Night woke up feeling light headed. He opens his eyes and immediately freaks out

"AHHHHHHHHHH!" Night shouts, "WHERE IN TARTARUS AM I?" He looks around, he's floating in what seems to be the night sky. The area is completely barren and the only things that can be seen are the thousands of beautiful stars and a full moon. He starts flailing his hooves around in panic as he continues to float through the open area. His flailing is stopped as he is held in a cobalt blue aura.

"Huh?" Night looks around, looking for the source of the magic. "Wha-?" Night says as he turns his head and spots the source of magic. There he saw an alicorn with a dark blue coat and a flowing sapphire colored mane. She was also adorned with silver and black regalia. Her horn was glowing with the same aura that held him in place. She was also beating her wings at a constant pace to keep her aloft. She flew towards him and went in front of him. Her eyes went up and down his body, seemingly inspecting every inch of him.

"Uh... Hello?" Night managed to say softly. This immediately got the alicorn's attention.

"Who are you?"

"Who am I? I am Princess Luna!" the alicorn proclaims loudly. Upon hearing this, Night was immediately filled with fear.

"O-oh um... Hello," Night said in a very soft voice.

"Is there a problem young one?"

"No no no. There isn't any!" Confusion and fear are the two things that are filling Night's body. "What is this place?"

"Oh this place. This place is the dreamscape or land of dreams. Either way, it is where your dreams manifest,"

"What're you doing here?"

"I guard and monitor ponies dreams. Especially when they're having nightmares,"

"That makes sense," Night getting less and less scared with every second spent talking to Luna.

Night noticed that like him, Luna also had a similar colored coat and a moon based cutie mark.

"Could it be... No it can't..." Night thought to himself.

Luna noticed the silence coming from Night. "Anything disturbing you?"

Night snapped out of his thoughts. "Huh what? Oh whoops sorry about that,"

"It is alright. Do you mind telling me what got you so perplexed?

"It's nothing," Night thought for a second. "Oh yeah! Almost forgot to introduce myself. My name's Dark Night!"

"Oh it's nice meeting you. But I'm afraid out time together is over,"

"What do you mean?"

"The dream's ending. You're about to wake up,"

"I guess this is goodbye. 'Till next time Princess Luna!"

"Farewell to you too Dark Night,"

Night felt a tugging force. Then he was flung away from Luna then hit an invisible wall.

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Night shot up from his bed. His hoof immediately finding its way to his back. He didn't feel anything.

"Guess that was my wake-up call," he thought to himself. He got up from bed and went straight to the bathroom. There he did his usual morning routine. As soon as he was done with that he headed out and tried looking for the dining room. After asking around some of the guards and castle staff, he found his way towards the dining room. The dining room is mostly a large hall with one long table along the center of the room, chairs placed alongside the table. On the table are several candle holders with lit candles. Also on the table is food. Several different kinds, including fish, flowers, salads, sandwiches, pasta and more. Night approaches one of the chairs and takes a seat. As soon as he sits down Discord teleports into the room, landing on the chair on the head of the table.

"Good morning Dark Night," Discord says with a large smile on his face.

"Good morning to you too King Discord," Night says, a sense of nervousness entering his body.

"Oh no need for formalities Night, this is just a casual meeting after all," a plate filled with food floats by Night and heads towards Discord. "Don't wait for me, go on ahead!"

Night uses his telekinesis to grab a plate and utensils. He also fills the plate with a smoked salmon and a daisy sandwich. He floats it back over to him and starts eating.

"So how was your sleep Night?" Discord asks, taking Night off guard.

Night regains his composure. "It was interesting to say the least,"

"May I ask why?" Discord asked, taking great interest as to why Night considered his dream as such.

"I met Princess Luna and-"

Discord drops the fork he was holding and looked at Night. After a minute of full silence Discord picked up the fork and continued eating. "Continue,"

Night begins to explain what happened in his dream. Waking up in the dreamscape, meeting Princess Luna and his wake-up call. "And that's all she wrote,"

"I guess good 'ole Moonbutt still has it," Discord mutters under his breath. The rest of the meal was had in silence.

Until everypony else came in.

When all the Watchers and Mentors filed into the room, the room was immediately filled with chatter. The only people keeping silent was Rainbow Dash, Dark Night and Discord. Even Fluttershy was interacting with the other ponies

"Hey Dash, you're being awfully quiet. Anything wrong?"

"No, it's fine. I'm okay," Rainbow Dash says while looking down at her empty plate.

Deciding not to push it, Night veers away from the topic. "So how was last night?"

"It was okay, I guess..." she replies.

After most of the talking stopped, everypony ate silently. Just the occasional murmur every now and then. After everypony was done eating, they all started to exit until only Dark Night and Discord were left in the room.

"First in, last out eh?" Night says

"Surely," Discord replies. He gets off his chair and walks towards Night. "I have something important to tell you,"

"Go on ahead,"

"Right you've been spending a lot of time trying to figure out your heritage?"

"Yes, so?"

"Luna may or may not be your ancestor,"

Night stops. "I kinda figured but that's just a guess,"

"Yeah, just like what I said; may or may not,"

"I'll be heading off now," Night gets off his chair and bows. After bowing he stands up. "Goodbye King Discord,"

"To you too Dark Night,"

Night heads out of the room and directly to the Canterlot train station. There he boards a train back to Ponyville. Once again he picks the same room as before and so does Rainbow Dash. Both of them mostly kept to themselves during the train ride. Night spent most of it staring out the window, taking note of the lush forest, rolling hills and vast plains.

The time spent looking at the surroundings felt just like a few minutes to Night. He didn't even notice when they stopped at the Ponyville train station.

"Hey!" Dash shouted, knocking Night out of his trance and scaring the ever living daylights out of him. Once Night steadied himself he saw Rainbow Dash rolling on the floor and laughing. Always looking to outdo others, Night levitated Rainbow and walked out of the train. The five mares from earlier started giggling ar her predicament. Night went over to a near fence and fabricated some magical rope. He tied the rope around Dash and tied the rest on the fence, trapping her there.

"See ya in an hour!" Night says, while laughing. The other mares following suit too. Night walks off leaving Dash and her friends there. It was a short walk between the train station and his house. Once he arrives on his doorstep, he gets his key from under his doormat and opens his door.

"I'M HOME!" Night shouts as he enters his house. The sound of small hooves making contact with the wooden floor fills the room as a small unicorn filly makes her way towards Night. She jumps up and hugs him.

"I'm so glad you're home daddy!" the little filly says. She jumps down, full of energy, waiting for Night's next move.

"I missed you too Sweetie Belle," Night says as he makes his way towards the couch. He sits down and grabs a book from a nearby bookshelf. Sweetie follows and sits on the couch with her father.

Night thinks back to roughly 5 years ago, when he first adopted Sweetie Belle. He met her at the nearby Ponyville Orphanage and she was one of the last kids to be left there. He felt so sorry for her and decided to adopt her. Since then he's been taking care of her. He's even been trying to find any family members but he had no luck with that.

Over the next few hours, both Night and Sweetie just bonded. It was around 9 p.m. when Night set Sweetie to sleep. After that he spent the next few hours on his balcony, gazing out to the stars. Some time past midnight Night went back into his house and settled in for the evening.

Author's Note

Merry Christmas guys! Hopefully you enjoy(ed) it with your family and friends!

Also interesting to note:
I wrote this with one of the worst hangovers I've had in months so please don't mind any mistakes in it. Once I'm back to full condition and not drunk, I'll go back to this and re-edit it.