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King of dreams; never wake a dreamer
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Twilight Sparkle has had an amazing life she's made great friends she's fought monsters saved an entire empire and is about to become a princess but as she takes a moment to reflect on her life a troubling thought picks at the back of her mind. This nagging feeling that something horrible is wrong and she can't shake it worried she visits Canterlot to talk to Celestia personally something she has never done without being summoned or setting up a visit before hoof. We begin just after Celestia finishes up a meeting and they walk through the gardens.

Celestia: What is Twilight? I've never seen you so worried before. You'll do fine as a princess.

Twilight: That isn't what I'm worried about I'm ready to stand at your side as a princess.

Celestia: *tilts her head slightly* Oh? Then tell me what has you bothered.

They stop at a bench and sit down.

Twilight: I've been having these weird dreams lately.

Celestia: Weird how?

Twilight: I'm a white alicorn stallion with a red green and blue mane and beautiful brown eyes. I have green war paint styled into stripes like a zebra and a red cap on my head with a large N on it. I also have a dragon necklace. Every time I have this dream I am walking through the castle and it's been destroyed yet I feel at peace. I continue on where I find a mare under a blanket expecting a baby. I Nuzzle her and tell her everything will be fine as I head to the window. It's there I find it's Luna's castle in the ever free forest and everything is on fire and a massive beast bigger then a ursa major is attacking everything. I smile spread my wings and leap off of it and fly at the beast the dream always end right before I engage it. Every time I have it more details are revealed and I feel so... out of place like the real world is a dream. What's... what's wrong with me?

Celestia stares at her apprentice in a mix of awe and sheer terror before Twilight can think she finds herself teleported along with Celestia into the royal archives as she frantically checks the shelfs for a book Twilight steps back out the way she's never seen her so scared before.

Twilight: Princess what's wrong?

Celestia: Twilight how long have you had these dreams?

Twilight: Um off and on since the royal wedding why?

Celestia: I was afraid of this I should have paid more attention to you. I knew things were progressing to smoothly.

Twilight: What's wrong with me?

Celestia: It's not you I'm worried about it's me.

Twilight: You? Why princess?

Celestia: *Finds what she is looking for* For what I have done. *she opens the book and flips through it the book looked very old it was kept in a glass box to keep it's exposer to air a minimum as she flipped through it parts of the book fell out.* Is this the pony you saw? *she shows her an illistartion it was the stallion alright.*

Twilight: Yes that's him he alwas looks in a mirror on his way to the window.

Celestia: So it's finally happened. *she burns the book and beckons Twilight to follow her. Scared she does without hesitation.

Climbing up to one of the highest towers Twilight recongized it as Luna's Corridor and Celestia opens her door where Luna was sleeping as it was the middle of the day.

Celestia: Luna wake up.

Luna: *rolls over* 5 more minutes.

Celestia: No not 5 minutes now. *she tosses her sheets off the sleeping princess and floats her out of the room as she calls on of her servants* Contact Princess Cadance at once she must arrive as soon as possible this an emergancy.

The attendant runs off as she heads to the tallest spire in the castle a private room that only she Luna and Cadance are allowed in.

Celestia: Wait here Twilight. *she opens the door and goes in as Luna Yawns finally waking up.*

A few minutes later Cadance arrives and gallops to the door flinging it open with her magic and slamming it behind her. Twilight sat outside the door for half and hour wondering what was so trouble some that all of this had occurred. Then finally the doors open and Cadance trotted out to twilight tears in her eyes.

Cadance: Please come in Sis.

Twilight: Cadance what's wrong?

Cadance: Just come with me. *She lead the way into the room.*

At the center of the room was a swirling pool of red liquid she saw Celestia and Luna looked tired like they had been working none stop for days.

Celestia: It's ready.

Twilight: Princess what is going on?

Luna: Your final Trial.

Twilight: Huh?

Celestia: I tried Twilight... I tried with all my strength and my power to prevent this from happening but... it must be done.

Twilight: Please tell me what's wrong your scaring me.

Cadance: 15 years ago on this very day you came here to work for Celestia as her apprentice correct?

Twilight: Oh that's right I've been so busy preparing for the ceremony I totally forgot about that.

Celestia: Yes but what you don't know is on that day you weren't alone.

Twilight: Of course I had spike with me that's the day I took over raising him.

Luna: *Shakes her head* No that is not what she means. She means that there was another apprentice.

Twilight: Another apprentice?

Celestia: the day you earned your cutie mark was celebrated as a holiday it was the first time a pony other then a unicorn used magic. On that day the stallion you see in your dreams hatched a dragon egg on his own at the very moment you did half way across the world. Also different was that your friends didn't recieve their cutie marks either that was our doing.

Twilight: I... I don't understand.

Luna: Twilight for the last 15 years you have been living a lie fabricated by us.

Cadance: all 3 of us...

Twilight: W-what!?

Celestia: 15 years ago you were chosen to become my apprentice but the next day after I chose you I recived a letter Home town the very first Pony town of Equestria and the only one that doesn't have a horse based name about a pegasus colt that unleashed a massive burst of energy and hatched a dragon egg all on his own. There was no tampering now tricks he was literally the first pegasus to actually cast magic just like a Unicorn. I quickly had made him my apprentice as well and the two of you spent the next 12 years working together studying magic and bonding as family.

Luna: Then came the day of my return. In this place your friends weren't united by fate yet so there were no elements of harmony the task was left to the two of you to defeat me. Much like Celestia nad myself did years ago the two of you wielded half of the elements each and defeated me but I didn't survive that assault. Your combined magical talents were to strong for me and I was literally reduced to a shadow.

Celestia: In my grief I banished both of you from the castle and you took up residence in ponyville having no where else to turn every event after that leads down a dark and twisted road which leads to the eventual rivial of the most dangerous creature ever.

Twilight: What could be more dangerous then any of the foes I've fought?

Cadance: The creature that was released burned the kingdom to the ground.

Twilight: The monster...

Celestia: Yes. It was to late to save the kingdom so Cadance and I along with what little of Luna was left we used a time spell to rewind time 15 years and we did what had to be done.

CAdance: We meddled with time it's self we stripped that colt of his powers before they manifested stealing his ability to fly as well and we set up the situations that would lead to the 6 of you uniting as the elements of harmony.

Luna: No pony but an Alicorn can pull of a natrual sonic rainboom every time dash does one it has been our doing.

Twilight sat there in a stupor her entire life... had been a lie? Everything she had done it was all a lie and this stallion his life was taken from him.

Twilight: Why are you telling me this?

Celestia: Because now the most selfish and final task I must give you is now required. I want you to go into this portal we have created to your true reality with your current knowlage and do everything you can to prevent the death of Luna and the other tragigies that are sure to follow.

Luna: IF you can prevent my death then you are sure to unit with your friends. You are bound by destiny you 6 becoming the elements of harmony was something I never expected to happen somehting we didn't see coming it never happened before the elements wielded by many instead of a few that is true harmony.

Cadance: Your friend's lives will be very different but I know you can this.

Celestia: This is your final duty your final adventure. Twilight sparkle my dear niece this foolish old goddess begs you to help us one last time will you?

Twilight looked at the goddess before her pleding with her. The secerts she had learned that day would haunt her the rest of her life and the ominus swirling pool awaited her. Did she honestly have it in her tiny purple body to go on one last adventure? Or was this the end of her legend?
Edited by Anthony, Feb 10 2013, 04:03 PM.
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Chapter 1

The mare in the moon

Twilight's head was still throbbing as she lifted her head up from under the blanket she was back in her room at the castle in the middle of a closed off section of the archives converted into a bedroom for her.

Twilight: (I did it... I actually went through the portal can't believe it.)

She got out of bed and trotted over to a mirror. Her body hadn't changed all that much in the 3 years she had spent in ponyville but as she looked at her younger body she could see that her eyes felt different in their apperance they didn't feel as wise and hardened as she felt.

Twilight: 3 years was all it took for me to go from a eager filly to a wise princess to be. Just 3 years... I can't believe it.

As she fixed her mane with her magic she heard the familar sounds of Spike cleaning up box nearby.

Twilight: (How do I react around this spike? He's learned so much in 3 years just like I did I got to play it cool I suppose Dash would say. I miss her already.)

Spike: Morning Twilight. *putting the last stack of box away* you're up early I'd figure you'd still be asleep after all that studying you did.

Twilight: Yeah well I couldn't sleep had to much on my mind.

Spike: *buzzes his lips* Big surprise there. *he finishes cleaning up and leaves to go get her breakfast*

Twilight: (Just like I remember him.)

It's then she hears Spike scream and she runs to the door outside she finds Spike pinned to the ground as a silver baby dragon with a long blue tail and yellow red and blue spines looking like hair had him pinned down she had a white belly and brown eyes.

????: Heh got ya again spike!

Spike: *growls* Sparky get off of me!

Sparky: Nah uh you have to say it first.

Spike: *struggles* ah come on not in front of Twilight!

Sparky: *twists his arm a bit more* Say it.

Spike: *groans* Girl dragons are smarter better and tougher then boy dragons.

Sparky: And don't you forget it. *she gets off of him* Oh hiya Twilight your up early.

Twilight: Oh um hi... Sparky. (This must be the stallions baby dragon.)

Sparky: You okay? You sound tired.

Spike: She is she didn't sleep al lthat good.

Sparky: I bet that's your fault with that goddess awful snoring of yours. *she walks toward the kitchen*

Spike: I don't snore!

Sparky: Ya huh.

Spike: Nuh uh!

Their argument continues down the hallway as Twilight see's a pegasus shadow fly by the stain glass windows nearby she follows it. She watches the pegasus dart through the clouds with such speed and techinque she almost called out thinking it was Rainbow dash but then the figure lands and she gets a good look at it. The pegasus had a light brown flank green mane and blue eyes with a hammer with several colored orbs rotating around it. He noticed her and trotted up to her folding up his wings under a cape he wore.

????: Ah Twilight there you are.

Twilight: Eh?

????: *laughs* what you still half asleep it's me Day light storm.

Twilight: Day light storm?

????: Well I prefer that everyone calls me Dalis what's up with you did you study for your review to hard again?

Twilight: *rubs her head* Um yeah I just feel out of sorts today.

Dalis: Eh no worries I'll stick with yeah.

Twilight: Oh um thanks.

Dalis: Sure come on. *he leads her into the castle and she follows.*

Dalis answered all of the questions Twilight and seemed eager to do so. She didn't ask anything that would blow her cover of course but he quickly filled her in on lots of the changes that accord within reason. One of the most interesting is the fact that Dalis was an orphan and Celestia had more or less adopted him. Not offically but he often refered to her as his mother though only to Twilight which must have been a common thing between them. It didn't take a pony of Twilights intelligence to realize that Dalis was indeed the other apprentice doors opened for them as they walked through curtsy of his powers but she couldn't see how he did it as he had no horn. They were up for review today she'd most likely see it then. Thinking back she had her review shortly before rushing off to talk to the princess about Nightmare moon's return.

They soon found themselves on the practice field where Celestia was going over the spells she wanted them to preform muttering to herself softly.

"My lady we are here." Dalis said and Celestia noticing them put the large weight she was levitating down.

"Ah here you are I was worried you'd be tardy." She said walking up to them.

"What us tardy?" I feel insulted he said with a grin.

"Alright that's enough Levity out of you Twilight are you ready for your review?

"Yes princess" Twilight said.

"Bet ya four rubies that Dalis beats her." Sparky said sitting on a bench out of the way.

"Heh your own no way Twilight is going to lose." Spike said plopping down next to her.

Celestia moved out of the way and motioned for them to stand on two circles one representing the moon and the other the sun they stood on them.

"Begin." Celestia said and lifted two weights in the air.

"I remember this we take over holding the weights in the air then have to lower them as slowly as possible I almost blew this last time." Twilight thought and her aura took over Celestia's on her weight and she started to lower it down straining to keep the weight from falling.

She hadn't done any serious spell training like this in a long time. Always trying to learn something new never refine what she already learned clearly she'd have the time to do that now knowing hopefully what was going to happen.

"Good now you Dalis." Celestia said.

"Yes my lady." Dalis answered and sat down on the ground closing his eyes.

his body lifted up off the ground and he opened his eyes which had turned brown and resumes standing. His wings turn white and then glow like a unicorn's horn then his aura took over Celestia's and he started to lower it like Twilight.

"Good good you both have been practicing. Twilight your focus is very impressive today your pushing out all distractions."

Finally they landed the weights and moved on to other trials Twilight deduced that Dalis channeled his magic in 3 stages instead of two. When Twilight cast magic she first pulled magic from inside her body and focused it into her horn she then converted the magic into the spell by focusing Dalis did it in three steps. First he had to access his magic by meditating which activated his magi state turning his eyes brown and his wings white then he focuses it into his wings and then out but how he could quick cast she didn't know yet.

"You are both doing wonderful but Twilight is showing amazing progress the new spell of the month goes to you Twilight.

Spike: Yes!

Sparky: Ah man... *She pays up grumbling to herself*

Twilight: *takes the spell on the scroll Celestia gave her and opens it* Oh my princess I'm afraid I already came across this spell just this morning actually is it alright if I give it to Dalis?

Celestia: You already found it? My goodness your just tearing through the archives aren't you? Sure that's fine.

Dalis: *takes the scroll* Wow thanks Twilight it's not very often you give up a new spell.

Twilight: Ah you just lucked out this time that's all.

Celestia: Now then resume your duties we shall go over the review at dinner.

Twilight almost turned around and left but she almost forgot what today was and Destiny had to follow through.

Twilight: Wait princess I've found something disturbing in the archives today.

Celestia: *stops* Yes?

Twilight: It's about the mare in the moon based on my research I theorize she's going to return very soon.

Celestia: Oh Twilight that's just a fairy tale.

Twilight: It's not a fairy tale no way would a fairy tale be kept in the archives unless it was something important I've studied the star charts in the story they all point to the planets alignment tomorrow on your birthday she is going to escape and the stars will help her!

Celestia: that's enough Twilight.

Twilight: But princess!

Celestia: I said that's enough! *her mane flairs out for a moment*

Twilight: *Cringes and steps back*

Celestia: *Sighs* It's clear to me now that I've kept the 4 of you cooped up for way to long your taking your studies far to seriously plus neither of you have any friends.

TWilight: (Dalis doesn't have friends? I can understand why I didn't but...)

Dalis: My lady what is the point of friends? I am a freak a pegasus that casts magic it's unnatural and it scares ponies the only place I am accepted is here with you and Twilight ponies that understand me no one else does.

Celestia: You must give them the chance both of you. You both have great potential truly amazing power but your so lonely I watch both of you study day after day honing your skills. I didn't make you my apprentices to lock you away for the rest of your lives I made my apprentices to teach you how to better not just your lives but those around you yet there is no pony to benifit from the gifts I've granted you. Twilight your mind is sharp and your ability to cast any spell is breath taking but what is the point if you never put those spells to use for the greater good? And you Dalis. You tear through the skies greater then any bird and your mastery of the arcane is becoming legendary but what good is guardian if he nothing to defend. It's clear to me that it's time for you two to broaden your horizans if only for little while. I want the two of you to go in my place and prepare the summer solstice celebration.

Twilight: I don't like this at all princess but... maybe your right I'm thinking to hard about this. Even if my measurements are right-

Spike: and they are I double checked them!

Twilight: Anyway... even if they are right this isn't the first time a doomsday attack has appeared I am worried but if you feel there is nothing wrong then why should I worry?

Dalis: Hmm... I am getting bored with the guards obstacle course I need a new challenge sides like the princess said we all need a break maybe we are just training to hard we can't go full blast all the time even you my lady find time off.

Celestia: There you go I'm glad you agree I'll have a royal chariot escort you to your destination at once along with instructions. Good day you two. *She folds her wings close to her body and trots away opening the door in front of her with her magic*

Dalis: (Good day... mother.) *He stretches and his body returns to normal* Well lets get packed up then Twilight it's only for a few days. *he leaves and Sparky hopes onto his back*

Twilight: (It's going to be a lot longer then that.) *she heads back to her room with spike close behind.*
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They arrived at the destination around 2 o clock the exact time she saw ponyville for the first time though it was different she had 2 new passangers on that chariot and Spike wasn't reading the letter to her as she talked to her directly this time.

Sparky: Blech what girly tourist trap. *looking at the buildings*

Dalis: Hmph simple constructions these houses won't last 10 years.

Twilight: (they are lucky to last a year with all the trouble we go through.) Okay should we head to where we are staying or do we knock out this list first?

Spike: I saw we get the list done first I'm to excited to just sit around a house right now.

Sparky: Heh guess you do have good ideas now and then gem head lets check on the food first I'm hungry!

Twilight: *They start to walk to the farm but Twilight looked around* (Where is Pinkie pie?)

A bit worried she follows the others to sweet apple acres that was thankfully the same she saw big mac plowing the fields but there were was no apple family reunion out of the front door came not AJ but a pony she had never seen before. She had a light burple flank Her cutie mark was covered by the skirt she was wearing and she wore a cow print halter top as she trotted up to them while sporting a integrate braid with sporting a pair of cowboy boots on her rear legs with a pair of long socks designed to get down and dirty in the fields behind her was a large pile of various crops she had just brought into the house clearly she was a more diverse farmer then AJ.

????: Howdy ya'll what can I do for ya?

Dalis: Yes are you the owner of this farm?

????: Darn tootin name's Harvest moon but you can call me Harley That over there is Big mac say hi big mac!

Big mac: *stops for a moment and looks at them* Eeyup. *he resumes working*

Twilight: Really? I could have sworn the owner was Apple Jack did I get that wrong? (Where is she?)

Harley: Oh ya'll must be talking bout my Twin sister huh no ponies called her that in a long time she goes by Orange blossom and she owns her own cafe in Manehatten. I'm from the orange side of the family you see down on the coast were it's always warm far away from the hustle and bustle of manehatten never was for me ya know though the fashion was as you can see. Things were going all normal like until my poor Granny smith passed on the farm to AJ. Problem is she didn't want nothign to do with the farm no more so it went to me it would have gone to Big mac but that's how Granny wanted it bless her soul so. *gasps and covers her mouth* Oh listen to me yaking away bout my family when you folks are tired from walking in the heat come in! *she leads them inside and gives them a glass of apple juice* how can I help ya'll?

Twilight: Well we are here to check on the food for the celebration tomorrow. *sips some of her juice*

Maple Jack: Heh don't you fret none we may be busy as ever around here but we're no slouches the food is all ready to go and we'll have it delivered to town hall in the morning.

Twilight: Thanks that's good to know.

Maple Jack: Yep it's a darn shame. I'm happy the town is hosting the summer solstice this year but ah missed out on the family reunion they held it in manehatten this year to celebrate mah sister's success hope they come and visit us soon get's mighty lonely just big mac and me.

Dalis: Well if you don't mind we can stop by tomorrow before we go back home.

Harley: Ya'll mean it? Well shoot that's sweet of ya thanks Honey pie!

Twilight: *looks at a picture of AJ and Harley as fillies on a table nearby* If you don't mind me asking if AJ is your twin how come you look nothing alike?

Harley: Ah yes the infamous question. Well when we were born we did look excatly alike identical and everything but it turns out what a pony eats can radically effect how they look. See our parents never had twins before and my mother wanted me to be an orange girl so while AJ grew up eating apples I grew up eating oranges. All kinds of oranges and over time I got a hankering for them and for you knew it my flank started changing color and it never changed back we were the subject of a study and everything.

Twilight: I read that report. (I can't believe the pony it was about was AJ's twin sister! They must not get along where I came from.)

Harley: Yep I'm also dang luck I'm not the orange anymore neither. you see about 12 years ago my sister trying to find her place in life went to live with my aunt and uncle orange for a while not sure if she wanted to be a farm pony. She didn't like it and was thinking of leaving but on the day she was getting ready to go home I came to visit my granny orange had took me under her wing to be southern bell and we were visiting. On that day I fell in a river in mane hatten and if AJ hadn't been there to spot me falling in I coulda died! it was after that we really bonded and actually meet for the first time she stayed in manehatten and I went back to my granny oranges utnil I got the note to come here. I liked being a fancy souther belle but this is more my speed I bring the best of fashion and fuction to my work well I best help Big mac with the harvest it's a lot of work with just two of us bye ya'll. *she collects their empty glasses and they move on.*
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