Of Mythical Proportions

by AuzzieJustice

Chapter 9: Realm of the Sleeping

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Night had descended over Equestria, most ponies now lay in their beds, sleeping and dreaming peacefully, and they had their princess to thank for that. Luna currently was floating about the dream scape, a duty of hers back from before she fell to nightmare, she had only been doing this for a week at most, but already ponies were having less and less nightmares.
The Dream Scape was a large, black space with no actual floor, the only source of light was floating windows that painted the entire area, each window was some ones dream, and depending on what color the frame of the window was made out of, Luna could tell what type of dream it was. A blue frame was a normal dream, red was a 'sensual' dream, and gray was a nightmare, and each window had a name tag attached to them, clearly stating whose dream it was.

Luna was floating from window to window, quickly taking a peek inside each one, by doing this she could quickly see what the dreamer was in fact dreaming about, although tonight all the windows appeared to be blue, these could easily turn into nightmares, when this happened, Luna could watch the dream carefully at first, and only stop them if the nightmare threatened to wake the pony up, or if it went out of control.

While Luna floated from window to window, she noticed another one had just been formed in the distance, and here eyes went wide when she spotted it, instead of any of the regular colors, this window had a golden frame, she quickly flew over to it to see whose name was tagged to it, only to see none. This wasn't the first time she had seen a golden dream before, every now and then they would appear, through trail and error, Luna learned what they were, a golden frame almost always came with no name on it, the 'glass' of the window was also stained with multiple colors, stopping her from actually seeing the dream from the outside. The worst part of these windows thought was that they belonged to those who either had full control of their dreams, or has strong mental protection, Luna would have to force her way into these dreams if she wanted to see who it belonged to.

Luna quickly looked around at the other windows, none of them had changed, she turned back to the golden framed windows, took a deep breath, and opened it, quickly entering the dream.


For a quick explanation, when Luna enters a dream, at first she is in a 'fazed out' form, she can see the everything inside the dream, but she can't interact with it or the dreamer itself, effectively making her invisible. To have any control of a dream, Luna would first have to 'faze in' to the dream, usually this would not be a problem, but Golden framed windows were different, if the dreamer had control of their dream, Luna would be unable to effect the dream at all, not only that, but she would also be forced to play along with the dream as well. However, if the dreamer simply had strong mental defenses and then became aware that Luna had entered their dream, the entire dream would be turned against Luna, this had happened only a few times, but it was enough for Luna to be wary.


Luna reformed into the dream, she opened her eyes, the sight in front of her, forcing her to catch her breath, she stood atop a single hill, with a single tree at the top, at the bottom of the hill, all Luna could see was fields of wheat, painting the landscape with an amazing golden color, the wind blew gently across the area, causing everything to flow.

Luna looked past the fields of wheat, only for it to become slightly cloudy, with what looked like mountains in the distance, the completely surrounded the area, it was as if Luna had stepped into a painting of a landscape rather than a dream, however, one single thing reminded her that this was a dream, and that was the strange Tune the was playing in her ears, it seemed to come from nowhere and everywhere at the same time.
Luna broke out of the hypnotizing sight, quickly shaking her head. "The is not what I was expecting to find in a golden frame..... it is such a strange dream, nothing is changing, it's as if it isn't an actual dream.... but where is the dreamer?" Luna looked into the distance, only to see the golden wheat flowing in the breeze, she started to pace around the base of the tree, only for her to to gasp in shock at what she found.

Sitting right at the base of the tree, his eyes closed and his face calm, was Nova, he simply sat there, quietly breathing in and out.
Luna almost started to panic right then and there, only for her to remember that she never fazed herself into the dream itself, she sighed to herself, and looked at Nova's sitting form.

His face and calm, his eyes were closed and his face was completely calm, a small smile was visible on his face, his back was resting against the tree, he slowly breathed in and out.
Luna was shocked beyond belief, the all powerful, dangerous being that had killed at least a dozen by destroying the mountain and forcefully moving Canterlot, resisted the elements, and had even managed to wound her, was having such a peaceful dream.


Nova was relaxing, some time ago, he had fallen asleep, he was not sure how long, but now he was dreaming of the one sight he had always dreamed of seeing, an area of perfect beauty in his mind, he was completely content with sitting there forever, his back against the tree, taking in the feeling of complete peace. However, something was off, he could feel it, something had appeared, at first he didn't pay any attention to it, it could have been something he created in the dream, but now he could feel whatever it was staring at him. He slowly opened his eyes, only to see the blue fur of Luna standing before him, he sighed.

"...... Luna." He simply said, greeting the intruding princess, causing her to flinch violently and take a few steps back, Nova simply closed his eyes again. "There's no need to react like that, although I'm not happy you're here somehow, I'd like you to at least take a seat, and no, I'm not asking you." He said, the calm, yet demanding tone in his voice having a large effect on Luna, she sighed and reluctantly took a seat nearby Nova, keeping out of arm's reach. "..... Now... what are you doing here?" Luna didn't answer straight away.
"It.... is my duty to make sure that everypony sleeps peacefully at night, when we entered this dream, we did not expect to see this dream belonging to you." Nova suddenly frowned. "Every'pony'? isn't that... a little rude to say? I'm not a pony as you can see, why not just use everyone?" This caught her off guard, of all the conversations she was expecting to have with Nova at any time, this wasn't one of them. "We..... are not sure why, it was just the way it was." Nova shook his head. "Well.... just try to remember not everyONE is a pony, and saying every'pony' might offend them." The next couple of minutes were followed by complete silence, Nova decided to break it.
"Luna..... what do you think of me?" he said in a serious tone, Luna almost scoffed at that, but decided to actually think about it before answering. "You have killed ponies, and although they may have been accidents, they still need you to answer for them, not just that, but you almost killed six nation heroes, attacked me and my sister, and dislodged our capital from the mountain, but......" Luna paused for a moment, taking in the sight surrounding her, the music filling her mind. "Thou may not be a being of evil, but you need to pay for the crimes that you have committed thus far." Nova smiled in response, he seemed happy about the answer.

"Good.... I have done bad things, and as a ruler I would think you insane for having any other thoughts about me... However, I don't plan on dying or handing myself over to you and your sister." Nova slowly stood up, opening his eyes and looking out at the fields of gold. "..... I always wanted to see the world, find those hidden places of true beauty back in my own world, but it never seemed like it would be possible, now, here I am, in a new world with the chance to explore it." He looked over to Luna, his entire body was radiating a divine glow, Luna felt it affecting her entire body and mind. "I'm going to explore everything this place has to offer, so if you want to chase me... and I know you will, that's fine, but I will never stop until I'm satisfied."

Luna shook the mesmerizing feeling off and stood up. "Then we shall track your movements, and chase you down Nova, that is the way it must be." He nodded, and took one last glance towards the peaceful view. "It's time to leave now, the sun is rising, maybe I'll see you another time, though I hope it's never in the world of the waking." With those final words, everything was filled with a bright light, Nova awakened, and Luna was forced out of both dream and dream realm.


Author's Note

This dream in this was actually a dream I had a long time ago, I could never get it out of my head, I always wanted to see this sight in real life.... well I guess Ill just have to keep dreaming can't I?

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