Me and the New World

Chapter 5: The inches we make into miles of progress.

The dream realm was a vast expanse of space that existed due to the dreams of the millions of creatures that slept. There Luna stood in front of the door of the strange filly, she knew that it was the ponies door due to the door arriving after the pony did.

The door was more than the others, it wasn't made of wood, but, metal. It looked like a vault door, with a big turning wheel with bars across the door giving more security to the dreams or nightmares of the pony. It wasn't the first time Luna faced somepony being stubborn about letting her in. But, it was also protected by a magic shield, Luna was wondering who did this, cause she knew no foal could do this level of magic on their own.

"Alright, if this doesn't work we will need to wait for Starlight to come help," Luna said to herself.

Luna shot a beam of turquoise magic at the door, the barrier sprong to life. The beam of magic made contact with the shield, sparks flew everywhere, Luna put more power into the attack, and after what seemed like hours, the shield broke into small shards.

"Finally, that, stupid... (Gasp) Barrier, is gone," Luna said out of breath.

Taking a minute to get her bearings together, Luna stood tall, using her magic to turn the wheel, only to find it was not moving.

"WHAT NOW! Oh, it turns the other way, thank goodness nopony saw that," Luna said to herself a bit embarrassed.

The wheel turned smoothly and the bars slid inwards, letting the hefty door open. When Luna opened the door, she saw the filly, it looked like she was in a trance, moving but looking like she wanted to go somewhere else. Luna tried to walk over, the air was thick like molasses. After casting a spell the world stopped, the filly looked around like she was awakened from an enchantment.

She looked around and when she saw the alicorn, she backed up out of fear, Luna at first mistaking this as fear of nightmaremoon. She noticed the foal would have been scared even if she was Celestia, so this fear was more, a fear of the unknown.

"Fear not, I promise no harm will come to you, little one," Luna said as she shifted into a smaller version of herself to be the same height as the filly.

"Now, pray tell, what is your name?" Luna asked in a calming tone.

Anon was not sure if she could trust this pony, but, whatever she did, it helped.

"My, name... is, Anon, what is your name?" Anon asked.

"I am Princess Luna, but you can call me Luna," Luna answered.

"Is this a dream?" Anon asked.

"Yes, this is, it is my job to watch over the dreams of everypony," Luna answered.

"But, if you are here, how can you go help others who are having nightmares?" Anon asked confused.

Luna was shocked at first, she put her hoof on Anon's lips and said, "We don't talk about that."

Luna took her hoofs off of Anon's face who looked more confused than annoyed. Luna saw the world was starting to grow dark, Anon was waking up, before luna could say anything, she was forced out of the dream, the door slammed closed and the wheel turned with the metal bars sliding back locking the door more.

"Well, at least I know her name, that's a start," Luna stated with some pride.

Even though Luna was keeping her mind on her duties, she can't help but, think about what discord said. About there being a mage strong enough to have created the moon.

"Discord said their moon, so, Anon must have come from a different world, is that even possible, even so, the ponies are stronger there, for everyponies sake. We hope the ones who pulled Anon to this world are caught, or we could have a war unlike anything we have ever seen," Luna said to herself.

The sound of an alarm clock could be heard throughout the dream realm, Luna knew that the day was starting. With a flash of blue light, Luna left the realm.

CASTLE OF FRIENDSHIP.

The light of the sun was shining into the room, Twilight started to wake up. Twilight felt somepony was lying next to her, she looked to see who it was and saw Anon asleep. At first, Twilight was shocked, but, felt like Anon was starting to open up. As best she could Twilight got out of bed without waking up Anon.

~~Ten Minutes Later~~

"Hello Starlight, Spike, did you two sleep well?" Twilight asked.

"I did sleep well," Starlight answered

"As did I," Spike added.

"Has Anon been doing well?" Twilight questioned interested.

"Well, she is doing better with her magic, she can write really good, and she can read books far above her own age," Starlight answered.

"How long can she use her magic before she can no longer use it?" Twilight asked.

"Well, it isn't getting worse, but, it is slow work, I would say she can use it for ten minutes," Starlight answered.

"(Sigh), I just hope we can change that, it would be nice if she could be stronger," Twilight said.

"I know, but, I do believe that she can get stronger," Starlight replied.

The sound of hooves could be heard, both Twilight and Starlight turned around and saw Anon walk in, looking tired. Starlight and Spike went into the kitchen to make breakfast.

"Hey, Anon, did you sleep well?" Twilight asked.

"I slept fine, do you know someone named Luna?" Anon questioned.

"So, Luna was able to get into her dream, I just hope she was able to help," Twilight thought to herself.

"Yes I know who Luna is, she is a good friend," Twilight answered.

The sound of baking could be heard, it smelled good.

PONYVILLE TRAIN STATION.

"Well, if you need to go now, I wish you the best of luck," Twilight said.

"Yeah, I won't be gone for that long, once I am finished, I will be back," Starlight replied.

The train conductor called out, starlight picked her bags up and started to walk to the train. She turned around and waved at Twilight, and She returned the jester. After the door was closed, the train started to move.

~~Thirty Minutes Later~~

Twilight, Spike, and Anon teleported to the Ponyville apple farm, Sweet Apple Acres.

"Where are we?" Anon asked a bit worried.

"We are at my friend's farm, it's called Sweet Apple Acres," Twilight answered.

"Well howdy, Twilight, how ya doing?" Applejack asked as she walked up.

"Hey Applejack, I was showing Anon here the town," Twilight answered.

"Well, how do ya do Anon?" Applejack asked with one of her hooves out to great the pony with.

Anon back up out of fear, Applejack was confused about the filly's actions.

"Hey, Twi, why is Anon acting like that?" Applejack asked confused.

Twilight got close to Applejack to whisper in her ear.

"She has had a troubled past, I can't tell how bad it was, but, it was really bad," Twilight said.

"Really, well, what can you tell?" Applejack whispered back.

"Well, on how she talked about her mom and dad, they most likely were killed in front of her," Twilight answered.

Applejack's eyes went wide after that and replied, "Are you sure about that? Saying something like that should not be taken lightly."

"I know, I know, but, from how she talked about them, it was bad, I am trying to help her, I need you to help with that," Twilight said.

Applejack looked at Anon with sympathy, she also knew the pain of losing her parents, but, Anon went threw that pain at a younger age than she did.

"Well, you don't have to shake my hoof, but, I would like to say, welcome to ponyville," Applejack said.

"T-thank you," Anon replied.

"Are you going to stop by Fluttershy's house?" Applejack asked interested.

"Yes, we will, I want Anon to meet all of my friends," Twilight answered.

The three walked off to go to Fluttershy's house, as they were walking Anon saw the Everfree forest.

"What is that?" Anon asked while pointing at the forest.

"That is the Everfree forest, it is a dangerous place don't ever go there alone," Twilight stated.

"Why is it dangerous?" Anon asked confused.

"It has large pony-eating animals, plants, and monsters, please don't go there," Twilight answered.

By the time the three made their way to Fluttershy's house, the sun was halfway to noon. Twilight walked up to the door and knocked on the door.

"Coming... (The door was opened halfway), Oh hey, Twilight, How are you?" Fluttershy asked.

"I'm fine, I came to introduce you to Anon the filly we found," Twilight answered.

The door opened fully without warning.

"Oh, my goodness, is she ok?" Fluttershy asked concerned.

"She is fine nothing is wrong, I promise," Twilight answered trying to calm the pegasus down.

"Did you say her name was Anon?" Fluttershy asked.

"Yes, her name is Anon, I am introducing her to all of my friends," Twilight answered.

"Well, I would like to talk, but, I'm busy right now, maybe I can talk later," Fluttershy stated.

"Alright, it was nice to talk with you," Twilight replied.

The three made their way to town, the morning rush hour was over.

"So are we going to go see Rarity?" Spike asked.

"Yes, we are, she will be the last pony Anon will meet, and, I would like to know how my dress is for the Grand Galloping Galla is," Twilight answered.

"Oh, yeah, isn't that a month away?" Spike questioned confused.

"Yep, depending on how it goes, we might not be there for long," Twilight said.

The fashion store was coming up.

"Here let me," Spike said as he opened the door with a ding of the bell.

The trio made their way into the store.

After a couple of seconds the ponies, plus dragon, heard Rarity call out, "Coming darlings."

Rarity walked down and saw the three.

"Oh, hello Twilight I assume you are doing good," Rarity implied.

"Yes, I am, I came here to introduce you to Anon the pony we found," Twilight stated.

"Oh, yes and how are you doing?" Rarity asked Anon.

"I-I-I'm fine," Anon answered hesitantly.

"I am also here to ask about my dress," Twilight said.

"Well it is over here, just follow me," Rarity replied in a joyful tone.

Anon was waiting by the front door with Spike, they watched as the two looked over the dress. The door to the shop was flung open, and three fillies flew into the store, one was an orange pegasus, the second was a yellow earth pony with a big red bow, and the last one was a white unicorn. The three were talking amongst themselves until Rarity interrupted the three.

"Sweetie bell, Apple bloom, Scootaloo, how many times must I tell you to not burst into Carousel boutique like that," Rarity said a bit angered.

"Sorry Rarity, we won't do it again," the three said at once.

The three sat on one of the couches in the room, Scootaloo noticed Anon across the room.

"Hey, Sweetie bell who is that?" Scootaloo asked confused.

Sweetie bell looked to where Scootaloo pointed out, and answered, "I don't know, she might be new to ponyville."

"Hey, she doesn't have a cutie mark, Apple bloom pointed out.

The two looked with a bit more attention and saw that the green filly did indeed not have a cutie mark.

"Hey, why don't we try to help her?" Apple bloom questioned.

"And what do you mean by that?" Scootaloo asked confused.

"I mean, we could help if she needs help with her cutie mark," Apple bloom answered.

"Well, if we do, why don't we introduce ourselves first," Sweetie bell implied.

"Yeah, we could be her friends," Apple bloom said excitedly.

"CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS FOREVER!" The three shouted at once.