Tensions Rise.

Recap,

She then began to stutter as she tried to attempt what he had suggested, " We, I mean, Perhaps, I'm coming down with a fever," the foreign feel of the accent was strange to her, but at the same time, it felt right, as if it were how she was supposed to be talking. As she went over multiple sentences in her head, using her new accent, she couldn't help but turn her attention to the sleeping stallion, how he interested her, but she didn't know why, she wanted to know more about the mysterious demon, whom was sleeping in her bed at the moment. she walked ever so closely to him, to where she could see his head, resting peacefully on a pillow, " You certainly are a fascinating colt, the way you act around royalty, how care free you are, but at the same time, how serious you take matters, and at the same time, you know what true pain is, what true regret is, just as i do," unbeknownst to the princess herself, her face was drawing closer towards the sleeping colts face.

Twilight Sparkle hadn't even gone to sleep yet, she was to worried about the crisis at hoof, no matter how hard she tried to sleep she couldn't, so her last resort was to see if princess Luna could cast some kind of sleeping spell on her. " I hope the princess doesn't get mad about me dropping by her room so late, oh who am I kidding, anypony would be mad about being bothered at this hour, but then again, Princess Luna isn't just any pony," she arrived at the princess's door and knocked on it three times, but there was no response, she knocked again, yet there was still no response, " Maybe shes asleep, I guess it wouldn't hurt to take a peak and find out,". Although when Twilight went to " Take a peak", she accidentally opened the door all the way, and didn't find the princess asleep, what she found shocked her greatly.

Princess Luna, the princess of the night, was kissing a sleeping Axel, or she was, until she heard her door open. She looked as if she were in a trance, she pulled away from the sleeping colt, and then her eyes turned towards a very shocked Twilight Sparkle, " What in Equestria did I do,".

Twilight just stood there, her eyes widened from shock, she didn't know what to make of the scene, one side of her wanted to question the princess for what she was doing, while another knew that it would be wrong to question a princess. Unfortunately her curiosity got the best of her, and she started to speak before she could even think of a proper question, " Princess Luna, what in the name of Equestria are you doing?!," Twilight mentally slapped herself, it wasn't right of her to question one of the leaders of Equestria, but something inside of her wanted to know what was happening before her eyes.

Princess Luna on the other hand, was extremely embarrassed and extremely ashamed, not only had she just kissed a colt she had just recently met, she had been caught in the act, but she didn't even know what drove her to kiss him, it was as if her body made her do it. She turned to look Twilight in the eyes, her mouth opened to speak, yet no words came out. The two stood there, awkwardly staring at each other, neither one moving a muscle, until Luna decided to finally speak, " We...I uh mean, I...I honestly don't know," because, in all honesty, Luna hadn't the foggiest idea for why she was kissing Axel, it was as if she had blacked out for a short while, like she wasn't in control of her body. " I am being honest, Twilight Sparkle,".

She believed the princess completely, but she was still in shock from what she witnessed. After another few minutes of awkward silence, Twilight decided respond, " I believe you princess, it's, just kind of a shocker to see what I just saw," Luna nodded in response, she still wore a shameful look on her face from what she had done. Twilight could easily see the look, she walked towards the princess and placed her hoof on Luna's shoulder, " It's alright princess, I won't tell anypony, my lips are sealed,".

Luna let out a sigh of relief, the last thing she wanted was for news of this getting out, but before she could express her thanks towards Twilight, they were cut off by a scream of pain form within the very room they were in, both of their attentions turned towards the screaming colt who lay in the princess's bed, " Oh no, a nightmare,".

" What's wrong with him Princess Luna, he looks to be in pain," Twilight said, concern could easily be heard in her voice.

The princess walked up to the screaming stallion and gestured for Twilight to walk in, but also for her to shut the door behind her, which she did. " He's having a nightmare, it's not the first time I've seen him experiencing one," her horn began to glow as the readied up the very spell that put her inside his dreams the first time, " Twilight I will need you to come into his dream with me, it may be a knowledgeable experience for you," Twilight was hesitant at first, she didn't know what to expect, but she nodded anyways. Luna simply nodded to her response, her horn began to glow brighter, and suddenly Twilight became enveloped in a similar aura to the one that came from Luna's horn, " Do not fret Twilight Sparkle, this is the only way for you to see inside of another's dreams unless you know the spell like I do," and in a flash, they were no longer in Luna's room, but instead they were in what seemed to be an endless abyss of black.

" P..princess, where are we," Twilight said, traces of fear could be picked up in her voice, despite not getting a vocal reply from the princess, she still received a response, Luna had placed her hoof atop Twilight's shoulder to calm her down.

They had entered Axel's dream, although not seeming like much at first, it soon expanded before their very eyes, but what appeared before them was something that they soon wouldn't forget. The dream which they had entered, looked eerily similar to Ponyville, but there was one major difference, the town had been set ablaze, and through the fire they could see a figure, it looked like an Alicorn, but even though it was a mere silhouette, it looked very different than the shape of the princesses, instead of one horn on its head, the figure had three, one where the usual horn would be, and two sticking out of the back of its head, and instead of majestic, feathery wings, its wings were bat-like and torn in places. " P...princess...what's going on," Twilight said, she was attempting to stay strong, despite what she was seeing, she turned to look at the princess, expecting a grim look on her face, but instead it was a look of deep concern, " P..princess?,".

The princess of the night stared at the scene as Twilight tried to get her attention, from what she could see, the figure in the fire was the one who caused this, but she hadn't the foggiest clue as to why Axel was dreaming of such a thing, until something hit her, " Could it be possible that...," she was cut off by a slight nudge from Twilight Sparkles hoof, which snapped her out of her trance-like thought. She looked to see the worried look that Twilight wore upon her face, " Forgive me Twilight, I was just in thought, and i now know this isn't a mere dream, this is a soon to be reality that Axel is warning us about, a vision if you will,".

Before Twilight could ask the princess what she meant, they had been flashed out of Axels dreams, " Princess, what did you mean that was a reality?!, whats going to happen to Ponyville?!," Twilight asked in a frantic but hushed voice.

" Ponyville could very be destroyed at anytime, we need to start preparing..and soon, before it's too late," and as if her words were an alarm, Axel shot up out of the bed onto all four legs. Both Princess Luna and Twilight Sparkle were startled by his sudden awakening, " Your awake, and so suddenly too, it would seem that fate is in our favor,".

The first thing Axel did before speaking, was cracking his neck. The very sound made Twilight cringe, " I guess you could say something in my dreams made me wake up," he said while eyeballing the two of them, they both looked slightly embarrassed for having been caught. Although the two expected him to be mad, their expectations were indeed very wrong, instead of getting mad or looking angry, the large grin which Axel had adorned last night at dinner, was now upon his face, " Say, your voice sounds different, did you take my advice and drop the ye olden accent thing, that's great, your voice sounds really great," Luna suddenly began to blush, somepony had complimented her on her voice, and it wasn't just somepony, it was the same pony who she had kissed, her first kiss to be exact. " Hey are you OK?," Axel asked her, he sheepishly rubbed the back of his head with his hoof, then he turned his head to Twilight, " Get your friends together, we got alot of work to do if we're gonna whip you and a whole army into shape in just three days," he then walked out the door, leaving the two ponies flabbergasted.

Twilight was the first to speak up, " Did he just say three days," Luna slowly nodded in response, " How in Equestria does he intend to do that," Luna had no response. Something then dawned on them, when he left, he was going to the courtyard of the castle, the place he had planned to be the new training fields, they rushed out the door to catch up with him, if he had a plan to train hundreds of soldiers in just three days, they had to know what it was.

Meanwhile, events elsewhere were transpiring, deep inside a cave, on the furthest outskirts of Equestria, a hive belonging to the changelings was in a panic, not to long ago, a mysterious figure guarded by seven creatures in cloaks, waltzed right in as if they owned the hive, any resistance given by the changelings guarding the center of the hive, were swiftly stricken down by the mysterious figures cloaked guards. They quickly paved a path of death and destruction as they made their way to Queen Chrysalis' chamber. Upon arriving one of the cloaked beings knocked the door down with ease, where they were met with a battalion of changelings, they reeked of desperation as they protected their queen. It wasn't until the figure guarded by the cloaked creatures spoke up, that all hostilities ceased, " No need for anymore needless killing," her voice was dark, and had what seemed like an echo to it, " I've simply come to talk politics with Queen Chrysalis, nothing more, nothing less," a devious grin formed on her face as she simply walked past the changelings.

Queen Chrysalis gritted her teeth together and bared her fangs at the oncoming "guest", " Tell me one thing before I have my hive tear you apart, what made you come to my hive exactly, revenge, pure blood lust?, tell me!" the Queen was furious, not only had they merely walked in as if it meant nothing, they had made her highest soldiers look like mere children, taking them out in a mater of seconds.

The figure began to chuckle rather darkly, " What reason?, why, because there was no other way to set up this meeting, besides, insects like that have no place in my plans, and what made me come here, why, I'm here to form a simple alliance," this greatly confused the queen of the changelings. What force in Equestria would make anypony or anything for that matter, to come to the changeling hive and seek out it's queen, only to form an alliance. " As i thought, your befuddled as to why i would want an alliance with you, well the reason is simple, we both know of the power the rulers of Equestria have come across, at first glance a simple colt, but with further inspection you an feel a great power within him, and i also know you hold a deep hatred towards ponykind, with my power and the numbers of your army, we could become an unstoppable force, what do you say," her grin grew into a wide malicious one.

Queen Chrysalis thought things over rather quickly, it was clear that these guest meant business, " Say that i were to say yes to this deal, how exactly do we strike against Equestria,".

Again, another malicious grin, this time twice as wide as the first, appeared on the figures face, " By making an example of course, an example of what will happen to those that oppose us," she moved from within the unnatural shade that hid her face, to reveal a mare, around the same height as the Queen of changelings herself, and another interesting trait, was the fact that her horn was curved, " And what would make a better example than the peaceful town of Ponyville,".

Author's Note

Hey ladies and gentlecolts, sorry for my disappearance and sorry that this chapter is short compared to the others, a lot of things have been going on in real life, I'm moving soon and I'm having to do a lot of packing and unpacking, and I'm getting ready to take a major test soon. Although I will not stop the story, But, I am shortening it for one reason, not only would it take longer than i thought to reach the Equestria girls part of the story, but I also wouldn't be able to implement my new idea, A sequel. So instead of dragging this story out as long as possible, I'm going to make it to the Canterlot wedding, and the events After that will be in the next Demon Heart story, which interestingly enough, doesn't have Axel as it's main protagonist, but instead his father. Who is his father you might be asking, well his name was mentioned in a past chapter and if you still can't figure it out, well he should be mentioned in the next chapter, and for those of you who like Axel, don't worry he'll still play a major part in the story. Any way everypony, it was nice getting to make this chapter before i had to get back to packing, I'll try my best to get another one out soon, hopefully longer than this one. I will talk to you later bronies and pegasisters, until next time, this is the Dark Lord, signing off.