My Little Pony: It Came in the Forms of Dreams
‘It has been a long time since I slept this well,’ were forefront of a mare who slowly rose from her slumber as the sky became twilight. The giant blue alicorn smiled as her starry hair flow from invisible wind that never seems to come. ‘I just wish all my dreams were so quiet unlike my little ponies that let their mind ruin.’
Princess Luna, the Princess of the Night has always been little compressive and jealous of ponies let their dreams run wild. She never could understand how even her sister, Celestia, the Princess of the Sun allow their mind to wonder, creating such wonders and horrific things and never stopping to realizing it is not real or controlling it. She never could understand how her sister and her little ponies could lose such control. And yet at the same time she wished she could allow her mind to wonder as she stretched her large body off the pillows she used as a bed, passing an actually bed that belonged to her first friend she made on her return.
A friend that came rushing in with her wings spread from flight. The alicorn, with a lavender coat, purple mane with a pinkish stripe and the deepest, purplish eyes she ever seen. It was her dearest friend, Twilight Sparkle. “Princess Luna… I mean Luna, I’m so glad you are awake. How are you feeling Luna?”
“Well rested my friend,” Luna smiled in her deep commanding tone. “I feel well… as rejuvenated as phoenix.”
Twilight grinned as she got up close to hug the larger princess, “I’m glad you’re feeling better Princess.” Twilight then let her grip slip to direct Luna out of room with a nervous tick, “You would like to have some dinner with us Princess. Spike makes a grand spaghetti and heyball dish and I know enough for the both of us.”
Luna thought it over and nodded her head in agreement, “Yes. I think that sound most enjoyable.”
Luna then followed the youngest princess down to the dining room, where the purple baby draconous, Twilight’s ward was putting the final touches to the three-way dinner. Though the young dragon that was the smallest of the three had substitute hay with garnet for his meal. The young dragon waved over before he got into his chair, with green spin resting into the chair as the two princesses took their seats.
The two quickly began to dig into their meals and eat in quiet silence that was not unusual between the two. Twilight has never been one to initiate conservation other then saying thank you, greeting others or giving orders when the time call for it, while Luna usually lets her sister speak with her or if she having fun in games. So the continued to eat as Spike eat large chunks of food in one or two bites. He quickly finished while the Princess was only a third of the way done with theirs.
Feel the silence and nothing to preoccupy him, Spike to Luna to ask, “So Luna, what were your dreams like?”
Twilight swallowed hard on a hayball she was chewing before she let out an exasperated, “Spike, you don’t ask Princess Luna such… personal topics.”
She then glared at the young dragon, though not too hard as a part of her was curious as well. She just asked with more tactics but it was moot point as the Princess of Dreams laughed in a joyous matter. “It fine Princess Twilight. I’m hurt telling your young ward I dreamt last night.”
Twilight nodded doubtfully in response as Spike jumped up and down in excitement, “So what did you dream. Did you dreamt of being a pirate sailing through the sky? Or do you dream of being a superhero, with you being a princess is your secret identity. Or do you dream of you and…”
“Whoa Spike, I think she’ll give you answer if you let her,” Twilight stated as she calm her young ward down while Luna giggled.
“No I don’t dream any of those things. In fact my dream was fairly simple to thee, which was sleeping in a bed under a lily during a moonlit night.”
That statement floored her audience as they stared at Princess Luna, as though they were told the moon was made it was cheese. It did not take long for the young dragon to speak out his thoughts, “You dreamt of sleeping. You the Princess of Dreams, who can manipulate them into anything you want, just dreamt of sleeping… Why did you pick such boring dream!?”
“I must admit I’m curious why you pick something so mundane,” Twilight stated with her ears back.
Luna just sighed in acceptance, “I dream of such simple things for they are less dangerous then what they could be.”
“What do you mean Princess? If you don’t mind me asking?” Twilight asked with a nervous smile.
“Tell me, do you know how Tantabus came to be able to leave the world of dreams?” Luna asked Twilight who looked thoughtful.
“I don’t know. I have been meaning to ask you but I didn’t want to impose,” Twilight admitted as Luna gave a small smile.
“Tantabus was the dark essence born in a nightmare of me becoming Nightmare Moon and you girls stopping me again to punish myself,” Luna admitted. “I’m not proud of it, but I couldn’t stop thinking of me… slipping again and I just felt I needed to punish myself. Though it was mistake from the start. For Tantabus feed on my fear to grow stronger and used my powers to give it life, until I retook control of my life and it returned to me fully.”
“So you can will things into being with your dreams?” Twilight asked in excitement as Luna nodded yes.
“It takes a lot of power and a strong will, but yes I can,” Luna admitted.
“That’s so cool,” Spike said with a pointy grin.
“My sister and I thought so too at the time. Especially Celestia when I dreamed cake into being,” Luna smiled as Twilight had a hard time of giggling or looking horrified as Luna continued her story. “But over time I found my powers to be a curse. As pleasant dreams I didn’t want to end came to manifest, so did my nightmares.”
“Like Nightmare Moon and the nyxs on the Moon?” Twilight asked.
“She was a moment of lost control. Of when I wanted power to take I wanted and it was given form in ways I could never imagined. The nyxs were my desire of companionship while alone on the moon.”
“Did you create other things?” Spike asked the older Princess, who nodded her head ‘yes.’
“I first realized I had to bring my dreams under control when I willed the ursa minor and major into being, as well the tiberwolves. The first being me wanting… wanting to experience a family, even if its in my mind.”
Luna faintly smiled as she remembered playing with the two celestial bears before it turned into shame. “The timberwolves were my fears of forest coming to life to eat us to latterly come to life and attempted to eat us. It just fortunate my sister and I were able to repulse them before anyone could be harmed.”
Luna then sighed as she added, “Regardless, it was then I realized I could not afford to dream like ponies for I could not allow them to be in danger. I’m just ashamed I lost control when it came to Tantabus.”
Luna soon let out a squeak in shock as Twilight Sparkle closed the gap and gave her a big hug. “It’s not your fault, Luna. We all deserved to dream, Luna. And we all deserve to have friend to comfort each other when our dreams become Nightmare.”
Luna formed tears in her eyes as returned the hug in full force while Spike was off the side, whipping away a single tear of liquid joy. Luna would have another pleasant dream that night, of friends being there for her. And for first time in a long time, did not fear her dreams will come to haunt her as she held onto Twilight as long as she could.
Author's Note
Done with this one shot. Hope you enjoy the story and please give me your own speculations.
Author Notes
1) I think Twilight is always going to be nervous when it comes to authority figures and I enjoy writing her.
2) Nyxs are the cloud beings in the MLP FIM comics.
3) I planned to have Nightmare be the big reveal after the timberwolves and ursa major and minor but figure that Twilight would have asked about Nightmare first so I switch it up a bit.
4) Please note this a friendship story, not a love one. You have been told.
