My Little Pony: Queen of Shadows

Luna was currently dream walking, however, she felt herself being pulled into a nearby dream.

"A dream walker in my domain...it's been a long time since I've had one of you in this realm." A voice called out. Luna found herself in a grand hall with many statues; each clearly marked with a theme.

"Where am I?" Luna asked. "Whose dream is this?" She asked.

"Your still in the same place you've always been. Yet now, close to my place in the realm of dreams, have I become aware of you, and your abilities." The voice said before a ball of gray light descended to the area in front of Luna before it suddenly morphed into the form of a crystal-like entity.

"What are you? How dare you take me away from my duties of helping ponies with nightmares?" Luna asked.

"I assure you, none from your particular planet are having nightmares right now." The figure before Luna said. "I know this because I too monitor the realm of dreams." The figure added.

"You do not understand; I have a duty to preform." Luna said. "There is someone I am trying to meet with tonight as they have asked for a bit of guidance." She added.

"Very well, I'll let you get to that then, but after you are done, you will be brought back here to me." The figure said.

"Who are you to be questioning royalty?" Luna asked.

"I am known as The Guardian; a creation made to act as a shield to whatever I deem appropriate." The figure said. "And in this realm? Your crown holds no authority. Only I and the the realm's twelve managers have authority. Because this is not the waking world. This is the realm of dreams. What you call the dreamscape, us here who live in this realm call it Subnotica." The Guardian added before Luna was sent to where she needed to go. Luna did not question it, but did what she came here to do regardless.

After a bit of helping to guide the one she was meeting with, she found the Guardian's door once more and entered.

"Your earlier then I'd thought you'd be." The Guardian said.

"I thought time doesn't pass while I'm in someone else's dream." Luna doesn't.

"Thought the same as that once. Ended up having to train someone to be able to lucid dream for five weeks straight because of it. No, the reality is time passes differently in the dream world depending on how 'awake' someone is when someone else is in their dream. And especially when that someone is having a dream about something managed by one of the twelve major realm managers." The Guardian said. "Speaking of which, that pegasus filly; Scootaloo I believe is her name; is currently dreaming about Rainbow Dash branded candy." He added.

"Of course it would be Rainbow Dash related, but how do you know she's having such a vivid dream?" Luna asked. To which the guardian averted Luna's attention to one of the statues in the room. This one was designed after a food based creature.

"Each statue here is themed after a particular major realm manager. They are either leaders of their own right in their realms, or have a highly respected position within." The Guardian said.

Meanwhile...

"SO MUCH RAINBOW DASH CANDY!" Scootaloo said as her dream self enjoyed the mountains of Rainbow Dash themed candy.

"Enjoy as much as you like little one. No matter how much you eat, you'll never suffer the negative consequences of eating so many sweets." A living version of the food creature Luna saw the statue of was seen talking with Scootaloo.

"OH I WILL; THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS! I never got your name though." Scootaloo said.

"I am Madam Supreme Cupcake; the pleasure is all mine." The food creature said.

"I'm Scootaloo. Thanks again for all the candy Mrs. Supreme Cupcake." Scootaloo said.

"Um...Madam is just my title, young Scootaloo." Supreme Cupcake said. Suddenly the Guardain and Luna entered the area. "Oh! Dearest Guardain! I see you have brought a guest to my realm." Supreme Cupcake said.

"Oh hey! Princess Luna, you have GOT to try the sweets here." Scootaloo said.

"I'll pass for now young Scootaloo..." Luna said.

"Ah fellow royalty. I remember that life all too well. Such a boring life. I am so glad I was able to find a way to come here, to Subnoticia." Supreme Cupcake said.

"Wait...you mean you actually LIVE in the land of dreams? How is that possible?" Luna asked.

"Not all those who are here exist in the waking world." Supreme Cupcake said. Suddenly, something was happening in the corner of the shop.

"! Not again!" The Guardian said and stopped the tearing and fixed it.

"What was that?" Luna asked.

"A bit of corruption curtusy of the Guardian's evil brother; The Omega." Supreme Cupcake noted.

"The Omega?" Luna asked.

"My brother's job is supposed to be finding decaying worlds and making sure they are fully cleaned of life so they can be reused later by my father and creator whose name I shall not tell. But one day, my brother; The Omega; went rogue and started destroying worlds on a rampage. Me and my youngest brother; The Darkness; teamed up to stop The Omega's rampage." The Guardian explained.

"Your other brother is evil?" Luna asked.

"The Darkness was not really evil. His job was to sprinkle a few evil beings in the various worlds. This was only done to maintain a balance between good and evil. That is the task we three brothers were supposed to protect once our father stopped creating worlds and the task fell to The Creator for creating life." The Guardian said.

"But as the story goes for The Guardain and The Darkness, their battle with The Omega was a hard fought one. Even though The Omega was eventually sealed away to a part of the collective of multi-verses, The Darkness did not survive the battle and had been mortally wonded by The Omega. As such, The Darkness's job was given to the Creator, who decided to then give the task to one of his two sons." Supreme Cupcake said.

"Yin-Yang." Luna noted.

"Exactly." Supreme Cupcake said.

"It pains me to have had to seal my brother away like that, but there was no other choice." The Guardian said. "Even now, he seeks to escape his prison and--" Suddenly the Guardian looked distraught. "I sense someone tainted by The Omega's magic...I will find them, and fix this mess." The Guardian said.