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// (Prologue) Old Dreams [reedited] 
// Story: Sage of Harmony (Season 1) 
// by Eon Seb 
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Canterlot Square
Twilight ran as fast as she could down the road, "I can't believe I lost track of time! Oh I hope I'm not too late." With a final burst of speed, she was just able to catch up with her friends, "Hi Moon Dancer. Hey Sunburst." Twilight had a smile on her face, until she saw the look in her friend’s eyes, angry did not even begin to describe it. "W-what’s wrong guys?"
"You are what’s wrong, you magic thief!" Moon Dancer yelled, "How could you? I thought we were your friends, but all this time your were just leeching off us! No wonder I kept doing a horrid job on practical exams!"
Twilight's eyes widened in shock, "No, I would never hurt you guys. I just learned about that ability yesterday!" she exclaimed, on the verge of hyperventilating.
"Right," Sunburst growled. "Because you had to know about the ability or it would have never worked, is that it? You always wanted to get into Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns, what better way than by stealing unicorn magic."
Twilight could not even respond. How could her friends think she would do that? "Nothing to say? Fine then, guards! " In the next minute, Twilight was tackled and tied up with magic suppressing chains. She barely heard one of the guards say "you have the right to remain silent" before she blacked out.

Throne room

When Twilight woke up, she was seated facing a group of ponies. Among them sat her friends, her family, and at the front, with a scroll signed by the Princess herself, was Blueblood. "So the little monster is finally awake?" he sneered, "Before your official punishment for the crime of stealing magic, these good ponies have some last words for you."
Twilight wanted to scream, to beg, to just say anything, but her mouth refused to move. Her parents began to speak, "You are a disgrace to our family. Never in the years of its existence has one of its members stooped this low. You are no daughter of ours, you no longer deserve the name of Twilight Sparkle." Her ex-friends had no more to say to her, and as she looked at her brother, pleading with her eyes, the look he returned was as cold as a windigos heart.
Blueblood resumed speaking as he read her sentence, "Midnight Void, as punishment for your crimes, you are to be stripped of your magic and are banished to Tartarus for the rest of your natural life."  Twi- Midnight could say nothing as she was dragged away, her last thoughts being someone, anyone, save me! Mom, Dad, BBBFF, please!"


“WAKE-UP!” Midnight jerked awake. As she struggled to control her breathing, she looked towards the voice that had woke her up, and saw her little joy, Spectrum Shadow, AKA The Pony of Shadows. "You were having a nightmare again papa. Won't you please let me help you fight them?" she pleaded with big puppy eyes.
Fortunately, I'm immune to those by this point. "Shady, you're still too young to fight in the dream world. Besides, your mother will be coming home soon, and she'd skin me alive if I let you get hurt."
"Hmm, I hope she teaches me how to dream walk. Then I can make sure you never have a bad dream again, and when she gets home we can make sure she and auntie make up, then we can be one big happy family and you won't have to be sad anymore."
"Yeah, everything will turn out just fine, dear," Midnight smiled, hoping her daughter didn't notice how worried she really was. "That's right Nightmare Moon will be returning soon. Hopefully the plan we made will do the trick,” because if what she had seen of the future was any indication, they were soon going to need all the help they could get.