Power of dream

The sun was beginning to set on the horizon as I sat under the Tree just outside the Castle in the garden. My mind began to slow down as my eyes became heavy, telling me to sleep. I tried to fight off my weariness, but the warmth of the sun made it impossible to stay awake any longer. I closed my eyes and seeped into my dream.

I saw myself inside the castle, performing a slightly different role. Ponies around me smiled in happiness as I made their wishes come to life. But as they smiled, the walls behind me exploded, creating instant chaos as their wishes faded from reality. The scene changed as I saw the world around me...burning and everything in rubble. In front of me...corpses of the innocent laid before my eyes, including Luna, Celestia, Twilight, and Delta. Amongst the horizon, an army forged it's way towards the castle in all directions...with a menacing laugh rippled through the shattered world. I opened my eyes back to reality, where Twilight had her hoof on my shoulder. Her mouth was probably about to speak until I woke up.

"Hey, it's almost time for the Grand Galloping Gala to start, are you ready yet?" she says.

I nodded grimly...it was already night, with the moon high in the sky, I followed Twilight...thinking about my little nightmare as I sneaked around the castle with Twilight to my custom made entrance. I peeked outside the door, to see Celestia and Luna greeting all the ponies attending the Gala. I didn't want to interrupt them, so Twilight and I waited as we peeked behind the door.

2 hours later...

"Twilight?" I turned my attention to Twilight as she chewed on a few cupcakes...when she lost interest on the first hour.

"Yes?" Twilight's voice was muffled as she chewed on another cupcake she stuffed in her mouth.

"How long is this going to take?" my body began to slouch.

"Don't worry, the last of the guests should be finished greeting the two about now." Twilight placed another cupcake in her mouth.

As if right on cue...Luna began announcing.

"Welcome to this year's Grand Galloping Gala!" Luna declared.

The crowd boomed in cheer.

"Well...I should be with my friends for now, I wish you good luck on this one!" Twilight left me in order to join her friends.

"If you were wondering how we were able to do this all in one week...let me tell you, we didn't do this." Celestia exclaimed to the crowd.

The ponies started whispering to each other in wonder of who could do this in one week.

"But to tell you the truth, this person did all this in one day." says Luna

Half of the ponies oohed and awed in wondering what person could do all...this in such short amount of time.

"Let us make sure that he feels welcome to our world." Luna then raised her hoof to me.

"Well...it's time to start." I told myself.

I created a data circle on the floor as I enveloped my body in a graceful light, making myself more unearthly than I usually look. I made a slight poke at the door, and it flew open...directing all of their attention to me. I slowly stepped forward as the data circle follow me...I hopped onto the giant podium that I somehow regret placing here because it looks weird. The light around me faded as I place my hands behind my back. The ponies stared at me as I forced myself to take a bow.

"It is a great honor to serve under the holders of the sun and moon." I don't know why I said the whole 'honor' thing.

"I am Dream...creator of Olympus and seer of worlds." I made half of the stuff up.

"Now, in order to let the event begin, I need all of you to stay calm...is this alright with all of you?" I say." What is this? "

Some of the ponies whispered to each other of what I might do, but most of them agreed.

"Alright...let us begin." I announced.

I raised my hands in the air.

"Engage Universal System!" I exclaimed.

Data circles began to flash beneath the ponies, surprising them. The circles began levitating them as a bluish light glowed from them. The light flashed brighter and brighter, and suddenly...they were gone.

I knew what was going to happen. I turned around and saw Luna and Celestia as they looked at me with serious faces. The two slid off their thrones and stood behind me.

"What did you do to our subjects?" Celestia was the first to say.

"Don't worry," I responded. "I put each one of them in a custom made pocket dimension,  except for Twilight and her friends...and people who have good connections with each other."

Then I remembered something.

"Hey...do you two want to be part of the Master System?" I asked them.

"What is this 'Master System' you speak of?" Luna began.

I mentally face palmed.

"Well...to explain it simply, the Master System was created to be the ultimate monitor and commanding unit." I explained.

The two sisters took in the information I gave them and nodded at me.

"Good," I said. " Let's begin."

I pointed at the empty Hall, then traced a circle in a light blue glow.

"Activate Master System...trio!" I shouted.

A giant symbol appeared behind us, with transparent wings that were huge.

Data circles repeated the process that happened to the guests. The circles began to keep us afloat, then shining the bluish light upon us, then eventually disappearing.

Celestia and Luna were extremely confused of what just happened. To them, it seemed they've just been teleported to an alternate dimension...but what actually happened was they're now inside a web like world, with the realms connected together by strings of immense energy. In front of them was Dream, who seemed to be observing all of them, one by one in a dome of holographic images. The two sisters approached him, but he started talking like he knew they was there the entire time.

"Hey, may I tell you something?" he asked, not taking his eyes off the multiple images.

"Umm...yes?" Celestia said.

"Can you implant the instructions to the other guests since the instructions are implanted to your heads?"  Dream said.

"Don't worry...the instructions of how to copy those memories are in your head as well." Luna entered the holographic dome and saw that his eyes were moving a thousand miles per hour.

Luna walked out of the holographic sphere and explained to her sister.

He's monitoring everything at once...so he's busy. Luna mouthed.

Oh...that explains a lot. Celestia responded.

The two princesses looked into their memories to see if anything was out of the ordinary...and they found something, a memory that wasn't supposed to be there. For some reason, it felt very familiar, almost like it was in their head throughout their lives, except they knew that this memory is foreign. The two sisters ordered simultaneously,

"Computer...activate profile Gamma-829."

Two pairs of arm like mechanisms appeared out of nowhere and aimed a camera like device at their faces.

"Initiate." they commanded.

The camera devices suddenly flashed a bright light, temporarily revealing their nervous systems. After a few more seconds of the light flashing in their eyes, the light dimmed and a message appeared as a hologram.

Memory instructions copied.

Would you like to send to all 3,000 guests?

On the bottom laid a check mark and an X. Luna eyed Celestia, not knowing what to do...but Celestia knew what needs to be done. She walked to the hologram and pressed the check. In an instant, multiple streams of energy flowed into the web like structure, shining brighter than the glowing strings. Luna zoomed in as she stared into the pocket dimensions. The guests were either confused, afraid, or just stared into deep space. Some of them even tried pounding on the walls, thinking they can escape this universe. That's what they did until the files seeped into their brains harmlessly.  Their faces were dawned with realization as they began to look around them in awe and wonder.

That's when the chaos began.

Ponies in each dimension began creating structures that were obvious, or sometimes unique. Some were even fighting each other with super powers, while others were a little...naughty. Meanwhile, Dream...who has been quiet for a while, was pale from seeing the...naughty...images.

"I...need to get lunch." he said before disappearing.

God that was gross! I think I just scarred my mind a little, oh well doesn't matter. I managed to keep my food in my stomach as I stumbled over to my food, and ate as many hotdogs as I can, trying to get the disgusting images out of my head. After I managed to stuff myself to satisfaction, I sat down on the giant podium...listening to the soothing musicthat echoed throughout the room. For a moment I thought I heard some buzzing like noises coming from outside, but eventually faded away as I stood up. Curious, I peeked out the windows...and saw small shadows moving in the distance, and they seemed to be getting closer. I gained a greater amount of curiosity as I ran out of the Grand Hall and stopped myself at the Garden. I looked up, and millions of little black dots swarmed across the sky. But the one that stands out of all of them, was a giant green glow that pierced the darkness. I squinted at the glowing light, but some thing was coming towards me. I flipped barely in time as a greenish beam merely came in contact with my shirt, dissolving a little bit of the sleeves. I sprinted as fast as I could back to the Grand Hall, and activated the Master System.

"Computer, engage system lock down." I commanded

A low vibrant hum filled the room, signaling me that the process is complete.

And just like in my little nightmare, the walls exploded behind me...but I am prepared to face whatever it is.

A creature stepped forward from the rubble. I stared blankly at the creature, confused. It would've been cuter if it didn't look so threatening. The fur it had was black, and the hooves had holes everywhere, like cheese. Fangs were sticking out of it's mouth, and had insect wings on the side. The eyes were like a snake's, which was the color of emerald and the hair reminded me of seaweed. It also had a crooked horn sticking out from it's forehead. I wanted to go easy on this creature, due to the fact that I don't have a good reason to fight it with all my might.

I raised up my hand as three spheres of immense energy materialized, orbiting my hand. I hurled the spheres at the creature, and it managed to dodge easily by teleporting in a short distance, a few yards before me. Huh, so it can use magic, and it's not mindlessly stupid. I calmed myself and began to question the creature.

"What are you exactly?" I wasn't completely sure if this thing can talk, but I gave it my best shot.

"I am Chrysalis, queen of the Changelings." it responded.

So this Chrysalis is the queen of the so called changelings, then why are they here?

I questioned her again,

"Tell me, why are you here for?"

"We are creatures that feed off of love...and it seems that this world has more love than any other planet we've invaded." Chrysalis licked her lips, showing off her forked tongue.

Somehow, I don't want to figure out what love their talking about.

"I am sorry, I cannot allow you to do that." I materialized a blade and pointed it at her.

Chrysalis seemed a little surprised that I can materialize weapons. But she recovered from her slight shock and fired more shots at me, but I managed to put a force field just in time. But I put my force field down too early...Chrysalis immediately took the opening and fired the same beam of energy, which hit me directly in the chest. I wasn't able to null my pain in time, as it put me in shock. The pain was too much for me to handle, and I slipped away from reality...with the haunting laughter of Chrysalis being the last thing I heard.

A huge blaring sound filled the dimensions as words orbited around them. A dull male voice spoke, repeating the words over and over.

WARNING! WARNING! ALPHA COMMANDER HAS LOST CONNECTION TO UNIVERSAL SYSTEM! COMMENCING EVACUATION! SHUTTING DOWN ALL SYSTEMS IN 5 MINUTES!

"W-what's happening?!" Twilight began pacing in one place, feeling tense.

"Something must've happened when Dream was in the Grand Hall." Luna summed up.

"But how do we evacuate all of our guests?" Celestia reminded them of their second problem.

Luna knew what to do.

"Computer...activate emergency evacuation protocol F-45." Luna ordered.

In a flash of light, the guests began disappearing, one by one. At the same time, the little dimensions were destroyed after the guests were evacuated. Eventually, it came down to them...and the process repeated itself. Once everybody left, the system self-destructed, then it seized from existence.

Luna, Celestia, and Twilight had their mouths gaping open as their vision cleared. Dream was lying on the floor, with a small pool of blood, slowly growing. Standing in front of him was Chrysalis, who was laughing her head off. Celestia clenched her teeth in anger. Chrysalis noticed her face.

"Ah, hello Celestia...it's been quite a while." Chrysalis smiled evilly.

"What are you doing here Chrysalis?" Celestia growled.

Chrysalis walked over to her, eye to eye. Chrysalis began to talk,

"You want to know why? I've been planning to take revenge on you ever since Mister Shiny and his mare friend casted me and my army out with a shield." she flicked her tongue at Shining Armor.

Shining Armor, who was in front of the crowd, shivered in disgust.

"Don't think I'll allow you to do that." Clestia's horn was charged up with a golden glow.

Chrysalis chuckled.

"Don't you remember? You lost to me when I first fought you." Chrysalis reminded.

The princess remembered immediately...the memory pained her.

"Don't worry sister, I'll help you this time." Luna stepped in front of her sister, ready to take on Chrysalis.

"I'm in." Twilight spoke as she walked over.

"I'm in too." Delta jumped in the way of all of them, in a fighting stance.

"Delta! You know you don't know battle magic yet!" Twilight informed.

"I don't care! Either with magic or without it, I will fight with all I've got!" the crowd cheered and decided to join the defense.

Guards eventually took nearly all the space, only leaving a small circle for Dream.

Tension rises as the two armies waited for a move to happen. Eventually, a pony yelled,

"Attack!"

The two armies then charged at each other.

The room was complete chaos. Ponies around were going crazy at fighting, from physical combat, to magic, to flipping tables...sometimes they even catapult themselves at their opponents! Meanwhile, the changelings tried to swarm them, but the mane six and Delta made sure they didn't do that. Except for Fluttershy, who was crippling in the corner of the hall in fear. Both of the princesses were blasting the changelings form the sky, causing them to die in a bloody, green explosion...at the same they were dodging the blasts of energy Chrysalis launched at them. As the fight went on, the ponies were slowly wearing out, while the changelings kept replacing their spots.

They were outnumbered by the thousands.

"There's way too many of them to handle." Twilight informed, then turning to see that half of the guards and citizens were unconscious and too beaten up to fight, including Delta.

The princesses were too distracted to pay attention. Chrysalis charged her horn up and shot a massive arc of energy at them. The two were engulfed by the massive beam of green energy...and everyone could hear the princesses scream, even when the arc emitted a blaring sound. The morale of the ponies went downhill as the arc of intense energy faded, leaving the princess unconscious.

The two goddesses have been defeated.

Chrysalis let out an evil laugh, then smiled viscously as it signaled that she had won.

Meanwhile in the dream realm...

My eyes opened to see myself in a simple white room, with furniture that was harmonious in color. The door was on the left, so I slid off the bed and opened the door. It was sunny, with half of the doors made of glass. It Looked like a condo, the ones that you find in Hawaii. But as I admired the house, going around rooms and seeing the beach outside, a man came inside the house.

"Ah, there you are." he had a soothing voice.

He had a white skin and gray hair, mixed with white. He also wore a white toga, like a roman. His skin barely had any wrinkles, but I decided not to question it. For some reason, I really trust this man...it's like he's the most perfect father for any kid. He walked outside, and I followed him. The sun was high in the sky, making the sea look lime green. The man sat down on a chair, and I sat next to him...with no regret whatsoever.

"Please listen child, I do not have much time to talk with you." all my attention went to him.

"I want to apologize." he said.

Well, that was sudden.

"W-what do you mean?" I asked him.

"I  never knew that half of your life would be filled with pain." he says sadly, like he was the one who did it.

I suddenly knew what he meant. Half of my life I felt pain and agony, I was a lab rat to Project Star Child.

"But there is a reason why I did this to you." he added.

I suddenly realized who he was...but I'm not sure if he's him.

"What was I designed for?" I questioned.

"Your fate was to be a god." he answered.

I was utterly shocked.

"How am I supposed to be a god? I don't even have all the power to be one!" I shouted as softly as possible.

"You were designed to be one." he said.

"But that's not enough proof." I lowered my head in regret of my god like power.

"I do have more proof. You have more heart than any other person I've watched, and your will is unbreakable. Throughout half of your life I watched over you, and your faith never faded. You have everything you need in order to be a god."

Suddenly a bell rang inside the house...I looked back, but he didn't.

"That's all the time I have, it's time to wake up." he spoke, not turning around to look at me.

My vision started to have spasms and it slowly brightened. I had one more question to ask.

"Tell me, who exactly are you?" I tried to stay as calm as possible.

He turned his head to me.

"I am..." but my hearing went mute and my vision turned completely white.

You know what you must do. a voice rang in my mind.

Everyone froze as a tall figure stood up. It was Dream, but for some reason he looked...odd. His face seemed obscured by a shadow, except for his mouth. He looked at the pile of unconscious bodies laying on the floor, then at the two princesses, the at the changelings and Chrysalis. He lowered his head as started slowly walking to the army of bug like creatures, making the entire room eerily silent. He stopped in between the two armies and whispered something faintly as arcane circles appeared above the princesses and the other ponies. A soft and soothing light beamed out of the arcane circles, and everyone watched as the light healed the wounds of the ponies and restored their energy. As they stood up, they began to notice Dream as he stood in front of the changelings, comepletely unharmed.

"I am giving you a chance Chrysalis,  leave this planet and never come back." Dream offered.

Chrysalis clenched her teeth of hearing the truce.

"Be gone little creature! This isn't your fight!" Chrysalis

Dream began to put on a sadistic smile as he heard the insult, calling him a litte creature.

Dream zoomed towards her and gripped her throat with incomparable strength. He lifted Chrysalis off her hooves with ease, while she desperately tried to loosen the grip...slowly losing air. Dream brought her to his face and said out loud,

"Oh, but I already have."

Dream threw her like a rag doll, but she managed to land on her hooves and shouted with authority,

"Take this creature down!"

Changelings swarmed all around him, but none of them was even close to touching him. As they dispersed,  it revealed that Dream didn't even need to move a finger to kill them,  because all of the changelings that were unfortunate were brutally ripped apart. The green blood was across half of his face as the abnormal smile grew wider. Instantly, the heads of all the changelings in the sky exploded, covering the land with blood and brains. Chrysalis was now afraid of Dream, he just killed her entire army without even lifting a finger.

"Leave." he growled.

In fear, Chrysalis extended her wings and flew back to her home planet as fast as possible, hoping that he won't destroy her next.

The crowd cheered for him as he snapped his fingers and the entire world was repaired in an instant, including the castle. Dream turned around and did a graceful bow, making the crowd louder. By the time they were finished,  each pony went up to him and thanked him for what he's done. After that, all the ponies hastily rushed out of the giant door and went home. Everyone was so tired tonight, and so they went off to bed and slept, except for Luna...who watched over the land in it's sleep. As she looked over the land, a question formed in head.

"What don't you open to us Dream, even though I respect your privacy...why don't you reveal what's giving you pain so we can help?" she whispered softly.

The world was silent once again.