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This was strange… Discord hadn’t been defeated yet, but he did give me and my sister control over the sun and moon again, somehow… it's currently nine o’clock at night, and i'm doing my job, keeping ponies dreams nightmare free… when a new door appears, but this one is different, instead of somepony’s cutiemark or even a name plaque to signify me who this was, there was a leaf catching fire… and it looked like a mask. The door itself wasn't the same either, the frame, looked like an archway of vines, while the door itself was earthen brown, almost like a wall of dirt, when i came up to this door, the eyes in the mask glowed red, scaring me a bit before I heard a voice.

“Who dares enter the servant of Nature’s dreams?” it said in a deep and very powerful voice, I stared at it for a bit before clearing my throat.

“My name is princess Luna of Equestria… the princess of the moon and dreams… do I have permission to enter this pony’s dreams?” I ask the door, it turned blue before going dark, I didn't trust it, so i decided to stay where I was, as nopony was having any nightmares.

My patience was rewarded when the eyes lit up blue again, a calming voice came out, almost as if it wasn't the same pony as before.

“Permission granted princess Luna, heir to the throne of dreams.” it said before the door opened for me to enter, I was slightly confused as why it called me heir of the throne of dreams.

I decided to ask whoever was inside this dream-door, so I entered, closing the door behind me, almost immediately I noticed that I was in a very familiar place, the castle that me and my sister ruled in before i became Nightmare Moon, the only difference is that some of the guards were blurry while others weren't, it was strange almost as if this was a distant memory… that was, until I heard the music coming from the castle, a very old and familiar tune… and there's only one person that i know of that plays that tune, which i why I rushed towards it immediately, finding the male responsible for the tune i loved listening to.

“Brother!” I call out tackling him in joy, we hit the ground hard.

“Hey there Lulu… i'm glad to see you again.” he says hugging me tightly, we stay like this until I hear another voice.

“Um… did i come in at the wrong time…?” the voice asked, getting us to look towards it, showing a female, who looks slightly like me… the only difference is that she has wolf ears and tail, not to mention see definitely has canines, a lot like Timberwolves.

“Not at all sis, just saying hi to another member of the family, that's all.” he replied, getting me to look at him curiously. “Ah, that's right, you two don't know each other… well, Arty, this is princess Luna, the princess of dream, the moon, and co-ruler of Equestria, Lulu, this is Artimus the Dire Wolf, my friend, companion and sister.” he says introducing us with a small smile.

“Well, I guess it's time we got another family member… but it's still two males to now six females bro.” she says coming up to us.

“I don't have a problem with that.” he replies, getting me to sit up on his lap.

“So, your his sister too…” I say slowly, as if trying to process that information.

“Yep, i'm his first sibling, i'm his younger sister, Artimus Goldeneyes, it's nice to meet you Luna.” she says holding out a hand for me to shake.

“It's nice to meet you too… though I thought it was going to be his dream… not a shared dream.” I say shaking her hand before getting up, letting Forest get up too.

“Well… it's more of a family dream, we all arrive here when we go to sleep, even Cadence comes here when she wants to talk, speaking of which, we should go see the others.” he replied standing up before walking down one of the halls, towards the library.

We walk down the way before we hear laughter coming from behind one of the doors, smiling he goes over to it and places his hands on the handles.

“You ready to meet the full family?” he asks looking over at me, i just nod in confirmation. “Then welcome to our family room.” he says pushing the doors open and walking through as they continue to open.

I notice that this part of the castle never existed before, so it must be a dreamscape room, but what caught my attention was the people there, the first one was a female, who looked about two years younger than Forest, her hair was pitch black, almost like the void, her skin was a perfect tan, her eyes were acidic green, but held love and laughter in them, next to her was a male, much like Forest, but he was decked out in some weird shiny armor, slightly bulky, but still a good set of armor, he was without his helmet, letting me see his light brown hair tied into a ponytail, his skin was a deep auburn, with hazel eyes, filled with joy, next to them was Cadence, laughing at the two people in front of her. Speaking of which the first one looked like the female on the couch, though much younger, probably around the age of eleven, maybe twelve, she had the same void black hair and tanned skin, but instead of acidic green, I saw she had light blue eyes, almost like the sky, she was doing a silly dance with another girl, this one looked more like Forest than anyone, as she had his skin tone and same sparkling gold eyes, but as i made that contrast, I notice that her eyes have more shine to them than Forest does, as if his eyes were a lump of newly mined gold, while hers are polished gold, much like Celestia’s necklace an tiara, but her hair was a glorious silver, reminding me of my shining moon, only slightly duller. They were all laughing at the dance before Forest clapped his hands, they all gave him their attention, it was nothing like I've ever seen before.

“Everyone, i'd like to introduce you guys to our last family member, Luna. Luna, this is the rest of the family, you already know Cadence and Artimus, so these four need introduction, first up is the ferocious black dragon, my elder sister Fia…” he says pointing towards the older female, to which she waves while smiling.

“Sup, i'm Fia, the large dragon that you don't want to be mad at you, as i could literally melt you where you stand.” she says smirking before getting elbowed by the male next to her.

“Sorry about her, she's like that to everyone she meets, you find that she's more than just a scary face.” he reassured me, which did help slightly, I nodded in understanding.

“And speaking of, this is Alexander, but everyone calls him Alex for short, he’s Fia boyfriend… or coltfriend if you prefer Equestrian terms, and one of my oldest friends.” Forest says pointing to the male that just spoke, who waved once while smiling. “And finally, we have the troublemakers, and my daughters, Ova and Ruby Summereyes.” he continues picking up the two females and spinning around, they scream out in surprise and joy. This was a family that was so mismatched that it shouldn't make sense, but somehow did.

“Can i ask a question?” I ask, getting their attention, Forest and Artimus just smirk.

“You already did.” they both say, getting everyone to laugh, even i giggled a bit.

“Okay, okay, i walked into that one, but seriously, can i?” I say once the giggling stops.

“Sure, we’re all ears.” Fia says leaning back on the couch.

“How is a group so diverse like yours such a close nit family?” I ask getting them to look at me in confusion.

“I think that can be explained in a very nice song i know of.” Forest said walking over to one of the walls.

He started pressing a few things until a weird slightly flat object came out and started showing colorful squares, he kept moving them to the left until pressing one, music started playing throughout the room, that when the lyrics started:
Recommend listening to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA0kIWh6Nik
“We are, we are, not your ordinary fami-mily, but we can all agree that we are, we are, close as close can be…

So no matter what it looks like, we look perfect to me, we got every kind of lover, we’re so lucky indeed, they can keep on talking, it don't matter to me cause, we are, we are family…

We are are are are (We are are) x3
We are, we are family, family, family, we are, we are family…

So what? We don't look, we don't act, we don't walk, we don't talk, like you do. So what? If we hang just hang and no shame, we both do what we want to…

Cause we come from everywhere, searching for ones that care, somehow we found it here, we found us a home…

We are, we are, not your ordinary fami-mily, but we can all agree that we are, we are, close as close can be…

So no matter what it looks like, we look perfect to me, we got every kind of lover, we’re so lucky indeed, they can keep on talking, it don't matter to me cause, we are, we are family…

Ok, so the links in our chains makes us strange, but really, they make us stronger, and no one would replace not a thing, mother or father!

Cause we… Cause we come from everywhere, searching for ones that care, somehow we found it here, we found us a home…

We are, we are, not your ordinary fami-mily, but we can all agree that we are, we are, close as close can be…

So no matter what it looks like, we look perfect to me, we got every kind of lover, we’re so lucky indeed, they can keep on talking, it don't matter to me cause, we are, we are family…

(Family)
(We are, we are)
We are, we are family…”

The song was upbeat and everyone got into the dancing mood, somehow, we synchronizing with each other on another level, even me, as i was dancing right next to Forest in perfect motion, it was definitely something, the fun of dancing with all of them, and that song reminded me that family can have a bunch of different quirks but still love each other no matter what.

“That was fun, i don't think we’ve danced like that in twelve years.” Alex said sitting down, he was smiling, Fia simply rolled her eyes.

“Yeah, but the three of us better get up, we need to visit the leader of where we are.” Fia said picking up both Ova and Ruby, Forest nods before they fade away, disappearing from sight.

“I'm going to wake up too, i'm still unsure where i am, but i think i found civilization not to far from here.” Alex said saluting us before disappearing too, leaving just me, Forest, Cadence, and Artimus.

“Well, i can finally said the whole family has been in the same place for once.” Artimus remarks, getting a jab in the ribs from Forest.

“Sadly no, you can't… there's two more, and they're not here, yet…” he says looking up towards a picture on the wall, peaking my curiosity.

I walk over to inspect it, i could easily pick out Forest with his red hair and golden eyes, he was squatting next to a large wolf on his right, and holding a bow, he was smiling happily, the sparkle in his eyes was the same i saw in Ruby’s eyes, on his left was a human female with light tanned skin and crimson hair, dressed in some light traveling clothes and a leather breastplate, she held a lyre in one hand while the other was resting on Forest’s shoulder, behind him was a larger being, with light green skin, and dark grey hair, but there was something human about it that let me know that he was trusted, he was in metal armor, with some symbol on his breastplate, he was also smiling, apparently to whoever took the picture, they seemed happy, right beneath the picture was a small plaque, it had some words: ‘Never forget the fallen, forever forge your own path’ - The Daylight Trio, it was odd, but i finally sensed Forest next to me, his eyes seemed glazed over as he stared into the picture.

“I don't know if I'll ever see them again… but i know they’re here, in Equestria… I just hope i find them.” he says before starting to vanish too, leaving the three of us.

“Do either of you know who these two are?” I ask as they come up to look at the picture.

“No… I've never seen them in his memories…” Cadence says to my surprise. “It happened when I was younger, sometimes i saw his memories as my dreams, but not once were they mentioned or seen in the dreams I had.” she explains glancing over at me with a small smirk, I just roll my eyes and look at Artimus… who looks confused.

“What's wrong Artimus?” I ask gaining Cadence’s look at the female wolf.

“That's me in the picture… but i don't remember those two.” she says making us look at her confused, she noticed this and sighed. “I'm the wolf in the picture, that's my real self after all… but i have no idea who those two are, I've never met them… or heard of them… and I've been with Forest since he was five years old.” she explains, gaining a worried look as she continued scanning the picture, as if trying to remember something.

“What if it's a fake picture?” Cadence asks, getting her attention.

“Then I'll ask him once i wake up, which should be now… good day Cadence, Luna.” she says before slowly fading away, leaving the two of us in the room.

“I’ll see you in the dinner hall… right?” I say glancing over to her.

“Yes, you'll see me there… aunty Luna.” she replies with a small smile, getting me to smile back.

“I'll see you there Cadence.” I say ending my spell and returning to the waking world, i start to walk towards the dinner hall, the song that we danced to stated played as I walked, making me hum the lyrics.

Author's Note

AND ITS UP! Chapter 7 is ready! now i just need to do chapter eight... 😫

Anyways, as always, comment on anything that i can do better for my story, and stay terrifying! Until we meet again my lovely little terrors!