Discord sprung out of bed, and landed on his floor. Shaking his head, he looked up.

"That's not normal..." He rubbed his chin with his paw.

Discord was a lucid dreamer. He always had control over his dreams, and they were always chaotic, just as he liked them. Never has he dreamt something apart from that, and if he did, it would mean something was off.

Yet here he was, surprised by his dream, which he had no control whatsoever. The other strange thing was that it was not chaotic in the least bit. It was only dark and depressing, which was something that Discord found himself to strongly dislike.

He stood up, and flew to his calendar, which told the exact time and date. "Tuesday...." He rubbed his forehead, and a head ache started forming in his head. "Tea." He snapped his talon, and was teleported to his best friend's cottage.

"Oh hi, Discord!" The yellow-coated mare smiled. "Come on in." She opened the door all the way. He walking in, and his head ache grew worse.

"The tea is ready and on the table," The mare informed him. "You're welcome to it, of course."

He teleported himself to the chair, and summoned their tea cakes. "Can't forget these, now can we?"

Fluttershy smiled, and sat down across from him. "So, how has your week been?" She inquired.

"Splendid, of course." He said dryly, and drank his teacup.

"Are you sure?" She tilted her head at his tone.

"Oh, yes." He finished drinking the cup, and threw the tea in his mouth. "Just a bit tired, that's all." He assured her.

"Did you not get any sleep?" She asked, concerned.

"Ah, well, you- not that much." He stuffed a tea cake in his mouth.

"Discord, Is there something wrong?" The pegasus set her tea down.

"Nnng- Mmm Mmm." He wanted to avoid describe is dream.

"Discord!" She grew impatient.

He swallowed down the pastry, and sighed. "There's no getting out of this, is there?" He groaned.

"Discord," She got up, and held his paw. "You need to tell me what's wrong. You're not acting like yourself."

"Ugh, fine." He sighed in defeat. "I had a strange dream."

"Go on." She was still holding his paw.

"Well, you know how I'm usually a lucid dreamer, right?" He asked her.

"Mmm hmm." She nodded.

"Well, I-" His head started pounding, and he fell to the ground.

"Discord!" Fluttershy flew up to his head.

"I'm alright... just feels like there's construction going on in there or something." He groaned, and rubbed his head. "Anyway," He turned to be face-to-face with the mare. "This dream of mine... it was alien to me." He stated.

"What do you mean by that?" She asked.

"It was really... weird. Not the chaos weird, of course." The draconequus ran his talon through his beard. "It was dark, dreary, as well as cold." He continued.
“It was sort of like… when Tirek had been taking over, only… worse.”

“Do you know if this might mean something?” Fluttershy asked, still holding onto his paw.

“I… I don’t know.” He looked down. “I usually know things…. And things that make no sense always make sense to me but…”

Fluttershy looked at her friend, and saw the confusion in his eyes. She wanted to help, but she didn’t understand it herself.

“Maybe Twilight might know.” She suggested.

“Hmm?” Discord raised his eyebrows and looked up.

“Well… Twilight knows a lot… She might know what your dream was about.” She smiled.

“You think so?” He inquired.

“Mmm hmm.” The mare smiled.

“Alright then. Shall we go to Twilight’s place?” He quickly got to his feet, and summoned adventurer gear.

“Discord, we can just wa-“ She looked around her and giggled.

“Here we are!” He pointed at an upside down map. He pushed the castle door open. “Ladies first.” He grinned.

“Oh, Discord, you gentle creature, you.” Fluttershy teased as she walked in, and he followed after her.

“Now, where is that princess?” He summoned binoculars, and scanned the area.

“She might be in the library.” She pointed down the hall.

“Of course she would be.” Discord scooped fluttershy up in his arms, much to her surprise, and walked down the hall to the library.

***

“Exactly.” Twilight smiled at her student. Starlight Glimmer smiled back.

“And what about-“ Starlight was cut off be the door being swung open.

“Hello, your highness.” Discord set Fluttershy on the ground, and grinned.

“Ahem, I’m in the middle of something.” Twilight hinted at Starlight.

“Ah, yes. Your student.” He grinned.

He vanished and his head popped out of book that Twilight had opened just minutes earlier.

“Isn’t it amusing that you ended up having a student, like Celestia before you. It’s almost like Celestia is having you replace herself.” He grinned. “But why would she do that?”

Fluttershy walked over to the two, and waved at the student, who waved back.

“Discord needs to ask you about something.” she informed the alicorn.

Twilight sighed. “Why didn’t you just say so?”

Discord vanished from the book, and appeared on a couch. Twilight held a notebook, and glasses appeared on her face.

“Oh, it was just so dark-“

“Discord, shouldn’t you be serious about this? You want Twilight to take you seriously, right?” She raised her eyebrow.

The draconequus sighed, and the couch disappeared, along with the glasses and notebook.

Starlight sat down at her designated desk, and started reading the book Twilight had just given her.

“Alright.” He said. “I had a dream…” He paused.

“Umm… okay? I thought all creatures had dreams.” She raised her eyebrows.

“Umm, that’s not what he meant.” Fluttershy informed her friend.

“This dream wasn’t normal.” Discord stated.

“Aren’t things never normal with you?” She questioned him.

“It wasn’t normal to me.” He continued. “Usually I decided what goes on in my dreams, and I’m a lucid dreamer… but not this time. And there was nothing chaotic about it either.”

“Wait- what was this dream like?” She rubbed her chin with her hoof.

“It was dark and It felt cold.” He started floating midair.

Twilight’s eyes widened, and she quickly ran to a book she had looked at earlier.

“What’re you doing?” The draconequus inquired.

The alicorn didn’t speak. She was too busy frantically flipping through the pages.

Fluttershy and Discord looked at each other, then back at Twilight.

“Discord, by any chance, was there a voice in this dream?” She asked, a worried expression on her face.

“Umm, yes. Don’t see why that’d be important th-“ Discord was cut off my Twilight’s shushing.

The princess found what she was looking for, and started reading out loud.

“Every annum, a shadow spreads over Equestria. This shadow gave the ponies and inhabitants of Equestria dreary feelings, and they became depressed. Using the harmony tree, King Cosmos and Queen Galaxia vanquished the evil spirit, and the land became fulfilled once again.” She read.

“What does that have to do with my dream?” Discord inquired.

“Ponies were depressed from the nightmares the shadow spirit had given them.” Twilight shut the book. “If it has returned, then… I don’t know what we’ll do.” Twilight looked up, and noticed her student was still in the room, and she seemed to be listening to the conversation intently. “Starlight,” She started walking to her student.

“Twilight, I think you should tell Celestia and Luna. This might not be what you think it is, but you can’t be too sure.” Starlight suggested.

“You’re right… and even if it is, Celestia and Luna can just defeat it like their parents before them!” Twilight grinned eagerly.

“No.” Discord sighed. “I wasn’t around when they still ruled, but I do know that they were very powerful, and more powerful than Celestia and Luna. The two sisters aren’t even as strong as the princess of friendship.” He referred to Twilight.

Fluttershy looked at Discord and sighed. “Has it even been a million years since then?” She asked the princess.

Twilight galloped back to the book and opened it up again. Her mouth dropped, and she started shaking. “Exactly.”

***

Sunset Shimmer walked out of her classroom, a grin plastered on her face. She was eager for the day to be over, and she only had half more to go.

She put her books in her locker, and started walking towards the cafeteria.

“Hey Sunset.” Rainbow Dash waved as Sunset sat down next to Twilight.

“Hey guys!” She started eating.

“You seem to be in a good mood.” Rarity smiled.

“Why would she not be?!” Pinkie Pie grinned. “Spring break starts tomorrow!” She cheered.

“Ah almost forgot about that.” Applejack turned to Sunset. “Where are y’all going, sugar cube?”

“I’m spending spring break in equestria.” Her grin, if possible, seemed to grow wider.

“You’ve spent time there before…” Twilight spoke, looking down at her food.

“Is pony Twilight aware of this?” Rarity asked, taking a sip of her juice.

“She and I have discussed it, and arranged for me to stay I full week there.” Sunset held up her book, the one she had used to communicate with pony Twilight before.

“Well, It’s great knowing that you’ll have fun.” Rarity smiled.

“Yup. When you go, tell Twilight hi for us, will ya?” Applejack requested.

“Of course,” Sunset smiled. “but I’m only leaving after school ends.” she assured them.

She smiled, and her friends smiled back, all except two.

***

Sunset pushed her way through the crowd of students, trying to get out of the building. Everyone had flood the hallways once the bell had rang, and every single one of them were trying to escape the building, like it were a prison.

When she had gotten through the crowd, she spotted her friends.

“Hey guys.” She walked towards them. She looked around. “Where’s Rainbow Dash?” She asked.

“Rainbow Probably left earlier.” Rarity suggested, as she fixed Fluttershy’s hair.

“So… you’re going now?” Twilight stood behind Sunset. Sunset turned.

“Yep.” She smiled. “Oh, here, your glasses are falling off.” She helped the slightly shorter girl with her glasses, and Twilight’s face grew pink.

“Well, I reckon she will have fun, and I'm sure she hopes that y’all will have fun too.” Applejack smiled.

Pinkie started crying. “I’m going to miss you!”

“It’s only a week, Pinkie.” Sunset laughed.

“Okay, if you say so.” She sniffled.

“We’ll see you in a week, Sunset.” Fluttershy hugged her.

“Yea, see you in a week.” Sunset smiled.

All of her other friends joined in the hug. All except one.

Twilight stared at the ground, and fidgeted with her fingers. Sunset noticed her, and held her hand out, still in the group hug. Twilight hesitated, but took Sunset’s hand, and was pulled into the hug.

She too was going to miss Sunset, even though it would only be a week. She didn’t know why, but she felt as if this were the last time she would see her again.

“Well… don’t be too long.” Twilight forced a smile.

Sunset smiled back at her. “It’s only a week. I go to Equestria during weekends, so it’s nothing new.” She held the other girl’s hand, causing her to blush.

They let go, and Sunset stepped through the mirror. “See you guys in a week.” She waved, before disappearing into the mirror.

Author's Note

This is my first story so... yea. I try to correct all my grammatical mistakes, but if you spot any, let me know so I can correct them. I'm so excited for this story, and I hope you people like it. (0v0)/ If you've written something like this, then I wouldn't know. I've only read shipfics (mostly oneshots), so I wouldn't know. I'll try updating this at least every few days. Maybe a new chapter every three days, or two.