dash brag off in where she and AJ cancel their wrestle match for her to gloat. “Right, sure ye were Rainbow Dash.” Applejack rolled her eyes in having heard her friend say such things. “Tell us Twilight, did the slumber party you have in the Human World with versions of us turn out to be this exciting?” Rarity asked her smart friend i what a slumber party was like in the human realm with their different versions. “Well, we were trying to save the world from disaster, but….it was still pretty much fun in a way.” Twilight shrug off slightly saying how things went, course they were trying to come up with a counter music spell, but that was about it other than her seeing the Human Mane Five, AKA the Rainbooms do things they had in their world than what the ponies got in Equestria here. “I like the part where my other self beat AJ at games!” Rainbow Dash smiled off to say this in what she found interesting to hear about Twilight’s slumber party visit to another world. “Only cause yer other self cut my other self off.” AJ protest off to make this stated reminder of what happened that she heard from Twilight. “I like the idea of working on a lab-top to update my page!” Pinkie Pie smiled off to say this with a pinky-keen smile. “Well, I find doing one’s hair…or mane in our case is much more dazzling.” Rarity spoke to say in feeling like the idea of brushing to comb one’s hair/mane was better. “I like it when we have a pet to play with. I think Angel Bunny would feel alright if I brought him along.” Fluttershy smiled a bit in saying this of what she thought be a nice idea. “Hey Twilight, all’s well in here?” Ben pops in to say hello at this time to see how things are going along. “Yes Ben, we are. Hope you can give Nyx’s group a good story. But nothing too scary!” Twilight stated to say this while reminding Ben of no scary stories for their child or her friends that are only foals. “Trust me, after the time I was asked to scare you, I think I learn to fear the wrath of a girl when she’s armed with pillows. Bye…” Ben smiled off uneasy to say this with a slight joking tone in knowing the answer to the question just before leaving. “Wow; that is sooooo true!” Pinkie Pie pointed out to say this in hearing the power of pillow fights. “I guess Ben recalls scaring you, hugh?” Rainbow Dash smiled slyly in recalling the other tale of what Ben did on Twilight’s other world slumber party event. “Can’t believe my cousin Tough Apple played along with de other Golden Heart & Jack Zen fer a prank.” AJ shook her head off in having heard of what Tough Apple did, scaring her other self from another world. “Yes, I be scared if anything were to happen right now.” Rarity nods off to state this matter of opinion. “Oh dear. We’ll be fine, won’t we Twilight?” Fluttershy asked in starting to feel scared now. “Oh course girls, so why not just do one quick board game before going to bed ourselves. Yawn…..I’m really tired tonight.” Twilight smiled to say this with honesty of them being safe before she yawns a bit while thinking they best settle things before going to bed. Everyone nods in agreement before deciding to play a quick board game before getting ready to hit the hay; in short, go to bed. The scene begins to zoom away now in where things will slowly play out here before the time comes when the heroes go off to dreamland. -------------------- We soon find some pony out at night while Ponyville’s clock tower rings its late night gong. And the one who was out flying across the night skies was none other than Princess Luna of the Moon. She flies around, creating wonderful things in the night, where only those that stay awake long enough can see the night’s true beauty. “At last, the time to begin another day of the night, with stars to shine across the night sky.” Luna spoke forth in seeing it’s time to begin her next round of her work as richness of the night. As Luna stated out, she begins rotating the stars above, making wonderful forms of where astronomers can connect certain stars to form any sorta creature of a constellation. This was Luna’s favorite thing to do, in the past, many slept when she did this, but while not much has changed, some do tend to be awake to see her work. “Now to make sure every pony is sleeping well tonight & they shall not be having anything but pleasant dreams.” Luna smiled in saying this in what to do next here to help the many sleep well tonight with pleasant dreams. Luna begins her scouting around the town as she becomes like a little blur of night dust to swirl around many homes of sleeping ponies. There, she finds many good little ponies dreaming away in being in meadows to watch the scenery or go on adventures & find treasures of riches, soar even without wings across water fall canyons & dance across it without fear & so many other things. There were so many wonderful things in where no one was having bad dreams, because she is the protector of dreams, & wants to make sure no one has any nightmares of the sorts. “It would appear everything within Ponyville is alright. Just one look around Twilight’s castle & then I can go…” Luna was stating to say in just having one last round of a look at the last couple of ponies before heading back to Canterlot. But just then, Luna flies near the Rainbow Castle & uses her magic to stare through the walls, & find the little auras of anyone asleep. If they are glowing peaceful of a pony’s magic aura, they are having good dreams, if they seem a bit shaky, then they are having bad dreams. But what Luna sees are only few auras of sleepers as there were six that seem….shrouded by some dark cloud fog interrupting her duty to determine if all are sleeping well. “What is this? I….I can’t see Twilight’s dream aura! Nor of her friends! But she & the others should be asleep! I can see my nephew, Nyx, Starlight Glimmer, Spike, & even Phobos along with the pets & CMC, so why…?” Luna spoke in being puzzled by what was going on, this did not make sense, she should be able to tell when one is sleeping during this time, but as she looks ahead, she cannot find the auras of the Mane Six; why? Luna was about to investigate further by magically about to be dream dust to enter the six mare’s dreams, but…as she was about to enter, the dark cloud blocked her path & rebound her outside the castle walls & reverted back. “What the….something is blocking me from entering!” Luna gasped in seeing this & realized something was not right here. “How is that possible? I know only my sister ever kept me out of her dreams, but this…something doesn’t feel right.” This was strange, something was occurring & Luna does not know of what? Luna began to become worried & for good reasons she was for something was amiss. Why was it that she can’t determine what was happening with the Mane Six. And why was their dark foggy cloud that kept even the princess of the night & dreams from going in. Not even the dream foe she created, the Tantabus, was capable of blocking her from entering different dreams. Something was not adding up & it only concern Luna more & more… -------------------- The scene begins to show us something that look like it was a bright sunny day within Ponyville, as everyone was doing their thing. We find the Mane Six were doing something of what activity seem to keep them busy, distracted, & happy. It seem they were living up in what they could consider…the best and happiest moment of their lives. “Oh yeah, Soarin, Spitfire, you watching this!” Rainbow Dash shouted out in doing some fast movements that were Wonderbolt material. “Oh yeah, you go Rainbow Dash!” Soarin cheered in loving what he was seeing here. “Come on Dashie, make the shot!” Spitfire cheered in seeing her best pal & fast flier student making the call. “Oh yeah! SCORE!” Rainbow Dash cheered forth in having completed another obstacle course with ease. “Thank ye very much sir, come again!” Applejack thanked a customer in giving him some apple pie & cider drink. “How’s our count fer de day, family?” She look back to see how they were making it here. “Why my stars, why…we got enough ta pay our bills & make some repairs fer our farm!” Granny Smith smiled proudly to her granddaughter in seeing the large amount of money they made today. “Eyecup!” Big Mac replied off in agreeing wholly on that topic. “Glad ta hear, we’re making great business. Come on ponies, come get our famous apple treats! You’ll love them an’ dat’s de honest truth!” Applejack nods off to say while wanting more ponies to come & get some fresh apples from her. “I love it Rarity, I want you to get in about 100, no, 500, no, 1000, oh who am I kidding? I’ll buy your whole SET for my next showing!” Hoity Toity exclaimed in absolutely loving the silver dresses & outfits with winter flower designs on them that Rarity made. “Why I would be delighted. My new Silver Winter Spring Flower designs will surely be a big hit.” Rarity proudly exclaimed to say this in having done her best in this work. “Big hit nothing, you design where one can see the lovely spring flowers in winter theme on outfits.” Sapphire Shores proudly off proudly in having seen what’s pony can really do. “Oh-ho-ho, well, I must say….I can surprise myself from time to time.” Rarity chuckled sweetly in having been praised by such things. “There you go, your pet is now nice & healthy, remember, give her three cuddles a day.” Fluttershy spoke in giving a little puppy to a sweet little filly in happily taking him. “Thank you Fluttershy, I’ll take good care of him.” The filly acclaimed in feeling so happy to hug her pup. “Ms. Fluttershy, I believe your tender care for these sweet things is abominable. What would you say in helping homeless creatures we just can’t seem to help?” A stallion of stature appeared & seem to want to help by asking Fluttershy about helping homeless animals. “Oh, why I would be delighted. After all, there is no animal I can’t help find a home for it.” Fluttershy spoke in feeling very happy about the idea. “SURPRISE!” Pinkie Pie pops out of a fake birthday cake with streamers and confetti. “Well, what’cha think? Hugh-High, hugh?” She asked off in having surprised a pony nearby. “Wow, you totally surprise me, I forgot it was my birthday today.” Derpy replied off to say in her eyes crossed in being so surprised. “Okay, who else wants to be surprised next?” Pinkie Pie looked around the crowd in who else would wanna be surprised. “Me! Me! Me! Meee!” Many crowds were cheering and asking to get a surprise next, making the pink pony have the time of her life. “And here we have another spell that if perform in a certain angle can be less struggle for any beginning user of magic, any questions?” Twilight was teaching a few students that were by the Town Hall in being given a lecture by Twilight in spell casting. “Would the calibration of the magic form cause any backfires?” A student asked in pondering the idea of something bad happening. “Not anymore, with these little magic protection gems, you’ll be safe from any harm.” Twilight showed a new gemstone that with them, no more backfire effects from misused spells. The crowd was cheering and stomping their hooves in loving Twilight’s smart expansion; the princess smiled in liking this kinda stuff. “Princess Twilight, you have simply done an amazing feat in helping every pony around. You & your family must be very proud of you.” Mayor Mare approached to smile at the mare in saying these very thoughtful things. “It’s no trouble at all Mayor, there isn’t any problem I can’t solve.” Twilight smiled off to say this in feeling comfortable about herself. “Well, could I bother you with…a small problem that has been bugging me lately?” Mayor Mare spoke in feeling like there was something she like to ask at this time for Twilight’s advice. “Certainly, what is it…” Twilight happily nods off in awaiting the question. “Why are we still living like this?” Mayor Mare asked this under her breath while sounding a bit…dark & gloomy. “Hugh?” Twilight gasped off in her eyes widening in having heard something so…scary. Then without warning, everything began to become less colorful save for Twilight as things began to look a little more gray around the surroundings. It started to play ’Solitude’ from NIGHTS: Journey pf Dreams Original Soundtrack in the background during these dark scary moments. “Why haven’t you used your brain to stop all the evil in the world from harming us?” Mayor Mare asked off in sounding very serious in wanting an explanation for the answer. “Hey yeah, that’s right/Why hasn’t our princess settle this/She’s Celestia’s choice, she better live up to it!” The crowds began to hear that & started to agree upon such things. And what seem strange was many of their eyes were glowing red, their fur colors all began to degrade to a gray zombie-like appearance. Worst yet, it was not just Twilight having a bad moment with those around her, the same unfortunate stuff was happening to the other Mane Five members. “Ugh! Hey, that was a cheap shot….hugh, Lightning Dust?” Rainbow Dash yelped from someone that zipped pass her loop corner; only when she stare up to find Lightning Dust; why was she here? “What’s the matter Dashie, you can’t go against your limit now?” Lightning Dust asked off in bragging here about Rainbow unable to go any further. “She’s right you know, you’re too soft.” Soarin stated off to say this in starting to be the downcast on Rainbow. “Maybe I was wrong about you, maybe you aren’t Wonderbolt material.” Spitfire remarked off to say this in a harsh tone in sounding uncaring. “Whah, no…I’m TOTALLY Wonderbolt material!” Rainbow Dash spoke off in looking scared, her dream to be a part of the Wonderbolts is starting to fall apart. “Yuck! This tastes terrible!” Suddenly, one stallion spat out his apple pie in disgust. “Now wha makes ye say dat…” Applejack turn around in hearing that, there was no way some pony didn’t like her family’s home made apple pie. Then without warning, Flim & Flam appeared, having inspected her family’s sold products. “Because dear Applejack, you’re selling apples with WORMS in them.” Flam issued off to say this in showing an ugly green worm & its friends living inside out apple & a few others in baskets. “And your apples seem…rotten to the core, it would seem.” Flim pointed out in where from cutting the pie & an apple, they are all rotten, bad products that can’t be eaten at all. “They’re right/Are you trying to make fools of us/You lied to us!” The crowds were starting to turn on the Apple Family in learning this of what they been played for. “I believe this action calls for a money back of your part.” Flim spoke off in a businessman tone in what happens next here. “Which judging by your selling of faulty products is about…” Flam issued off in about to make a claim in what will happen next. “ALL OF IT!” Flim-Flam Brothers spoke off in stating with their red eyes glaring at AJ while the angry crowds surround her. “No….no ye can’t! We work hard, we need this dough ta help our farm!” Applejack spoke off to say while some ponies pushed her big brother and granny to take away all the earned gold coins. “There she is! She stole my designs!” Then suddenly, Suri Polomare came into the scene in stating what Rarity did in stealing something of her work. “Your designs, Suri Polomare? I made these designs just yesterday, thank you very much.” Rarity protest to say that she never stole from this pony & she should know that very well. “Sorry ma’am, but those designs were already filed’ & sent under a different designer. So unless you have a license to sell her product under her name, we’re gonna have to suspend you.” A suited unicorn stallion came over to show paper-work in stating that Rarity’s product was copy-design of Suri Polomare. “I sent mine in last week, didn’t you see the cover on Fashion Week?” Sure Polomare pointed out in showing a last week magazine cover, showing her design of a Silver Winter Spring Flower series. “No…no, this is a mistake, I’m not a fraud, I never steal another designers designs, honest!” Rarity was panicking in seeing that she was being pressured, her reputation & name are on the line & she may lose it all. “GRAAAUUUOOGH….” Then a wild Manterror was seen wrecking everything in sight of some circus ponies of which the gentle-stallion Fluttershy met own. “I thought you said he was calm!” The circus owner snapped at Fluttershy in seeing the creature was not tame. “He was, but your son wasn’t behaving & kept flicking rubber bands on his head.” Fluttershy nervously spoke in putting the blame of…the owner’s son for running things. “Are you sympathizing with these filthy beasts than your own? We are above them, they are too dangerous!” The circus owner snapped off to say this in seeing what Fluttershy’s true colors are. “You’re no animal tamer, you’re a sympathizer, we wanted results, not to better them as if they are on the same level.” He snapped off to say in seeing what Fluttershy really was, and she was no use. “No, no…please…you don’t understand, I…I was trying to…” Fluttershy was trying to explain, but the Manterror kept wrecking the circus, not leaving her a good impression. “Surprise!” Pinkie Pie pops out dress like a clown to surprise a filly. “Waahhh-Haaaugh…aaaah!” Then a crying from a filly who wore a party hat was seen upset & ran away from the party pony. “What, what’s wrong?” Pinkie Pie asked off in seeing this puzzled as the child’s parents were comforting the scared filly. “How dare you, my little child is afraid of clowns! And you come dress up…LIKE A CLOWN!” The mother snapped off to complain in seeing what Pinkie Pie has done, she scared her child who is frighten of clowns. “Didn’t you read our note on there being no FUNNY business?” The father sternly snapped in reminding the pink pony of what they were asking. “But….parties are supposed to be fun.” Pinkie Pie sheepishly spoke to say while the upset parents turn away with a crying child. “Wait, I’m sorry…can’t we just…” She was trying to make up for her mistake, she really didn’t mean to do anything bad; really. Then the reflection of the window that showed Pinkie’s clown getup, suddenly reacted to show a harpy-like scary expression to screech with glowing red evil eyes while the window’s glass cracked. “Hugh, is that….me?” Pinkie Pie gasped in fright in seeing her own clown reflection, but it seem….scarier than what it should be. “Breaksifruvhmm….” Then without warning, the window broke off that completely caught the pony off guard. “Aaahhhh!” Pinkie Pie yelps to scream in having been knock back by the shattered window glass; that was NOT normal at all. “You’re not a savior! If you cannot stop the Three Lords, then you are a failure to us all!” Mayor Mare snapped off to say this in seeing what Twilight is, she can’t do anything to help them & failed them all. “Heheheheheh, hay, maybe I should be an Alicorn instead.” One stallion spoke off to taunt Twilight behind her back with his red eyes seen like everyone else. “Yeah, me too, it least I TRY to do something than do nothing.” One mare stated from the crowd in saying she do better than this pathetic princess. “But…but….you don’t know what you’re saying!” Twilight was trying to reason with these ponies of how hard it is for her. “Heheheheheheh….” The crowds were laughing from all around, looking like they are all zombified, like goblins, like creepy creatures that are just standing around, taunting & making the princess feel discourage. And then what happened next, made the situation go from worse….to horror! “WRAAAUUOOAAGGHHHHH!” For without warning, all of the ponies that were near the Mane Six began to change into horrible foggy phantoms with glowing red eyes & mouth. They were like the mini-multi versions of ‘The Shadow’ from the End of Equestria, only these guys were flying off to get the ponies. “Aaaahhhhh!” Twilight screams out in seeing this, along with the rest of the Mane Five before they began to run from the pursuing nightmare creatures. “Sweet Celestia, what are these horrid things?” Rarity yelled out from running from the freaky things ‘wooing’ around trying to catch them. “Don’t know, don’t care! Just RUN!” Rainbow Dash shouted off in feeling they best care AFTER they are safe. “How come ye ain’t flying?” AJ asked off in noticing Dashie ain’t flying. “I DON’T KNOW! I’M PANICKING!” Rainbow Dash yelled out in having no idea, she can’t think under pressure. “Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, oh dear! They’re still coming!” Fluttershy squealed in fright, those things are still chasing behind them. “Evil Dark Spooky Ghosts! My worst fears! They’re coming to take my sweets! My parties! My fun times! My ten instruments! My…” Pinkie Pie was randomly talking out about how scary it was to see such things coming after them, what they do, &… “PINKIE!” The other five shouted off while running, they don’t need any distractions with specters chasing them. “Sorry! But for now, RUUUUN!” Pinkie Pie apologized while then deciding that they need to flee. The Mane Six were trying to get away from their nightmare pursuers at this moment when…a light shine above them. They saw a glowing light in the sky of darken void, it look like a way out for them. “Look, there’s a light!” Rainbow Dash pointed out in seeing that there was something ahead. “Seems them things don’t like it!” AJ stated in seeing their dark ghoul-ghost chasers are not too keen on being near the light. “Of course, shadows hate light!” Pinkie Pie perked up in realizing what this could mean. “Then let’s hurry to it, no time like the present!” Rarity stated in feeling that if this was a way to save themselves, then why delay. “But…what will be on the other side?” Fluttershy send in feeling worried if they go into the light without knowing what awaits them. “Only one way to know, we have to go through it girls!” Twilight stated that at this case, they have to bear with it & just hope it’s better than this. Soon the six mares run in to peace in the light while their shadow foggy chasers began to vanish into thin air a bit in what was happening when reaching near the light. With that, the background music soon faded out at this time. The Mane Six feel like they are now about to be safe in what will happen now…. If this was truly the case…. --------------- Outside the Rainbow Castle, something began to appear in the swirling skies that started to take shape that Luna managed to notice it. “What is this?” Luna narrow her eyes from Twilight’s castle at what’s appearing in the sky. Soon something began to form like a swirl of mist in the skies, forming an oval which lead to a strange dark starry world. And from it appeared some yellow bridge that stretched out to make contact with the Rainbow Castle & seem to even make contact with the dark fog surrounding the Mane Six. “That looks like…a bridge…& I feel its presence is similar to…The realm of dreams, but….different somehow. Different as if it’s in another world where I am unfamiliar with.” Luna spoke in studying this unusual bridge that has appeared & where it goes; they lead to a strange dream realm, one that exist outside her own here in Equestria Prime. Then without warning, who would be running on the bridge than glowing images of Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie Pie & Fluttershy with their eye-sockets blank. And from behind them, they are trying to get away from scary smog phantoms trying to chase after them. But what Luna really, & we mean REALLY noticed, was that they were all heading for…the portal in the sky. “Hugh…Twilight & the others Dream Spirits….” Luna gasped in seeing what she was seeing right before her eyes & of what they are running from. “They are running blindly on the bridge while being pursuit, not knowing where they are going.” She stated in seeing what was going on, if nothing is done, then the Dream Spirits of the Mane Six shall enter a place where it is out of her reach. Luna had to quickly act as she flew to get pass the others on the bridge & soon stood near the entrance of the portal, preparing to stop those about to go into the unknown. “Stop! You must not enter pass here, if you do, you may not be able to return!” Luna boldly spoke in her Royal Voice to wake the Dream Spirits, but they were not stopping; they barely even seem to register Luna’s presence; why? “That is why, they lack knowledge of such things.” Spoke a strange dark voice presence who seem to hold great power by his tone. Then Luna felt some tremendous power from behind her that was godly, it felt as if it was almost like…Grimmore, but it was not him at all. Instead, what she met was some giant metallic hand with and eyeball in i’s palm that move & seem to speak to her. Whatever this being was, one thing was certain, this was an enemy not of their own world. “Guardian of dreams, you do not realize whom you speak. For no force here can come between my dominion,” Wizeman’s hand stared forth to Luna as the eye seem to gaze in her soul & explained the case that the Dream Spirits of her friends are coming & they won’t be returning even from the Princess of the Night. “Hugh…you….you!” Luna gasped in having her eyes nearly widen in shock and fear in somewhat feeling like…the presence of this giant metallic hand with the eye center, this voice…could it be… “Prussfruvhmmmm….” Then a sudden burst of a shockwave came from the hand in blasting away at the unguarded Luna. “Aaaahhhhh!” Luna screamed out from being knocked far off several miles off the bridge & pass the Dream Spirits of her friends being pursued by shadowy nightmares. “Give me your power….your dreams….your elements…so that I may grow & rule…” Wizeman’s voice declared in shifting the hand to prepare to grasp the Mane Six’s Dream Spirits to get what they have that will soon be his. “No…got to….protect them.” Luna groans to keep herself from falling & losing here as she rebalance herself to flap up as high as she could to approach the site. Then with the last of Luna’s strength, she fired a six way lunatic beam of some sorta spell that impacted the Dream Spirits of Twilight & the rest. It suddenly gave them a huge boost jolt to zoom pass the giant hand before it grasp them. However, it’s pressure caused a strange magical distrust that rattle the six, separating them while also throwing out some inner lights that were apart of them. “There….they are safe…for now….ugh…” Luna struggled to stay awake before she lost all feeling & then started to drop like a rag doll. “You have only delay the inedible. I will have what I seek.” Wizeman spoke his voice from his one hand as he stated this, the smog shadow phantoms slip through the portal. “But for now, I have already obtain the first step. This world’s strongest element bearers…are now trapped within my realm. I will soon possess them & then…all will fall to my power.” Wizeman declared this in stating what will happen once he obtains that which he seeks. Soon everything in the skies began to close off, the swirling site seal the portal with the hand vanishing along with it. But as that scene played out, we shift to find Luna falling downward at a fast rate before she comes just above Rainbow Castle. “Bashfruvhmmm…Clupofruvhmmm…” Then without warning in Nyx’s room where she was having a slumber party with everyone asleep, something crashed from above that scattered everything before a body was lying there. This caused everyone to wake up to react in what was happening. “Waaaaughh! GUARDS! GUARDS! THERE’S A BURGLAR IN HERE!” Phobos was heard shouting from yelping around that works the CMC to see that something crash through their roof. Then the doors were busted open to where Fred & Barney came in, looking puzzled & worried as if they miss something. “Oh brother, first day on the night shift & we barely get a wink of sleep.” Fred groans to say in seeing something happened & on the first night on the night job. “Ugh yah & just as we almost slept through, look & behold what happens next.” Barney shrug off to say in seeing something weird go off without any warning. “Guys, what’s going on here? What…” Ben was coming in to see what was going on at this time, only to stop in seeing what it is… “Aunt/Princess Luna!” Ben and everyone else exclaimed to say in spotting who was lying on the ground mostly hurt; it was Luna. "Ben, wha...hugh?" Then Starlight Glimmer was coming in to check on the noise of what was happening, only to gasp in staring at something...horrible that was before them. “Aunt Luna, what happened? Who did this to you?” Ben asked to come over to pick up his aunt, who or what did this to her. “Uuugh-ugh….Ben. They’re endangered.” Luna groans to speak to her nephew on what is happening. “Twilight & her friends…are trapped.” She spoke to Ben’s face in stating what has happened. “What? How? Tell me?” Ben gasped in hearing this, what has happened to Twilight and the others. “It was….from one…who’s power is near that to be godly, a being from…cough…a separate realm…far off our own.” Luna tries to speak while she breaths and coughs a bit to explain. “I heard of him, but never believed he existed.” She stated that she did not expect to believe that such a creature existed. "A separate realm...someone who's godly." Starlight Glimmer repeated these words, they know about their world having a War-God from Grimmore, but...there were others that exist besides him? “Luna, please…hang in there.” Ben prayed that his aunt was gonna be okay. “You must check them, keep their bodies safe until they can be free from…” Luna tries to give another message to Ben to hear her say this about Twilight & friends. “From who? Who….?” Ben asked in leaning further to get a better hearing. “Wize….man…” Luna whispered this name to Ben, before she lost conscious afterwards which made Ben get serious. “Fred? Barney? Something has happened to Twilight & the others?” Ben turn to his guards in stating what has happened suddenly. “But that’s impossible Prince Ben, they’re still in their chamber.” Fred spoke off puzzled in what has happened and what has occurred unknown to them. “Yeah, still snoozing too. How could they be endangered from sleep?” Barney nods to say they saw Twilight and friends, they don’t look endangered. “That’s what I’m worried about.” Ben stated to say in feeling concern all the more. “What do we do daddy?” Nyx came to her father in feeling worried something has happened to her mother and aunts. “Spike, write a letter to my mom. Tell her that Luna’s fallen & something has happened here & we need her to explain things.” Ben turn to Spike in instructing him to get a message to Celestia to be told what’s happened. “Right! I’m on it!” Spike saluted to say before he quickly ran off to find a scroll, write it down and magically send it out. “Hmmm…separated them…from his reach…must…find…ugh…” Luna spoke some things out that seem mostly mumbles at the time, like she tried to say something else. "She's hurt pretty bad Ben, we need to get her treated right away." Starlight Glimmer stated in seeing how much Luna's condition was, she needs immediate aid. “Your right Starlight. Don’t worry Aunt Luna, get some rest. Hopefully, we get to the bottom of this.” Ben said sternly to use his magic to help gently fit Luna up. Soon Ben was carefully moving Luna to get her into a chamber with a pace to recover as Starlight Glimmer also offered to help. Nyx & the rest of the CMC felt worried before they, Phobos, even Fred & Barney had to get moving. Something has happened here that seems to be big trouble, & whatever it is, Twilight and her five friends maybe in a situation where they cannot even reach them. What awaits their fates now without the represented Elements of Harmony here….remains to be seen…