when dreams cross dreams

"Yup, I'm baaaack." Said Blaze to the surprised Celestia.

Luna had no idea what was going at that point so she did the most logical thing.

"Um, Tia, what's happening?" Asked Luna.

"I didn't say this before but I used to be one of Princess Celestia's student but because of reasons, I kinda had to disappear from the face of Equestria." answered Blaze since Celestia was still shocked, "I would tell you some of the reasons but I think your sister can tell it better."

Celestia, having finally calmed down after the sudden reunion, answered.  "Um...You see sister, Blaze here was notoriously known for having many of his magic teachers come back to me complaining about how he attacked them every time they called him or told him to use a spell."

"Not my fault I was born with an unstable magic reserve and with a biology design without the ability to contain said unstable magic reserve." said Blaze.  "I kinda learned how to use my magic efficiently with time but I had to deal with a lot of mistakes too.  That and a lot of explosions to the face."

Luna was confused to say the least.  The idea that his magic reserve was unstable yet still usable was something she had not heard of but not impossible.

"The only spell he could cast normally was his dream spell and even then he had trouble putting the right amount of power into it, so every time he practice there was always a warning sign up to avoid any problems." said Celestia shaking a bit.  The memory of seeing an entire tower asleep with the workers making weird sleeping faces from suddenly being put to sleep and the couple of ponies who were hurt because the spell got to them before they had reached the bottom of the stairs.  In a way, she was glad he was gone.

"Sorry if many old accidental antics freak you out but I can say with certainty that I got many of those problems already solved." Blaze said while standing with his chest popping out.

"Tis good to hear" said Luna, "But that doesn't explain why you reacted that way Tia."

"The reason why I acted that way is be..." Before she could answer she remembered that if she said the reason why she was shocked, she would be caught in the act of following her sister.

Blaze having seeing where this was going, said "wouldn't you be surprised if one of your old students suddenly returned after years of having disappeared from the face of the world?"

Luna turned to her student and realized that he was right.  She turned to Celestia and said "Sorry dear sister.  It just looked out of character for you so I was curious."

"It's okay Lulu." Celestia was glad Blaze had managed to wiggle her out of the situation. "Is it okay if I get private word with your student Lulu?  There are a couple of things I want to ask him."

"Sure."  Luna turned to leave but before she opened the door she turned to look at them and saw for a second sparks appearing between her sister and her new student, and not the good kind.  She shrugged it off thinking it was all in her mind.

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"So who are you really?". Asked Celestia with a look that felt like it could kill.

"It really is me, your old students Dreamy Blaze and you can't deny it since I'm the only student that was separated from ALL the normal classes.  The secret of the school." Blaze claimed while holding his hand in a typical anime ghost style.

"As true as it may sound, I remember he was a sweetheart that wouldn't be as forward or as insensitive, unlike YOU."  Celestia said while raising her voice.

"You really didn't like the fact I gave you nightmares about your sweet love for sweets." Blaze said with such smugness in both his look and voice that Celestia had almost screamed at his face but was also shocked that he knew about the nightmares.  That gave her the clues that that was him.

"So where did you disappeared to all does years ago?" Demanded Celestia, still fighting her urge to scream at his face, she was mainly mad at the fact that he was the one giving her nightmares about her delicious sweets.

"Ahh... I like to call that story the end of the beginning of the end and  beginning." Said Blaze with an excited look in his face.

Before he could continue, Celestia interrupted him.  "That doesn't give me any hints as to what happened."

"It's rude to interrupt someone when telling a story you know."  Blaze said while making a hurt look which left his face as quickly as it came.  "The story begins one fateful night...  There I was in my room making theories on how to cast one of my spells in a more efficient way.  Then it struck me.  A way to cast what today is my best spell which I call Dreamify.I casted it but before I realized what was happening, I had sent myself to the dream world and as such many unspeakable things happened and here I'm today."

Celestia was dumbfounded.  Not by the story mind you but at what she was seeing.  Behind him was a screen made of magic following his every word as he told his story.  The screen showed everything that happened except the end.  All the screen showed was a water color picture of him floating in darkness.

"Well... that explains some of the things that happened but that also leaves more questions open then closed and that doesn't explain why you behave like you're a being chaos." Celestia stated in an uncomfortable yet serious way.  Celestia was about to ask one of the many unanswered question when Blaze interrupted her.

"By the way Princess Celestia, I want you to promise to NEVER tell Princess Luna about this, EVER and if you do, I will tell your sister about you following her even though you promised her not to and many other things that may or may not be true, understand?" Celestia was shocked about what Blaze said as well as his tone of voice. That and the fact that even his body mirrored what he said.  He was standing in a way many soldiers stood, he was staring her right in the eyes in a very serious matter and even had the air of somebody that would kill in order to reach his goal.  This both scared her and disturbed her.  She stood up and walked in front of him looking straight into his eyes.  Thanks to the size difference, Celestia would always look intimidating to anypony that looked up at her when she was mad or serious but it did little to nothing in affecting Dreamy's position.  After a while, she sighed in defeat and went back to sit down.

"Fine I'll do that.  Only if you tell me everything that has been going on." Celestia demanded.

"If course Princess..." Blaze said, becoming loose and relaxed again.  Suddenly there was an awkward silence in the throne room that lasted a full minute until Celestia broke it.

"Well are you going to tell me or not?"

"Ahhhhh, you want me to tell you now?  Sorry to burst the bubble but it's not the correct time to tell you the whole story yet." Blaze said with a troll look.  "But seriously, I can't tell you just yet because I want it to be a surprise.  That and I want a large crowd of friends around me when I release the secret."

"Why you little..." Celestia didn't get the chance to finish her sentence because Luna came back inside.

"Dear sister, art thou done.  I want to see what type of knowledge my student knows as well as seeing what I can teach him of the dreamworld." Said Luna through the doorway.

"Yes we are done Princess Luna." Blaze said with a bow.

"Please, call us Luna."

As they left Blaze turned around with a small jump and smiled devilishly to the Solar Princess.

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"So how much does thou know of the dream world?" Luna asked as they left to one of the castle's tower.

"Well, living in the dream world for about 9 years, give or take a year or two, tends to teach you a lot about mysterious places, so I have to say I know just about the necessary like putting ponies to sleep, how to infiltrate dreams, how to change them to fit certain ways or show certain things that will be useful to said ponies.  The basics." Replied the young stallion with a thoughtful look on his face.  'If only I could tell you the whole truth.'

Luna turned to him wide eyed at the stallion's words.  "9 years in trapped in the dream world!?"

"Well it's more like 4-5 years trapped and the rest just traveling the world to increase my knowledge." Answered Blaze, like this was absolutely nothing.

"How did thou end up trapped in the dream world and just how old are thee?". Questioned Luna.

Blaze shrugged and said, " How I ended trapped was because of an experiment going wrong.  As for how old I am, I'm 18." Blaze answered, again as if he has gone through that process countless times before.

To say Luna was shocked was an understatement.  She knew of a couple of unicorns that tried the same thing before but unlike him, they were never seen or heard of ever again.  "How did thee survive the dream world on your own for so long?"

"It's called being smart and skilled." Blaze claimed with a small smirk.  "Or more like being lucky and/or having help.  But enough about me.  What are we studying today?"

Luna begun to think, but she could only focus on what she was told of, so she came up with the best next thing.  "Let's see what thou said is true or not."

They went to a study close to Luna's room and started practicing.  Although she had seen some of his skill, she waned to make sure he was completely prepared for anything the DreamWorld could throw at him.  Unknown to her, he was more than prepared.

.                                      Week before the Great Galloping Gala                                                                  .

"WHY WAS I NOT TOLD OF THIS SOONER!?"