Sky sat in the extra bed Twilight had set up for her. She knew it was late (Spike and Twilight had fallen asleep hours ago), but the purple unicorn's words wouldn't stop ringing in her ears. Seeing princesses? On only her second day in Ponyville (as far as she knew)? Either Twilight was a great friend, or being an Alicorn really WAS something special. As she yawned and finally laid down, her final thoughts before drifting off to sleep were spent wondering what made her so different.

She was dreaming. There was no other explanation.

Sky looked around; there was nothing but pure white surrounding her, and yet she was standing on something solid.

That was another sign that this was a dream: she was standing on her back legs. She couldn't feel a horn on her head or wings on her back; not to mention that it felt like her front hooves were actually hands. When she tried to look at her body, however, all she could see was white surrounded by a black outline around the outside.

With nothing better to do, sky decided to walk through the nothingness around her until morning. After a few minutes, she noticed that she'd started to walk on grass, and that there was blue sky above her and on the horizon. Getting excited, and assuming that you can't get exhausted in a dream, Sky started to run. As she did, she started seeing trees and rocks pass her, and she smiled; she thought she'd seen a pond a ways back, too.

After running for a short while, she stopped when she came across a large clearing. Sky stared, confused; in the center, there appeared to be a large red armchair and a television displaying static but making no noise. As she approached the chair, she noticed that someone was sitting in it. She was unable to make out a distinguishable figure, however, since whatever it was ALSO seemed to be made of white with a black outline; whatever it was, though, it was very tall and skinny. She tried to say hello, but no sound came out of her mouth.

Suddenly, the television screen went black, and the mysterious figure turned to look at her, causing Sky to flinch. Even though she couldn't make out any physical features, she had a sneaking suspicion that the Thing was smiling. A loud, raspy voice rang in her ears. "Well, you finally made it!" the voice said, as Sky guessed that it was the Thing's voice she was hearing.

"You were taking so long, I was starting to think you'd gotten lost." It rose what Sky assumed were its hands and gestured to the scenery around them. "Glorious isn't it?" the Thing asked. "Welcome to the World between Worlds; this is your unconscious!"

Startled by the statement, Sky looked around once more. Here "unconscious"? But, how was that possible? It didn't make sense!

"Sense?" The Thing responded to her thoughts, as it seemed to smile wider and said, "What fun is there in making sense?"

Before Sky could determine quite what It mean, she felt herself start to slowly rise upward. Confused and scared, she looked at the Thing for an answer, but discovered hat not only was It gone, but the chair and television were as well. As she began to pick up speed and lost sight of the clearing below her, she heard the Thing address her one last time. "It's too bad you took so long to get here. We didn't have much of a chance to talk. Oh well; you'll meet me again soon enough! Until then, I bid you adieu, Sky!"

The Alicorn woke up on the floor, entangled in her blanket.

[A/N: Hi guys! I'm glad you've liked my story enough so far. Sorry that this chapter is a bit short; I'd planned to add more, but I felt like it was good to end it where it's at.

The plot thickens, eh?]