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To say that you are nervous would be the same as saying Kamina is a badass. It's completely obvious and there is no need to bring it up. After torching a response letter, you start pacing the your room, worrying about what will happen and what she will think of you.

"I'm going to meet Princess Luna!"

"What should I wear?"

"How bad do I smell?" *sniff* *sniff*

"Wait. It's a dream. Does it even matter?"

After contemplating how your image in the world of dreams might reflect your actual appearance, you figure showering would be the best course of action. Making sure that there is no smell left on your body, you hop out of the shower, dry yourself off, and head for bed. You lay your head down on to the fluffy pillow, close your eyes to rest.

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Well it looks like it's going to be one of those night.

You toss and turn, trying to fine a comfortable position to go to sleep. You try several different positions only to realize that you spent about an hour just moving around in your bed. Trying to find a way to get yourself to go to sleep; you let your mind wander to see if it comes up with anything good, and as usual it just sits in your head and does nothing. You are running out of ideas and you start to become desperate.

After thinking of completely horrid ideas such as, "Taking a hammer to the head" or "Swallowing a bottle of sleeping pills".

You start to really think about the pills.

"Would it really be a good idea to meet a pony princess, while being doped up on sleeping pills? Nah. But it does sound like fu-" You start to say only to be interrupted be a calming voice.

"There will be no need for sleep aids. Just relax and I will take care of the rest."

Being startled by the sudden body-less voice, you decide that it was a better idea than the pills. Hell, it wouldn't be the first time you listened to a voice that was in your head.

* * * * *

Again you try to just lay down and relax, and you can't see it ending any different then it did last time. While you wait for sleep to come, you start to think of what she wishes to talk to you about. Every fanfic you have ever read is starting to come to mind, even some of the more indecent ones. 'God, I hope she doesn't ask to search my mind... That would be hard to explain' You thought, shivering at the very idea of someone or somepony seeing that. You weren't really into that stuff, but curiosity had reared its ugly head on more than one occasion.

You soon feel your eye-lids start to get heavy and your yawns become more frequent. You noticed the waking world is quickly slipping away.

* * * * *

You come to a void of mass nothingness. Within this nothingness is a single white door. Looking around the dark void, you see no other options, so the door was your best bet as to progressing through this... whatever this is. Upon closer inspection of the door, you see a crescent moon engraved into the wood. 'Gee, I wonder who is behind this door.' You think to yourself.

You grasp the handle to the door, but you stop. 'Princess Luna is just beyond this door. Am I ready to meet one such as her?' You ask yourself.

Throwing all unreasonable caution to the wind, you firmly grasp the handle, turn it, fling the door open and walk right though. This side of the door is much brighter than the other. This new environment reminds you of your old windows desktop. There are hills every where and it's all covered in deep green grass. The only thing that was out of the ordinary about this place were the little specks of golden light flowing in the wind. It was a simple, yet beautiful sight.

All you wanted to do was sit in the grass and enjoy your surroundings, but you had somepony you had to meet and you never keep a lady waiting.

Pulling your attention away from the little light show, you start looking around for the Lunar royalty, but she in nowhere in sight. You are confused as to why you are having such a hard time finding Luna in such a bright setting. Looking around one last time, you decide to just choose a direction and follow it. After walking for about five minutes you hear a loud *THUMP* from behind, and you realize that your search has come to an end.

* * * * *

You turn around to see none other than the princess herself. For a second, you think you see a over-joyed expression that could match even Pinkie Pie's, but her smile quickly shrinks into a small grin. She takes a few eager steps towards you and looks at you expectantly. All you can do is just stare back. The scene starts to get a little awkward, and never being one for uncomfortable silences, you decide to speak up.

"Greetings your Highness. I am Red Hearts and it is a pleasure to finally meet you." You say, bowing slightly. This made her smile grow.

"Please, the pleasure is is all mine." She responds in a cheery voice, while lowering her head in a bow like stance, only to rise quicker then you would have expected possible.

"Unfortunately, time tends to pass much quicker in a dream,so I'm afraid we must get strait to the point." She said in a suddenly much more serious tone.

You open your mouth to say something, only to be interrupted by Luna. "Please, take a seat." She said, gesturing to a small wooden chair that sat across from a bench with a square table, with a porcelain tea set on it in between. You could've sworn none of that was there a second ago.

You take your seat and the princess sits on the small couch, tucking her legs comfortably under herself. She levitates the kettle over two of the tea-cups and fills them. She brings one cup over to herself and offers one to you.

"So, what is it you wanted to talk about, your highness?" You ask, taking the cup from the air.

" There is no need for the formalities. Just call me Luna. Now as for the reason that I wanted to talk to you; I want to offer you a choice. A choice that will change the course your life. Do you understand?" She asks you.

" I understand." You answer back, hoping that this is going where you think it is.

"Good. From what I have seen over the past few months, you tend to keep to yourself and not really talk to anypony, I intend to change that. I know how it feels to not be able to make friends, no matter how hard you try. But you are different from me. You have shown to be a kind and understanding pon-err, human and are just not sure how to approach others.

I am offering you two choices." She stated, but hesitated to go any further.

"Is something wrong Luna?" You ask, curious as to why she stopped. If she heard you, she didn't show it.

"Like I said, I am offering you two choices. The first is to come back with me to Equestria, and allow me to watch over you in the following month. In said month, You will try to attain ten true friends. If you fail to do so, you will be sent back to your home with no memory of what had happened." She said as she watched you carefully to make sure you are following along.

"The second choice is to remain home, alone in your life. With no friends. None. At all." She said as she levitated two cupcakes over to you. One had red frosting, and the other had blue frosting.

'She's really doing this, isn't she?' You think to yourself while you look down at the cupcakes in your hands.

"You eat the blue frosted cupcake, the story ends and you wake up in your bed and believe what ever you want. You eat the red frosted cupcake, I take you to Equestria, and help you know just how far friendship can take you." She says, staring deep into your soul.

You start to bring the red frosted one up to your mouth, but she interrupes you.

"Remember, all I offer you is help, nothing more."

You take a bite of the red frosted cupcake and drink your tea.

"Good. Follow me." She says with a small smirk.

She stands up and opens her horn begins to glow. A large wooden door appears with a bright flash, she uses her magic to open the door and she walks through. You get up and follow her through the doorway. You can't shake the feeling that this is going to come back to bite you an the ass.