Dreams, they lead us through the long hours of sleeping. Some may have pleasant dreams, while other may have nightmares. Twilight Sparkle was possibly having the best dream of her life. She was far away from anypony. She was not a princess, and most importantly she had no stress. She was on an island, lounging on the beach with not a single care in the world. She was living the life that she had wanted to live before she found out about magic. Magic was evil; magic is what got her to where she is now. Why am I thinking like this, have I become that depressing and lonely? She thought. Those thoughts were still revenging her mind, becoming more frequent as her days would go on, but she was in dream land now, she did not have to think like that. Have I really become that self-centered? Eh, I guess I will enjoy me a nice margarita and comfort myself to the sounds of the beach. To Twilight, this was heaven, this was a world she could visit and not have anypony complain about how much work she had left or how much time she was wasting. Safe to say, she still cared, but she needed a long vacation. Just a few weeks were all she needed, to kill the stress and possibly derail these thoughts. Enough time for her to recharge and come back to being the Princess everypony loved. Yeah, that was all she needed, she thought.

"Um, Miss Sparkle?"- a young Pegasus colt with a pen and paper in his hoof approached Twilight, with a cute little look on his face.

"Yes. How can I help you?"- The unicorn would ask, not noticing the pen and paper in his hand.

"Can I have your autograph? I heard you are really famous and that you are a princess?! Is that true? Can I have your autograph, please?"- The colt would ask, raising eyebrows from Twilight.

"Sorry, kid. I think you have the wrong person?" -Twilight says.

"I don't believe I do, Sparkle..."- the colt would say, sparking a serious look from the face of the unicorn, and just as she was about to ask the young Pegasus what his problem was... her whole world turned to ashes. Streets were burning, ponies were screaming, and this little bitty evil Pegasus was just laughing... at least he was a Pegasus. The next thing Twilight knew, her dream world went from a crumbling empire, to a prison, and then to a wasteland. She had nothing.

"Well, Miss Sparkle... I don't believe I have got my autograph."- the once young Pegasus would say with a much deeper voice, one that could only resemble... the King.

"YOU!"- Twilight would shout

"Me? What about me?"- the Pegasus that was now formed into King Sombra would say.

"WHY IN THE HAY ARE YOU IN MY DREAMS! I THOUGHT I DEFEATED YOU! YOU'RE NOT REAL. THIS CANT BE HAPPENING. PLEASE WAKE ME UP!"

"Oh, you did defeat me, and this is very real my queen."- Sombra would say, rubbing his hoof in the mane of the Princess, earning him a hoof across the face. "I always liked the feisty ones. Especially the ones that made an impact."- he would say rubbing his face from the impact the Princess made.

"Don't you dare lay a hoof on me!" - Twilight would say, trying to keep her distance away from Sombra.

"Oh, and what are you gonna do about it? Call your mommy Tia? Or how about your big sister Luna? If I am correct Luna is on vacation right now, so she is not seeing this. It's funny how they get vacations, but someone as powerful and beautiful as you does not. They treat you like you are the worst Princess to ever step foot in Canterlot. You are not important to them and you know it."- Sombra would say stopping the Princess dead in her tracks. If she knew any better, she would know he has probably heard all of her thoughts. Damn, he was good...

"What did you just say?"- The Princess asks.

"Why don't you get a vacation? ...or the part where you know they do not care about you. I mean, you are pretty much alone all the time, everypony has stressed you out to the max, and you cannot take it anymore. You have reached your limits and you want to lash out against Celestia. You are a ticking time bomb. I know your thoughts, my queen."

"I am not your queen." -snarled the Princess

"Oh, I just like calling you that because I think you're a beautiful mare who desperately needs a change in her lifestyle. That's all, dear. I know your thoughts, you feel lonely. Nopony cares for you anymore, they have all moved on while you are still the same ol Twilight Sparkle. Face it, you're going to keep doing this until well... forever."- The King would say forming a devious grin on his face as the Princess would step closer to him. He was right, for once. No, he was not. He was a monster, ...a handsome monster...

"I... I"- The princess stammered

"You, what? Know I'm right?"- Sombra said.

"I really don't know what to think anymore."- The Princess would say, forcing a small frown upon her lips, was she about to be defeated in her own dreams?

"Maybe this will make you think more clearly"- Sombra would say, forcing a small beam of dark magic into the Princess's body. Even with her being in dream world, she would still be affected by this in the real world. As the force entered her body, the Princess would drop to the ground looking up at the King with a look of evil in her eyes. Her eyes were now surrounded by the same green force that was around the Kings eyes.

"What did you just do to me? Why am I feeling like I have gone mad?"- Twilight frantically asks, as the evil thoughts were going through her head like crazy, more than what they ever have been. What was going to be even more crazy was the next words that were about to fall out of Sombra's mouth. She had lost, and she knew it.

"I put some thought into you. I want to make you an offer you cannot refuse, and if you do refuse... I'll force you to do it anyways. I want you to be my queen and rule all of Equestria beside me. Ever since I first laid my eyes on you, I saw a beautiful mare with a lot of guts and passion, so much that I saw my future queen in you. You have your little reunion tomorrow with the Elements of Harmony and I expect an answer by midnight from you... alone... , and don't you worry your little Princess head about me not being able to find you, because I will be able to... and I will get my answer... One way or another..."

"I do not have to a damn thing you say. You won't ever take me alive. I WILL NOT be your queen." -barked the Princess.

"Really? Something tells me you will change your mind by midnight. Goodnight my beautiful queen..."- said Sombra as the dream faded away, and the sun was starting to enter into Twilight peripheral view. She would wake up in a sweat, face red, and all kind of thoughts running through her head. What was it that he done to me? She thought. Whatever it was, she was not starting to feel too good about it. It was making her think about crazy things, such as killing off all of Equestria. She really needed to get away today. She thought, before anything gets too out of hand. Was she going to tell Princess Celestia about the nightmare she had? Her first thought was that she was going too, but something quickly changed her mind, and she figured it was best not to say anything. Nopony had to know what she was doing, or what she was going to do... All she needed to do today was to get this reunion over with today, and then possibly see if she could get this dark magic expelled from her body... even if it meant going to Trixie's. On second thought... maybe it would be nice to be a queen.. She thought.