I found myself asking the same question again and again as I just sat there, what do I do now? I just came back from Chrysi's, so I can't hang out with her. Celestia is apparently busy, so I can't bother her. I don't really want to talk to our servants or gaurds, not like they ever really want to talk to me in the first place. There was really only one thing I could do.

I got up and out of the castle, stretching my legs. I went out to a cottage not far outside the city to visit a dear friend. A friend I knew wouldn't be very busy but would make time for me even if he was. I trotted for less than twenty minutes before I reached the home of Starswirl the Bearded.

I wanted to talk to him about improving my magic abilities. Namely, the Dream Weaver spell. At this point, I could only go into the dreams of ponies nearby, we had to be in the same room. I wanted to go into anypony's dream from anywhere. He trusts me enough to know that I'd only use this ability for good, that was literally what he made me say before he would teach me the spell at all. I only wanted this ability to enter Chrysi's dreams, see what she thinks of me. And maybe enter the dreams of my subjects, get to know them a bit better without even having to leave my castle.

Since I go to sleep around the same time she does whenever either of us are spending the night, I couldn't enter her dreams then. And I'd have to be sneaky about this as well, since I doubt Chrysi would be okay with me entering her dreams. Learning how to use this ability long ranged and understanding it better seemed like the best plan. I know it might seem selfish, but I just had to know.

I knocked on the front door to Starswirl's cottage. It took him about a milisecond to answer the door. We exchanged "hi"s as he proceeded to invite me in. When I trotted in, I could see the vast array of chemical bottles and books, all spreading across the shelves that aligned the walls. I could see books of every kind; mystery, fantasy, science fiction, and, most importantly, spell books. The latter, of which, was what made up the vast magority of his book collection.

According to him, he's read every single one at least twice. I never actually believed that. There had to be a hundred books in here, there was no way he's read them all, let alone twice.

The chemical bottles that sat next to the books seemed to have been used as book ends; he was always too cheap to buy propper ones. There were signs on a piece of paper taped to the front of every bottle to tell what was inside of it. Some had the ingredients, others had a skull and crossbones, and others had a radiation symbol. Only the safe ones did he keep on his bookshelves. The truly dangerous bottles were kept on the far side of the room, hidden behind a glass pane.

Though he used them often in his little experiments, their first priority were to be his book ends. Whenever he did one of these experiments, I made sure to sit in to watch. They normally just blew up in his face, which never gets old if you ask me. But when they didn't, the experiments created something memorable. Not usually nice, but always something I'd find hard to forget.

The room itself was very large. Uncle Starswirl built this entire cottage from the ground up out of clay. He made sure to put his home out of the city as to not endanger anypony's life while doing one of his experiments. Even I don't get to see all of them, only the ones he has declared safe enough for me to watch.

The cottage, as a whole, was also very large. Though it consisted of only five seperate rooms; the master bedroom, the guest bedroom, the restoom, the kitchen, and the main room, the room we were currently in. The main room was a combination of living room, library, and work space. He's said that he made sure this room was especially large, since it'd be the one he'd spend the majority of his time in. Okay, second most amount of time, only beaten out by the kitchen.

On the far side of the main room, I could see the glass case of dangerous bottles, next to a mirror that matches one Celestia kept in our castle. The sides of the walls that weren't covered by bookshelves had a door that led to one of the other rooms of the cottage. In the center was his experimental table, where he'd perform all of his entertaining observations. To my right was a comfy looking, black recliner next to two wooden barstools that he obviously just kept around so that Celestia and I could sit whenever we visited. This was also where he ate most of his food, but he kept the whole place so clean that you wouldn't be able to tell if it wasn't for the strong smell of sandwiches that came that way.

He asked me what I needed and I explained my situation to him, purposely leaving out the part about Chrysi. I didn't need to hear, "Luna and Chrysalis sitting in a tree," every time I came over. He seemed to have understood, maybe a bit too well.

"What's his name," he asked in a soothing tone.

"What, who!?" I was feeling worried and it obviously came out in my voice. Uncle Starswirl didn't know that I was lesbian, and I don't know how he would react to the sudden news.

"Come on, you never really went out of your way to watch over the ponies of Equestria before. There's obviously someone your doing this for, and not your sister this time. You can trust me, I won't mock you or anything of the sort. I just want to know his-"

"It's Princess Chrysalis!" I said that as fast and as loud as I possibly could. I cut him off before he could finish his sentence. I knew that he'd keep persisting until I told him and that this is a safe place. There was, admittedly, no real reason to hide my crush for the princess for much longer.

He thought about it long and hard for several seconds, I could practically see smoke coming from his brain. And yet, all he could think to say was, "What?"

"Princess Chrysalis, of the Chrystal Kingdom. I met her while at the Gala, we quickly became friends and I was quickly swept off my hooves! Something about her, something about how kind and frigile she is, something about how she always seems to stand out in a crowd! How cute she is, how smart she is, how... everything! I absolutely love every little thing about her!" I feel like I might have gotten a bit carried away there, though I meant every word I said.

And yet, the only word that he seems to let out of his mouth was, "What?"

"What, did you not hear me?"

"No, I heard you just fine. I just didn't think you'd be a filly-fooler. Does Celestia or Chrysalis know about this little crush of yours?"

"Celestia found out the second I saw her without me having to say. Chrysi is blissfully unaware... I hope. She didn't seem to notice my true feelings for her, yet. But, truth be told, I'm easier to read than I'm able to read others."

"Chrysi?"

"Yeah, that's my nickname for her."

"Alright, I'll teach you the advanced version of the Dream Weaver spell, which will grant you the ability to use the spell on anypony anywhere at any time at all... as long as their sleeping. But, if you wish for me to teach it to you, there are a few conditions you will have to follow. One: do not use this on ponies you aren't good friends with. This can be very rude if used on those you don't personally know well. Two: do not affect the dreams themselves unless you find it necessary. You may only be an observer. Three: don't use this ability too often. It can drain your magical energy pretty quickly if used excesively. Four: don't you dare enter my dreams! Trust me, I will know."

I nodded my head at everything he said. I understood it all and understood why he placed all of these rules. I had no objections or questions about anything he was adding.

"Five: this is an advanced spell. Therefore, it will take many months of training before you can use it at all. Many more if you'd like to master the spell. Understood?"

"Yes."

"Good."

We spent at least four months before I could use it on somepony. I, of course, used it on Celstia until my training was done. I'd describe what I saw in there, but I'd rather not. Let's just say it was very gross and I puked right after I came back to the real world. After I think about it, that dream kind of reminds me of a few dreams I had of Chrysi.

Over that time, Celestia went on many dates with Discord and I got to have many sleepovers with Chrysi, at both of our castles. Celestia has said that their dates went amazingly, I could tell from her dreams. I even got to meet him, kind of. He's been around the castle, but we've never actually said more than two words to each other. Starswirl, on the other hoof... he kind of just did his thing. He didn't have any drama going on, he wasn't seeing anyone, he just helped me learn the spell in his own Starswirl-y way. Though he did put all of his projects on hold to help me out.

It wasn't until several months later that I got to enter Chrysi's dreams. I made sure to master my skill before trying it out on her. If Celestia caught me sneaking around in her dream, that would be awkward. If Chrysi found me, I'm not sure what would happen. Nothing good, I sure.

When I was finally able to go about in her dreams, it was about the same time the Grand Galloping Gala was on it's way. Since I had to help make it a reality, I put off using the Dream Weaver spell on her until after the Gala. I've been waiting almost a year to use it on her, I guess I could wait another month or so.

Author's Note

Man, this chapter took me the most amount of time to write. Fitting, seeing how this is really the only chapter I did actual research for. I never actually had to do that for any other chapter, and I'm glad that I did for what's now probably my favorite chapter so far. In any case, let's go over some critiques I've gotten since the last one!

First of all, the chapters are just as long as I need them to be. I might make them a bit longer, hopefully the next chapter actually gets past 2,000 words! But, as long as they're over 1,200 words long, I'm not all that bothered. I am definitely more worried about them getting too long than too short. Especially since I'm reading Fallout: Equestria right now, I know, I should've just listened to the audio book. Anyways, I have to proof-read these chapters myself & I'm really sick of spending an hour just to read a chapter. Maybe if I had some pre-readers, I might... have to proof-read them anyways. I kind of blame Fallout: Equestria for everything right now, DAMN YOU KKAT!!! So yeah, I'll try to make these chapters a bit longer, but don't expect them to get super long any time soon.

As for the technology, it just serves plot convenience. I'm fully aware of what kind of technology they probably had in ancient Equestria, but it's one aspect that I'm not worried about following. For example, last chapter Celestia mentioned an "ice box." In all reality, they probably would've just thrown the food they kept in there away. But, I wanted Celestia to seem more motherly, so I used the ice box to create leftovers that she would talk about to make her motherly in a subtle way. To me, the technology isn't that important of an aspect of the story.

Now, onto my own personal critique of this particular chapter. The last couple paragraphs seemed a bit rushed and felt more like the first 2 chapters. I didn't rush them at all, actually. None of this chapter was rushed, and it was more like me trying to make a whole year of absolutely nothing remarkable happening seem interesting. You gotta give me points for trying, at least!

Now, some fun facts! Nope, I'm not even trying with the transitions in these authors notes anymore! First of all, as you should already know, this chapter was originally apart of the last chapter. I made it it's own because it had little to nothing to do with that chapter and together, they would've been over 3,000 words long. That's too long for this point in the story, maybe in 2 or 3 chapters they'll get that long. Then, the title, my god, the title. It took me forever to settle on a definitive chapter title. First, it was And I Love Her, but I wanted a title that had to do with dreaming. So, then, it was I'm Only Sleeping, but I thought that would be better fitting for the next chapter. Finally, I picked Golden Slumbers, I kind of like how they're all Beatles songs. At some point, all the chapters will just be random Beatles songs. So tune in for chapters 10: I'm Looking Through You, 14: Good Morning, Good Morning, & 28: Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! In any case, if you haven't noticed, I love sexual innuendos! There were 1 or 2 in here that I'm kind of proud of! I'm probably just watching too much Ultra Fast Pony. As for references, there were 2 to the Beatles and 1 to the main MLP comics. Speaking of, I've been reading those and I've realized that their Starswirl is exactly like mine. I swear to god, that was an accident!

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed and that you'll stick around... forever!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!