When Dreams become Reality

Dreams, they say are meant to become reality at points of life. Sometimes the appear just like a reality of what you had dreamed about in the past. Nightmares will torment even the strongest willed ponies from time to time, and that is where Princess Luna comes into defeat the evil within. Luna's obligations are simple, but can keep her quite busy through the night with a lot of dreams, remembering the tantabus a year or two back was just an example of what happened.

The moon had now risen and the older sister Celestia, returned to her chamber for the night as Luna took over for the night. It was a quiet night, clear and cool as Luna stepped out onto the balcony, spread her wings and began her stealthy night flight through the sky. Her first destination was Ponyville. As she approached things were already looking quite busy for the night, and somewhat goofy, thanks to Pinkie's weird and unusual bouncy and, quite literally, sweet dreams. It made the princess giggle. She turned her attention though to the disruption of Sweetie Belle, who looked like she was battling out a competition of song against Fluttershy, who for her, was bringing her down with every winning championship and rubbing it in the little fillies face. She entered the dream and sat behind the audience to watch the performers on the stage. Sweetie actually had quite a lovely voice for such a small, young mare. But the scores, and even those from her sister didn't quite add up to how well Luna had thought she had done. Then Fluttershy came out, and yet again a beautiful voice and song came out, and she had higher scores than Sweetie, and made fun of Sweetie and told her not to even attempt it.

Luna had figured it out way before Fluttershy had finished singing. Sweetie Belle was having a fear of being judged and messing up a lot. Luna stepped up to her and Sweetie turned around.

"Princess Luna? What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in Canterlot during the day?" Sweetie asked her.

"My dear little filly, this is a dream, you are asleep." Luna told her.

"Oh."

"Sweetie, it looks like you are troubled with fear of failing and being judged based off of your voice capabilities and singing."

"Yeah, I don't know, I feel like crying and stopping everything and maybe doing something else with my life. After all Fluttershy seems to be better at it than I am anyways." The filly swiped at the stage, bummed out.

"Ms. Belle, do not worry or fear about what will happen. For I know that you are a great singer, and have talent that many will seek in your life here across the land of Equestria, be strong and always be courageous, in time you will see what I mean."

"Thank you Princess." She hugged her.

"Now go out and have a wonderful, little adventure as you continue to slumber, show Equestria your spirit."

Sweetie Belle smiled at her and ran off, and Luna exited her dream.

That's just a small sample of the protection that Luna helps her subjects with. Other ones like the darker dreams are really hard to deal with. She now turned her attention to Twilight's castle where Apple Jack was and noticed a slightly larger disturbance. She entered the dream to find that her family was arguing with each other, and the Flim Flam brothers there with a weird huge machine that looked similar to a bulldozer.

"Well I ain' havin' them take the farm and bring it down, this is our home, our land not there's and Ponyville, let alone Equestria won' benefit from it at all!" AJ was yelling at Granny Smith.

"Apple Jack, we're out of money and there is nothing we can do, the farm is broken down, and the trees aren't even blooming this year." Granny returned her retort.

"Eeyup." Big Mac agreed.

"Yeah, sure agree with her big brother, because obviously it is all about giving up the fa--" AJ was cut off by a loud crashing noise that came from the Flim Flam's machine that started taking out the shed and she could hear them laughing maniacally as they did so, AJ ran over, but as she did the nightmare transformed into something a lot more different and difficult. The farm had completely been destroyed and the family had separated, except for Apple Bloom, her little sister, who was looking more broken than ever and tied up to one of the apple trees and the Bulldozer right in front of her, with the brothers revving the engine.

"Hold on Apple Bloom, Imma comin'!" AJ said as she was running towards her.

Flim used his magic and froze her.

"Oh ho ho, or you think you are coming." He said

"Let me go you big jerk, ahhh!" She screamed.

Flam revved the engine and started moving towards her little sister.

"APPLE JACK HELP!!!" Apple Bloomed screamed as she was crying, and Luna cut in.

Luna, blew up the machine and Flim and Flam dissipated in a wisp of mist, and the farm returned to it's original state.

AJ, was able to move freely and Apple Bloom, ran to her sister and hugged her.

"Luna! I don' reckon you could've come sooner, tha' was scary. Say how did you do that?" The orange pony asked.

"It's a nightmare, my young subject. It isn't real." The princess stated.

"Ahh, well seriously, I had lost hope I thought that everythin' was gone, and I might've lost, well..." AJ trailed off unable to finish the thought of Apple Bloom being rammed by the dozer and losing one of the most precious things in her life.

"Dear Apple Jack, and little Apple Bloom, do not fear the loss of the things that mean the most to your heart, for it will never happen. Now, I must be off. Good night, or day in the instance of this dream." Luna gave her ado and left the dream.

It continued to be a more than unusual night, with Rainbow somehow being tangled in a rain cloud, and Twilight getting a book super glued to her hoof. The night ended and Luna returned to her chambers as Celestia walked past her and bid her goodnight. But, for the princess and destroying the negative dreams that infected the ponies, her dreams now were facing those of which she had just ended getting rid of and infecting her dreams.