There Were Aliens In Equestria?

"Rainbow Dash."

Uhhhhmm..

"Rainbow Dash."

Hubbleuh weeuh zzzzz...

"Wake up Rainbow Dash."

No I wanna uhhhh...

"Wake up."

One... more minute mom...

"Rainbow Dash!"

"Wha!" Rainbow Dash rises abruptly and clumsily from her sleep.

She is still in the cave, but is wasn't dark anymore. Though the Princess of the Sun standing in front of her would be a reasonable explanation.

"Princess Celestia!" Rainbow bows down out of instinct at the sight of royalty.

"No need for that, Rainbow Dash. I see your friends are still... sleeping. But it's good that they're unhurt." The Princess speaks in her usual soft and motherly tone. "You have been... chasing your dreams quite literally?" The Princess giggles at her own joke.

"What? Oh uh... yeah. Is it something we should be laughing at?" Rainbow Dash replies.

"Oh of course not! The Wonderbolts are just as Equestrian as all of us. I would not let anything untoward happen to them. Them being missing is a grave matter. But I'm sure they would be safe, after I had seen you here, searching." Says the Princess with a warm smile, generating a strange pleasant atmosphere.

"Yeah but now we're lost and stuck in this maze of a stupid cave." Rainbow Dash says with a little tinge of frustration at her team's situation, kicking a little dust up from the ground. "How'd you find us here, your majesty? And how did you get here?"

" A locator spell and teleportation aren't exactly the hardest spells to perform for even for a filly. Twilight told me about your little rescue mission."

Princesses work in mysterious ways.

Rainbow Dash opens her mouth to ask another question but Princess Celestia speaks first. "Well, I have to return to Canterlot now. I wish you all the best. Be sure to bring your friends and the Wonderbolts back safe. But first, let me get you ponies out of this place." And with a flash out bright yellow magical light, Rainbow Dash and her four companions were back in the dry desert, with Las Pegasus slightly visible in the distance.

Dashie looked around, but the princess was no where to be seen.

"Mur... mumm... muffins?"

Rainbow turned around to see Derpy wake from state of unconsciousness.

The others also began to wake in groans and moans.

The show (and search) must go on.