Well this is... Odd. I looked at my surroundings to find I was in what appeared to be a castle. Definitely not Canterlot Castle. Even though I've never been in Canterlot Castle before, this place just felt... Foreign. I found myself in a long lit hallway. At the end sat two thrones. One was draped in golden and white silks while the other had silks of indigo. Two banners were held above the thrones with images of what looks like Alicorns. That's odd, they strangely look like-

"Just swish, and flick! Swish, and flick! You'll get it eventually but until then, keep practising."

Swish and flick? That's certainly an odd phrase. I remember that it use to be used in an old spell but its practically obsolete now. I turned around and I swear the sight made me rethink everything I've ever thought. Until I got bored of doing that, that is.

A little further down the hall and walking calmly towards me, a elderly unicorn stallion was with a young unicorn mare. The stallion and mare in question were instantly recognizable by any unicorn who knew there history. I'm glad I didn't end up falling asleep on the desk in history now. The unicorn stallion had a long white beard that would make even the spirit of chaos jealous. His mane and tail were also white while his coat was the colour of charcoal. His eyes were a mystic gold, seeming to hold countless years worth of knowledge and shined against the flickering flames that filled the hall. He wore a cloak and hat with all shades of blue, as well as being covered with crescent moons and stars. And bells. Lot of bells.

The mare had a white coat and her mane and tail was of two different shades of green. Her eyes were lavender, they actually looked similar to Twilights eyes. She wore a brown cloak with pockets that had a quill and scrolls while a piece of rope around her neck held up the cloak.

Starswirl the Bearded and Clover the Clever. Two of the most well known pony's in all of the history books. Starswirl was and I quote, 'the father of the amniomorphic spell' and 'the most important conjurer of the pre-classical era'. Over his life he created more than 200 spells and he apparently has a shelf in the Canterlot library of magic named after him. Clover was Princess Platinum's advisor, the leader of the Unicorn Tribe before Equestria's founding. She had a big influence on the actual founding of Equestria and was also the only student of Starswirl the Bearded. I must be dreaming. But why would I dream about them?

"Please, I've practically mastered all the spells! A simple motion isn't going to stop me."

"True, but this cocky attitude of yours isn't going to help. It's all about being humble and modest."

"Excuse me? Coming from you that's like saying Earth ponies can fly. You're anything but modest."

"Also true, but there's one difference between me and you."

They were getting closer to me. How have they not noticed me yet? I tried calling out their names but I came quickly to a realization. I couldn't speak. It felt as if somepony had turned my vocal chords into silly straws! I tried moving out of way but my hooves wouldn't respond, this my dream! I'm mean't to have control! I braced myself for when they were going to walk into me, but strangely enough instead of a collision, they went straight through as if I was never there. Dream or not I'm glad they didn't notice me, that would have been an awkward conversation to have.

"Oh really? And what's that?"

"I'm the teacher, so I can get away with it." He had a grin on his face as he looked at the mare while she bore one of irritation.

"But-" She didn't get to finish as the old wizard quickly booped her nose.

"Sorry. No arguing if I boop your nose."

"But-"

He booped her again. "No double buts either."

The wizard chuckled as his apprentice rolled her eyes in irritation. Clover was going to say something else when somepony else came from a separate corridor. He wasn't anypony I recognized though. He was also a unicorn while his mane and tail were brown his coat was of similar colour to Starswirl's, just a bit darker. His cutie mark was a wizards hat that also looked similar to Starswirl's, just less bells. His eyes were light blue, strangely resembling mine.

"Thought you two would be here. Not even patient enough to wait for me."

Clover and Starswirl looked over to the new stallion and simply chuckled. "Well if you actually had your papers sorted out then you'd be able to leave straight away. The lesson was about levitation, not organization. You're the only other student I have so how your being distracted only the heavens know."

Yeah, I remember reading that Starswirl did create the organization spell and- wait did he say student?

Starswirl suddenly put a hoof to his chin as he came to a realization. But he was still walking and he needed all his hooves to walk. So he used Clover's instead. She yelped as her center of balance suddenly broke but managed to hop along with Starswirl and the other stallion.

"Maybe I could make an automatic organization spell. Hours of work completed in minutes!"

The stallion chuckled at the wizards antics. "If you do that then my name best be on the spell book for giving you that idea."

"No promises."

"Could you please stop using my hoof as your beard scratcher!"

The two stallions laughed as Starswirl released her hoof and even though she was trying to keep an angry look on both of them she couldn't help but giggle herself. The trio kept on walking and talking past the thrones and were entering another corridor when the third stallion walked into a invisible wall while Starswirl and Clover kept going forwards.

"Hey guys! Wait up!" They didn't stop. Either they didn't hear him or are ignoring him. Surely they would have noticed his absence by now. He kept on banging on the invisible wall while Starswirl and Clover vanished into the darkness. He continued to do so until a sudden gust of wind in the room blew out the lights. Somehow I still had my magic and I instinctively casted a light spell, turning my horn into a luminous light. The unicorn left in the room with me did the same as I suddenly felt a chill go down my spine.

Something was wrong. Very, very wrong.

"How could you?!" You betrayed all of us!"

The stallion and I quickly turned around to see Clover but instead of the happy mare I saw before, she looked... Broken. Tears were running freely down her face and blood slowly leaked from a cut on her cheek. Even for all the physical damage I could see, nothing could compare to the pain I saw in her eyes.

"I'm sorry my boy... I can't do anything now."

I turned around to see the other stallion stepping away from a visage of Starswirl, he too looked broken from the whatever was going on. Tears fell from the stallions face.

"No... Not again!" He ended up right beside me but he couldn't tear his eyes away from him.

"You have violated laws in the highest act of treason. I am sorry, your fate is sealed."

We both turned around to see none other than Princess Celestia. Though she looked younger, her eyes spoke of sadness and betrayal.

"Hello friend."

This was the worst of the voices as it put all my hair on end and my blood to run cold. I slowly turned around with the mystery stallion and we looked at what was behind us.

I wish I hadn't.

Standing much taller than us was the spirit of chaos himself, though he was different. His eyes were glowing blood red and had two big teeth instead of one. He had a grin threatening to split his face while it showed rows of razor sharp teeth that gleamed in the light from our horns. My face was of one of pure horror, the same effect on the other stallion.

"Ready to make a deal with the devil... Emrys?"

I tried to scream but couldn't as he lunged towards us and darkness consumed my vision.

Author's Note

Dun dun dunnnnn! What a weird dream, totally irrelevant to the story though. Or is it? Wanted Hattius to have a dream and Starswirl to be in it because why not? Sorry about the long wait for this chapter anyway, every time I tried to sit down and do more, something else would come up. I'll try to make the wait shorter next time. All criticism is appreciated and thanks for being patient!