45. Dreams and mornings
"Just how much did you drink?" Twilight asked Shining Armor, Matt, and Brann as she and Cadence led them back into the library.
"I don't know." her brother stammered in reply, waddling, and making Twilight once again wonder if she should just carry him with her magic.
"Brann was paying, so maybe he knows." Matt said who, despite looking only slightly better than Shining, had no problem with walking. He glanced at the dwarf and asked: "Why were you carrying this much gold with you, anyway?"
"Well, lad, if I had to chose what was the most important lesson I learned during my travels, then it would be that ye never know when or where ye will stop by a tavern, so it's best to always have somethin'." Brann replied with a grin, the only one that appeared to not have been affected by alcohol.
Twilight shook her head, amazed by males' stupidity as she opened the door. Sure, she got herself drunk once, but that was an accident. She didn't drink mug after mug of beer, or whatever did her brother and the rest drunk.
"Be quiet everypony, Spike is already asleep." Twilight whispered, pointing at the sleeping form of a baby dragon in his basket, which she moved to the living room. "Okay, Cadence. you and Shining Armor sleep in my bed. No objections!" she added, seeing as her sister-in-law was opening her mouth. "This is the only bed big enough for two ponies. The rest of us will sleep here, to give you some privacy, just give me a moment to bring the spare beds..."
"Thanks, Twilight." Cadence said as she nuzzled her husband forward to the bedroom.
"I doubt'at there will be any need for privacy tonight, considering his state." Twilight heard Brann whisper to Matt, and both of them chuckle.
"Do you want to sleep outside?" she asked them, with a stare that made them both look away. Turning to Matt, she asked: "And I thought you were more resilient to alcohol."
Matt, glancing at the door to her bedroom, as if to check if nopony was listening, came closer to her and whispered to her ear:
"Actually, I'm not. I am just strong willed enough to not let that be seen." he blinked at her in a conspiracy-like fashion, and then, after a little hic, he added: "Well, most of the time."
Twilight glanced at Brann, and then back at Matt, comparing the state of two of them.
"How exactly did you beat his older brother?" she asked finally with a raised eyebrow
This made the dwarf chuckle, although there was a pang of sadness mixed.
"Magni had the lightess head out'a us three brothers." he explained.
"And..." Matt said, blushed a bit. "... I can’t really remember the end of our duel. I was told I won the next day... after I was cured out of hangover..."
Twilight once again shook her head as Brann begin to chuckle dangerously loud. Making sure that Spike was still asleep, she went to fetch beds for her and the two males.
"It's a good thing I run through that book called 'Emergency furnitures' by Icy Kelp and Eerie Amarilis the other day." she thought as she teleported two beds she created earlier and the one Matt usually slept in to the living room.
She went back there and saw that while Brann was already laying in one, Matt was nowhere in sight. Guessing that he probably went into the kitchen, Twilight teleported there and found him drinking a glass of water.
"What?" he asked as he noticed her.
Twilight sighed.
"Just go to bed." she said as she turned around to leave.
"As you wish, Lady Twilight." Matt replied as she heard him follow her back to the living room.
Twilight rolled her eyes and glanced trotted over to the shelves with history books on it.
"Why aren't you going to bed?" she heard Matt ask her.
"I want to check if there is anything about 'Project Eclipse in here." Twilight replied without turning around.
"Twilight, it’s long past midnight."
"I am aware of that." she replied, annoyed that he was scolding her. "But this is important, so..."
Whatever was she going to say was abruptly stopped as a pair of strong foreleg lifted her without a problem into the air.
"What are you doing!?" Twilight, being surprised, enraged, and embarrassed, hissed at Matt who was carrying her to her bed. "Put me down right now!"
"Okay." he replied almost cheerfully as he dropped her on her bed. He then leaned over her, the cheerfulness gone. "You're going to sleep. Now. Got it?"
Under his stern gaze, Twilight found that she could only nod.
"Good filly." he said patronizingly as he patted her on her head. Matt grinned as he noticed the look on her face. "Oh, come on, that was funny."
Twilight rolled her eyes as she chuckled weakly, getting past her frustration and embarrassment and finding some amusement in his action.
"Good night." she murmured to him.
"Good night." he responded as he retreated to his bed. "Sweet dreams."
The lavender mare rolled over in bed, closing her eyes as she recalled that she had to talk to him tomorrow about what happened back under that debris. Twilight wondered what exactly Matt was thinking about that, and how he would respond to her tomorrow, as her mind drifted to sleep.
Everypony was asleep inside the library when a cat - the same one that the group encountered within the Everfree Forest - jumped through the open window. It glanced at the four sleeping figures and one awake. Owlowiscious and the cat long stared at each other, the formed curious as to what the cat was doing here, and the latter surprised that the small owl didn't flew away at the sight of it.
"Who?"
The cat finally decided to pay no mind to the bird as it searched among the sleeping figures the one that healed it from the brink of death. Recognizing Matthias, the cat crept silently towards him. It jumped on his bed, and stared into his face. The cat wrinkled its nose at the disgusting breath the pony acquired after consuming so much alcohol.
It continued to stare at him, appearing unsure as what to do now. Finally, still looking unsure the cat laid down next to Matthias, curling up into a ball and snuggling close to his head as it falls asleep.
Matthias and Twilight nuzzled each other as the laid at the edge of a lake, which reflected not only them, but the moon and stars as well.
"It's so beautiful here." Twilight hummed as she brushed his mane. "And peaceful."
Matthias murmured something in agreement. This scenery was indeed beautiful and peaceful, but he couldn't shake the feeling that there was something wrong. He couldn't put his hoof on it, but it was there, like a very stubborn feeling.
He shook his head, resigned, choosing to simply enjoy the closeness of Twilight. Matthias glanced at their reflections in the lake...
... and a pair of cold eyes with ice-blue glow stared back.
Matthias quickly jumped away in terror, and it all disappeared. Gone were the eyes, the lake, the moon, and the stars...
... gone was Twilight.
"It was just a dream..." Matthias muttered to himself, both relieved and saddened.
"It still is a dream." somepony corrected him.
He spun around, expecting to see Ysera, or Bolvar, or whoever... but except this one…
"If I am dreaming, then what are you doing here?" the earth pony asked the colorful cat from the forest, forcing himself calm and letting go of the fact that it scratched his nose... for the moment, at least.
"I... kind of forced my way into your dream." the cat replied, the tone of voice marking it as female. From what Matt could see, she appeared to be confused. "I didn't expect it to work this well, actually." she shook her head. "Anyway, I wanted to thank you. I don't know what you did, but I know you saved my life. And I didn't exactly showed appreciation back then."
The last comment was followed by a warm purr, and Matthias realised that the cat chuckled. Confused with her overall behaviour, which was quite strange for an animal, even in Equestria, he asked:
"You are not from around here, right?"
The cat, managing to compose herself, nodded.
"Yes, I suppose so. I don't recall ever seeing horses living in a twolegs' nest, or them having some kind of strange healing powers." she said, calmly, and then after licking her paw and cleaning her ear, added: "Although, it is much less surprising than the fact that I exist."
"That you 'exist'?" Matthias repeated the last word, beginning to understand. "You died, haven't you?"
The cat, to his surprise, chuckled as if amused.
"I died many seasons ago, while I tried to defend my clanmate's kits." she said, memories flashing before her eyes. "I joined my ancestors in StarClan, and watched over the living cats from all clans, until a great battle took place. A war that was long in coming: a fight between the clans and the Place of No Stars, where the spirits of dead cats walked if they were forbidden from joining Starclan. Unable to let go of their hatred, they attacked, and I fell while protecting a cat that was dear to the one I loved. And if a cat that died dies again, it disappears, forever. And yet, I woke up in a forest that I didn't know, and was soon chased by a very strange creature."
As she talked, Matthias, besides listening could only stare, which was what he was doing long after the cat finished her tale. Finally, he shrugged and said:
"You just told me a lot of things about yourself, and I understood almost none of it. How about I tell you some things about myself?" seeing the cat nod, he went on: "I was born a human, or a 'twoleg', if you will. I was a great warrior, and was to become the leader of my people, but instead, due to the curse and strange twists of fate, I became a murder and a butcher to them. I was finally killed, and few months later, I found myself in a different world in a pony's body."
Now it was the cat's turn to stare. It recovered quicker than him, however, much to his annoyance.
"So... this is a different world?" she asked, and Matthias nodded. The cat looked down on the ground, saddened. "What am I going to do now?"
Feeling a rush of sympathy for her, Matt gently pressed his hoof to her body.
"You could stay with me, if you want to."
The cat looked up, her amber eyes meeting his sea-colored ones.
"I dislike the idea of becoming a kittypet." she replied, and although her voice was stern, her eyes twinkled with amusement, as if the thought brought back some memories. "But I can exactly be one when you aren't a twoleg. Thank you."
"No problem." he said, smiling. It was then that he realized they haven’t introduced themselves to each other yet. "I'm Matthias Lehner, and you?"
"Spottedleaf." the cat replied, also smiling.
"Wake up, you sleepy heads! It's morning!" Twilight, waking up Matt and Brann, said cheerfully who rested well after a good-night sleep.
Seeing that the dwarf was getting up, she trotted over to still asleep Matt. Twilight nudged him gently, mindful that he might have a headache.
"Did I dream about him this night?" Twilight wondered as felt something click in her head.
She dismissed the thought as soon as it appeared, If she did, then it was caused by her thinking about the upcoming talk the two of them would have. Twilight was still unsure as how to start, but she still got at least an hour or two before they would get a chance to be alone.
Matt gave a weak moan as he opened one eye.
"Hi." he said and yawned loudly.
Then, he closed his eye back.
"Oh, no you don't!" Twilight told him, taking off his quilt with magic. "Get up!"
She looked at Matt, who still slept, and then noticed that there was something furry next to his head.
"Matt, what is this?!" she asked, but she soon found the answer to her question, as she leaned closer to what was the cat from the forest.
"Hmm?" the earth pony asked, turning to see what she was going about. "Oh, that's just Spottedleaf."
"Spottedleaf?" Twilight thought, not understanding.
"This reminds me: Twilight is it okay if I have a pet?" Matt asked her.
"Err... yeah, I guess..." she answered, uncertain as to what was going on.
"Thanks Twilight." he said, taking her fronthoof and kissing it gently. "You are the best friend a pony can have."
Twilight, blushing, rolled her eyes as she realized that Matt was again asleep, with his lips still on her hoof.
"Okay, ye've gotta be kiddin'." Brann said as Matthias finished. "This is just too weird."
The earth pony rolled his eyes.
They were all sitting in the kitchen, eating breakfast that Spike made. He just finished telling everypony about Spottedleaf, who was currently eating some animal food under the table, and about what she told him.
"A world where cats are smart enough to live within clans, their leaders have nine lives, when they die, they join their ancestors, or go to a dark forest with no light in it?" Matthias summed up in short. "How is that much weirder from what we have on Azeroth, Equestria or Outland?"
"Well, granted, but..." the dwarf mumbled. "... a cat telling ye all that in a dream?!?"
"Like a tree trying to cover the whole world in a nightmare?" Matthias countered.
That left Brann speechless.
"Okay, just how in blazes do ye know about the Nightmare Lord?!?" he asked when he recovered.
Matthias chuckled, amused by this banter. True, he also found all that Spottedleaf told him hard to believe, but she was equally confused by the stuff he told her, like The Light, for example, or the magic. He pitied the fact that she could only talk in dreams, otherwise this discussion would be much more entertaining.
"Well, all in all, it's a nice cat." Twilight said, patting her on head, to which Spottedleaf replied with purring noises. "We should later visit Fluttershy and tell her that she's here, and not in that forest. She's been really worried when I told everypony about our trip back."
"Of course she is." he chuckled. "Why don't we go now?"
"Ye mind if I stay here?" Brann asked. "I kinda wanted to check few of these books."
"I better stay then." Spike said, "Don't want him to mess up the library, so soon after cleaning the place."
"And I wanted to go back to bed." Shining Armor, plagued with a hangover, murmured, causing his wife to giggle.
"Well, then I guess it will be just the three of us then." Matthias said, glancing at Twilight.
She appeared to be thrilled by the idea, for some reason. He brushed that thought off, and they prepared to leave with Spottedleaf, when suddenly, Spike breathed green fire, and it soon materialized into a letter with the royal seal on it.
"A letter from Princess Celestia!" Twilight exclaimed, immediately forgetting about going to Fluttershy, as she snatched the letter, broke the seal, and began to read it.
Under other circumstances, this would cause Matthias to chuckle at Twilight's behaviour, but this time he was eager to hear what the letter brought. Perhaps Princess Celestia knew something about the mysterious 'Project Eclipse'? So he waited, along with everypony else, until Twilight finished reading. When she did, she glanced at him, confused.
"Princess Celestia wants to see you and Brann in Canterlot, today."
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i already thought of this as a great story because I really like the warcraft lore, but with the addition of warrior cats this story has moved a few places up in favourit list
Keep it up
Kitty warrior?? COOL!!!
I love this story
All I could think of when I saw the cat's name...
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Yay, new chapter :D
yeah... um will my lack of knowledge on the warrior novels be a problem? i mean i know bits and pieces but thats it
Yay! Update!
Well I got the warriors reference. And yay spottedleaf!
Yay update
WHAT
You monster you put a poor cat from warriors into your stuffed up world, what purely evil plot line have thought of with that poor cat AND you picked spottedleaf that cat had to many bad things happen to it, you better be nice to her...
Sorry for the rant but warriors was what got me into reading in the first place and now I hope you don't ruin it for me.
*facehoof* it is an amazing story but i wish i didn't read so fast.
*Siren sounds*
Its the crossover alarm!
EEEEEE!!! It's spottedleaf! I missed her... I am an avid fan of Warriors, so once again, EEEEE! That is a fan squeal. Or whatever it's called, I'm too tired to care, as long as my point is understood.
"Oh my god YES!" I shouted, only to be stared down for yelling that out after a teacher starts explaining World War 2 Germany.
Being a fan of the Warriors series a few years back, I was excited to see Spotted leaf in here. I gotta admit, not many stories make me comment before I finish reading up to where it currently is. This is an exception.
amazing!!!!!!!!!!
warriors so awesome i love those books lol spottedleaf so sad she died
PLEASE keep the warriors coming! I have found a new love for this story because of it
Nice warriors reference.
I love this story 10x more
now that you actually added a warrior cat directly into the storyline. Though when i got to the part about it being spottedleaf I 
nearly killed my laptop when I dropped my glass of water in awe/joy.
Did you just yank Spottedleaf from warriors into this... WHAT THE HAY??? (in a good way)
goddammit, i like Jayfeather and his sarcastic self better then this medicine cat... was the cause of waaaaay too much angst.
1868404I HAVE! :D
I read the first two series of warriors and a bit of the third.
Warriors reference.... Good story thing!
I had to chose
amazed by males' stupidity
good thing I run through that book
stared at each other, the formed curious
owl didn't flew away
I became a murder and a butcher
and few months
1. Choose.
2. By the males' stupidity.
3. Ran.
4. Former.
5. Fly.
6. Murderer.
7. And a few months.
whats dark forest?
I'm going to over look the Warrior reference because spottedleaf was my second favorite cat. Raindrop was my first.
my only sorrow now is, having read warriors in french, i don't know who the cat his (the names being translated)
I love the warriors series.
Ugh you brought warriors into this now i'm gonna have to spend time researching shit so i don't get headaches
Wait, hold the fucking phone! She died again!? I never remember that! I really dont want to go read the entire series again.
With the appearance of Spottedleaf you have touched one of the only warm spots in my sub-zero heart. I thank you greatly for this lovely chapter.
A reference to the Warriors series?
I could have made a list of plot twists i thought possible, and that would not be there.
Almost as soon as I read that part I knew where you were going with where the cat was from, even though I haven't read that book series for about 5 years. I can't figure out if I recognize the name SpottedLeaf(Medicine Cat from Fireclan(Or was it called Thunderclan? I think FireSTAR was just one of the leaders) maybe?) from the series or if my mind just remembers the series and is trying to hard to place the name anywhere it might seem familiar.
Whoo! We goin warriors up in dis joint!
Spottedleaf?! FUCK YEAH!!
I mean uh... Yay!
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.
Spottedleaf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A wild crossover has appeared!
I read those books too... My favorite books...
4112262 Yeah, Spottedleaf was the medicine cat of ThunderClan
References everywhere...
Really?
Obvious much? >.>
Really? Nobody spotted/commented about the IKEA reference? I thought it was a fun one .
We heard you like cross overs, so here's a crossover with another cross over, crossing over the horizon into your heart!
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So seriously, should I read the Warriors series now, or is that unnecessary?
5320260 It's a good series, quite an easy read, but Erin Hunter (The author of said series) put a lot of time and effort into the series, with 5-6 books in the first series alone. I think it rounds out to about 14-15 books, all well written, but with enough simplicity that a child could easily comprehend the story.
5320260 ok, I know that you typed that along time ago, but yes, yes you need to read that series.
It's a good thing I read Warriors many years ago otherwise I would be confused, hah.
So many crossovers.
5678198 I'm only barely familiar with the warriors series... but not so much that i didn't know about this.
Nope, Nope, nope, and a whole lotta nope... to many god damn crossovers.
I once read some Warriors comic books, a long tome ago. It's interesting, but a crossover?
Well, I don't actually have reason to complain about characters now.