When Dreams become Reality

As Luna began to slumber, the dream of Applejack's farm and the terror that she had felt when she entered into the Earth Pony's dream became more surreal. Luna awoke on the farm to disaster already taking place. She was laying on the ground breathing heavily as she looked around and saw the barn on fire, and the Apple's home completely demolished. Flim and Flam's monstrous looking bulldozer was in front of her, baring down almost menacingly and moving towards her quickly. Luna jumped up and flew up quickly to avoid being pummeled and ran over. From the sky above she looked around and saw that the whole farm had almost been completely obliterated and destroyed.

"Y'all can't just stomp in here and do this! An' I Ain' givin' up either! I'm too honest to back down from the fight!" Said a familiar voice.

Luna looked down and saw AJ throwing rocks at the brothers who were turning her land upside down. It wasn't the most use as both stallions were unicorns, and kept using there magic to block the stones away from them.

Luna landed beside the pony. "Applejack, is there anything I can do to assist thee?!"

Applejack didn't even pay attention to her, it seemed as though she was oblivious that the princess was even standing right there next to her. She reached a hoof out and tried to touch her, but no connection was made, almost like Luna was a ghost. Luna was surprised and astonished, for this had never happened to her in her own dreams, let alone that of other ponies.

"Heh, heh, heh, why don't you just give up like your whole family did? It might make this a little easier for you in the long run." Flim said as he again used his magic to block another stone.

"They didn' give up you jerk, you forced them into a silly belief of falsehood, and then when the tried to fight back you killed them!" AJ shouted back at him.

"What?" Even though AJ couldn't hear the princess, she asked the question as bright as the flames that were glowing off of the barn. She looked around and sure enough, shockingly, the bodies of two lay next to each other underneath what seemed to be the only flower bush left in the garden, but if that was Granny and Big Mac, where was the little Apple Bloom?

"Hey, Bozos! Surprise!" Luna looked up from atop one of the trees as Apple Bloom jumped down and ran through the wreckage and jumped up and kicked Flim right in the face.

"That a girl little sis!" AJ cheered her sister.

"Ugh, you'll pay for that you little brat!" Flim stood up but as he did so AJ, ran over and through a rock as hard as she could at his face, which ended up scratching his face and making blood pour from his nose, which was caused by another rock hitting him by Apple Bloom.

Luna had seen enough and tried to use magic, but it failed to her dismay. She didn't understand why or how she was this stealthy at all, all she could do was just watch the agony of the two sisters and their battle.

"Gotcha you little bug!" Flam had seized his opportunity, and grabbed Apple Bloom with his magic.

"Let me go you big brute!" Apple Bloom was struggling in the magical force field.

"Now stay still little pony!" As he tied her up to the tree, and got back in the machine and maneuvered it in front of her.

AJ looked up and saw her sister, bound to the tree, and started running but was tripped by a magical rope that Flim had created out of thin air.

"Hold on, Apple Bloom! Imma Comin'!" AJ said getting up and continuing her fast run to the little one!

"Hold it right there!" Applejack was suddenly frozen by Flam as well. "Now just sit there and relax and watch the fun begin!"

"Applejack HELP!!!" Apple Bloom was in tears, while still struggling through the binding of the ropes.

Luna had seen enough, she was starting to cry herself, never in her life had she had useless help within the dreams of her subjects. The machine starting revving and was moving towards the filly really fast.

"NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" Both Luna and AJ shouted at the same time.

Luna raced towards her, and tried to use her magic, this time her horn lit up, but just as she was about to unleash the spell, the nightmare changed, and she was now somewhere in the vast darkness, not even the moon shining down on the lunar princess.

"Welcome Princess." A deep, raspy voice was talking somewhere in the dark.

"WHO ART THOU THAT SPEAKETH TO ME?" Shouted Luna in a voice she only used for strong authority, and lit her horn.

The Light didn't hit anything the darkness seemed to go on forever.

"Welcome to my chamber of darkness and dread." Again the mysterious voice said.

"I DEMAND THEE TO ANSWER!"

"Shouting will do no such good here, in fact it will more than likely enrage a beast you do not want to see."

"Than answer thy question and reveal yourself!"

"All in due time my princess, all in due time...." And then everything vanished and Luna woke during the middle of the afternoon, to see all three other princesses standing at her bedside.

"Luna, dear sister, are you okay?" Celestia asked.

Luna sat up, and just stared at her sister and the other two ponies.

"We heard shouting come from your chamber so we all rushed to see if everything was alright." Cadence said

"Also we felt a disturbance among the princess bond we all share." Twilight added.

"It was a nightmare unlike any other, one that I had help solve last night invaded my slumber, and it was worse than I thought, I couldn't help any of the ponies, and my magic could not be used. Then at the last minute it changed to a dark area, and a mysterious deep, raspy voice was talking to me..." Luna recalled.

"Did you recognize the voice?" Celestia asked.

"No, sister. It was one that I have never even heard before." Luna said.

"Well it was just a bad dream... Maybe it was just a one thing." Cadence stated.

"Yes, but if that was the case why would the disturbance of her dream, become a disturbance and alert us of what had happened?" Twilight asked curiously.

"Twilight is right, we must be vigilant. Luna let us know if we can help you with anything." Celestia turned back to her lunar sister.

Luna just sat there staring at the floor, it didn't make sense with her not being able to protect the ones she held most dear to her heart. What was happening, and most of all who was that voice?