Hey everypony, I'm back again.

Man, I am so excited about seeing the new episode next Saturday. I wish I didn't have to put up with collage before it comes, I really want to see it. let's look at the new summary for it.

"Princess Celestia has decided that the rambunctious Discord needs to be tamed and commissions the ponies for the job; Fluttershy believes that Discord deserves a second chance but she faces opposition as she is the only one who thinks so."

I hope they'll release clips and stuff during the week before Saturday, just something to give us while we wait.

Anyway, enjoy the chapter.

Chapter 39: The magic within

It's been 3 days since Luna tried to use the love potion on me. And as promised, I was preparing to go to Luna's castle to see this mysterious present she wants to give to me.

Of course, we had to explain to Jeff about what happened. And trust me, he was shocked once we did. He even vowed that whenever he was thirsty, he'd stick to water from now on.

I've also been having bad nightmares again, it was weird. One night, I'd have a nightmare. The next night, I wouldn't. And then the night after that, I'd have another one. It's as if they were being turned on and off like a light-bulb.

Ponyville library

I had just finished taking a shower, I walked out of the bathroom feeling refreshed and clean. I needed to appear good for when I visit Luna, she was still a princess after all.

I walked into the living room to find Twilight standing by the front door with my saddle-bags sitting on the floor beside her.

I walked up to her and smile. "Ok, Twi. I'm all clean and ready to go." I said.

Twilight smiled back. "Good, now I've packed you some things to use while you're there. Apples in case you get hungry, a scarf in case you get cold, and other stuff." She said.

After hearing this, I smirked at her. "You're always taking care of me, aren't cha?"

Twilight smirked back. "Well that's because you're always getting yourself into trouble, you probably wouldn't last a day without me." she said.

I then caught her by surprise by wrapping my arm around her back and quickly pulling her up to me, I continued to smirk as I looked straight into her eyes. "…You don't know how right you are…I don't know how I'd live without you, Twi." I said sweetly.

Twilight smiled warmly, she responded by leaning her head forward and kissing me deeply. I kept hold of her as I kissed back.

After a few seconds, Twilight broke the kiss but I kept my arm around her. "Alright, now you should get going. You don't want to be late for your meeting with the Princess." She said.

I still had the smirk on my face. "Oh…I think she can wait a little longer." I said before I started kissing Twilight's cheek.

Twilight giggled as she tried to push me away. "Matt, hehe, not now…you're gonna be late, we'll have some private time later, hehe." She giggled.

I teased her by continuing to kiss her cheek lovingly, Twilight kept her amused smile before her horn glowed and my arm was forced to release her. I smirked at her again. "Spoil-sport." I joked.

Twilight smirked back before she hovered the saddle-bags onto my back. "Get out of here, you big green lump." She joked as she pointed at the door.

I chuckled at her demand. "Yes, ma'am." I said before I walked up to the door, I grabbed the nod with my hoof and pulled the door open before I walked out of the library.

Twilight watched from the doorway as I walked further away from the library to have enough room to take off. "Hey!" Twilight called.

I turned my head around to see her in the doorway, she smiled warmly at me. "I love you." she said.

I smiled warmly back. "Love you too, Twi." I said before I turned my head back around and looked up at the clear blue sky above me.

I then flapped my wings and took off into the sky. Once I was high in the air, I turned around to look down at Twilight who was still standing in the doorway. I waved down to her and she waved back.

With that done, I turned back around and flew off in the direction towards Luna's castle.

Twilight continued to watch me until she couldn't see me anymore, she turned the around and walked back into the library before she closed the front door.

Later that day: Luna's castle

After a long and tiring flight, I finally arrived at Luna's castle. I landed in front of the main gates where, once again, two guards stood and looked at me.

After coming here a number of times, I knew the drill at this point. They'd ask me what my intentions were and I'd have to explain why I was here, I was about to explain before one of the guards cut me off before I could even speak.

"Young Matthew, it's been a while since you last came here. The Princess informed us that you were coming, I'll escort you inside while my partner informs the Princess of your arrival." One of the guards said before they both used their magic to open the gates, I was surprised by their understanding.

As he said, one guard rushed towards the castle while the other stayed with me. He looked at me again. "This way." He said before he walked in the castle grounds with me following behind.

Meanwhile, the guard went inside the castle and rushed up the stairs that led to the throne room.

Luna was standing in the centre of her throne room with three guards standing before her, she was instructing them on their duties.

"And that is why I have called you three here, you are my best guards and I am putting you in charge of all the groups until my new caption arrives in a few months. Am I clear?" Luna said with a serious voice.

"Yes, your highness." The three guards said strongly at the same time.

At that moment, the guard from the gates opened one of the double-doors and walked towards Luna. The three guards turned around to see him before they separated to let him approach Luna. Once in front of her, he bowed his head.

The guard then brought his head back up to look Luna in the face. "Your highness, I'm here to inform you that Matthew has arrived." he said to her.

After hearing this, Luna smiled. "Thank you, show him in. The rest of you, you know your duties, dismiss." She said.

With that, the guards gave one last bow before they did as she said and walked away from her. Luna then remembered something important before turned her attention to one of the guards. "Oh wait, you." she said pointing at the guard.

The guard she was pointing at then stopped walking and turned around to face her. "Yes, your highness?" he asked.

"I have a task for you, go down to the forgery and ask if Matthew's gift is ready." Luna said.

The guard bowed again. "Of course, your highness." He said before he turned around and followed the other guards out of the throne room and closed the doors behind him; leaving Luna alone in the room while she waited.

Meanwhile, Me and the guard entered the castle lobby and went up the stairs towards the throne room. On the way, three other guards walked down passed us before the guard that I recognized from the gates stopped in front of us. "Her majesty will see you now." He said.

"Thank you." my escort said before we both continued to walk up the stairs.

Once we reached the top of the stairs, the guard walked up to the double-doors to the throne room and opened one of them. "Go right in." he said to me.

"Thanks." I said politely before I walked passed him and into the throne room, he closed the door behind me.

Upon entering the throne room, I noticed Luna standing in the middle of the room. She smiled once she saw me. "Matthew, I am so glad you could make it here." she said.

I smiled back and I walked up to her, I took my saddles-bags off my back and placed them on the floor before I sat down in front of her. "Hi Luna…how've ya been?" I asked.

Luna kept her smile as she let out a small sigh. "It has not been very easy…but I am handling the situation. I haven't met any stallions I like yet." She said.

"Well I believe that, it's only been three days. You need to take your time, Luna. Don't find the stallion, let him find you. If you go rushing these things, you'll wind up in a bad relationship with the wrong guy. Trust me, I've seen it happen before." I stated.

Luna then nodded. "Yes, of course…let him find me, I understand." She said.

I smiled warmly at her. "Trust me, Luna. Your stallion's coming, I know he is. There's someone out there for everypony, remember that." I said, Luna nodded.

With that out of the way, Luna cleared her throat. "Anyway, I bet you are wondering what your gift is, it is something truly marvellous." She stated.

Upon hearing this, I became even more curious and excited. I nodded. "Yeah, what is it?" I asked.

Luna then smirked. "You will see, we just need to wait until it is ready." She said before she sat down on the floor.

"…ready?..." I thought with confusion, I then shook off the thought as we both started to make small talk while we waited for this mysterious present to show up.

After a few minutes, we heard the double-doors open and I turned my head around to see a guard walk in. "Your highness…it is done." He stated.

Luna smiled. "Thank you, guard. Bring it in." she said.

I watched as the guard turned around and walked out of the throne room. A second after he left, two forger unicorns came in, one of them was hovering a big red metal box in front of him as they approached us.

"Place it here, please." Luna said as she pointed her hoof down at the space between us.

Once the forgers reached us, they did as they were told and placed the metal box down between me and Luna. Luna smiled with satisfaction before she looked at the forgers. "Thank you, that will be all." She said.

The forgers bowed before they walked back over to the doors and left the throne room, Luna used her magic to close the doors to give us some privacy.

I looked down at the red box with wonder. "What's in there?" I asked.

Luna smiled at me. "Something no other Pegasus has ever had before, it is my finest creation yet." She said.

Luna then used her magic to open the metal lid and there was a bright glowing light inside the box, I couldn't see the source of the glowing because it was so bright.

"Matthew, I present to you…The Horned Helmet!" Luna said as she used her magic to life a shiny golden helmet out of the box and it floated in front of me.

The helmet was made of shiny gold metal, it looked a lot like one of the helmets Celestia's guards wear, except it didn't have the plume brush on top of it like their helmets did.

But that was nothing, what really got my attention about it was the green crystal poking out of the fore-head area. In a way, it resembled a unicorn horn. Luna used her magic to slowly rotate it in the air to show the whole thing off.

"It was forged from the finest metal in Equestria, it is virtually indestructible. Never denting, never rusting…the perfect helmet for none-magical beings." Luna explained as she kept her eyes on the helmet.

I stared at it with awe, I felt the same feeling I had when I first laid my eyes on the Elements of Harmony. "Wh-…what does it do?" I asked.

"See the crystal on the helmet's fore-head? That crystal will be the power behind your helmet, all it needs is some magic from your Element and you will be able to use that magic for your own advantages." Luna stated.

I was confused for a moment before I realised what she meant by all this, I looked at her. "You mean…when I put this on…I'll have the magic abilities of a unicorn?" I asked.

Luna looked at me before she nodded. "Yes…you will have both flight and magic by your side when you wear this helmet. This is my gift to you."

I was surprised by what I was hearing, I would be able to use magic like a unicorn, like Twilight. I would basically become an alicorn with this thing, with powers even my Element can't give me. I smiled at her. "Luna…this is a great gift, thank you so much…I like it…but you said it needed magic, how do we do that?" I asked.

"I have already figured that out, you need to power it with the magic from your Element. And once that is done, the Helmet will answer to no one else but you, just in case the wrong ponies get their hooves on it." Luna said.

I nodded before I took a few steps back, I closed my eyes and thought about the Element on my body. With a bright flash of light, my Element appeared on my body.

I opened my eyes and looked down at my golden armoured vest. "It's been a while since I last saw you." I said to it.

Luna looked back up at the floating helmet before she turned it around so the crystal horn was facing me, Luna looked back at me. "Are you ready?" she asked.

I nodded. "Yep." I answered.

"Just focus your mind, imagine the Element's power flowing into the crystal." Luna said softly.

I closed my eyes and did as she said, I heard a small humming sound coming from my chest.

While I did that, the green crystal (in the shape of my cutie mark) on the chest area of my Element began to glow before a small beam shot out of the middle and connected with the tip of the crystal horn on the helmet.

This continued for a few minutes before the beam stopped and my crystal cutie mark stopped glowing, I opened my eyes to see the crystal horn on the helmet glowing green before the glow faded away.

Luna then walked up to me with the helmet floating beside her. "It is done…here, it is yours." She said before she hovered the helmet in front of me.

I took it in my front hooves and examined the helmet. When I turned it around to look at the back, I noticed a slightly wide slit going up along the middle and ending near the fore-head.

"What's this slit for?" I asked Luna.

"It is for your hair to poke through, we would not want the helmet to flatten your mane, would we?" Luna said before she let out a small laugh.

I chuckled. "Haha, guess not." I said.

After examining it for a bit, I was finally ready to try it on. I lifted it up before I lowered it down onto my head, it was surprisingly light for its size.

And Luna was right, my mane poked through the slit at the back, which made the helmet feel easier to wear.

"For a helmet, this thing's kinda comfy." I said with a pleased voice.

Luna smiled. "I am so glad you like it, now for the test." She said before her horn glowed.

I wondered what Luna was doing before there was a small flash of light between us, I looked down to see three coloured rocks on the floor. Once was red, and the other one was yellow. I was confused by this.

Just then, there was another flash and I looked up to see a big brown book in front of me. The book opened on a certain page, I read the title of the page to see the words Levitation Spell. The book was obviously a spell book.

"This will be a simple levitation spell, I want you to stack these rocks on top of each other in precise order. First yellow, then red. Think you can do it?" Luna asked with a raised eye brow.

I turned my attention back down to the rocks before I looked back up at the book, I gulped. "I'll try."

I then read the spell for levitation and it was easy enough to understand, but was it possible to do it? I didn't know. But if unicorns like Twilight could do it, so could I.

I looked back down at the rocks before Luna took the book away, she took a few steps back to give me room.

I closed my eyes tight and did as the book said, I just had focus power into the horn while imagining the rock lifting up.

I grunted as I tried to use magic for the first time ever, it felt as though my brain was pushing against my skull.

But even though it was a rough feelings, it made some progress. The crystal horn on my helmet began to glow slightly, the red rock began to glow as well before it lifted up off the floor.

As I tried to hover the rock above the yellow rock, I gave in and it fell back to the floor. I breathed heavily. "It's harder than I thought…how do you do this without even grunting?" I asked as I forced my head up to face Luna.

"Do not put so much pressure into it, we do it without pushing ourselves. Try again, but relax your mind." Luna said.

I took a few more breaths before I looked back down to the rocks, I closed my eyes and did as she said. I relaxed and focused power into the horn while imagining the rock lifting up again.

My crystal horn glowed easier this time, the red rock began to glowed before it slowly lifted off the ground. It floated towards the yellow rock before it stopped right above it.

I opened one of my eyes to see I was doing it, I slowly opened the other while trying to keep the rock floating. I made it lower down slowly before it touched the yellow rock and I released it from my magic.

The rock didn't fall off and I smiled with joy. "Hey, I did it." I cheered.

Luna walked up to me and smiled. "Yes, you did…I knew you could. But that was only step one, there are many more spell for you to learn. I cannot teach you many, but I will teach you some beginner spells. You can learn the rest with Twilight Sparkle, who better to teach you than her?"

I nodded. "Alright, so what spells am I learning today?" I asked.

"You have seemed to have mastered the levitation spell, now you need to learn Teleportation, Illumination, and finally the Attack spell." Luna stated.

I gave her a small smile before a worrying thought hit me. "Ok…so I guess that means I'll have to-"

Luna cut me off by hovering the spell book in front of me. "Read the spell book to learn theses spells? Yes." She said.

I took the book in my front hooves before I let out a winey groan, Luna heard this and giggled in amusement.

Meanwhile: Rarity's boutique

Rarity was in deep focus on Twilight's wedding gown, she was wearing her designer-glasses over her eyes while a measuring-tape hung from the back of her neck. She also had a basket full of flowers and stuff sitting beside her.

Her horn glowed before a number of white bows floated up from the basket, she pictured in her mind how the dress would look if she put the bows on it.

"Hmmm…no, no, that'll never do." Rarity said to herself before she tossed the bows aside.

Her horn glowed again before two yellow roses floated out of the basket, she once again pictured how they'd look on the dress.

Rarity smiled with delight as she gained an idea, she then placed the roses onto the dress. "Perfect." She exclaimed.

Just before Rarity could continue, there was a knock on her. Rarity turned her head to look at the door. "One second, please." She said.

Rarity used her magic to close the two large red curtains to hide the dress, she then trotted over to the door to answer it.

Once Rarity reached it, she used her magic to open it. "Hello." She said kindly before she noticed that no one was there, she looked around in confusion. "Hello?"

"Down here." A deep voice said.

Rarity looked down to see Jeff standing in front of her, she gave him a kind smile. "Why hello, Jeff. What brings you here? You don't usually come here by yourself." She stated.

Jeff looked nervous, he rubbed the ground with his talons. "I just wanted to talk to ya about somethin'…I kinda need some advice about somethin' important."

Rarity rubbed her chin with her hoof. "Some advice, hmm?...come on in." she said.

With that, Jeff walked into her home before Rarity closed the door.

They both walked up to the big red couch, Jeff flew up onto it before Rarity sat down beside him. "So what's on your mind, dear?" she asked.

"Well…it's kinda embarrassing to say…but I need some help with romance problems." Jeff said.

Rarity raised her eyes brow. "Romance problems?" she repeated.

Just then, Rarity knew where he was going with this and grinned. "Jeff…is there a special little bird-lady you have your eyes on?" she said with excitement growing inside her.

Jeff blushed slightly. "Well…(sigh) yeah, I kinda met her a few days ago." He said.

Rarity smiled with full delight. "Oh that is wonderful news, what type of bird is she? What's her name?" she asked.

Jeff then rubbed the back of his neck with his wing. "Err…yeah, about that…I kinda made a bad move, and I need help on how to fix it." he explained.

Rarity's excitement faded as confusion took over her. "Why? What did you do?" she asked.

"You best get comfy, because this is gonna be a long story." Jeff stated.

Rarity understood this and narrowed her eyes. "We're going to need tea." She stated.

A few minutes later, Jeff and Rarity were now in the kitchen by the round table in the corner of the room, Rarity was sitting on a chair by it while Jeff was standing on it.

Like Rarity said, she had a cup of tea sitting on the table in front of her. Jeff had one too, although he was too much into his crisis state to mention he didn't like the stuff.

Jeff had explained his situation to Rarity, he told her that the girl he had a crush on was Philomena and what happened between them in Fluttershy's garden.

After hearing the whole story, Rarity had only one response. "You're in some deep hot water, my friend." She said.

Jeff then let out a loud groan as he fell back onto his back. "I know, I wanna know how I can make things right with her." he said.

"Well, to be perfectly honest. I think you should start by apologizing to Philomena and tell her it was a miss-understanding, but I don't exactly know why you came to me about this, what can I do?" Rarity asked.

Jeff then stood back up onto his feet and looked up at her. "Because you're in to all that high-society stuff. Matt says Philomena is the pet of Princess Celestia, I need to know how to look good for royalty." He said in a stressed tone.

Rarity gave him an unsure look. "I don't know, Jeff. Philomena is a bird of royalty, and you're just…err…You're just so…"

Rarity stared down at Jeff as she looked at his dirty ruffled feathers and mud stained talons, she was even uncomfortable with having him on her kitchen table.

Rarity noticed that he was still waiting for her to finish her sentence and quickly spoke. "Anyway, I think you should try and apologise to her first. And if she does accept it, try and take things slow before you start building a relationship with her." She said.

Jeff wasn't so sure he could handle it, it seemed difficult to him. But if doing all that meant Philomena would like him a little better, he was willing to do it.

He looked up to her and nodded. "Alright, I'll do it. So when do I go?" Jeff asked.

"I wouldn't go today, it hasn't been that long since you both last met. She probably still holds a grudge, I know I would. I'd go after a week or so, just in case." Rarity stated.

Jeff nodded. "Fare enough, so do I buy her somethin' in the meantime? You know, somethin' to give to her when I do see her again." he asked.

"That's a good idea, but I know exactly what you should do before you meet Philomena again." Rarity said.

"Really, what?" Jeff asked.

Rarity's eyes then went narrow. "Take a shower, you're filthy…I mean, you'd want to look clean and shiny for Philomena, wouldn't you?" she asked with a small smile.

Jeff then looked down at his dirty feathers. "Hmm…you may be on to somethin', I do look a little…messed up." he said.

Rarity smiled again and waved her hoof. "Not to worry, I'll clean you up in a jiffy. Just follow me." she said as she got off her chair and walked into the front room.

Jeff followed her by flying behind.

Once they were in the front room, Rarity stopped and looked up at Jeff. "Could you wait here for a moment, darling? I just need to take care of something in the kitchen." she said.

Jeff landed on the floor beside her. "Yeah, sure thing." he said.

With that, Rarity went back into the kitchen and used her magic to quickly bring a spray-bottle and a cleaning-cloth out of the cupboard.

Rarity rushed to the kitchen table and sprayed the spot were Jeff was standing, she then scrubbed the spot as fast as she could with the cloth.

Once Rarity was finished, she lifted up the cleaning-cloth and smiled as she saw the spot sparkle without a speck of dirt on it. "Much better." She said to herself.

"Rarity, are you comin'?" Jeff called from the front room.

"Oh, coming." Rarity called back before she placed the spray-bottle and cleaning-cloth back in the cupboard.

Rarity then trotted back into the front room with a satisfied smile before she re-joined Jeff, the two then headed towards the bathroom where Jeff would get clean.

Something Rarity definitely wanted him to be while he was in her boutique.

Meanwhile: Luna's castle

After leaning Teleportation and Illumination, I was now learning the Attack spell. I was still wearing my Element and Horned Helmet, so I was ready for battle.

Luna was impressed by how fast I had learned the spells, I have the book to thank for that, even if the thing's the size of a cinder-block.

Like my training with my Element, I was using live pony-dummies to practise on.

There were three in the throne room with me, one red, one blue, and one green. They slowly approached me as I stood in a fighting position ready to strike them.

Luna watched from her throne with a confident smile.

I grinned deviously at them, I didn't take my eyes off the dummies as they stared at me with those glowing yellow eyes.

Suddenly, they all charged towards me. I quickly pointed my crystal horn at them before it shot a green beam of magic.

It shot across towards the dummies before I struck the green one, it flew backwards before crashing to the floor.

I allowed the other two to reach me before the red dummy tried to throw a punch at me, I dodged it before I grabbed its arm and swung it against the blue dummy; causing them to fall to the ground.

Thanks to my Element's power, I was much stronger. Just like my battle with Thorn, my Element made me stronger and faster for any battle.

The two dummies got back up before galloping back over to me, I flexed my left arm up before a green shield appeared on the back of my arm.

As the blue dummy swung a punch, I quickly blocked it with my small shield. I then lifted the shield out of the way before I shot the dummy with a magic beam from my horn.

The red dummy appeared behind me before it spun around and tried to buck me with its hind-legs.

I turned my head around and used my new magic to grab the hooves of its hind-legs before they could hit me, I then lifted the dummy up so it was hanging upside-down in mid-air.

Just then, I noticed that the green dummy from across the room was starting to get back. I looked up at the red dummy stuck in my magic grasp before an idea came to me.

I used my magic to spin dummy around in circles, I quickened the speed it and the dummy spun faster.

Now the dummy was spinning with great speed before I looked back over to the green dummy and timed my aiming until it was right.

When it was, I released the red dummy from my magic grip and it flew across the room towards the green dummy. Until finally, the red dummy shot into the green dummy and they both crashed to the floor.

"Strike." I cheered.

Just then, I noticed the blue dummy was starting to get back up.

I created shield disc in my hooves before I threw it like a Frisbee towards the blue dummy.

Just as the blue dummy got back onto its hooves, the shield disc sliced through its neck and smashed against the wall behind it.

It stood there for a second before its head fell off and its body fell over; spilling cotton-stuffing onto the floor.

The red and green dummy didn't get back up, they just lied there as if they were knocked out cold.

The training battle was over, I then heard clapping from the throne and I looked to see Luna clapping her front hooves together with a proud smile on her face.

Luna then stopped clapping before she jumped down from her throne and walked over to me. "Well done, Matthew. I am pleased that you are handling the helmet's power so well, too bad you did not have it while Thorn was around." She said.

I nodded. "Yeah, it would've come in handy. So, is that the last of the training for today?" I asked.

Luna nodded. "Yes, you may now dispatch your Element. And do not worry about your Helmet, now that it is a part of your Element, it will disappear back to the vault in Canterlot as well." She stated.

I then closed my eyes before both my armoured vest and helmet disappeared in a flash of light, I felt the cool air brush against my fur now all that armour was gone.

I stroked it through my mane with my hoof. "It feels good to do that again." I stated with a smile.

Luna then came closer to me. "Now Matthew, in honour of your success in your training, I am going to present you with one of my deepest secrets." She said.

"Ok, what is it? I won't tell anyone, promise." I said.

Luna smiled before she leaned her head towards mine, I was worried that she was going to kiss me again. I was about to stop her before she brought her mouth to my ear.

"Come up to my quarters, we need to be up there in order for me to show you my secret." Luna whispered.

I blushed deeply as Luna walked passed me and approached the two double-doors that led to the lobby, I turned around and watched as she opened them with her magic.

Luna turned her head around to me. "Coming?" she asked.

I was wondering what she wanted me in her room for, I laughed nervously as I nodded.

I then walked over to my saddles-bags and placed them up in my mouth before I placed them back on my back. I walked over to Luna and we both then left the throne room.

Luna closed the doors behind us. But instead of going down the stairs in front of us, Luna walked towards a different stack of stairs that where on the left side of the room.

I followed her and we both went up the stairs to a part of the castle I've never been to.

After a few minutes, we were now on a high floor in the castle. I kept following Luna as we approached a small door.

Luna used her magic to open it to reveal what looked like her room, there was a large bed, a make-up desk with a large mirror, and a pair of double-doors made of glass that to led to a balcony outside.

I walked into the room and admired it. "Do you like my room?" Luna asked.

I turned my head around to face her. "Yeah, I do. It looks cosy." I said.

Luna then walked into the room before she closed the door behind her. "And now to present you with my secret." She said.

As she walked closer to me, I became even more nervous. "Umm…are you sure you couldn't have shown me it in the throne room?" I asked.

Luna shook her head. "Now, this can only be done in a peaceful environment. Anyone could have come into the throne room and interrupted us." she stated.

I gulped hard at the sound of that. "Luna…I'm not so comfortable with doing this, what is it we're doing anyway?" I asked.

"You are going to sleep." Luna stated.

"Luna, I appreciate the offer but…I can't sleep over here. Twilight's nervous as it is, and if I sleep here, she's gonna become worried and she might suspect something between us." I stated.

"Matthew, I am just going to show you a secret I have made in somewhere I like to call the Dream Realm. But we can only go there if you are asleep, I am letting you use my bed for your comfort while you enter the Dream Realm." Luna explained.

With that, I understood what she was doing. I blushed from embarrassment from what I thought she was planning, I laughed sheepishly. "Haha, so that's why you brought me up here…you want to show me something in a dream world."

Luna raised her eyes brow. "Why yes, what were you expecting?" she asked.

"It was nothing. Anyway, how does this work again?" I asked.

Luna was curious about what I thought she was going to do, but then decided to drop the subject and spoke. "All you have to do is sleep on my bed and dream, I will met you inside the Dream Realm." She said.

I gave her a confused look. "Okaaay." I said before I walked up to her bed, placed my saddle-bags on the floor before I crawled up onto her bed.

I lied down on the beds surface without getting under the covers, my head was on the pillow before I lifted my head up to face Luna. "Hold up, if I'm sleeping on your bed, where're you gonna sleep?" I asked.

Luna waved her hoof. "Do not worry about that, I have my own way of entering the Dream Realm. You just lie back and relax, I will help you get to sleep." she said.

I then did as she said, I lied my head back down on the pillowed and relaxed.

While I did that, Luna's horn gently glowed and a small cloud of blue smoke came out of the tip, the smoke floated up in front of my face and I sniffed it in.

Just then, my eye lids felt heavy as my vision blurred up. It wasn't long before I gave in and I closed my eyes; causing me to instantly fall to sleep on Luna's bed.

(Dream Realm) Unknown field

I slowly blinked my eyes open. But instead of seeing the ceiling of Luna's room, I saw a starry night sky.

I then felt a small breeze against my body before I leaned up off the ground to see I was in the middle of some sort of field. There was no town in sight, just the grass beneath me and a large wall off trees a mile away from me.

I looked back up at the sky. Not only were there stars in the dark sky, but full planets too. It was as if the entire planet had moved closer to the others, I watched as shooting-stars shot across the sky.

I was stunned with amazement, the beauty of this strange land was unspeakable.

"Beautiful, is it not?" a voice said behind me.

I turned around to see Luna sitting on a large rock in the middle of the field. "Welcome to the Dream Realm, Matthew. Where, as you may already know, imagination comes to life."

I walked up to the rock and looked up at Luna. "Is this what you wanted to show me? Because this place is beautiful, I've never seen anything like this." I said.

Luna then jumped down from the rock before it sank into the ground. "This place is not exactly why I brought you here, but do you have any questions on this place first?"

"Yeah, how are you here? How am I here? Is this my dream, or yours?...or is this some other dimension?" I asked while really confused.

"To be fair, this is basically your dream. You have fallen asleep and I have transported myself into your dream. Right now, the only pony who is in my room back in the Real World is you." Luna explained.

I was slightly confused by this. "I didn't know you could enter other pony's dreams." I said.

"I am the Princess of the night, thus it is my duty come into your dreams." Luna said with a small smile.

"Really?...ok then, so what was it you wanted to show me in this place?" I asked.

Luna was silent as she pointed her hoof towards something.

I looked in the direction she was pointing in to see the forest about a mile away, Luna spread her wings out. "We shall fly there."

I nodded before I spread my wings out as well, we then flapped our wings before we took off into the sky.

Once we got high enough, we started to fly towards the forest. It was amazing, the air in this realm felt so fresh and cool. I closed my eyes and enjoyed it as it blew softy into my face.

Just then, I heard a silent caw and I opened my eyes to see that a number of phoenixes had joined us in flight. They flew gracefully along-side us.

I turned my head to look at Luna as she smiled at me, we both then dived down towards the forest.

Before we could hit the trees, we quickly pulled up until we were back up in the sky. We then continued to fly towards wherever we were going.

We continued to fly before we reached the other side of the forest where there was another field.

I watched as Luna dived down and landed on another large rock, I dived down and landed beside her. Luna looked out at the field as if there was something to see.

I looked out at the field as well but there was nothing, the only thing I saw was the field stretching out towards other forest which wasn't far away, there was also what appeared to be a dried-up ditch going across the field.

I turned my head back to Luna. "What are we looking at?" I asked.

Luna didn't look at me, she just kept looking forward. "We are waiting, it should not be long now." She stated.

"What shouldn't be?" I asked.

Luna was silent, she looked down from the rock as a sparkling light was reflecting off something. I looked down at what was sparkling to see a dark blue rose rise up from the grass and open its petals; revealing its whole beautiful self.

I was stared down at it before I noticed something else sparkling, I turned my head to see another blue rose rise up and do the same.

Luna smiled as a few more blue roses rose up from the ground, almost all the field was covered in sparkling blue roses. "It is time." She said.

I was confused before I watched as the field transformed into a beautiful garden of sparkling plants, it looked almost like Luna's garden back at her castle.

I watched as different types of flowers sprouted from the ground, they were all blue and sparkling as if they had left-over rain drops on them.

A few large trees grew from the ground like time was fast-forwarding which made them grow faster than a normal tree would. Once they grew to their full size, the tops were covered in leaves that were as dark and sparkly as the flowers.

I then noticed something near the dried-up ditch, a large number of large rocks inside it rose up from the dirt and started to attach themselves together.

I then realised they were starting to form something. I was surprised to see that the large rocks were forming a stone bridge that stretched from one side of the ditch to the other.

I was in bigger surprise to see that the ditch was starting to fill up with water all by itself, it was as if it was rising from the dirt until it was completely full.

No more happened after that, I stared in awe at the garden in front of me. A quiet empty field just transformed itself into a garden right in front of me, I have never seen anything like that.

Luna turned her head to face me with a smile. "Matthew…welcome to my Garden of Shadows." She said with pride.

I didn't know what to say, it was truly amazing. "Whow…is this the secret you wanted to show me?" I asked while continuing to stare at the garden.

"Yes, this is my personal project here in the Dream Realm. Even since I learned that you can make your own reality in this realm, I have been creating this garden. Every flower, every tree, it is all my work." Luna explained.

I then looked at her with a raised eye brow. "So, you've been coming into my dreams and creating this place?" I asked.

Luna shook her head. "No, the Garden of Shadows is part of my own dream. You see, because I have entered your dream, some of my imagination has combined itself with yours, letting us experience both our dreams at the same time. I may be real, but my imaginations still roam once I enter this Realm." She explained.

It was hard to understand, but I got most of what she said. "Shall we?" Luna said before she leaped off the rock and headed towards the stone bridge, I leaped off too before I started to follow her.

As we crossed the stone bridge, Luna stopped halfway and put her hooves up over the stone barrier, I stepped up beside her and did the same.

I turned my head to face Luna. "So how come you haven't shown anyone else this place? Why keep it a secret." I asked.

Luna turned her head to face me. "Because something does not feel right…I feel as though there is something missing…as if there is a hole that has yet to be filled. What will fill it, I do not know." She said.

"Don't worry, Luna. It'll come to you…eventually." I said trying to give her confidence.

"I appreciate your confidence in me, but it is not necessary. I know I will find what is missing from my garden, and when I do…this garden will be the most special place in the entire Dream Realm." Luna said.

I smiled at her before we both heard a small splashing sound, we looked down at the stream below us to see a group of Flying-fish skip across the water surface.

We both saw our reflections in the water, Luna turned her head to look at me with a smile. "Come, there is still much more to see." She said before she stepped down from the barrier and continued to walk across the bridge.

I did the same before I followed her.

As we got to the other side of the bridge, Luna stopped right in front of the grass at the end of the bridge. I wondered why she stopped before a stone path appeared in front of Luna's hooves and stretched on through the garden, she then continued to walk along the stone path with me following.

This side was different to the other, this one had even more sparkly flowers and it had some of the large trees. Just then, I heard a sound behind me, it sounded like children laughing in a ghostly way.

I turned my head around and saw nopony, I then turned my head back around and continued to follow Luna.

I heard the sound again, I looked in the direction it came from to see only one of the large thick trees. I was creeped out at this point, I walked faster until I was beside Luna.

"Luna…I think someone else is here." I said while looking around for whoever made the sound.

"Do not be frightened, Matthew…they are just playing." Luna stated as she continued to walk.

I gave her a confused look. "Who?" I asked.

Just then, Luna stopped and turned her head to face me. She then pointed to something, I turned my head to where she was pointing and was stunned at what I saw.

There were two small ponies running through the flowers, one of them looked like a colt while the other was a filly. The colt was a unicorn while the filly was an Earth pony. Only they didn't look normal, their bodies were completely white and I could see through them, they were like ghosts.

As I stared at them, I heard more laughter before I looked to where it came from to see more kids playing in the garden. I began to notice even more of them in different parts of this side of the garden, they were almost everywhere.

I just kept looking around at the different kids playing different games, some were playing Tag, some were playing with a jump-rope, and two fillies were admiring the flowers. It was kinda spooky in a way.

I looked back at Luna to see a sweet smile on her face, I didn't know why she was smiling. "Luna…who are all these kids? Are they…are they ghosts?" I asked.

Luna looked at me and shook her head. "No, these children are not spirits. These are just illusions made by my own desires, they are not real." She stated.

"Your own desires? So…this part of the garden shows your deepest desires?" I asked.

Luna nodded. "Yes, like these children for instance. My desire is for the children of Ponyville to play in my garden, to enjoy my creation. It is something I have wished to see since I started creating it, but without whatever is missing from my garden, my desire will not come to pass." She said.

I couldn't help but feel bad for her. "Oh, that's a shame. I think the kids would really like this place." I said.

"I think so too. At least, I hope they do…Anyway, enough about my desires, let's see yours." Luna said before all the ghostly kids disappeared into the air; leaving the garden quiet.

Suddenly, I heard a voice. "Matthew." It said in a whisper, the voice sounded female and it was familiar.

I then noticed something glowing beside me, I turned my head and was shocked by what I saw.

It was Twilight, she looked white and see-through just like the kids were.

"T…Twilight?" I said before the illusion Twilight placed her hoof on my lips to silence me.

She moved closer before she sat down beside me and nuzzled her head on my neck. Even though it was a figment of my own mind, it still felt real. I wrapped my arms around her and held her close, not caring if it was an illusion.

Luna looked at me with a warm smile. "It seems your deepest desire is to be home with Twilight Sparkle…So I best not keep you from her any longer." She stated.

With that, the illusion Twilight disappeared from my arms and I felt the warm air turn into a strong wind. I looked over to Luna. "What's happening?" I shouted over the roaring wind.

"Do not worry yourself, this wind is just a sign to say that you are about to wake up. Soon we'll both be back in the Real world." Luna yellowed over the wind.

Just then, Luna lifted off the ground before she started heading up towards the moon as if she was being sucked there.

I didn't have time to react before a blinding light shined from the moon; causing me to close my eyes tightly.

(Real World) Luna's bedroom

I slowly began to open my eyes to see the light had stopped, I then noticed that I was looking up at a ceiling instead of a night sky.

I then realised I was lying on my back, I moved my hoof around to discover I was lying on a soft surface. I realised that I was on a bed.

I leaned up on the bed and looked around to see I was back in Luna's bedroom, I then noticed Luna standing at the end of the bed with a smile. "Did you enjoy our little trip, Matthew?" she asked.

I slowly got off the bed and continued to look around. "Err…yeah, it…it was good, definitely worth it." I said.

Luna raised her eye brow. "Is there something troubling you?" she asked.

I turned my head to face her. "Err…yeah, kinda. You see, how do I know this isn't another dream? I mean, is there supposed to be a difference I should notice?" I asked.

Luna then came up to me. "Hmm…well there is one way to tell if this is a dream or not. You see, as your dream-self, you cannot feel pain. I could because I was the only thing in there that was real, you were your dream-self at the time. But to tell if you are your real-self now…well…"

Suddenly, Luna slapped her hoof hard against my right shoulder and I let out a small yell of pain as I held my shoulder with my left hoof. "There is your answer, you are awake." Luna stated.

"Oh, thanks for making sure." I said sarcastically as I held my shoulder.

The pain then died down and I placed my hoof back on the floor. "Well Luna, this day has been very enjoyable. And I really liked your…what'd you call it? Garden of Shadows?" I asked.

"Yes." Luna said with a nod.

I then continued. "Right, but I have to get back to Ponyville…Something about that illusion makes me think I've been away from Twilight for too long." I said with my ears down slightly.

Luna gave me a sweet smile. "Yes, you may go. Remember to mention what you have learned to Twilight Sparkle, she will help you to practice your magic. And please keep the Dream Realm and the Garden of Shadows a secret, it is not yet ready to be known by others." She said.

I nodded again. "Ok, it'll be between you and me for now. See ya, Luna. Thanks for the helmet, the lessons, and the trip to the Dream Realm." I said as I grabbed my saddle-bags and placed them on my back, I then headed towards the door to leave her room.

Luna smiled. "You are quite welcome. And here, I shall aid you in returning home." She said before her horn glowed.

Before I knew it, I disappeared in a flash of light; leaving Luna alone in her room before she walked out of her room and headed back down stairs to return to the throne room.

Ponyville library

With a flash of light, I reappeared in front of the library. I felt dizzy from the teleportation and I wobbled where I stood. "Oooh...I really don't like that…" I said in my dazed state.

I then shook it off and looked at the library, I walked up to the door and opened it to see Twilight sitting in front of a book-stand. There was a book sitting up on the stand, it was wide open and right in front of Twilight's face, she must've been reading one of her stories again.

I walked in and closed the door behind me, Twilight heard the door close and looked over to see me. She smiled before she stood up and walked over to me. "Hi, Matt. How was Luna?" she asked.

"She's fine, she's taking things pretty well. She's a little down, but she's more cheerful than she was before." I stated.

Twilight continued to smile as she looked around me. "Sooo?...what'd she give you? Is it in your saddle-bags?" she asked as she pointed at my bags.

I thought about how Twilight may react once she hears I have a helmet that gives me magic like a unicorn, I chuckled at the thought. "Twilight, it's something you'll never believe…but you're gonna love it." I said with a smirk.

Just then, we heard the door open. We looked to see Jeff walk into the library with his entire body shining and sparkling, the colour in his feathers were brighter than they usually were.

But he didn't looked pleased with his new look. He slammed the door before he started to storm passed us as we watched him, I opened my mouth to say something before he stopped and held his wing up.

"Don't, just don't." Jeff said before he continued to storm further into the library as we continued to watch him.

I returned my attention to Twilight. "I'll tell you later." I said, Twilight nodded in agreement.

That night

Me and Twilight were both lying in our bed, our heads lied on our pillows as I told Twilight about the helmet and the lessons I learned while I was at Luna's castle.

And my thoughts were right, she reacted with both excitement and joy.

"A helmet that gives you the powers of a unicorn? That's amazing, Matt." Twilight cheered.

I smiled. "Yeah, and Luna wants me to practice my magic here, so do you think you can teach me?" I asked.

Twilight's smile grew with excitement. "Yes, of course I will. Oh, where do we begin? There's so many spells to choose from, I don't know which one to start you off with." she said.

I chuckled and smiled at her. "Maybe we should do this tomorrow, I'm kinda tired from all that's happened today." I said.

Twilight smiled at me before her sweet smile turned into a sly one. "Ok…we can leave it, I have something else in mind anyway." She said.

I gave her a curious look. "Really, what?" I asked.

Twilight continued to smile slyly as she nudged up closer to me and rubbed her hoof on my chest. "If you remember, this morning I said we'd have some private time when got back form Luna's castle. Spike and the others are asleep, no one will interrupt us." she said.

I gave her an unsure look. "Twilight…I don't know, I thought we were waiting until after we were married." I said.

"We won't go that far, I just want to kiss and snuggle for a bit. There's nothing serious about that, is there?" Twilight asked with a sweet smile.

I smiled sweetly back before I nodded. "Ok, Twi. Get comfy with me." I said.

With that, Twilight nudged up closer until her body was touching mine. Twilight's face was right in front of mine as we smiled lovingly at each other, Twilight kept her hoof on my chest as our heads moved closer together.

Me and Twilight then took one last look in each other's eyes before started to kiss deeply with my arm wrapped around her.

We continued this for almost an hour without getting carried away in the moment. Eventually, we feel asleep cuddling each other in our arms, we both slept peacefully without any bad dreams.

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