Sweet Relief

Dash knocked on the door of Twilight's tree. Even if it was early for most other ponies, you could bet your left hoof that Twilight Sparkle was awake.

"It's open." Came a reply from inside.

Pushing the door open, Rainbow was greeted by the purple unicorn.

"Rainbow Dash? What in the name of Celestia are you doing up this early? You look exhausted!"

Dash sighed, even Twilight could see how tired she was.

"Well, I couldn't sleep again and came to Ponyville to get some breakfast. Figured I'd swing by here to see if you could help me with something."

Twilight's eyes went wide.

"You couldn't get to sleep AGAIN?!"

"Nope. My normal stuff to sleep isn't working... Even drinking didn't help! Just stayed awake until it all wore off!! You know the shifts I've been pulling right?"

Twilight nodded and said.

"Yea, I remember Cloudchaser talking about how you where starting to show the symptoms of Sleep Deprivation."

She chuckled before including.

"That, and when you almost ran into my tree two days ago... I kinda figured you where tired."

Dash blushed slightly with embarrassment, she was hoping nopony had seen that.

"Heh, you saw that huh?"

Giving her a whimsical smile, Twilight said

"Dash, I was on the balcony. You flew right past me."

Perfect.

"Heh, yea... Anyways, I've got no clue why I can't sleep! Pinkie seems to think there's something on my mind that I don't know about. Was hoping you could make sense of what she meant before I see if I can fly back home and pass out."

"Oh no you don't Rainbow! You're not flying anywhere until you've had some sleep!" Twilight said as she cast a spell on herself.

"Huh?"

"I'll walk you to your house and teleport us up there."

"Us?" Rainbow inquired, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes. Us. Once we get you there, I'm going to cast a sleeping spell on you. How does 12 hours sound?"

Rainbow's eyes went as wide as dinner plates.

"Make it 15 and I won't even fly the whole way home!"

"Deal."

And with that, they trotted out of the house. Twilight yelled up to Spike.

"Spike, I'm going out for a bit. Do you need anything from town?"

"Yea, think you could pick me up some sapphires?"

Twilight rolled her eyes... he always asked for sapphires.

"I'll see what I can find." and with that, started walking towards where Rainbow had her house.

As they walked through the streets of Ponyville, Twilight began to question Rainbow.

"So, if I heard you correctly in the library... you said that Pinkie believes you have something on your mind but don't know what it is?" A look of confusion spreading across her features.

"That about sums it up yea..."

"Thing is, I normally have dreams. If something is on my mind, I'll dream about it. Weird as it may sound, that sometimes helps me to figure it out ya know?"

Twilight nodded her head. "I know the feeling, had one time where I couldn't for the life of me figure out one of the steps in Starswirl The Bearded's magical barrier amplification spell. Took me a week to figure it out and the answer hit me in a dream that last night."

Dash rolled her eyes at the comparison... Twilight could be such an egghead sometimes.

"Aaanyways... as of late, I haven't had any dreams. Just fitful naps between being awake."

"I bet working as much as you have hasn't been helping that fact."

"You can say that again!! If it wasn't for Cloudchaser, I'd probably be in Ponyville Hospital again!" Dash said, cringing at the memory of the crash that caused her last visit there.

"Well, the good news about this sleeping spell is that it allows for normal dreaming patterns."

"Do some not?" Dash asked.

"Well, Some keep you from having dreams. Some have pre-programmed dreams. Some even have... fantasies... pre-programmed into them." Twilight said, blushing slightly.

Dash raised an eyebrow.

"Fantasies huh? What kind?"

"Well... Uh..." Twilight turned beet red and said "sexual" almost as quiet as Fluttershy would have.

"Really? Twilight, you're probably the last pony I'd EVER expect to hear that from. Where did you pick that up?"

"Oh, it was in a study about the effects of sleeping spells for medical vs recreational use. It covered the different reasons many use them for recreation and-"

"And some of them use it cuz they can't get any flank in real life!" Dash laughed, causing Twilight to blush further.

"I hadn't thought of it that way actually."

"Geez Twi, if every there was a pony who needs to get out and learn a thing or two about real life, its you!" Rainbow teased her.

"Oh, you mean like how to fly into the door three times in a row... from the inside?" Twilight said, reminding Rainbow of her... accident... at Pinkies last party.

Visibly wincing at the memory, she said "Alright Sparky, we're here."

A bright flash of light later and they where walking through the door of Rainbow Dash's cloud house.

Looking around at the mess, Twilight couldn't help but take another jab at Dash.

"Love what you've done with the place."

"Yea, Yea... Shut up." Dash said, sticking her tongue out at Twilight.

"Now, lets get you to bed." Twilight said.

"You could at least buy me dinner first."

Twilight rolled her eyes. How could Dash always make everything she said sound perverted?

"Either you get there before I put the spell on you, or I'll just make ya pass out now and put you there after I do it."

"Geez, no need to get pushy Twi." Dash smiled as she climbed into bed.

"So how soon should this kick in?"

"You'll be out as soon as I cast the spell. After that, I doubt Luna's Royal Canterlot Voice could wake you up!"

They both giggled at the thought.

Suddenly, Dash pulled a straight face and said. "Level with me Twi, you're not going to put one of those sexual-fantasy-dream spells on me are you?"

"Why would I do that?"

"Well, knowing Pinkie..."

"Ugh, will you feel better if I Pinkie Pie Promise?"

Dash nodded, "Yea actually I would."

"Ok then. I, Twilight Sparkle, will NOT cast a sexual-fantasy-dream spell on you. Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye."

"Works for me." Dash said, laying her head back on the pillow.

Twilight's horn started to glow as Dash said "Hey, Twilight..."

A bright flash filled the room as Dash said "Thanks" and passed out cold.

Twilight walked out of the room and quietly said "See ya tomorrow Dash" before teleporting back to the ground. Leaving her friend to get the sleep she so badly needed.

"Now, to get those sapphires for Spike."