Dawn Lighter was pacing back and forth within the library in Canterlot Castle. On the outside, she might have been seen mumbling to herself, but on the inside, she was having a heated debate with her host, Twilight Sparkle.

“There is nothing that you can do to persuade me to relinquish my power over you. I am pretty sure we have already had this conversation. There is nothing else for us to argue about. The case is closed.” Said DL

“I know that, I just want something to do. I don’t want you to relinquish all control. I have been cramped in my mind, and want to stretch my legs, my actual legs. Maybe I could read a book? Or just the fact that I can move around sometimes. If I cannot, then I think I will go stir crazy.” Said Twilight. “Plus, if you allow me to get brief control, then I promise to be complacent, and will not nag you about anything.”

“Fine, you can walk around, and read one book. But after that, that’s it for a long time. Don’t get any ideas about trying to escape, I can immediately take control again. Also, I can read your mind, since I have access to your memories.” Said DL.

“Thank you thank you thank you. I promise I will not try anything.” Said Twilight, a little overzealous.

“Do not get used to this treatment. This will not become a regular activity.” Said DL.

It took a moment for it to hit Twilight, but she could sense the return of the ability to move, the ability to feel. The overwhelming return of her senses caught Twilight off guard. She cried out with joy, the ability to talk, to voice one’s thoughts was something she had taken for granted. Now, with that ability restored she could finally speak.

“Wow” was all she could say. Yet, she knew that her time in control was limited. She looked around the library. It seemed like forever ago that she used to study here when she was under Celestia. The thought saddened her, but she knew that she had to move on. Moving over to a bookshelf, Twilight looked over all the books that were on it. None of them seemed interesting or could satisfy what she wanted. She turned to her consciousness that was inside her.

“I know this is probably going to be annoying to ask, but could we by chance… return to my tree house? There I have my collection of some of my favorite books.” Said Twilight.

“Fine, but I think I will perform the teleportation spell. Wouldn’t be smart of me if I let you do it, you could teleport us anywhere.” Said DL.

After a quick moment as DL went to retrieve the teleportation spell from Twilight’s memories, she envisioned the tree house, and casted the spell. Instantly they were inside. Twilight expecting to feel the backlash of performing such an extraneous spell over a long distance, was surprised by the power she now possessed.

“Whoa, I normally feel some fatigue after performing a spell like that. What happened?”

“I have some of Queen Nightmare Moon’s power within me, your power has been advanced by her power as an alicorn.” Said DL. “Now, go find your book, I think while you are reading, I will work on memorizing spells. That way I will not have to always sift through your memories to retrieve the correct spell.”

“Thank you, if all things are the same as I left them, then I know exactly where the book is that I have in mind.” Said Twilight.

She picked a book that she always had read whenever she wanted to calm down. It was an adventurous one about a valiant unicorn, a dragon, and a princess held in a castle. Twilight remembered reading the story to Spike whenever he was anxious or needed something to fall asleep too. They both had shared a chuckle about how the dragon was depicted.

As she was getting closer to the end of the book, she had always wondered why the main protagonist always went with the hardest decisions. If she was in his hooves, she would have outright just faced the dragon instead of doing side quests. Yet before she could finish the book, DL talked with her.

“I was going through your memories, and I came upon the memory of you reading about Nightmare Moon. It was in the book of Prophecies and Predictions. I would like to see this book.” Said DL.

“Sure. I already know the ending of my book. He gets the mare, saves the world, and looks cool while he does it. I think I left it here somewhere in my study.” Said Twilight, intrigued by the question.

As Twilight went to retrieve the book, she could feel the presence of DL. It was still very strange for her, like somepony always looking over her shoulder. DL still allowed control but was on the ready to take back control.

Twilight looked around for a while, before remembering she always alphabetized her books, and went to look for the P section. Sure enough, there it was, sitting plainly. She went to grab it, a little apprehensive as she lifted it to a nearby stand that was designed to read books. As she placed the book down, something felt different about it, but for some reason she could not place the feeling.

“I want to see the Prophecy of the return of Nightmare Moon. How could it have known that the Queen would return? What else does it say on the matter?” All these questions and more were asked by DL as Twilight flipped through the pages.

“Here it is. ‘The rise and fall of Nightmare Moon. Nightmare Moon will return on the longest day of a thousand years. And the stars will aid in her escape and she will bring about nighttime eternal. As she succeeds, she shall cast her fate. As a new Prophecy called-’” but before Twilight could finish, she was cut off from the flow of the sentences, the flow of the world. She was sent back to depths of her mind.

“NO!” She yelled, banging her hooves against the walls of her mind. “I want to see the new Prophecy! What is going on? Why did you cut me off!? NOOO…!” She screamed trailing off and then curled up into a ball, crying. “I just want things to go back to normal. I just want to see my friends. The friends I made.”

Author's Note

I do not know why, but this chapter was super hard for me to write. I guess I was debating on whether or not to show the Prophecy, or keep the viewers guessing. So I think I will keep you guys guessing till you figure it out. spooooky prophecies!

Edit: Added those nice curves to all of Dawn Lighter's inner dialogue when talking with Twilight.