Finding The Courage Within

Part 3

Unfortunately for the two fillies, Rarity insisted on Scootaloo sleeping in the guest bedroom to avoid any more mishaps until the Pegasus saw a doctor for more than a mere over the counter anti-heat medication. While neither filly objected to this, it pained Sweetie Belle to sleep alone that night.

The filly tossed and turned in her blankets before she sat up and gave a cry of frustration. "It's not fair! Why does this thing have to be the cause of so many of my problems?!" She fumed aloud and sighed as she tossed the blankets off and stared at her flaccid member.

"The source of your strife is not what lies between your hind legs but the turmoil within…"

A soft voice spoke which caused the unicorn to look about herself with a start. "L-Luna?" Sweetie Belle asked aloud curiously. "I could of swore I heard Princess Luna just now…" The filly remarked aloud and sighed. "I could use some guidance right about now." She added sleepily as she dozed off into a restless slumber…

The unicorn's hooves ran along her lover's back as their tongues dances in each other's mouths their panting becoming erratic the longer the two went on and on. Eventually the two fillies stopped making out, simply staring at one another panting loudly. "You're a good kisser." Scootaloo remarked between pants as she smiled at her partner who couldn't help but giggle.

"So are you." Sweetie Belle replied as she ran a hoof through Scootaloo's mane affectionately.

"So...are you ready for the main event?" Scootaloo asked with a smirk as she stood up and lifted her tail.

Sweetie Belle gave her lover an unsure look as the Pegasus looked back at her. "I'm still kinda new to this… I mean I did it once with Silver Spoon but the details aren't exactly clear." The unicorn replied with a nervous smile as she scooted up, leaned in, and ran her tongue along the Pegasus's folds earning a sharp moan from her.

"Th-That feels wonderful Sweetie Belle but…" The Pegasus cooed softly as she looked back at the unicorn.

"But what?" Sweetie Belle asked with a confused expression.

"Well, I was kinda hoping you'd mount me." Scootaloo replied and blushed.

"Wh-What?" Sweetie Belle asked with a stunned look. "Scootaloo, we've talked about this, I don't want to use it." The unicorn replied with a slightly hurt expression.

"Why not? It's not like we can rub foalholes together or anything since you don't have one anymore." Scootaloo remarked aloud with a mild scowl.

"What the buck are you talking about? I've got one right under my-" Sweetie Belle began to say as she stood up, lifted her tail and pointed to where her vagina should have been but wasn't.

Instead, a pair of balls with a penis attached to them hung in its place with what Sweetie Belle assumed was her foalhole crudely stitched closed below them. "Wh-What is this?!" The filly exclaimed in a horrified tone. "I never wanted this to happen!" As she ran over to the mirror to get a proper look only to stop in place and stare on in horror.

The unicorn's snout seemed to have been reshaped into a colts, her mane had been redone in a colt style as well, and her entire bodily physique resembled that of a colts. "What happened to me?!" Sweetie Belle shrieked out only to slam her front hooves over her mouth as a colts voice came out where her filly voice should have.

"You asked for Twilight to turn you into a colt, remember?" Scootaloo said aloud as she walked over to the unicorn and nuzzle "him" only for Sweetie Belle to jerk away and back away.

"I asked for no such thing and don't you come any closer!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed suddenly finding herself standing in a familiar scene at the edge of a cliff in Sweet Apple Acres.

"Don't do it, Sweetie Belle! I love you!" Scootaloo called out as she gestured with a hoof towards the unicorn.

"I can't live like this, Scootaloo! I'm not a colt! I'm a filly! A filly!" The unicorn shrieked as tears streamed from his eyes now.

Scootaloo looked crestfallen now as she looked at her lover. "Fine, jump then. I was a foal to think you'd ever start a family with me." The pegasus said as she turned and trotted away, slowly fading from existence.

Sweetie Belle stood alone now as fierce winds blew around him. "This can't be real...it can't…" The unicorn said aloud to himself as tears streamed from his eyes until he snapped them wide in realization. "This is a dream...it has to be!" He thought to herself before she snapped her head up to look at the sky.

"Help me, Princess Luna! I know you can hear me!"

The unicorn shouted to the skies and sure enough, the world rippled and the Princess of dreams floated down from the sky and landed in front of Sweetie Belle.

"Twilight Sparkle seems to have chosen a keen eyed student in deed. I expected you to leap off before I stepped in but you wisely realized you were a victim of your own nightmares." Luna stated with a somber smile.

"Quick, change me back. I don't know how much longer I can take being stuck in a colt's body." Sweetie Belle remarked with a disgusted look at his figure.

"I'm afraid I cannot." Luna said as a frown appeared on her face.

"Why not?! You're the princess of dreams, aren't you?! You brought all of Ponyville together to fight that tantibus thingy!" Sweetie Belle contested with an annoyed glare at the Alicorn.

"I merely linked all of Ponyville's dreams together, I have not the power to alter one's dreams." Luna replied calmly.

"Then wake me up!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed angrily thinking that the princess was merely refusing to assist her.

"I cannot do that either. Only you have the power to do either of these things." Princess Luna remarked as she sat down in front of the unicorn.

"Fine, I'll just jump off the cliff then. I'll wake up before I hit the ground." The unicorn replied stubbornly as he turned around and took a few timid steps towards the cliff's edge and glanced over before gulping loudly.

"It's only a dream, it's only a dream, it's only a dream…" Sweetie Belle repeated to himself over and over though his hoof didn't edge over the side of the cliff.

"You could do that… or you could listen to what I have to say first." Luna said with a smirk amused by the unicorn's fear despite him being aware that he is still dreaming.

Sweetie Belle turned to look at the Princess of the night with a knowing scowl on her face. "This is where you try to teach me an important lesson like the time I nearly ruined Rarity's fashion career...isn't it?" He asked to which Luna merely chuckled.

"Perhaps, though you were far more receptive to my wisdom back then." Luna replied still smiling.

"I was ten." The unicorn deadpanned as he turned around took a few steps towards the princess and sat down. "Fine, let's get this over with. What grand lesson do you have for me today?" He conceded though her voice dripped with sarcasm as she spoke.

"Who said anything about a lesson?" Luna asked her smirk not leaving her facial features.

"Why else would you show up?" Sweetie Belle asked with an annoyed glare at the princess.

"I merely wish to talk, unless you find yourself too grown up to-"

"No head games, princess." Sweetie Belle cut off the Alicorn whom looked surprised at first but giggled all the same.

"My, My...aren't we the smart cookie?" Luna replied her smirk growing bigger as she rested her chin on her left hoof and merely looked at the unicorn. "I can truly see what Twilight Sparkle sees in you now. After all, many of her dreams comprise you surpassing her in all forms of magic with her standing by your side as your proud mentor." Luna replied.

Sweetie Belle merely scoffed at this. "Pssh! While I can believe Twilight being proud of me for learning magic from her so quickly, I'd have to see that to believe it. She's far too proud of her talent in magic to be dreaming about me surpassing her in anything." Sweetie Belle remarked with a skeptic smirk.

"Very well then, would you like me to show you? She happens to be dreaming one such dream as we speak." Luna said as she stood up.

"Why do I get the feeling this is going to end with me feeling like I'm being punished?" Sweetie Belle remarked dismally to which Princess Luna giggled once again.

"What makes you say that?" The Alicorn asked as she channeled magic into her horn and transported them to a familiar location with many doors.

"Just a gut feeling." The unicorn replied though she couldn't help but crack a half-smile.

"To be humbled isn't the same as being punished, Sweetie Belle." Luna stated wisely as she lead the unicorn to a door, and opened it.

Once the two stepped into the Alicorn's dreamscape, the first thing the unicorn noticed was herself standing next to Twilight as a filly. Though this wasn't entirely shocking to Sweetie Belle, it didn't stop him from looking over himself and scowling.

"I'm still a colt…" The unicorn grumbled and sighed.

"You honestly didn't think you could escape yourself by coming to another dreamscape, did you?" Luna asked as she glanced over at the colt.

"Who said I was running away from my problems?" Sweetie Belle asked pointedly.

"I believe you just did." Luna remarked with a smirk.

The colt opened his mouth to object only to sigh. "Smart Ass." The unicorn mumbled as he stared at the floor.

"What does an intelligent donkey have to do with our conversation?" Luna asked with a curious glance before she looked back at Twilight's dream as it played out.

"Smart Ass" The unicorn thought to himself once more before joining the princess in viewing the dream.

"Okay, Sweetie Belle, this is it! I know you can do it!" Twilight exclaimed as the unicorn's dream counterpart channeled magic into her horn and began to cast a spell. After a short time, sparks of magic being to spurt from the unicorn's horn at random.

"Oh, so it's this one…" Luna remarked aloud as her smile widened before she looked at Sweetie Belle whom glanced over at her with a confused look. "I believe you're in for a treat, Sweetie Belle." The princess remarked before she turned her gaze back to the dream.

Sweetie Belle's dream counterpart continued to focus with all her might seemingly struggling to maintain her channeling. "I-I can't do it, Twilight!" She cried as sweat dribbled down her forehead and across her cheeks.

"Yes you can! Just like I taught you! Keep it up! You're almost there!" Twilight exclaimed excitedly.

The filly's horn glowed brighter and brighter, her green magic radiating from her horn like a great flame which grew and grew until…

A flash of bright magic flared out and while Sweetie Belle flinched, Luna wasn't phased in the slightest as the magic roared through the two and slowly dissipated afterward. The colt edged one eye open after a time only to snap both open and gawk at the sight that beheld her.

"You did it, Sweetie Belle! You've become an Alicorn!" Twilight shouted joyfully.

"I'm a what?!" The colt exclaimed at the top of his lungs which caused the dream version of Sweetie Belle to poof and the Alicorn to stare over at Princess Luna and Sweetie Belle.

"Princess Luna?!" Twilight asked with a shocked expression followed by a deep blush. "I uh, had no idea you were watching this dream…" Twilight remarked aloud bashfully as she looked away.

"Wait, she's aware that this is a dream?" Sweetie Belle asked as he looked up at the princess whom smiled.

"Do not feel shame for aspiring to witness your student achieve what would be the impossible in reality, Twilight. For this is just as you say, a dream."

"Way to be the light of encouragement, Luna." Sweetie Belle remarked with a glare at the princess of the night.

"Who's the colt?" Twilight asked with a confused look at Sweetie Belle.

Sweetie Belle was both relieved and offended that her mentor didn't recognize her which the two feelings themselves confused the colt though he didn't dwell on the feelings for long as he sighed, rolled his eyes, and spoke. "It's me, Twilight. Sweetie Belle." He said though he looked away from his mentor in shame.

The Alicorn's expression became one of shock almost instantly as her ears flattened in both guilt and surprise. "Uh, what happened to you? Unless this is how you dream of yourself then I have no problem with it but it's still kind of shocking to-"

"Are you braindead?! Of course I don't dream of myself as a colt!" Sweetie Belle snapped angrily and looked away from his mentor.

"Sweetie Belle was suffering from a nightmare and called out to me for aid. Though I'm not entirely sure she is grateful for my aid as of yet." Princess Luna remarked with a curious look at the colt who still refused to look at either Alicorn. "Regardless, you should be proud of your student for she was able to realize that she was dreaming before I intervened." Luna added to which Twilight beamed.

"Wow, that's great! I've only recently been able to control my dreams and…" Twilight began only to flatten her ears and blush once more. "L-Listen, Sweetie Belle. About that my dream…"

"Don't worry about it, Twilight. I know I'll never become an Alicorn." Sweetie Belle replied as he turned to look at his mentor. "But I'm flattered that you'd dream about me being able to achieve such a feat. You really have a lot of faith in me, huh?" Sweetie Belle remarked with a big smile.

Upon hearing this, the Alicorn beamed once more. "Of course I do! You remind me a lot of myself in my youth. In some ways I'm glad I made the mistake of leaving the book out-" Twilight began only to cut herself off and bit her lower lip.

"Tell her, Twilight. It's important she knows." Luna said with a somber expression.

Twilight sighed upon hearing this. "Okay…" She said softly and sat down. "That book that Applebloom found ten years ago… I wasn't even supposed to have it since I wasn't skilled enough myself to use it." Twilight began much to Sweetie Belle's shock.

"But if you weren't skilled enough to use it…" Sweetie Belle replied not sure if he was getting the full picture or not.

"I couldn't of reversed the effects even if I wanted to and I was too afraid of what Celestia may think of her prized pupil getting her hooves on a book illegally to go to her for help. If I had…"

"She may have been able to reverse the effects before they really became permanent." Sweetie Belle said, finishing his mentor's sentence.

"I don't know, maybe? I still don't fully understand the spell book and I'm an Alicorn now too!" Twilight exclaimed as she leaned in and hugged the colt tightly. "It was my selfish pride that let this happen, Sweetie Belle. I'm so sorry, can you forgive me?" The Alicorn said as fresh tears formed in her eyes as she leaned back and looked into Sweetie Belle's eyes.

Learning this enraged the colt at first but only at first. Sweetie Belle took a deep breath and let it out. "It's in the past, Twilight. I learned not so long ago that no matter what you do, you can't change the past." He said with a warm smile

"A very valuable lesson to learn indeed." Luna remarked wisely.

"Besides, if you hadn't bucked up, I wouldn't be as good at magic as I am today!" The unicorn added which caused the Alicorn to beam once more.

"Hey… your mane just changed back to itself old self!" Twilight exclaimed as she conjured a mirror to show the colt.

While the majority of his appearance hadn't changed back, seeing his filly mane on his head filled the unicorn with a small amount of joy as a grin formed on his face. "Okay, Luna, what's next?" Sweetie Belle asked the Alicorn expectantly.

"Next? Whatever do you mean?" Luna asked with a coy smirk.

"You can't fool my star pupil, Luna. She's onto you now." Twilight stated with a cocky grin.
Upon hearing this, the Alicorn chuckled. "I suppose the charade has gone on long enough but I warn you, each lesson will be harder than the last. Knowing this, are you sure you wish to continue? We can very easily return to your dream and allow you to wake." The Princess of the night stated with a serious expression.

The unicorn ran a hoof through his mane and looked at his hoof. "Yes, I want to continue. I don't know what's in store for me but I have a feeling I need this." The colt stated with a determined expression.

Upon hearing this, Luna beamed at the colt then looked to Twilight. "Then we shall take our leave. Sweet dreams, Princess Twilight." Luna said before she channeled magic into her horn and the world around them was once again replaced with the cloud hall filled with doors.

Luna guided Sweetie Belle down the hall and stood in front of a single door. She then looked at the unicorn with deep concern as she spoke. "Last chance, Sweetie Belle. What you will see may not be easy or even impossible for you to cope with." She said calmly.

Though this worried the colt slightly, he nodded anyways. "Whose dream are we entering now?" He asked.

"Applebloom's." Luna said softly as she opened the door and the two entered. "Unlike Twilight's dream however, I won't permit you to be able to interact with this dream no matter how much you may demand it." The Alicorn added as the world around them took form.

"Okay…" Sweetie Belle remarked aloud with a curious look at the moon princess before he looked forward and for a moment thought he was looking at a backwards reflection of himself as his dream-self seemed to be running alongside Applebloom but unlike Twilight's dream, he wasn't a filly in this dreamscape but rather a colt.

"Applebloom sees me as a colt?" Sweetie Belle asked in sheer shock.

"Remember, dreams are subjective projections of one's inner fears, hopes, and desires." Luna stated wisely.

"So in other words, she may not see me as a colt but wish I was one?" Sweetie Belle asked curiously.

"Perhaps… or maybe she merely is projecting you as one due to your behavior earlier yesterday?" Luna asked curiously.

Upon hearing this, Sweetie Belle sighed aloud. "I guess I was acting a lot like a colt at the time. I mean, sometimes I can't help it but it's not my fault! It's this stupid thing between my legs!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed with a loathing glare as she peered between her legs then back up towards the moon princess who frowned.

"How one behaves does not determine one's gender but rather a part of their true self." Luna replied calmly before she resumed watching.

"No it doesn't! I would have never flirted with Applebloom if it wasn't for this little annoyance between my legs!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed defensively.

"You blame so much on something that bears no control over you." Luna replied without bothering to look down at the colt. "Watch the dream." She added calmly.

"No control over me?! I bucked a filly I hate because of this stupid thing driving me on internal instinct alone!" Sweetie Belle snapped angrily.

"Is that so?" Luna asked as she turned to look at the colt with a curious look. "Then does this tempt you?" Luna asked calmly as she turned away from the colt and lifted her tail.

Sweetie Belle glanced over at the princess then performed a double take. "What the buck do you think you're doing you pedo-pony!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed as she shielded her eyes from the Alicorn's dark blue snatch.

"Making a point. If the sight of my marehood does not instill arousal in you, then I fail to see how a filly could." Luna replied calmly as she lowered her tail and turned to face the colt.

"There are two problems with your theory. First of all, you're a one thousand year old Alicorn and not my type and secondly, she was in heat!" Sweetie Belle replied as he hesitantly lowered his hooves and allowed them to touch the ground upon realizing she wasn't flashing him her goods any longer.

"Ignoring for a moment that you openly admitted to an attraction to fillies and mares, a heat scent does not have an effect on other fillies. So how come it affected you?" She asked curiously.

"Because...because…" Sweetie Belle began to say only to trail off.

"Yes?" Luna asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I'm not a normal filly." The colt finally said and sighed aloud. "You know, if your second lesson was for me to accept that I'm not normal, you're about six hours too late." He finished and sighed.

"Not normal you say? What isn't normal about you?" Luna asked curiously.

"The dick between my legs for starters." Sweetie Belle replied bitterly.
"And what else?" The moon princess inquired.

"I'm affected by heat scents which I shouldn't be." The colt continued scowling even more so.

"I see… and what else?" Luna inquired further.

"And… and...well, actually, that's it." Sweetie Belle said with a curious look at the Alicorn whom smiled.

"Funny, I'm not sure how those two things make you seem so abnormal to your peers." Luna remarked with a mildly confused look.

"Because a filly doesn't have a dick or can be affected by a heat scent!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed angry with the fact the moon princess didn't seem to get his point.

"And what do your peers think of you? Do they view you as abnormal?" Luna asked curiously.

"They… They don't know. Well except for Applebloom, Scootaloo, Twilight, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and…" The colt trailed off. "Wow...I guess a lot of ponies do know about my secret." The colt remarked in his self-revelation.

"And they view you as abnormal?" Luna asked once more.

"Well, no. At least I don't think they do." Sweetie Belle remarked aloud and sighed.

"If they don't view you as abnormal, then why do you?" Luna asked curiously as she looked at the colt.

"Be-Because I'm not! Sure the ponies who know are fine with it but what about the loads of ponies who don't?! They would call me a freak if they found out!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed with a fearful glance at the moon princess.

"Do you know this for a fact?" Luna asked curiously.

"Well… No but-"

"Then you cannot assume they will judge you as abnormal until you tell them and even if they do, their viewpoints of you are just as subjective as your own." Luna explained as she smiled softly at the colt once more. "Normal is a subjective term, Sweetie Belle." She added.

"So...I'm not abnormal?" Sweetie Belle asked almost timidly.

"Only if you think you aren't." Luna replied with a warm smile before she looked back at the dream.

Curious, the unicorn watched as well noting the fact that Scootaloo has joined in as the three played in the field, laughing as they ran.

"Applebloom dreams of the day you will be truly happy again, Sweetie Belle." Luna remarked aloud as she continued to watch.

"I guess… I guess I've been making mountains out of molehills over my colt parts...huh?" Sweetie Belle remarked aloud softly.

"Your fears aren't unwarranted but you must learn to face them head on if you wish to overcome them." Luna stated calmly. "Furthermore, your disdain for what has been apart of you for so many years of you life has proven to be the catalyst to many of the problems and fears you face in your day-to-day life."

"Yeah…" Was all the colt said in response to this truth and sighed.

"So, what must you do first to overcome these problems and fears?" Luna inquired as she looked down at the colt.

"Accept my dick as apart of me?" Sweetie Belle suggested though the very thought of accepting it made the unicorn feel uneasy.

"Crudely put but yes. I'm not saying it will be easy to do, especially after so many years of loathing it so but it is the first and most important step to once again becoming as Applebloom views you in her dreams…"

"Happy…" Sweetie Belle remarked aloud as he looked on at the dream only to gasp in surprise as he placed a hoof over his mouth. "My filly voice is back!" The unicorn exclaimed joyfully.

"Which means we are finished here." Luna stated a matter-of-factly as she channeled magic into her horn and caused the two to reappear in the cloudy door hall.

"Okay, so what's next?" Sweetie Belle asked curiously.

"I'm afraid there is no more I can show you." Luna stated calmly much to the confusion of the colt.

"You have to be joking! I mean, look at my body! It's still a colt's body!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed in disbelief. When the Alicorn didn't respond, Sweetie Belle darted down the cloud hall much to Luna's surprise.
"Sweetie Belle, wait!" Luna called out though the colt wasn't listening to her.

"The last lesson is obvious somewhere in Scootaloo's dream so I need to find that door!" Sweetie Belle thought to herself dramatically as she yanked a door open to reveal Celestia eating a ten mile high cake.

"Um, I can explain." Celestia remarked aloud with a blush before the colt slammed the door shut and continued down the hall in search of Scootaloo's door.

Sweetie Belle looked at the doors as she passed them each one looking the same as the last. "Ugh, it's gotta be one of these doors!" The unicorn thought to himself as he yanked a random door open which revealed none-other than Big Macintosh Balls deep inside Fluttershy with Cheerilee sitting on his face as he ate her out.

"Nope!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed with a beat red blush as he slammed the door shut and continued down the hall a ways and opened another door open for his eyes to shrink to pinpricks as he witnessed none-other than Rarity in a Sixty-Nine position with Twilight.

The colt slammed the door shut and raked his hooves against his eye sockets. "I'll never get that image out of my head!" He shrieked in horror as he sat in place only to suddenly snap his eyes open. "Wait… Rarity dreams about bucking Twilight?!" The colt remarked aloud in shock as this new set of information set into his mind.

It was then that the moon princess herself walked up next to the colt, sighed, and channeled magic into her horn which caused the doors to whirl by as if being moved along a conveyor belt until one stopped in front of the colt and mare. "That's the last time I attempt to play ignorant with you, Sweetie Belle." Luna remarked aloud dismally and opened the door with her magic.

"Wait, you were acting?!" Sweetie Belle asked incredulously.

"My sister had such a fun time doing this with Twilight I thought I would give it a shot...it proved fun until you started opening random dream doors." Princess Luna replied as the two stepped through the door.

The world around the two slowly faded into place and the colt found himself staring at a similar setting. "Wait...is this my dream?" Sweetie Belle asked curiously though he was quickly proven wrong as Scootaloo ran after Sweetie Belle and stopped at the edge of a familiar cliff face.

"Don't do it, Sweetie Belle! I'm sorry I tried to get you to have sex with me like that!" Scootaloo exclaimed with tear-filled eyes.

"Admit it! You only wanted to date me for my colt dick!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed tearfully as she glared at the Pegasus.
"Of course she didn't!" Sweetie Belle interjected in defense of her lover as she looked up at Luna whom didn't speak but rather continued to watch silently. "Right?" The unicorn asked in a much less confident tone.

"Only at first, I swear! I thought that if I got you to use it on me that…" the Pegasus began only to trail off and sigh.

"That what? I'd suddenly be fine with having it and buck you every night with it?!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed angrily.

"Yes! I mean no! I mean… I don't know!" Scootaloo exclaimed stumbling over her own words.

"Scootaloo cares for you deeply, Sweetie Belle." Luna stated as if sensing the unicorn's fears were getting the better of him as he watched them seemingly come to life before his eyes.

"Then why is she having this nightmare?" Sweetie Belle asked with a hurt expression. "Because she's clearly beating herself over the fact she wanted to date me for my colt dick."

Luna sighed aloud before she spoke. "Isn't it obvious? She cares for you but she cannot ignore her base attraction to colts." Luna stated plainly.

"You're being rather straightforward with this one, I thought you liked being mysterious?" Sweetie Belle asked with a curious look at the Alicorn.

"This lesson does not call for subtly, Sweetie Belle. I'm showing you this to reveal to you one key fact about your lover." Luna stated calmly.

"She's not attracted to fillies…" Sweetie Belle said softly as she watched the nightmare continue to play out.

Luna sighed heavily. "I was hesitant in showing you this for fear of how you may react to learning this about somepony you care about."

"Is it possible for her to become attracted to fillies?" Sweetie Belle asked with a worried look at the Alicorn.

"I… cannot say… But I will say this, A pony's attraction to one, or both genders is not set in stone. It can be molded over time if the pony in question is willing to allow it." Luna said calmly.

"I think I know what the final lesson you wanted me to learn is, Luna." Sweetie Belle said solemnly.

"Which is?" The Alicorn asked hopefully as she looked down at the colt.
"Even if I accept my colt parts as apart of me, my life won't be all sunshine and daisies...right?"

"That is one lesson to take from this, yes but not the one I intended for you to learn." Luna replied softly and sighed. "I had hoped to show you what her dream was like before it descended into this nightmare." She added and sighed heavily.

"What was it like before?" Sweetie Belle asked curiously.

"Telling you would be pointless but there may be a way to bring Scootaloo out of her nightmare and resume the dream that was playing out before." Luna said and closed her eyes as if internally debating on something.

"For Scootaloo, anything." Sweetie Belle said aloud with a determined look in her eyes.

"I was afraid you'd say that." The Alicorn replied and sighed before she looked down at the colt. "Do you trust me?"

"I did until you asked me that question." Sweetie Belle remarked with a mildly scared expression.

The lunar princess couldn't help but chuckle at this remark before she resumed her serious expression. "I ask you this because the method of which I speak of which will allow Scootaloo to resume her joyful dream could put you at great risk."

"Won't she wake up from this? I mean it's not like this is life or death right?" Sweetie Belle asked feeling herself more worried by the second as she looked on at the dead serious expression on the Alicorn's face.

"She has had this same recurring nightmare nearly every night since the beginning of last month and I fear it may be starting to have an emotional impact on her on a subconscious level." The Alicorn remarked aloud and sighed.

"Why haven't you intervened yet? Isn't that your job?! To help ponies get over their fears and nightmares?" Sweetie Belle asked incredulously.

"I have tried but something about her nightmare repels me and prevents me from reaching her." Luna replied as she looked towards the nightmare and then back to Sweetie Belle. "The same thing occurred shortly after I intervened your nightmare involving Rarity's fashion career. I found myself repelled shortly after I gave you the advice I had."

"And you think I'll be able to reach her?" The unicorn asked incredulously.

"If your bond with her is strong enough, yes but no mere unicorn has attempted to enter the nightmare of another pony alone before." Luna said in a serious tone. "So tell me Sweetie Belle… is your bond with Scootaloo strong enough to reach her when as I could not?"

Sweetie Belle gave one last fearful glance at the nightmare than back to Luna. "Only one way to find out…" She he said aloud with a gulp.

Author's Note

Therapist Luna is in the house!

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