Chapter 33
The dream realm stretched out in all directions and I peered at the portal before me. It was dark and stormy, rippling with silver.
“Prince Page.”
“Princess Luna,” I said and looked back to her as she joined me.
She stepped up next to me, “There is a Nightmare in there,” she said and then looked to me, “You’re not helping her?”
I sighed, “...This is not my world. I would like to, but not without asking you for permission. On this world, this is your realm.”
Luna frowned slightly and then nodded, “You would leave a pony in danger?”
“Hardly danger,” I said and looked up at her, “Nightmares are scary, yes, but ponies managed without anypony to guard their dreams for a millenium. They are scary, yes, but not really dangerous.”
Luna sighed softly, “They can be,” she said quietly, “They can still kill a weak pony, an elderly or sick pony may die of fright.”
“And this is a healthy baker in his twenties,” I told her as I got up, “Not in danger. Would you like me to join you in the hunt?”
Nodding, Luna stepped forward, “If you would like,” she said, moving into the portal.
I got up and touched my horn to the portal, following her into the dream. The dream formed around us, leaving us in a larger than life kitchen. The counters stretching up like mountains above our heads.
A earth pony with blonde mane and grey coat and with a bread cutiemark were running for his life on the floor, being chased by a massive rat the size of a dozen ponies.
I raised my eyebrow and walked up next to Luna as I watched the scene as he scrambled, just barely able to avoid the rat chasing him, “Remind me not to buy anything from his bakery,” I commented.
Luna glanced at me, “Indeed,” she commented and turned back, “Would you like to battle the Nightmare?”
“I would,” I agreed and spread my wings, taking to the sky before I twisted through the air. It liked playing cat and mouse, huh?
I can play that too.
Wrapping the fabric of the dream around myself, forging it into a different shape before I pounced in the form of a tabby cat.
I slammed down on the Nightmare, smashing the rat to the floor, claws extended as I went for the back of the neck with my fangs.
The Nightmare let out a very rat like squeak before dissolving into sparkles and I drank them in, feeling the usual rush of energy from it.
I met the baker's eyes as he looked back at me before I tapped my paw, changing the dream around us. Everything shuddered and shifted in a ripple from my paw.
Suddenly the baker was at the right size compared to his kitchen, a different pony faced him across the counter, the unicorn holding a paper in her magic as she talked to him about health violations.
I returned to my actual form but kept the small size as I took wing and flew over to Luna, landing before her.
“An interesting change of dream,” Luna said and looked up towards the two ponies, “And I can’t help but notice that you made sure he will remember this part.”
“Maybe it will do him good,” I said and sighed, “Not the calming dream I usually leave behind, but if he really has a rat problem bad enough for a Nightmare to latch onto as a subject, this may save some ponies from getting sick in the future.”
Luna turned to regard me again, “Your mastery of dream magic is quite remarkable.”
I smiled at her, “I had a very good teacher,” I told her and then shrugged, “Your realm is the night, the moon, the stars. Mine is… imagination. Stories. Much tighter bound to dreams than even yours are. It makes it easy for me.”
“Even so,” Luna said, “It’s not an easy subject even for a pony skilled in it. I have known two other ponies able to use the most rudimentary dream magic from their special talents. I have never known a pony able to do it like you. Not even myself.”
I shook my head, “I’m not as good as you are,” I said and then smiled at her, “Not yet.”
“Not yet,” she agreed before she smiled, “But I do have an advantage in practice. Before I was as good as you are now it took me… hundreds of years. How long have you been practicing it?”
“Not anywhere near as long,” I admitted, “My wife started to teach me before I got my wings, but even so…”
Luna nodded, “As I thought,” she said before she smiled slightly, “...I wonder where the you of this world is.”
I shook my head, “I’m not. I’m from a different world entirely,” I told her, “I’m not sure if Midnight told you of that…”
“She did,” Luna said and frowned, “And you have no idea how you ended up there?”
“No,” I admitted and then shrugged my wings, “But it seems to be the split of the timeline from this one as far as we’d been able to determine.”
Luna nodded, “So when we met, it really was a version of me you met.”
I smiled and sighed, “This must be almost as strange to you as it is to me.”
“Not so strange as for you,” Luna admitted, “Just… thinking. Would you be willing to bring a message to your wife from me?”
“Of course, but at this rate you may have to loan me a postal satchel.”
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Twilight: "Page! We're so happy to have you back we missed you so much!"
Page: "HERE'S THE MAIL IT NEVER FAILS IT MAKES ME WANNA WAG MY TAIL-"
Sunset: "Throw him back for two weeks. That was a reference and he promised not to do that."
(In all honestly tho, I bet Page would enthusiastically take a letter from 'canon' Luna to his Luna. It wouldn't matter what the letter was, he'd just see a alid excuse to hoof-deliver it to her. And spend the night. And maybe the next day too.)
Thanks for chapter!
His realm also has illusions… I have a feeling that the reason he is not as powerful as other alicorns is because he is underusing his powers.
He needs something that can blur the line between reality and fiction that can utilize his powers over all aspects of his realm, then he would reach his full potential.
As I had this idea I remembered the tantabus and how it was said it almost became so powerful it could cross over to the real world…
That sphere he made might be some more benign equivalent that will eventually become his ticket to greatness or maybe he eventually learn some power such as illusions so strong that they are almost real by himself…
Have a good day!
Why am I reminded of that greentext screencap of anon seeing the pattern of that image of a stereotypical jewish man in a slice of bread?
I've been lurking on this site for like... 6 years? Just felt like saying that this is still one of my favorite series to come back to. Thanks for the stories hiver!
*Page suddenly interested in one dream portal in particular*
Luna:
Why you looking at that one? That pony is having quite a happy dream.
Page:
Hmmm no we can't have that.
*Page dips his hoof into the portal & it slightly changes its color*
Luna:
PRINCE PAGE! What did you do?! Whose dream is that?!
Page:
Chancellor Neighsay. I'm making him dream the next few nights that his horn randomly go limp and hits his face like a wet noodle. Everypony around him cringing and questioning his...confidence.
Luna:
You shouldn't abuse your powers like that from now on.
Page:
And we are walking away from his dream portal because????
Luna:
I said "from now on". Not "fix that dream". Besides..Neighsay slashed the budget for night schools recently. BUCK HIM.
Page:
...MEANWHILE NEIGHSAY SPEND THE NEXT WEEK NERVOUSLY TOUCHING HIS HORN...
All these messages are just 'HEY OTHER ME, WANNA MAKE A PAGE SANDWICH?'
OR they're heartfelt messages
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Be prepared to wield the stick but be aware of those who just need a hand. Better to have friends than enemies. Considering equestria really didn't have any friends as a nation. They might have had trade partners but those won't be there when times get tough. On the hand they made themselves a target for their enemies to point where they definitely should have more prepared for them.
Considering I'm wondering when they are going get him home and what twilight and spike will decide as far as what they should do. Home is where the heart is but in this case it is in two places at the same time and she can only have one.
' 'Soon after' '
Celestia: "Prince Blank Page may I request you deliver a message to your version of Celestia?"
Page: "Wow... You are late with that request, so far Cadance, Lyra Heartstrings, Bon Bon, Derpy Hooves, Pinkie Pie and Luna ask be to deliver a message, a letter or a package to their version in my universe."
Celestia: "Can i ask what they ask their counterparts?"
Page: "Your Cadance want to ask my Luna if i am free for Stud service for you and Luna.
Lyra wants to know if i am a human in disguise and to send her human research while having given me some of her for my universes Lyra.
Bon Bon has some encoded message for the other and a picture of her butt for some reason with a sunglass on...
Derpy give me a fine for having broken the Post delivery secret code of 'hush-hush'. Also a Muffin for her other worlds daughter.
And last but not least Pinkie had a Cake for my Pinkie that is not going to be spoiling to soon.
Strange..."
Celestia: "Sooo you read trough any message so far?"
Page : "... No...?"
Celestia: "So Derpy give you a fine for not reading every singel message?"
Page: "Emmm..."
Celestia: "Gives this message to my dear sister in your universe Prince Page"
*Celestia leaves with her hips swinging*
Page reads Celestias letter to Luna only saying:
"Dibs on second foal"
With a picture of Celestia
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Also at least in the Pagequestria, Celestia and Luna are very ancient, page has that running joke of asking just how old Celestia is
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He's in the portal--but he seems to be stuck for some reason!! Uh--umm? If I'm not wrong, but it looks like some kind of humongous saddle bag, for some reason--!? WHAT sort of weird environment has he been stuck in over there.....?????
"
Twilight Sparkle: "Celestia! Luna! We've finally found Page! We're pulling him baaaa--what in Celestia's name--!?
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Wasn't there a conversation that they lived through three Calander systems in the past
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Pinkie Pie cake was the breaking point of the portal limit in sizes
Did you figured the message out Bon Bon send out and for who it really is?
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"When was the iron age? Sometime before that" is an appropriate answer
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Going to play Civilization V now to find answers!
Considering a project I'm currently involved with, the giant rat dream is rather funny!
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The 'power' thing was explained before. It's not such that he's less powerful as that his specialisation isn't flashy and doesn't show up so well in the waking world.
No grammar jackboots today, well done!
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ya he's a master of illusions,even fooling Celestia for a time when he went Batpone
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Wouldn’t it be interesting if he accidentally learned he could step physically into his little dream world, then physically step back out anywhere else... like, say, another world, connected through the dream realm?
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WHEN IT COMES I WANNA WAIL... MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIL!
Fern: Bow-bo-bOOOOOOWWWWWW! BO-BO-BO-BOwww!
Page: It's Fern's Clues, it's Fern's Clues...
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Hmm, interesting, considering how the multiverse theory does have some factors with regards to people's imaginations and dreams, it could be possible for Page to learn how to travel between possible worlds in the multiverse through his dream magic, but he'd need to figure out how to do that.....
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Forget BLUR the line between reality and fiction, how about REMOVE the line entirely!
Considering how pretty much EVERYTHING in reality was once fiction and dreams at one point, not to mention, how, according to the multiverse theory, practically EVERYTHING in dreams or created in an imagination does exist as its own universe in some part of the infinite universes in the multiverse, if Page can figure this out, his powers can become practically infinite.
Like the saying goes, Everything in life is impossible, until someone DOES IT. Then it just becomes incredibly difficult, then it becomes less difficult, then easier and easier, then practically commonplace. Like with the cutie marks, for example. First it was impossible to manipulate them, like when Twilight tried to make Applebloom's cutie mark come forth, then it was impossible to manipulate cutie marks and special talents, considering that one needs to discover the special talent BEFORE getting the cutie mark, pre-MMC, then Starlight managed to remove cutie marks and special talents, then she could swap them around.
The pony in question is male, so that should be "him".
Spelling jackboot:
Millennium.